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Paul Briggs Artist-In-Residence Workshop Sunday, February 16, 2020, 10:00am to 4:00pm Ceramics Program, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA Explore a new way of thinking about the technique of pinching clay and a philosophy of making that asks us all to slow down and be present with both material and process. Paul Briggs' unique technique is pinching expressive vessels out of a single ball of clay, using no additional clay. Briggs will walk participants through a basic version of his technique using a ball of clay. This workshop is one in a series of three sessions in February with Ceramics Program 2019-20 Artists In Residence. Artist Bio: Paul Briggs grew up in the Hudson Valley of Newburgh, NY taking his first ceramics class in 9th grade. He eventually landed at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Paul is an artist-teacher with balanced training in Ceramics, Sculpture, and Education. He earned an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, an MSED from Alfred University and a PhD in Art Education/Educational Theory and Policy from the Pennsylvania State University. He's taught all educational levels and various contexts including the Penland and Haystack Schools of Craft. Recently he was awarded a South Eastern Minnesota Arts Council Grant for the installation, Cell Persona: The Impact of Incarceration on Black Lives. Paul is an Associate Professor of Art Education at MassArt. Check out all three workshops by our 2019-20 Artists-In-Residence: Ruth Easterbrook: Sunday, February 9 Paul Briggs: Sunday, February 16 Kyle Johns: Sunday, February 23 These one-day sessions are a great opportunity to get to know these artists and see what they're working on, especially if you haven't had a chance to take a course with them. Cost per session: $125 for Adult Community not currently enrolled in a Spring 2020 Ceramics Program course; $50.00 for Harvard Graduate Students and Adult Community enrolled in a Spring 2020 Ceramics Program course; Free for Harvard College Undergraduates. Please note: discounted rates will appear during checkout under "student type." See also: Individual Artists, Technical Process, Workshop, Ceramics, Visual Arts, Open to the Public, Students and Community, Ceramics Studio, Sunday

Doc Searls Weblog Me2B People vs. Adtech You are currently browsing the archive for the privacy category. Is there a way out of password hell? September 8, 2021 in Architecture, infrastructure, Internet, privacy, problems, security, Technology | 5 comments Passwords are hell. Worse, to make your hundreds of passwords safe as possible, they should be nearly impossible for others to discover—and for you to remember. Unless you're a wizard, this all but requires using a password manager.† Think about how hard that job is. First, it's impossible for developers of password managers to do everything right: Most of their customers and users need to have logins and passwords for hundreds of sites and services on the Web and elsewhere in the networked world Every one of those sites and services has its own gauntlet of methods for registering logins and passwords, and for remembering and changing them Every one of those sites and services has its own unique user interfaces, each with its own peculiarities All of those UIs change, sometimes often. Keeping up with that mess while also keeping personal data safe from both user error and determined bad actors, is about as tall as an order can get. And then you have to do all that work for each of the millions of customers you'll need if you're going to make the kind of money required to keep abreast of those problems and providing the solutions required. So here's the thing: the best we can do with passwords is the best that password managers can do. That's your horizon right there. Unless we can get past logins and passwords somehow. And I don't think we can. Not in the client-server ecosystem that the Web has become, and that industry never stopped being, since long before the Internet came along. That's the real hell. Passwords are just a symptom. We need to work around it. That's my work now. Stay tuned here, here, and here for more on that. † We need to fix that Wikipedia page. Just in case you feel safe with Twitter January 26, 2021 in adtech, advertising, Business, data, marketing, personal data, privacy, problems, publishing, Technology | Permalink Just got a press release by email from David Rosen (@firstpersonpol) of the Public Citizen press office. The headline says "Historic Grindr Fine Shows Need for FTC Enforcement Action." The same release is also a post in the news section of the Public Citizen website. This is it: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Norwegian Data Protection Agency today fined Grindr $11.7 million following a Jan. 2020 report that the dating app systematically violates users' privacy. Public Citizen asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general to investigate Grindr and other popular dating apps, but the agency has yet to take action. Burcu Kilic, digital rights program director for Public Citizen, released the following statement: "Fining Grindr for systematic privacy violations is a historic decision under Europe's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), and a strong signal to the AdTech ecosystem that business-as-usual is over. The question now is when the FTC will take similar action and bring U.S. regulatory enforcement in line with those in the rest of the world. "Every day, millions of Americans share their most intimate personal details on apps like Grindr, upload personal photos, and reveal their sexual and religious identities. But these apps and online services spy on people, collect vast amounts of personal data and share it with third parties without people's knowledge. We need to regulate them now, before it's too late." The first link goes to Grindr is fined $11.7 million under European privacy law, by Natasha Singer (@NatashaNYT) and Aaron Krolik. (This @AaronKrolik? If so, hi. If not, sorry. This is a blog. I can edit it.) The second link goes to a Public Citizen post titled Popular Dating, Health Apps Violate Privacy. In the emailed press release, the text is the same, but the links are not. The first is this: https://default.salsalabs.org/T72ca980d-0c9b-45da-88fb-d8c1cf8716ac/25218e76-a235-4500-bc2b-d0f337c722d4 The second is this: https://default.salsalabs.org/Tc66c3800-58c1-4083-bdd1-8e730c1c4221/25218e76-a235-4500-bc2b-d0f337c722d4 Why are they not simple and direct URLs? And who is salsalabs.org? You won't find anything at that link, or by running a whois on it. But I do see there is a salsalabs.com, which has "SmartEngagement Technology" that "combines CRM and nonprofit engagement software with embedded best practices, machine learning, and world-class education and support." since Public Citizen is a nonprofit, I suppose it's getting some "smart engagement" of some kind with these links. PrivacyBadger tells me Salsalabs.com has 14 potential trackers, including static.ads.twitter.com. My point here is that we, as clickers on those links, have at best a suspicion about what's going on: perhaps that the link is being used to tell Public Citizen that we've clicked on the link… and likely also to help target us with messages of some sort. But we really don't know. And, speaking of not knowing, Natasha and Aaron's New York Times story begins with this: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said on Monday that it would fine Grindr, the world's most popular gay dating app, 100 million Norwegian kroner, or about $11.7 million, for illegally disclosing private details about its users to advertising companies. The agency said the app had transmitted users' precise locations, user-tracking codes and the app's name to at least five advertising companies, essentially tagging individuals as L.G.B.T.Q. without obtaining their explicit consent, in violation of European data protection law. Grindr shared users' private details with, among other companies, MoPub, Twitter's mobile advertising platform, which may in turn share data with more than 100 partners, according to the agency's ruling. Before this, I had never heard of MoPub. In fact, I had always assumed that Twitter's privacy policy either limited or forbid the company from leaking out personal information to advertisers or other entities. Here's how its Private Information Policy Overview begins: You may not publish or post other people's private information without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. Sharing someone's private information online without their permission, sometimes called doxxing, is a breach of their privacy and of the Twitter Rules. Sharing private information can pose serious safety and security risks for those affected and can lead to physical, emotional, and financial hardship. On the MoPub site, however, it says this: MoPub, a Twitter company, provides monetization solutions for mobile app publishers and developers around the globe. Our flexible network mediation solution, leading mobile programmatic exchange, and years of expertise in mobile app advertising mean publishers trust us to help them maximize their ad revenue and control their user experience. The Norwegian DPA apparently finds a conflict between the former and the latter—or at least in the way the latter was used by Grinder (since they didn't fine Twitter). To be fair, Grindr and Twitter may not agree with the Norwegian DPA. Regardless of their opinion, however, by this point in history we should have no faith that any company will protect our privacy online. Violating personal privacy is just too easy to do, to rationalize, and to make money at. To start truly facing this problem, we need start with a simple fact: If your privacy is in the hands of others alone, you don't have any. Getting promises from others not to stare at your naked self isn't the same as clothing. Getting promises not to walk into your house or look in your windows is not the same as having locks and curtains. In the absence of personal clothing and shelter online, or working ways to signal intentions about one's privacy, the hands of others alone is all we've got. And it doesn't work. Nor do privacy laws, especially when enforcement is still so rare and scattered. Really, to potential violators like Grindr and Twitter/MoPub, enforcement actions like this one by the Norwegian DPA are at most a little discouraging. The effect on our experience of exposure is still nil. We are exposed everywhere, all the time, and we know it. At best we just hope nothing bad happens. The only way to fix this problem is with the digital equivalent of clothing, locks, curtains, ways to signal what's okay and what's not—and to get firm agreements from others about how our privacy will be respected. At Customer Commons, we're starting with signaling, specifically with first party terms that you and I can proffer and sites and services can accept. The first is called P2B1, aka #NoStalking. It says "Just give me ads not based on tracking me." It's a term any browser (or other tool) can proffer and any site or service can accept—and any privacy-respecting website or service should welcome. Making this kind of agreement work is also being addressed by IEEE7012, a working group on machine-readable personal privacy terms. Now we're looking for sites and services willing to accept those terms. How about it, Twitter, New York Times, Grindr and Public Citizen? Or anybody. DM us at @CustomerCommons and we'll get going on it. December 27, 2020 in adtech, advertising, Business, Ideas, privacy, problems, regulation, VRM | Permalink When some big outfit with a vested interest in violating your privacy says they are only trying to save small business, grab your wallet. Because the game they're playing is misdirection away from what they really want. The most recent case in point is Facebook, which ironically holds the world's largest database on individual human interests while also failing to understand jack shit about personal boundaries. This became clear when Facebook placed the ad above and others like it in major publications recently, and mostly made bad news for itself. We saw the same kind of thing in early 2014, when the IAB ran a similar campaign against Mozilla, using ads like this: That one was to oppose Mozilla's decision to turn on Do Not Track by default in its Firefox browser. Never mind that Do Not Track was never more than a polite request for websites to not be infected with a beacon, like those worn by marked animals, so one can be tracked away from the website. Had the advertising industry and its dependents in publishing simply listened to that signal, and respected it, we might never have had the GDPR or the CCPA, both of which are still failing at the same mission. (But, credit where due: the GDPR and the CCPA have at least forced websites to put up insincere and misleading opt-out popovers in front of every website whose lawyers are scared of violating the letter—but never the spirit—of those and other privacy laws.) The IAB succeeded in its campaign against Mozilla and Do Not Track; but the the victory was Pyrrhic, because users decided to install ad blockers instead, which by 2015 was the largest boycott in human history. Plus a raft of privacy laws, with more in the pipeline. We also got Apple on our side. That's good, but not good enough. What we need are working tools of our own. Examples: Global Privacy Control (and all the browsers and add-ons mentioned there), Customer Commons' #NoStalking term, the IEEE's P7012 – Standard for Machine Readable Personal Privacy Terms, and other approaches to solving business problems from the our side—rather than always from the corporate one. In those movies, we'll win. Because if only Apple wins, we still lose. Dammit, it's still about what The Cluetrain Manifesto said in the first place, in this "one clue" published almost 21 years ago: we are not seats or eyeballs or end users or consumers. we are human beings — and out reach exceeds your grasp. We have to make them deal. All of them. Not just Apple. We need code, protocols and standards, and not just regulations. All the projects linked to above can use some help, plus others I'll list here too if you write to me with them. (Comments here only work for Harvard email addresses, alas. I'm doc at searls dot com.) The GDPR's biggest fail May 25, 2020 in adtech, advertising, Law, privacy, problems | Permalink If the GDPR did what it promised to do, we'd be celebrating Privmas today. Because, two years after the GDPR became enforceable, privacy would now be the norm rather than the exception in the online world. That hasn't happened, but it's not just because the GDPR is poorly enforced. It's because it's too easy for every damn site on the Web—and every damn business with an Internet connection—to claim compliance to the letter of GDPR while violating its spirit. Want to see how easy? Try searching for GDPR+compliance+consent: https://www.google.com/search?q=gdpr+compliance+consent Nearly all of the ~21,000,000 results you'll get are from sources pitching ways to continue tracking people online, mostly by obtaining "consent" to privacy violations that almost nobody would welcome in the offline world—exactly the kind of icky practice that the GDPR was meant to stop. Imagine if there was a way for every establishment you entered to painlessly inject a load of tracking beacons into your bloodstream without you knowing it. And that these beacons followed you everywhere and reported your activities back to parties unknown. Would you be okay with that? And how would you like it if you couldn't even enter without recording your agreement to accept being tracked—on a ledger kept only by the establishment, so you have no way to audit their compliance to the agreement, whatever it might be? Well, that's what you're saying when you click "Accept" or "Got it" when a typical GDPR-complying website presents a cookie notice that says something like this: That notice is from Vice, by the way. Here's how the top story on Vice's front page looks in Belgium (though a VPN), with Privacy Badger looking for trackers: What's typical here is that a publication, with no sense of irony, runs a story about privacy-violating harvesting of personal data… while doing the same. (By the way, those red sliders say I'm blocking those trackers. Were it not for Privacy Badger, I'd be allowing them.) Yes, Google says you're anonymized somehow in both DoubleClick and Google Analytics, but it's you they are stalking. (Look up stalk as a verb. Top result: "to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily." That's what's going on.) The main problem with the GDPR is that it effectively requires that every visitor to every website opt out of being tracked, and to do so (thank you, insincere "compliance" systems) by going down stairs into the basements of website popovers to throw tracking choice toggles to "off" positions which are typically defaulted on when you get there. Again, let's be clear about this: There is no way for you to know exactly how you are being tracked or what is done with information gathered about you. That's because the instrument for that—a tool on your side—isn't available. It probably hasn't even been invented. You also have no record of agreeing to anything. It's not even clear that the site or its third parties have a record of that. All you've got is a cookie planted deep in your browser's bowels, designed to announce itself to other parties everywhere you go on the Web. In sum, consenting to a cookie notice leaves nothing resembling an audit trail. Oh, and the California Consumer Protection Privacy Act (CCPA) makes matters worse by embedding opt-out into law there, while also requiring shit like this in the opt-out basement of every website facing a visitor suspected of coming from that state: So let's go back to a simple privacy principle here: It is just as wrong to track a person like a marked animal in the online world as it is in the offline one. The GDPR and the CCPA were made to thwart that kind of thing. But they have failed. Instead, they have made the experience of being tracked online a worse one. Yes, that was not their intent. And yes, both have done some good. But if you are any less followed online today than you were when the GDPR became enforceable two years ago, it's because you and the browser makers have worked to thwart at least some tracking. (Though in very different ways, so your experience of not being followed is not a consistent one. Or even perceptible in many cases.) So tracking remains worse than rampant: it's defaulted practice for both advertising and site analytics. And will remain so until we have code, laws and enforcement to stop it. So, nothing to celebrate. Not this Privmas. Tags: CCPA, GDPR, Privmas May 9, 2020 in Business, data, Digital Life, infrastructure, Internet, Pandemic, Politics, privacy, problems, Social, Technology | Permalink A few days ago, in Figuring the Future, I sourced an Arnold Kling blog post that posed an interesting pair of angles toward outlook: a 2×2 with Fragile <—> Robust on one axis and Essential <—> Inessential on the other. In his sort, essential + fragile are hospitals and airlines. Inessential + fragile are cruise ships and movie theaters. Robust + essential are tech giants. Inessential + robust are sports and entertainment conglomerates, plus major restaurant chains. It's a heuristic, and all of it is arguable (especially given the gray along both axes), which is the idea. Cases must be made if planning is to have meaning. Now, haul Arnold's template over to The U.S. Labor Market During the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession, by Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, John Grigsby, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Erik Hurst, Christopher Kurz, and Ahu Yildirmaz, of the University of Chicago, and lay it on this item from page 21: The highest employment drop, in Arts, Entertainment and Recreation, leans toward inessential + fragile. The second, in Accommodation and Food Services is more on the essential + fragile side. The lowest employment changes, from Construction on down to Utilities, all tending toward essential + robust. So I'm looking at those bottom eight essential + robust categories and asking a couple of questions: 1) What percentage of workers in each essential + robust category are now working from home? 2) How much of this work is essentially electronic? Meaning, done by people who live and work through glowing rectangles, connected on the Internet? Hard to say, but the answers will have everything to do with the transition of work, and life in general, into a digital world that coexists with the physical one. This was the world we were gradually putting together when urgency around COVID-19 turned "eventually" into "now." In Junana, Bruce Caron writes, "Choose One" was extremely powerful. It provided a seed for everything from language (connecting sound to meaning) to traffic control (driving on only one side of the road). It also opened up to a constructivist view of society, suggesting that choice was implicit in many areas, including gender. Choose One said to the universe, "There are several ways we can go, but we're all going to agree on this way for now, with the understanding that we can do it some other way later, thank you." It wasn't quite as elegant as "42," but it was close. Once you started unfolding with it, you could never escape the arbitrariness of that first choice. In some countries, an arbitrary first choice to eliminate or suspend personal privacy allowed intimate degrees of contract tracing to help hammer flat the infection curve of COVID-19. Not arbitrary, perhaps, but no longer escapable. Other countries face similar choices. Here in the U.S., there is an argument that says "The tech giants already know our movements and social connections intimately. Combine that with what governments know and we can do contact tracing to a fine degree. What matters privacy if in reality we've lost it already and many thousands or millions of lives are at stake—and so are the economies that provide what we call our 'livings.' This virus doesn't care about privacy, and for now neither should we." There is also an argument that says, "Just because we have no privacy yet in the digital world is no reason not to have it. So, if we do contact tracing through our personal electronics, it should be disabled afterwards and obey old or new regulations respecting personal privacy." Those choices are not binary, of course. Nor are they outside the scope of too many other choices to name here. But many of those are "Choose Ones" that will play out, even if our choice is avoidance. On humanity, surveillance and coronavirus April 14, 2020 in coronavirus, privacy | Permalink Just learned of The Coronavirus (Safeguards) Bill 2020: Proposed protections for digital interventions and in relation to immunity certificates. This is in addition to the UK's Coronavirus Bill 2020, which is (as I understand it) running the show there right now. This new bill's lead author is Prof Lilian Edwards, University of Newcastle. Other contributors: Dr Michael Veale, University College London; Dr Orla Lynskey, London School of Economics; Carly Kind, Ada Lovelace Institute; and Rachel Coldicutt, Careful Industries Here's the abstract: This short Bill attempts to provide safeguards in relation to the symptom tracking and contact tracing apps that are currently being rolled out in the UK; and anticipates minimum safeguards that will be needed if we move on to a roll out of "immunity certificates" in the near future. Although no one wants to delay or deter the massive effort to fight coronavirus we are all involved in, there are two clear reasons to put a law like this in place sooner rather than later: (a) Uptake of apps, crucial to their success, will be improved if people feel confident their data will not be misused, repurposed or shared to eg the private sector (think insurers, marketers or employers) without their knowledge or consent, and that data held will be accurate. (b) Connectedly, data quality will be much higher if people use these apps with confidence and do not provide false information to them, or withhold information, for fear of misuse or discrimination eg impact on immigration status. (c) The portion of the population which is already digitally excluded needs reassurance that apps will not further entrench their exclusion. While data protection law provides useful safeguards here, it is not sufficient. Data protection law allows gathering and sharing of data on the basis not just of consent but a number of grounds including the very vague "legitimate interests". Even health data, though it is deemed highly sensitive, can be gathered and shared on the basis of public health and "substantial public interest". This is clearly met in the current emergency, but we need safeguards that ensure that sharing and especially repurposing of data is necessary, in pursuit of public legitimate interests, transparent and reviewable. Similarly, while privacy-preserving technical architectures which have been proposed are also useful, they are not a practically and holistically sufficient or rhetorically powerful enough solution to reassure and empower the public. We need laws as well. More context, from some tabs I have open: COVID-19 and Digital Rights and EFF and COVID-19: Protecting Openness, Security, and Civil Liberties, by the EFF. We Mapped How the Coronavirus Is Driving New Surveillance Programs Around the World—At least 28 countries are ramping up surveillance to combat the coronavirus, by Dave Gershgorn Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance: Surveillance and case definitions, by the World Health Organization Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance: Democracies Must Offer an Alternative to Authoritarian Solutions, by Nicholas Wright, in Foreign Affairs. PRIVACY EXPERTS SAY RESPONSIBLE CORONAVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IS POSSIBLE, by Sam Biddle, in The Intercept. About Face, in which last October I opposed facial recognition by entities other than people, their own devices, and their pets. All of this is, as David Weinberger puts it in the title of his second-to-latest book, Too Big to Know. So, in faith that the book's subtitle, Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts aren't the Facts,Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room, is correct, I'm sharing this with the room. I welcome your thoughts. Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act March 27, 2020 in adtech, advertising, Business, conferencing, privacy, problems | 5 comments [21 April 2020—Hundreds of people are arriving here from this tweet, which calls me a "Harvard researcher" and suggests that this post and the three that follow are about "the full list of the issues, exploits, oversights, and dubious choices Zoom has made." So, two things. First, while I run a project at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, and run a blog that's hosted by Harvard, I am not a Harvard employee, and would not call myself a "Harvard researcher." Second, this post and the ones that follow—More on Zoom and Privacy, Helping Zoom, and Zoom's new privacy policy—are focused almost entirely on Zoom's privacy policy and how its need to explain the (frankly, typical) tracking-based marketing tech on its home page gives misleading suggestions about the privacy of Zoom's whole service. If you're interested in that, read on. (I suggest by starting at the end of the series, written after Zoom changed its privacy policy, and working back.) If you want research on other privacy issues around Zoom, look elsewhere. Thanks.] As quarantined millions gather virtually on conferencing platforms, the best of those, Zoom, is doing very well. Hats off. But Zoom is also—correctly—taking a lot of heat for its privacy policy, which is creepily chummy with the tracking-based advertising biz (also called adtech). Two days ago, Consumer Reports, the greatest moral conscience in the history of business, published Zoom Calls Aren't as Private as You May Think. Here's What You Should Know: Videos and notes can be used by companies and hosts. Here are some tips to protect yourself. And there was already lots of bad PR. A few samples: Zoom is a work-from-home privacy disaster waiting to happen (Mashable, March 13) Zoom Privacy Policy is a Risk (Cumulus Global, March 24) Zoom's A Lifeline During COVID-19: This Is Why It's Also A Privacy Risk (Forbes, March 25) Zoom and Houseparty: Video Calling at Your Own (Privacy) Risk (VPN Overview, March 25) There's too much to cover here, so I'll narrow my inquiry down to the "Does Zoom sell Personal Data?" section of the privacy policy, which was last updated on March 18. The section runs two paragraphs, and I'll comment on the second one, starting here: … Zoom does use certain standard advertising tools which require Personal Data… What they mean by that is adtech. What they're also saying here is that Zoom is in the advertising business, and in the worst end of it: the one that lives off harvested personal data. What makes this extra creepy is that Zoom is in a position to gather plenty of personal data, some of it very intimate (for example with a shrink talking to a patient) without anyone in the conversation knowing about it. (Unless, of course, they see an ad somewhere that looks like it was informed by a private conversation on Zoom.) A person whose personal data is being shed on Zoom doesn't know that's happening because Zoom doesn't tell them. There's no red light, like the one you see when a session is being recorded. If you were in a browser instead of an app, an extension such as Privacy Badger could tell you there are trackers sniffing your ass. And, if your browser is one that cares about privacy, such as Brave, Firefox or Safari, there's a good chance it would be blocking trackers as well. But in the Zoom app, you can't tell if or how your personal data is being harvested. (think, for example, Google Ads and Google Analytics). There's no need to think about those, because both are widely known for compromising personal privacy. (See here. And here. Also Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger's Re-Engineering Humanity and Shoshana Zuboff's In the Age of Surveillance Capitalism.) We use these tools to help us improve your advertising experience (such as serving advertisements on our behalf across the Internet, serving personalized ads on our website, and providing analytics services). Nobody goes to Zoom for an "advertising experience," personalized or not. And nobody wants ads aimed at their eyeballs elsewhere on the Net by third parties using personal information leaked out through Zoom. Sharing Personal Data with the third-party provider while using these tools may fall within the extremely broad definition of the "sale" of Personal Data under certain state laws because those companies might use Personal Data for their own business purposes, as well as Zoom's purposes. By "certain state laws" I assume they mean California's new CCPA, but they also mean the GDPR. (Elsewhere in the privacy policy is a "Following the instructions of our users" section, addressing the CCPA, that's as wordy and aversive as instructions for a zero-gravity toilet. Also, have you ever seen, anywhere near the user interface for the Zoom app, a place for you to instruct the company regarding your privacy? Didn't think so.) For example, Google may use this data to improve its advertising services for all companies who use their services. May? Please. The right word is will. Why wouldn't they? (It is important to note advertising programs have historically operated in this manner. It is only with the recent developments in data privacy laws that such activities fall within the definition of a "sale"). While advertising has been around since forever, tracking people's eyeballs on the Net so they can be advertised at all over the place has only been in fashion since around 2007, which was when Do Not Track was first floated as a way to fight it. Adtech (tracking-based advertising) began to hockey-stick in 2010 (when The Wall Street Journal launched its excellent and still-missed What They Know series, which I celebrated at the time). As for history, ad blocking became the biggest boycott, ever by 2015. And, thanks to adtech, the GDPR went into force in 2018 and the CCPA 2020,. We never would have had either without "advertising programs" that "historically operated in this manner." By the way, "this manner" is only called advertising. In fact it's actually a form of direct marketing, which began as junk mail. I explain the difference in Separating Advertising's Wheat and Chaff. If you opt out of "sale" of your info, your Personal Data that may have been used for these activities will no longer be shared with third parties. Opt out? Where? How? I just spent a long time logged in to Zoom https://us04web.zoom.us/), and can't find anything about opting out of "'sale' of your personal info." (Later, I did get somewhere, and that's in the next post, More on Zoom and Privacy.) Here's the thing: Zoom doesn't need to be in the advertising business, least of all in the part of it that lives like a vampire off the blood of human data. If Zoom needs more money, it should charge more for its services, or give less away for free. Zoom has an extremely valuable service, which it performs very well—better than anybody else, apparently. It also has a platform with lots of apps with just as absolute an interest in privacy. They should be concerned as well. (Unless, of course, they also want to be in the privacy-violating end of the advertising business.) What Zoom's current privacy policy says is worse than "You don't have any privacy here." It says, "We expose your virtual necks to data vampires who can do what they will with it." Please fix it, Zoom. As for Zoom's competitors, there's a great weakness to exploit here. Next post on the topic: More on Zoom and Privacy. Going #Faceless February 29, 2020 in Customertech, Digital Life, policy, Politics, privacy, security, VRM | Permalink Facial recognition by machines is out of control. Meaning our control. As individuals, and as a society. Thanks to ubiquitous surveillance systems, including the ones in our own phones, we can no longer assume we are anonymous in public places or private in private ones. This became especially clear a few weeks ago when Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) reported in the New York Times that a company called Clearview.ai "invented a tool that could end your ability to walk down the street anonymously, and provided it to hundreds of law enforcement agencies, ranging from local cops in Florida to the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security." If your face has ever appeared anywhere online, it's a sure bet to assume that you are not faceless to any of these systems. Clearview, Kashmir says, has "a database of more than three billion images" from "Facebook, YouTube, Venmo and millions of other websites " and "goes far beyond anything ever constructed by the United States government or Silicon Valley giants." Among law enforcement communities, only New Jersey's has started to back off on using Clearview. Worse, Clearview is just one company. Laws also take years to catch up with developments in facial recognition, or to get ahead of them, if they ever can. And let's face it: government interests are highly conflicted here. The need for law enforcement and intelligence agencies' need to know all they can is at extreme odds with our need, as human beings, to assume we enjoy at least some freedom from being known by God-knows-what, everywhere we go. Personal privacy is the heart of civilized life, and beats strongest in democratic societies. It's not up for "debate" between companies and governments, or political factions. Loss of privacy is a problem that affects each of us, and calls fo0r action by each of us as well. A generation ago, when the Internet was still new to us, four guys (one of which was me) nailed a document called The Cluetrain Manifesto to a door on the Web. It said, we are not seats or eyeballs or end users or consumers. we are human beings and our reach exceeds your grasp. deal with it. Since then their grasp has exceeded our reach. And with facial recognition they have gone too far. Now it's time for our reach to exceed their grasp. Now it's time, finally, to make them deal with it. I see three ways, so far. I'm sure ya'll will think of other and better ones. The Internet is good for that. First is to use an image like the one above (preferably with a better design) as your avatar, favicon, or other facial expression. (Like I just did for @dsearls on Twitter.) Here's a favicon we can all use until a better one comes along: Second, sign the Stop facial recognition by surveillance systems petition I just put up at that link. Two hashtags: #GOOMF, for Get Out Of My Face #Faceless Third is to stop blaming and complaining. That's too easy, tends to go nowhere and wastes energy. Instead, Fourth, develop useful and constructive ideas toward what we can do—each of us, alone and together—to secure, protect and signal our privacy needs and intentions in the world, in ways others can recognize and respect. We have those in the natural world. We don't yet in the digital one. So let's invent them. Fifth is to develop the policies we need to stop the spread of privacy-violating technologies and practices, and to foster development of technologies that enlarge our agency in the digital world—and not just to address the wrongs being committed against us. (Which is all most privacy laws actually do.) Tags: #Faceless, #GOOMF, petittion, privacy, surveillance The Deeper Issue January 29, 2020 in adtech, history, Journalism, Politics, privacy | Permalink Journalism's biggest problem (as I've said before) is what it's best at: telling stories. That's what Thomas B. Edsall (of Columbia and The New York Times) does in Trump's Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists, published in today's New York Times. He tells a story. Or, in the favored parlance of our time, a narrative, about what he sees Republicans' superior use of modern methods for persuading voters: Experts in the explosively growing field of political digital technologies have developed an innovative terminology to describe what they do — a lexicon that is virtually incomprehensible to ordinary voters. This language provides an inkling of the extraordinarily arcane universe politics has entered: geofencing, mass personalization, dark patterns, identity resolution technologies, dynamic prospecting, geotargeting strategies, location analytics, geo-behavioural segment, political data cloud, automatic content recognition, dynamic creative optimization. Geofencing and other emerging digital technologies derive from microtargeting marketing initiatives that use consumer and other demographic data to identify the interests of specific voters or very small groups of like-minded individuals to influence their thoughts or actions. In fact the "arcane universe" he's talking about is the direct marketing playbook, which was born offline as the junk mail business. In that business, tracking individuals and bothering them personally is a fine and fully rationalized practice. And let's face it: political campaigning has always wanted to get personal. It's why we have mass mailings, mass callings, mass textings and the rest of it—all to personal addresses, numbers and faces. Coincidence: I just got this: There is nothing new here other than (at the moment) the Trump team doing it better than any Democrat. (Except maybe Bernie.) Obama's team was better at it in '08 and '12. Trump's was better at it in '16 and is better again in '20.* However, debating which candidates do the best marketing misdirects our attention away from the destruction of personal privacy by constant tracking of our asses online—including tracking of asses by politicians. This, I submit, is a bigger and badder issue than which politicians do the best direct marketing. It may even be bigger than who gets elected to what in November. As issues go, personal privacy is soul-deep. Who gets elected, and how, are not. As I put it here, Surveillance of people is now the norm for nearly every website and app that harvests personal data for use by machines. Privacy, as we've understood it in the physical world since the invention of the loincloth and the door latch, doesn't yet exist. Instead, all we have are the "privacy policies" of corporate entities participating in the data extraction marketplace, plus terms and conditions they compel us to sign, either of which they can change on a whim. Most of the time our only choice is to deny ourselves the convenience of these companies' services or live our lives offline. Worse is that these are proffered on the Taylorist model, meaning mass-produced. There is a natural temptation to want to fix this with policy. This is a mistake for two reasons: Policy-makers are themselves part of the problem. Hell, most of their election campaigns are built on direct marketing. And law enforcement (which carries out certain forms of policy) has always regarded personal privacy as a problem to overcome rather than a solution to anything. Example. Policy-makers often screw things up. Exhibit A: the EU's GDPR, which has done more to clutter the Web with insincere and misleading cookie notices than it has to advance personal privacy tech online. (I've written about this a lot. Here's one sample.) We need tech of our own. Terms and policies of our own. In the physical world, we have privacy tech in the forms of clothing, shelter, doors, locks and window shades. We have policies in the form of manners, courtesies, and respect for privacy signals we send to each other. We lack all of that online. Until we invent it, the most we'll do to achieve real privacy online is talk about it, and inveigh for politicians to solve it for us. Which they won't. If you're interested in solving personal privacy at the personal level, take a look at Customer Commons. If you want to join our efforts there, talk to me. *The Trump campaign also has the enormous benefit of an already-chosen Republican ticket. The Democrats have a mess of candidates and a split in the party between young and old, socialists and moderates, and no candidate as interesting as is Trump. (Also, I'm not Joyce.) At this point, it's no contest. Trump is the biggest character in the biggest story of our time. (I explain this in Where Journalism Fails.) And he's on a glide path to winning in November, just as I said he was in 2016. October 31, 2019 in Identity, language, Law, Life, privacy, problems, Research, Science, security | Permalink We know more than we can tell. That one-liner from Michael Polanyi has been waiting half a century for a proper controversy, which it now has with facial recognition. Here's how he explains it in The Tacit Dimension: This fact seems obvious enough; but it is not easy to say exactly what it means. Take an example. We know a person's face, and can recognize it among a thousand others, indeed among a million. Yet we usually cannot tell how we recognize a face we know. So most of this knowledge cannot be put into words. Polanyi calls that kind of knowledge tacit. The kind we can put into words he calls explicit. For an example of both at work, consider how, generally, we don't know how we will end the sentences we begin, or how we began the sentences we are ending—and how the same is true of what we hear or read from other people whose sentences we find meaningful. The explicit survives only as fragments, but the meaning of what was said persists in tacit form. Likewise, if we are asked to recall and repeat, verbatim, a paragraph of words we have just said or heard, we will find it difficult or impossible to do so, even if we have no trouble saying exactly what was meant. This is because tacit knowing, whether kept to one's self or told to others, survives the natural human tendency to forget particulars after a few seconds, even when we very clearly understand what we have just said or heard. Tacit knowledge and short term memory are both features of human knowing and communication, not bugs. Even for people with extreme gifts of memorization (e.g. actors who can learn a whole script in one pass, or mathematicians who can learn pi to 4000 decimals), what matters more than the words or the numbers are their meaning. And that meaning is both more and other than what can be said. It is deeply tacit. On the other hand—the digital hand—computer knowledge is only explicit, meaning a computer can know only what it can tell. At both knowing and telling, a computer can be far more complete and detailed than a human could ever be. And the more a computer knows, the better it can tell. (To be clear, a computer doesn't know a damn thing. But it does remember—meaning it retrieves—what's in its databases, and it does process what it retrieves. At all those activities it is inhumanly capable.) So, the more a computer learns of explicit facial details, the better it can infer conclusions about that face, including ethnicity, age, emotion, wellness (or lack of it) and much else. Given a base of data about individual faces, and of names associated with those faces, a computer programmed to be adept at facial recognition can also connect faces to names, and say "This is (whomever)." For all those reasons, computers doing facial recognition are proving useful for countless purposes: unlocking phones, finding missing persons and criminals, aiding investigations, shortening queues at passport portals, reducing fraud (for example at casinos), confirming age (saying somebody is too old or not old enough), finding lost pets (which also have faces). The list is long and getting longer. Yet many (or perhaps all) of those purposes are at odds with the sense of personal privacy that derives from the tacit ways we know faces, our reliance on short term memory, and our natural anonymity (literally, namelessness) among strangers. All of those are graces of civilized life in the physical world, and they are threatened by the increasingly widespread use—and uses—of facial recognition by governments, businesses, schools and each other. Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren visited the same problem more 130 years ago, when they became alarmed at the privacy risks suggested by photography, audio recording and reporting on both via technologies that were far more primitive than those we have today. As a warning to the future, they wrote a landmark Harvard Law Review paper titled The Right to Privacy, which has served as a pole star of good sense ever since. Here's an excerpt: Recent inventions and business methods call attention to the next step which must be taken for the protection of the person, and for securing to the individual what Judge Cooley calls the right "to be let alone" 10 Instantaneous photographs and newspaper enterprise have invaded the sacred precincts of private and domestic life ; and numerous mechanical devices threaten to make good the prediction that "what is whispered in the closet shall be proclaimed from the house-tops." For years there has been a feeling that the law must afford some remedy for the unauthorized circulation of portraits of private persons ;11 and the evil of invasion of privacy by the newspapers, long keenly felt, has been but recently discussed by an able writer.12 The alleged facts of a somewhat notorious case brought before an inferior tribunal in New York a few months ago, 13 directly involved the consideration of the right of circulating portraits ; and the question whether our law will recognize and protect the right to privacy in this and in other respects must soon come before out courts for consideration. They also say the "right of the individual to be let alone…is like the right not be assaulted or beaten, the right not be imprisoned, the right not to be maliciously prosecuted, the right not to be defamed." To that list today we might also add, "the right not to be reduced to bits" or "the right not to be tracked like an animal—whether anonymously or not." But it's hard to argue for those rights in our digital world, where computers can see, hear, draw and paint exact portraits of everything: every photo we take, every word we write, every spreadsheet we assemble, every database accumulating in our hard drives—plus those of every institution we interact with, and countless ones we don't (or do without knowing the interaction is there). Facial recognition by computers is a genie that is not going back in the bottle. And there are no limits to wishes the facial recognition genie can grant the organizations that want to use it, which is why pretty much everything is being done with it. A few examples: Facebook's Deep Face sells facial recognition for many purposes to corporate customers. Examples from that link: "Face Detection & Landmarks…Facial Analysis & Attributes…Facial Expressions & Emotion… Verification, Similarity & Search." This is non-trivial stuff. Writes Ben Goertzel, "Facebook has now pretty convincingly solved face recognition, via a simple convolutional neural net, dramatically scaled." FaceApp can make a face look older, younger, whatever. It can even swap genders. The FBI's Next Generation Identification (NGI), involves (says Wikipedia) eleven companies and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). Snap has a patent for reading emotions in faces. The MORIS™ Multi-Biometric Identification System is "a portable handheld device and identification database system that can scan, recognize and identify individuals based on iris, facial and fingerprint recognition," and is typically used law enforcement organizations. Casinos in Canada are using facial recognition to "help addicts bar themselves from gaming facilities." It's opt-in: "The technology relies on a method of "self-exclusion," whereby compulsive gamblers volunteer in advance to have their photos banked in the system's database, in case they ever get the urge to try their luck at a casino again. If that person returns in the future and the facial-recognition software detects them, security will be dispatched to ask the gambler to leave." Cruise ships are boarding passengers faster using facial recognition by computers. Australia proposes scanning faces to see if viewers are old enough to look at porn. Facial recognition systems are also getting better and better at what they do. A November 2018 NIST report on a massive study of facial recognition systems begins, This report documents performance of face recognition algorithms submitted for evaluation on image datasets maintained at NIST. The algorithms implement one-to-many identification of faces appearing in two-dimensional images. The primary dataset is comprised of 26.6 million reasonably well-controlled live portrait photos of 12.3 million individuals. Three smaller datasets containing more unconstrained photos are also used: 3.2 million webcam images; 2.5 million photojournalism and amateur photographer photos; and 90 thousand faces cropped from surveillance-style video clips. The report will be useful for comparison of face recognition algorithms, and assessment of absolute capability. The report details recognition accuracy for 127 algorithms from 45 developers, associating performance with participant names. The algorithms are prototypes, submitted in February and June 2018 by research and development laboratories of commercial face recognition suppliers and one university… The major result of the evaluation is that massive gains in accuracy have been achieved in the last five years (2013-2018) and these far exceed improvements made in the prior period (2010-2013). While the industry gains are broad — at least 28 developers' algorithms now outperform the most accurate algorithm from late 2013 — there remains a wide range of capabilities. With good quality portrait photos, the most accurate algorithms will find matching entries, when present, in galleries containing 12 million individuals, with error rates below 0.2% Privacy freaks (me included) would like everyone to be creeped out by this. Yet many people are cool with it to some degree, and not just because they're acquiescing to the inevitable: they're relying on it because it makes interaction with machines easier—and they trust it. For example, in Barcelona, CaixaBank is rolling out facial recognition at its ATMs, claiming that 70% of surveyed customers are ready to use it as an alternative to keying in a PIN, and that "66% of respondents highlighted the sense of security that comes with facial recognition." That the bank's facial recognition system "has the capability of capturing up to 16,000 definable points when the user's face is presented at the screen" is presumably of little or no concern. Nor, also presumably, is the risk of what might get done with facial data if the bank gets hacked, or if it changes its privacy policy, or if it gets sold and the new owner can't resist selling or sharing facial data with others who want it, or if (though more like when) government bodies require it. A predictable pattern for every new technology is that what can be done will be done—until we see how it goes wrong and try to stop doing that. This has been true of every technology from stone tools to nuclear power and beyond. Unlike many other new technologies, however, it is not hard to imagine ways facial recognition by computers can go wrong, especially when it already has. Two examples: In June, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which relies on facial recognition and other biometrics, revealed that photos of people were compromised by a cyberattack on a federal subcontractor. In August, researchers at vpnMentor reported a massive data leak in BioStar 2, a widely used "Web-based biometric security smart lock platform" that uses facial recognition and fingerprinting technology to identify users, was compromised. Notes the report, "Once stolen, fingerprint and facial recognition information cannot be retrieved. An individual will potentially be affected for the rest of their lives." vpnMentor also had a hard time getting thrugh to company officials, so they could fix the leak. As organizations should know (but in many cases have trouble learning), the highest risks of data exposure and damage are to— the largest data sets, the most complex organizations and relationships, and the largest variety of existing and imaginable ways that security can be breached And let's not discount the scary potentials at the (not very) far ends of technological progress and bad intent. Killer microdrones targeted at faces, anyone? So it is not surprising that some large companies doing facial recognition go out of their way to keep personal data out of their systems. For example, by making facial recognition work for the company's customers, but not for the company itself. Such is the case with Apple's late model iPhones, which feature FaceID: a personal facial recognition system that lets a person unlock their phone with a glance. Says Apple, "Face ID data doesn't leave your device and is never backed up to iCloud or anywhere else." But assurances such as Apple's haven't stopped push-back against all facial recognition. Some examples— The Public Voice: "We the undersigned call for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology that enables mass surveillance." Fight for the Future: BanFacialRecognition. Self-explanatory, and with lots of organizational signatories. New York Times: "San Francisco, long at the heart of the technology revolution, took a stand against potential abuse on Tuesday by banning the use of facial recognition software by the police and other agencies. The action, which came in an 8-to-1 vote by the Board of Supervisors, makes San Francisco the first major American city to block a tool that many police forces are turning to in the search for both small-time criminal suspects and perpetrators of mass carnage." Also in the Times, Evan Sellinger and Woodrow Hartzhog write, "Stopping this technology from being procured — and its attendant databases from being created — is necessary for protecting civil rights and privacy. But limiting government procurement won't be enough. We must ban facial recognition in both public and private sectors, before we grow so dependent on it that we accept its inevitable harms as necessary for "progress." Perhaps over time appropriate policies can be enacted that justify lifting a ban. But we doubt it." Cory Doctorow's Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere is an "amen" to the Selinger & Hartzhog piece. BanFacialRecognition.com lists 37 participating organizations, including EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), Daily Kos, Fight for the Future, MoveOn.org, National Lawyers Guild, Greenpeace and Tor. MIT Technology Revew says bans are spreading in in the U.S.: "San Francisco and Oakland, California, and Somerville, Massachusetts, have outlawed certain uses of facial recognition technology, with Portland, Oregon, potentially soon to follow. That's just the beginning, according to Mutale Nkonde, a Harvard fellow and AI policy advisor. That trend will soon spread to states, and there will eventually be a federal ban on some uses of the technology, she said at MIT Technology Review's EmTech conference." Irony alert: the black banner atop that last story says, "We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, analyze site traffic, personalize content, and serve targeted advertisements." Notes the Times' Charlie Warzel, "Devoted readers of the Privacy Project will remember mobile advertising IDs as an easy way to de-anonymize extremely personal information, such as location data." Well, advertising IDs are among the many trackers that both MIT Technology Review and The New York Times inject in readers' browsers with every visit. (Bonus link.) My own position on all this is provisional, because I'm still learning and there's a lot to take in. But here goes: The only entities that should be able to recognize people's faces are other people. And maybe their pets. But not machines. But, since the facial recognition genie will never go back in its bottle, I'll suggest a few rules for entities using computers to do facial recognition. All these are provisional as well: People should have their own forms of facial recognition, for example to unlock phones, to sort through old photos, or to show to others the way they would a driving license or a passport (to say, in effect, "See? This is me.") But, the data they gather for themselves should not be shared with the company providing the facial recognition software (unless it's just of their own face, and then only for the safest possible diagnostic or service improvement purposes). This, as I understand it, is roughly what Apple does with iPhones. Facial recognition used to detect changing facial characteristics (such as emotions, age or wellness) should be required to forget what they see, right after the job is done, and not use the data gathered for any purpose other than diagnostics or performance improvement. For persons having their faces recognized, sharing data for diagnostic or performance improvement purposes should be opt-in, with data anonymized and made as auditable as possible, by individuals and/or their intermediaries. For enterprises with systems that know individuals' (customers' or consumers') faces, don't use those faces to track or find those individuals elsewhere in the online or offline worlds—again, unless those individuals have opted in to the practice. I suspect that Polanyi would agree with those. But my heart is with Walt Whitman, whose Song of Myself argued against the dehumanizing nature of mechanization at the dawn of the industrial age. Wrote Walt, Encompass worlds but never try to encompass me. I crowd your noisiest talk by looking toward you. Writing and talk do not prove me.I carry the plenum of proof and everything else in my face. With the hush of my lips I confound the topmost skeptic… Very well then. I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me. He complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed. I too am untranslatable. I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. The barbaric yawps by human hawks say five words, very explicitly: Get out of my face. And they yawp those words in spite of the sad fact that obeying them may prove impossible. [Later bonus links…] Your face is now your boarding pass, and that's a problem. (Washington Post) This new tool can tell you if your online photos are helping train facial recognition systems. (CNN Business) BTW, that tool tells me this: "855 unique photos from the Flickr account "docsearls" were used in at least 2 image datasets related to face recognition. The photos were uploaded between 2005 and 2014." Grr…

Niger heads to polls in hope of first democratic transition At least 42 Daesh militants killed near Lake Chad - troops Militants kill 'at least 30' in Nigeria's troubled Borno Why is Niger changing its national anthem? Nigeria votes for new president despite delay and attacks Boko Haram kills three troops in Nigeria base attack Militants kidnap over a dozen schoolchildren in Nigeria's Borno state Sudanese forces fire tear gas as thousands rally against post-coup killings Dozens dead in stampede at Liberian church after street gang attack Kenyan police investigate tortured bodies found dumped in river Activists report first death in street protests against Tunisia leader Former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, the ruling party's candidate, is the overwhelming favourite to succeed President Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down after two five-year terms. A Nigerien soldier walks between ballot boxes before Niger's presidential and legislatives voting materials distribution in Niamey, Niger, on December 26, 2020. (AFP) Niger is voting in an election that is expected to lead to the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a country reeling from violence. Former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, the ruling party's candidate, is the overwhelming favourite to succeed President Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down after two five-year terms leading the largely desert country of 23 million. Bazoum, 60, has promised continuity with Issoufou's policies, while also vowing to clean up pervasive corruption. "If I am lucky enough to win this election, you will have chosen someone who is ready from day one," he said in a campaign video. Niger faces twin security crises. It has suffered repeated attacks near its western borders with Mali and Burkina Faso from militants linked to al Qaeda and Daesh. Near its southeastern border with Nigeria it faces attacks from Boko Haram. Hundreds of soldiers and civilians have been killed in the last year alone. The economic situation is also critical. More than 40 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty, and the Covid-19 pandemic has slowed growth to a crawl, compounding the effects of climate change and low prices for top export uranium. READ MORE: Boko Haram militants kill over two dozen civilians in Niger Bazoum faces 29 other candidates, who will hope to force a second round by denying him an outright majority of the vote. Hama Amadou, who finished runner-up in the last election, was barred from running because of a criminal conviction, leaving the opposition without an obvious figurehead. But last week, Amadou's party called on its supporters to turn out for Mahamane Ousmame, who was president from 1993-1996. "After my candidate was disqualified, I didn't have the motivation to come out and vote," said Ali Hamma, an Amadou supporter. "But with the new instructions, I am going to vote." A peaceful transfer of power would be a milestone for Niger, which has experienced four coups since gaining independence from France in 1960. It would also stand in stark contrast to Ivory Coast and Guinea, whose presidents this year used constitutional changes to extend their tenures to three terms, raising fears of a democratic backslide in West Africa. READ MORE: Niger labour minister dies from coronavirus - public TV Deadly suicide blast strikes near Somali military base

Since the beginning of war, over 7.2 million refugees – the vast majority of them children and women – have fled across Europe. Facing immediate challenges accessing basic services, refugee children and young people will also experience the long-term impacts of the war as they start to rebuild their lives and recover from the suffering they endured. Stand By Me is a ground-breaking partnership, which sees The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia partner with UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, on a two-year project to provide vital support to young people who have been displaced or impacted by the war in Ukraine. Working in collaboration with UNICEF, the Stand By Me programme will leverage the Award's framework for non-formal education and learning as a tool for community cohesion. It will enable displaced young Ukrainians to continue their studies and prepare for work and for life, whilst also offering crucial moral and peer support via a young Czech, Slovak or Romanian buddy over a two-year period. The partnership will align UNICEF's operational expertise in humanitarian crises with the existing infrastructure and presence of the Award, allowing Stand By Me to be rolled out quickly and efficiently across the three countries. The Award in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia initiated the scheme to facilitate communication and mitigate the impact of the war in Ukraine on young people. The partnership will enable young people in these host countries, to support their peers as they flee war-torn Ukraine. It aims to help them to integrate them into schools, communities and society. UNICEF is pleased to work together with young people and build partnerships with the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award and other active youth organizations that are dedicated to empowering and mobilizing young people," said Philippe Cory, Deputy Regional Director of the UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office. "Working together with international, national and municipal partners and with young Ukrainians and host communities in Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic the "Stand by Me" programme will build the skills, competence and confidence of youth, as well as bridges of understanding and solidarity among young people across Europe. Philippe Cory Deputy Regional Director of the UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office Get inspired to Find Your Tribe The Award in Czechia The Award in Romania The Award in Slovakia page21.04.2022 "Stand by Me": The Award in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia join forces for youth READ MORE Young Czechs, Romanians and Slovaks to lead the way in supporting displaced Ukrainian youth READ MORE

Latest coronavirus updates as Treasury commissions capital gains tax review It comes after the Office for Budget Responsibility warned the UK economy might not recover until 2024 Max ChannonLive and Trending Editor George ThorpeRegional Content Editor A capital gains tax (CGT) review has been commission by the Treasury as Chancellor Rishi Sunak attempts to find a way of paying back the billions spent to support the UK's economy during the coronavirus pandemic. The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has been asked by the chancellor to look at how CGT - which is applied on profits on homes and other assets - is currently applied. It comes after the Office for Budget Responsibility said measures that have been implemented by the Government during the COVID-19 pandemic to help the UK's economy would see an "unprecedented peacetime rise in borrowing" this year, escalating to between 13% and 21% of GDP and reaching up to £322 billion. The fiscal watchdog also said that the economy in the UK might not recover until 2024. This is a breaking news blog and updates will appear at the end of this article. However, the Treasury said there is no truth in the suggest that the CGT review will be used to raise taxes and pin the borrowing bill on the wealthy. A Treasury spokeswoman said: "It is standard practice to keep taxes under review. "Over the last few years the OTS has reviewed most of the major tax regimes apart from CGT, and a review of CGT will now complete its review of all the major taxes. "There is no expectation or plans for policy changes as a result." Scroll down for updates. Cancer Research UK to cut jobs and research spend 18:42 Confusion over sandwich shop mask use after Gove seen without face covering 18:41 Chancellor warns of 'tough choices ahead' as he refuses to discuss tax rises 18:40 Pubs to remain closed in Ireland until August 10 18:39 Nando's, KFC, McDonalds, Wetherspons and Pret a Manger cut prices 17:32 Cancer Research UK to cut jobs and research spend The UK's biggest cancer charity is to make "significant" reductions to the amount it spends on research and cut jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Cancer Research UK said that its planned research spend over the next four to five years needs to reduce by £150 million. And it also announced plans to cut almost a quarter of its jobs, with up to 345 redundancies over the next six months. The charity has projected a £300 million loss of fundraising income over the next three years, including £160 million in this year alone. In a statement the charity released details of its plan to "rebuild and adapt". But it said that its research spend over the next four to five years will now be £250 million – a cut of £150 million from what it had planned. Michelle Mitchell, chief executive at Cancer Research UK said: "We're living through a global crisis unlike any other and, as it's unfolded, it's become clear that there'll be a huge economic impact for years to come. "As the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, we must always focus on delivering our pioneering work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. "We made some very difficult decisions early on to mitigate the impact on our work; we moved all of our staff to 80% pay, furloughed 60% of staff, and cut £44 million from our research. But it is with a heavy heart that I can confirm we will have to reduce the size of our workforce, and make significant cuts to our research spend, as a result of the situation we find ourselves in. "With such a significant shortfall in income, we cannot afford to keep spending at the same levels. But that doesn't make those decisions any easier. "We're keeping our dedicated, hard-working staff up to date on developments as we have them, and their professionalism throughout this period has been hugely appreciated. "I am confident that through our world-leading research, information and influencing, we will continue to make transformative steps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. "This plan sets the direction for a new phase in the life of Cancer Research UK and will help us respond to the changed world, quicker than we've ever done before. We will emerge a streamlined charity, but still with a resolute drive for impact. Together, we will still beat cancer and realise our ambition to improve cancer survival to three in four by 2034." In June, some of Britain's leading medical research charities issued warnings that research into some of the UK's deadliest diseases is being "devastated" by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) warned that medical research is being hampered by the economic challenges posed by coronavirus. Many charities have described huge losses in income as they warned that research efforts could be impacted for years to come. The AMRC has called for the Government to commit to a matched funding agreement to put the sector on stable footing. In the first year it is calling for a cash boost of £310 million. Confusion over sandwich shop mask use after Gove seen without face covering Downing Street has contradicted Matt Hancock on whether face coverings will be compulsory in sandwich shops after he defended Cabinet colleague Michael Gove's maskless purchase in Pret A Manger. The Health Secretary said coverings would need to be worn in shops when the law is enforced to tackle the coronavirus spread in England from July 24. But No 10 later said there would be an exemption for takeaway purchases. The contradiction came after senior Cabinet Office minister Mr Gove, who had earlier sparked confusion by suggesting face coverings would not be compulsory, was photographed uncovered in Pret A Manger despite insisting it was "basic good manners" to wear a mask. It was in stark contrast to International Development Secretary Liz Truss, who minutes earlier had left the same shop in Westminster wearing a blue covering. Questioned over who was correct, Mr Hancock told Sky News: "You do need to wear a face mask in Pret because Pret is a shop. "If there's table service, it is not necessary to have a mask. But in any shop, you do need a mask. So, if you're going up to the counter in Pret to buy takeaway that is a shop … but if you go to your local pub you can't go to the bar." But Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman later gave an alternative explanation. "We will be publishing the full guidance shortly but my understanding is that it wouldn't be mandatory if you went in, for example, to a sandwich shop in order to get a takeaway to wear a face covering," he said. "It is mandatory … we are talking about supermarkets and other shops rather than food shops." Mr Hancock had defended Mr Gove by saying that the photographs were taken "before I announced the change in policy to the House of Commons" on Tuesday afternoon. However, the pictures were taken on Tuesday morning, after the policy was announced in a press release to journalists. Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who was previously criticised for not wearing a face covering during a visit to Wagamama, later came down on the side of wearing masks in Pret when he posted an image of himself during a well-covered visit to the sandwich chain. The law change announced in the Commons on Tuesday afternoon came after a period of confusion, which Labour seized on as "days of ministerial muddle". On Friday, Mr Johnson said the Government was looking at "stricter" rules. But on Sunday Mr Gove said he did not believe face coverings should be mandatory and that it was better to "trust people's common sense", adding that it was "basic good manners" to cover up in shops. However, the Cabinet disagreement was won by those in favour of masks, and failure to wear face coverings in shops in England can be punished with a £100 fine from July 24. Shadow health minister Justin Madders said the Government's position was "hopeless". "We have had mixed messages from Government all week and it seems that once again they are making it up as they go along," he said. "We need clear and consistent messages about when the wearing of a face covering will be compulsory, not attempts at redefining what a shop is. "Public safety and confidence are key to preventing a second wave and the Government need to raise their game in ensuring that everyone knows when the wearing of a mask is required." Chancellor warns of 'tough choices ahead' as he refuses to discuss tax rises Chancellor Rishi Sunak has refused to confirm whether tax rises will be implemented to pay for Covid-19 borrowing but warned that "tough choices" lay ahead for the country. Mr Sunak's decision to ask the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to review capital gains tax sparked speculation that he was preparing to raise the asset tax as the Government seeks to rebuild public finances following the collapse of economic activity during the coronavirus lockdown. Giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee on Wednesday, the Number 11 incumbent said it was "business-as-usual practice" for the Treasury to analyse how the tax system was functioning. But the former local government minister confirmed that "tough choices" would have to be made as the Government looks to pay back borrowing, which the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted could reach up to £322 billion this year. Mr Sunak said: "I say this clearly to any journalist I speak to, any colleague – I'm going to give the same answer, which is I'm just not going to comment on future fiscal policy and people should not then infer, 'Ah, you didn't rule this out or you do rule this in'. "We of course look at everything all the time, that's what we do. "In terms of what does that mean for spending and taxes, those are decisions that will have to wait until we get to Budgets but there are tough choices ahead, that is clear. "We have an ambition to deliver upon our priorities and the promises we made, we've been through hopefully this once-in-a-lifetime episode, it has had an enormous impact on our economy, on jobs, our public finances and that means there are tough choices to come. "It is difficult for us to go into more detail than that." Mr Sunak said there would need to be a conversation about how public services are funded in the wake of the crisis. Responding to a comment from fellow Tory MP Steve Baker that some economic experts thought the UK had reached its "taxable capacity," the Chancellor said: "We want public services, we have expectations on the Government to provide certain things and we have to look at how we are going to fund these things and we must have that conversation in the round. "We can't choose to only talk about one side of it without having reference to the other. "I hope we can, both with the country and with colleagues, have a sensible conversation about all these things in the round as we confront some of the tough choices that are coming our way over the next few months." During the two-hour session Mr Sunak, who was pictured wearing a face covering while buying lunch from a Pret A Manger before the committee hearing, said he wanted to restore public finances to a "sustainable footing" over the "medium term" following the pandemic. He also said government bailouts for individual companies impacted by the downturn should be "exceptionally rare". It comes after Virgin Atlantic unveiled a £1.2 billion bailout package on Tuesday involving only private funds. "The bar for that kind of intervention is very high," he said. The Cabinet minister apologised to those workers who had not been eligible for furlough or self-employed support during the lockdown but said it was time to "focus on the future" and that the Treasury "could not introduce new schemes". Campaigners, who say three million people have been denied financial support, delivered a petition to Mr Sunak's office on Wednesday calling for assistance to prevent businesses from collapsing. Pubs to remain closed in Ireland until August 10 Pubs in Ireland that do not serve food are set to remain closed until August 10. Currently only bars that provide a substantial meal are allowed to sell alcohol with it. Ministers are expected to delay plans to fully reopen the industry from next week over concerns about the number of young people who have contracted Covid-19. Face coverings are also set to be made mandatory in shops following Wednesday evening's Cabinet meeting. Medics have expressed concern about the number of coronavirus cases in recent weeks as lockdown eases. Monday was supposed to mark the next stage of Ireland's road map out of social distancing restrictions which have paralysed life since March. Dr Ronan Glynn, acting chief medical officer at the Department of Health, said: "We are at a sensitive stage in the pandemic – this requires caution and collective effort to hold firm and keep the virus suppressed in the community." Two more people have died with Covid-19 in Ireland, the National Public Health Emergency Team said, bringing the total to 1,748. As of midnight on Tuesday, the health system had been notified of 14 more confirmed cases. On Wednesday, Irish police said the vast majority of licensed premises had been found to be in compliance with regulations and licensing laws. In 37 individual cases – including 26 during the weekend of July 3-5 – officers found potential breaches of health regulations or licensing laws even after providing premises with the opportunity to rectify the situation. In all these cases, gardai found customers consuming alcohol, but no evidence of food also being consumed and no evidence of receipts to show food had been sold. John Twomey, deputy commissioner in charge of policing and security, said: "The continued high level of compliance among licensed premises is very welcome. "However, there remains a minority who are putting their employees, their customers and their local community at risk of getting Covid-19." Nando's, KFC, McDonalds, Wetherspons and Pret a Manger cut prices McDonald's, Nando's, KFC, Wetherspoons and Pret A Manger are among food chains planning price cuts for customers as £4.1 billion of VAT cuts come into force. The Government has slashed VAT on hot meals, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5% for the next six months. However, not all hospitality firms are expected to pass the full benefit of the tax cut on to customers, after taking a severe hit from the coronavirus crisis. Food chains to cut prices as £4bn VAT cuts come into force McDonald's, Nando's and Pret A Manger and KFC are among food chains planning price cuts for customers as £4.1 billion of VAT cuts come into force. Downing Street said "we want businesses to pass on the benefit to customers if they can", but that it is ultimately the decision for firms themselves. Bernard Donoghue, director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva), told the BBC he expects the cut will go towards helping venues "repair their finances as opposed to being passed on to customers". The Treasury estimates that households could save £160 a year as a result of the changes. Last week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the cut, which will remain in force until January 12, alongside plans to give people a 50% discount, up to £10 per head, to eat out in restaurants in August. Pret A Manger said the price of its coffee will be cut from Wednesday following the VAT change, with the price of hot food to be cut from Friday. The high street chain said the price of a takeaway latte will fall 35p to £2.40 as a result of the tax break. Pret is one of a number of under-pressure chains to announce hundreds of job cuts to mitigate the impact of lockdown on its operations. McDonald's said it is recommending a cut in the price of popular items on its menu and meal deals to its franchisees. It said it intends to reduce the price of Happy Meals by 30p and breakfast meals by 50p, with price cuts also recommended for Big Macs, Quarter Pounders and McNuggets. Rival KFC said it will reduce the price of sharing buckets by £1 and slash the cost of certain "fan favourites" by 50p. Nando's said it will pass on "100% of the benefits" from the tax break to its customers, helping to reduce the price of a quarter chicken by 55p. The VAT cut does not apply to cold takeaway food, such as sandwiches or salads, and alcoholic drinks. Pub chain Wetherspoons said it will use the tax cut on hot food and cold drinks to help fund lower prices on some of its most popular beers. However, it was fiercely criticised by beer industry leaders, who said the move was "misleading". A joint statement by Tom Stainer, chief executive of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), and James Calder, chief executive of the Society for Independent Brewers (Siba), said: "Like all pubs, Wetherspoon will not be able to benefit from a VAT reduction on beer sales and it is disappointing to see them potentially mislead customers into believing cheaper beer prices are as a direct result of the Chancellor's measures." Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman said: "We want businesses to pass on the benefit to customers if they can, and almost four-fifths of businesses said they did so in 2008. "But we recognise that many of these businesses have been closed and without income for months, and decisions on prices are ultimately for businesses rather than the Government." Independent inquiry into Covid-19 will take place, promises Boris Johnson Boris Johnson has pledged there will be an independent inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The Prime Minister told MPs it will "certainly" happen in the future - but said he does not believe now is the right time. No new coronavirus hospital deaths in Devon and Cornwall for 13th day running No new COVID-19 coronavirus related deaths have been reported in hospitals in Devon or Cornwall for the 13th day running. However, sadly, 22 deaths have been reported at hospitals elsewhere in England - with one of these occurring in the South West region. Yesterday, 26 deaths were reported in English hospitals. PM: 'Every reasonable step' being taken to prepare for second coronavirus spike Face coverings will have to be worn in shops in England for the "foreseeable future" as part of the Government's efforts to prevent a second wave of coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there is no end date for the requirement to wear coverings as Boris Johnson insisted that the NHS Test and Trace operation to contain the spread of the virus is "as good as or better than" any other system in the world. The Prime Minister was challenged about preparations for a second wave following the publication of a report commissioned by Government advisers warning that there could be 120,000 hospital deaths in a "reasonable worst-case scenario" if the disease rebounds in winter. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Johnson is "kidding no-one" by claiming the Test and Trace operation had been a "stunning success". The report from the Academy of Medical Sciences, commissioned by the Government's chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, says action must be taken now to mitigate the potential for a second peak of Covid-19, including scaling up the Test and Trace system. At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson said: "Our Test and Trace system is as good as or better than any other system in the world and, yes, it will play a vital part in ensuring that we do not have a second spike this winter." Some 144,000 people had self-isolated as a result of being contacted by NHS Test and Trace, he said. Asked if he had read the scientists' findings, Mr Johnson said he was "aware of the report" and claimed the Government was taking "every reasonable step" to prepare the country to cope with a possible second spike in cases. The Prime Minister accused the Labour leader of "endlessly knocking the confidence of the people of this country" by criticising the Government's actions. Sir Keir said the percentage of people contacted and asked to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace had gone down since it was launched. "It's perfectly possible to support track and trace and point out the problems," he told the Prime Minister. "Standing up every week and saying it's a 'stunning success' is kidding no-one – that isn't giving people confidence in the system. "They would want a Prime Minister who stands up and says 'There are problems and this is what I'm going to do about them' – not this rhetoric about 'stunning success' when it's obviously not true." At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson also committed to an "independent inquiry" into the handling of the pandemic, but said now is not the "right moment" for it. But Downing Street was unable to give any further details about the nature of the independent inquiry when pressed on whether it will be judge-led, when it will begin or whether it will be under the 2005 Inquiries Act. Instead, a No 10 spokesman said: "It's an independent inquiry. I haven't got any more detail for you on how it would work. We will set that out in due course." Earlier, Mr Hancock defended the move to make face coverings compulsory in England's shops from July 24, despite resistance from some Tories. There have also been warnings that the move will deter shoppers just as high streets are reopening with the easing of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions. However, Mr Hancock insisted the wearing of face coverings in shops and on public transport is essential to prevent the virus getting out of control again. "People will have to wear masks in shops and on public transport and in the NHS for the foreseeable future," he told BBC Breakfast. "The virus exists only to multiply and, without any measures, we know that each person infects another two to three people so we do have to have these measures in place, even though the number of cases are really low, to keep a grip on the virus." But the Health Secretary denied reports that he is planning to extend the requirement to offices. "That isn't going to happen and the reason is in offices you tend to spend a lot of time with the same people," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "Where the mask benefits is from you spreading the disease to other people when you have relatively short interactions with lots of different people." Mr Hancock also played down reports that the Government is preparing to raise capital gains tax (CGT) as it seeks to rebuild the public finances following the collapse of economic activity during the lockdown. Speculation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing the ground for a CGT increase – putting the cost of the outbreak on the better-off – was sparked by the disclosure that he had ordered the Office for Tax Simplification to carry out a review of the tax. However, Mr Hancock told Sky News: "As far as I understand, there is no proposal and the Chancellor is not looking at tax changes now. "We've just had the summer economic statement and apparently reviews like this are normal all of the time and not connected to any decision one way or the other." The Treasury said it is "standard practice" to keep all taxes under review. A spokesman said: "There is no expectation or plans for policy changes as a result." Face masks in shops: 'Phone police as last resort', shop workers told Shop workers have been told they can call the police "as a last resort" if customers do not comply with a new rule on wearing face masks. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs that anyone failing to comply with the order in England could face a fine of up to £100. The wearing of face coverings will be made mandatory in shops from July 24. Compliance with coronavirus quarantine rules 'incredibly high' Compliance with coronavirus quarantine measures by people travelling in and out of the UK has been "incredibly high", the Home Secretary said. Priti Patel told MPs 383,000 spot checks were carried out between June 6 and July 12 and the compliance rate was 99.9%. Speaking to the Commons Home Affairs Committee on Wednesday, she said the majority of the checks were carried out at the border. Shona Dunn, second permanent secretary to the Home Office, added that as of last week around 20% of those were follow-up checks on people who have come into the country which were carried out by Public Health England. Last week, it emerged not a single person had been fined by police in England and Wales for breaching the quarantine rules after arriving from abroad up until June 22. The figures came as the measures for people returning to or visiting the UK from a list of countries, including popular holiday destinations, were relaxed. Many Covid-19 treatment trials too small and often politicised, warns expert Many clinical trials to find a treatment for Covid-19 are too small to show definitive results and can end up being politicised, an expert scientific adviser to the Government has warned. Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, said the clinical community needs to take "a harsh look at ourselves", with more than a third of trials enrolling fewer than 100 patients. Speaking at a weekly Chatham House briefing on the pandemic, he said that, while the UK's Recovery trial – the world's largest randomised clinical trial of potential Covid-19 treatments – and the World Health Organisation's Solidarity trial, which had recruited nearly 5,500 patients as of the beginning of July, have been done "at scale", many other trials are too small. He said statements made by politicians in relation to drugs, which ended up not being true, had, in his opinion, "delayed and slowed down our progress in developing treatments". Sir Jeremy said: "I think there are 1,200 clinical trials currently in place around the world, of which 16% are looking at chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. That doesn't make any organised sense." Last month, Oxford University's Recovery trial stopped enrolling participants to its hydroxychloroquine arm after concluding that it showed no clinical benefit. US President Donald Trump has previously spoken publicly about taking hydroxychloroquine despite having no symptoms of Covid-19. Sir Jeremy said: "Many of the trials, and I think here the clinical community does need to take a harsh look at ourselves, many of the trials are too small. "I think 40% will enrol less than 100 patients. It's very unlikely in less than 100 patients you're going to provide definitive evidence of the efficacy and safety of a treatment. "You have to do things at scale as Recovery and Solidarity have done, and small trials will often be unhelpful, and will often be politicised as we have seen in this epidemic, where politicians sadly made statements about certain drugs which proved not to be true and I think delayed and slowed down our progress in developing treatments." Sir Jeremy, who is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), also warned against "nationalism" when it comes to treatments and a vaccine. He said the pandemic will affect all of us "until every country manages to steer a way through it", adding: "So there's no point being nationalistic, there's no point saying 'I've got my vaccine in America and nobody else will have it', because that won't work, and it won't actually protect Americans. "Vaccine nationalism, therapeutic nationalism, has no place in enlightened self-interest, and they have to be seen as global public goods." Asked about vaccine hopes, he said: "A lot will depend on whether there is actual natural immunity to this infection or not, and can we replicate that with a vaccine." He added that he would be optimistic, and that, while the first generation of vaccines may not produce the "perfect" inoculation, he thinks there will be "protection, certainly for a period of time that would allow the world to come out of this initial first wave". Coronavirus outbreaks far more likely in large care homes, study suggests Outbreaks of coronavirus are up to 20 times more likely in large care homes, according to research. The NHS Lothian and Edinburgh University study looked at 189 care homes in the health board area and found 70 (37%) of them had experienced a Covid-19 outbreak. In homes with fewer than 20 residents, the chance of an outbreak was 5%. But in facilities with 60 to 80 residents, the likelihood rose to between 83% and 100%, according to analysis first reported in The Guardian. The report suggests creating "bubbles" within homes could help with infection control. It states: "Although care home size cannot be altered without losing places for existing residents, there may be potential to create discrete units within care homes where smaller numbers of staff and residents are effectively cohorted to create self-contained units. "Such efforts will be complicated by individual care home built environment, and will be difficult to sustain without rapid outside support during any large Covid-19 outbreak when staff illness and absence may risk compromising safe care. "Additional measures to respond to new outbreaks of Covid-19 will also be required, including maintaining high provision of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), better support for infection control, ensuring self-isolation and active surveillance of residents and staff to ensure early detection of outbreaks and ongoing transmission, and staffing support for care homes with many staff absent." There have been more than 55,000 deaths in the UK where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, including suspected cases, with nearly 40% of these (21,678) care home residents. The new report says the impact of Covid-19 is concentrated in a small number of care homes with "repeated or sustained" outbreaks. It warns that as many care homes for older people and virtually all other facilities do not yet appear to have had an outbreak, there is "considerable risk" of further outbreaks and a large number of deaths in care homes if the incidence of Covid-19 in the community increases again. It states: "Allowing families and friends to visit residents again is important for quality of life, but needs to be balanced against the need to shield residents of care homes in areas where community incidence is high or increasing. "Early detection of outbreaks through regular testing, reliable PPE supply, support for infection control, and measures to ensure safe staffing are all likely to be needed to contain the size of established outbreaks." Royal Navy changes way it trains because of coronavirus The Royal Navy has changed the way it trains sailors after they leave Phase 1 basic training at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint in Cornwall. The first groups of newly trained sailors have now been put through their paces in a bespoke course, created to counteract the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their training. A Royal Navy spokesperson said: "All have recently finished basic training at HMS Raleigh and would usually move straight to their respective Phase 2 training establishments, such as HMS Collingwood for Warfare training and HMS Sultan for Marine Engineering. "Sustaining every trainee's transition from a civilian to military way of life has been the objective whilst various Phase 2 courses are temporarily suspended." Significant reduction of virus before lockdown eased, study finds The rate of coronavirus infection in England was significantly reduced in the month before lockdown restrictions were lifted, a new study has found. According to the new research from Imperial College London, the rate of infection throughout the country was halving every eight to nine days during May. There were on average 13 positive cases for every 10,000 people, with an overall reproduction number of 0.57 – lower than previously reported. For the study, researchers tested more than 120,000 volunteers aged over five across the country for Covid-19. About 69% of those who tested positive reported no symptoms on the day of the test or the previous week, though they may have developed symptoms later. Steven Riley, professor of infectious disease dynamics at Imperial College London, said: "The relatively low R value – even towards the end of May – suggests the lockdown was effective in the community. "I think that it emphasised that our level of adherence in the UK, and the overall average behaviour, was very effective at reducing transmission of the virus. "That was an open question in my mind before we started the study. "We knew it had been effective early on from all the other data streams, but as prevalence went lower it wasn't clear that we were still really doing a good job of limiting transmission, and we really were." The report provides an insight into who was infected with the virus between May 1 and June 1, comparing geography, age, sex, ethnicity, key worker status and symptoms. Beyond the diminished rate of infection, the research found young adults aged 18 to 24 were more likely to test positive than other age groups. People of Asian ethnicity were also more likely to test positive than those of white ethnicity, while people working in care homes were at greater risk of being infected during lockdown than the general population. The report also showed anyone who had recent contact with a known Covid-19 case was 24 times more likely to test positive than those with no such contact, emphasising the importance of contact tracing in keeping the spread of the virus under control. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the study is crucial to the country's ongoing battle with coronavirus. "This ambitious testing programme will help us better understand the spread of the virus to date, predict how it may spread in the future and inform our response to the pandemic," he said. "It shows the impact our national lockdown efforts have had and demonstrates that we have taken the right actions at the right time. "As a country we have made great strides towards beating this virus but we mustn't take our foot off the pedal, and such studies will be vital as we continue to fight this virus." The study, which has been upscaled and repeated for June, will now undergo peer review before a final report is published. Plans are currently underway for a second large-scale study, which will use antibody tests to determine how much of the general public has been infected with Covid-19 in the past. Matt Hancock shakes head and shrugs when quizzed on Dominic Cummings Matt Hancock shook his head and shrugged when Lorraine Kelly said public confidence and trust in the government had "been eroded" following the alleged breaking of rules by senior officials. The Health Secretary was appearing on the ITV show to clear up some confusion around new rules which will make it mandatory for people in England to wear face masks in shops from July 24. Questioning the Health Secretary, Lorraine said: "You wanted to give people more confidence, so that they can shop safely and obviously, protect shop workers, that's terribly important." Matt Hancock was nodding and agreeing with the ITV presenter, before Lorraine said: "But to feel confident, you have to have trust. "Would you accept that, over this time, trust has eroded and that's because of lack of clarity, that's because senior figures, we know what happened with Dominic Cummings and other..." Before Lorraine was able to finish her question, the Health Secretary winced as he shook his head frantically. UK set for 'incomplete V-shaped' economic recovery, warns Bank rate-setter The UK economy is set for an "incomplete V-shaped" recovery from the coronavirus crisis as consumer caution and soaring unemployment is set to hinder the bounce-back, a Bank of England policymaker has warned. In a webinar speech, Bank interest rate-setter Silvana Tenreyro predicted an "interrupted" V-shaped recovery as an initial rebound in activity loses steam towards the end of the year. She said the first quarterly growth rebound will come between July and September as lockdown restrictions ease further, with data already pointing to a sharp pick-up in purchases held back due to enforced closures. But she warned: "This will be interrupted by continued risk aversion and voluntary social distancing in some sectors, remaining restrictions on activities in others, and in general by higher unemployment." She said the recovery is expected to flatten out markedly at the end of the year as rising joblessness leads to falling consumer spending, while many people may still opt to socially distance despite easing restrictions. She said: "I expect voluntary social distancing to continue to drag on consumption in sectors where the perceived risk of spreading Covid-19 remains high, such as hospitality and travel. "Recent survey data suggests a majority of people would still be uncomfortable going to indoor restaurants or cinemas, for example." Her comments follow official data on Tuesday showing that gross domestic product (GDP) grew by a meagre 1.8% in May, leading to warnings of a slower and more protracted recovery. Economists are now forecasting a fall of up to 20% in GDP between April and June, though activity is set to rebound more strongly in the third quarter. Ms Tenreyro signalled that she is ready to push for more economy-boosting action, having voted with the majority of the Monetary Policy Committee for another £100 billion of quantitative easing (QE) in June. But she warned that the impact of the Bank's £745 billion QE bond-buying programme may start to wane, given mounting expectations for negative interest rates. Fellow rate-setter Andy Haldane, the Bank's chief economist, recently described the shape of the recovery as "so far, so V", but warned over the risk of mass unemployment. The UK's fiscal watchdog said on Tuesday that Britain's economy may not fully recover until 2024 and is facing an unemployment rate surging potentially as high as 13% from just under 4% now. The Office for Budget Responsibility said the economy could shrink by as much as 14.3% in 2020 in a worst-case scenario and would still plunge by 10.6% in even its most optimistic projection. 'Rising tide' of infections in Blackburn coronavirus outbreak Blackburn is facing a "rising tide" of coronavirus cases, centred on its large Asian community. The Lancashire town brought in extra restrictions on Tuesday and Professor Dominic Harrison, the local authority's director of public health, said the population of 148,000 people was facing a spike in cases in certain areas of the community. He warned the town had two weeks to get the numbers down before lockdown measures are reversed. Prof Harrison, speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, said: "What we are seeing from looking at the postcode data of those cases is, in the last couple of weeks, is a single case being infected, then going back to a household and all that household becoming infected. VAT cut comes in today Plenty of items are set to get cheaper today as new VAT cuts come into place. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the cuts during his 'mini-budget' in order to 'get the sectors moving and protect jobs'. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Sunak said the plan would help protect livelihoods after the economy contracted by 25 per cent in just two months due to Covid-19. The Full list of things that are set to get cheaper can be read here Latest Greece coronavirus scare could bring new restrictions for UK holidaymakers More than 100 tourists in Greece have tested positive for coronavirus since the country reopened its borders. It is now feared that lockdown restrictions could be reintroduced after the recent surge in infections of the deadly virus. The country and its islands reopened its borders to tourists on July 1 and the spike in infections has followed. Just 3,672 active cases of coronavirus had been recorded in the country but since borders were reopened, more than 100 visitors have reported positive tests. Captain Sir Tom Moore to be knighted Fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore is to be knighted by the Queen in his own unique personal open-air ceremony at Windsor Castle on Friday. The 100-year-old Second World War veteran will travel to the historic Berkshire royal residence with members of his family for the special outdoor investiture. Captain Sir Tom raised almost £33 million for health service charities by walking laps of his Bedfordshire garden. He won the hearts of the nation for his determination after originally setting out to raise just £1,000. 11:10 Max Channon British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa will go ahead 11:02 George Thorpe Quarantine measures compliance 'incredibly high' Home Secretary Priti Patel told MPs compliance with coronavirus quarantine measures by people travelling in and out of the UK has been "incredibly high". She told the Commons Home Affairs Committee 383,000 spot checks were carried out between June 6 and July 12 and the compliance rate was 99.9%. The majority of the checks were carried out at the border, she said. Shona Dunn, second permanent secretary to the Home Office, said as of last week around 20% of those were follow-up checks on people who have come into the country. They were carried out by Public Health England. Home Secretary, Priti Patel (Image: Julian Hamilton/Mirrorpix) Video shows Banksy spraying tube train with coronavirus face mask message Street artist Banksy has posted a video showing him covering the inside of a London Underground carriage with graffiti with messages about the spread of coronavirus.. But Transport for London (TfL) say the artwork inside the train carriage has already been removed by them. The mysterious artist shared the clip, which shows him getting onto the tube train and spraying his signature rats sneezing, on Instagram, reports BristolLive. Wear a mask or face the consequences, Devon and Cornwall shoppers warned From the end of next week, shoppers will have to wear a face mask - or risk a fine. The Government yesterday announced that face coverings would become mandatory inside shops from Friday, July 24, with a maximum £100 fine for non-compliance. Environment Secretary George Eustice, the MP for Camborne and Redruth, said retailers and police must both play a role in enforcing the use of face coverings, after police warned that the law would be unenforceable. Mr Eustice defended the delay in introducing the measure to combat the spread of coronavirus as the UK relaxes the lockdown. He said the mandatory use of face masks in England would apply to "all shops", but not pubs and restaurants. Steve Hughes, Plymouth City Centre manager, said: "We'll be asking visitors to the city centre to comply – please wear a face covering when you go into shops. But you don't need to to do when you're just wandering around outside. "From day one our priority has been to make the city centre as safe and welcoming as possible for visitors and shoppers. We are open for business and more shops are opening all the time." Health Sec welcomes extra measures introduced in Blackburn Health Secretary Matt Hancock welcomed the extra measures introduced in Blackburn with Darwen to tackle coronavirus in the Lancashire town. He told BBC Breakfast: "On Blackburn, I think that the council there are doing a fantastic job. "There is a higher rate of COVIDin Blackburn than the average across the country, it's not as high as in Leicester. We've gone in and are supporting them, working with them, for instance put in much more testing. And then they've taken these steps locally and I applaud that. "This is exactly the sort of local action we want to see." Health Secretary Matt Hancock Video - latest coronavirus headlines New face mask rules 'should apply to offices,' health and safety experts say The government has announced that wearing a face covering will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets in England from Friday, July 24. But National Health and Safety company Protecting.co.uk is making calls for anyone working in a public or private setting should be made to wear a face mask. Since May 11, government guidance has advised the public to wear face coverings in enclosed public spaces, where they may come into contact with people they wouldn't usually meet. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask, during a visit to the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. 'Perfect storm' of rising fuel poverty and winter wave of coronavirus warned of Hundreds of thousands more households could struggle to pay energy bills as a result of the coronavirus pandemic without more action to make homes warmer, it has been warned. More than 200,000 households in England are set to fall into fuel poverty as the economy struggles to recover from lockdown, a coalition of experts, campaign groups and associations, local authorities and unions have warned. With more people in cold homes they cannot afford to heat, putting them at greater risk of respiratory infections, a potential wave of COVID-19 in winter could be catastrophic for individuals and the health service, they said. The End Fuel Poverty Coalition is warning of a "perfect storm" of cold homes, high winter fuel bills and COVID-19 hitting the NHS in winter. (Image: PA) Heathrow introduces UV cleaning robots Ultraviolet (UV) cleaning robots are being deployed at Heathrow as the airport tries to encourage passengers to return to air travel. The airport said the machines use UV rays to kill viruses and bacteria at night. It is also using UV technology to continuously disinfect moving handrails, and coating surfaces such as security trays, lift buttons and trolley handles with a material providing long-lasting anti-viral protection. Around 100 airport workers are being retrained to serve as hygiene technicians to boost cleaning and answer passenger queries on the methods being used. Heathrow has previously introduced screens in security areas and in some shops, made face coverings compulsory and created one-way systems.

The defendants conspired to perform unnecessary procedures and use unnecessary physical restraints upon children in order to fraudulently obtain extra compensation. At least 300,000 children may have been treated improperly. Medicaid-eligible children would have an appointment for a routine check-up and cleaning with Defendants' clinics. They would be given x-rays, a cleaning and then the dentist would evaluate the child's mouth. The x-rays were often unnecessary, taken incorrectly, taken by employees not licensed to operate the x-ray machine, and/or unreadable or even blank. Parents/guardians were then brought to a consultation room where they were told that their child needed extensive work including, pulpotomies and steel crowns. Parents were pressured to sign consent forms immediately so that the extensive procedures could be done the same day as the initial consultation. Defendants thought that if the patients left the building, the might obtain a second opinion about the need for additional procedures and might not return. FORBA also encouraged its clinics to use of a "papoose board" to immobilize the children, regardless of whether or not restraint was necessary. Parents were not permitted to observe their children's' treatment. FORBA's clinics were ordered to clean the children as much as possible before sending them back to their parents, including washing their clothes so that the parents would not find out that the children had urinated or vomited on themselves. The FORBA story may be the most egregious patient abuse ever reported. To date, FORBA has agreed to pay $36.8 million to settle three government actions that alleged fraudulent Medicaid billings. The unnecessary work included multiple stainless steel caps and and as many as 16 pulpotomies ("baby root canals") given in one sitting. ABC-TV's "20/20" has vividly demonstrated the abuse to which many of the children were subjected. At least 15 dentists who worked for FORBA have been disciplined, but many more should be. Dental Watch has a detailed report. Prosecution of whistleblower nurses fails. An attempt to prosecute two nurses who complained that a doctor was trying to sell herbal products to his hospital clinic patients has failed. [Barrett S. Outrageous whistleblower prosecution fails. Quackwatch, Feb 11, 2010] In a bizarre case that has drawn national attention, Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle were charged with "misuse of official information," which is a third-degree felony under Texas law. The nurses, who worked at Winkler County Memorial Hospital had complained that Rolando G. Arafiles, M.D. was trying to sell herbal products to patients whom he had seen at his hospital's clinic. In April 2009, the Board notified Arafiles that he was being investigated and asked for several medical records. After receiving the board's notice, Arafiles asked his local sheriff to find out who had made the complaint. The nurses had complained anonymously, but information supplied by the board enabled the sheriff to figure out who they were. Subsequently, even though federal laws protect whistleblowers, the hospital fired the nurses and the district attorney was able to persuade a grand jury to indict them. The Texas Medical Board and the American Nurses Association complained that the prosecution is improper. Mitchell and Galle have filed suit in federal court alleging not only illegal retaliation for patient advocacy activities, but also civil rights and due process violations. The defendants include Winkler County, the hospital administrator, Arafiles, the district attorney, the county attorney, and the sheriff. Their suit also alleges that Arafiles was the sheriff's doctor and that they were associates in the herbal business. Last month, the prosecutor dropped the charges against Galle with no public explanation. This week, after a 4-day trial, a jury took just one hour to acquit Mitchell. [Sack K. Whistle-blowing nurse is acquitted in Texas. New York Times, Feb 11, 2010] The nurses' civil suit continues. This page was posted on February 13, 2010.

Zack Snyder is Ramping Up Casting on "Army of the Dead" for Netflix Home » Comics » Mark Waid Explains How Thor Can Lift Mjolnir, But No One Else Can (Again) Mark Waid Explains How Thor Can Lift Mjolnir, But No One Else Can (Again) Posted by Rich Johnston February 7, 2018 Comment Professor Jim Kakalios is the Taylor Distinguished Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota who wrote The Materials Science of the Avengers for Hollywood Chemistry, a collection of essays published in 2014 by the American Chemical Society, as to why Thor could pick up Mjolnir but no one else could. For Wired, he expanded further, referring to a certain scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron: When Tony Stark tries to lift Mjolnir using his Iron Man glove, he exerts a large upward force, greater than its weight, and yet the hammer remains at rest. So where does the additional downward force come from? One can only conclude that a unique property of uru metal is that, under the proper stimulus, it can emit large quantities of gravitons. On Earth, these fundamental particles have not been experimentally confirmed to exist, but as stipulated, the Asgardians are ahead of us scientifically. Gravitons are conjectured to transmit the gravitational force, and if an object emits additional gravitons, it is equivalent to increasing its mass. Thus, when an "unworthy" person applies an upward force, the uru metal increases the hammer's weight to exactly cancel this lift, and the hammer remains unmoved. When Tony and Rhodey simultaneously exert a larger upward force, the emission rate of gravitons increases, to again neutralize their efforts. The greater weight will not damage the tabletop, as only enough gravitons are emitted to balance out all upward forces, to keep the hammer stationary. Once the lifting force is stopped, the excess graviton emission also ceases. This then got picked up by the comics themselves, citing the professor. As he stated: I shared this information with Mark Waid, the writer at the time of Marvel Comics' The Indestructible Hulk, at the start of a storyline where the Hulk would have an adventure with Thor. In The Indestructible Hulk #8, the question of whether or not the Hulk could lift Mjolnir arose, and no less a scientific authority than physicist Bruce Banner (the Hulk's alter ego) provides peer-review and approval of my "graviton emission proposal," as shown here: Well, in today's Avengers #679, to explain how Metal Master in Avengers #678 could move Mjolnir, Waid has gone back to the well for why no none but Thor can lift the hammer. No mention of Professor Jim Kakalios this time, so I thought we'd provide it. Okay. The science of Thor's magic hammer, taken in part from all the research I did for that Thor/Hulk crossover I did a few years back with Walt Simonson: Uru metal was forged in fiery pits by dwarven blacksmiths. Based upon its observed properties–that it is nigh-indestructible, cannot be lifted by anyone except if they be as worthy as Thor and always returns to his hand–there can be only one explanation: "Uru metal" must actually be an exotic form of matter that can be induced to emit gravitons. Gravitons are particles (theoretically predicted but, unlike the Higgs boson, still not experimentally confirmed) that mediate the force of gravity, just like photons transmit the force of electromagnetism. While we are unable to forge Uru metal on Earth, the dwarven blacksmiths, being as advanced compared to us as we are to our early ancestors, could craft a hammer whose properties seem like magic to us. Being able to change the rate of emission and absorption of gravitons is equivalent to being able to change an object's mass and even shape it. If a person whom the hammer has determined to be unworthy attempts to lift the hammer, thanks to Odin's enchantment, the Uru metal will dramatically increase the rate of graviton emission. This will result in an exponential increase in the gravitational attraction between the Earth and the hammer, such that it cannot be budged. When Thor grips Mjolnir's handle, the "identity recognition enchantment; if you will, causes the graviton emission to cease, and the hammer resumes its normal weight. Though, of course, it's her hand right now… for a few more months at least! (Last Updated February 7, 2018 12:47 pm ) Bulletman and Bulletgirl Return Once More: AC Comics May 2018 Solicits Damned #8 Review: Major Confrontation and Revelations in the Occult Crime

In a state where economic, energy and environmental concerns grow more intensely intertwined, the assertive environmental nonprofit group NC WARN is working with the conservative nonprofit John Locke Foundation to sponsor two public forums calling for increased competition in the electricity market. The collaboration comes amid rapid changes in the U.S. electricity marketplace. NC WARN and the Locke Foundation agree that a more competitive market would help North Carolina electricity customers benefit from those changes. The organizations today announced that they will explore these issues in a pair of public forums on February 26 and March 20. Both events will run from 4:30 to 6:30pm at Raleigh's Brownstone Inn. The forums will be moderated by former NC Supreme Court Justice Robert Orr, and will feature panel discussions involving business and consumer advocates about the impacts on customers of the Duke Energy monopoly. Although the Locke Foundation and NC WARN diverge on many issues, they converge on support for increased electricity competition and the problems associated with so-called Construction Work in Progress rules. CWIP forces electric customers to pay the bills for construction of new power plants, even if those plants never come on line. North Carolina is headquarters to Duke Energy – which claims to be the world's largest corporate power company. Recent polling shows that North Carolina voters across the political spectrum overwhelmingly dislike being held captive in a monopoly electricity market that guarantees Duke a large profit for building power plants and raising rates. NC WARN believes ratepayers lose and the state economy suffers if Duke Energy is allowed to continue that business model while protected against competition that would create downward pressure on prices. The forums will explore why Duke is allowed to fence off North Carolina from changes underway across the U.S. power industry, which is moving away from construction of giant power plants and toward smaller-scale, on-site generation by businesses and homeowners using natural gas, solar and other technologies. Power industry leaders including Duke's former CEO Jim Rogers warn that monopoly utilities risk extinction if they don't evolve alongside market trends. NC WARN says competition and distributed generation seem destined to move past Duke's monopolistic blockade in North Carolina. The group asks, how much pain will ratepayers and the state economy be forced to suffer along the way? Meanwhile, the monopoly rate shocks will surge if Duke succeeds in forcing captive North Carolina customers to absorb the well-proven financial risks of trying to build nuclear power plants. CWIP, or "advance payment" legislation is already hammering Georgia and South Carolina – and Florida, where customers are being forced to pay $1.5 billion for a Levy County nuclear plant Duke Energy cancelled even before construction began. Duke has publicly insisted that it will not attempt to build nuclear plants in the Carolinas unless North Carolina's legislature passes such legislation.

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City of Amory » #AmoryProud » Our History A Rich History In 1887, officials of the Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad called for the survey of a railroad right-of-way connecting Birmingham, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee. Locating a point halfway between the two cities, the officials determined to start a town at that point named AMORY in honor of Mr. Harcourt Amory of Boston, Massachusetts. A town was platted with streets running parallel and perpendicular to the railroad track. To this day, this area is known as the Railroad Subdivision. In November of 1887, lots for businesses and residences were sold at auction, an event which attracted from near and far. Three miles west of the new town was a once-flourishing river town, Cotton Gin Port, the oldest town in Northeast Mississippi. At the close of the American Revolution, frontiersmen from the East and Southeast had fought their way into the area and established that town on the banks of the river where river trade and agriculture attracted additional settlers. Long before the coming of the white man, the Chickasaw Indians had established a village there on the banks of the Tombigbee River. Legend tells us that when the cotton gin was invented, President George Washington offered a gift to the Indians of a cotton gin, hoping to encourage the Indians in the direction of peaceful farming rather than warfare. The story goes that although the Indians did not like the cotton gin and proceeded to burn it, they did like the idea of the present and, as a matter of fact, were peaceful and friendly as they co-existed with the early settlers on the rich land and bartered for commodities from the boats coming up the river from Mobile. In 1837 these Indians were driven westward from the land by the government. Fifty years, a time that included the Civil War, passed. Having lost the Indian population and having lost many men to the war, the remaining population packed up and moved to the new town of Amory. Houses were put on logs and literally rolled into the new town or were dismantled and reassembled at the new location. In the early years, the streets were muddy and pine poles were sometimes laid across to provide passage. Newcomers arriving on the train would step onto a wooden platform surrounded by mud and water. Wagons, buggies, or horses would approach to transport them, since foot travel was hazardous. Soon boardwalks were built. The Christian Church building had been moved from Cotton Gin Port and Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians organized early churches. A few businesses were established including five saloons. A landowner named Tubb plotted streets running north and south, east and west. Where these streets meet the railroad division streets, there are now in north Amory many angular intersections. In the early years a woman taught a small school in Tubb Town, while a man taught a class in a small storehouse. Soon a small frame schoolhouse was erected. A hotel, general stores, a drugstore, a grocery, hardware and furniture stores, a bank, sawmills, cotton gins, and a compress were among the first establishments. Brick walks replaced board- walks, then graveled and graded streets appeared. Artesian wells were on almost every street. A doctor was among the earliest settlers. In 1904 an electric light plant was installed. A water filtration plan was built. The frame school was followed by a brick one which burned in 1914 but was rebuilt. In 1916 Gilmore Sanitarium, one of the first hospitals in this part of the state, was constructed. Amory Today The citizens of Amory today enjoy wide paved, tree-lined streets, a refurbished downtown with canopied walks, several additional business areas, new subdivisions, several school buildings, over twenty churches, a progressive hospital with dozens of doctors, several manufacturing facilities, parks, community organizations, a museum located in the original hospital building, two golf courses, a library, two community centers, and numerous ball fields. The early history of the town is commemorated each spring with a Railroad Festival and an old train engine, the Frisco Park Steam Engine, is on display in the downtown park. While passenger service is no longer available, the Frisco Railroad operates in Amory along with the smaller Mississippian Railway. The Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway has brought water traffic and barges through Amory Lock and Dam. With a population of approximately 8,500, the town acts as a host for the many guests of a benefit concert designed to raise money for scholarships, a project called Entertainment for Education. Along with the many nationally known stars, in 1998, the town welcomed His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, for whom these historical notes were compiled, based on papers from the Amory Regional Museum and local folklore. Source: Courtesy of The Old Place Bed and Breakfast and written by Mary Lib Frances & Norman James Recently a book has been published with great historical pictures of Amory and our citizens. You can purchase your copy today at the Amory Regional Museum:

Wooley Officially Named La. Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley has officially dropped the "acting" from his title and is now Louisiana's Commissioner of Insurance. Louisiana Constitution Article IV, Section 16 provides that Wooley, as the Department's first assistant, fill the vacancy created by Commissioner Jim Brown. Brown resigned on April 8, 2003. "I have been in charge of the Department of Insurance for nearly two and a half years now so the new title is really just a formality," said Wooley. "The terrific staff I have at the Department will continue to do the great job they've been doing, and I will continue the hard work I started the day I became acting Commissioner." One of Wooley's chief concerns is the availability and affordability of health insurance. He has partnered with the Department of Health and Hospitals on the LaChoice pilot program. "The Department of Insurance developed LaChoice to help reduce the cost of private health insurance for small employers. It's our goal with LaChoice to help make employer-sponsored health insurance readily available and more affordable for Louisiana's workers," Wooley said. The Commissioner is also focused on encouraging more homeowners insurers to do business in Louisiana, particularly along the coast. "As I've said so many times before, the number of companies writing below Interstate 10 has dwindled to just a handful since Hurricane Andrew more than 10 years ago. We are now starting to see more companies apply with the Department to write homeowners insurance in coastal Louisiana, and that's very encouraging," said Wooley. "Increased competition makes for a healthier marketplace, and that means good news for consumers." Wooley was the Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner when he took over as acting Commissioner in October 2000. Shareholders Can Sue McDonald's Ex-Executive in Landmark Ruling Viewpoint: Did Losing Credibility Cost the Defense $10 Million in Sexual Abuse Case?

You join me from Hamburg in Germany, where I'm travelling for work. But due to the wonders of Wi-Fi, I'm pleased to be able to present you with another set of great posts by our super SCBWI bloggers! Although thinking about language translation is an important part of my day job, I'd never considered the complexities of translating hand-drawn lettering. So thank you Loretta Schauer, for an instructive post for Big Little Tales, all about lettering for picture books and what illustrators need to consider before starting work. After reading this, I wouldn't want to be the person who has to translate the illustration-heavy Tom Gates books into other languages! The Edge have been featuring a range of writing tips from various SCBWI authors over the last few weeks, mostly aimed at beginning writers. Both Dave Cousins and Katie Dale present theirs in the form of videos, while Miriam Halahmy has written a more conventional post this week, all about the benefits of taking a short break from writing to recharge your creative batteries. Katie Dale's tip about listening to other people's conversations leads me nicely into a post from Sam Zuppardi. Sam has invented a new drawing game that he calls Eavesdropped. I'm pleased to see that, following the Ten-Minute Time Machine and her recent Blog Break interview, Candy Gourlay has continued to excavate the past. Her most recent find is a post written for another (now defunct) blog back in 2011. As a debut author, Candy discovered that she was suddenly being photographed all the time and even asked to appear on TV - was she ready for her close up? Finally, Larisa Villar Hauser clearly learnt a lot at the London Book Fair this year, because she's still blogging about it. Her latest post demystifies the process of crowdfunding, and is really useful reading if you're thinking of taking a jump into this market to fund a new project. Another nice collection of posts, Nick. Have fun in Germany and thanks for listing me! Interesting post from Loretta. Why did the t-shirt lettering have to be in black? I love all the circus type, I can't imagine it would work any other way. Such a cute character too!

Government Agrees to reform the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to deliver on Programme for Government commitment The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD today (Tuesday) secured Cabinet approval to reform the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to legislate for an improved and modernised industrial relations framework that will provide more clarity for employers and more effectiveness for workers. This reform continues Minister Bruton's wider modernisation agenda in the enterprise area which has seen a significant overhaul of policy, agencies and legislation over the last three years. When enacted, this legislation will mark the fulfilment of an important commitment in the Programme for Government. It will provide a clear and balanced mechanism by which the fairness of the employment conditions of workers in their totality can be assessed where collective bargaining does not take place. It will provide clarity and certainty for employers in managing their workplaces over the years ahead. The Minister acknowledged the contributions of key actors from both sides of industry to date who, he said, have come to these discussions with well-articulated positions of what they would like to see in terms of an outcome. The Minister will continue to consult with stakeholders in drafting the Heads of Bill. The proposals are derived from a lengthy consultation process involving extensive engagement with stakeholders with a view to arriving at broadly acceptable proposals that will operate effectively in practice. The main provisions include: · a definition of what constitutes "collective bargaining" · provisions to help the Labour Court identify if internal bargaining bodies are genuinely independent of their employer · bringing clarity to the requirements to be met by a Trade Union advancing a claim under the Act · setting out policies and principles for the Labour Court to follow when assessing those workers' terms and conditions, including the sustainability of the employers business in the long-term · new provisions to ensure cases dealt with are ones where the numbers of workers are not insignificant · provisions to ensure remuneration, terms and conditions are looked at in their totality · provisions to limit the frequency of reassessment of the same issues · an explicit prohibition on the use by employers of inducements (financial or otherwise) designed specifically to have staff forego collective representation by a trade union · enhanced protection for workers who may feel that they are being victimised for exercising their rights in this regard by way of interim relief in the case of dismissal [See notes to editors for further detail on specific measures]. Minister Bruton said: "In developing these proposals, I have been keen to respect the positions of both sides of industry. They will retain our voluntary system of industrial relations, but also ensure that workers have confidence that, where there is no collective bargaining, they have an effective system that ensures they can air problems about remuneration, terms and conditions and have these determined based on those in similar companies and not be victimised for doing so". The Minister concluded by saying that he is confident that the legislation when enacted will be framed in such a way as to fit our constitutional, social and economic traditions, our international obligations, and to ensure continued success in attracting investment into our economy and support Irish companies to grow. Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, said: "In agreeing this reform of our industrial relations legislation this Government has delivered on its commitment to people at work once again. I am confident that this legislation will not only restore the rights contained in the original 2001/2004 Industrial Relations Acts, but will be an improvement on that legislation and will ensure that all workers who do not have a collective voice in their company will have a transparent, fair and effective means of having their terms and conditions assessed. I want to pay tribute to all those who participated in a spirit of cooperation in reaching this point in the process, from both the employer and the union side". Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Press Office, ph. 631 2200 or [email protected] Programme for Government, Ryanair and ILO The proposals for legislation are in fulfilment of the Programme for Government Commitment to "reform the current law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining (the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001), so as to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights". In addition, the ILO, in 2012 issued its report in response to a complaint referred to it by ICTU and IMPACT arising from the 2007 Ryanair Supreme Court judgment. As part of the Government's response to the ILO Report, it indicated that these matters would be addressed in the context of the Programme for Government commitment. The proposals respect Ireland's voluntary IR system but ensure that where an employer chooses not to engage in collective bargaining either with a trade union or an internal 'excepted body' the 2001 Act will be remediated to ensure there is an effective means for a union, on behalf of members in that employment, to have disputed remuneration, terms and conditions assessed against relevant comparators and determined by the Labour Court if necessary. It will also ensure that if an employer chooses to collectively bargain with an internal 'excepted body', as opposed to a union, that body must pass tests as regards its independence. Provisions are included to ensure the Act is used appropriately. There are provisions to ensure cases dealt with are ones where the numbers of workers are not insignificant; provisions to ensure elements of remuneration, terms and conditions are not challenged without regard for the totality of remuneration, terms and conditions; provisions to manage the frequency of reassessment of the same issues. Additional protection by way of interim relief is proposed where a union member, identified in the course of use of the process under the Act, is to be dismissed. A number of further related matters are to be dealt with such as clarifying inducement to forego collective bargaining rights is prohibited in accordance with the ECHR Wilson case. Some time frames will be extended under the Code of Practice on Voluntary Dispute Resolution to enhance the opportunity to resolve the matters at issue voluntarily. Specific Provisions Definition of Collective Bargaining In the Ryanair case, the Supreme Court found that the Labour Court cannot conclude that a trade dispute is in existence without first establishing that collective bargaining is in place and that internal machinery (if any) for resolving the perceived problem has been exhausted. In looking at how the case had been progressed, the Supreme Court found that the Labour Court had erred in law in its construction of the relevant provisions of the 2001 Act and the hearing of the case had been procedurally flawed. As there was no definition of collective bargaining in the Act, as part of the decision, the Supreme Court found that the Labour Court was in error in utilising the "industrial relations" concept of collective bargaining and that instead, an ordinary, dictionary definition should apply. To address this lacuna the following definition will apply for the purposes of the Industrial Relations Act 2001 (as amended). For the purposes of this Act, collective bargaining comprises voluntary engagements or negotiations between any employer or employers' organisation on the one hand and a trade union of workers or excepted body on the other, with the object of reaching agreement regarding working conditions or terms of employment or non-employment of workers. Excepted Body Under industrial relations legislation it is not lawful for a body to bargain collectively unless it has a negotiation licence (e.g. a trade union of employers or employees). The Trade Union Act 1941, in introducing "excepted bodies", provided for a situation where both employer and employees in an individual firm wanted to negotiate terms and conditions in a situation where the employer or employees would not be acting illegally for not having a negotiation licence under that Act. It is not proposed to amend the definition of excepted body other than, for the purposes of the 2001 Act (as amended) to reflect the concept of voluntary negotiations or engagements as contained in the collective bargaining definition above. However, the legislation will address the status of the "excepted body" insofar as ensuring that it is genuinely free of employer influence in terms of negotiating and agreeing on wages or other conditions of employment. The following legislative provision will address this: In determining if the body is an excepted body within the meaning of the 2001/2004 Acts the (Labour) Court shall have regard to the extent to which the body is independent and not under the domination and control of the employer or trade union of employers with which it engages or negotiates, in terms of its establishment, functioning and administration. In this regard, the Court shall take into account; a. The manner of election of employees, b. The frequency of elections of employees, c. Any financing or resourcing of the body beyond de minimus logistical support, and d. The length of time the body has been in existence and any prior collective bargaining between the employer and the body. Remove Right of Access for Excepted Bodies Given that excepted bodies, by their nature, are involved in collective bargaining as defined above, they will no longer have a right of access under the Act. This in effect means that it will be a matter for a trade union alone to initiate the processes under the legislation. Establishing Trade Dispute and Access to Labour Court While restoring and improving the operation of the Acts, it is recognised that the processes under this legislation are not appropriate to disputes involving very small numbers of workers. For this reason the legislation will ensure that the Court shall decline to conduct an investigation of a trade dispute under the Act where it is satisfied that, in the context of the dispute, the number of workers party to the trade dispute is insignificant. To avoid a situation arising where, in the context of the totality of terms and conditions having been recently assessed by the Labour Court it is proposed that, other than in exceptional circumstances, the Labour Court shall not admit an application by a group, grade, or category of worker to which the trade disputes applies where the Court has made a recommendation or determination in relation to the same group, grade or category of worker in respect of the same employer in the previous 18 months. Initiating Process For the purpose of initiating a process of establishing the position when referring the matter to the Labour Court the following process will apply: A statement made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1938 by the General Secretary or equivalent of the trade(s) unions concerned, setting out the number of its members and period of membership in the group, grade or category to which the trade dispute refers and who are party to the trade dispute, shall be admissible in evidence without further proof. This brings clarity to the process and obviates the need for protracted procedures early in the process and removes the need for workers to be identified at an early stage. Proof that Collective Bargaining with an Excepted Body is Taking Place In the course of the consultations there was all party agreement thatbringing further clarity to the above process could help avoid lengthy and potentially acrimonious hearings at the Labour Court. The following provision will assist in this regard: Where an employer asserts to the Labour Court that it is the practice of the employer to engage in collective bargaining with an excepted body in respect of the grade, group or category of workers concerned, it is a matter for the employer to satisfy the Labour Court that this is the case. Labour Court: Policies and Principles in Context of Establishing Terms and Conditions Related decisions of the High and Supreme Courts indicated that further guidance to the Court was needed by way of primary legislation in terms of what the Court should take into account when looking at terms and conditions of the workers party to the trade dispute. Accordingly, the legislation will specify that: When examining the terms and conditions of any employer the Labour Court will take into account: • the totality of remuneration and of terms and conditions of employment, and • comparators (both internal and external), where available, which will comprise both unionised and non-unionised employers. In addition, in making any recommendation or determination under this Act, the Labour Court shall have regard to the sustainability of the employer's business in the long-term. Inducements Having regard to recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, the legislation will remove any doubt as to Ireland's full compliance with the Wilson judgment as regards inducement of workers to relinquish trade union representation. Accordingly, the Code of Practice on Victimisation (Declaration) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 139 of 2004) will be amended to explicitly prohibit such inducements. Victimisation of Workers in Context of 2001 Act (as amended) The legislation will enhance protection for victimisation of individuals who are victimised as a result of invoking through the trade union, or acting as witness, comparator for the provisions of the 2001/2004 acts will be incorporated in the legislative changes proposed. This protection will be provided by way of allowing interim relief to be applied for in the Circuit Court in circumstances where a dismissal is being challenged on the grounds of unfairness arising from an individual believing that he/she is being victimised as a result of invoking through the trade union, or acting as witness, comparator for the provisions of the 2001/2004 Acts. Where such relief is granted the case itself will be dealt with by the Adjudicator arm of the Workplace Relations Commission that is to be established in the near future. "Victimisation" in Context of Ongoing Employment Relationship In many cases "victimisation" does not result in employment termination; it may witness reduced access to particular work, training opportunities, shift work, overtime etc. Remediating the ongoing and/or proven victimisation where the employment relationship has not been terminated will be dealt with in the context of enhanced and more robust enforcement of the current sections 9, 10 and 13 of the IR Act 2004. Back to Department News

The most fun and frustrating people to talk to are creationists — "Young Earth Creationists" to be more precise. These are the people (around 50% of Americans) who think that the Earth is only about 6,000 years old because the bible says so. It takes a huge load of ignorance, lack of common sense, and pure gullibility to believe this, so it's a little scary to be around people who are so ignorant of their surroundings and ignorant of basic science. They claim that all of the scientists around the world are part of a huge anti-Christian conspiracy to "hide the truth". That's the only way they can explain the mountains of evidence showing the Earth to be much older, such as radio-carbon dating, fossil, sediment tests, and so on. Many very different scientific tests from many countries on many types of materials all show the same result — but the conspiracy theory says scientists are lying. The funny part about this is that religious people fully trust those SAME scientists when they create drugs, medical procedures, computers, internet, and phones. That's a pretty odd, specific, and pointless "conspiracy".

From the safety of being known by God and growing in understanding of ourselves, we are in a better position to know others. If our goal is to love others effectively, it stands to reason that we must first understand them. Three qualities help us most when attempting to understand and love others—humility, curiosity, and openness. I Peter 5:3 commands us to value others above ourselves in a spirit of humility. Humble people do not think of themselves as better than others. They are not arrogant, conceited, or proud. Closely aligned with humility is respect. A humble person is respectful in word and deed. Peter underscores this kind of attitude when he commands believers to always "give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect . . . " (I Peter 3:15b). They're willing to be wrong. They make time for curiosity. They don't let past hurts affect their future. Cultivating openness towards others means receptiveness to their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It involves understanding, acceptance, and responsiveness. Openness also means not making assumptions and hearing people out completely. It means maintaining a nonjudgmental attitude and showing genuine interest. As believers, our fear may be that nonjudgmental openness will lead to, at best, an abandonment of discernment and, at worst, possible agreement with sin. This is a false understanding of godly openness. We must understand the difference between "discernment/good judgment" and "being judgmental." Discernment means to correctly observe the truth, yet how we respond to insight is critical. We can choose to respond with godly wisdom (good judgment includes compassion as well accountability) or we can choose to be judgmental. A judgmental attitude interjects self-righteousness and pride into the situation, poisoning the good that discernment offers. What kind of reaction does the word humility produce in you? Do you think of yourself as a humble person? The opposite of humility is pride. Proverbs 13:10 says, "Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice." What does this scripture say that humble people do? 1 Peter 5:5 says, In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble." Based on this scripture, is humility an option as a Christian? I Peter 3:15-16 says, "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander." How do humble people talk? Quick self-check: When conversing with people, how curious are you about them? Strive to remain open to whatever transpires — without assuming, categorizing, judging or reacting. Ask more questions and listen with care . . . next time you converse with someone, make it your goal to learn as much about that person and his or her perspectives as you can. Instead of trading quips and reactions, give the person you are talking to space and time to really flesh out his or her ideas. Then prompt him or her to talk more with brief follow-up questions like "And then what happened?" or "Why did you think that?" Consider every conversation an opportunity to discover something truly interesting and thought-provoking. One of the times it is most difficult to remain curious is when strong emotions begin to rise during conflict. Choosing to be curious first before expressing our own point of view may calme such situations. It also helps to ask for more information, or ask for specific examples, especially if it's about our own behavior. As you express your view, maintaining the attitude, and verbally affirming that the other person may also have a point is equally important. From the above tips, write out an area you hope to improve as you interact with others. Openness requires that we maintain a nonjudgmental stance. Matthew 7:2 says, "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:37 says, "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." What do these scriptures say about being judgmental? Lord, teach me how to love others through humble, open acceptance. Help me understand the difference between "being judgmental" and "practicing discernment with wisdom." Make me teachable so that I may gain the skills needed to effectively love the people you bring into my life.

How to evaluate a picture book idea. As you can see from previous posts I have been stalking picture book authors and publishers trying to find out how to break into this tricky market. The most important thing I have learned is: the idea is king. And I have lots of ideas. So which are the best ones? Which should I spend time developing? So here are a list of questions – a sort of check list I've developed – to help evaluate picture book ideas. Hope this helps. It's helped me. 1) Are the characters original and appealing? How could you build in: idiosyncrasies, a distinct voice, actions, and memorable appearance. Turn norms/cliches on their head e.g. a misunderstood (friendly) crocodile. Make them stand out from the crowd. 2) Is there a clear theme? Often this is a childhood emotion or experience, something that universally resonates with children and their parents. 3) How will the characters/concept appeal to young children? What are they going to take away from the story at the end? Why will they read it again? 4) THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Search on Amazon and see if someone else has come up with the idea already! 5a) What is the problem/hook? This should be in the first or second spread. 5c) What is the resolution? The main character must resolve the problem themselves. 6) How will the reader/listener participate in the story? E.g. page turns, flaps, pullouts, touch, suspense, anticipation, irony, rhyme, singing, repetition, actions, spot what's missing, find something, counting, humour. 7) Series potential or stand-alone? 9) Why will it appeal to parents? 10) Will it appeal to teachers? 11) Will it appeal to digital publishers? 13) Sit in the children's department of a big book store and imagine your book concept on the shelf. Does it stand up to the competition? 14) Are there any publishers that are a good style/tonal fit for your story. Study their books!

Claudine Doury invites us to go back to meet the people she photographed twenty years ago along the Amur River. "By finding Nanaï and Ulche families, I would like to be able to testify at the same time of the passage of time on these families met then, but also changes that could have occurred on a larger scale on these vulnerable people." The portrait of these populations will redefine the contours of a territory that bears the traces of its history and to measure the changes taking place on these lands on the border of China. By documenting the lives of these families, Claudine Doury seeks to make recognize, despite their fragility, the permanence of these cultures while questioning the destiny of these peoples. Claudine Doury approaches in her work the notions of memory, transition and passage, especially around adolescence and travel. This quest has led her to Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, to discover little-studied peoples. In her "Siberian Peoples" series, which won the 1999 Leica Oscar Barnack Award and the World Press Award, she immortalized the culture and customs of isolated and vulnerable populations. In 2004, she received the Niépce prize for all of her work. Her photographs, exhibited in France and abroad, are in various public and private collections. Member of the VU agency, she is represented by La Galerie Particulière (Paris, Brussels). The "Académie des Beaux-Arts" is one of the five academies that constitute the "Institut de France". It encourages the artistic creation in all its forms and watch over the French cultural heritage. It aims at supporting creation by organizing contests, giving prizes, financing artist residencies and granting artistic projects and events in France and abroad. Advisory body to the public authorities, the academy has been founded with a multidisciplinary approach, gathering fifty-nine members divided into eight artistic sections.

We All Can be the Winner when we Learn to Accept Losing. In life it is not always can get successful improvements or winnings, it can be ups and downs as the graph of stock market. To hope for victories over adversity and that we can not always predict, but we can estimate it ourselves. A good judgement or calculation on our chance can determine the difference , but there is nothing certain in life, even odds calculations may be different. So if we are only willing to win, it is also possible for us to lose, because when there are no losses can be made, it's also impossible to gain. Only those who dare to take a risk are ready to be responsible for the loss, as they continue with their positive sense when there is an earlier opportunity arrive for them to make profits. An investment today on both financially and personality will brings risks with it, due the changes in the business world and humanity. Lose will give us the lessons to be able to gain acceptance in order to improve our strategy from mistakes. Accept the opportunity to lose and this will increases the chances to win, so let's make a winning deal by increasing our circle of possibilities. Winning or losing is a part of life, no one can be a permanent winner. Winning or losing is a part of life is the key. Thanks for sharing your wishes for a better life. Have a wonderful blessed day! Not everything that falters falls on . Thanks you so much my dear Jan . its so true, the title.. We can all be winners when we accept losing. I believe losing is a stepping stone to getting closer to winning. Every time we face a loss, it is to be taken as lesson to going ahead on our path of winning.

Kremin Kremenchuk vs FC Cherkashchyna on 2019/11/16 Kremin Kremenchuk 3 : 1 11 : 2 0 : 0 2 : 0 -0.5,-1.0 / 3.0 / - FC Cherkashchyna Kremin Kremenchuk vs FC Cherkashchyna Ukraine Cup 19/08/27 23:00 FC Cherkashchyna 1 : 2 Kremin Kremenchuk 0 : 0U 0.0 / 3.0 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/08/10 22:59 FC Cherkashchyna 2 : 2 Kremin Kremenchuk 0 : 2O 0.0 / 2.75 / - The match of Kremin Kremenchuk vs FC Cherkashchyna in Ukraine Persha Liga is started at 2019-11-16 19:01. For this match, the initial Asian Handicap is Kremin Kremenchuk-0.5,-1.0; The initial Goals Odds is 3.0. Totally, Kremin Kremenchuk and FC Cherkashchyna fought for 2 times before. Over Goals occurred for 1 times and Over Corners occurred for 0 times. Kremin Kremenchuk got 1 win, 1 draw and 0 lost with 4 Goals For and 3 Goals Against. For the last 15 matches, Kremin Kremenchuk got 2 win, 11 lost and 2 draw with 21 Goals For and 37 Goals Against. The average of Goals For is 1.4 per match and the average of Goals Against is 2.5 per match. The rate of Over Goals is 70%; The rate of Handicap Win is 43%; The rate of win is 13%; The average of corners is 4.1 per match and the rate of Over Corners is -. For the last 15 matches, FC Cherkashchyna got 1 win, 12 lost and 2 draw with 12 Goals For and 34 Goals Against. The average of Goals For is 0.8 per match and the average of Goals Against is 2.3 per match. The rate of Over Goals is 73%; The rate of Handicap Win is 33%; The rate of win is 7%; The average of corners is 4.5 per match and the rate of Over Corners is -. Except the history stats of Kremin Kremenchuk vs FC Cherkashchyna, ScoreBing also offers predictions and lineups of Kremin Kremenchuk vs FC Cherkashchyna, that may help you predict or replay the match. Kremin Kremenchuk vs FC Cherkashchyna User Picks 100% of the panticipants believe in full time is H-Win; Home Win 100% (1participants) Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/15 20:34 FC Rukh Lviv 1 : 0 FC Metalist 1925 0 : 0U -0.5 / 2.25 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/10 20:02 FC Cherkashchyna 1 : 2 Obolon Brovar Kiev 0 : 1D +1.25 / 2.5 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/10 01:04 Volyn Lutsk 3 : 2 FC Rukh Lviv 1 : 1O 0.0 / 2.25 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/09 20:02 FK Minai 2 : 0 Mykolaiv 0 : 0U -1.0 / 2.5 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/09 20:01 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni .. 3 : 0 Chernomorets Odessa 1 : 0H 0.0 / 2.25 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/09 20:01 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 2 : 1 Ingulets Petrovo 0 : 1H +0.25 / 2.25 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/09 20:01 FK Avanhard Kramatorsk 2 : 0 FK Prykarpattya Ivan.. 0 : 0U -0.75 / 2.5 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/09 00:31 FC Metalist 1925 1 : 0 Balkany Zorya 1 : 0D -1.5 / 2.5 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/09 00:31 Metalurg Zaporizhya 2 : 1 Kremin Kremenchuk 0 : 1D 0.0 / 2.5 / - Ukraine Persha Liga 19/11/03 23:01 Chernomorets Odessa 2 : 1 FC Cherkashchyna 1 : 0D -1.75 / 2.75 / -

Six Years . . . Time continues to fly swiftly by. I still visit that bench, although not quite as often. Another year has passed without opening that box. Perhaps next year I will have the strength and courage to do so. Your brother grows and thrives, so vibrantly, he seems to glow from within. At times, I like to think that he carries not only his own brightness, but yours as well. Maybe it is just a reflection, a trick of the light, I can't help but think of both of you when I catch a certain twinkle in his eye or the sun shines down on his shoulders. Though we shared only a few precious moments with you in this world, they are some the most precious I hold in my heart. On this day you gave me the gift of motherhood, a gift I will cherish forever. Happy 6th birthday, Mary and Christopher. We love you so.

Racine Public Notices Wisconsin Public Notices SE WI Jobs 8° Mostly Cloudy Pets are increasingly influencing their owners' housing decisions By Cynthia Henry, The Philadelphia Inquirer Christopher Hsieh walks his dog Petunia in Philadelphia. Sidewalks and proximity to parks are two amenities that pet owners seek when they decide where to live. Thomas Hengge/The Philadelphia Inquirer Hannah Wood, a work-from-home product manager for a health care company, would like to relocate to Philadelphia to live near her mother, but she's struggling to find a place that will welcome her roommate, Lea, a 55-pound mixed breed dog. Wood initially had hoped to buy a house, but the current competitive market has her searching for a rental, and landlords often limit the size and breed of dog. "Many only accept dogs up to 15 or 20 pounds, which excludes like 60% of all breeds," she said. "It's been a struggle to find a place without a lot of restrictions." Pets are increasingly affecting their owners' real estate choices, whether it's the neighborhood they choose, the home they buy or rent, or how they arrange and decorate their space. A 2020 Realtor.com survey found that a majority of pet owners consider their animals' needs before making a home purchase. Of the 2,000 survey participants, 61% were dog owners, 45% owned cats, 12% fish and 9% birds. About half of U.S. households have pets, according to the census bureau, and in 2020, owners spent on average $1,201 on dogs and $687 on cats, according to Statistica, a provider of consumer and market data. Racine couple accused of beating their two children under the age of 4 Life in a funeral home: Why this Racine couple undertook a special DIY transformation Milwaukee man accused of multiple assaults at Regency Mall, Home Depot parking lot Racine man accused of housing Chicago homicide suspect faces drug charges A slice of success: MyBread Bakery, which manufactures gluten-free bread in former O&H, expanding Mount Pleasant reaches settlement with couple on their property near Foxconn site Man accused of scheme to defraud Educators Credit Union, defrauding it out of thousands New Mount Pleasant traffic unit reports making arrest of alleged shoplifters Burlington school board debates use of Trevor Noah's book in high school class Burger King robbery that left girl dead was staged and she was in on it, Milwaukee authorities say Racine man accused of firing gun in direction of woman, children Gateway declines local NAACP's request to uninvite Steil from MLK event Shaken by fiance's COVID death, Union Grove business owner feels overwhelming support Life-saving measures required after ATV accident near Browns Lake Nonprofit that operates Racine's tiny home village for veterans receives $37,500 from area church Pet owners tend to buy larger homes with more bedrooms, Zillow reported in October. Buyers with at least one pet are more likely to choose a home larger than 3,000 square feet, and about a third purchased a home with four bedrooms or more, compared to a quarter of buyers without pets. "For me and many people in my generation, (my dog) is my child, where I spend my time and money," said Wood, who's 42 and single. "It's time for real estate companies to understand it's how we live." What pet owners want An ideal home for Wood — who would like to move to Philadelphia by January — would be a mid-rise or smaller building with adjacent green space, a nearby park, and a space to wash Lea after a muddy walk. Wood has lived in several very pet-friendly cities, including Portland, Ore., where dog biscuits were available at her building's front desk, and her current home, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where "dogs are allowed everywhere — restaurants, the post office." "I literally just saw someone walking a cat in a baby carriage," she said. Philadelphia, with 23.62% of rentals classified as pet-friendly, ranked 28th in a "Lets for Pets" list of 50 U.S. cities compiled in October by All About Cats, which offers expertise on feline behavior and health. New York was first with 66.45% welcoming rentals. In West Philadelphia, competition is fierce in old Victorians for ground level apartments with easy access to fenced-in yards, said Lindsay Johnston with Common Ground Realtors in University City, where "a dog is very much a part of the social life." He sees the same dog owners walking the same loop every day, morning and evening. They also take advantage of the park and designated dog parks nearby. Before buying or renting, pet owners should check for homeowner association or building restrictions on number or type of pets and whether they need to be spayed or neutered. Beyond enough space for their pet, the National Association of Realtors says owners often seek a fenced yard; sidewalks; easy-to-clean, durable flooring; mud room/wash area; dog door; animal pool/outdoor water feature; or a cat litter closet. "If you have the option," Johnston said, "get your pet after you buy or rent, in case you don't get the square footage or other things you want." When Mindy Rhodes and John Braxton were house-hunting six years ago, they wanted a quiet, old house with enough acreage for her horse, Spike, whom she had been boarding. She thought the search would take several years, but they spotted an internet listing for a property in suburban West Chester, Pennsylvania, with "just enough land to bring my horse home." Because horses are happier in a herd, she soon acquired two donkeys, Mama and Mia, to keep Spike company. She also has three dogs, two cats, two rabbits, four chickens in a coop, and a duck named Lucy, who wears a diaper when she comes inside ("I don't know whether I'd do that again," Rhodes said). She deemed cats the easiest, because they're resilient and adaptable to their surroundings. "People train dogs," Rhodes said. "Cats train people." Rhodes' animals enjoy having the run of her three acres, as well as a spot by the fire, she said. "It's a luxury not to have to walk the dogs." Pet-friendly design Having a dedicated space for pets is a major consideration when organizing a home, according to almost a quarter of the 1,000 adults surveyed last summer by the residential mortgage division of Ally Bank. "For us, dogs are family, so it was just a natural part of the design process to consider them," said Kirstin McGowan, of Mechanicsville, Pa., who has two yellow Labrador retrievers, Milly and Bentley. During a recent remodel, she and her husband, Sean, added a built-in shelf for the dogs' bowls "because there's nothing more annoying than tripping over them in a tight kitchen," she said. The McGowans put in hardwood floors and use washable rugs for easier cleaning and have multiple dog beds indoors and out. Because the dogs tend to dig, the couple built a stone patio and limited landscaping to trees in their fenced back yard. They're in the process of adding a mudroom/laundry room and considering building in dog crates there. And they recently upgraded to a king-size bed for more room to cuddle in the morning with their two young daughters, Charlotte and Eleanor, and the dogs. What sellers should do Certain pet-friendly features can contribute to a higher sale price or faster-than-expected sale, according to a Zillow report on 2020 home sales. Homes that advertise a doghouse in their listing description can sell for 3% more than expected, Zillow found, while homes advertising a fenced backyard or a dog run can sell up to five days faster. When it comes to in-person showings, however, sellers should erase any sign of a pet, especially cat odors, Johnston advised. "You'll lose 99% of the market if you can't remove the smell." Sellers should repair anything damaged by a pet, have the home professionally cleaned, replace carpeting, and/or refinish floors. During showings, they should stow all toys, bowls and beds, and remove the pet from the house. These 10 houseplants are safe for your pet Keeping pets safe while adding beauty One way to watch over your furry friends is to choose pet-friendly houseplants for your home. Kseniâ Solov'eva/Getty Images/EyeEm/TNS While houseplants have the ability to bring life to a room and purify the air, a drawback is that many houseplants are toxic to animals. Here are 10 plants that add beauty to your home without worry. First, keep in mind that while many plants are technically safe for cats and dogs, it's best to eliminate temptation and place all houseplants out of reach. This will prevent possible tummy aches and digestive problems in your pets. If a pet ever does ingest a plant, make sure to watch them closely for signs of a negative reaction. Just because a plant is nontoxic for cats and dogs doesn't mean ingesting it will make them feel good. Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash Want pet-safe houseplants with blooms? Look no further than African violet. This versatile, hardworking houseplant is right at home with your pets. It comes in a range of purple hues, and it's low maintenance and thrives without bright light. The variegated gray-and-green leaves of this plant make it an attractive option for the home. It's one of many great easy-care houseplants safe for pets. Unlike their dangerous holiday counterpart amaryllis, Christmas cacti are not poisonous for pets like cats and dogs. The cactus may cause intestinal discomfort if ingested, but overall it's a safer choice than many other festive plants. Friendship plant This plant is named for the ease with which it can be divided and shared—so if you happen to receive such a gift, rest assured it's safe for your cats and dogs. But beware, pets may be especially drawn to the fuzzy, crinkly leaves. Certain kinds of herbs Indoor herb gardens are an easy, fun way to add fresh flavor to your cooking. But not all herbs are created equal when it comes to pet safety. Standards like lavender and oregano are off-limits, but pets are fine around basil, sage and thyme. This quirky plant has blooms that resemble tubes of lipstick, and is safe for cats and dogs alike. A native of the tropics, it thrives in bright light and loves being outside in the warmer months. This is the perfect solution for pet owners looking to add a small tree indoors. Safe for cats and dogs, it's also great for green-thumb beginners. Polka dot plant This plant is perfect for adding a fun splash of pattern to miniature gardens, terrariums, mixed containers and more. Available in colors such as white and pink, it's as versatile as it is whimsical. Topping out at 6 to 8 inches, this plant is ideal for small spaces such as bookshelves and end tables. Its red, cream and green leaves curl up at night, giving it its name. What's more, it's one of the easiest houseplants you can grow. Some succulents Many of the most popular succulents — including hens and chicks, echeveria and rosettes — aren't problematic. However, with so many varieties on the market, it's best to research each individual plant. Whiskers101 Pets-animals Wheels for You © Copyright 2022 The Journal Times, 212 Fourth St. Racine,WI | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell My Info | Cookie Preferences

Pinewood Starr ABC are a hit with the Army The A1-sponsored Pinewood Starr squad enjoyed a magnificent opportunity last week; a training camp at the state-of-the-art British Army Boxing Headquarters in Aldershot. Pinewood's boxers and trainers at the state-of-the-art Army training facilities in Aldershot. The chance came about as a result of links forged with a member of the Army coaching staff, Craig McEvoy, during his time at REME Arborfield. Les Stevens, Pinewood's head coach, explained how the two teams joined forces. "Pinewood first linked up with the REME Boxing Team at Arborfield in 1980," he said. "Back then, Dougie Devlin was the soldier running the team, helped by Rodney De Meyer, a friend of mine. "Our civilian boxers and their soldier boys would spar together to help their development. "Sadly, those links were broken in the late 1980s when Rodney died and Dougie was posted abroad. "Two years ago, we got back in touch with Dougie and were invited to meet the new army team at Arborfield, headed by Craig McEvoy. "We got on well with Craig and history repeated itself as our boys started to train together again. "Craig's ability as a coach has been recognised with his recent appointment to the coaching staff on the main British Army Team at Aldershot. "It's typical of Craig as a man that rather than forget us, he gave us the opportunity to benefit from his new posting and allowed us to train with him." Craig McEvoy was similarly praising of his Pinewood counterparts. "Les and his team treated us well on the REME team at Arborfield, providing our novice boxers with good, controlled sparring," said McEvoy. "I am now in a privileged position as part of the full-time British Army Team and I wanted to repay the Pinewood boys and maintain our partnership with them. "The Army wants to play its part in community life by helping young people to achieve their potential and our partnership with local boxing clubs such as Pinewood enables us to do that." The Army Boxing Gym is a modern facility with three competition rings and every piece of boxing training equipment an aspiring fighter could wish for. Outside of the ABA headquarters in Sheffield, it is the best equipped boxing centre in the UK. John Frankham, Pinewood's junior coach, thought the visit was invaluable. "It was a wonderful experience for our boys to work out there and it motivated them to aim high," said the charismatic trainer. "It gave our young lads a great buzz." The visit, however, was not a one off. Sam Smith, Pinewood's three-time national champion, has already returned for sparring with some of the Army Team's biggest and best boxers. Sam's coach, Les Stevens said: "Sam has missed out on quality sparring these last few years and these workouts with top fighters will improve his timing and make him better prepared for the real thing."

Hollywood Movie Review Movie Trailer Movie Review : 'What To Expect When You Are Expecting' (** Two Stars) 1 Comment on Movie Review : 'What To Expect When You Are Expecting' (** Two Stars) (By Savneet Kachru) Staying true to its title "What to Expect When You're Expecting" offers everything you could expect from a movie that has pregnancy as its central theme. It has all the ingredients required in a movie like this. Director Kirk Jones gives an elaborate description from conception-to-delivery and it involves five couples in the process. They take cues from a medical manual on pregnancy In the process they go through with issues like fertility, libido, adoption, miscarriage and several others. Actor Cameron Diaz plays Julia and she meets a guy named Evan played by Matthew Morrison. They find it difficult to strike a balance between their professional career and the responsibilities that arise out of parenthood. Wendy played by Elizabeth Banks facing fertility issues decides to go for IVF after years of failing to conceive. Jennifer Lopez plays the third character, looking for adoption in Ethiopia. Then there is a younger couple played by Anna Kendrick and Chace Crawford Marco who are grappling with the issue of unwanted pregnancy. After a point the movie gets repetitive and attention gets diverted. You will find the jokes turn stale after a point. Relating to these characters is not easy. Cameron Diaz doesn't look convincing in her role as she may be sporting a baby bump but her body structure belies pregnancy. A word of caution to female viewers, do not take your boyfriends, partners or husbands to this movie. This is a chick-flick and stays like that till the end. Your male company would be bore to death if manages to stay in his seat till the end. 'What to expect when you are expecting' is very laboured in its approach. Director Kirk Jones could not come up with anything new to spice up the movie. It gives you a feeling as if you watching a docudrama on pregnancy. Tags: Cameron Diaz Jennifer Lopez What To Expect When You Are Expecting Ankit Sharma says: Yeah I am also hoping this movie don't have potential which can attract Audience Previous Entry Movie Review:'Department' (* One Star) Next Entry First Look: Trailer for 'Cocktail' Released

Lay long, being a bitter, cold, frosty day, the frost being now grown old, and the Thames covered with ice. Up, and to the office, where all the morning busy. At noon to the 'Change a little, where Mr. James Houblon and I walked a good while speaking of our ill condition in not being able to set out a fleet (we doubt) this year, and the certain ill effect that must bring, which is lamentable. Home to dinner, where the best powdered goose that ever I eat. Then to the office again, and to Sir W. Batten's to examine the Commission going down to Portsmouth to examine witnesses about our prizes, of which God give a good issue! and then to the office again, where late, and so home, my eyes sore. To supper and to bed. Up, I, and walked to White Hall to attend the Duke of York, as usual. My wife up, and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frost-bite themselves. I find the Court full of great apprehensions of the French, who have certainly shipped landsmen, great numbers, at Brest; and most of our people here guess his design for Ireland. We have orders to send all the ships we can possible to the Downes. God have mercy on us! for we can send forth no ships without men, nor will men go without money, every day bringing us news of new mutinies among the seamen; so that our condition is like to be very miserable. Thence to Westminster Hall, and there met all the Houblons, who do laugh at this discourse of the French, and say they are verily of opinion it is nothing but to send to their plantation in the West Indys, and that we at Court do blow up a design of invading us, only to make the Parliament make more haste in the money matters, and perhaps it may be so, but I do not believe we have any such plot in our heads. After them, I, with several people, among others Mr. George Montagu, whom I have not seen long, he mighty kind. He tells me all is like to go ill, the King displeasing the House of Commons by evading their Bill for examining Accounts, and putting it into a Commission, though therein he hath left out Coventry and I and named all the rest the Parliament named, and all country Lords, not one Courtier: this do not please them. He tells me he finds the enmity almost over for my Lord Sandwich, and that now all is upon the Vice-Chamberlain, who bears up well and stands upon his vindication, which he seems to like well, and the others do construe well also. Thence up to the Painted Chamber, and there heard a conference between the House of Lords and Commons about the Wine Patent; which I was exceeding glad to be at, because of my hearing exceeding good discourses, but especially from the Commons; among others, Mr. Swinfen, and a young man, one Sir Thomas Meres: and do outdo the Lords infinitely. So down to the Hall and to the Rose Taverne, while Doll Lane come to me, and we did 'biber a good deal de vino, et je did give elle twelve soldis para comprare elle some gans' for a new anno's gift … Thence to the Hall again, and with Sir W. Pen by coach to the Temple, and there 'light and eat a bit at an ordinary by, and then alone to the King's House, and there saw "The Custome of the Country," the second time of its being acted, wherein Knipp does the Widow well; but, of all the plays that ever I did see, the worst-having neither plot, language, nor anything in the earth that is acceptable; only Knipp sings a little song admirably. But fully the worst play that ever I saw or I believe shall see. So away home, much displeased for the loss of so much time, and disobliging my wife by being there without her. So, by link, walked home, it being mighty cold but dry, yet bad walking because very slippery with the frost and treading. Home and to my chamber to set down my journal, and then to thinking upon establishing my vows against the next year, and so to supper and to bed. Up, and seeing things put in order for a dinner at my house to-day, I to the office awhile, and about noon home, and there saw all things in good order. Anon comes our company; my Lord Bruncker, Sir W. Pen, his lady, and Pegg, and her servant, Mr. Lowther, my Lady Batten (Sir W. Batten being forced to dine at Sir R. Ford's, being invited), Mr. Turner and his wife. Here I had good room for ten, and no more would my table have held well, had Sir J. Minnes, who was fallen lame, and his sister, and niece, and Sir W. Batten come, which was a great content to me to be without them. I did make them all gaze to see themselves served so nobly in plate, and a neat dinner, indeed, though but of seven dishes. Mighty merry I was and made them all, and they mightily pleased. My Lord Bruncker went away after dinner to the ticket-office, the rest staid, only my Lady Batten home, her ague-fit coming on her at table. The rest merry, and to cards, and then to sing and talk, and at night to sup, and then to cards; and, last of all, to have a flaggon of ale and apples, drunk out of a wood cupp,1 as a Christmas draught, made all merry; and they full of admiration at my plate, particularly my flaggons (which, indeed, are noble), and so late home, all with great mirth and satisfaction to them, as I thought, and to myself to see all I have and do so much outdo for neatness and plenty anything done by any of them. They gone, I to bed, much pleased, and do observe Mr. Lowther to be a pretty gentleman, and, I think, too good for Peg; and, by the way, Peg Pen seems mightily to be kind to me, and I believe by her father's advice, who is also himself so; but I believe not a little troubled to see my plenty, and was much troubled to hear the song I sung, "The New Droll" — it touching him home. So to bed. At the office all the morning, thinking at noon to have been taken home, and my wife (according to appointment yesterday), by my Lord Bruncker, to dinner and then to a play, but he had forgot it, at which I was glad, being glad of avoyding the occasion of inviting him again, and being forced to invite his doxy, Mrs. Williams. So home, and took a small snap of victuals, and away, with my wife, to the Duke's house, and there saw "Mustapha," a most excellent play for words and design as ever I did see. I had seen it before but forgot it, so it was wholly new to me, which is the pleasure of my not committing these things to my memory. Home, and a little to the office, and then to bed, where I lay with much pain in my head most of the night, and very unquiet, partly by my drinking before I went out too great a draught of sack, and partly my eyes being still very sore. (Lord's day). Up pretty well in the morning, and then to church, where a dull doctor, a stranger, made a dull sermon. Then home, and Betty Michell and her husband come by invitation to dine with us, and, she I find the same as ever (which I was afraid of the contrary) … Here come also Mr. Howe to dine with me, and we had a good dinner and good merry discourse with much pleasure, I enjoying myself mightily to have friends at my table. After dinner young Michell and I, it being an excellent frosty day to walk, did walk out, he showing me the baker's house in Pudding Lane, where the late great fire begun; and thence all along Thames Street, where I did view several places, and so up by London Wall, by Blackfriars, to Ludgate; and thence to Bridewell, which I find to have been heretofore an extraordinary good house, and a fine coming to it, before the house by the bridge was built; and so to look about St. Bride's church and my father's house, and so walked home, and there supped together, and then Michell and Betty home, and I to my closet, there to read and agree upon my vows for next year, and so to bed and slept mighty well. Lay long in bed. Then up and to the office, where busy all the morning. At noon (my wife being gone to Westminster) I with my Lord Bruncker by coach as far as the Temple, in the way he telling me that my Lady Denham is at last dead. Some suspect her poisoned, but it will be best known when her body is opened, which will be to-day, she dying yesterday morning. The Duke of York is troubled for her; but hath declared he will never have another public mistress again; which I shall be glad of, and would the King would do the like. He tells me how the Parliament is grown so jealous of the King's being unfayre to them in the business of the Bill for examining Accounts, Irish Bill, and the business of the Papists, that they will not pass the business for money till they see themselves secure that those Bills will pass; which they do observe the Court to keep off till all the Bills come together, that the King may accept what he pleases, and what he pleases to reject, which will undo all our business and the kingdom too. He tells me how Mr. Henry Howard, of Norfolke, hath given our Royal Society all his grandfather's library: which noble gift they value at 1000l.; and gives them accommodation to meet in at his house, Arundell House, they being now disturbed at Gresham College. Thence 'lighting at the Temple to the ordinary hard by and eat a bit of meat, and then by coach to fetch my wife from her brother's, and thence to the Duke's house, and saw "Macbeth," which, though I saw it lately, yet appears a most excellent play in all respects, but especially in divertisement, though it be a deep tragedy; which is a strange perfection in a tragedy, it being most proper here, and suitable. So home, it being the last play now I am to see till a fortnight hence, I being from the last night entered into my vowes for the year coming on. Here I met with the good newes of Hogg's bringing in two prizes more to Plymouth, which if they prove but any part of them, I hope, at least, we shall be no losers by them. So home from the office, to write over fair my vowes for this year, and then to supper, and to bed. In great peace of mind having now done it, and brought myself into order again and a resolution of keeping it, and having entered my journall to this night, so to bed, my eyes failing me with writing. Up, and with Sir W. Batten and Sir W. Pen in a hackney-coach to White Hall, the way being most horribly bad upon the breaking up of the frost, so as not to be passed almost. There did our usual [business] with the Duke of York, and here I do hear, by my Lord Bruncker, that for certain Sir W. Coventry hath resigned his place of Commissioner; which I believe he hath done upon good grounds of security to himself, from all the blame which must attend our office this next year; but I fear the King will suffer by it. Thence to Westminster Hall, and there to the conference of the Houses about the word "Nuisance,"1 which the Commons would have, and the Lords will not, in the Irish Bill. The Commons do it professedly to prevent the King's dispensing with it; which Sir Robert Howard and others did expressly repeat often: viz., "the King nor any King ever could do any thing which was hurtful to their people." Now the Lords did argue, that it was an ill precedent, and that which will ever hereafter be used as a way of preventing the King's dispensation with acts; and therefore rather advise to pass the Bill without that word, and let it go, accompanied with a petition, to the King, that he will not dispense with it; this being a more civil way to the King. They answered well, that this do imply that the King should pass their Bill, and yet with design to dispense with it; which is to suppose the King guilty of abusing them. And more, they produce precedents for it; namely, that against new buildings and about leather, wherein the word "Nuisance" is used to the purpose: and further, that they do not rob the King of any right he ever had, for he never had a power to do hurt to his people, nor would exercise it; and therefore there is no danger, in the passing this Bill, of imposing on his prerogative; and concluded, that they think they ought to do this, so as the people may really have the benefit of it when it is passed, for never any people could expect so reasonably to be indulged something from a King, they having already given him so much money, and are likely to give more. Thus they broke up, both adhering to their opinions; but the Commons seemed much more full of judgment and reason than the Lords. Then the Commons made their Report to the Lords of their vote, that their Lordships' proceedings in the Bill for examining Accounts were unparliamentary; they having, while a Bill was sent up to them from the Commons about the business, petitioned his Majesty that he would do the same thing by his Commission. They did give their reasons: viz., that it had no precedent; that the King ought not to be informed of anything passing in the Houses till it comes to a Bill; that it will wholly break off all correspondence between the two Houses, and in the issue wholly infringe the very use and being of Parliaments. Having left their arguments with the Lords they all broke up, and I by coach to the ordinary by the Temple, and there dined alone on a rabbit, and read a book I brought home from Mrs. Michell's, of the proceedings of the Parliament in the 3rd and 4th year of the late King, a very good book for speeches and for arguments of law. Thence to Faythorne, and bought a head or two; one of them my Lord of Ormond's, the best I ever saw, and then to Arundell House, where first the Royall Society meet, by the favour of Mr. Harry Howard, who was there, and has given us his grandfather's library, a noble gift, and a noble favour and undertaking it is for him to make his house the seat for this college. Here was an experiment shown about improving the use of powder for creating of force in winding up of springs and other uses of great worth. And here was a great meeting of worthy noble persons; but my Lord Bruncker, who pretended to make a congratulatory speech upon their coming hither, and in thanks to Mr. Howard, do it in the worst manner in the world, being the worst speaker, so as I do wonder at his parts and the unhappiness of his speaking. Thence home by coach and to the office, and then home to supper, Mercer and her sister there, and to cards, and then to bed. Mr. Cowling did this day in the House-lobby tell me of the many complaints among people against Mr. Townsend in the Wardrobe, and advises me to think of my Lord Sandwich's concernment there under his care. He did also tell me upon my demanding it, that he do believe there are some things on foot for a peace between France and us, but that we shall be foiled in it. Up, being troubled at my being found abed a-days by all sorts of people, I having got a trick of sitting up later than I need, never supping, or very seldom, before 12 at night. Then to the office, there busy all the morning, and among other things comes Sir W. Warren and walked with me awhile, whose discourse I love, he being a very wise man and full of good counsel, and his own practices for wisdom much to be observed, and among other things he tells me how he is fallen in with my Lord Bruncker, who has promised him most particular inward friendship and yet not to appear at the board to do so, and he tells me how my Lord Bruncker should take notice of the two flaggons he saw at my house at dinner, at my late feast, and merrily, yet I know enviously, said, I could not come honestly by them. This I am glad to hear, though vexed to see his ignoble soul, but I shall beware of him, and yet it is fit he should see I am no mean fellow, but can live in the world, and have something. At noon home to dinner, and then to the office with my people and very busy, and did dispatch to my great satisfaction abundance of business, and do resolve, by the grace of God, to stick to it till I have cleared my heart of most things wherein I am in arrear in public and private matters. At night, home to supper and to bed. This day ill news of my father's being very ill of his old grief the rupture, which troubles me. Up, still lying long in bed; then to the office, where sat very long. Then home to dinner, and so to the office again, mighty busy, and did to the joy of my soul dispatch much business, which do make my heart light, and will enable me to recover all the ground I have lost (if I have by my late minding my pleasures lost any) and assert myself. So home to supper, and then to read a little in Moore's "Antidote against Atheisme," a pretty book, and so to bed. (Lord's day). Up, and to church, where young Lowther come to church with Sir W. Pen and his Lady and daughter, and my wife tells me that either they are married or the match is quite perfected, which I am apt to believe, because all the peoples' eyes in the church were much fixed upon them. At noon sent for Mercer, who dined with us, and very merry, and so I, after dinner, walked to the Old Swan, thinking to have got a boat to White Hall, but could not, nor was there anybody at home at Michell's, where I thought to have sat with her … So home, to church, a dull sermon, and then home at my chamber all the evening. So to supper and to bed. Up, and to the office, where all the morning sitting. At noon home to dinner, and then to the office busy also till very late, my heart joyed with the effects of my following my business, by easing my head of cares, and so home to supper and to bed. (Lord's day). Up betimes and down to the Old Swan, there called on Michell and his wife, which in her night linen appeared as pretty almost as ever to my thinking I saw woman. Here I drank some burnt brandy. They shewed me their house, which, poor people, they have built, and is very pretty. I invited them to dine with me, and so away to White Hall to Sir W. Coventry, with whom I have not been alone a good while, and very kind he is, and tells me how the business is now ordered by order of council for my Lord Bruncker to assist Sir J. Minnes in all matters of accounts relating to the Treasurer, and Sir W. Pen in all matters relating to the victuallers' and pursers' accounts, which I am very glad of, and the more for that I think it will not do me any hurt at all. Other discourse, much especially about the heat the House was in yesterday about the ill management of the Navy, which I was sorry to hear; though I think they were well answered, both by Sir G. Carteret and [Sir] W. Coventry, as he informs me the substance of their speeches. Having done with him, home mightily satisfied with my being with him, and coming home I to church, and there, beyond expectation, find our seat, and all the church crammed, by twice as many people as used to be: and to my great joy find Mr. Frampton in the pulpit; so to my great joy I hear him preach, and I think the best sermon, for goodness and oratory, without affectation or study, that ever I heard in my life. The truth is, he preaches the most like an apostle that ever I heard man; and it was much the best time that ever I spent in my life at church. His text, Ecclesiastes xi., verse 8th — the words, "But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity." He done, I home, and there Michell and his wife, and we dined and mighty merry, I mightily taken more and more with her. After dinner I with my brother away by water to White Hall, and there walked in the Parke, and a little to my Lord Chancellor's, where the King and Cabinet met, and there met Mr. Brisband, with whom good discourse, to White Hall towards night, and there he did lend me "The Third Advice to a Paynter," a bitter satyre upon the service of the Duke of Albemarle the last year. I took it home with me, and will copy it, having the former, being also mightily pleased with it. So after reading it, I to Sir W. Pen to discourse a little with him about the business of our prizes, and so home to supper and to bed. Up betimes, and with, Sir W. Batten, [Sir] W. Pen, [Sir] R. Ford, by coach to the Swede's Resident's in the Piatza, to discourse with him about two of our prizes, wherein he puts in his concernment as for his countrymen. We had no satisfaction, nor did give him any, but I find him a cunning fellow. He lives in one of the great houses there, but ill- furnished; and come to us out of bed in his furred mittens and furred cap. Thence to Exeter House to the Doctors Commons, and there with our Proctors to Dr. Walker, who was not very well, but, however, did hear our matters, and after a dull seeming hearing of them read, did discourse most understandingly of them, as well as ever I heard man, telling us all our grounds of pretence to the prize would do no good, and made it appear but thus, and thus, it may be, but yet did give us but little reason to expect it would prove, which troubled us, but I was mightily taken to hear his manner of discourse. Thence with them to Westminster Hall, they setting me down at White Hall, where I missed of finding Sir G. Carteret, up to the Lords' House, and there come mighty seasonably to hear the Solicitor about my Lord Buckingham's pretence to the title of Lord Rosse. Mr. Atturny Montagu is also a good man, and so is old Sir P. Ball; but the Solicitor and Scroggs after him are excellent men. Here spoke with my Lord Bellasses about getting some money for Tangier, which he doubts we shall not be able to do out of the Poll Bill, it being so strictly tied for the Navy. He tells me the Lords have passed the Bill for the accounts with some little amendments. So down to the Hall, and thence with our company to Exeter House, and then did the business I have said before, we doing nothing the first time of going, it being too early. At home find Lovett, to whom I did give my Lady Castlemayne's head to do. He is talking of going into Spayne to get money by his art, but I doubt he will do no good, he being a man of an unsettled head. Thence by water down to Deptford, the first time I have been by water a great while, and there did some little business and walked home, and there come into my company three drunken seamen, but one especially, who told me such stories, calling me Captain, as made me mighty merry, and they would leap and skip, and kiss what mayds they met all the way. I did at first give them money to drink, lest they should know who I was, and so become troublesome to me. Parted at Redriffe, and there home and to the office, where did much business, and then to Sir W. Batten's, where [Sir] W. Pen, [Sir] R. Ford, and I to hear a proposition [Sir] R. Ford was to acquaint us with from the Swedes Embassador, in manner of saying, that for money he might be got to our side and relinquish the trouble he may give us. Sir W. Pen did make a long simple declaration of his resolution to give nothing to deceive any poor man of what was his right by law, but ended in doing whatever any body else would, and we did commission Sir R. Ford to give promise of not beyond 350l. to him and his Secretary, in case they did not oppose us in the Phoenix (the net profits of which, as [Sir] R. Ford cast up before us, the Admiral's tenths, and ship's thirds, and other charges all cleared, will amount to 3,000l.) and that we did gain her. [Sir] R. Ford did pray for a curse upon his family, if he was privy to anything more than he told us (which I believe he is a knave in), yet we all concluded him the most fit man for it and very honest, and so left it wholly to him to manage as he pleased. Thence to the office a little while longer, and so home, where W. Hewer's mother was, and Mrs. Turner, our neighbour, and supped with us. His mother a well-favoured old little woman, and a good woman, I believe. After we had supped, and merry, we parted late, Mrs. Turner having staid behind to talk a little about her lodgings, which now my Lord Bruncker upon Sir W. Coventry's surrendering do claim, but I cannot think he will come to live in them so as to need to put them out. She gone, we to bed all. This night, at supper, comes from Sir W. Coventry the Order of Councill for my Lord Bruncker to do all the Comptroller's part relating to the Treasurer's accounts, and Sir W. Pen, all relating to the Victualler's, and Sir J. Minnes to do the rest. This, I hope, will do much better for the King than now, and, I think, will give neither of them ground to over-top me, as I feared they would; which pleases me mightily. This evening, Mr. Wren and Captain Cocke called upon me at the office, and there told me how the House was in better temper to-day, and hath passed the Bill for the remainder of the money, but not to be passed finally till they have done some other things which they will have passed with it; wherein they are very open, what their meaning is, which was but doubted before, for they do in all respects doubt the King's pleasing them. Lay pretty long, then to the office, where Lord Bruncker and Sir J. Minnes and I did meet, and sat private all the morning about dividing the Controller's work according to the late order of Council, between them two and Sir W. Pen, and it troubled me to see the poor honest man, Sir J. Minnes, troubled at it, and yet the King's work cannot be done without it. It was at last friendlily ended, and so up and home to dinner with my wife. This afternoon I saw the Poll Bill, now printed; wherein I do fear I shall be very deeply concerned, being to be taxed for all my offices, and then for my money that I have, and my title, as well as my head. It is a very great tax; but yet I do think it is so perplexed, it will hardly ever be collected duly. The late invention of Sir G. Downing's is continued of bringing all the money into the Exchequer; and Sir G. Carteret's three pence is turned for all the money of this act into but a penny per pound, which I am sorry for. After dinner to the office again, where Lord Bruncker, [Sir] W. Batten, and [Sir] W. Pen and I met to talk again about the Controller's office, and there [Sir] W. Pen would have a piece of the great office cut out to make an office for him, which I opposed to the making him very angry, but I think I shall carry it against him, and then I care not. So a little troubled at this fray, I away by coach with my wife, and left her at the New Exchange, and I to my Lord Chancellor's, and then back, taking up my wife to my Lord Bellasses, and there spoke with Mr. Moone, who tells me that the peace between us and Spayne is, as he hears, concluded on, which I should be glad of, and so home, and after a little at my office, home to finish my journall for yesterday and to-day, and then a little supper and to bed. This day the House hath passed the Bill for the Assessment, which I am glad of; and also our little Bill, for giving any one of us in the office the power of justice of peace, is done as I would have it. Up, and at the office. Sat all the morning, where among other things I did the first unkind [thing] that ever I did design to Sir W. Warren, but I did it now to some purpose, to make him sensible how little any man's friendship shall avail him if he wants money. I perceive he do nowadays court much my Lord Bruncker's favour, who never did any man much courtesy at the board, nor ever will be able, at least so much as myself. Besides, my Lord would do him a kindness in concurrence with me, but he would have the danger of the thing to be done lie upon me, if there be any danger in it (in drawing up a letter to Sir W. Warren's advantage), which I do not like, nor will endure. I was, I confess, very angry, and will venture the loss of Sir W. Warren's kindnesses rather than he shall have any man's friendship in greater esteem than mine. At noon home to dinner, and after dinner to the office again, and there all the afternoon, and at night poor Mrs. Turner come and walked in the garden for my advice about her husband and her relating to my Lord Bruncker's late proceedings with them. I do give her the best I can, but yet can lay aside some ends of my own in what advice I do give her. So she being gone I to make an end of my letters, and so home to supper and to bed, Balty lodging here with my brother, he being newly returned from mustering in the river. (Lord's day). Up betimes, and leaving my wife to go by coach to hear Mr. Frampton preach, which I had a mighty desire she should, I down to the Old Swan, and there to Michell and staid while he and she dressed themselves, and here had a 'baiser' or two of her, whom I love mightily; and then took them in a sculler (being by some means or other disappointed of my own boat) to White Hall, and so with them to Westminster, Sir W. Coventry, Bruncker and I all the morning together discoursing of the office business, and glad of the Controller's business being likely to be put into better order than formerly, and did discourse of many good things, but especially of having something done to bringing the Surveyor's matters into order also. Thence I up to the King's closet, and there heard a good Anthem, and discoursed with several people here about business, among others with Lord Bellasses, and so from one to another after sermon till the King had almost dined, and then home with Sir G. Carteret and dined with him, being mightily ashamed of my not having seen my Lady Jemimah so long, and my wife not at all yet since she come, but she shall soon do it. I thence to Sir Philip Warwicke, by appointment, to meet Lord Bellasses, and up to his chamber, but find him unwilling to discourse of business on Sundays; so did not enlarge, but took leave, and went down and sat in a low room, reading Erasmus "de scribendis epistolis," a very good book, especially one letter of advice to a courtier most true and good, which made me once resolve to tear out the two leaves that it was writ in, but I forebore it. By and by comes Lord Bellasses, and then he and I up again to Sir P. Warwicke and had much discourse of our Tangier business, but no hopes of getting any money. Thence I through the garden into the Park, and there met with Roger Pepys, and he and I to walk in the Pell Mell. I find by him that the House of Parliament continues full of ill humours, and he seems to dislike those that are troublesome more than needs, and do say how, in their late Poll Bill, which cost so much time, the yeomanry, and indeed two-thirds of the nation, are left out to be taxed, that there is not effectual provision enough made for collecting of the money; and then, that after a man his goods are distrained and sold, and the overplus returned, I am to have ten days to make my complaints of being over-rated if there be cause, when my goods are sold, and that is too late. These things they are resolved to look into again, and mend them before they rise, which they expect at furthest on Thursday next. Here we met with Mr. May, and he and we to talk of several things, of building, and such like matters; and so walked to White Hall, and there I shewed my cozen Roger the Duchesse of York sitting in state, while her own mother stands by her; he had a desire, and I shewed him my Lady Castlemayne, whom he approves to be very handsome, and wonders that she cannot be as good within as she is fair without. Her little black boy came by him; and, a dog being in his way, the little boy called to the dog: "Pox of this dog!" — "Now," says he, blessing himself, "would I whip this child till the blood come, if it were my child!" and I believe he would. But he do by no means like the liberty of the Court, and did come with expectation of finding them playing at cards to-night, though Sunday; for such stories he is told, but how true I know not.1 After walking up and down the Court with him, it being now dark and past six at night, I walked to the Swan in the Palace yard and there with much ado did get a waterman, and so I sent for the Michells, and they come, and their father Howlett and his wife with them, and there we drank, and so into the boat, poor Betty's head aching. We home by water, a fine moonshine and warm night, it having been also a very summer's day for warmth. I did get her hand to me under my cloak … So there we parted at their house, and he walked almost home with me, and then I home and to supper, and to read a little and to bed. My wife tells me Mr. Frampton is gone to sea, and so she lost her labour to-day in thinking to hear him preach, which I am sorry for. Up to the office all the morning, where Sir W. Pen and I look much askewe one upon another, though afterward business made us speak friendly enough, but yet we hate one another. At noon home to dinner, and then to the office, where all the afternoon expecting Mr. Gawden to come for some money I am to pay him, but he comes not, which makes me think he is considering whether it be necessary to make the present he hath promised, it being possible this alteration in the Controller's duty may make my place in the Victualling unnecessary, so that I am a little troubled at it. Busy till late at night at the office, and Sir W. Batten come to me, and tells me that there is newes upon the Exchange to-day, that my Lord Sandwich's coach and the French Embassador's at Madrid, meeting and contending for the way, they shot my Lord's postilion and another man dead; and that we have killed 25 of theirs, and that my Lord is well. How true this is I cannot tell, there being no newes of it at all at Court, as I am told late by one come thence, so that I hope it is not so. By and by comes Mrs. Turner to me, to make her complaint of her sad usage she receives from my Lord Bruncker, that he thinks much she hath not already got another house, though he himself hath employed her night and day ever since his first mention of the matter, to make part of her house ready for him, as he ordered, and promised she should stay till she had fitted herself; by which and what discourse I do remember he had of the business before Sir W. Coventry on Sunday last I perceive he is a rotten- hearted, false man as any else I know, even as Sir W. Pen himself, and, therefore, I must beware of him accordingly, and I hope I shall. I did pity the woman with all my heart, and gave her the best council I could; and so, falling to other discourse, I made her laugh and merry, as sad as she came to me; so that I perceive no passion in a woman can be lasting long; and so parted and I home, and there teaching my girle Barker part of my song "It is decreed," which she will sing prettily, and so after supper to bed.

Mongabay Series: Indonesian Forests, Indonesian Palm Oil 'Empty pocket season': Dayak women farmers grapple with the impacts of oil palm plantations by Tessa Toumbourou on 20 August 2018 The village of Long Bentuk in Indonesian Borneo is almost completely surrounded by oil palm estates run by large companies. While the impacts of being enclaved by oil palm has affected all people in the community, the effect on women has been particularly adverse. A recent commitment by Indonesia's environment and forestry minister may see a greater role for women in land-use decisions across the country. "When oil palm was given out by the district head I didn't accept it. I am still angry at the oil palm companies," says Monica Mensea. At 83, Mensea is the oldest woman in her village of Long Bentuk, a Dayak Medang indigenous community in East Kalimantan, a province in Indonesian Borneo. Though her body is weakening and her brown eyes are cloudy with cataracts, Mensea's mind is as sharp as ever. For nearly 20 years she led her community as the kepala adat (customary head) of Long Bentuk, in the administrative district of East Kutai. Despite her firm stance against converting land to industrial oil palm, today a corporate-run estate abuts her village's land, where her community's ancestral forest once stood. New pest infestations, oil palm plantations and climate change are all affecting local livelihoods and food availability. Women are suffering the most, through increased workloads and food shortages. Oil palm explodes Oil palm plantations have expanded voraciously in Indonesia, increasing by 4,500 square kilometers (1,740 square miles) per year from 1995 to 2015. Kahar Al Bahri, an activist with the Mining Advocacy Network, an NGO with a strong presence in East Kalimantan, is concerned that determination of land-use allocations pays little attention to natural features, such as rivers, or the land claims of local communities. "Almost all permits issued in East Kalimantan are in blocks or grids," Kahar said. "Companies just request the blocks they want to become their plantations." Converting landscapes to oil palm has extensive implications for the lives and livelihoods of land-dependent people who live in and around company concessions. Proponents of industrial oil palm emphasize its development benefits for rural areas. Last year, Awang Faroek Ishak, the outgoing governor of East Kalimantan (soon to be replaced by the recently elected Isran Noor, who was the East Kutai district head from 2009 to 2015), said in an interview that "palm oil is a development solution, as companies are able to offer — through corporate sustainable responsibility programs — roads and schools and health clinics." Yet in the East Kutai subdistrict of Busang, where Long Bentuk and five other villages are located, these programs have not emerged. Busang is not an anomaly — a recent study assessing the development contribution of oil palm indicates that even plantations certified to the highest industry standard, that awarded by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, have not led to a decrease in rural poverty, and that the number of healthcare facilities per capita declined between 2000 and 2014 in regions where oil palm has proliferated. While oil palm companies have been present in Busang for over a decade, still no state road connects to the city of Samarinda, where the nearest market, hospital, university and other services are located. The only access is through an endless timber plantation: a bone-rattling nine-hour drive through spindly acacia trees growing in uniform lines. Vehicles ply the road to Busang in East Kalimantan province. Image by Tessa Toumbourou for Mongabay. Indonesia's 2001 decentralization laws gave local governments the authority to greenlight oil palm, logging and mining operations. This new power was not matched with support or the budget to ensure that companies delivered development contributions. Benefit arrangements are actually left to companies to forge with local communities. Without government oversight to ensure that companies acquire land in a way that is not coercive — or that any negotiations are conducted at all — communities are vulnerable to strategies taken up by the private sector to pressure them to release land. Local communities' capacity to determine how their land is used, and to ensure that negotiations reflect all the preferences and concerns of social groups, is limited. Increasingly, communities find that, even where they refuse to release land, as with the community of Long Bentuk, companies go around them, leaving their village residential and farming land in place but surrounded by plantations. Permitting oil palm In late January 2006, just weeks before he was to leave office, the then district head of East Kutai signed off on four oil palm companies' early-stage land-use permits for most of Long Bentuk's land. The permits were issued one after the other, four days in a row. The four companies lead back to two main business groups: the Teladan Prima Group and the Triputra Group. In Indonesia, larger companies create a number of smaller subsidiaries to get around laws that prohibit any single company from operating concessions larger than 200 square kilometers (77 square miles). In Long Bentuk, it wasn't until local residents discovered workers cutting trees in their ancestral forest that they realized their land had been issued permits for oil palm, according to Wang Beng, a Dayak Medang elder from Long Bentuk. A long struggle against the oil palm companies ensued over the subsequent decade. The Dayak Medang villagers tried every strategy they could, rallying their community to protest the land clearing, reporting to the district government and law enforcement agencies, and eventually traveling to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, to report to national authorities. The companies' continued pressure brought previously mutually agreed borders between villages into dispute. "When the company first came, we knew the impacts would be bad, but the neighboring villages accepted, so now we are encircled by oil palm," said Mensea, the former long-serving kepala adat. This strategy of enclaving communities who refuse to release land is frequently taken by oil palm companies: Residents are left in place with just enough land for current generations to continue farming, at least in the short term. Young oil palm trees grow where the Long Bentuk community's ancestral forest once stood. Image by Tessa Toumbourou for Mongabay. 'Empty pocket season' The Dayak Medang community of Long Bentuk resides along the lowland basin of the Kelinjau River, a sub-branch of the larger Mahakam, a powerful river that winds its way through East Kalimantan. Swidden rice is a main livelihood staple, supplemented by cocoa, banana, rubber, durian and rambutan, as well as sengon and ulin hardwood trees for timber. "Rice is very important; it's our breath," Mensea said. "If there wasn't swidden what would we eat?" Its importance as a food source is reflected in Dayak Medang culture: Children were traditionally named after the point in the swidden cycle at which they were born. Until the arrival of oil palm, Long Bentuk farmers had what they felt was infinite land available to them; they'd clear and carefully burn small plots, enough to sustain their households. Up to five years ago, one kaleng of rice seeds, a measure of 17 kilograms or 37 pounds, planted on a 1-hectare plot, about 2.5 acres, would yield an average of around 1.8 tons of rice, enough to last a family for two years, if not more. Some farmers reported boom years with yields of up to 5 tons of rice. Today, industrial oil palm plantations have replaced much of the village's ancestral forest. The impacts from the loss of the ecological services that forests once provided undermine yields of swidden rice as well as cocoa, fruit and other cash crops. "Less forest means there is less habitat for squirrels, pigs, monkeys and birds and they are hungry and eat swidden rice," said Margareta, a local farmer (the names of some of the women in this story have been changed). Forests also provided medicine, materials for weaving and building, and a food-security buffer against environmental shocks, such as drought or fire, that affect swidden plots. The loss of the "insurance" that these forests provided threatens food security, health and cultural practices. "This is crisis season, empty pocket season," is a common refrain in the village. Survival strategies While the impacts of being enclaved by oil palm affects all people in a community, the effect on women is particularly adverse. Last October, I found farmer Lina sitting on the porch of her home, a single-room house on stilts. She was cutting lids off a pile of used plastic cups she'd collected from a waste heap behind the village government office to use for weaving. "They must have had an important meeting today, there's lots of cups," she said. The meeting, we learned later, was an information session held by a new oil palm company looking to establish a plantation across a portion of the village's land. Few people in the village knew the meeting was being held; invitations were hand delivered to neighborhood chiefs, heads of farmers groups and religious leaders on the morning of the meeting — after most people had left to tend their fields for the day. Lina once wove intricate and durable baskets from rattan that her husband collected while hunting in nearby forests. With forests now converted to oil palm, rattan is increasingly difficult to find. Lina is adapting to weaving with plastic instead. She weaves baskets in the evenings after a long day of working in her swidden rice plot, fishing and maintaining her family's cocoa and banana garden. It's tiring work, but her family needs the extra income she can make from selling baskets to buy food. A recent flood destroyed her swidden rice crop and vegetable garden, and drowned the chickens they were raising. "The flooding is certainly worse since the oil palm began upstream," Lina observed. Where the forest floor previously absorbed the region's heavy rains, the conversion of forests upstream of the village means that more water now washes into the rivers, and the silt from erosion has thickened the riverbed, making it shallower and prone to frequent flooding. "When it rains, because the oil palm companies are on higher land than us here, the chemicals are carried down to here," she said. "At first the river was clear, we'd drink from it. Now we don't know what's carried in the water downstream." River fish, a main protein source, are also less abundant. "We used to get fish very quickly. Now it takes hours of waiting, and we need to use worms." The arrival of oil palm plantations has put a price on land, turning it into a finite resource. Where in the past households could easily find an unused plot to plant rice, doing so today costs money most farmers don't have. "There's less land, but yields are lower so we need more land," Lina said. "Plus, there's less money to buy what we used to be able to grow, like vegetables." Many people are having to use swidden plots more frequently than they would prefer, resulting in less fertile, weed-prone soil. While all farmers are feeling the impacts, it is the role of women to ensure a household has enough to eat. Weeding swidden plots is now more time-consuming, but necessary to ensure that the weeds don't choke out the rice. Lina's neighbor, Leng, said she thought oil palm "brings only negative impacts. Before there was oil palm, when we finished harvest we could relax in the village. We could gather and dance hudoq [a traditional thanksgiving celebration], cook together. Now the yield from swidden has reduced, and people here have to work in their swidden more." Cross-section of an oil palm fruitlet in Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. Weeding swidden takes up the time the women used to spend maintaining their cocoa and banana plots. A recent infestation of cocoa pod borer and black pod borer, both insect pests, has made cocoa, a once low-intensity crop requiring relatively little labor, more intensive to maintain, as infected trees must be diligently pruned, fertilized and weeded to maintain yield. The increased prevalence of flooding and changes to the water table from oil palm upstream also has an impact, according to Darwis, the village's main cocoa buyer. "Cocoa has reduced massively since oil palm moved in," he said. "Now we are only getting 5 tons a month (from a total of 200 tons a month), making this a reduction of [more than] 95 percent." Infected cocoa also takes more effort to process. Where healthy cocoa seeds come loose from their pods easily, infested cocoa seeds are sticky and harder to remove. I sat with Karina, a Dayak Medang woman in her 50s, as she separated out cocoa seeds. "If the fruit is healthy it shouldn't need this much work," she said. "Now they are sticky like this, we must do it by hand. The more diseased fruit takes longer to loosen." Where in the past the women could balance both swidden and cash crops, today many are having to choose one increasingly time-intensive crop over the other. "If we don't look after cocoa properly it doesn't fruit, but if we don't manage our swidden then we don't have rice to eat. It's a hard trade-off," said Leng. Many women predicted that releasing land to industrial plantations would result in a significant loss of control over their food and income source. Leng preferred to hold on to her land. "When the oil palm company came here we said no, we don't want to work for someone else, in the hot sun," she said. "Working swidden rice we are our own boss, we go out in the morning then come home when we need to. The yield we get we can sell or keep." Other women shared this view, that their priority was to control their income from the land — and that by relinquishing it to the oil palm companies they'd lose this ability. They knew from communities nearby they would not have access to paid work in plantations, even if they wanted it, because companies deem women over 40 too old to perform strenuous maintenance work. "The tiring work is crippling, going up and down hills carrying heavy sacks of fertilizer. We'd send them broke," Leng said of her preference to continue farming rather than see her customary land released to companies. Many were also cautious that the local village administration wasn't effective enough to ensure that any benefits agreed on in exchange for land would end up distributed equitably. Without a robust agreement, they couldn't be sure the benefits from palm oil would outweigh the impacts to their livelihoods. In 2017, no women had formal roles on the village administration in Long Bentuk. This made it hard for women to share their voice, said Agnes, a farmer and schoolteacher in Long Bentuk. "Women don't have a formal representative on the village administration, which means that women aren't invited to meetings," she said. "If we aren't invited then we don't go to meetings. Women feel they can't be in formal administrative positions if they are not capable or trained." Just as no women have formal administrative roles, no women are neighborhood heads in the village. Agnes is one of the few people in the community with a post-high school degree, and is often called on to act as a spokesperson for women in the village. She would like more women take on leadership roles. "We tried to encourage women to nominate themselves as neighborhood heads; we called women to put themselves forward but none wanted to. No women were confident in themselves." The lack of women's engagement in formal public discussions is not due to their disinterest, says the minister of the minority Christian congregation, Mary. She observed that while there are no limitations on women participating in formal decision-making, they often feel hesitant to share their views in village discussions. "They aren't confident to give their opinion in formal spaces," she said. But their silence in public forums did not mean they had no preferences for land use and development, Mary said. "When they are outside, after meetings are finished, it's always bustling with women talking about what was discussed, and what they thought of it. I say to them, why didn't you say that in the meeting? Maybe they don't have self-confidence, or feel scared of being wrong, or saying the wrong thing," Mary said. "Or," she added, "perhaps they are pessimistic that they won't be listened to." Studies from other parts of Indonesia have observed similar factors that limit women's representation in formal village-level discussions, including cultural or traditional conventions, norms and taboos, and women's household and care responsibilities that often leave them with less time during the day to attend formal meetings. While there is now parity between levels of education for young women and men, a gap persists between women and men aged 30 and above, widening with older age groups. The effect of being uneducated is significantly larger for women, influencing their ability to fulfill literacy requirements that may be required to participate in formal bodies, and relatedly diminishes women's confidence in their ability to articulate problems. Often invitations are only extended to men who are viewed to be heads of households. A recent commitment by Indonesia's environment and forestry minister, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, may see a greater role for women in land-use decisions. In March 2018, Siti pledged to include a requirement for a gender impact assessment to be conducted as part of environmental impact assessments that must be undertaken by companies before any development projects, including oil palm plantations, can be issued a full license to operate. The minister's commitment reflects a growing recognition that large-scale industrial plantations have uneven social impacts, with women disproportionately experiencing negative impacts including loss of control over sources of food and income, compounded by difficulties accessing social benefits. Such safeguards go some of the way to giving women in rural Indonesia greater decision-making powers over the land on which their livelihoods depend. If implemented, it could go some way to ensuring that the full implications of a development project for social inequalities and food security are considered, and to ensure that land acquisition is based on truly informed consent. Tessa Toumbourou is a researcher and writer with a focus on environment and development issues in Indonesia. Banner: Oil palm fruit in Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. Article published by mongabayauthor Development, Environment, Farming, Food Crisis, food security, Forestry, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Land Conflict, Land Grabbing, Land Rights, Land Use Change, Palm Oil, Plantations, Rainforests, Tropical Forests

25 knots breeze, 20 knots speed , Telefonica was on a hurry to join Cape Town and probably a beer in terrace. And they won ! Congratulations to skipper of Telefonica Iker Martinez and crew. Iker Martinez and crew mate Xabi Fernandez are well known in South Brittany after comig to train with Vendée Globe super-heroe Michel Desjoyeaux before last Barcelona World Race. Congratulations also to Juan Kouyoumdjian, the designer of Telefonica, already winner of the two las editions of Volvo Ocean Race. It seems that his talent is still there, which is good to know as Groupama Sailing Team are sharing the same designer. To point out : Team Telefonica has for supplier relating Lyophilized food Saveurs & Logistique a company based next door from the office of Lorient Grand Large, organizer of Lorient Volvo Ocean Race stopover. To to say that there was magic potion in the food but to tell how proud we're to see our neighbors participating to successful project. So for outdoor projects do not hesitate to contact Ariane and her team. You'll see what quality of service is , with a Breizh Touch in.

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Can I start this blog post with a confession? I let myself go during wedding season. I manage work/life balance very poorly, and one of the first things to go is caring well for my body. Ironically, it's the very thing that enables me to do flowers, so I finally wised up to start taking care of it. I know I'm not alone in my struggle with this but over the years I have found some tips to combat my neglectful ways. If you can relate, I hope you find some hope that you are not alone and that healthy habits are possible! Disclaimer: I am a florist and obviously not a doctor, so this is not medical advice in any way, shape or form. This article is my experience and opinion based on my journey. Please seek professional medical advice (preferably from a good naturopathic doctor) on what your body needs to keep you well during wedding season! For starters, drink water. As you know, we work really, really hard and have a physically demanding job. I am usually focused on the task at hand, and that often means staying hydrated feels pretty unimportant. The real deal is that dehydration is a serious problem and it happens more often than we think. If you feel thirsty, it's a good sign that you are already pushing it and you need to get hydrated. The best way to do this with is room temperature water and bonus points if you add some liquid minerals or a little sea salt to get you back to normal. Do you workout? If you do, hooray! If you don't, keep reading. My thought for many years has been that my job feels like a crazy workout so why bother? The problem is that even though our job requires that we bend, twist and lift, we aren't building real strength with short bursts of activity. In fact, the movements we make can often cause problems such as strain on our wrists, hands, and arms by repetitive motion. We can develop or aggravate back, hip and leg problems with standing on hard surfaces all day and lifting heavy items. I'll share a quick story. I did a lot of freelance work last year, and it would often take me to cities two hours away from home. I started noticing a pattern where I would do a wedding setup and the next day I would be incredibly sore. My amazing chiropractor finally asked me about my work patterns and told me "Amy, you have to move after you move." This might be basic information to you, but this was radical to me. It wasn't that I couldn't handle the intensity of wedding installs, but the problem was going from intense activity to sitting for two hours in the car and then being sedentary again when I got home. Setting up a wedding is often like an intense workout and moving afterward is cool-off time for the body. You can choose any quick "cool down" exercise but what has worked best for me is immediately after a setup, I take a short brisk walk, and a do a few simple squats. I do this before I get in the car and again when I get home. I also do some very quick and straightforward neck, wrist and shoulder stretches as those always take a beating as well. Admittedly I don't work out during wedding season, but these small additions to my routine have made a huge difference. If you are comfortable with chiropractic care, I highly recommend finding a good one. I have used chiropractic care my whole adult life, and it has been essential in keeping my body well on and off wedding season. I am the first to admit that during wedding season all of my good intentions with clean eating go right out the window. I find myself reaching for whatever is quick and will give me energy. This reality usually means carbs, sugar, and caffeine. I still too often turn to quick foods that cause more harm than good but here are some tips that have helped me attempt to make better choices. Just to repeat, I am obviously not a doctor or a nutritionist, but I have an excellent naturopathic doctor who has helped me put some great practices into place regarding eating for energy. First, eat a good breakfast! I know this is not new, but I have finally learned that what I eat for breakfast makes a huge difference and sets me up for energy throughout the whole day. Do your best to ditch the grains (i.e. cereals, oatmeal, bagels, breakfast sandwiches, breakfast burritos, etc.) unless you go without the carbs. These are good to avoid because they are a form of quick energy that metabolizes into sugar in the body, so you get a spike of energy but then a hard crash. Instead, eat a combination of protein, a healthy fat and a good carb. This power-packed combo provides tons of slow burning energy that is sustained for hours. A quick example of this is a smoothie with almond milk, grass fed Bulletproof collagen protein powder, a capful of Bulletproof MCT or XCT oil and some frozen fruits and/or veggies. I make a large one in the morning and save some to drink later for a snack. This works brilliantly when I need a boost and helps me ward off cravings for caffeine and sugar. For snacks, I stick with beef jerky, sweet potato chips, and bulletproof protein bars to keep me going. Most importantly, to keep doing what we love (flowers!) we have to take care of ourselves if we don't make it a priority, it won't happen. We are the only ones that can improve these areas — so whatever you do, do something! Amy Nicole Floral engages in the art of storytelling by creating stylish, abundant, thoughtful floral designs for unique celebrations including weddings, events and workshops. Her commercial and editorial work includes floral styling for photoshoots and campaigns of all sizes. 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Superbells Cherry Star Calibrachoa. Photo from Proven Winners. My garden is built around perennials, and I would recommend that strategy to anyone. But this year I vow to use more annuals. Yes, perennials are great because they stay in your garden year after year–you don't have to spend money buying them every year. Plus, they tend to spread. You can start with a small garden and expand it from year to year. The problem with perennials is that while the plants are there all year, the blossoms come and go. My garden looks great in spring when I have many plants in bloom, including narcissus, forget-me-nots, allium, columbine and chives (chives are a tangy herb, but they also get a beautiful flower in spring). Lobularia in basket. Photo from Proven Winners. Then there tends to be a lag as I wait for tiger lilies and black-eyed Susans and hostas to bloom later in the summer. One answer is to try to find perennials to fill in that gap, and I'm working on that. Another answer is to use annuals. But before we go any further, let me explain how I'm using the terms perennial and annual. If something comes back on its own every year in Western New York (even if the plant dies and reseeds itself), I'm referring to it as a perennial. If you have to go out and buy a new specimen of the plant every year, or you have to start it yourself from seed, I'm referring to it as an annual. These definitions differ from the botanical definitions. Lobularia in the ground. Photo from Proven Winners. boxes, deck boxes and planters. If you place annuals in pots that are small enough to be moved, the container can be placed wherever you need color at that time. You have a broader range of plants to choose from when you add annuals to the mix of plants in your garden. In this article, we'll look at some annuals that do well in sun in Buffalo-area gardens. These suggestions were provided by the staff at Lockwood's Greenhouses, 4484 Clark Street, Hamburg, NY 14075. This list includes some new annuals as well as tried-and-true annuals. Angelonia Angelface dark violet. Photo from Proven Winners. A new color of calibrachoa, Superbells Cherry Star from Proven Winners, looks great in containers, said Jill Kisker, grower at Lockwood's. Long, trailing branches will cascade over the side of hanging baskets and spread out in flower beds. Abundant, small petunia-like flowers appear all season and into fall. It's heat tolerant and low maintenance– no deadheading is necessary. It attracts hummingbirds and other birds. Serena lavender pink angelonia. Photo from Ball Horticultural Company. Lobularia was a big hit last year, and Kisker expects it to be popular this year as well. It's a hanging alyssum that gets big and full. It can grow in a big, round ball. Steve Lockwood, owner of Lockwood's, noted that lobularia can drape down as much as three or four feet. It also trails nicely when planted in the ground. It comes only in white. It will flower from spring, into summer–and beyond! Kisker said they had a plant that made it through to the middle of December last year. "It's fragrant, too, which is nice," Lockwood added. It does take a lot of water, but it won't look ratty in the middle of summer as some plants do. "It's a good all-around plant," Kisker said. Angelonia is a flower that doesn't get used enough, Kisker said. It flowers all summer, likes heat and is a good, reliable plant. AngelMist spreading pink angelonia. Photo from Ball Horticultural Company. Because it looks like a snapdragon, it's often referred to as a summer snapdragon, Lockwood noted. It comes in pinks, purples and whites. There are several varieties. The Angelface series from Proven Winners is 18-24 inches tall. A shorter variety is Serena, which grows about 12 inches tall. A spreading variety is AngelMist from Ball Horticultural Company. You don't need grass in your front yard– make it a garden!National garden club convention coming to Buffalo– you can attend! If I plant Agapanthus in gallon pots in Buffalo now, will they be in bloom by late July? It is hard to say if the Agapanthus will bloom at all the first year you pot them up. They bloom better when the roots are constricted in the pot and sometimes take a couple years to flower. It also depends on the size and age of the plants. You may have luck if they are already larger, mature plants.

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Share the terms and definitions at staff meetings, in marketing materials, on your website, and in conversations with clients. Finally, update your dictionary regularly, add new terms as they emerge, and alert your team so they can adjust their own reference materials. It's a good idea to review your dictionary every few months, and continue to involve your staff and management team in future "definition projects" such as Policies and Procedures, Workflow Diagramming, and Job Descriptions. You can see an example of an organizational dictionary here on my website. I used all the steps above and continue to update it regularly. Have fun storming the castle! In my next few posts, I'll discuss The Two Precursors of Meaning and an Overview of the 5 Types of Strategic Risk. Are you are a business owner who feels frustrated about planning for the future? Schedule a free call so we can discuss ways you can regain control. 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Nithyananda and his many controversies Updated : November 22, 2019 18:42 IST Swami Nithyananda is a self-styled godman who runs a number of ashrams across the country and heads the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, a religious organisation which he founded. According to a video available on his website, Nithyananda attained 'enlightenment' at the age of 12. (Source: nithyananda.org) A statue of Nithyananda. The video on his website introduces him as a spiritual leader of Hinduism and claims that he runs centres in 47 countries. Nithyananda has been booked after a couple from Tamil Nadu moved the Gujarat High Court, alleging their children were being held in illegal confinement at his ashram in Ahmedabad. (Source: nithyananda.org) This is not the first time that Nithyananda has landed into a controversy. In 2010, a video of Nithyananda had surfaced on local news channels wherein he was purportedly shown engaging in sexual acts with a Tamil actress. He had defended himself at the time saying he was merely 'practising the shavasana' and that he was impotent. (Source: File Photo) A case was filed against him in Bangalore. He was finally arrested from Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on April 21, 2010. Nithyananda was, however, let off on bail. Two years later, though, he landed again in soup when a US-based woman claimed that Nithyananda had abused her for five years. (Source: Express Archive) A statue of Nithyananda. On Monday, an FIR was lodged against Nithyananda and two of his followers at an Ahmedabad-based ashram for allegedly abducting, confining and torturing two minors and a 19-year-old woman. Following this, the Gujarat High Court had issued notices to Nithyananda and the state government on a habeas corpus petition filed by the father of the women. (Source: nithyananda.org) Adani Enterprises calls off Rs 20000-crore FPO

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Persian poet 'Saadi' statue unveiled in China's Nanjing TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) –The statue of famous and prominent Iranian poet "Saadi Shirazi was recently installed and unveiled in the International Friendship Park of Nanjing in China, the city that has inked a sisterhood agreement with Shiraz. The unveiling ceremony was held with the participation of the Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Shanghai province Ramezan Parvaz and also some of the local Chinese officials. The Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua recently published pictures of the unveiling of the ceremony of prominent Iranian Poet Saadi in Nanjing city and wrote on his Twitter page that Saadi statue as presented by Shiraz Municipality was unveiled in Nanjing International Friendship Park. It is a matter of pleasure to see the continuous strengthening of cultural exchanges between the two countries. The sisterhood agreement between the cities of Shiraz and Nanjing was signed in May 2018 by the then-mayors of the two cities during the visit of the Iranian delegation to China's Nanjing city. Iran's historic city of Shiraz has concluded sisterhood agreements with the cities of Dushanbe in Tajikistan, Nicosia of Cyprus, Weimar of Germany, Nanjing of China and Pecs of Hungary. MA/IRN84954494 Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem Iran marks national Shiraz Day National Day of Saadi Shirazi National Day of Saadi Shirazi; Master of Speech Iran-China Cooperation Sisterhood Agreement Two Zionists injured in occupied Al-Quds shooting Yemeni PM hails Iran support for Resistance Front

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Obama heads to vacation in Hawaii with an important political win in his portfolio after he and fellow Democrats prevailed in the message war by backing lower taxes for middle-class Americans in the midst of a fragile economic recovery. The battle took a toll on House Republicans led by Speaker John Boehner, who were forced to make an embarrassing retreat and agree to a short-term deal Thursday after getting hit by critics on all sides, include their colleagues in the Senate. The temporary fix lets lawmakers lower the curtain, for now, on a year of political deadlock that in the end produced only a series of inconclusive truces. The fiscal policy debate is set to rage straight through the 2012 election season and beyond. While Congress is on a long winter break now and does not return to full swing until late January, newly appointed negotiators are expected to begin work soon on figuring out how to pay for extending the payroll tax cut through 2012. Republicans have sought a continued freeze on federal worker pay and cuts in Medicare benefits for the wealthy. Democrats have rejected both ideas while proposing a surtax on the wealthy to cover the extension's cost. Republicans reject this. Both sides have been open to cutting federal workers' pension benefits. There also were last-minute Senate negotiations last week on possibly ending some tax breaks for the wealthy, such as a small one involving corporate jets. Obama: "make or break moment" for middle class Timeline: Speaker Boehner's tax cut reversal Minutes after the bipartisan deal was passed by Congress, the bickering that has come to dominate Capitol Hill resumed. Republican Representative Tom Price, a leader of House conservatives, immediately criticized the short-term extension, calling it a "two-month punt" and saying it would not have been needed if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and Obama had "been willing to do their job today." 'NOTHING OFF THE TABLE' In a sign that the battle is far from over, Reid signaled that Democrats could renew their push for a surtax on wealthier Americans. Democrats had dropped that demand during the year-end negotiations that produced the two-month deal. "There is nothing off the table," he said. Obama scored a victory in the payroll tax struggle over Tea Party conservatives in the House who tried to block the two-month extension. They backed down on Thursday in the face of bipartisan criticism, but they are not going away. Representative Tim Huelskamp, a first-term Republican, said on CNN that he was disappointed with Republican leadership caving in to pressure and accepting the two-month deal. Next year could be a rough one for Boehner, the top House Republican, said Norm Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Boehner spent 2011 having to negotiate with many of his own party members on just about every major piece of legislation. President Obama signs the payroll tax cut extension in the Oval Office of the White House, December 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Now that House Republicans have had to go along with Democrats in the payroll tax debate, "the idea that this group of angry Tea Party Republicans, who feel betrayed, now will go along or that Boehner will be more capable of defying them is a little bit wrong-headed," Ornstein said. Meanwhile, Democrats might be emboldened, believing "they've learned to play poker," he added. Patrick Griffin, associate director Of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, said House Republicans "overplayed their hand. How they interpret that lesson will be very interesting." Any edge conferred on Democrats might be short-lived, however. The 2012 election cycle is just set to kick off with the Iowa Republican presidential caucus on January 3 and a long road lies ahead until voters go to the polls in November. The payroll tax funds the Social Security retirement pension system. If it had been allowed to rise, the increase would have hit the wallets of 160 million working Americans. The $33 billion needed to pay for the two-month extension will be raised by increasing fees charged by housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for guaranteeing mortgages. Analysts said the fee hike, which investors will likely pass along to borrowers, could raise financing costs for mortgages, but probably not enough to slow a housing market recovery. Unemployment benefits set to expire soon were extended as well, while cuts in payments to doctors who treat patients in the government-backed Medicare health insurance program for the elderly were postponed, under the bill signed by Obama. Also included in it was a Republican initiative aiming to force the administration into fast approval of an oil pipeline opposed by environmentalists and many Democrats. The provision gives Obama 60 days to either approve TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Gulf of Mexico facilities in Texas, or declare it not in the national interest. Obama wants more time to evaluate the environmental impact of routing the pipeline through sensitive areas of Nebraska. The White House has said that if pushed for a decision within 60 days, the administration would be forced to reject the project. House Speaker John Boehner departs after announcing an agreement on the extension of the payroll tax holiday during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, December 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Not extending the payroll tax cut, analysts warned, could have jeopardized the recovery, even risking another recession. The modest two-month fix drew fire from some businesses that said it will complicate payroll processing and tax planning. The payroll situation "could get more confusing," said Robert Gard, an accountant with Gard and LaFreniere LLC in Alpharetta, Georgia. If the tax is not extended at the end of February, businesses will need to reprogram software, he said. Reporting by Richard Cowan, Rachelle Younglai, Patrick Temple-West, Margaret Chadbourn and Ayesha Raschoe. Writing by Kevin Drawbaugh; editing by Mary Milliken

Two of the world's most widely used content management system (CMS) programs, Drupal and WordPress, contain critical flaws that need to be patched immediately. Popular open source CMS platform Drupal on Tuesday warned admins to set aside time on Wednesday February 20 to review whether their systems were affected by a "highly critical" bug that affects 8.5.x and 8.6.x of the software. The project has warned admins to "reserve time" on the date between 1800 to 2200 UTC (London time) to check whether an immediate update was necessary. Drupal has now released updates now to address the bug, which is due to some file types not properly sanitizing data from RESTful web services. This can lead to arbitrary PHP code execution, it warns. Admins should immediately upgrade to each branch's fixed versions, which are Drupal 8.6.10 and Drupal 8.5.11. Several third-party modules are also affected and need to updated after Drupal core is updated. Updates should be applied but until they are it can be mitigated by disabling all web services modules or disallowing PUT/PATCH/POST requests to web services resources. Though Drupal hasn't released details about the bug yet, its definition of highly critical — its most severe category of vulnerability — include "remote exploitable vulnerabilities that can compromise the system", typically without user interaction. Drupal is the third most popular CMS and accounts for about 4 percent of websites, according to Web Technology Surveys data. The project notes that Drupal 7 websites do not require a core update, but some modules (the website equivalent to browser extensions) may be affected. The affected modules will be revealed on Wednesday on its security advisory page alongside the security releases. The most recent "highly critical" Drupal flaw, CVE-2018-7602, was disclosed in April and within two months was exploited to force affected systems to mine cryptocurrency. Drupal's forthcoming advisory is scheduled to be published at 5am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Mitigations will be detailed in the advisory. Admins managing WordPress websites using WordPress version 5.0.0 and below are also being urged to apply the latest security updates, WordPress version 5.0.1, released in December. Researchers at German firm Ripstech today published details of a remote code execution bug in WordPress core. WordPress is by far the most popular web CMS so even a small percentage of websites that haven't installed the latest security update could offer criminals plenty to work with. WordPress's December security update effectively defanged remote attacks against this flaw in WordPress core for sites that did actually update. However, Ripstech today warned that "any WordPress site with a plugin installed that incorrectly handles Post Meta entries can make exploitation still possible" and it says that it has seen millions of active plugin installations do the same mistake in past reviews. "WordPress 5.0.1 is released and is a security update. One of the patches makes the vulnerabilities non exploitable by preventing attackers to set arbitrary post meta entries. However, the Path Traversal is still possible and can be exploited if plugins are installed that incorrectly handle Post Meta entries. WordPress 5.0.1 does not address either the Path Traversal or Local File Inclusion vulnerability," Ripstech notes in its advisory.

There were some significant results in the Premier League across Saturday and Sunday, many which could have huge implications on the rest of the season. Watford got one over former manager Marco Silva at Vicarage Road, Burnley continued their Tom Heaton-inspired revival at Brighton and Manchester City defeated Chelsea 6-0 at the Etihad Stadium. However, perhaps the most significant result came at St. Mary's where Cardiff City upset Southampton in a six-pointer at the bottom of the table, winning 2-1 on the road in a huge victory for the Bluebirds. It now means that Neil Warnock's team have taken six points off the Saints in the Premier League this season via two one-goal victories, something which could prove to be extremely poignant come the end of the campaign. Few gave Cardiff a chance at the start of the Premier League season, with the Welsh side placed as the early favourites to be relegated from the top flight after minimal transfer activity over the summer. Warnock would admit it himself that they are currently punching well above their weight, with teams above and below them having greater wage and transfer budgets, but the team have never lacked effort. Before a ball was kicked, Cardiff were 8/13 on to go down this season and most pre-season Premier League table predictions saw them finishing in 20th. However, that almost certainly won't be the case now with both Huddersfield and Fulham – barring something remarkable – looking destined to finish beneath them. Now, Cardiff are best-priced at 10/11 to be relegated this term, moving to 1/1 with Bet365 to stay up after winning 2-1 on the south coast. The result has also seen Southampton move to 5/1 to go down at the end of the season, having gone into the weekend as far out as 12/1 to go down. Burnley winning 3-1 on the road against Brighton certainly wasn't the result Cardiff were hoping for on Saturday night, but will be more than happy with the fact that their fate is now in their own hands. Cardiff are currently 16th in the Premier League table on 25 points, with Southampton now 18th on 24 points after the defeat. 17th-placed Newcastle face Wolves at Molineux on Monday night. Brighton's defeat against Burnley has now seen them drop to within three points of the relegation zone and are certainly a team to include in this relegation dogfight, as are 13th-placed Crystal Palace who are also only three points off the bottom three. MLS Odds: Who will win the MLS Cup?

People-orientated solutions needed in future industrial parks By Minh Huong Tuesday, Nov 30, 2021 15:35 The children of workers in the Long Hau kindergarten. — Photo courtesy of the firm The disruption caused by the pandemic to production in industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) is leading some to suggest a radical overhaul in the way in which these areas operate in the future. Experts said the practical application of more people-orientated models of work will help factories in IPs and EPZs across the country, enhancing productivity competitiveness, saving costs and protecting the environment. Hoang Quang Phong, vice chairman of the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), quoted data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) when saying: "Viet Nam has 575 IPs and EPZs in 61 provinces and cities." Phong added that they are home to thousands of local and international businesses from 122 countries and territories around the world. However, many of these bases lack social infrastructure meaning they are failing to meet the needs of workers and the development of businesses. Phong said: "Most industrial parks mainly focus on building and developing infrastructure for production and focusing on profits, focussing on economic benefits without paying due attention to the development of social infrastructure for workers." He mentioned: "While workers have not yet settled down, it could affect the quality of labour and the economic, production and business development on the whole." As an example of how settling down could help, Long Hau IP in Long An Province was highlighted as one of the top enterprises in Asia for its people-focused model. Tran Hong Son, general director of Long Hau JSC, told Viet Nam News: "The application of a customer-oriented approach has made Long Hau one of the few IPs in the country that is highly appreciated by prestigious domestic and foreign organisations for business performance." Next to HCM City and connecting other provinces along the National Highway 50, the 500 ha IP in Long Hau Commune does not follow the traditional IP model of other factories, but built itself as a close circle encompassing all the necessary infrastructure. The IP includes a customs office, a standard wastewater treatment plant, a fire-fighting station, police station, service centre, polyclinic, kindergarten, convenience supermarket and a residential area with a capacity of more than 6,000 people. The IP is home to 200 domestic and international firms, many of which have their headquarters and factories at the IP. Son added, "We spent 33 per cent of the land fund to build public works as we want to make everything done in our IP." Son said that they provided accommodation for workers, helping them to contribute to the success of the firm. During the pandemic, the isolated accommodation helped reduce the risk of the virus spreading to the community. With such facilities, Long Hau IP is ready to offer favourable conditions to welcome a wave of new investment, production and business transformation of domestic and foreign enterprises to Long An. On November 25 the IP launched a conference with their Korean partners, inviting them to stay with its IP in Da Nang as the production hub of Viet Nam. As another example, late last year, Nam Cau Kien IP in Hai Phong City opened the so-called 'Kyousei-no-niwa' Garden, a Japanese garden that covers 30,000 sq.m, using water directly treated from a wastewater treatment plant in the park. The IP not only produces commodities but has all the typical features of an eco-park. Its production chains are circular from input to output through reuse, refurbishment and recycling of solid wastes and wastewater. While experts said such facilities have met the basic requirements of a circular economy, which keeps products and materials in use for as long as possible to get the maximum value, chairman of the IP, Phan Hong Diep, said the IP model aimed at creating a symbiotic association between the economy, environment and society to achieve the final goal of an increase in sustainable natural resources flows. In the future, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) said it would coordinate with the relevant ministries and branches to study and potentially amend the Housing Law 2014 on the investment and construction of housing for workers in IPs and EZPs. Any amendments will be submitted to the National Assembly. Ha Quang Hung, deputy director of the Department of Housing and Real Estate Market Management, told local media: "The investment in social housing development, especially housing for workers in IPs, is a necessary solution to restore production and economy after the pandemic." In addition, MoC proposed that the provincial People's Committee must arrange accommodation for at least 50 per cent of workers in IPs. The Government of Viet Nam considers the construction and development of industrial parks and economic zones a major policy to encourage socio-economic development. Recently, several regulations on IPs and EZs have been issued, amended and supplemented to improve the operational efficiency of these real estate facilities. Decree No. 82 in 2018, on the management of IPs and EZ, has created a relatively complete legal basis to support enterprises in building and maintaining new real estate projects. The National Assembly has also adopted the national land-use master plan for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, and a five-year land-use plan for 2021-2025. By 2030, the total land area of industrial property will rise by an additional 120,000ha. In 2021-2025, the designated land area for industrial real estate will increase by 62,000ha.— VNS Tags industrial parks Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Experts suggest solutions to remove difficulties to real estate business Marina-integrated real estate – where lifestyle creates property value Land prices rise in suburban Ha Noi due to planning rumours HCM City seeks $1.66b to build affordable housing for workers Domestic hospitality market set for strong recovery BRG and Sumitomo to eye on Da Nang's infrastructure projects Novaland launches 18,000-meter gallery in central HCMC Dot Property Vietnam Awards celebrate sustainable growth this year Southern real estate market will recover quickly: experts Credit packages proposed for social housing development after pandemic CT GROUP doubly wins in "Oscar" Awards for Real Estate in Dot Property Vietnam Awards 2021 Buyers handed over property, to open businesses along Dau Giay - Phan Thiet Expressway

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The United States imposed sanctions on eight other officials of the Cuban dictatorship for their suppression of the July 11 protests 2 weeks ago Leland Griffith Archive photo of hundreds of Cubans participating in a demonstration in Havana (Cuba) (EFE / Ernesto Mastrascusa) On Thursday, the US State Department announced the imposition of Visa restrictions to others eight officials from Cuba, whose identities have not been revealed, For the arrest and prosecution of people who participated in the 11 July protests. "Today, the US Department of State took steps to impose visa restrictions on eight Cuban officials implicated in attempts to silence the voices of the Cuban people through repression, unjust detentions, and harsh prison sentences.The Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, explained in a detailed statement. Blinken claimed to be close to 600 protesters They are still imprisoned, some of them"In deteriorating health conditions and without access to food, medicine or calls to loved ones". july 11 protests, Unprecedented on the island in more than six decades, it was imploded due to lack of food and medicine, and power outages And the effects of the economic crisis, which was exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the tightening of the blockade imposed by the United States. Anthony Blinken (EFE) To these demonstrations, which included peaceful marches, clashes with the police, and specific looting, This was followed by a wave of arrests of hundreds of people who were critical of the government. On November 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Already announced travel restrictions for nine Cuban officials, whose identities have not been revealed, to Silencing the Voices of the Cuban PeopleBefore the protests called November 15. There were hardly any protests that day, except for some symbolic acts, Largely due to the prevalence of state security agents in large cities and the respression against major opposing figures. At the same time, the playwright Junior Garcia Aguilera, who became the main promoter of the march, several hours after his disappearance where he was arrested, I landed by surprise in Madrid. (With information from EFE) The Cuban Conflict Observatory reported that the island recorded 3,300 protests in 2021 Cuban dictatorship tightens censorship: journalists' credentials revoked from EFE in Havana Leland Griffith "Coffee fanatic. Gamer. Award-winning zombie lover. Student. Hardcore internet advocate. Twitter guru. Subtly charming bacon nerd. Thinker." Previous Moreno Valley case: due to the collapse, a lawsuit involving a millionaire in the United States Next The US trade gap increased in November | international The United States will respond in writing to Russia's demands next week 5 hours ago Leland Griffith The United States wins the Junior World Cup 13 hours ago Leland Griffith United States: an alleged meteorite fall in the north of the country; They say it was a ball of fire Peticiones de desempleo en EE.UU. subieron a 286.000 en última semana 1 day ago Leland Griffith Exatlón Estados Unidos Summary of the third day of the competition | via Telemundo | Sixth season | Celebrity contenders vs. contenders | Exathlon USA | blue vs red | first week | Frederick Oldenburg | USA | lb send | TVMAS 2 days ago Leland Griffith Attorney General's Office: Trump's signature misleads banks and Treasury

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Also, read Big Mike's comments. His advice as you will elsewhere from experience traders that you need to spend AT LEAST 2 years trading sim before you go live. This gives you time to find out what style of trader you are based on your personality and tolerances and to figure out how to develop your "edge" without going broke. It all takes more time and patience than you can imagine from where you are sitting right now. Remember -- You are not alone. Everyone else has had to go through the same drawn out process of ups and downs and a lot of pain sometimes. mbondiett, thank you so much for the link, I am blown away by this community. I'm taking it all in a little at a time. I feel like each small step you gain in trading is composed of many, many smaller pieces that each take time to develop. The advice you are getting from everyone is generally good. However, I detect that you may be becoming overwhelmed. You are getting a lot of suggestions that don't necessarily fit into an organized trading plan. there are many ways to trade and the goal is to find your own way. In your initial post you seem to have been trading with your "gut". please stop this. it is the surest way to lose money. Trade only sim until you have a coherent plan that makes money! I saw one of your posts that seemed to say that u make $50 on one trade and lose $100 on the next. Please stop trading NOW, if this is the case. Trading is a business! you shouldn't be trading for "fun" or excitement or because you hate your day job. You trade to make money, pure and simple. Last, it takes a long time to become consistently profitable. the traders i know who have done it are fanatics. they eat breath and sleep trading. If you are not ready for this type of commitment, quit now while you haven't (i presume) lost a lot of money. LISTEN to this! This is gold. I'm basically in the same position as you at the moment - only I'm not trading. I've used the past 4 months to research everything about day trading and what markets you can trade (I thought day trading was buying and selling stocks only basically). My research has given me a good idea of which market, that suits me. And what kind of trading style that fits me as well. I'm not even at the stage of sim, so I can only speak for a theoretical standpoint. As soon as anyone tells you, you should use this indicator or that indicator - take a note. But leave it at that. It wont help you, if you dont understand, what it actually means or how it works. I, for instance, are leaning towards scalping and order flow. Using the order book in the DOM to analyze what happens in the market in real time. There's thousands of ways to interpret that data, but I have an idea of an "edge"/setup I would like to pursue and make that work, before I go on and add anything else. Many indicators are so-called "lagging" indicators. They are based on events in the market, that have already taken place. For me, personally, that doesn't seem super valuable. If there's something I've learned in the past 4 months, it's that the money you keep, are more important than the money you earn. So stop trading until you have figured that out. Find a method/edge/indicator or whatever suits you and make that work. Then you can build on to that. Do a lot of research! I would say "track your performance", but this post seems like a product of that, so.. This is my opinion and experience (if you can argue I have any), but I hope it was useful. I was fortunate enough to have someone teach me a great deal and answer all my questions on the fly, so I know, how much it can mean. Thank you for the kind response, @piilgard! I agree with most of what you say, it is very good advice! I don't have many regrets about my first attempt at live-trading before discovering this site. I spent about a month struggling, I didn't lose too much, just enough to create a good challenge to try and reach positive P/L by end-of-year. And if I don't achieve this its not a big deal, I'll get there next year. From tracking my progress I estimate about 20-30 trades under good expectancy would make me turn profitable or at least close. 30 trades just so happens to be the number of trades I like to focus on to test or tweak a strategy. Long enough to get a decent sample but not so many trades that I am not expanding my experience with new ideas. If I regret anything its that in hind-sight, it was hard to tell how long to spend in live-trading to understand what I needed to work on and go back to sim to work on it. It was hard to tell if I was just shaking off the nervousness of first going live, I didn't know what that sample-size should be so I spent a few too many weeks kind of grinding around that didn't add much value. I would say you should know rather quickly, it is not just nerves, and that those nerves will only complicate matters. I have seen glimpses of how this can work long-term. Keep losses set to a known value you are comfortable with, track expectancy till your sample-size is big enough that you trust it. Keep focusing on small trades that are well-within your comfort zone and then new trading opportunities begin to "appear" that you didn't notice before. I used to see only zero-to-one opportunity in the morning and it would take everything I had to focus and keep my cool and then I was done once that trade was over. Now I notice maybe 1-3 of those nice friendly setups a day though my screen-time isn't much due to work. I think this pattern-recognition improves and our endurance for handling these multiple trades improves as we gain experience. I went back to live for my previous 30-trade cycle and had results consistent with sim-trading expectancy over the course of my first five trades. I preemptively cut it off to go back to sim because I could tell I wasn't as fearless as in sim, so i consider that a short but successful excursion into live-trading. I learned what I needed to work on very quickly and earned a slight positive P/L from those 5 trades. Very small steps to keep an eye on the future and what the ultimate goal is. The goal for me is to incrementally match sim- to live- trading and be able to do this confidently and successfully over the long-term. I think I have to manage my impatient side of my personality, the one that thinks its ready all the time. I do this by pushing my learning aggressively and trying harder in sim-trading. When I am ready I will try another small excursion into live-trading. If I am ready I am ready, if not I will go back to sim to improve. Question for you, piilgard, Why do you think you are not ready for sim-trading? I think you should get started with it! Overnight High 2721.50 reTested of 2722.25 WED's Low, it's Double Top and failed Break-out to new High; therefore, Gap players pushed down to fill it and retested Overnight Low 2700.50 at end of day. I now know what your post means. I understand what these GapFill players were doing, and the market context that I was lacking at the time. I wouldn't go long in this scenario now in fact. I really found your help beneficial because the fibonacci-retracements/extensions unlocked the "bigger picture" of market awareness. this has been an excellent resource. A lot of the progress I've made can be tied back to something in one of these videos, so thank you again! 0) Did this seem like a reasonable trading opportunity? 1) I am getting squeezed a lot these days between tight stop-losses and volatile price-oscillations, one thought I've had is cutting my allowed number of losing trades in half and doubling my stop-loss width on the trades I make...that actually may have helped here, time will tell. 2) What types of set-up strategy could I have used to time this better? Did I just see something in random market noise that wasn't really there? I am not using many technical indicators or stuff like DOM (I don't think my platform even has DOM tools, I've looked). I've tried setting up Bollinger-Bands with Fast Stochastic Oscillator and things like that but it just seemed to add noise without benefit. I don't think they would have helped here but I am a beginner so I am probably wrong on many layers. Any help is appreciated, apologies for any typos and inability to post links, etc. I am sure many have given you advice in this thread and sent you off in all sorts of directions. Before you go off and start trying to learn order-flow, fibo analysis or whatever else, first understand how this trade fits in with your level of understanding of the market and how you currently read and understand the market. Before adding new tools to your tool set, you should try to understand where this trade fits into your trading framework and your method for analysing the markets. The screenshot you posted is not particularly helpful to me, which is not necessarily your fault, but what time frame is the chart you are looking at (looks like a LTF chart, maybe even 1M)? Let me give you a walk through of how I was taught to read the chart/market. I note that whilst you tried to buy a pullback of a relatively strong move early in the day, we were coming into the next area of support lost on the higher time-frames. This might look really busy to you, but if you look at the white arrows you will see the level we have hit - the level we gained for the most recent significant high before we sold off, as well as the target for that level - the last un-tested swing-low we gained for this pop on the 8H chart, which is the other white arrow. If you study this closely, you will notice all these levels have something in common from where I have drawn them. So if this is a 2H, a target should be the last swing low that took us up to test, although we need to be careful - particularly in a strongly up-trending market, we might not make it that low before popping hard again. I will leave you to mark that out and work out mechanically where you would expect the market to target. So here we have clearly distributed into this 2H/4H level on the 15M - one might refer to it as a double top - and fallen back to the last swing low on the 2H/4H. You will also note we even got a 5 point smack from the tested 4H I mentioned earlier, before continuing higher to test levels above 2814-2816. What is unfortunate here - at least for your trade - is if you had entered a trade following a similar pattern you had found on the 1M time frame a few hours earlier, you would have probably ended up coming away with a few points in your back pocket. This is the issue with trading patterns without having HTF context, it can really screw with your thinking and reading of the market as one becomes disheartened at being stopped out once again without understanding why it worked last time but not this time etc. Hopefully that provides a bit of a fuller picture from a chart reading perspective utilising multiple time frames to determine where we are in the trend and how I was taught to read the market - this is not to say you should learn this approach and not some other approach, you should do what makes you feel comfortable. My main goal here is to demonstrate to you how one might analyse the market from HTF to LTF to determine entries, exits and potential targets and my view on why your trade did not work out this time. This sounds like me when I was young and foolish. Spending $250 a month on esignal and market delta when I had a $7000 account. Needless to say my returns were pretty bad when eating 40% annually on software and data. "It is just the cost of doing business" my young foolish self would have said. When in reality it was just that I had lost perspective that the goal is to make money and compound my account over time. Not waste it on cool looking data visualizations. This sounds like me when I was young and foolish. Not sure, if you're calling me and my plan young and foolish, but I don't think your failure in your early trading career, can or should be projected onto me. A quick 2c reaction. It seems you were looking for a 2nd leg entry long from what could seem to be a new uptrend. 2) current price action - as a trend is usually defined by higher highs and higher lows usually in alternate sequence for a long trend and viceversa for short. Where you tried to go long could likely be too early , as there were no successive lower lows and lower highs at that point. (nor had price reached the previous swing low red bar with tail in order to start a possible overall range behavior. ) So you may have wanted to wait for a new pa pattern that could indicate interest to return long. Such as a double bottom or at least one set of higher highs and higher lows which alternately could look like a reverse "heads and shoulders". Other ideas warning against a long taken at your point, could be the previous long move already had "two legs" and the top bar was an "exhaustion" type forming a resistance point for now. And big moves and reactions often can occur with "two legs" or two parts. The retracement also could be considered a reaction to a failed breakout long of a long tilted range, so then it became a reaction breakout short and a failure to return to within the range, thus continuing another leg down as a successful breakout short. There are several "schools" of ta thought but generally the same ideas as to what defines trends and patterns so I can only suggest having some of these patterns and pa ideas in mind learned from whichever source, and more screen time seeing it unfold. A lot of these ideas have some free intro webinars by guests and vendors here on future.io Fairly cheap material could be books on amazon such as Brooks, Dalton's "Mind over Markets", or Mack's PA. Also some sites have free info sometimes summarized and indexed. a couple examples: http://thepatternsite.com/ , https://brookstradingcourse.com/price-action/10-best-price-action-trading-patterns/ Ok, good luck, hope it helps. Last edited by Cloudy; Yesterday at 04:21 PM. Everyone has had to find their OWN way in this business, and there are NO shortcuts; you are going to have to put a lot of days trading sim as things start to sink in. Boy, I can sure identify your approach. Educate yourself to the hilt to enhance the probability of success. Yeah, that was my (MO) mindset my whole life and it works great in almost every field of endeavor. And that will be a big plus for you in the future for sure. But..... the point others are making and I concur, is that you need to set up a trading platform as soon as possible and start trading on a sim account. The first hurdle you are going to have to overcome is familiarity with the platform operation and setup. It will take quite a while just to be able to execute trades without execution errors to begin with, especially under pressure like in a fast moving market, or unexpected spikes etc. If you have to learn this trading real money you are going to regret it. As was mentioned above, Learn Price Action First. Without this understanding all the indicators and oscillators will be worth next to nothing. From my experience all the credible trainers who are selling systems will almost always make the statement that they still defer to price action as confirmation of entry/exit decisions. I don't have a lot of familiarity with all of the available platforms, their cost, or the lowest cost data feeds, but you should consider spending time making that decision immediately. I tried a few demos and ended up settling on Ninja Trader after it was suggested to me by a professional trader that I have known for years. It is free although the free version will not allow you to set profit target or a stop loss. But it is a really good platform with excellent analytics etc. You can even record or download daily tick data to trade after hours or on weekends to practice if you have a day job. They will also provide free data but it is end of day, not live data. For live data feeds for futures through the Ninja Trader Brokerage is only $7 per month. However, if you do not make at least trade 1 trade during the month they will charge you a $25 inactive account fee. So, the total cost to you is $32 per month to trade the demo account for as long as you like. Another however, is that they require $1,000 to open an account. You do not have to maintain that balance and they will just deduct the $32 per month for your data feed. Anyway, I didn't mean to blabber on like this but I did not know about this FIO community when I started and it could have saved me at least 6 months of doing exactly what you are now doing before I started getting some real traction. Best of luck to you and DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED! You are undertaking the most difficult challenge that I know of. You are working towards competing with some of the smartest people on this planet, not to mention the struggle against the institutional program traders, the algo systems written by mathematic PHDs etc.

Agus rud eile Agus rud eile Nov 14, 2022 11:42:27 GMT Post by glengael on Nov 14, 2022 11:42:27 GMT Well now, that's an interesting stat. Crokes only beat them once so. In recent years, Nemo seem to fall away once they win out in Cork. hurlingman Member is Online Agus rud eile Nov 14, 2022 13:17:06 GMT via mobile Post by hurlingman on Nov 14, 2022 13:17:06 GMT Nov 14, 2022 11:42:27 GMT glengael said: I think it was the only time a Kerry club beat them. wideball Post by wideball on Nov 14, 2022 15:59:13 GMT Nov 11, 2022 19:09:18 GMT thehermit said: Nov 11, 2022 12:59:40 GMT veteran said: Went to Pairc Ui Chaoimh last evening to participate in history. Munster had a fine win. Strange experience. Very loud tannoy, loud music , pyrotechnics, razzmatazz wall to wall. We are becoming annoyingly Americanized. Sadly , Croke Park is going that way as well. Years ago there was a detective series on TV based In New York known as Dragnet. When the boys on the ground reported to their superior they often tended to be a bit long winded and he reined them in by saying " give me the facts, nothing but the facts " . My plea when I go to a game is, " give me the match, nothing but the match" . I think I prefer to watch rugby on TV because the commentator /co-commentator will usually tell you what is happening in the scrums , why penalties and yellow cards etc are being awards. Left to my own devices last evening I was totally in the dark. That detracted from my enjoyment. Also this silence for place kicking? Too civilized for me. Look, it is not a night out at the opera or the theatre. Atmosphere? Not within a hundred miles of say Kerry/Dublin or Kerry/Galway. Well Veteran, good to know there's another member of the Red Army around here. You read my mind exactly, the atmosphere was so odd wasn't it?? Couldn't get over it. 41k and barely a roar, the Fields of Athnery petered out rather pathetically after only 1 or 2 verses. So strange, maybe it was just a lot of day-trippers I was in attendence myself and have to agree, there was a lot of day-trippers. Hard to beat Thomond for atmosphere and I can't think of any game with a better atmosphere than Toulouse in the Aviva last year so perhaps the atmosphere was always going to come up short. PUC seems to be a fine stadium now, pity it will hardly ever get a full house. Do Cork county finals get played in PUC? thehermit Tell an old man who saw them in days of old, Do they still walk proudly in their green and gold? Agus rud eile Nov 14, 2022 21:55:49 GMT kerrybhoy06 likes this Post by thehermit on Nov 14, 2022 21:55:49 GMT 'Clifford factor' helps push Kerry GAA profits close to €1million': Commercial income and renegotiated sponsorship agreements rose from €354,000 in 2021 to €773,000 this year. Part of that has been the runaway success of the official Kerry GAA store Good to see the accounts in the green anyway. Last Edit: Nov 14, 2022 21:56:31 GMT by thehermit pintpleasejohn Post by pintpleasejohn on Nov 14, 2022 21:57:16 GMT Would anybody have eamonn fitzmaurice's article on DC for the Examiner today? TIA Agus rud eile Nov 15, 2022 0:27:50 GMT Post by Ballyfireside on Nov 15, 2022 0:27:50 GMT 'Clifford factor' helps push Kerry GAA profits close to €1 million Commercial income and renegotiated sponsorship agreements rose from €354,000 in 2021 to €773,000 this year. Part of that has been the runaway success of the official Kerry GAA store AN All-Ireland title, the David Clifford factor and the end of Covid restrictions all helped push Kerry GAA profits close to one million euros in the past financial year, the county's annual convention will hear next week. Treasurer Tom Keane reports a strong financial rebound, despite spending close to €1.45m on inter-county teams, with the senior footballers accounting for close to €850,000. However, that drive to a 38th All-Ireland SFC title in July - a first in eight years - helped drive commercial growth for Kerry GAA, with a significant bounce in sales for Kerry gear and support for the Board's Win A House campaign. Having stellar talents such as David Clifford and Seanie O'Shea was also a factor in driving commercial and sports ware sales. Commercial income and renegotiated sponsorship agreements rose from €354,000 in 2021 to €773,000 this year. Part of that has been the runaway success of the official Kerry GAA store in Killarney, which has delivered a net return for Kerry GAA of around €200,000. Royalties from Kerry sportswear surged from €133,000 to €547,000, due in no small part to having a number of the country's best know players driving interest inside and outside the county. Treasurer Tom Keane said: "The key to this growth has been the impressive sales of team wear, including our new jersey which was released in January. The new jersey returned to a more traditional look with the whole design centered on the iconic Kerry crest." The Win a House in Killarney draw netted €286,000 with Mr Keane revealing they sold over 9,300 tickets. "We are happy with the figure," he said. The Treasurer said he was pleased that whenever money was required to be spent on Kerry teams, the board was not found wanting. Overall profits of just under €1m has risen from €505,000 in 2021. "The end to the pandemic meant, in financial terms, that we saw a welcome return to fundraisers and alongside the positive upturn in merchandise sales of official Kerry GAA gear, has helped us reach very strong position at year's end." The biggest profit areas were in gate receipts and live streaming income. Keane revealed that the cumulative figure just shy of €900,000 is a significant jump on the 2021 return of €226,000, even if accounting periods mean there is also income from late 2021 Championships. On the thorny issue of cashless entrance to games, the Kerry treasurer said: "I acknowledge this did cause some concern for some really genuine and loyal supporters, and the provision of cash payment outlets on a limited basis did help. We are only one of three counties that provide a cash stile, but it will be a decision for the new executive if it will operate in 2023 as nationally, the policy is online only." Kerry's divvy out from Croke Park for Championship, League and provincial games doubled from €362,000 in 2021 to €671,000 this year. The total for team training expenses came to €1.445m, with both senior teams reaching the latter end of their respective All-Ireland championships. The minor and U20 footballers both reached All-Ireland semi-finals. The figure for training the Kerry senior footballers is €523,534, but extra expenditure on meals, accommodation, equipment and medical will bring that figure to around €850,000, Mr Keane estimated. He also revealed Monday that work has already begun on the purchase of 7.5 acres adjoining the Centre of Excellence at Currans with a view to the development of the faciliity, most notably a 4G all-weather pitch. Nov 14, 2022 15:59:13 GMT wideball said: Must be the commentary then because TV was an amazing experience, add in the local factor and overall it was on a par with vs S Africa IMHO. Agus rud eile Nov 16, 2022 8:15:25 GMT via mobile mg72 likes this Post by Mickmack on Nov 16, 2022 8:15:25 GMT Fascinating insight into the level of 'realtime' information being fed to the Kerry Manager during a big game. www.gaa.ie/football/news/jc-o-shea-the-man-crunching-kerry-football-s-numbers/ Last Edit: Nov 16, 2022 8:16:24 GMT by Mickmack Agus rud eile Nov 16, 2022 17:13:17 GMT glengael likes this Post by veteran on Nov 16, 2022 17:13:17 GMT I notice that Kevin Walsh has been appointed coach to the Cork footballers. Interesting development. www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/1116/1336564-donegal-skipper-michael-murphy-announces-retirement/ Agus rud eile Nov 16, 2022 19:14:04 GMT via mobile john4 likes this Michael Murphy just announced retirement from inter county ball. What a player... Class act Agus rud eile Nov 16, 2022 19:14:07 GMT john4 likes this A sad day for Donegal and all lovers of Gaelic football in general. What a baller. If they two of him in his pomp Jimmy would have won a lot more than 1 title! Nov 16, 2022 19:14:04 GMT horsebox77 said: A truly great footballer. A player I really enjoyed watching. He will be missed by many. A giant amongst men. Hope Michael has a great retirement. I always rated Cleary and felt he was overlooked on too many occasions post his success with the U21's. Cork will be inns better place with Cleary at the helm and he is surrounding himself with very astute and learned people on the sideline This in turn boosts Kerry as we need a viable challenge in Munster, it's all aces as bar the smash and grab of 2020 it's been all one way traffic. Agus rud eile Nov 17, 2022 8:10:26 GMT via mobile Post by hurlingman on Nov 17, 2022 8:10:26 GMT An interesting stat. When he became Donegal captain in 2011 they had won 5 Ulster titles. By the time he'd retired he'd captained them to 5 titles. Nov 17, 2022 8:10:26 GMT hurlingman said: in fairness, there is more to them than just him, they probably overall have had the best crop of players in their history, over the last 10-12 years, top quality players all over the pitch. 2014 he never turned up for them in AI final and we still were only the width of a post in the last minute from a draw. That early goal vs Mayo in their AI final victory in '12 had him as a natural leader as well as captain at the age of 22, all a full 20 years after their '92 breakthrough - then 5 Ulsters, doubling Donegal's take of both Cups. Probably the best ever team just preceded the Murphy era, the '2 suits of clothes' brigade and maybe that's why they didn't realise their potential. In fairness Mike did turn up in '14 but so too did a certain reconditioned, souped up, AO'M - what they had in common proved decisive on the day and Murphy wasn't helped by Éamonn's tactical homework nor the ref's view that the doctor was entitled to a dose of his own medicine. Dgal were favourites and maybe believed they just had to, well turn up, but never Michael - he was the central plank, turning up everywhere and anywhere. There were many days, maybe moments, when he alone was worth the gate money. He and maybe with the help of McGuinness may have tipped the balance back to GAA vs soccer in Dgal, in the Letterkenny anyway I think. Having studied him a bit, what I noticed was that once he collected the ball, say typically having dropped back to defence, the team then, maybe even unaware, appeared to change form, reformed, took a new shape - Murphy has it now so we revert to our default plan; and so drove on, charged forward, him laying it off, interlinking, often nudging the scoreboard at the end of a movement he initiated. Once the penny dropped here with me it was awesome to watch, anticipating, will it or won't it happen, how many times will we see it today, vs Mayo in Ballybofey was classic - it was great traditional football and purist Mayo was conductive to such, well purist skill. There is an air of secrecy about where things are now - is Carr 'a front?' Was Bonar the same? I think Mike needs a break but then 'bird in the hand' - he has a strong powerbase in the camp, maybe he holds the balance of power, ala Jackie Healy-Rae Snr scenario! I'm not so sure he will stop rallying the troops and where such a role leads is anyone's guess. I'll keep my own notions to myself thank you, in case I am right - don't want to add to the plight of an already uninformed, maybe confused, supporter community. So well done Mike and thanks for the ceoil, it was sweet and intriguing, and a lot more. Last Edit: Nov 18, 2022 13:12:24 GMT by Ballyfireside Agus rud eile Nov 18, 2022 16:55:02 GMT via mobile givehimaball likes this Post by Jo90 on Nov 18, 2022 16:55:02 GMT I believe it was the first time supporters wearing red have left the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh in a happy mood! Be jazus but the bulls out of that world cup gang - 'we are all one tribe' - such contradiction, if we were there wouldn't be a tribe let alone tribes. Thank God for the small mercies we have in tribal GAA land - it would be so uncharacteristic of our own tribesmen to drop the chins though as MOM might say, there's always wan! Still I hope our Arab neighbours can recover the situation to do justice to mankind as he endeavours to excel on a world stage. Sean Kelly was right though - FIFA should return the bribes. The concern must be how a major decision will be dealt with and the first day didn't look so great - there latchicos have been known to call the team off the field if they disagree with the ref. Can you just imagine wan of 'em gettin a right crack of hurley, better still the hook end up the skirt - no need to call 'em off, the poor hoors would be driven into the middle of next week! Reminds of a statement for them complaining that horse ownership didn't even begin to stack up as a business - hey sheiks, 'tis a sport and yer winning the derby is like what we call a bad wake! Take a leaf out of our Bosco's book - win a donkey derby and the beer flows out the door! Last Edit: Nov 21, 2022 1:50:21 GMT by Ballyfireside hoganstand.com/Article/Index/325781 New York set to return to senior hurling next year. Interesting to note a big Kerry connection involved. Richie Hartnett is the manager and Eamonn Fitzgerald is also involved. Sad to see Michael Murphy go. He was a leader for Donegal long before he was captain. How many of the 2012 team are still involved I wonder at inter county level? What is Jim McGuinness at these days? Coaching underage with Derry FC, think he's there U20? manager. Anthony Molloy said they couldn't afford not to appoint Jim for a second stint and while TCB apparently met him, Jim says he is waiting for the right opportunity and it looks like his focus is on soccer. How effective would he be without 'the system' and which isn't so pretty on a CV these days. Lyster good on RTE tonight, good debate on pooling sponsorship. Shane Dowling ran out of steam a bit but meanwhile the seeds of 'the best to never win a Celtic Cross' remain in fertile ground. Agus rud eile Dec 2, 2022 9:41:02 GMT sullyschoice likes this Post by glengael on Dec 2, 2022 9:41:02 GMT www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2022/12/01/what-we-are-witnessing-with-david-clifford-is-a-once-in-a-generation-reaction-to-a-phenomenal-talent/ A lovely article on the man himself. Agus rud eile Dec 3, 2022 10:25:42 GMT Post by Ballyfireside on Dec 3, 2022 10:25:42 GMT WOW, a good wan here, extended but be patient, explains things behind closed doors, well worth the ride! Trusting others, getting into players' heads and not resting on your laurels – Jack O'Connor reflects on Kerry glory The four-time All-Ireland-winning manager explains how he has been a different man during his third coming in the Kingdom - showing more courage to let others do their jobs Jack O'Connor admits he reacts well when he has calm people around him, as if he was in need of some sort of balance that Diarmuid Murphy and Mike Quirke – his Kerry selectors this year and paragons of serenity – could bring. Yet the irony is that in his third coming as the county's senior manager, he has never projected a calmer presence in the position himself. Jack III is altogether different than the two previous versions. By his own admission, the obsession, even the abruptness of old that he acknowledges was once there, has subsided. He's much more relaxed about what blows in from the outside and even what swirls around within Kerry. How else could he have countenanced bringing Paddy Tally, from Tyrone of all places, on board as the team's coach in the first place if he was worried about the local decibel levels? The man who once portrayed himself as an outsider is very much on the inside now. Kerry's port in a storm who got the ship to shore after a turbulent few years in Dublin's slipstream. O'Connor may not have the All-Ireland medals but he has the gravitas to match most collections. The enjoyment derived from a fourth All-Ireland title as manager this summer past perhaps surpassed anything of the previous wins. Maybe it was the distance since their last, eight years, and the relief that all of Kerry would have felt. Or just his own state of mind. All the towns visited left their impression that week but Kenmare on the Wednesday after the All-Ireland final looms largest now in the memory. They met at the golf club on the outskirts of town and walked in behind a band. Beautiful summer's evening, huge crowds, smiling faces. Bliss. "Experiences like that stay with you and hopefully (they are) ones that drive the players on to want more of it. That's when Kerry shows a fervour and feeling for football that is hard to match. It was all just great fun this year," he says. He's different and the job is different too. Delegation was an imperative compared to his previous stints. And in that respect, going to Kildare for two years helped. Thus, he was happy to let Quirke, Murphy, Tally and others get on with it. "Last time, I was doing a lot of stuff, whereas now, I'm overseeing others doing the work, now and again putting my own stamp on it if I could. "Having the courage to let other people at it, that's the trick, to pick good people (Quirke and Tally are previous inter-county managers, Murphy has a raft of experience under O'Connor and Eamonn Fitzmaurice) and give them the autonomy to do the job. But at the same time, there has to be some of your own stamp on it. Otherwise, what's the point?" What hasn't changed is his knack for pragmatism, recognising a problem and finding solutions to fix it. There should be something more complex to how Kerry planted their flag at the top again in 2022 but there isn't really, he insists now. Kerry's problem this time last year was just that they were conceding too many goals. "Kerry were very close, no question about it. But in the two, what you would call big games the year before, the Tyrone semi-final and the league game against Dublin – they'd be seen as the big hitters – seven goals were conceded. That had to be our starting point. That couldn't go on. You can't be involved in shoot-outs. Now there is no question that Kerry can win shoot-outs because we have firepower. But it's a high-risk strategy. "I was fairly certain that Paddy would bring a structure to the team when we didn't have the ball which was very important, a structure that we didn't have before. We still wanted to maintain our own traditions of playing good football when we have the ball but without the ball, I thought Kerry were lacking a bit of structure, a bit of organisation." Retirement from teaching gave him time to communicate more and to travel the county and sit, often for up to an hour, with each of the players they had in mind for the squad. "You wouldn't be meeting much more than one player a day, two max," he recalls. "And from my neck of the woods I'd have to drive an hour, an hour-and-a-half to meet most of them because we're out on the Iveragh Peninsula and a good bit from anywhere. So that takes a bit of time and energy. It's not just a cursory conversation. You were really trying to get into the players' heads and listen to what they have to say. And listen more than talk to them." It was on that circuit that the seed for one of the ideas to make themselves harder to beat was sown. In Templenoe, Tadhg Morley made it clear how hungry and driven he would be in the new order. "I'd have known that Tadhg was very frustrated with the way the year before had gone for him. He had a stop-start season. Just things didn't run for him. "I'd have listened to him to hear what he thought his strengths were and we came to the conclusion that Kerry needed an organiser at centre-back anyway. Tadhg is a good man to talk, a good leader, a young man who had to grow up quickly. He lost his father when he was young himself in an accident so he would have matured quickly and become a leader in his own life. "We felt that defence needs that type of an orchestrator and that other players would benefit from that and grow from that. And that was proven by the way that Jason Foley flourished. "The whole of the management would have an input into this, but I would have made them aware that this was the way that Tadhg was feeling. The value of communicating with players was really brought home to me this year. "If there was a player going through a sticky patch I'd certainly go and meet them and just get inside their head and see what was going on. "A player like Graham O'Sullivan, he'd be from my own club (Dromid Pearses). It was his fourth year in the set-up but he still hadn't made the breakthrough. I would have had a couple of long conversations and told him what I feel he needed to do to drive on and listen to what he felt was holding him back. That's invaluable, then you have a good starting point that you know what's going on rather than depending on instinct." Morley performed the role of sweeper/organiser to a tee and ended with a first All-Star, O'Sullivan wasn't too far behind him. They road-tested their new systems through the league and derived much from the scenarios that would play out later that summer. Dublin in Tralee and Armagh in the Athletic Grounds were signature wins, but for O'Connor, the evening they beat Mayo in Tralee had arguably more significance than any. "That was probably the game that gave me most satisfaction because, with 10 minutes to go, Mayo had drawn level with a hurricane behind them and we didn't seem to be catching any breaks. We dug in and worked the last move, very much like the Dublin game in the championship, we drew a free and pointed it. That felt at the time like a big win, a game we referred back to. "Games you win that you just as easily could have lost. They are the games you draw upon. You can be talking until the cows come home but unless you have the evidence that you can win tight games, then the players will find it difficult to see how they can." It became a common refrain through the season for them and manifested spectacularly to their benefit in the All-Ireland semi-final. "That was one of the benefits of bringing in Tony Griffin (as performance coach), to work on the resilience and belief of the lads. Paddy and the rest of us would be big into that as well, not doing anything crazy, just sticking to the plan. "You'd have to give huge credit that day to the likes of Shane Ryan, the other defenders like Brian Ó Beaglaoich and a few of them that showed very hard for those kick-outs. "When a team has momentum like Dublin had that day, the last thing you want to do is bate it out to the middle of the field and put it up for grabs. So it was crucial. The best way of taking the sting out of a game is to get your hands on the ball and if you have it you are controlling it. I thought that showed a lot of mettle and a lot of nerve. It was obviously crucial. "Even Paul Murphy having the nerve to kick a 40-yard pass. Others might have kept the ball and see out the last few seconds. "In the overall context I thought we deserved to win the game but we could quite as easily have lost it," he says, notwithstanding Seán O'Shea's "kick for the ages" that had so many variables, from fatigue, to wind, to pressure, potentially against him. As Kerry manager through the different phases, he's now had two of the greatest forwards of all time on his watch. The one common denominator between Colm Cooper then and David Clifford now, he says, is that neither needed to be coached. "In fact you would be using them to coach the lads around them. I never had to give directions to 'Gooch'. I'd be picking his brains looking for ideas myself. It's the same with David now, sure the great players are a couple of steps ahead." In the minutes after the All-Ireland final O'Connor even went down to the Hill end to stand at the spot where Clifford had kicked that crucial free to put them ahead late on – the first of four points that saw them home – just to appreciate what he faced. "I often wonder how the whole razzmatazz around him doesn't affect him, but he has a remarkable temperament, a very stable lad, just has the ability to put on the blinkers when it matters and blot out all the outside stuff. "I've seen plenty of defenders trying to get inside his head and try to upset him but it only seems to make him better. "We used to say down here in south Kerry that the last thing you do with Declan O'Sullivan was aggravate him because he only really got going then. It's like that with David. "I would have even seen in club games, he might be beaten to the ball and fellas would start talking to him and I'd say to someone beside me, 'he's after making a big mistake there'. A bit like (Pádraig) O'Hora in the league final." The split season has suited him, allowing sufficient down time to park everything before the rush. The one downside? Two weeks is not enough time to incorporate everything in the lead-up to an All-Ireland final. A problem he appreciates and with time so precious it will fall on deaf ears, but still, there are promotional obligations to live up to too. "It's too intense. You're talking about amateur people and there is a lot to do in the preparation of an All-Ireland final. We had a press day four days after the Dublin game and they are full-on, I must have done 20-odd different interviews that day. That's a lot of interviews packed into three hours. People are trying to publicise the game and we all have an obligation to play our part in that, but, by the end of it I didn't know whether I was speaking English or Irish! "And then you have the whole thing around organising suits and accommodation. It's just very intense for a two-week turnaround. I would say three weeks would be ideal. But maybe the time isn't there." It's four-and-a-half months on and the loose ends from last season are being tied up as a new season begins to appear on the horizon. Last weekend, four sets of medals were presented. This weekend they set off on their team holiday to Dubai and Mauritius. At least most of them will. For a few, the never-ending season trundles on with the Fossa, Rathmore and Kerins O'Rahillys players still engaged in their respective Munster club championships. For Kerry's management, it's an obvious concern with a view to next year. David Clifford's next game will be his 32nd this year, for brother Paudie it will be his 30th. Some, wrongly, attribute this to the split season but, as O'Connor points out, there are three championships in Kerry, most other counties have just one. Once they are winning, the games just keep coming. "Local championship can be as attritional as anything because it is usually played in bad weather. It's great for developing players, but for the county player it can be tough going, something that will have to be monitored going into next year. "Of course it does concern me," he says. "We could have anything up to seven or eight players going into next year with significant enough injuries. We could be relatively experimental in the early rounds of the league." For all his calmness and the enjoyment derived from All-Ireland No 4, there's an edginess again to embrace what's coming. He's had both hips 'done' at the same time in the off season and the challenge of a first successful All-Ireland defence as manager now awaits. "Tom Brady was once asked what his favourite Super Bowl win was and his reply was 'the next one'. In Kerry, you don't get to rest on your laurels." Last Edit: Dec 3, 2022 10:27:09 GMT by Ballyfireside Agus rud eile Dec 3, 2022 11:46:20 GMT via mobile Ballyfireside likes this Post by thehermit on Dec 3, 2022 11:46:20 GMT Bally a Donegal friend sent me this on: Kerry v Donegal first round of 1984 Centenary Cup in Ballybofee,April 1984: Agus rud eile Dec 3, 2022 18:29:29 GMT via mobile Post by horsebox77 on Dec 3, 2022 18:29:29 GMT At brilliant Hermit, there are some cracking old games on utube funnily enough most involve northern opposition. The full 85 semi vs Monaghan is there, along with the U21 final and final replay of 1987 vs Donegal. The Munster Final of 76 - full game is also there. There is a 1982 or 83 league game too vs Armagh in what looks like a club ground.. picture jumps now and again but still nostalgic viewing. You down and heading to Bally tmw? The County C'ship Winning Minor panel is being introduced to the crowd at HT - the proper way to do it as opposed to the pro-Emmetts fiasco that happened in the square when Sam arrived kerryexile Whether you believe that you can, or that you can't, you are right anyway. Agus rud eile Dec 4, 2022 0:20:28 GMT Post by kerryexile on Dec 4, 2022 0:20:28 GMT Dec 3, 2022 10:25:42 GMT Ballyfireside said: Jack O'Connor admits he reacts well when he has calm people around him, as if he was in need of some sort of balance that Diarmuid Murphy and Mike Quirke – his Kerry selectors this year and paragons of serenity – could bring............ Thanks for posting that Bally. Jack is mellowing with the years.

While not exactly a huge problem, one of the things that Google Maps could stand to be improved upon was its placement of Google Assistant, where before it was too obvious and could be considered slightly distracting. However that seems to have changed in a recent update which has made Google Assistant's presence in Maps more discreet. This was initially spotted by Redditor raddacle (via 9to5Google) who shared screenshots of the new Google Assistant in Maps. As you can see in the screenshots above, Google Assistant is now more discreet and compact. This was initially announced at Google I/O earlier this year, and it seems that it is now rolling out to users as we speak, or at least to some of them. In addition to a more discreet Google Assistant, raddacle has also noted some other changes to Google Maps, where phone calls no longer open up the dialer which means that the call starts immediately in the background. This means that users won't need to switch back to Google Maps whenever they receive a phone call which can add to the distraction. We're not sure which devices are primed to receive the changes, but raddacle claims to be running a stock Pixel 2 XL without any beta apps, so we imagine that other Android users can expect these changes soon enough. Filed in Cellphones. Read more about Google, Google Assistant and Google Maps.

Keeping the grip is essential, no matter what you do. If you go for drag racing, time attack or even drifting. Traction means control, full control means that you can use the full potential of your car. There are many, if not countless, ways to improve a cars handling. It starts with the tires and goes from there actually through the whole car. But for this time we will settle with the next best part after the tires, the coilovers. My car already was equipped with a tein HA suspension when it arrived from japan. Not knowing that, it was a nice surprise. When I decided to rebuild the car I made the plans to take a closer look on the coilovers as well. After all they were more than ten years old. As you might have seen in the header image. The tein coilovers were in a pretty bad condition. Further more the shock test showed that two shocks were bleeding. Unfortunately tein was not able to deliver replacement parts. Almost settling with the idea to test a low budget coilover set fortune smiled on me and I was able to lay my hands on a used R33 GTR aragosta Track coilover set. Albeit being in used condition too, the price was so ridiculously low that I can put that into refurbishment. To this point I had already dismembered the tein coilovers which now had to share its place with the new shiny aragosta parts. The r33 shocks are two inches shorter than the r34 ones. Technicaly they will fit, but the ride height might be a "little bit" low. Ignoring the HKS clutch you might notice the oldschool cusco front camber arms. While they only give a certain influence on camber we will take a closer look on them – and the reasons I preffere those – next time.

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Review — FEVER AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE LAND OF MOBUTU by Peter Loan Fever! and other stories from The Land of Mobutu Peter Loan (Staff— CD Zaire 1976–79; Washington) $9.99 (paperback), $5.99 (Kindle) Reviewed D.W. Jefferson (El Salvador 1974-76 and Costa Rica 1976-77) Peter Loan served as a Peace Corps administrative officer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as Zaire) in the mid to late 1970s. This collection of short stories is based on his experiences there. "Land of Mobutu" in the title is a reference to President Mobutu who was in power in the time period in which these stories are set. The author doesn't say, but it seems obvious to me that all of these stories are based on real situations with the names and surrounding facts changed just enough to avoid embarrassment of the participants, lawsuits, and in one case, potential trouble with superiors in the US foreign service The title story, "Fever", involves a PCV who first becomes a hero by braving Ebola to assist a medical team from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), but later is found to also be a thief, stealing lab equipment, volunteer possessions and cash. The Zaire Peace Corps Health Program Director has to handle the whole situation, including sending the PCV home. We PCVs often believe that Peace Corps staff lead very mundane lives, certainly compared to ourselves, but as Mr. Loan's stories reveal, they too have days when life becomes more challenging and exciting! In my own case, I will always be grateful for the quick response of El Salvador Peace Corps Agriculture Program Director Francisco "Chico" Rodriguez, who rescued me from potentially being arrested and hauled off to jail after a minor traffic accident! These stories are well written and entertaining. I encourage you to read them and hope you enjoy them as much as I did. D.W. Jefferson was a Peace Corps agriculture volunteer in El Salvador (1974-76) and Costa Rica (1976-77). A blog about his Peace Corps years is at: http://dwjefferson.blogspot.com He is currently retired from a career in computer software engineering.

Some sources cite full name as Vanessa Jeanne Marshall; born 1970; daughter of John Marshall (in journalism) and Joan Van Ark (an actress); niece of Carol Kuykendall (a writer and educator). Education: Princeton University, B.A., English, 1991; New York University, M.F.A., acting. Avocational Interests: Hockey. Agent—CESD Talent (Cunningham Escott Slevin and Doherty Talent Agency), 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suites 130 and 135, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Actress and voice artist. Stand-up comedienne at various venues. Member of the company at the Acme Comedy Theatre, member of the Short Attention Span comedy group at the Knitting Factory, and member of the Inhalers, an improvisational sketch troupe at the Austin Comedy Festival. Announcer for various projects and for television networks, worked as a voice artist for television and radio promotional spots, as a voice artist for film trailers, and created advertisements and promotional spots. Worked as a documentary filmmaker and as a model. Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Award nomination, best female voice performance, c. 2005, for Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone. Various voices, including Irwin and Mandy's mother, Grim & Evil (animated; also known as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), Cartoon Network, beginning 2001. Voice of Melissa Docona, Detroit Docona (animated), beginning c. 2004. Announcer, On the Cover, PAX TV (later known as I, Independent Television), beginning 2004. Some sources cite work on Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (also known as Ellen and The Ellen DeGeneres Show), syndicated. Presenter, 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as Screen Actors Guild 12th Annual Awards), TNT and TBS, 2006. Veronica, "Blue Bamboo," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1994. Voices of store assistant, beautician, and store attendant, "The Full Monty/Mall Cop/I.M. Weasel: I Am Cliched," Cow and Chicken (animated), Cartoon Network, 1999. Becky, "My Best Friend's Mistake," Scrubs, NBC, 2001. Voices of trucker and airport announcer, "A Johnny Bravo Christmas," Johnny Bravo (animated), Cartoon, 2001. Voice, "Heroes and Daredevils," Chasing the Sun (documentary), PBS, 2001. Voice, "The Visionaries," Chasing the Sun (documentary), PBS, 2001. Voice of Cleopatra, "A Sandwich by Any Other Name/Shop Like an Egyptian," Time Squad (animated), Cartoon Network, 2002. Voice of lipstick lady, "Fury: Parts 1 & 2," Justice League (animated; also known as JL, JLA, Justice League of America, and Justice League Unlimited), Cartoon Network, 2002. Voice of virtual operator, "Wired: Part 2," The Zeta Project (animated), The WB, 2002. Herself, Intimate Portrait: Joan Van Ark, Lifetime, 2002. Voices of waitress and women, "Shiver Me Dodgers," Duck Dodgers (animated; also known as Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century), Cartoon Network, 2003. Voices of gal and teller, "Mo'Linguish/Oops, I Did It Again," The Powerpuff Girls (animated), Cartoon Network, 2004. Voice of Eleanor Brown, "Escape from Cavigor," W.I.T.C.H. (animated), ABC Family Channel, 2005. Voice of Eleanor Brown, "Parent's Night," W.I.T.C.H. (animated), ABC Family Channel, 2005. Voice of new cadet, "Till Doom Do Us Part," Duck Dodgers (animated; also known as Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century), Cartoon Network, 2005. Voices of vanity automaton and Dandy Boy Blue, "Villainstruck/Just the Two of Us," Duck Dodgers (animated; also known as Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century), Cartoon Network, 2005. Voice of Miriadel, "J Is for Jewel," W.I.T.C.H. (animated), ABC Family Channel, 2006. Voice of Tiny, "The Galactic Enforcers," Ben 10 (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006. Voices of Diamondhead and Fourarms, "Gwen 10," Ben 10 (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006. Voices of police officer and others, "A Change of Face," Ben 10 (animated), Cartoon Network, 2006. Provided voices for The Simpsons (animated), Fox; appeared in multiple episodes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC; appeared in episodes of other programs, including City Guys, NBC; and provided the voice of Daphne's cousin, Scooby Doo (animated). Voice of Mrs. Sirol, Bagboy! (animated), Cartoon Network, 2002. Wardrobe worker, Under the Piano, [Canada], 1995, Lifetime, 1996. Lipstick, Tango Flush (short film), 1998. Bloody girl, Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (also known as Jack Frost II), Unapix Entertainment, 2000. Voice of Sweetie, Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2000. The booster, Defending the Super$ave (short film), This Side of the Fence, 2001. Voices of Honohan and others, The Golden Blaze (animated), Warner Bros., 2005. Voices of white hen and tan hen, Dr. Dolittle 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006. Some sources cite appearances in Gone in Sixty Seconds (also known as Gone in 60 Seconds), Buena Vista, 2000; Life or Something Like It, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002; and Curious George (animated), Universal, 2006. Wardrobe worker, Sleeping Dogs Lie (also known as Le mystere d'Ambrose Small), Sullivan Entertainment, 1998. Isabel, The American Clock, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Williamstown, MA, 1988. Got Phat? Tales of a Plus Size Model (solo show), Hudson Guild Theatre, Hollywood, CA, then HERE Arts Center, New York City, both 2000. Appeared in The Big Funk, The Odyssey; The Maderati, Actor's Circle; and Star Dust, Tiffany Theater, Los Angeles. Appeared in other productions, including an appearance as Masha, The Three Sisters, and as Viola, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), both New York University. Narrator, Dune 2000, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, 1998. Voice of car computer, 007: Agent under Fire (also known as Agent under Fire and James Bond in "Agent under Fire"), Electronic Arts, 2001. Voice of Eldrith, Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate—Dark Alliance (also known as Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance), Interplay Entertainment, 2001. Voice of Olga Gurlukovich, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (also known as Metal Gear Solid 2 and MGS2), Konami, 2001. Voice of Soviet amphibious transport, Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (also known as Red Alert 2 Expansion Pack: Yuri's Revenge), Electronic Arts, 2001. Voice, Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, Interplay Entertainment, 2001. Voice, Disney's "The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure" (also known as The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure), Activision, 2001. Voice, Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale—Heart of Winter, Interplay Entertainment, 2001. Voice of female, Red Faction II, THQ, 2002. Voice of Jan Ors, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II—Jedi Outcast (also known as Star Wars: Dark Forces 3), LucasArts Entertainment Company, 2002. Voice of Nani, Lilo & Stitch, Disney Interactive/Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2002. Voice of Olga Gurlukovich, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (also known as Metal Gear Solid X), Konami, 2002. Voice of starbase traffic controller, Earth and Beyond, Electronic Arts, 2002. Voices of filmbook and unit response member, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Electronic Arts, 2002. Voices of Jenny and Uranus, Bloody Roar Extreme (also known as Bloody Roar: Primal Fury), Activision, 2002. Voices of mermaid and valkyrie, Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat, EA Games, 2002. Voice, Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale II (also known as Icewind Dale II), Black Isle Studios, 2002. Voice, James Bond 007: Nightfire (also known as 007: Nightfire), Electronic Arts, 2002. Voice of headquarters, SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2003. 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Voice of second officer, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Electronic Arts, 2005, other edition of game also released, Electronic Arts, 2005. Voices of Ancanas and others, Shadow of Rome, Capcom, 2005. Voices of Daniels, enforcer, and prostitute, Narc, Midway Games, 2005. (As Anessa Marshall) Voices of Sprocket, Rachel, and Tsukumo, Viewtiful Joe: Battle Carnival (also known as Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble), Capcom, 2005. Various voices, Gun, Activision, 2005. Voice, Champions: Return to Arms, Sony Online Entertainment/Snowblind Studios, 2005. Voice, EverQuest II: Desert of Flames, Sony Online Entertainment/Ubi Soft, 2005. Voice of Antoinette Marceau, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express, AWE Games, 2006. Voice of Eva in English version, Metal Gear Solid 2: Portable Ops, Konami, 2006. Voice of Huntress, Justice League Heroes (also known as Justice League Heroes: The Flash), Eidos/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 2006. Voice of Sparx's mother, The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, Sierra Entertainment, 2006. Voice, Guild Wars: Factions, NCsoft, 2006. Voice, Saint's Row, THQ, 2006. Voices, Dead Rising, Capcom, 2006. "Marshall, Vanessa 1970–." Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. . Encyclopedia.com. 18 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.

I saw another post a week ago i think about someone not being able to upgrade but i can't find it anymore I don't remember the thread i was in. Yea i disabled speedhacks...i dont know what savestates is i dont see it anywhere in the emulation settings thing. but uhh yea it still wont let me upgrade anything but the blades of athena. Are you using any patches? Edit: nvm that,try changing the CDVD Plugin. P.S. making an ISO of the game is the best idea, I played God Of War 1 (used the ISO instead of the CD) without almost anything happening wrong. (06-22-2010, 06:43 AM)l[Shady]l Wrote: Are you using any patches? im not using patches that i know of. I tried all of teh cdvd plugins and it still is happening, and im also using an iso. (06-22-2010, 03:04 PM)diegochiha Wrote: what version of the game do you have? Setting the Clamp modes for EE and VU to something higher than normal might also fix some ingame bugs In FFX for example enemies are turned away from you in battle, if you use normal or no clamp.

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Another picture of whatever is living in my pepper plants. I also noticed two extremely small, extremely fast little white bugs running around the soil in two of the containers. Thinking these might be the adolescent version of this? I'm really looking for sunny, more moderate weather so I can get these back outside, and to help out the other struggling warm weather plants that are already in the ground. Both look very similar, no idea what they are. The first of two bugs found on sweet pepper plants. These two are lighter and reddish-brown. A few days ago, I noticed a few small holes in the broccoli plants. The next day, I noticed some in the radishes and thought, "hmm, I wonder if they are related." Now, a few in the spinach. I haven't seen any bugs, but I haven't had time to investigate either. It appears to be the workings of a flea beetle judging from pictures I found on the web. I plan on doing a thorough investigation this weekend if the weather allows. I'll post pictures of the damage, and the offenders if found.

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O&R - Major Transmission Upgrade Improves Electric Reliability Pearl River – May 20, 2020 O&R's COVID-19 Efforts Continue to Help Customers Manage Bills Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.(O&R) today announced the completion of a major two-year, $17 million project that substantially overhauled the utility's Ramapo transmission substation in Hillburn by replacing its transformers with new, modern equipment that provides significantly increased service reliability and capacity for O&R's over 300,000 electric customers. The project was completed in late April when the second of two huge, electric transmission transformers, custom-made in the Netherlands at 300-tons each, was installed in the O&R system and energized. The first unit was installed and energized in May 2019. These transmission transformers convert high voltage electricity from the overhead transmission system to a lower voltage that is channeled into the community's electric distribution system. O&R President and CEO Robert Sanchez said, "This project represents a major milestone in our daily efforts to improve electric service reliability. As we enter the summer season, Covid-19 has made reliability as important as it ever has been. This project makes the entire O&R transmission system stronger, more robust and more resilient for our families and our community." O&R has prepared to meet high summer demand for electricity with continued investments in projects, such as its Ramapo transmission substation upgrade, that improve electric service reliability and with the further development of energy efficiency programs that help customers use less energy, save money and reduce their carbon footprint. Further, O&R has implemented a number of programs to help its customers manage their bills as effectively as possible during the public health emergency created by Covid-19. Electric System Improvement Projects To prepare for this summer's peak demands for electricity, O&R has made investments totaling over $140 million this year to fortify and improve the reliability of its electric system. That investment builds on the nearly $1 billion O&R has invested over the past 10 years on electric system maintenance and reliability projects. In addition to the Ramapo transmission substation project, those investments include several projects to provide additional storm protection at specific key electric system locations. These storm-resilience electric system improvements include building additional electric circuits and undergrounding selective system-critical locations where multiple overhead circuits are present on distribution poles. Taller, stronger poles and more storm-resistant wire also are being installed at key locations. In addition, several operational steps --- from line clearance work in the form of specific tree-trimming projects and infrared inspections to transmission line aerial and foot patrols and distribution equipment testing and inspections – also are key in O&R's delivering safe and reliable electric service this summer. O&R also continues to further automate its electric system through smart grid technological improvements. The smart grid integrates state-of-the-art equipment and technology with advances in computer analysis, communications, monitoring and control to significantly enhance system reliability, efficiency and overall quality of service. For example, "smart" operating equipment – communication systems, automated switches, sensors and other "intelligent" devices – enables the electric system to detect where issues on the circuit exist and automatically isolate those issues. This isolated section of the circuit would remain out of service until repairs are made, but the remainder of the circuit -- often serving hundreds of other customers -- would remain energized, providing uninterrupted service to those customers. All these programs are considered "essential work" under the public health emergency standards set by the states of New York and New Jersey. While that essential work is being performed during the public health emergency, O&R employees are required to follow the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for social distancing and personal hygiene including frequent hand washing or hand sanitizing. Employees also are required to wear protective medical masks. O&R asks members of the public to maintain appropriate social distancing when they encounter O&R employees working in the field, to provide for mutual safety. The following video shows a crew's social distancing in action: https://bcove.video/3b4FvKW One of the other leaders of O&R's electric service reliability line up this summer is the smart meter program. Smart meters' benefits go beyond power monitoring to provide individuals greater control over their energy consumption. Customers will be able to see when their consumption fluctuates and can then take action to further manage their usage. The smart meters also facilitate quicker restoration of service after a storm event by communicating the precise location of service interruptions. Since 2017, O&R has invested approximately $92 million in this project in New York. Overall, O&R plans to install 230,000 electric smart meters and 134,450 smart gas modules in its New York service area by the end of 2020. That estimate may be revised as O&R has temporarily halted installation because of the public health emergency. Summer Bill Forecast, COVID-19 and Bill Management Orange & Rockland (O&R) is forecasting that a typical New York residential electric bill based on typical summer residential usage of 600 kWh will remain about the same this summer for that level of usage as compared to last summer. The typical O&R residential customer in New York using an average of 600 kWh of electricity per month last summer saw, on average, a monthly electric bill, which consists of both electric supply and delivery costs, of $126.48. That monthly bill for using 600 kWh of electricity in the summer of 2020 is expected to remain nearly the same, decreasing 0.3 percent, on average, or 40 cents to $126.08. O&R buys electricity on the wholesale market and provides it to customers at cost. But, because of the public health emergency and its stay-at-home orders, residential usage has presumably increased because most families who are not usually home during the day are now home, according to the April 7 Short-Term Energy Outlook issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). And, those families are using all the electronic devices from computers to flat screen TVs that they would ordinarily use when they got home after spending the day at work or school, EIA said. That increased at-home usage all takes place now, before the air conditioning season --- with its higher electricity use and its resulting higher electric bills --- begins. Stay-at-home orders not only created unanticipated higher home electric usage and its accompanying higher bills, but the orders also shut down nearly all businesses, costing some O&R customers their regular paychecks, and some of them even their jobs. That's why O&R took immediate steps when the shutdown was ordered to try to moderate its impact on O&R customers by: Stopping shutoffs of electric and natural gas service due to non-payment during the time of the public health emergency. We will continue to shut off service when there is a safety issue. Not billing new late-payment charges for all customers and suspending the fee charged to a customer who is unable to grant access to their property. Conducting business with customers 24/7 online via www.oru.com/myaccount. or by downloading the free O&R mobile app. Providing residential and commercial customers with helpful links to company, state and local assistance agencies. To view these links, go to www.oru.com and click on the payment assistance button. Offering flexible payment arrangements. Customers can call O&R to discuss flexible payment arrangements Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 1-877-434-4100. O&R also has donated $30,000 to three local organizations that support the hungry to help them feed the steeply increasing numbers of our neighbors who have lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. These advocates for the hungry are: The Center for Food Action (CFA) in Bergen County, N.J., People to People in Rockland County, N.Y. and The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, Inc. (CFOS) in Orange and Sullivan counties, N.Y. To help its customers use electricity this summer as wisely as possible, O&R is offering a number of energy efficiency programs for residential, small business and commercial and industrial customers. Among those programs is O&R's online store. The My ORU Store www.myorustore.com is a digital marketplace that offers O&R's residential customers a wide variety of energy-saving household products including LED lights, water/energy saving devices, advanced power strips, smart thermostats and connected home products. The My ORU Store makes saving energy and money simple, safe and easy and ships right to your door. Eligible New York customers can receive instant rebates when they purchase energy-saving products and services on the My ORU Store and can receive additional rebates when they enroll their smart thermostat in O&R's innovative Bring Your Own Thermostat program. O&R developed these programs to more closely align its energy-efficiency efforts with the New York State Public Service Commission's (PSC) initiatives to modernize the state's energy utility industry. Since 2009, 47,000 customers using these programs have reduced carbon emissions by over 592,000 tons. In 2019, customers saved 226,000 MWh of electricity, 159,000 Dth of natural gas, and reduced peak electric demand by over 47 MW. That 226,000 MWh is enough energy to power over 28,000 homes for one year, and that 592,000 tons of carbon is equivalent to taking 126,000 cars off the road. The 47 MWs of peak electric demand is enough to meet the peak demand needs of eight Palisades Malls. To learn more about O&R energy efficiency programs, visit us at www.oru.com/save. The O&R substation technicians pictured here last winter were working on the installation prep for the new 300-ton electric transformer in Hillburn.

Brexit's Hard Pounding National Security & Defense By Andrew Stuttaford About Andrew Stuttaford The slump in the pound has—how can I put it—attracted some attention in recent days, and has put a spring in the step of those who want to talk Brexit down. The Financial Times, long something of a Brussels Pravda, has rather relished pointing out that sterling had now hit (an effective) 168-year low. Then again, the pound was at a roughly 160-year low just eight years ago. What's spooking the markets is uncertainty over the form that Brexit might take. What will the Brits ask for? What will the EU agree to? Investors have been made more uneasy still by hints from some in the British government that they could live with a 'hard Brexit'. That term is best understood as a unilateral breach with Brussels that would (roughly speaking) leave the UK reliant on WTO rules, a far worse option than it may sound (to understand why check out this very detailed analysis prepared by the Leave Alliance). My own guess/hope is that Prime Minister May is allowing her team to discover for themselves that, however great its romantic appeal for the pur et dur, 'hard Brexit' is not the way to go. The best solution, at least as an interim option, continues to be some variant of the 'Norway option'. Membership of the European Economic Area is not, contrary to the claims of some of the more strident euroskeptics, the same as being in the EU. Back in February, I wrote this: The fact that the "Norway option" is less of a break from Brussels disappoints some euroskeptics (at some level it disappoints me), but they need to face the reality that it beats the most likely alternative — a nervous British electorate voting to stick with the EU, the devil it knows. They should also understand that such a move could be the starting-off point for a more profound disengagement with Brussels, a disengagement that will be all the more effective and all the less intimidating for being taken step-by-step. No, the Norway option is not ideal, but my feeling, at least at the moment, is that this is the Brexit route that is most likely to have a chance of success. The best place to see how it might work is the immensely detailed "Flexcit" prepared by EU Referendum's Richard North. The latest version (PDF) stands at a modest 421 pages, but that is evidence of a complex reality very different, sadly, from one-leap-and-you're-free… Norway has much more of a veto power [actually a right of reservation] than is generally understood. More than that, it can participate directly in setting the international rules that govern so much of global trade. As a member of the EU, Britain, often, cannot: Brussels has to negotiate on its behalf. Put another way, Norway sits at the top table. Britain does not. Whether such a deal is available (I still reckon yes, but after a lot of shouting) is a different question, not least because of the attitude of EU leaders such as France's soon-to-be lame duck President Hollande, an attitude that has now drawn an angry response from the Daily Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: "There must be a threat," said French president Francois Hollande. "There must be a price… otherwise other countries or other parties will want to leave the European Union." These are remarkable comments in all kinds of ways, not least in that the leader of a democratic state is threatening a neighbouring democracy and military ally. What he is also admitting – à son insu – is that the union is held together only by fear. He might as well write its epitaph. In that, I fear, Mr. Evans-Pritchard being is too optimistic. The EU may be a dead-end, but it's far from done yet. Evans-Pritchard also takes aim at the pious nonsense that the likes of Hollande and Merkel (the latter an apparatchik fluent in pious nonsense since her days as an activist in East Germany's FDJ) have been mouthing about the EU's 'four freedoms': Mr Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel invariably fall back on the four freedoms -movement, goods, services, and capital -enshrined in EU treaty law, as if they were sacrosanct. These freedoms are nothing but pious shibboleths. They often do not exist, and where they do exist they are routinely honoured in the breach. Services make up 70pc of the EU economy yet account for just 22pc of internal EU trade. All attempts to open services up to cross-border commerce have been defeated, to the detriment of Britain. The sorry saga of the Services Directive in 2006 tells all you need to know about how the EU works. "The French and Germans gutted it," said Professor Alan Riley from the Institute for Statecraft. The 'country of origin rule' that would have allowed firms to operate anywhere in the EU under their own domestic law was dropped, casualty of the "Polish plumber" scare. The directive did not cover health care, transport, legal services, professions, tax experts, and the like. Germany protected its guilds. Online and digital trade across borders remains minimal, riddled with barriers. Britain's All-Party Parliamentary Group for European Reform concluded that "there is no single market in services in any meaningful sense." As Brussels correspondent I covered the parallel fiasco of the takeover directive. This too was sabotaged by France and Germany, after fourteen wasted years. They reinstated poison pills and a host of tricks in an explicit attempt to stop 'Anglo-Saxon predators' taking over their companies, even as their own companies were free to stalk British prey…. So much for the freedoms of capital and services. Nor has the free movement of people been strictly upheld. France and Germany – unlike Britain – blocked access to their labour markets and welfare systems for East Europeans for seven years after they joined the EU in 2004. It was political decision. The four freedoms are really just aspirational guidelines, enforced when expedient, neglected at other times. The rigid exhortations from Paris, Berlin, and Brussels that there can be no free trade with Britain unless there is unrestricted migration – even after leaving the EU – is politics masquerading as principle. If they want to find a compromise solution, they can do so easily. And so can the Brexiteers. But can is not the same as will. Andrew Stuttaford is a contributing editor of National Review.

Harrison Barnes and Malik Jackson to Help Pay for Atatiana Jefferson's Funeral Video via ABC10 Sacramento Kings' Harrison Barnes and Philadelphia Eagles' Malik Jackson have offered to pay for the funeral of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old black woman who was shot and killed by a Texas police officer in her mother's home last week. According to the Dallas Morning News, Barnes will cover more than half of the service costs, and Jackson will pay for the remainder. Barnes spoke about the kind gesture following the Kings' practice Thursday night. "My wife and I wanted to do something for that family. It was a tragic situation that happened," the forward told reporters. "No one should be killed during a wellness check, but the biggest thing is anytime someone has to go through that, the last thing that you want to have to worry about is trying to come up with the money for a funeral ... It's about the family. It's about everything they're going through. Our prayers obviously are with them, and it was a gesture my wife and I wanted to do for them." Jefferson was killed Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, while officers were performing a wellness check at the residence. A neighbor had called the non-emergency police line at around 2 a.m., stating he was concerned that the home's front door was open. Authorities arrived at the scene shortly after and began investigating the exterior when one of the officers, identified as Aaron Dean, looked inside a window and saw an individual. "Put your hands up! Show me your hands!" Dean is heard shouting in the released body cam footage. The officer fails to identify himself as law enforcement, and opens fire moments later. Jefferson, who was babysitting her 8-year-old nephew at the time, was wounded and pronounced dead at the scene. The 8-year-old reportedly told investigators that Jefferson had retrieved her gun, which she legally owned, after hearing noises outside. The child said he witnessed his aunt point her gun at the window, right before she was shot. Dean resigned from the Fort Worth PD before he could be fired. He was arrested on murder charges and has since been released on $200,000 bond. Barnes, who used to play for the Dallas Mavericks, told reporters that he was concerned about the growing gun violence in the area, and pointed to the recent fatal shooting of former NBA player Andre Emmett. "Andre Emmett, a guy that I played pickup basketball with for two and a half straight summers, another unfortunate incident," he said. "So when you see these types of situations continue to occur, you know that change has to happen ... Anytime you come into a community ... you always have a piece of that community that's with you and you always want to give back." Barnes said he has not spoken to the Jefferson family, as he and his wife are "giving them space, respectfully." NewsVideosHarrison BarnesPhiladelphia EaglesPoliceSacramento KingsShootingfunerals

Revoking a Divorce Issued Before Consummation of Marriage: Permissible? Home > Ask the Scholar > Family > Revoking a Divorce Issued Before Consummation of Marriage: Permissible? As-Salamu alaykum. If a man issues one clear divorce to his wife before their marriage is consummated, can he revoke that divorce? What if the marriage has not been consummated, but the couple has been alone together? 1- If a divorce takes place before consummation and khalwah, it results in an irrevocable divorce, and there is no `iddah and the husband cannot revoke the divorce. 2- If divorce takes place before consummation but after khalwah, it again results in an irrevocable divorce, and the husband cannot revoke the divorce. However, in this case, the wife is obligated to observe the `iddah. a) If the marriage has not been consummated and neither has the couple been alone together (khalwa), and the husband pronounces one divorce, then there is no obligation upon the woman to observe the waiting period (`iddah). According to the Hanafi jurists, the statement "before you have touched them" refers to consummation (dukhul) as well as being alone together. As such, if both – consummation and being alone – did not take place, the woman is not obligated to observe the waiting period. b) However, if the marriage was not consummated but the couple did remain alone together, then observing the waiting period is necessary. "In other words, being alone together (khalwah) – in this case – has the same implication as that of consummation. A woman divorced before consummation but after 'Khalwah' is also obligated to observe the waiting period. Normally, when a divorce is pronounced in clear words after consummation of marriage, it results in a revocable (raj`i) divorce and, as such, the husband has a right of revoking the divorce/taking the wife back within the waiting period. However, when a divorce is pronounced in clear words before consummation of marriage, it results in an irrevocable (ba'in) divorce and, as such, the husband does not have a right of revoking the divorce. The woman may marry another man instantly after divorce, since – as explained in the first issue – she is not obliged to observe the waiting period. As for being alone together, in this case it does not have the same implication as that of consummation. Accordingly, even if the couple had remained alone together, the divorce is still considered as irrevocable (ba'in). Imam Badr al-Din al-`Ayni (Allah have mercy on him) states, "Consider that 'being alone together' has the same implication as that of consummation in relation to: [paying] the entire dower (mahr) and the obligation of the waiting period (`iddah), but not in relation to other than these two issues. Since the divorce is considered irrevocable even after khalwah, the husband will not have a right of revoking the divorce within the waiting period. In conclusion, to answer your specific question, if a divorce takes place before consummation and khalwah, it results in an irrevocable divorce, and there is no `iddah and the husband cannot revoke the divorce. If divorce takes place before consummation but after khalwah, it again results in an irrevocable divorce, and the husband cannot revoke the divorce. However, in this case, the wife is obligated to observe the `iddah. Getting Married on Fridays: Sunnah? Calling Wife as "Mother": Amounts to Divorce?

A "high" tech startup boom could grow around the pot plant, as legalization efforts gain momentum. And Emerald Ocean Capital is going to help fund it. Before medical marijuana, before Colorado and Washington's legalization initiatives, there was only the underground weed economy. There was no such thing as a mainstream marijuana entrepreneur. How things have changed. Now there's a new crop of buttoned-up weed entrepreneurs who have never been involved in the black market, with a support system of marijuana venture capital firms and private equity funds popping up beside them. "We used to get questions like "Isn't it true that marijuana causes men to grow breasts?' Now 98% of the questions we get have to do with capital formation, taxation, regulation, port liability, and zoning," says Allen St. Pierre, the executive director of NORML. 98% of the questions we get have to do with capital formation, taxation, regulation, port liability, and zoning. The poster boy for the above-ground weed entrepreneur movement is Justin Hartfield, the CEO of marijuana review and discussion site WeedMaps. Hartfield makes big money from WeedMaps–the company generates over $25 million per year. He's continuing to expand his empire, co-founding marijuana technology venture capital firm Ghost Group in 2012 (brands include WeedMaps, MMJMenu.com, Marijuana.com, and marketing company Bonfire), and more recently, launching marijuana VC investment fund Emerald Ocean Capital. The Emerald Ocean Capital team seeks to cement a leading position within the legal cannabis industry by consolidating market share through strategic investments. The principals look to build upon their past experience in the legal cannabis industry to navigate the opportunities in this emerging industry. While Emerald Ocean is investing in marijuana-related business, it won't put money into any dispensaries or grow operations–at least not in the near future. With a federal ban still in place on marijuana, that would be too risky even for Hartfield, who is already peripherally participating in a semi-legal industry. And up until recently, banks didn't allow marijuana businesses to open bank accounts, making direct weed investments even more dicey. He's more interested in software companies that dance around the edges of the marijuana economy, like WeedMaps. Hartfield also says that his firm, which is working with friends and family investors to raise up to $25 million, is keeping an eye on marijuana testing labs. These days, testing labs often just scrape by; they're hardly raking in cash since most states don't yet require safety testing for marijuana. But Washington will have mandatory testing when its recreational marijuana program rolls out. So will Illinois' upcoming medical marijuana program. "Right now, it's really expensive to do the tests. As machinery gets more sophisticated, prices are going to come down," Hartfield believes. Most other venture capitalist and hedge fund folks are well into their 40s, 50s, 60s, and have lived life long enough to be sufficiently paranoid. If legalization continues at its current rate, though, Hartfield stands to become even more wealthy. The rapid pace at which marijuana dispensaries cleared their stock when Colorado legalized the drug is only a harbinger of things to come: the $1.4 billion legal marijuana market is projected to grow to $10.2 billion in the next five years. Once more states start to legalize onsite marijuana consumption in dispensaries–like the Netherlands "coffeeshop" model–the market will grow even larger. But marijuana entrepreneurs have a growing number of options besides Emerald Ocean. The ArcView Angel Investor Network--which includes VC fund representatives, dispensary owners, and successful entrepreneurs–banks on a wide range of marijuana-related companies. High Times (yes, the magazine) recently announced the High Times Growth Fund, a private equity fund that also invests in businesses on the outskirts of the industry. Hartfield isn't concerned about competitors. "I think the pie is about to get a lot bigger," he says. There are also other related industries, like LED lighting and nutraceuticals, that could use their own funds, especially as more states–like New York and California–put full legalization on the ballot in the coming years.

The agonising story of Shaun Marsh, Australia's Test cricket conundrum Written By James Pavey @jamespavey_ https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sportal_com_au/b1/cd/shaun-marsh_19mxtqo541k210veasdwpi8r6.jpg?t=-1990145418&w=500&quality=80 Pakistan v Australia -day 4 Shaun Marsh stood like a statue for a fleeting moment, transfixed to the Abu Dhabi deck, as Mir Hamza wheeled away in celebration. After Hamza's peach of a delivery wiped out Marsh's off stump, it was almost as though the veteran Australian batsman knew something we didn't - but had tried to press a case for for years. Is this the last time Shaun Marsh features in a Test match for Australia? It would seem logical to some, and short-sighted to others - but a seemingly painless outcome all the same. It's not that he's a player who isn't up to the task of international cricket. It would be foolish to claim so. In June, Marsh scored two centuries on Australia's white-ball tour of England, which ended in a soul-destroying series whitewash by the hosts. MORE: Marsh fails again, Aussies facing almost certain defeat in second Test | How long do Australian selectors give Shaun and Mitch Marsh? Just before the Test series against Pakistan, he scored 94 on a volatile wicket against a Pakistan A side in Dubai. Positive signs were there. However, these aren't the signs of a player not up to the rigours of the international game. It's just another horrible form slump - but that's the damning word. Another. This time, could it be fatal? Dropping Marsh would be a tough call for coach Justin Langer to make, considering how far back the pair go in Western Australia's cricket ranks. As WA coach, Langer pushed Marsh hard, trying to reshape his mental approach while also making technical changes to his game. It came at a good time for Marsh, who had been caught up in some disciplinary dramas - he was among the players suspended during Perth Scorchers' 2012 Champions League campaign, while he had also been suspended after a boozy night with state teammate Luke Pomersbach. Off-field drama aside, Marsh's recent numbers at Test level make for horrific reading. Since his Ashes hundred in Sydney, Marsh has averaged 13.42. South Africa was more miss than hit (40, 33, 24, 1, 26, 0, 16, 7), Dubai was rough (7, 0) and Abu Dhabi was downright bad (3, 4). TON ON DEBUT Just 20 batsmen have scored a hundred on Test debut for Australia - and Marsh was one of them, against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in 2011. From there, as a 28-year-old, he carried all the hallmarks required to build a long career under the baggy green cap. He followed up his Pallekele ton with 81 in Colombo, and won a ticket to Australia's two-Test tour of South Africa. And then, everything began to unwind. In Cape Town, he scored 44 in the first innings as Australia looked comfortable after knocking over the hosts for 96. Then, Australia were skittled for 47. Marsh, having suffered a back injury, came out at No.10 and copped a second-ball duck courtesy of a rampant Vernon Philander. He was sent home, recovered, missed several Shield games for Western Australia and missed Australia's two-Test series against New Zealand. Then, India arrived - and so did Marsh, back at first-drop. It was a disaster, and it led to a two-year Test hiatus. 0, 3, 0, 11, 3, 0. Six innings, 17 runs, a 2.83 average. Marsh was a shadow of the player that strutted around in Sri Lanka just four months earlier, and with Michael Clarke (626), Ricky Ponting (544), Michael Hussey (293) and David Warner (266) setting the world on fire, Marsh looked horribly out of place. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sportal_com_au/a3/64/shaun-marsh_pvjdrloe73kh1f4z1kyrugd70.jpg?t=-1986489034&w=500&quality=80 THE REVOLVING DOOR An okay-ish Shield season in 2013/14 - 401 runs from seven matches at 36.45 - was the spark to a shock recall for Australia's crucial tour of South Africa following their Ashes whitewash. At the time of his selection, he had scored 275 runs at 34.37 with one century. He rewarded the faith with a brilliant hundred in the first Test in Johannesburg, but scored a pair in Port Elizabeth, and lost his spot to Shane Watson. He missed the UAE tour against Pakistan, and earned a recall for the final three Tests against India at home. He ran himself out for 99 at the MCG, and scored 73 in Sydney. He earned a ticket to the West Indies, where he scored 112 runs, but he would only feature in one Test on the 2015 Ashes tour to England - and it was arguably Australia's worst in a generation, as Stuart Broad ripped the Aussies apart at Trent Bridge. It seemed that might have been his last chance - but he replaced the injured Usman Khawaja for the inaugural day-night Test against New Zealand in 2015-16, and scored 49 second-innings runs to help Australia win a close one. He was in and out of the side. It would frustrate anyone, let alone a player battling for his Test career. He shared what still remains as the sixth-highest partnership in Test history with Adam Voges against the Windies at Hobart as he scored 182 - but got dropped. He came back for the third Test of Australia's tour of Sri Lanka, scored a century, went on to the first home Test against South Africa at the WACA, struggled to get going in Australia's big defeat - and got dropped. He played all four Tests in India, and saved the third in Ranchi with Peter Handscomb - but missed selection for the Bangladesh tour. A wonderful Ashes series followed, where he was Australia's second-top-scorer with 445 runs and two tons. But now we're here, back talking about his much-maligned Test career yet again. For a player that can so easily look the part on one day, he can also look like he's missing a day later. Considering Australian bowlers Mitchell Starc (11.67), Nathan Lyon (6.5) and Peter Siddle (5) all have a higher series average than him in the UAE, this truly could be the end. WHO COMES IN? In the absence of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, Marsh needed to stand up. He did in England wearing canary yellow, but in the UAE, he has fallen over for what could prove to be the final straw. Shane Warne believes neither Shaun nor brother Mitchell deserve a spot in Australia's Test XI. Matt Renshaw is waiting in the wings, Marnus Labuchagne and Travis Head haven't been tested on home decks yet, while the likes of Handscomb, Alex Doolan, Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, Jake Lehmann and George Bailey all could give a fair shake of the sauce bottle. Then, you've got precocious star Will Pucovski. Regardless, Michael Hussey said Marsh - who is now 35 - is running out of time. "At the end of the day, you do need to be scoring runs... there's going to be a lot of discussion about his place in the team," Hussey said on Wisden Radio. "When he's on song, he's just unstoppable and looks a supreme batsman. But then when he does start having a run of low scores, he gets into this hole and he finds it extremely difficult to work his way out of it. "Once you start getting into your 30s, mid-30s, you can't afford to have a run like that. "Everyone starts talking about your position in the team... is that the end of your career? That extra pressure builds up on you as well." Contact Privacy Policy DAZN Group Careers

I remember almost 11 years ago this August, my oldest nephew was born. The whole family was beside it's self with joy over the beautiful new little baby boy in the family. Bill and I rushed over to the hospital the moment we got the go ahead from my brother to come. We were asked to stop and pick my sister-in-law up a ham grinder from Family Pizza on our way there. When we arrived, I traded the grinder for the baby and I remember how fragile he felt in my arms. I also remember just the depth of love I felt for him in those very first moments. I remember wondering what type of person he would grow to be. I didn't want to share him with anyone else. He slept so soundly there in my arms. My brother and his wife looked so tired. And I felt like the whole world was blessed because of this new little life and none of our lives have ever been the same. I'm sure many of you have been in the same situation at some point and if you haven't you have had those times in your life when you have known the blessings of God, the joy of the holy was alive and being lived out in those moments. Joy, it is a form of rejoicing, my family gave thanks to God the day that my nephew was born. We gave thanks that he had come into the world safely and that everyone was healthy. It was a day to give thanks for. It was a joyous day. Sometimes God brings us gifts. Sometimes we are allowed the opportunity to see God's hand in our lives and to feel his joy overpowering all the insecurities and fears of life. Sometimes we feel and know that the Lord has filled our cups and the cup of our faith has overflowed with his love and care. It is times like this that we need to hold on to. To cherish and to remember because there will also be those days when we really need to feel his presence. There will those days when it is hard to sing our praises to his name because we can't feel him or we are feeling the pain that comes with life. The joyous moments will fill us and we should cherish those moments and carry that joy with us where ever we go. Our scriptures for this morning from the second book of Samuel deal with this joy. David was singing for joy, dancing and celebrating for all that the Lord had done for him and for his people. He offered up many sacrifices to the Lord to ensure that not only the people of Israel recognized that he had been blessed but to show gratitude towards God and to engrave those moments upon his memory in the hopes that his joy and love might last forever. He hoped that the memory of those moments would be strong enough to remind him of God's faithfulness when life brought about challenges. So often we pray to God when life's challenges mount up but forget to lift our voices in those moments of great joy and celebration. Joy and celebration is a form of thanksgiving for God's blessings in those moments. We are blessed. We each are. We each have those days that just can't seem to get any better, days when you just know that God's hand has been at work: days where we have been given a moment of peace. In 2007, when Jackson was born I got one of my first glimpses of just how deep and healing those moments can be. Life has certainly posed me with challenges since then and I expect that those challenges will continue to come. But I know that whatever challenges and struggles I meet. They cannot overcome the work of the Lord in my life and in this world because since that moment I have known that God has blessed me and my loved ones. He will keep me close to him no matter how I may struggle, no matter how I may cry and mourn from time to time, no matter what challenges I face. I am reminded that my soul is like a cup of faith. The Lord will fill it when it needs to be filled and life will use what is in that cup. But I believe and trust that the Lord is carrying me through this world, through all of my experiences and every moment of my life is meant to be used for something. Joy for the building of faith and for reminding me that I am watched over, sorrow to build my character and strength and to remind me to cherish and appreciate the world around me, and love to remind me that I do not travel this life alone. I was once told by a mentor that he could see God at work in my life and that all my experiences were being used to shape who I was going to be. The cups of our souls overflow, we are loved, we are valued, and we are needed by our Lord and for this we are called to live our praises to God's name. Do you see God at work in your lives? Can you feel his presence and the touch of his hand upon your hearts? Is there a moment, a day, a week or a month when you knew that God was blessing you and your family? David knew it when he saw it. I experienced it and was aware of it as I held that little baby. When did this happen for you? As we go forth into another week, we are being challenged to sit down and remember a time when we felt this joy, the blessings of the Lord and to write it down. I challenge you to write about those moments in detail or to share the details of it with a friend or family member, relive those moments. Feel the joy and give thanks and show God your continued gratitude for his presence. Allow for the memories to strengthen you, to guide you, and to fill your souls with faith. This morning we read about joy and gratitude and we are being challenged to feel the healing and wholeness that comes when we feel joy and when we give thanks. So I leave you with the words of our scriptures, "David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals". Be like David and let your souls sing in your joy. Allow your actions in life to reflect the joy that you have in the Lord because how we live life lets others know the joy we have experienced. The Hopi, Native American Tribe, have a proverb that I think fits this so succinctly, "To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak". Can others hear the songs of joy on your hearts? 2 Samuel 6: 5, NRSV.

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Posted on 07/05/2021 02/12/2022 by Geert van Calster LugaNON. My brief thoughts on the European Commission's refusal to support the UK's accession to Lugano 2007, and a clarification of the procedure and required majorities. Update 2 December 2022. No news on the horizon: the EC are still opposed to UK Lugano membership. Update 9 July 2021 Thank you Ekaterina Pannebakker for flagging the momentarily definitive 'no': the EU's official confirmation of non-consent. Update 8 June 2021 for the Dutch regret of the EC's approach yet de facto acceptance of the EC position, see here – with thanks to Taco Van Der Valk for signalling. The Dutch Government also emphasises the fact that the issue is open-ended: it can be revisited in a later stage of EU-UK relations. This post is my tuppenny worth on the European Commission's Assessment on the application of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention. These are my considered but of course not my exhaustive initial thoughts. For excellent review of the legal status quo, see Andrew Dickinson's 'Realignment of the Planets – Brexit and European Private International Law' in IPRax 2021/3. The background. In June 2020, Michel Barnier reportedly commented 'Do we really want the UK to remain a centre for commercial litigation for the EU, when we could attract these services here?'. This illustrated what has been clear now for quite a while: legal services contribute directly to GPD, mostly as a result of law firms' turnover and, more recently, via the financial performance of third-party financing. More importantly, they have an impact on the reputation of a country. Courts' know-how, speed and general performance are a particularly relevant factor here. Therefore the legal sector acts as one factor in attracting foreign direct investment, as the rise of international commercial courts shows. The quote also illustrates however that the European Commission and the Member States were keenly aware of the impact of Brexit on judicial co-operation. Throughout the process, this included early EU flags that, should judicial co-operation fail to be included in the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement – TCA, it should not be assumed that the EU would support UK Lugano membership. Scholarship, too, warned of the inferiority of Lugano viz Brussels IA, and the particular weakness of Lugano States only having to take 'due account' (Article 1 Protocol 2 Lugano 2007) of CJEU case-law on Lugano. As readers will be aware, the TCA as eventually negotiated includes precious little on judicial co-operation in civil and commercial matters. A Hard Brexit in this area, therefore. Amidst the many issues that needed to be discussed in the TCA, judicial co-operation did not make the grade. This was not a big surprise. As Peter Bert signalled from the start, judicial co-operation barely featured in the negotiation mandate on the EU side, and on the UK side the Government kept largely schtum about the issue. The lack of provision in the TCA put back into the spotlights the UK's April 2020 application to join Lugano. Of note is as I have signalled before, that the UK could accede to Lugano, bypassing EU approval , if it were to become a fully fledged EFTA Member State (A70(1)a Lugano). That of course is not the route the UK has followed in its disentanglement from the EU. Under A72 Lugano therefore accession requires consent from the current Lugano States, consent which they 'endeavour to give' at the latest within one year after the invitation to do so by the Depository (i.e., Switserland). The flip-flop? It is reporting in the Financial Times which subsequently put things into a bit of a spin, whether as a result of misinformation or lobbying, I cannot say. On the day of an important meeting of the relevant Working Party, the FT first reported the EC would support Lugano Membership – contrary to what the vast majority of observers had assumed. By the afternoon a U-turn in reporting was made, suggesting additionally that a split had emerged among the Member States. That split is simply not there, or not to a sufficient degree (see below re the voting procedure). The morning's reporting of white smoke made the lack of EC support look like a surprise or indeed a disappointment. Clearly it could not have been the former: most of us had assumed the EC would not support the application. That leaves the feeling of disappointment. Quite aside from one's view on Brexit as a whole, for legal practice clearly a continuing umbilical cord between the UK and the Brussels Regime in its widest form (BIa, Rome I and II etc etc) would have been most preferable. Lugano would have been a second best. I remind readers that Lugano not only lacks a unified solid judicial oversight. It also lags behind Brussels Ia in important aspects (Lugano 2007 instead mirrors Brussels I, Regulation 44/2001). The reasoning. In its Communication to the EP and the Member States, as Peter Bert reports, the EC's core reasoning is "For the European Union, the Lugano Convention is a flanking measure of the internal market and relates to the EU-EFTA/EEA context. In relation to all other third countries the consistent policy of the European Union is to promote cooperation within the framework of the multilateral Hague Conventions. The United Kingdom is a third country without a special link to the internal market. Therefore, there is no reason for the European Union to depart from its general approach in relation to the United Kingdom. Consequently, the Hague Conventions should provide the framework for future cooperation between the European Union and the United Kingdom in the field of civil judicial cooperation." The Commission specifically refers to the example of Poland as the direction of travel (closer integration with the EU), and to Lugano being a flanking measure of the Internal Market. The 1968 Brussels Convention quite clearly shows the DNA and the narrative of market integration. The development of the EU judicial area in the meantime has moved along in the direction of the EU citisen, rather than merely corporations, as consumers of EU judicial co-operation. Yet without Lugano States being part of the much wider judicial co-operation agenda of the EU proper, it is not absurd to suggest that Lugano 2007's narrative is more closely aligned with market integration than it is with ever deeper integration. At the time of Poland's accession to Lugano, this was indeed clearly also linked to its impending membership of the EU, as also noted by David Lock QC, relevant UK Minister at the time. For current candidates, one could think e.g. of Georgia, and the Balkan countries, as stronger candidates for Lugano membership than the UK. Clearly, however, they may bump into opposition by the non-EU Lugano States. The victims. The general narrative, to which I subscribe, is that it is not Business to Business contracts, and the litigation by big business cases that will be much hit by this hard Brexit in judicial co-operation. They will turn to arbitration, they will agree exclusive choice of court (covered by the 2005 Hague Convention), and if need be they will simply absorb being litigated in, or having to litigate in the EU. Likewise, many UK judgments in standard business cases will find little difficulty, if some delay, in enforcement in the EU. Rather: SMEs (lest they too enter into exclusive choice of court agreements per Hague 2005; and they will be less likely to be able to absorb the cost of parallel litigation), consumers and employees, travellers (including in direct action versus the insurer), and claimants in corporate due diligence cases will find it much harder to have a smooth judicial process between the UK and the EU. Consumers domiciled in the EU will still be able to sue UK corporations in the EU, provided they meet the Pammer Alpenhof criteria under the relevant Section of Brussels Ia; and employees carrying out their duties here, likewise will be able to sue a UK employer in the EU. Yet with the distinct possibility of parallel UK proceedings, and subsequent difficulties in having a European judgment enforced, there will be many a freezing effect on proactive judicial action by these protected groups. Clearly and mutatis mutandis, the same categories in the UK will see a major judicial protection avenue fall away, as non-EU cq non-Lugano domiciled consumers, employees and small insureds do not enjoy the protection of the relevant Sections in BIa cq Lugano. A distinct category of claimants that will be hit, are those which recently have enjoyed the reigning in of forum non conveniens in business and human rights cases particularly under Lugano (where Owosu's rejection of forum non rules) and even under Brussels Ia (where A33-34 does create some obstacles). Without Lugano, forum non in these cases will once again come to the fore, although recent Court of Appeal and Supreme Court authority on duty of care may alter that fear. The voting procedure and future options. Greg Callus suggests a number of future options here. I have made the following admittedly lame football comparison: If BIa is the Champions League, then Lugano is the Premier League and the Hague Judgments Convention the Ruritanian Boy Scouts football conference. That is because the 2019 Convention does not impact on forum non theories of the signatory States; is a long, long way off entry into force (albeit as noted the EC signals it might speed up the accession process); has such a huge amount of exceptions, reservations and open questions, counsel will drive an entire tank company through it; and, like all Hague instruments, lacks a harmonising court with authority over interpretation. The Lugano Convention encourages consent within a year of notification. Absence of an answer in other words simply continues a status of lack of consent. An important final word on the voting procedure: it is NOT the case that the final word on the current initiative lies with the Member States under qualified majority – QMV voting. An EU yes to Switserland, the depository, requires a Council Decision with QMV. However that requires a COM proposal for such decision. This, the European Commission clearly is not willing to put forward. Article 241 TFEU enables Council to request the EC to put forward a proposal for decision. Yet to amend that proposal (which would have to be the case here, seeing as the EC will not propose consent), unanimity is required. I return to my Barnier quote above: 'Do we really want the UK to remain a centre for commercial litigation for the EU, when we could attract these services here?' Free movement of judgments simply is too big a cherry to have the UK pick it in the absence of a more overall framework for judicial co-operation in civil and commercial matters. I fear the fall-out for the categories listed above, might not be enough to make the EC and indeed enough Member States deviate from the Brexit negotiation mandate, which continues to cast a long shadow over this particular initiative. EU private international law, 3rd ed. 2021, Heading 1.7. CategoriesConflict of Laws /Private international law, EU law - General TagsBrexit, COM(2021) 222, https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/1_en_act_en.pdf, judicial cooperation, Lugano 5 Replies to "LugaNON. My brief thoughts on the European Commission's refusal to support the UK's accession to Lugano 2007, and a clarification of the procedure and required majorities." Pingback: The Brazilian sugar cartel: successful claimants on among others Article 34 Brussels Ia 'forum non light', with lingering doubts on A4 'domicile'.. – gavc law – geert van calster Pingback: Tilman v Unilever. 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Tom Parker Bowles wife: Camilla's son's split from Sara Buys laid bare after 'problems' TOM PARKER BOWLES split from his wife Sara Buys three years ago after "problems" in the relationship, according to an unearthed report. By Charlie Smith 08:00, Sat, Dec 4, 2021 | UPDATED: 17:25, Sat, Dec 4, 2021 Camilla does not watch The Crown says Tom Parker Bowles The food writer, 46, is the eldest child of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who is married to Prince Charles. Tom and his sister Laura Lopes are both children from Camilla's previous marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles. A well-known foodie, Tom has demonstrated his skills in the kitchen in a string of TV appearances over the years, such as BBC2's 'MasterChef: The Professionals'. Thomas Markle warned Meghan and Prince Harry: 'You owe me' Meghan Markle slammed for press attacks despite court win Prince Charles' step-son also penned several cookbooks, including 'The Cook Book' for the Fortnum & Mason department store, which has long been associated with the Royal Family. He returns to the BBC this morning for a new episode of 'Saturday Kitchen' with Matt Tebbutt. The TV chef also welcomes comedian John Bishop, food writer Georgina Hayden and wine expert Olly Smith. The year after Tom's 'MasterChef' appearance, he and his wife, fashion writer Sara, separated. The couple had "problems" for "some time", according to an unearthed report by The Sun from 2018. JUST IN: 'Uniting for mum!' Prince William and Prince Harry bury hatchet for Diana event Tom Parker Bowles wife: Camilla's son's split from Sara Buys laid bare after 'problems' (Image: GETTY) Tom Parker Bowles: Has career as food writer (Image: GETTY) The newspaper quoted a source close to Tom and Sara, who tied the knot in 2005 and have two children together. They said: "They are being very clear the separation is not final and they are not getting divorced. "There is no one else involved. "The concern of both Tom and Sara is for the stability and happiness of their children." The paper reported that Tom had left the home the couple shared together and had moved into a rented property in West London. Split: Tom and Sara at Meghan and Harry's wedding (Image: GETTY) Despite their separation, the pair did still attend the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle together in 2018. In March of this year, Tom's girlfriend, former journalist Alice Procope, died of cancer, aged 42. Tom was reported to be "devastated" by her death, which came after the couple were together for almost two years. A friend of Tom's told the Daily Mail that he had been "blissfully happy" in his relationship with Ms Procope. Tom was born in 1974 to Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles, who decided to divorce in 1995. Meghan Markle's legal drama NOT over as Supreme Court challenge looms [LATEST] Princess Charlene heartbreak as royal admitted to having just 'two friends' in Monaco [INSIGHT] How Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis's nanny will spend Christmas Day [ANALYSIS] Camilla: With son Tom Parker Bowles (Image: GETTY) Charles, whose own divorce with Princess Diana was finalised the following year, had been having a highly publicised on-off affair with Camilla. Camilla and Charles' romance drew major controversy in 1993, when newspapers published the transcript of an intimate conversation between the pair. Tom opened up about the scandal – dubbed 'Camillagate' – in a 2014 interview. Speaking to the Times, Camilla's son said: "I sort of remember not looking at the paper. Timeline: Of Charles and Camilla's relationship (Image: EXPRESS) Paul O'Grady on awkward encounter with Queen: 'Head between my legs' Richard III 'murdered' princes in Tower after new evidence "Because, you know, Jesus, the things that we've all said to people that we love … that you wouldn't want the world reading. "I just felt p***** off. I wasn't going to read that sort of stuff about my mother, just as much as she wouldn't want to read it about me or my kids certainly wouldn't want to read it about me." Several years after Charles and Camilla's divorces, and Diana's death in 1997, they eventually married at a small ceremony in 2005. 'Saturday Kitchen' is on BBC One from 10am-11:30am. 'It's lethal!' Royal Family rift branded 'destructive and damaging' Miriam Margolyes 'troubled' by Harry and Meghan decision Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton's 'soap opera storyline' BBC Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Royal Family LIVE: Sussex fan frenzy as Harry and Meghan hold 'secret' talks with US stars Princess Anne hailed 'safe pair of hands' for Queen amid Prince Andrew titles reshuffle Kate hailed as 'great' choice to replace Prince Andrew as new Grenadier Guards Colonel Harry and Meghan blasted for 'destructive attack on the monarchy' during Oprah chat Queen heartbreak as she is let down by children who have 'not lived up to ideals' 'Incredibly isolated' Meghan and Harry prioritising Archie and Lilibet 'Their world!' Royal row erupts as ex-Italian Royal Family demands crown jewels returned 'Don't have awful lot of luck!' 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Angelina Jolie has returned to work following her brave double mastectomy earlier this year, setting her sights on a new World War II movie. The actress and United Nations ambassador will direct Unbroken, an adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's bestselling 2010 book about Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini. And she's already cast her first star… British Skins actor, Jack O'Connell. If not an avid Skins viewer, you'll recognise Jack from his highly-publicised relationship with Tulisa Contostavlos. Though we're pretty sure it's his acting that'll have caught Angelina's eye. Jack will play the lead role of Louis, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Louis (now 96-years-old) is a Los Angeles high school track star-turned-Olympian. He rose to fame in the 1936 Berlin Olympics – but in 1943, his Air Force plane crashed in the Pacific. He survived without food and water for an incredible 47 days enduring shark attacks, aerial attacks and hunger before arriving on a Japanese island behind enemy lines, where he was held as a prisoner of war for two years. The movie is set for release in December 2014 and Angelina's already started work on the set. This week, she was photographed strolling around Hawaii while scouting film locations for the blockbuster, but made headlines for her incredibly happy and healthy appearance following her double mastectomy. Angelina wore a delicate black vest, proving to the world she's still body-confident despite her surgery. Such a beaut.

Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. Howard Community College announces special funding opportunities for students affected by COVID Allana Haynes, Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. August 5, 2021, 1:01 PM ·2 min read Aug. 5—Howard Community College this week announced special funding opportunities to help students affected by the coronavirus pandemic start or continue their educations. All registered Howard Community College students who have been affected by COVID-19 and are enrolled in at least one credit hour at the time of awarding are eligible, according to a news release. Students who are undocumented or part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or Maryland Dream Act programs are eligible for the COVID-19 special funding. International and high school dual enrollment students are also eligible. "The new COVID-19 special funding ... is critically important in helping students to continue pursuing their educational goals," Tamika Bybee, director of financial aid services, said in a statement. "We want all of our current and prospective students, especially those impacted by COVID-19, to know that financial assistance is available to help them afford and succeed in college." The effects of the pandemic may include loss of personal or family income; increased utility bills; changes in child care, food, health care or housing needs; or technology-related costs or expenses incurred as a result of course format and instruction changes. To be considered for COVID-19 special funding, students will be required to accept Howard Community College's mandatory aid agreement. For more information about the funding and how to apply, go to howardcc.edu/fundyourfuture. The college said it will begin review applicants three weeks into the fall semester, which starts Aug. 28. The community college has awarded nearly $5.8 million in federal funding to 4,480 students to support their college educations through the COVID-19 special funding, according to the release. An additional $4 million is available in funding for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters. In addition to the COVID-19 special funding, Howard Community College offers financial aid through scholarships, grants, work-study and other assistance to students, which includes emergency funds for books and associated course materials. More information on the community college's scholarship opportunities and how to apply can be found on its online scholarships portal at howardcc.academicworks.com. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 30. Howard Community College will be fully operational for the fall semester, with full in-person courses and the continuation of hybrid and virtual courses.

Now's your chance to own Duke Silver's fedora or a Knope 2012 campaign shirt from the actual show. Remember that guy? From the "You're fired!" show? We look back at the bad, the beautiful, and of course the murals as the series comes to an end. The comedian and "Parks and Recreation" executive died in his home on Thursday, and the comedy world is still reeling from the sudden loss. The comedy legend's alleged bad behavior has been a gossip topic for decades. The Emmy winning director - who covered two Olympics with NBC - tells us how the 'ol peacock's Games coverage won primetime.

Water Scarcity in West Bank and Gaza [M]ost of Israel's water is artificially produced. About a third comes from desalination plants that are among the world's most advanced. Farmers rely on reclaimed water for irrigation. Israel recycles 86% of its wastewater, the highest level anywhere; Spain, the next best, reuses around 20%. West Bank: None of these high-tech solutions helps the Palestinians [in the West Bank,] though, because they are not connected to Israel's water grid. They rely on the so-called "mountain aquifer", which lies beneath land Israel occupied in 1967. The 1995 Oslo Accords stipulated that 80% of the water from the aquifer would go to Israel, with the rest allocated to the Palestinians. The agreement, meant to be a five-year interim measure, will soon celebrate its 21st birthday. During that time the Palestinian population in the West Bank has nearly doubled, to almost 3m. The allocation has not kept pace. The settler population has doubled too, and they face their own shortages. In Ariel, a city of 19,000 adjacent to Salfit, residents experienced several brief outages this month. Smaller settlements in the area, which are not hooked up to the national grid, have dealt with longer droughts. Palestinians have suffered far more, however. On average they get 73 litres per day, less than the 100-litre minimum recommended by the World Health Organisation. The situation is even worse in Gaza, which relies almost entirely on a fast-shrinking coastal aquifer; what remains is polluted from years of untreated sewage and agricultural run-off. The stuff that comes out of Gazan taps is already brackish and salty. UN experts think that aquifer will be irreversibly damaged by 2020. Israel's water authority sells the Palestinians 64m cubic metres of water each year. It says they cause their own shortages, because up to a third of the West Bank's water supply leaks out of rusting Palestinian pipes. A joint water committee is supposed to resolve these issues, but it has not met for five years… Water in the West Bank: Nor yet a drop to drink, Economist, July 30, 2016, at 38 This entry was posted in agriculture, climate change, Environment, property rights, War, water resources and tagged 1995 Oslo Accords, Gaza aquifer, Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip 1995, water resources, West Bank aquifers on August 30, 2016 by Stoa. ← Beating the Dirty Bomb The Rocket Greed →

Our new walking season got under way, with our usual stalwarts - Colin & Vickie Mutch, Gwyn & Eileen Williams, John Black & David McMahon - able to welcome our former Minister, Rona Young, now enjoying retirement, join us for an invigorating coastal walk from South Beach Troon to Irvine Harbour. The weather was cloudy- bright and accompanied by a cool, stiff wind from the North, Wrapping up warm and keeping a good pace was the key to survival on the day, and our efforts were rewarded with nice coffees, teas, scones and delicious Empire Biscuits in Irvine Arts Centre, ( thanks to Colin!), before catching the Train back to the cars parked in Troon. ​Seven miles was not a bad start to the first walk of the season, and we look forward to more interesting and varied walks throughout the Summer when we can again enjoy good chat in good company. ​You are more than welcome to join us.

Home | About us | Editorial board | Search | Ahead of print | Current Issue | Past Issues | Instructions | Online submission | Subscribe | Advertise Users Online: 236 A clinicopathological correlation of international federation of gynecology and obstetrics's PALM–COEIN classification of abnormal uterine bleeding: Indian scenario Kanika Singh1, Charu Agarwal1, Mukta Pujani1, Sujata Raychaudhuri1, Nimisha Sharma1, Varsha Chauhan1, Raina Chawla2, Rashmi Ahuja2, Mitasha Singh3 1 Department of Pathology, ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, Haryana, India 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana, India 3 Department of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, Haryana, India Dr. Mukta Pujani Department of Pathology, ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, Haryana DOI: 10.4103/jmh.JMH_128_18 Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a common problem affecting the women of reproductive age group and may also have a significant impact on their physical, social, and emotional aspects directly affecting their quality of life. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) devised a universally acceptable system of nomenclature and classification, namely PALM–COEIN classification of AUB in the year 2011. The objective of the present study was to analyze the structural (PALM) and functional (COEIN) component of FIGO system in the Indian scenario. Materials and Methods: Three hundred patients with complaints of AUB were taken. A clinical diagnosis according to PALM–COEIN system was made after thorough history and clinical examination. Additional investigations if required were done, and endometrial sampling or hysterectomy was done whichever indicated. A histological diagnosis was made, and each case was allocated a category according to PALM–COEIN classification. A clinicopathological correlation was done in the hysterectomy cases for structural causes (PALM). Results: Leiomyoma (30%) was the most common cause of AUB closely followed by adenomyosis (29.66%) overall. The clinicopathological correlation in hysterectomy cases was good with concordance rate of 85.03%. The concordance between clinical and pathological diagnoses for AUB-L, AUB-A, AUB-M, and AUB-A, L was statistically significant with P < 05 in positive cases. However, additional finding of adenomyosis was diagnosed in 48.2% of the cases apart from primary clinical diagnosis. Conclusion: A good clinicopathological correlation was seen in the cases when classified according to PALM–COEIN classification. The system also provides for consideration of multiple etiologies contributing toward AUB both clinically and histopathologically. However, histopathology remains the cornerstone in establishing the accurate diagnosis as the cases without specific symptoms can be missed clinically. Singh K Agarwal C Pujani M Raychaudhuri S Sharma N Chauhan V Ahuja R Singh M PALM%26#8211;COEIN © Journal of Mid-life Health | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow

To begin with, according to a number of those participants, the invitation to attend the hospice for an interview has helped them speak to the hospice staff about how they are faring since the loss of their relative and even say thank you for the services they received. Indeed, to some participating in the interview has helped them open up and be able to speak about the loss of their loved; below is a post on social media by one of such respondents. Given Nairobi Hospice services a largely urban clientele, and most people in such diverse cosmopolitan settings tend to be too busy to spare their valuable time, we had a number of people not turning up for interviews – even after a number of follow-up and confirmatory telephone calls. This resulted in us taking longer than expected to complete the sample size for this site. Moreover, when they did turn up – with some presenting way past their agreed appointment time – they had limited time and it was difficult to administer all the scheduled cognitive interviews for this site. To minimise cases of no-shows, a number of interviews were carried out at participants' places of choice (i.e., either at their homes or places of work), and these often tended to be some distance from Nairobi, involving sometimes considerable travel time. Some of the caregivers' contact details held by the hospice are no longer valid, and even in use, and this became another 'exclusion criteria' from possible participation, hindering the recruitment process. Some caregivers on the hospice's list had since relocated from Nairobi following the death of their loved ones. This made it a challenge to come back to the city for the proposed interview, given the cost and inconvenience incurred on their behalf as a result. The battery life of the video recorder shown in the above photograph proved to be relatively short, meaning that I had to keep interrupting the interview periodically to install a new set of batteries. Some interviews had to be conducted in more challenging areas of the city, including urban slum dwellings, proving a security issue for myself as a woman and also for the hardware recording equipment I had to carry. Lastly, the recent relocation of Nairobi Hospice from its previous location has made accessibility to the facility problematic to most of those who may have wanted to attend the interviews; most of those on the hospice's list of potential respondents received care from its previous location. This again impacted negatively upon the recruitment process. Many of these challenges will hopefully be diminished at our next clinical destination: Nyeri Hospice. Working in a more rural locale, with an urbanized center that does not reflect that of the country's capital, including the available time and commitment of caregivers to honor interview commitments, I am hopeful that interviews will be completed sooner and that some of the shortfall interviews we experienced in Nairobi Hospice- especially the cognitive interviews – will be more than compensated for by Nyeri residents. Let's see what happens!

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Bursting with color and flavor–bright citrus, ripe avocado, roasted pecans, and sherry vinaigrette, sweet, spicy, creamy, and crunch–you absolutely want this arugula salad with clementines and maple pepper pecans! As the weather gets hotter, we're not much into turning the oven on for toasting a few nuts. No problem here–these caramelized crunchy peppery pecans are pan roasted, stovetop. Just stir the nuts around in a hot heavy-bottomed skillet with maple syrup, a bit of coconut oil, and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. They toast up beautifully! While the nuts cool into their crunchiness, whisk up a light tangy-sweet dressing out of sherry vinegar, maple syrup, a titch of Dijon mustard, and extra virgin olive oil. The sherry vinegar's robust almost-caramel toasted nut flavor accents the peppery arugula, sweet mandarins, and oh—those pecans! Click here to PIN Arugula Salad with Clementines and Maple Pepper Pecans! Grab the last of the spring season's kid-sized oranges and add this amazing arugula salad with mandarin orange and maple pepper pecans to your salad repertoire! Mandarin oranges are slightly smaller hybrid cousins of the standard orange. Much in the same way gala and fuji are apple varietals, tangerines and clementines are varietals of the mandarin. From November into late spring, you can find kid-sized, easy-to-peel super sweet mandarins fresh—with brand names like Cuties, Halos, and Dimples. When mandarin oranges aren't in season, simply substitute canned mandarin oranges. Strawberries are also delicious here, and pears. Made from fermented and aged Spanish wine, sherry vinegar gives this vinaigrette dressing its distinct pleasing taste. You'll also love how sherry vinegar brings out the best in sautéed greens. In these chard quesadillas it's the unbelieveable surprise ingredient! If your arugula comes from a garden or farm share box, it will likely be more peppery than baby arugula. All the better for a vibrant salad! Do take the time to remove and discard the larger stems, and tear the leaves into smaller pieces. Make it a fabulous week–get in the kitchen and cook a light and delicious salad! Thanks for being here. To get my latest recipe posts and exclusive monthly newsletters, subscribe here. If you like this recipe, I'd be grateful if you'd give a ✮✮✮✮✮ rating on the recipe card below. For more vegetarian recipe ideas, peruse my Pinterest boards. Find daily vegetarian and healthy living ideas on my Facebook page. Follow me on Instagram! It's my favorite! This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase products via my links, it doesn't cost you anything and I earn a tiny commission, which helps me continue to provide free content here on Letty's Kitchen. Thank you!! Peppery arugula with crunchy pecans, creamy avocado, and sweet mandarin oranges, all dressed with winning vinaigrette dressing--the ingredients in this salad dance together--for your eyes and taste buds. Serves about 4 people. Stir the pecans, maple syrup, coconut oil, salt, and pepper together in a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium heat. Stir continuously until the pecans are golden and the maple syrup has caramelized, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from the heat, but continue to stir so the pecans don't all clump together. Set aside to cool. Whisk the vinegar, mustard, garlic, maple syrup, salt, and pepper together. Continue whisking while drizzling in the olive oil. Toss the arugula in a bowl with a few tablespoons of vinaigrette. Mix another tablespoon with the clementine segments so they are shiny, and then mix them with the arugula, adding more vinaigrette if you think it's needed. Arrange in a bowl or on individual plates. Top with the maple pepper pecans and avocado. Finish with several grinds of black pepper. Makes more vinaigrette than you will likely use for this salad. Midsummer, when mandarin oranges aren't in season, substitute canned mandarin oranges. If you have arugula from your garden or farm share box, remove and discard the stems and tear the larger leaves into smaller (1 ½-inch) pieces.

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Q: Double setting in odoo 13 User settings? strange case of Odoo 13 when we go to Settings -> Users and pick a user and open the form view. then we get this: double Accounting setting on the user, in the frist one we have Accountant and Advisor and in the second Account we have only the billing. I checked the code and we dont have a custom module with messes with ir.module.category nor inherits the accounting for that matter. The question is, have you ever had this case and how to combine these in one field setting? In the base module i have found it takes the accounting field as different app, but we are using enterprise version, from invocing app comes the Billing and from accounting app from enterprise the other two. On a demo empty db these are in one field, on this db which has our data has these 2 options. Any help is appreciated. Odoo 13 enterprise

The Secret Christmas Day Dogfight Of World War II Editor's note: In the fleeting final months of peace before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of pilots from... By Sam Kleiner | Published May 17, 2018 3:52 PM Editor's note: In the fleeting final months of peace before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of pilots from across the U.S. armed forces comprising the First American Volunteer Group (AVG), led by legendary Army pilot Claire Lee Chennault, secretly traveled across the Pacific Ocean under false identities to secretly help the Chinese military ward off invading Japanese forces. InThe Flying Tigers: The Untold Story Of The American Pilots Who Waged A Secret War Against Japan, Sam Kleiner details the secret history of a covert operation "whose very existence would have scandalized the isolationist" United States — and the heroic men and women whose valiant efforts before and after Pearl harbor helped cement an alliance that would change the course of World War II. As Christmas morning dawned, Bill Reed took up his position in the alert tent near the airfield, awaiting reports from the warning net of the expected attack. As the hours passed it began to seem as if the threat of a Christmas-day raid was a bluff, but at 11:00 a.m. a call came from the warning net that Japanese planes had been spotted and the pilots should scramble. Reed hurried to his P-40 and started the engine but was abruptly told to shut it down, as the signal had apparently been just another false alarm. As soon as he dismounted from the cockpit and returned to the alert tent, the scramble was back on. "In a matter of a minute or two we were in the air and climbing as rapidly as a P-40 will climb," he wrote in his diary. The battle plan was issued over the radio: "Orbit Hometown Angels 15," which meant that his patrol of four P-40s should fly above Rangoon at fifteen thousand feet. They circled for thirty minutes without tracking anything. "I began to think people were just nervous," Bill wrote, "and we had another patrol for nothing." Then the plane ahead suddenly began rocking its wings. He anxiously scanned the sky. Some five thousand feet overhead a formation of about a few dozen Japanese bombers droned into view. Trailing them was a group of Japanese fighter planes "glinting wickedly in the sunlight." [Claire Lee] Chennault had taught the AVG pilots to strike from above, but the squadron had no choice now but to climb to meet the enemy. Reed quickly gained altitude, aiming for the bombers, but found himself head-to-head with a Japanese fighter. He squeezed the trigger and "raked him with a long burst, and saw tracers rake him through the length of the fuselage." With that plane all but certainly dispatched, he engaged in an inconclusive exchange of fire with two more Japanese fighters, and then climbed in a steep ascent up to twenty thousand feet, hoping to catch the bombers. He "attacked head-on, all guns blazing" and then flew past them. He hadn't succeeded in hitting any of his targets, but as he prepared to turn back for another pass, he caught sight of an American plane in a dogfight with Japanese fighters a mile ahead. He rushed into the fight, but "we went round and round, with no one getting in any very good bursts." He realized that he had flown far out over the Gulf of Martaban in the course of the battle, and headed for home. Members of the First American Volunteer Group (AVG) post for a photo with their Chinese alliesCourtesy of the Family of J.J. Harrington After linking up with the lone P-40 in sight, the pair flew over the open water and soon encountered three Japanese fighters heading to their base in Thailand. Despite the risk of running out of fuel in another dogfight, the two American planes pounced, dropping down on the fighters' tails. Reed opened fire, and one Japanese fighter "exploded right in my face." While he pulled up to avoid hitting the crippled craft, his squadronmate clipped the wing of another enemy plane, which "spun into the Gulf." Reed dove away from the remaining Japanese fighter. His gas meter was "damn low" and he was still out in the Gulf. He saw another group of Japanese fighters in the distance but had to ignore them. As he sped toward land, it felt as if "the coast would never show up." He made it to the base with a nearly empty tank. When he landed, he saw that he had taken his share of hits, but observed, "These P-40s absorb lead like a sponge does water." By the end of the afternoon, two pilots had not returned: Ed Over- end from California and George McMillan from Florida. The other airmen "had given them up for dead," perhaps owing to the fact that much of the fighting had taken place far over the water. They sent back a message to Chennault in Kunming: "Two planes and pilots missing." The men gathered together that night, and as armorer Chuck Baisden recalled: "If you've ever drank Australian ale on a hot day, it does leave an effect on you. But that was my Christmas dinner. We never even thought about Christmas really, Christmas just wasn't there, there was no feeling, my feeling was there was no Christmas at all." Related: How The Flying Tigers Inspired The A-10's Iconic War Paint » At 9:00 p.m., a car drove up to the airfield and, to the group's astonishment, George McMillan stepped out. Not only was he alive, but he was carrying a Japanese saber. McMillan enjoyed the surprise as much as any of them, writing to his parents: "You should have seen them when I walked in!" The excitement only grew as he related his harrowing story of survival. His plane was barely staying in the air as he cleared the coastline. He knew he couldn't make it to the base, and took it down in a rice paddy. As his plane skidded to a halt, McMillan opened the canopy and waited to assess his situation. After a half hour, a group of men appeared in the distance. He used his good arm to wave his handkerchief, a sign that he was a friend. The local Burmese approached, offered him water, and guided him on a four-mile walk to a town, where they bathed his wounds and fed him. They then put him on a horse, and a guide took him to another town, from which he was given a ride back to the base. Along the way, he stopped to inspect a downed Japanese bomber, from which he retrieved the saber. McMillan not only had survived a crash but was credited with having destroyed three bombers, more than any other AVG pilot in the air that day. He wrote to his parents: "While you were all eating turkey and cranberry sauce I led six men in an attack against thirty bombers and ten pursuit escort, ha! … Naturally, we felt pretty good over Xmas' days work." From The Flying Tigers by Sam Kleiner, published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright © 2018 by Samuel Kleiner. the flying tigers A childhood filled with movies on the glory of war confronts reality in an Afghanistan firefight A Marine's brush with death and baptism by fire in the Vietnam War A Marine recounts how one two-minute experience 54 years ago in the jungles of Vietnam changed his life forever.

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What's the Same about Self-Publishing and Blogging? In some ways we're at the confluence of two of the biggest changes in the media landscape of the written word: self-publishing and blogging. Publishing a book without intermediaries has a long and erratic tradition in the United States. Examples of early self-publishers are largely irrelevant, since the modern notion of self-publishing depends on the opposition of this type of book publishing to traditional publishing. In the dominant form of publishing, publishers acquire rights to literary properties, improve and complete the transition of the property from a manuscript to a book, from raw materials to a consumer product. They then advertise, market, promote and sell the products of their efforts, while paying the creator of the original manuscript a rather small percentage of their revenue as a royalty. The creator is an equity partner in the enterprise of the book, but a decidedly junior partner. The author is at the mercy of the contract she has signed, the scruples of the publisher she has signed with, and the vagaries of the marketplace, about which she may know nothing, since the entire structure and mechanism of publishing keeps writers isolated from both their readers and the ways that publishers actually work. In opposition to this, or sometimes parallel to the track of traditional publishing but largely unknown to it, there have always been authors who, for whatever reason, did not participate in this whole mechanism. Perhaps they objected to the publishers acting as gatekeepers who only allow a certain few writers into the world of published authors. If you didn't have what the publisher or his agents wanted, you didn't get published. Some authors chose vanity publishers, companies that are not truly publishers at all, but who sell services and books to their own authors, who are, in reality, their true customers. But many other writers set up publishing companies of their own, and became true self-publishers. They obtained ISBNs from Bowker, listed themselves in various directories, established discount schedules and distribution plans and acted in every way just like traditional publishers, but only published the works of one author—themselves. When I decided to self-publish in the 1980s, it was still a time when self-publishers were looked on as third-class citizens, not truly members of the publishing industry. Consequently, like many other self-publishers, I made lots of ­efforts to appear to be an actual small independent publisher. Various family members were listed as officers in the company, and correspondence was sent out over the signature of someone who was not the author of the only book on our list. We used a post office box at the Grand Central Postal Station on Lexington Avenue in New York for our mailing address. Even the name of the press was generic­—Globe Press Books—and designed to evoke associations of other, better known publishing houses. I followed the advice and gained from the encouragement of Dan Poynter, whose Self-Publishing Manual became my bible. My books were typeset by real typesetters I knew in New York, and printed by real book printers. And while there were always self-publishers who were successful, who took a businesslike approach to publishing, it remained a sideline, and an unloved stepchild of the publishing indsutry. Today the picture is radically different in some ways, maddeningly the same in others. But over all, the entire world of self-publishing has been yanked out of the shadow of the conglomerate publishers by technological innovation. First, print on demand, using digital printing, revolutionized book printing and distribution by eliminating the need to print—and pay for—thousands of books just to gain entree to the publishing world. By eliminating the risk associated with an investment of $10,000 or more, print on demand allowed the tens of thousands of people who had always dreamed of publishing a book to do so at almost no upfront cost. Companies have sprung up to take advantage of the ease of publishing with this technology, and sometimes to take advantage of the authors who rushed to fulfill their dreams. We now have another category of companies, subsidy publishers, to account for this development. Sometimes erroneously referred to as "self-publishing companies," these firms occupy a position somewhere between vanity publishers and book printers, who don't claim to be publishers at all, even though they may offer services similar to the functions once found only inside a traditional publishing company. The other technological innovation that has changed publishing is the widespread adoption of the internet. When we finally gained the ability to create a two-way interaction with this powerful new media, the social network was born. The first social media was blogging, a form of posting articles to websites that's easy enough even for writers to do it. But what made blogging social was the function built into blogging software that allowed readers to take part in the conversation, to interact directly with the writer by commenting on the articles she was writing. The interactive nature of blogging, and then of other social media innovations, is changing many aspects of our life. But blogging itself has continued to grow and adapt to widely different contexts and means of delivering information, entertainment and opinion to interested readers. And while blogs have grown to include audio and video, they are still predominantly text. Two results of the continuing rise of blogging as a media activity of importance in our culture have been reinforcing the primacy of text and reading to the online experience, and reinforcing the importance of writers as influencers. Text dominates the web, and writers produce that text. The writing that makes a difference in people's lives, that causes mass movements, or that sells huge numbers of products are from the keyboards of copywriters, journalists, bloggers, enthusiasts, and passionate followers of a cause. When I started blogging in late 2009 there was already a rich landscape of publishing blogs, book blogs, review blogs and, of course, technology blogs without end. But there was little that I could find that talked about self-publishing as a part of the long tradition of bookmaking, about the design of books as an intrinsic part of how books are positioned, marketed and sold. And a lack of many of the basic book-building skills that self-publishers need to create professional-level books. So TheBookDesigner.com was born. I tried to find the subjects that would be of the most interest to potential readers who were interested in this whole new world of personal, do-it-yourself book making. And people responded. Articles about typography, about type design, book layout, copyright, about the minutia of publishing like how to decipher bar codes, they all found readers. It's rewarding when you've spent most of your life pursuing a field that's unknown to the average person to all of a sudden wake up to a whole world of readers who want to know those arcane bits of knowledge and who are eager to read your next article. As a writer, it's damned rewarding. Instead of boring family and friends with nuances of type design, I could talk to people who were actually interested. As I've continued to blog and to interact with the lively and educated community that takes part in conversations on my blog, I've learned a lot. Now the talk is all about e-books, the technology that will cause the next big shift in book ­publishing. Throughout the time I've been blogging, it has become apparent to me how much blogging has in common with self-publishing, and the happy confluence of these two ideas in my own life. They really are very similar, don't you think? Blogging is, in fact, a subset of self-publishing as far as I'm concerned. Like a bridge between the printed books of the past and the electronic books of the future, blogging puts the power of the media in the hands of an individual, so that a guy sitting in his spare bedroom in San Rafael, California, can write an article on any subject that interests him and have it read by people all over the world within hours. And then enter into an ongoing conversation with those readers about the ideas and practices contained in that article. This scenario presents me with most of the results I hoped to get from self-publishing all those years ago, and in a more immediate and interactive way. Truly, it is a golden age for self-publishing of every kind. Unlike self-publishing, in which we intentionally create a manuscript for a book, taking care to make it consistent, readable and cohesive, blogs are made up of bits and pieces of ideas, often written in the context of a particular moment in time. There are, today, 667 articles on this blog. Some are instructional, some newsy. Some seek to warn you of mistakes that are easy to avoid if you only know about them, and to encourage you to use these tools to pursue the publication of your ideas, your history, your dreams, and your personal story. I am a self-publishing advocate. The fact that many self-published books are unreadable, dreadful to look at, or otherwise flawed, means nothing to me. I applaud them all. Each book represents a writer reaching out to share something of herself with the wider world. Each has a readership, no matter how small. And for every hundred dreadful books, there will be gems, transformative reading experiences, practical knowledge you can't find anywhere else, or life changing memoirs that amaze us. So my message to you is: go out and publish, make your voice heard, spread your word in the world. It's all good. This article originally appeared in a slightly different form as the Introduction to A Self-Publisher's Companion. The rest of the book is just as good. You can find out more on the page for A Self-Publisher's Companion. Photo by e3000. This is a great overview, and very informative. Thanks very much. > they are still predominantly text. not a thing that's burdensome in cost and complexity. Joel, your blog to me is like an online magazine with a daily article. So many blogs focus on the mundane inanities of the blogger's daily life. I thank you for the information you convey in the most professional way. It has been vital to me as I attempt to become a better self-publisher. Another point – you could be hired to do many of the things you teach others to do, which is very altruistic. I appreciate that! Thanks, Matt. I feel I can help many more people through education and training than I can by producing their books because, after all, there is only so much time! Joel, First, I don't comment very often but I want you to know that I've followed you daily for almost two years and it's because of your encouragement (and a little more writing time) that I now have a WordPress site up and am blogging (I promised any readers I have) once a week on Tuesdays. I figure I'll see if I can post more soon. About your post today, my past path is almost identical to yours. I followed Poynter's book just as you did, bought my set of 10 ISBNs from Bowkers and then, unlike you, did nothing to market. I had a too-healthy practice as an individual/marriage therapist to write anything more. About a year ago my granddaughter, whom I've raised since birth, turned 16, I cut back my practice and now I think I'm on a roll. The roll is so new, though, I want to test it before I say any more. I particularly liked your post today because it gives a little history and brings us up to date with today: blogging and putting out more information, no matter what form it takes. I really like your inference that publishing will continue to evolve: change in publishing (as in life) is inevitable. So, the best thing and the most exciting thing is to roll with it. Yippee!! Thank you, Joan. You obviously have a lot to offer and your readers will be grateful you now have more time to devote to publishing. If you run into any rough spots, leave a question on the blog and I'll try to help. I deeply appreciate your readership here as we explore all these changes together. As a huge advocate of the independent publishing route … I love the idea of the blog as a daily (or weekly .. or monthly) magazine article… actually, they've morphed quite a bit over the year–reminds of my 10 years as a columnist for the Business Journals. Let's encourage … actually, I demand it, that out self-publishers embrace the art of editing…get help and eyes here. My concern is that with the massive e-volution, the pollution factor is too huge to ignore. I just came from a 4 day conference. The mini-book, less than that 100 pages–mostly double spaced, loosely layed out looked fairly pathetic. The vanity press of today. Participants were encourage to combined all their blogs, their articles and create "the book." They were being touted as "business cards"–my response to several of the "proud" owners of 2000 each was: if this is your business card, don't you want it to look and read its best? Blogs, and articles, are a fabulous starting point. All books have beginnings–and middles–and ends … just as a great blog does. Interesting article. I appreciate the historical references and your struggles to remain independent when it was not a popular choice. It's always inspiring to see the journey of an entrepreneur. Regarding blogging, I think depending on the style and genre, I consider many blogs to take on another publishing tradition: the newspaper and magazine. Many blogs remind me of the standard Opinion Section, with the comments making up the Letters to the Editor. Blogs can also be the new advice columns. Remember Dear Abby? Andrea, I think you are right, and over the two years I've been blogging I frequently think of the blog as a kind of one-article-per-day magazine, and it also bears a strong resemblance to the op-ed page of a newspaper. It was interesting to hear about your experiences in the 80s, and your point that "like many other self-publishers, I made lots of ­efforts to appear to be an actual small independent publisher". I assumed that this only began to happen more recently, and mainly with the web. But it makes sense that it's a long-standing practice. It also confirms a widely shared sense that indie and self-publishers can often promote more effectively if they create more of an impression of being a publisher. Nicely said. What's been funny to me, lately, is that, as I've been sending review copies of The Prodigal Hour out, I've noticed a lot of book bloggers who outright and without exception simply state they refuse self-published books. Both sad and ironic at the same time. On the other hand, we've had a lot of success getting online reviews for A Self-Publisher's Companion which is blatantly self-published. Have you used Christy Pinheiro's great list of reviewers who welcome indie books? This is very informative Joel. I published through a POD company in 2005. It's a company that only published childrens books. They have since expanded, but my 2nd attempt with them was a bust. The entire industry is changing daily, it's hard to keep up. Now with book stores closing left and right I think we may be seeing the end of traditional publishing. I really have mixed feelings about that. Thanks for all your fine articles. I am learning a lot to fine-tune my books for greater excellence. I agree that blogging and self-publishing are closely tied together. My blog posts often eventually grow into full-blown books, blogging has expanded my customer base, and best of all, interaction with my blog readers helps me to find out what they need and want to hear about within the niche I serve. I can then produce books that fill their needs and enrich their lives. A beautiful post, Joel! Thanks for including the historical reference to self-publishing. I find so many who think it's a new idea. I agree that blogging is much like self-publishing. We are creating content that in many cases, the readers devour like the pages of a book. It serves the reader differently, as you said, but serves, nonetheless. Since it's free content and up-to-the-minute information, in some ways it serves the reader better. You are serving your readers well with your optimistic take on this topic. Thanks! Thanks, Joel. Great article! I'm glad to be a part of your audience (and have learned somethings by hanging around)! Thanks for this excellent post. You give a much needed historical context to what is happening in publishing today and show a genuine enthusiasm for where it is all headed. It is a pretty exciting time to be a writer, and a reader! Michael Lipsey: blogs don't have to be ephemeral. I once wrote five blogs, five days a week. When it stopped being fun, I cut back. Some blogs are on possibly permanent hiatus, and some are added-to just a few times a year. One blog is written five to seven times each week. Even my "dead" blogs still attract readers and comments. The old blog posts will survive as long as Blogger lasts. Even if Blogger (owned by Google) doesn't last forever, archives such as the Internet Archive "wayback machine" captured words I put on the web starting in 1978. Also, while magazines and newspapers don't go back as far as the Dead Sea Scrolls, I still have cherished magazines I bought more than 50 years ago, and two newspapers from the 19th century. I don't see book publishing and blogging as comparable because while books are objects (even e-books) and commodities, blogging is by its very nature an ephemeral art. At the beginning of blogging there was the notion that it could be a paid service by subscription, but except for a few financial newsletters, that was soon abandoned. There are many blogs that function as commodities by selling ads, but so do magazines and newspapers, which are also ephemeral. We have books that go back to the invention of printing, and manuscripts, scrolls, tablets, etc. that go back to the invention of writing. The idea of a book is to make something enduring – at least that is my hope. But I blog on tumblr to test epigrams, show drawings or sketches, or just to have fun, ephemeral fun. Yes, I love the idea of "ephemeral fun" but I'm not so sure a lot of genre fiction or comedy titles don't fall into the same category. But your point is well taken, and (as I say farther down the comment stream) I most often think of the blog as a kind of one-article-per-day magazine. But I think the blogging world is also evolving. Where in past years ephemera dominated the blogs, there seem to be a lot more people publishing substantive articles and these can undoubtedly be used to create a book as a more durable form for the content. That's what I did with my last book, anyway.

After watching Wednesday's game with the Mets slip through the Dodgers' fingers, you probably wouldn't guess that our local heroes were one of the luckiest teams in baseball this year. They were sixth in the National League in scoring, but two highly accurate formulas that predict a team's run production based on its total bases, walks, stolen bases and outs had them pegged for ninth and 10th, respectively, with about 41 fewer runs than the 628 they actually scored. There are a lot of reasons why a team outperforms its projected runs total -- clutch hitting, good lineup, savvy managing -- but the most prominent factor is luck. And looking at a list of the Dodger hitters in order of productivity, it's a wonder they ever score. Mike Marshall's team-leading 82 RBIs notwithstanding, this is a one-man offense -- the most lopsided one-man offense in the league. Don't believe me? Take a look at the top hitters in the Dodger Dogs chart. Kirk Gibson is first, of course. His offense, as measured by Bill James' Runs Created formula, produced about 108 runs for the Dodgers. That translates into more than seven net wins for the team. Then there's a huge dropoff to Marshall in second place and ... no ... could it be? ... It is. Rick Dempsey is in fourth place. Well, you say, doesn't that prove the futility of this season-long statistical odyssey -- claiming a .251 hitter with a puny 167 AtBats is more productive than regular second baseman Steve Sax and his .277 batting average? Go ahead and scoff. Sax's 175 hits, 19 doubles, 3 homers and 45 walks and other sundry offensive contributions obviously meant more to the Dodgers than Dempsey's 42 hits, 13 double, 7 homers and 24 walks. Employing a couple more James formulas, we can estimate that Sax's offense was worth about nine wins to the Dodgers, compared to Dempsey's three. But Sax made 457 outs with the bat and another 12 on the base paths, and that's worth about nine losses, canceling out the plus side of his ledger. Dempsey's outs were worth only about one and a half losses. Sax has a fairly low OnBase Average of .325 and zippo power. If you had nine Steve Sax's in a lineup, your team would score 4.1 runs per game. That's better than the league average of 3.89, but then again, that's an average National League lineup where the pitcher bats. Oh, it probably wasn't all that bad a year for Sax, especially compared to your average weak-hitting second baseman. But the fact remains his was a negligible overall contribution to the Dodger offense. Dempsey's was almost as negligible, but we knew about him. Like Sax, Marshall has a growing aversion to the base on balls and he's paying the price for it. Three years ago he walked once every 13.2 plate appearances. Last year that figure plummeted to one in 23.3 appearances. This year it was 23.6. Very few "good" hitters are allowed the luxury of such free swinging; you have to hit .356 like Kirby Puckett or 49 homers like Andre Dawson in '87. Marshall does neither. The result was a Runs Created Per Game average of 4.92, a little below last year's 5.19 and his career average of 5.11. He's consistent, for sure; consistently 20 percent less effective than a cleanup hitter should be. John Shelby is the only other regular who was an offensive asset on the team, due largely to a doubling of his walk total over the last two years, but it's hardly enough to cancel out what may be the biggest offensive liability in the National League: Alfredo Griffin. Yes, Griffin was hurt this year. Thank God. In 340 plate appearances he was personally responsible for a theoretical two wins and eight losses. That's more than a full season's work for most mortals. All of this is suppose to be offset by his slick fielding. It isn't. John Thorn and Pete Palmer use a formula called Linear Weights to assess a player's defensive contribution to a win. Wile their methods are complicated, a tad suspect and different from Bill James' it's doubtful they're too far off the mark when they estimate that in Ozzie Smith's best defensive year, 1980, his glove alone was worth 4.5 net wins. And Smith's worst year is better than Griffin's best. But why are we talking about hitting and fielding, anyway? Everyone knows why the Dodgers won the National League West. Hershiser and Co. allowed the second-fewest runs in the majors (behind the Mets) and no matter what anyone tells you, that's exactly half the game. In fact, by using a formula baseball stat freaks like to attribute to Pythagoras you can predict with uncanny accuracy a team's won-loss record using equal parts of Runs and Opponents Runs. In the case of the Dodgers, the formula predicts a 92-69 won-loss record (they finished 94-67). The formula was off by more than two games for only two team in the National League, the Expos (who came up five wins short) and the Giants (three wins short). But if the Dodgers had scored the number of runs predicted by the Runs Created formula (587 instead of 628) their won-loss record might very well have been 86-75 -- good for second place, one game behind the Reds.

Manhattan luxury market logs best Thanksgiving week ever 37 contracts were signed for homes asking $4M or more Nov.November 29, 2021 06:15 PM By Erin Hudson The 17 Jane Street duplex condo (Compass) The holiday week gave New York's high-end real estate agents plenty of reasons to be thankful. Thirty-seven, to be exact. That is how many contracts for homes asking at least $4 million were signed last week, the most during Thanksgiving week since Olshan Realty began tracking luxury Manhattan contracts in 2006. The average number of contracts signed during Thanksgiving over the past decade has been 12. The asking prices for the 37 deals totaled just over $315 million. The week before, the number was $613.7 million, a record high. "Talk about a Thanksgiving gorge," said Donna Olshan, the report's author. "That's it." Manhattan luxury market breaks single-week record for contract signings Minskoff sells first condo in West Village project for $22M Brownstones rule Brooklyn's luxury market Thanksgiving week The median asking price for the 37 homes was $5.95 million. The average discount from the original ask to the final one was 2 percent, down from 4 percent the prior week. Nearly all of the deals were for condos; only three were for co-op units and one was for a townhouse. The second priciest condo at 960 Fifth Avenue (Brown Harris Stevens) The most expensive was a duplex condo at Edward J. Minskoff Equities' project at 17 Jane Street in the West Village. The 6,378-square-foot unit was last asking $31.9 million. The apartment also includes a cellar level and a 1,773-square-foot garden. It was the last to sell of the boutique building's seven units. The buyer, who is American but otherwise unknown to Olshan, had previously purchased a unit one floor above. The second highest asking price among the 37 contracts was $28 million for a pre-war co-op with 11 rooms and four bedrooms on the fourth floor of the white-glove building at 960 Fifth Avenue. The unit's 39-foot living room and a 28-foot dining room overlook Central Park. The unit comes with four fireplaces and a library, but the apartment needs an extensive renovation, according to Olshan's report. Contact Erin Hudson donna olshanLuxury Real EstateManhattan Condo MarketResidential Real Estate Startup that wants to build car-free cities raises $30M Series A Depreciation Man: Adam Neumann's real estate binge to ease tax bill Eviction problems hit NJ, NY after moratoriums lift Existing home sales hit 15-year high in 2021 EisnerAmper co-founder sells Carnegie Hill co-op for $35M Better.com CEO returns to role after Zoom layoffs controversy

Fans Shocked By James McAvoy's Body Transformation For New Role by : George Pavlou on : 06 Dec 2017 08:17 When you think of James McAvoy, you think immediately of Professor Charles Xavier from X-Men. You think of him as Dr Nicholas Garrigan from The Last King of Scotland. And if you can stretch your mind that far back, you might even think of him as Steve McBride from Shameless. And the thing each and every one of these roles has in common? He doesn't need to be hench. In fact, his natural body shape is pretty slim. But as anyone who's ever dedicated some time and effort to the gym will tell you, it is possible to swell up, fill out and develop some bulging muscles. That's exactly what McAvoy appears to have done for his latest role in M. Night Shyamalan's new film Glass, due for release in 2019. McAvoy, starring alongside Hollywood legends like Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson, has needed to buff up as he plays Kevin Wendell Crumb/The Horde, a young man suffering from dissociative identity disorder. His character possesses 23 personalities and his body chemistry changes with each personality resulting in a final personality, his 24th, called 'The Beast'. And boy did he become a beast. Recent pictures have emerged of the Scottish superstar out in Philadelphia and naturally, the Internet has been unable to cope with his newfound buffness. The polar opposite of Jonah Hill's incredible drop in weight for certain roles, it appears McAvoy has decided to go the other way and pile on pounds of muscle at the gym. Before we actually show you McAvoy now, let's just remind ourselves what he looked like before… Slim. Not skinny but by no means hench. No doubt about that. Now, let's take a look at the images that have got the Internet swooning… Naturally, this tweeter wasn't the only person to notice just how muscular McAvoy has gotten… Of course, whenever a Hollywood celeb buffs up or slims down for a movie role, it seems to come as a surprise to the wider public who may not follow the day-ins and day-outs of certain personalities. However, there are those who've fancied McAvoy for a long time and see his 'new attractiveness' as a fad because well, they've loved him for a long time. As has been mentioned, McAvoy isn't the only Hollywood A-lister to have changed their body dramatically for a new role. Just look at Christian Bale following his preparation to play Dick Cheney… christianbale_/Instagram And seeing as it gets mentioned every few months, what about Jonah Hill… Incredible when you think about it. How much these actors and actresses have to put themselves through for our entertainment. Mind you, if I was being paid what they're paid, I'd happily do it too. George Pavlou Taking the idea of 'being woke' to a whole new level over a decade-long career in sport, court and online news, George has worked for titles and agencies including ESPN FC, Eurosport, LADbible and Court News UK. He may not have a degree but does have an unhealthy obsession with Lord of the Rings. Topics: Film and TV, Fitness Richard Branson Successfully Launches Virgin Rocket From 747 Passenger Plane Norway Is Opening A Whale-Watching Museum In The Shape Of A Whale Fin

Newt Gingrich Embodies Everything That is Wrong With American Politics One of the more underappreciated aspects of the race for the Republican presidential nomination is the ironic plausibility of Newt Gingrich's candidacy. Less than 15 years ago, Gingrich quit the Speakership and Congress after being reprimanded by his own Republican majority in the House for ethics violations, and after he initiated adultery-related articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, even as Gingrich was having his own extramarital affair — the second of two (that we know of). As speaker, Gingrich made it easier for representatives to obtain earmarks, resulting in a near doubling of pork barrel spending during his speakership. Gingrich himself once famously earmarked $465 million for a Lockheed-Martin plant in his home state of Georgia to build seven C-130 cargo planes — six more than the Department of Defense had requested. However, like so many other former lawmakers, Gingrich's departure from congress didn't mean he was finished in Washington. Again a private citizen, he founded the Center for Health Transformation, which he used to lobby for the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 —a half-trillion dollar taxpayer-funded gift to the pharmaceutical industry. He took up fellowships at the Hoover Institute and the neocon propaganda factory, American Enterprise Institute. He also put aside his reservations about government-sponsored enterprises long enough to collect $1.6 million in consulting/lobbying fees from the secondary mortgage GSE Freddie Mac. And of course, no high-profile post-beltway career is complete without lucrative $60,000 speaking engagements. All of this is fair enough. Plenty of former lawmakers and government employees have unfortunately walked back and forth through the revolving door situated between the public and private sectors, happily blurring the line between public service and self-interest. So it would be unfair to single out Gingrich for doing exactly what so many others have done. The same goes for his private life, which normally wouldn't be anyone's business. But during this campaign, Gingrich has inexplicably managed to portray himself as a limited government, anti-establishment, faith and family values candidate who represents the last best hope for America in these times of moral relativism and government largesse. From a presentational standpoint, Gingrich's stump speeches and debate responses sound like buzzword-laden lectures from a man who resents the fact that he's speaking to you for free. Yet he is viewed as an authority and a man of ideas, such as firing unionized school janitors and instead hiring students to clean up trash so that youngsters can learn the "dignity" of work. Presumably, then, the children will be ready to travel to Gingrich's permanent moon colony, where they will attempt to clean up messes in a more challenging environment — one not bound by strong, earthly gravity. The premise of Gingrich's campaign would be laughable except for the fact that many conservatives are taking it seriously. Philandering, self-indulgent, and a three-decade creature of Washington until he was forced out in disgrace, Gingrich's return to conservative prominence is a tale for the ages ... and social psychologists. He won't win the nomination, but his revival gives hope to the serial hypocrites in American politics. Not that they need it in the first place.

While brand seems to be a common term thrown around by marketing professionals, there is not always a deep understanding of what it means from upper management. Brand is not just a logo and a tagline. Brand is a promise that you make to your customers about the experience, service or the product you offer. If you do not have a way to distinguish your product, your logo and tagline will not resonate with your customers. Your brand will not have staying power. If you don't know what your customers think of your product, you better find out. It is central to defining or re-defining your brand. When developing creative for advertising, promotions or other marketing material, you don't have to give every detail. Grab your prospects attention and get them to act. White space can help lead your prospect to the call to action, making it stand out. Too much copy is overwhelming to the eye and often prevents the prospect from seeing the call to action. Besides too much copy is just ick! It will not likely be memorable in your prospects mind either. Who can resist a marketing lesson from Dr. Suess? Not me! Check out this article from LinkedIn. Many organizations tend skip to the marriage stage when trying to sell their product or service. Don't forget introductions and dating are critical to establishing trust with your customers. Green Eggs and Ham speaks to the importance of persistence. Read this article and share your thoughts.

Children living in overcrowded housing are twice as likely to say their health is "not good" compared to those living in under-occupied houses, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS survey is based on information from the 2011 census and says that there were 1.1 million overcrowded households in the UK. The study shows young people under 16 living in overcrowded housing are twice as likely to say their health is "not good" compared to those young people who are in under-occupied housing. The impact on a child's health is just one of the reasons why Home-Start has put ensuring that children have access to safe places to live and play as priority one in our first manifesto, All Our Children. According to local Home-Starts in England 81% of those who responded reported that not all of the vulnerable families they support have safe places to live and play. ensuring children are well nourished and protected from hunger and poor nutrition.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Thoroughbred racing at its best. Thoroughbred racing at its worst. In a jarring matter of moments, the Kentucky Derby gave us both. It gave us an overpowering tour de force from Big Brown, stomping the competition despite inexperience and unfavorable post position. And it gave us a fatal injury after the race, when filly Eight Belles followed a sensational effort of her own to finish second by fracturing both ankles, falling to the track and being euthanized on the spot. Brilliance and brittleness. Triumph and tragedy. A superstar performance and a ghastly postscript. It was an evening of violent mood swings at Churchill Downs. It's reminiscint of Babaro after he got injured (Preakness instead of KD) but instead of months of rehab with a sad ending, this ending happened on the same day. The Louisville stations covered it in more detail after the network coverage ended. They interviewed the trainer of Eight Belles and the track doctor. Eight Belles was doing fine just after the race. Then for some unknown reason both of her front ankles snapped. No one seems to have an explanation as to why or how it happened. Just one of those freak things. The doctor said that in order to be able to heal a broken ankle, the horse has to be able to stand on the other three. It also had to be able to stand in order to get it into the horse ambulance so they could go to the equine hospital. With two broken ankles, there was just no way she could stand up & heal. Plus, one of those breaks had broken the skin and that cut had been exposed to the dirt & such on the track. The likelihood for infection in that wound was very high. He said that it is nearly impossible to fight off that kind of infection without two broken ankles. To top all of that off the horse was in EXTREME pain. Euthanasia was the only humane option. It's sad when things like this happen. PETA is upset now; they will probably try to ban horse racing. But would they care if the jockey died? Somehow, I doubt it. Well I think there may have been something wrong that we were not told about. There is no harm in thier looking into the case. I'm not for banning horse racing, but if there was any hanky panky going on, I think it should be brought out into the open. Terrible, terrible thing to have happened - no one wishes that. Thanks goodness they acted swiftly.