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The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the announcement that the controversial practice of releasing suspects under investigation (RUI) is to be reviewed.
The Society has been campaigning for a rethink on the policy and undertook a high-profile investigation which revealed that tens of thousands of suspects are being released under investigation – an open-ended arrangement which lacks the conditions, balances and checks afforded by bail.
Law Society president Simon Davis commented:
“Our evidence showed how RUI is being used for a wide range of crimes including indictable offences such as rape and murder,” .
“There are concerns that alleged victims and witnesses to crimes are at risk as suspects are not made subject to bail conditions.
“Under RUI, innocent suspects can be left in limbo for months or even years and victims can face an open-ended wait for justice.
“The Law Society has been calling for time limits on the period of time people are left facing criminal investigation so they are dealt with on a reasonable timeframe with consideration for the safety of the public.
The Law Society published a policy briefing “Release under investigation” in September 2019. In the briefing, it highlighted that RUI was being used by many police forces as an alternative to bail with “tens of thousands of individuals being investigated for a crime but under no conditions and with no time limits” and had uncovered examples where the police were not putting people on bail even in cases where the defendant could be a risk to the public.
The review concluded with the following recommendations:
- Ensure release under investigation is used appropriately: The police need to ensure decisions around whether to place someone under bail or RUI are necessary and proportionate – as they are required to do under the PACE Codes of Practice. This means that those who are of a potential risk to the complainant or to the public in general should not be placed under RUI.
- Time limits on release under investigation: Strict time limits must be introduced to RUI, with senior approval required to extend those time limits, mirroring the bail requirements. However, we acknowledge that the police, like the defence and prosecution, are under resource pressure, so we understand the need for a mechanism which is less restrictive than bail in terms of time limits and extension approvals. We would therefore suggest an approximate first period of around 56 days authorised by a sergeant, with approval needed from a Chief Inspector or Superintendent for an extension to 6 months. For an extension of up 12 months, approval from a magistrate would be needed.
- Better ways to update the accused: A single “postal requisition” letter to the accused’s address original is not acceptable, especially given the long times people are released under investigation and the likelihood of people moving in this time. Police forces should use additional methods to contact the accused, such as email and/or a text message in case the individual has moved or is away from home.
- Better data collection: There should be a a central register of the numbers of people released under investigation, broken down by police authority area, by the crime the individual has been accused of, and the date of when the individual is placed under RUI. This will help the Government monitor numbers and determine whether it is being used appropriately.
- Fairer remuneration for defence solicitors: The Law Society has long been calling for an increase in legal aid rates paid to criminal defence practitioners. The increased volume of work caused by the increasingly widespread use of RUI is yet another reason to increase the rates paid in order to fairly remunerate the profession.


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On the episode The Legion of Doom (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), The Legends are determined to find and rescue Rip (Arthur Darvill), but first must focus on locating the Spear of Destiny. Stein (Victor Garber) thinks he has the perfect person to help but knows involving her will be risky. Meanwhile, Malcom Merlyn (guest star John Barrowman) and Damien Darhk (guest star Neal McDonough) realize that Thawne (guest star Matt Letscher) is pitting them against each other. Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Dominic Purcell, Nick Zano, Franz Drameh and Maisie Richardson-Sellers also star. Eric Laneuville directed the episode written by Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim (#210). Original airdate 1/31/2017.When heroes alone are not enough the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known? DCS LEGENDS OF TOMORROW stars Victor Garber (The Flash, Alias); Brandon Routh (Arrow, Superman Returns); Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who); Caity Lotz (Arrow); Ciarra Renee (Pippin); Franz Drameh (Edge of Tomorrow); with Dominic Purcell (The Flash, Prison Break); and Wentworth Miller (The Flash, Prison Break). Based on the characters from DC Comics, DCS LEGENDS OF TOMORROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, upcoming Pan), Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, Eli Stone, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters), Andrew Kreisberg (Arrow, The Flash, Eli Stone, Warehouse 13) and Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash, upcoming Pan).
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Question about Motorcycles
When i start bike through kick rod slipping occur in the engine result bike not started what is the solution. bike was 13 years old
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Posted on Jan 02, 2017
SOURCE: 2005 Honda crf450x cold starting
doulbe check the grounds, & you might need to add and extra ground wire to the bike, closer to the starter. This should help. There is a valve that release the compression when you kick it off.You might see if you can pull this release the compression valve while pushing the start button????
Posted on Feb 11, 2009
This was the same problem what I had with my New Unicorn. I approached the Service Center through Honda customer care, and now got a solution which is not bad. I could meet with a senior service manager and technician there and they really supported me solving this problem. I will brief out the findings and solution here:
Findings:-Engine heating up than normal, Exhaust valve misbehaves at this extreme condition. Air block is happening at the time of exhaust stroke inside the engine.
Solution:-Engine was overheating than normal because of bad/changed valve clearance and improper oil pumping inside the engine. They corrected valve clearance for now and replaced entire oil pump unit inside engine. Replaced rubber mounts on top of both valves. Replaced the clutch lift plate because of bent formed after trying so many kick starts while piston movement was interrupted due to air block.
Posted on Mar 07, 2009
Definatly a good tune up would help, but it also sounds as if you may have a bad stator. I would check the voltage at the battery and see if it goes up and down when accelorating.
Posted on Mar 11, 2009
SOURCE: bike starting problem
ALWAYS have a fire extinguisher on hand when working on carburetors.
Remove the water trap bowl at the bottom of the petcock, (gas valve). Is there any water or trash in the bowl? Drain a cup of gas from the tank. Is there any water or trash in the cup? Dump it, clean it and re-mount it, ( not all bikes have a water trap bowl ).
Drain the carburetor. There should be a screw on the lower side or bottom of the carb float bowl. Remove the screw then replace it after the fuel drains. Turn the gas back on and wait a minute for the carb to fill with gas. Install a new stock NGK spark plug and try to start the engine. If the bike doesn't start and run properly then shut off the gas and remove the carburetor from the engine.
Remove the float bowl and clean the entire carb with a spray carb cleaner from the auto parts store. Wear protective goggles to avoid getting spray in your eyes. Spray into all the little airways and fittings in the carb. Remove the idle screw and the air screw on the outside throat of the carb and spray into the screw holes as well.
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Be sure to put these two screws back in the same hole they came out of. IMPORTANT > do not tighten these two adjusters down. Only screw these in until they LIGHTLY seat. Now turn each adjuster one and one half turns outward. Put the rest of the carb back together, clean the air filter and install the carb. Let the float bowl fill then start the engine.
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Posted on Jun 29, 2009
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We wanted to strip down the layers of “improvements” that had been added on throughout the years and highlight some of the existing charming architectural features
739 was previously a dark, dated apartment that had seen better days. A new owner purchased the space to convert the old apartment into office suites.
Since the old space had great architectural features (original fireplaces, high ceilings, and beautiful millwork) we wanted to strip down the layers of “improvements” that had been added on throughout the years and bring the space back to its former glory. A former glory with fresh twists.
Project Team: Access Ventures, Client; Ramage Company, Construction; Knot & Company, Interior Design; Tim Harris Visuals, Photography

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About Salesians of Don Bosco UK
The Salesians of Don Bosco are a religious congregation of Brothers and Priests . We were founded in 1859 by Saint John Bosco. Don Bosco’s mission was clear and simple: to be a friend to young people who were poor, abandoned or at risk, and in so doing to be a friend to Christ. Wherever the Salesians work, our mission is the same, but its expression changes to suit the particular context. So you will find Salesians in schools of all kinds, youth clubs, in homes for homeless or abandoned children; working with street children; missionaries; chaplains in schools, colleges and universities and in parish work. There are currently almost 16,000 members (priests and brothers) in the congregation, working in 131 countries around the world. Currently in the British Province there are 69 Salesians of Don Bosco based in 8 Communities.

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This article originally appeared in Money Management
The ACS Equity – Infrastructure and ACS Property – Global sectors might be two sectors investors choose to avoid, considering their long-term track record of underperforming funds with above-average volatility.
Money Management analysed the performances of each sector over a five-year period to determine which sector had the highest percentage of undesirable funds.
The two-Crown average Australian infrastructure equities sector holds the highest percentage of funds underperforming at an above-average volatility, with a whopping 66.7 per cent missing the metrics.
Director at Real Asset Management, Michael Frearson, said while the long-term earnings characteristics from infrastructure assets could be attractive for investors, domestically, we struggled with valuation and ease of access to unlisted infrastructure deals, causing an underperforming sector.
“Given the global chase for yield and low levels of domestic interest rates, we have seen asset prices move to fully valued, where it is not clear investors are adequately compensated for liquidity and operating risks,” he said.
Frearson said an area that could be further developed was the potential for the Government to issue infrastructure bonds for key projects, which would enable greater retail investor participation in this asset class.
“The long-term nature and inflation protection within the bonds can be attractive to long-term investors, particularly when coupled with government credit risks on capital while retaining some level of operating risks.”
He noted this was already happening in the UK, as the Government was actively developing an infrastructure bond market for pension funds and direct investors.
Only one of 27 funds managed to outperform the index and maintain low volatility, the Mercer Global Unlisted Infrastructure Fund.
The fund, which is rated five Crowns and has an FE risk score of 49 (where below 100 is ideal), returned 13.81 per cent annually over three years as opposed to the benchmark of 6.68 per cent, while volatility remained 1.11 per cent lower than the index.
The fund invests in infrastructure equity investments using a multi-manager approach and has exposure to overseas investments that are fully hedged to Australian dollars.
The two-Crown average global property sector held the second highest percentage of funds underperforming in a more volatile environment, with 55.6 per cent of funds failing to hit targets.
Two of 39 funds in the sector managed to outperform the sector in low volatility: the APN Asian REIT Fund and the AMP Capital Core Property Fund.
The APN Asian REIT Fund produced cumulative returns over five years of 58.13 per cent at a volatility of 8.94 per cent, while the AMP Capital Core Property Fund returned 49.4 per cent at a volatility of 5.62 per cent.


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99 Neighbors released the new single “Waldosia” via 99 Records, its own independent label venture through Outback Presents distributed via Virgin. Entirely produced by the collective and showcasing Maari on vocals, “Waldosia” is 99 Neighbors’ first release of 2023 and available everywhere now:
Streaming link: https://ffm.to/waldosia
The lo-fi dance track puts the collective’s creative versatility on full display, shying away from its signature sound-lyricism over heady jazz/electronica-infused production-heard on Television and 2021’s follow-up, Wherever You’re Going I Hope It’s Great.
In addition, the group has announced their official act status at the 2023 SXSW Music Festival, where they will be performing across various official showcases. With over 100M streams and a reputation for pushing boundaries in rap through inclusivity, self-love, and creative exploration, 99 Neighbors continues to challenge norms and press the boundaries of creative expression.
The group, formed in 2018 in their native Burlington, Vermont, consists of lead singer/songwriter Aidan “Nadia” Nygaard Osby, producers Caleb “Somba” Hoh and Julian “Juju” Segar-Reid, rappers Sam “Maari” Paulino and Hank “HANKNATIVE” Collins, and producer Jared Fier. Their debut album Television was met with positive acclaim in 2019, and their 2021 follow-up Wherever You’re Going I Hope It’s Great was praised for its emotional depth and jazz/hip-hop/electronica-infused soundscape.
Returning from tour, the group released “Static” in August 2022, their first collaboration with former seeyousoon member and now trusted collaborator WAHID. Now, in 2023, the collective has launched their own independent label, 99 Records, to release various side projects, including the upcoming collaborative project Black Knot between Maari, Juju, and WAHID.
This move towards launching their own independent label highlights 99 Neighbors’ commitment to creative autonomy and allowing them to have greater control over their releases. With Black Knot on the horizon, fans can expect more exciting collaborations from the group in the future.
In the meantime, “Waldosia” serves as a promising start to the year for the group. The track’s catchy and energetic sound is a departure from their previous releases, showcasing their versatility and willingness to experiment with different styles. Maari’s vocals provide a smooth and effortless delivery over the pulsing beats, creating a track that’s perfect for dance floors and late-night drives alike.
As the group prepares for their SXSW showcases, fans can look forward to seeing 99 Neighbors’ electrifying performances and experiencing their innovative approach to rap firsthand. With their independent label venture and continued commitment to pushing creative boundaries, 99 Neighbors is a group to watch in the coming months.
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Mission seeking out soles
September 24, 2009
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Carolyn Rubio with the Lighthouse Mission organizes the shoes already donated during the mission’s third annual shoe drive.
Each year before the school year starts, the demand for new shoes depletes the Lighthouse Mission’s stores.
To restore their ability to help those in need of shoes, the mission is running its third annual shoe drive.
Jeri Gomez, who runs the mission with her husband Richard Gomez, said they donate about 1,000 pairs of shoes a month to those in need.
“They are one of those things we can’t keep. They fly off the shelves,” Gomez said.
Gomez said the drive will run through October. The mission is looking for every type of shoe in decent condition. Gomez said Clovis families are struggling to buy even the basics.
“People can’t afford shoes. Shoes are expensive. With our economy, they can’t afford clothes or a decent pair of shoes,” Gomez said.
Gomez said children come into the mission with toes hanging out of their shoes or wearing shoes that are sizes too small.
“Wearing shoes that don’t fit can be very uncomfortable. It’s not good for children,” she said.
One family stuck in staffer Carolyn Rubio’s mind.
Before the school year started, a church called the mission and told Rubio that both parents in a family had been laid off and they couldn’t afford new school clothes and shoes for their son.
“We brought them over and we found some shoes for the boy that were about a size and a half too big. Then we found a pair that fit perfectly that he thought were cool,” Rubio remembered.
The boys parents wanted him to get the shoes that provided room to grow. But the boy wanted the shoes that fit. They were cooler.
“And he sat there on the floor going ‘I want these ones, I want these ones with his big eyes and I didn’t say anything but I wanted them to let him have those. Finally, they did. He was so happy,” Rubio said. “A lot of people are blessed here.”
Rubio runs the clothing section of the mission’s donation store. She said she’s excited to see the shoe shelves be refilled.
Shoes can be brought to the Lighthouse Mission on L. Casillas Boulevard.


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Leaks of the Realme GT Master Edition smartphone came a few weeks back. Soon after the leak, Realme announced a launch timeline of 21st July 202. Recently, another rumour revealed that there will be another higher-end sibling dubbed Realme GT Explorer Master Edition.
The phone’s model number is RMX3366. Though some specifications of this higher-end variant were already leaked before, a fresh screenshot of the phone’s settings page is disclosing more details.
As per the picture, Realme GT Explorer Master Edition runs on out of the box Android 11 with Realme v2.0 UI on top of it. The device will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset and it will have 12 GB of RAM. There is also a virtual RAM feature of up to 3 GB.
The handset will support the DC dimming feature. Interestingly, one more leak of Realme GT Explorer Master Edition appeared apart from the Weibo post which revealed the screenshot. In another instance, a render leak from OnLeaks showcases the phone in all its glory confirming the GT Master series’ monikers.
As far as the look is concerned, the device looks identical to the Realme GT Master Edition but it comes with pill-shaped LED lights. Note that the GT Master edition comes with RMX3361 as the model number. It will be a mid-range phone. The handset will be powered by a Snapdragon 778G processor along with 8 GB of RAM. Other features include a 120 Hz screen, 64 MP triple rear cameras setup, and 4,300 mAh battery.


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Minnesota auditor is on the ballot this November. But what does the state auditor do, exactly? – Duluth News Tribune
ST. PAUL — If you ask Minnesota Auditor Julie Blaha or her Republican challenger, Ryan Wilson, what they spend the most time talking to voters about, they’d probably tell you that it’s explaining exactly what their office does.
The statewide office doesn’t always grab headlines in an election year, and the work of the auditor is often not as political or high-profile as other offices says Blaha, a DFLer who is running for her second term in the office in November.
“You might not get the attention that some of the other offices get but what you do matters so much that it’s worth it,” she said.
So what exactly is the auditor?
It’s a constitutional office tasked with monitoring roughly $60 billion dollars in taxes and spending by more than 4,800 local governments across the state of Minnesota, as well as their use of more than $21 billion in federal funds, known as the statewide single audit. The nonpartisan Office of the Legislative Auditor handles agencies and other state programs.
“Our work is primarily local, local funds, local entities. And that’s really key,” Blaha said. “And one of the really great things about that though, is, you know, what’s great about that local level is it’s the level that is arguably the least partisan. It’s the most practical, it’s one that can’t have endless fights.”
In addition to overseeing local public finances, the auditor also sits on several state-level councils, including the Executive Council, Rural Finance Authority and the Minnesota Housing Authority. As a member of the State Board of Investment Boards, the auditor has sway over how the state invests more than $130 billion in state funds.
Some states don’t have an auditor, and on occasion, legislators have proposed eliminating the office altogether. Though in recent years calls to eliminate the office have slowed.
So, who is running for auditor and why does it matter which party controls the office even though much of the work is seemingly nonpartisan?
Blaha, a former educator and former secretary-treasure of the AFL-CIO of Minnesota, is defending her seat against Ryan Wilson, founder and former CEO of an auditing firm that focuses on clinical trials. Recent polling has the two candidates neck-and-neck in the race, but there are differences that set them apart.
One issue that has arisen in this year’s race is the auditor’s role on the State Board of Investment. Wilson has criticized Blaha for her support of considering the potential effects of climate change on investment returns, something that other Republicans have started turning into a campaign issue in other states.
He says the issue is best left to the state Legislature to decide, as it did with the decision to divest from Russia when the country invaded Ukraine earlier this year.
“My position has been that our investment managers should invest in whatever investments get the best return on investment,” he said, later adding: “The state board investments shouldn’t be handcuffing our investment managers.”
Blaha says she agrees with Wilson — the Legislature should have the final say on making political decisions on investments. But she argues that major financial firms such as JP Morgan Chase also make investment decisions that take climate risk into account.
She added that while she suggested the board hedge against the impacts of climate on investments, she has not suggested the state completely divest itself of fossil fuels.
Wilson criticized Blaha following the Feeding Our Future scandal, where a nonprofit tasked with providing meals to needy children allegedly defrauded the federal government of $250 million in funds for food programs. He claimed the auditor failed to identify red flags, though Blaha has shot back that the Minnesota Department of Education had already raised concerns and was involved in litigation with the nonprofit. She also argued the state auditor weighing in on the topic could have jeopardized the ongoing investigation.
The general election is Nov. 8.

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37 N Main St, Sayville, NY 11782
I'm absolutely appalled. I used to go here and get gf pizza all the time. Went there tonight and the man handling my supposedly gluten free pizza touches it with his bare hands which had flour all over them. Whether or not this was a one time mistake, as a Celiac, they have lost my trust.
41 E Main St, Bay Shore, NY 11706
The food was absolutely delicious and Celiac friendly. I didn't even have to worry about the Gluten free dish actually being gluten free and was very comfortable eating there.
396 Larkfield Rd, East Northport, NY 11731
Amazing. The owners are extraordinarily kind and helpful and they have a large variety of Gluten free foods. It's so nice to shoo without having to worry and read ingredients. I love it and will definitely be going back.
7 Letchworth State Park, Castile, NY 14427
This place is awesome! I went there so worries about getting glutened, but it turned out that they really knew what they were doing. They even had a Gluten Free molten brownie with ice cream and fudge on top for dessert. absolutely delicious! And the service was extremely good and careful.
625 Portion Road, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
The Diet Shop has everything you would need aand the shop keeper is so helpful. If you are unsure whether or not you'll like something, she'll let you try it. Very kind and over the top helpful. When I needed to get my endoscopy the shop keeper gave me a list of doctors to call. Phenomenal.

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A lot of people didn't like many things associated with the Galaxy S4 and it seems like the Galaxy S4 Mini is a perfect answer to the problems a lot of us had with the main flagship. The main problems of course focus on the size and cost of the original device. However, will this Mini device really stand up to its name? The S3 Mini model was quite a failure when compared to its bigger brother, so let us see if this new device will be any better.
|Press photo of the new device. Click to zoom.|
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini looks rather good and it is obviously a lot more compact and portable than the bigger flagship. The display is 4.3 inches and in spite of the bad resolution settings the display quality is quite sharp and impressive. So, without further to do, let us just dive right in to the Galaxy S4 Mini's specs!
General Specs and Design of the S4 Mini
- Smartphone dimensions: 124.6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm (4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in).
- The original model had the following body dimensions: 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in).
- Weight: 107 g (3.77 oz); this 23g lighter than the larger device.
- Display: 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density); Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.
- 16 million colors and multitouch support.
- Internal memory: 8 GB, but 5 GB is actually user-available.
- RAM: 1.5 GB for the standard 3G model and 2GB for the advanced LTE device.
- Extra storage: Both models have microSD card support with up to 64 GB expansion.
- Operating system: Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
- Colors: White Frost and Black Mist (same as the original).
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Advanced Specs and Hardware details
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400
- CPU: Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait
- GPU: Adreno 305
- Primary camera: 8 MP
- Max format: 3264 x 2448 pixels; autofocus and LED flash.
- Secondary camera: 1.9 MP
- Video quality: 1080p at 30 frames per second.
- Data connectivity: USB v2.0, WLAN, Bluetooth, Infrared, NFC, EDGE and GPRS.
- Networking: 2G and 3G is available, however for 4G you need the advanced LTE model (LTE - GT-I9195).
- Battery: Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery, but stand-by time has not yet been tested by any reviewer.
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The details regarding the price and the release date of the Galaxy S4 Mini have not yet been revealed to the general public although we do have some general idea when it comes to the numbers. The Galaxy S4 Mini release date is expected to come somewhere in the first half of July, while the price is expected to be around $400, although most experts and tech savvy users can't really agree with each other when it comes to this.


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The oil majors have come under pressure to increase their responsibilities to address climate change - and three key decisions in May 2021 may have a significant impact on future industry decarbonisation trends
Investor pressure involving climate change issues has been growing in recent years for Big Oil – but the events of 26 May could prove to be a watershed moment for the industry’s largest firms.
In the space of just a few short hours on that momentous day, three decisions crystallised trends that had been building for years for the oil majors, showing the pressure they are under to increase their responsibilities to address climate change and accelerate the energy transition.
In the US, 61% of the votes at Chevron’s annual meeting were cast in favour of a proposal that the California-based company should “substantially reduce” the greenhouse gas emissions created by its products in the medium- to long-term.
Shortly afterwards, shareholders at Texas’s ExxonMobil elected three directors nominated by the hedge fund Engine No.1, despite opposition from the company’s board.
Then in the Netherlands, environmental campaigners won a court battle in The Hague against Anglo-Dutch firm Shell, which was ordered to cut its worldwide carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 in what was a landmark ruling.
Big Oil investors becoming more active on climate change issues
Ed Crooks, Wood Mackenzie’s vice-chair of the Americas, said shareholder resolutions and legal challenges at big oil companies relating to climate change are “nothing new”, but notes that the difference with the latest round of challenges is that they were successful.
“The votes at Chevron and ExxonMobil reflected a significant increase in support for shareholder proposals and directors that were opposed by the companies’ boards,” he added.
“This change is largely being driven by institutional investors, which have become much more active on climate-related issues in recent years. These new stances are not about environmental activism, but reflect their assessments of investment risk.”
Crooks said the successful case against Shell reflects a “new approach to litigation”. The lawsuit was brought forward in April 2019 by a number of environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth Netherlands, Greenpeace Netherlands and more than 17,000 individual co-plaintiffs.
The campaign group made their case on the basis of human rights law and succeeded where shareholder resolution had previously failed in 2018.
Each of the three oil companies already had targets in place for cutting their carbon emissions, but shareholders and campaign groups judged these to be “insufficient”.
Shell had previously set a target to reduce the carbon intensity of its products by 20% by 2030 compared with 2016 levels, but judge Larisa Alwin ruled that the company will now have to cut its global CO2 emissions by 45% by the end of this decade compared to 2019 levels to bring its plans in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The court deemed that Shell’s current targets were insufficiently “concrete” and determined that the firm has a duty of care to reduce its absolute carbon emissions.
The verdict marked the first time a major fossil fuel company has been held accountable for its contribution to climate change and ordered to reduce its carbon emissions throughout its whole supply chain.
As for Chevron, its shareholders voted for the oil giant to commit to substantial reductions in its Scope 3 emissions – those associated with end-users.
“That is a clear signal that the bar is being raised for all publicly traded companies in terms of their decarbonisation strategies,” said Crooks.
Stakeholder pressure mainly focused on Big Oil, with slower path expected for independents
While stakeholder pressure is currently mainly focused on Big Oil, Crooks believes that for the independents, there is more likely to be a “steady ratcheting up of pressure, rather than a step change”.
“However, regulatory changes driven by social and political pressure will affect the whole industry,” he added.
While national oil companies do not generally face the same pressures from shareholders and governments, the Wood Mackenzie analyst points out that they still need to be “commercially competitive”.
“Carbon border adjustment mechanisms that tax imports according to their associated emissions – already under discussion in the EU, Canada and the US – could leave state-owned oil and gas companies locked out of key markets if they fail to address decarbonisation,” he added.
In Wood Mackenzie’s base-case forecast, there will be as much oil needed overall in 2050 as there is being produced in 2021.
“Uncertainty over the pace of decarbonisation creates the possibility of unintended consequences for prices,” said Crooks.
“If stakeholder pressure has the effect of constraining investment and restricting exploration and demand remains high, the result could be tight markets and rising prices over the medium-term.”
Big Oil to switch to Big Energy amid “fundamental structural changes” to business models
Most oil and gas companies are currently focused on their Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which are created by their own operations and their purchases of energy.
Crooks believes significant reductions in Scope 3 emissions are likely to require “fundamental structural changes” to business models, with companies moving from Big Oil to Big Energy.
“The alternative, cutting emissions while remaining focused on hydrocarbons, relies heavily on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), for both producers and their customers,” he added.
“However, there are significant barriers – the costs for CCUS are still high relative to prevailing carbon prices in most parts of the world, and reaching the necessary scale could take a long time.”


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Wis. wolf hunt begins; groups file intent to sue
Hunt will run through February
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s first organized wolf hunt has started with no kills reported.
Meanwhile, the Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals have filed notice that they plan to sue to get the animal back on the endangered species list in the Great Lakes region.
Wolves were placed on the endangered list in 1974. Those in the Great Lakes were removed earlier this year.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said no hunters reported killing a wolf by early Monday afternoon. However, hunters have 24 hours to report a kill to the agency.
The DNR has set the kill limit for the general public at 116 wolves and made 1,160 permits available through a lottery.
Minnesota’s wolf hunt opens Nov. 3.


Looking to buy best Best Motorola phone available in the market, the following devices are the ones that you should be looking at. This is the comprehensive list of the best Moto smartphones 2019. We came to a conclusion on this list by thoroughly testing each Motorola phone on this list, in every aspect possible.
Motorola 2016 flagship is still the best Motorola phone in India you can buy today. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC and featuring 4GB of RAM along with 64GB of storage, will do justice to all kinds of apps. The device has a slim profile and brilliant 5.5-inch display with 2K resolution. The Moto Z also supports Moto mods, which add features like extra battery, JBL speakers and even a projector to the phone.
The Moto Z2 Play is another smartphone you can consider if you are not looking to buy something from 2016. The Z2 play combines a decent performance along with a good camera and battery life. The device offers the same modularity features of the Moto Z and is compatible with all Moto mods. The phone also has a good 5.5-inch 1080p display, which at 930 lux is the brightest display we have seen on a smartphone.
If you are buying a smartphone under 20000 and want a Moto phone, the best Motorola phone to buy is the Moto G5 Plus. This 5.5-inch budget smartphone offers one of the best camera you can have in its segment. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC, with which you get 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, which keeps the phone lag free most of the times.
Going further down, you have the Moto G5 which is another good phone from Motorola, available below the 15K price point. It is obviously not as fast as the Moto G5 Plus, but it handle most tasks just fine. The phone has the same design and build as the G5 Plus, and offers a decent camera and battery life as well.
When you are considering smartphones under 10000, the best Motorola phone is the Moto E4 Plus. It features a large 5000mAh battery and Moto claims it can go for days without charging. It is powered by a MediaTek MT6737 SoC and features 3GB of RAM. There is 32GB of storage on the device and you can add more storage to the device via a microSD card. On the camera front, you have a 13MP shooter at the rear and a 5MP front facing camera.
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EU threatens Trump & Poland, Drama at the Stock Market, FOMC Dovish, and oil stocks lose 7 mil.
Double senate whammy for Trump, China to complete company sales by Christmas, API reports 10mB drawdown, & FOMC tonight.
Polish judiciary safe, DB withdraws $350bn from London, Nigeria joins oil freeze, Googl reports post-EU profits, & McDonalds reports today.
OPEC meeting to curb Nigeria & Libya, IMF downgrades US & UK, and earnings hits high pitch, starting with AT&T today…
Oil build drops prices, Japan’s interest rates tonight, and Paypal reports today
Brexit Begins, Ecuador exits OPEC Freeze, US publishes NAFTA reneg paper, & Netflix soars on doubling subscribers.

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As renewable energy constitutes greater portions of the generation fleet, the importance of modeling uncertainty as part of integration studies also increases. In pursuit of optimal system operations, it is important to capture not only the definitive behavior of power plants, but also the risks associated with system-wide interactions. This research examines the dependence of load forecast errors on external predictor variables such as temperature, day type, and time of day. The analysis was utilized to create statistically relevant instances of sequential load forecasts with only a time series of historic, measured load available. The creation of such load forecasts relies on Bayesian techniques for informing and updating the model, thus providing a basis for networked and adaptive load forecast models in future operational applications.


You know when they say that a choir’s harmony and power is the result of all the individual voices, each with their own range, weight and tone, coming together, creating that magic…? Well, this same principle seems to apply to us as humans: research is finding that our performance, health, power, vitality, our wellbeing and even our capacity for kindness in the world depend on our different parts working optimally, but even more crucially, on all these parts interconnecting.
For renowned clinical psychiatrist Daniel Siegel, through his work in interpersonal neurobiology and mindfulness, we are all ‘systems’ of Mind, Brain and Relationships . He sustains that the conscious ‘integration’ of these different components is at the heart of our physiological health and overall wellbeing.
Broadly explained, the mind is the process through which we regulate flow of information and energy in the body and the brain, our capacity to focus our awareness/consciousness, to process our experience, how we ‘self-organize’ internally. Mindfulness training, for example, is being proven by research to enhance energy and information flow in the brain. So, we tend to the mind to nurture, train and ‘fine-tune’ it, and this improved coherence in the mind creates in turn physiological changes in the brain. The different systems in our bodies, too, influence our mind patterns and the health of our brain. And through mindfully attuning ourselves to others through our relationships – fomenting trust, deepening presence, promoting empathy and compassion – we are also literally promoting a more integrated brain: a brain with increased thickness of connections between its different areas, more intricacy in their functioning, growth in brain fibers, creation of new neurons and neural connections.
Neuroplasticity, this magnificent capacity of the brain to physically change, means that mind, brain and relationships affect each-other constantly, and we can purposefully and with intention enhance this flow of energy and information to and between all parts, transforming their structure. By taking charge of ourselves like this, we are improving our capacity for insight, intuition, memory, analysis, empathy, morality, immunity and resilience…. We become, in Siegel’s words, more flexible, adaptive, coherent, energized and stable individuals (and therefore societies). Harmony flows, and our mental health is enhanced, away from chaos or rigidity. Who doesn’t want to be all that?!
This got me thinking of the ways in which integration can be supported through coaching. In a typical coaching session, I can encourage my clients to make sense of their thoughts as well as the emotions linked to these thoughts, for example. This means that different parts of the brain will be being activated concurrently, increasing the flow between them. When we use body sensations as a way of exploring what’s alive in the moment for a client, I can ask a question, for instance, that will require my client to use logic to understand what’s going on, or link a feeling to that physical sensation. Learning to be open to the present moment – however uncomfortable – and practicing observing and naming our experiences, trains us to understand that our current (or remembered) reality is not our whole identity. Cultivating these capacities for observation, objectivity, openness and curiosity – which are all inherent to coaching – increases self-regulation in different areas of the brain, and is crucial when learning how to deal with overwhelming emotions or past trauma (as Siegel says, the brain can recover, and healing and joy are possible).
Furthermore, coaching enables us to make sense of our experiences and our lives, to delve into deeper existential issues and touch upon our true motivations and needs, to understand different states of being and how we fit into the broader context of our communities. These are all aspects of an integrated, expanded ‘sense of self’. The more we consciously see and hear what the different aspects of us are doing and saying, the better we understand ourselves, the more centered we become, and as my clients can testify, the more powerful we feel.
We all spend considerable amounts of our lives in all forms of distraction. Even when our intention is to take care of ourselves, say, through the food we eat, the books we read, the company we keep, we should not be forgetting something as fundamental as tending to within. So we start with ourselves – our individual and collective sustainable wellbeing depends on this. We adopt a ‘no hack’ attitude to life. And we consciously direct our intention, attention and actions towards becoming as sophisticated a system as we can be, in our minds, our bodies, our brains, our relationships. And we start noticing, over time, how these changes, subtle or not, start to impact the world we live in. This is not a luxury – it’s a responsibility.


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Sydney man dies ahead of looming jail term
"Willing to kill or die to protect those I love."
That message was inked across the back of Fred Dib, who died after he was discovered with mysterious head injuries on a busy Sydney road on Tuesday.
The 45-year-old was weeks away from a potential jail term for aggravated break and enter and resisting police.
Dib was found lying in the middle of Alfords Point Rd at Illawong in Sydney's south before sunrise on Tuesday.
He had been hit by a car and was suffering multiple injuries, including to the right side of his head.
Mystery surrounds how Dib ended up on the road but detectives don't believe the head injury was from a car.
"Initial assessment was the head injuries were not consistent with being caused by a motor vehicle accident," Superintendent Julian Griffiths said.
Dib, who lived around the corner on a quiet cul-de-sac with sweeping views of the George's River, died in St George Hospital a short time later.
Court records show Dib, who was on bail, was due to be sentenced in Downing Centre District Court on March 26.
Asked if police were investigating whether Dib was assaulted elsewhere and dumped on the road, Supt Griffiths said "all those lines of inquiry are very much open".
"The only thing at this stage we are not investigating is the use of a firearm," he said.
Social media photos depict a doting father.
"My boy my everything," he wrote last month on Facebook.
The initial call to police came through as a shooting or stabbing but detectives don't believe Dib's injuries are consistent with either.
The driver of the car who hit Dib was questioned by detectives but police stressed he was only a witness.
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Beauty and the Beast is finally staging a beast-on-beast fight.
In the concluding moment of last week's episode, viewers learned that Gabe (Sendhil Ramamurthy), with his glowing yellow eyes, is in fact a beast. On Thursday's penultimate hour of the show's freshman season (9/8c, CW), Gabe and Vincent (Jay Ryan) will meet for the first time — leading to an epic beastly battle in the season finale.read more
The cat, err, beast is out of the bag on Beauty and the Beast.
Just when Catherine (Kristin Kreuk) and her love Vincent (Jay Ryan) had finally devised a plan to throw off the NYPD, Tess (Nina Lisandrello) spotted Vincent on...read more
Beauty and the Beast fans, you're finally going to get your Catherine and Vincent kiss. But not so fast!
On the midseason finale of the CW series, a crash left Catherine (Kristin Kreuk) just about lifeless. As Vincent (Jay Ryan), in beast form, arrived on the scene, so did an already suspicious Evan (Max Brown), leaving the audience wondering if Vincent's secret would officially be out. When the show returns (Thursday, 9/8c), Catherine will be recovering in the hospital where Vincent has another run-in, this time with a woman from his past. How will Vincent avoid being discovered and will Catherine continue to risk everything to ultimately be with him? Keep reading to find out.read more


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THE Government is being forced to I take a hand in the pay dispute between the London Transport Board and its busmen. After considering the men's claim for a fortnight the Board took the unusual step of passing the buck to the Minister of Transport, announcing that it had "reached conclusions" and was now "in consultation with the Government ".
This--though unconfirmed by London Transport—was being interpreted as meaning that the Board had decided to make a substantial pay offer in an effort to overcome the desperate staff situation. But since it is a nationalized undertaking and in a particularly difficult position if it wanted to exceed the "guiding light" figure of 3 to 31 per cent, it considered special permission was needed to do so.
The L.T.B.'s decision to consult the Government brought strong protests from a committee of busmen who sent letters to 100 M.P.s asking them to intervene with Mr. Marples to break the " intolerable deadlock "—and there was talk of imposing a work-to-rule on central buses.
And on Tuesday the official Central Bus Committee decided to ask Mr. Frank Cousins and the T.G.W.U. executive to intervene; they urged union leaders to get the support of M.P.s in protesting against the Board's decision to consult the Goyernmcnt before giving a reply.
The Transport Tribunal, which has been hearing the railways' and London Transport's application for confirmation of last June's fares increases, was told last week that the first 12 days of the overtime ban had cost the undertaking
66,000 in lost passenger receipts. • What appears to have forced London Transport to announce its approach to the Government was a statement from Mr. Harry Nicholas, assistant general secretary of the T.G.W.U., expressing concern" that the L.T.B. had taken no steps to reply to the union's claim for improved wages and condit:ons of employment. He claimed that at the meeting on November 1 Mr. Brian Harbour, of the Board, had promised that he would keep in touch with the union with a view to reaching an early conclusion on these matters. Yet 13 days later the Board had still not replied, despite the fact that the union had made several approaches to them for a reply.
With its reference to Mr. Marples, the L.T.B. has set the Government quite a poser. The obvious way out --and a means of justifying an exceptional pay rise--would be to link it with new measures for greater efficiency. But as London Transport knows to its cost, any mention of oneman buses, " standee " buses and the rest of the greater productivity proposals raises a storm of protest from the busmen. Yet without such a quid pro quo costs would rise sharply, leading to even higher fares.


Bluegrass Pipeline plans open house in Columbiana
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP – Bluegrass Pipeline will hold an open house at the Das Dutch Village Inn on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m.
The Dutch Haus is located at 150 state Route 14 in Columbiana.
The company is proposing a pipeline to transport natural gas liquids (NGLs) such as propane, butane, ethane and natural gasoline from western Pennsylvania and through 15 Ohio counties, including Mahoning, Columbiana and Carroll in northeast Ohio.
Last March, Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline LLC agreed to develop a pipeline carrying natural gas liquids from the Northeast shale plays in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to Texas.
The pipeline was named Bluegrass and it is initially expected transport 200,000 barrels a day and upwards of 400,000 barrels a day after 2015.
The products are used in home heating and cooking, motor fuels, plastics production and industrial energy.
More than half of the proposed 1,100 mile route will consist of existing lines that will be converted to become part of the Bluegrass system.
The open house is one of a series the company is hosting next week in Ohio and Pennsylvania aimed at sharing information with communities in the pipeline corridor.
Dan Mitchell, project director of Bluegrass Pipeline, said, “Open dialogue with the residents of local communities is key to making this project a success.
“We want to hear from interested individuals along the pipeline corridor so we can address questions or concerns in person.”
Representatives from the Bluegrass Pipeline project team will be available to meet with residents and community members along the proposed route and answer questions and provide information.
There will also be an open house in Carrollton on Tuesday.
In May, Bluegrass Pipeline asked Fairfield Township trustees for approval to perform an environmental study in the township.
“We are in the preliminary stages of developing the pipeline route and securing permission to survey … which is part of determining that route,” Sara Delgado, senior communications specialist for Williams said at the time.
Bluegrass Pipeline began its environmental study, which asked for permission to have personnel “out walking at night” on May 15 on a 15-acre corner parcel near Kelly Park and Fairfield School roads saying it expected to complete the study on Aug. 15.
The Bluegrass Pipeline is not affiliated with the $300 million Hickory Bend project that will move through Mahoning County and three townships in Columbiana County including Unity, Fairfield and Salem.
Approximately $150 million in pipeline will be laid along the 55-mile long Hickory Bend system originating in western Pennsylvania and finishing up in Salem Township.
During Boardwalk Pipeline Partners second quarter earnings call, posted on the Seeking Alpha website on Monday, the aggregate cost for the Bluegrass Pipeline was placed at $300 million for this year.
More information and a map of the proposed route can be viewed at bluegrasspipeline.com/the-bluegrass-project/maps/.
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP is a midstream company based in Houston that provides transportation, storage, gathering and processing of natural gas and liquids.
Boardwalk and its subsidiaries own and operate approximately 14,410 miles of natural gas and liquids pipelines and underground storage caverns with an aggregate working gas capacity of approximately 201 billion cubic feet and liquids capacity of approximately 18 million barrels. For more information, visit www.bwpmlp.com.
Williams, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., is an energy infrastructure company in North America with interests in or in operating 15,000 miles of interstate gas pipelines, 1,000 miles of NGL transportation pipelines, and more than 10,000 miles of oil and gas gathering pipelines.
The company’s facilities have daily gas processing capacity of 6.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas, NGL production of more than 200,000 barrels per day and domestic olefins production capacity of 1.35 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of propylene per year.
For more information, visit www.williams.com.


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Join Chicago actor Terry Lynch, as he portrays as newspaper hawker, and gives you “the inside scoop” on some well known and lesser known Illinois inventors.
As a newspaper hawker, Terry Lynch, a Chicago actor and historical portrayer, will give the audience "the inside scoop" on the Land of Lincoln" legends and their inventions. Included will be Marvin Camras and the tape recorder, Laurens Hammond and the electronic keyboard, Levant Richardson and ball bearing roller skates, Charles Pajeau and Tinker Toys, Ives McGaffrey and the vacuum cleaner, and Whitcomb Judson and the zipper.
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Under the flagship of highly experienced Engineers and Professionals, who have successfully constructed 165 Lac Sq. Ft. of Floor area in Ncr, Solaris Realtech, has come up with an exquisite Residential Project in the name of Flora Heritage in the heart-stopping site of Noida Extension. The project is spreaded over 2.5 acres of Green Area and made with perfect layout plan to ensure the beauty and technologically updated things. At Flora Heritage, three Residential Towers are erected keeping flawless features of Gothic Style Architecture.
the project is surrounded with Ample of Greenery with many Flora & Medicinal Plants. Located next to proposed metro station and hindon bridge and is just a few miles away from main Gaur City circle. Solaris' Flora Heritage Noida is incredible and incomparable while, bouquet of facilities that is uncounted and shares the address in Noida Extension Sector-1 with plush location and eco-friendly environment. The venture is presenting 2bhk and 3bhk Apartments and Penthouses. The Residency charms with the nature friendly environment and serve fresh air to breathe and free flow of Natural Light, which shall help the residents live a rejuvenated life. The wonderfully crafted design and modern Art of Architecture has provided very fusion kind of beauty.
Each single tower comprises of 24 story with 136 apartment units surrounded by breath taking landscapes with amenities like low Maintenance, Privacy, Security, Club, House, Lively Neighbourhood along-with many Schools, Colleges, Mnc, 5 Star Hotel, Shopping Mall Proximity, Cost Efficient Homes and many more in a close & approachable vicinity.
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The largest vaccination marketing campaign in U.S. historical past kicked off Monday as well being employees rolled up their sleeves for pictures to guard them from COVID-19 and begin beating again the pandemic — a day of optimism even because the nation’s dying toll closed in on 300,000.
“I really feel hopeful right now. Relieved,” crucial care nurse Sandra Lindsay stated after getting a shot within the arm at Lengthy Island Jewish Medical Heart in New York. “I really feel like therapeutic is coming.”
With a countdown of “3-2-1,” employees at Ohio State College’s Wexner Medical Heart gave the primary injections to applause.
And in suburban New Orleans, Steven Lee, an intensive care unit pharmacist at Ochsner Medical Heart, summed up the second as he bought his personal vaccination: “We are able to lastly stop the illness versus treating it.”
Different hospitals across the nation, from Rhode Island to Texas, unloaded treasured frozen vials of vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and its German associate BioNTech, with staggered deliveries set all through the day and Tuesday. A couple of different nations have approved the vaccine, together with Britain, which began vaccinating folks final week, and Canada, which started doing so on Monday.
For well being care employees, who together with nursing house residents might be first in line for vaccination, hope is tempered by grief and the sheer exhaustion of months spent battling a coronavirus that also is surging within the U.S. and around the globe.
“That is mile 24 of a marathon. Individuals are fatigued. However we additionally acknowledge that this finish is in sight,” stated Dr. Chris Dale of Swedish Well being Companies in Seattle.
Packed in dry ice to remain at ultra-frozen temperatures, the first of nearly 3 million doses being shipped are a down fee on the quantity wanted. Extra of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will arrive every week. And later this week, the FDA will resolve whether or not to green-light the world’s second rigorously studied COVID-19 vaccine, made by Moderna Inc.
Whereas the U.S. hopes for sufficient of each vaccines collectively to vaccinate 20 million folks by the tip of the month, there will not be sufficient for the typical individual to get a shot till spring.
“That is the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel. However it’s a protracted tunnel,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stated.
Now the hurdle is to quickly get vaccine into the arms of hundreds of thousands, not simply docs and nurses however different at-risk well being employees akin to janitors and meals handlers — after which ship a second dose three weeks later.
“We’re additionally in the midst of a surge, and it’s the vacations, and our well being care employees have been working at a unprecedented tempo,” stated Sue Mashni, chief pharmacy officer at Mount Sinai Well being System in New York Metropolis.
Plus, the pictures could cause non permanent fever, fatigue and aches as they rev up folks’s immune methods, forcing hospitals to stagger worker vaccinations.
A cautious public might be watching carefully to see whether or not well being employees embrace vaccinations. Simply half of Individuals say they need to get vaccinated, whereas a few quarter don’t and the remainder are uncertain, in line with a recent poll by The Related Press-NORC Heart for Public Well being Analysis.
The FDA, thought of the world’s strictest medical regulator, stated the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which was developed at breakneck pace lower than a 12 months after the virus was recognized, seems protected and strongly protecting, and the company laid out the info in a daylong public assembly final week for scientists and customers alike to see.
“Please, folks, once you look again in a 12 months and also you say to your self, ‘Did I do the proper factor?’ I hope you’ll be capable of say, ‘Sure, as a result of I regarded on the proof,’” Dr. Francis Collins, director of the Nationwide Institutes of Well being, stated Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Individuals are dying proper now. How might you presumably say, ‘Let’s wait and see’?”
Nonetheless, the vaccine was cleared for emergency use earlier than a closing examine in almost 44,000 folks was full. That analysis is continuous to attempt to reply extra questions.
For instance, whereas the vaccine is efficient at stopping COVID-19 sickness, it isn’t clear if it should cease the symptomless unfold that accounts for half of all instances.
The pictures nonetheless have to be studied in youngsters and through being pregnant. However the American School of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated Sunday that vaccination shouldn’t be withheld from pregnant ladies who in any other case would qualify.
Additionally, regulators in Britain are investigating a number of extreme allergic reactions. The FDA instructed suppliers to not give the vaccine to these with a identified historical past of extreme allergic reactions to any of its substances.
Related Press writers Marion Renault, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tamara Lush and Kathy Younger contributed to this report.
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A wonderful traditional Italian concentrated coffee beverage is espresso. This is brewed by forcing hot water (195 degree Fahrenheit) at high pressure (90 bars) through special coffee ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder. The appliances that are used to prepare the beverages are the espresso machines. The knowledge and efficiency in making the finest espressos is considered as a craft and the baristas who are adept in using the espresso machines professionally are regarded as skilled craftsmen in this light.
If you are considering purchasing a new coffee maker for yourself, the single serve coffee makers like the Keurig would be an excellent choice. You will give yourself and others the freedom to pick and choose different kinds of coffee from cup to cup, and you are able to make it fresh every time. Save yourself some time and money and consider a single serve coffee machine for your next coffee maker.
Also, there are Commercial Coffee Machines that provide additional options like tea, hot chocolate and other cool drinks also through the outlets that are featured on them. This is one of the biggest technical advancements that are featured on the coffee machine devices. There is a possibility of people getting tuned off sipping the same kind of coffee over and over again despite it being very good. Thus, there will always be an urge among people to try out something new as individuals always desire novel menus and beverages. Thus, it is a good idea to invest in a bigger and better coffee making device that will produce various kinds of drinks that can be savored along with coffee from time to time.
In this situation Bulk Brew coffee machines are highly recommended. These machines can produce between 30 and 140 Litres of fresh filter coffee per hour. There are a number of popular brands for Pour and Serve and Bulk Brew coffee machines. Pour and Serve coffee machines range from a simple two Jug filter coffee machine with two hot plates or multiple hot plate Pour and Serve for up to four Jugs. The ultimate is a Bulk Brew coffee machine. These have one or two brewing columns. They have detachable brewing containers, capable of holding up to 40 Litres of coffee. The convenient control panels with LCD display makes it easy to adjust brewing times and volume requirements. The detachable brewing containers mean that high volumes of coffee can be served in different locations simultaneously. The other type of "filter" coffee machine is the RLX type from Bravilor. They are modular fresh filter machines with added hot water and steam facilities, ideal for producing hot water for teas as well as a steam for foaming and steaming milk.


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Nothing draws more attention to your landscape like an ice plant in your garden. Ice plant is a vibrant way to fill up spaces in your garden because the hardy ice plant is succulent and has a perennial ground coverage of daisy-like flowers. While heat-loving perennials thrive to some level of neglect, choosing perfect soil is important.
It is easy to grow plants and thrive well if their conditions are well met and neglected. Ice plants are perfect plants to grow as they form a carpet of flowers that are deer resistant and attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators. It is one plant that will make you enjoy beautiful colours year after year. Therefore, it is worth it choosing the perfect soil to grow the perennial plant to enjoy the long-lasting benefits.
So do you want to know how to choose the perfect soil for an ice plant? First choose a soil with good drainage, soil with fewer nutrients, medium soil consistency, and that with a PH-neutral. Ice plant is vigorous and grows well in poor to average, and well-draining soil. In this case, sandy, gravel and dry soil is perfect for ice plants. They will choke and die in moist, dense, and claylike soil, thus the need to target a pH-neutral soil when planting.
Choose Soil with Good Drainage.
One of the most important components to consider when choosing soil for ice plants is good drainage. Ice plants do not like poor drainage, as it leads to soggy roots submerged in water and may cause the plant to rot. The lampranthus thrive well in well-aerated soil with high drainage ability. Avoid dense or moist, clay-like soil that tends to hold water for long.
When choosing the perfect soil for your ice plant, sandy and loam soil are best. Avoid using clay soil during a dry or wet climate because of poor drainage, as excessive standing water can choke the plant. However, in drier climatic conditions, garden loam is the perfect soil to grow the plant.
How does proper drained soil help an Ice plant?
Inappropriate soil drainage when planting ice plants can also attract termites that can destroy the crop due to moisture. Proper soil with good drainage will ensure that the topsoil is not carried away from the plant. When an ice plant is grown in a container, mix high-quality potting soil with coarse sand to allow good drainage.
Select Soil with Low Nutrients
Soil nutrients are good for a healthy ice plant to grow. However, the Ice plant is a simple plant that doesn’t require a lot of nutrients from the soil or supplements from shops. Ice plants will do well and thrive better in soil that has fewer nutrients. There is no need to add compost or fertilizer when planting ice plants as it is self-satisfactory with the few nutrients it gets from the soil.
Sand or gravel soil is the best for Ice plants, because of the low nutrient levels. You can mix gravel or sand soil with your farm soil to create an ideal growing medium. Due to its original arid habitat, the plant has well-evolved increased tolerance towards most physiological stresses, enabling it to thrive well and brighten in low nutrients soil.
Some soils do not have single nutrients for the plant to use. Though the plant does not require many nutrients, ensure that the soil has a bit of nutrients. The plant needs little and, in most cases, no fertilizing, and all they require is planting and watching them grow.
Select a Soil With Medium Consistency.
Soil consistency can be termed as the strength of the soil to hold materials together and resist soil distortion and rupture. It varies from hard, soft, and sticky soils. When choosing the best soil for the ice plant, select one with a soft type of consistency.
Loam soil is a combination of sand, silt, and clay soil and has a medium consistency. Pure sand soil and a mixture of garden soil with gravel are good for growing ice plants. Soil with medium thickness will hold the plant well because it increases the resistance of the soil beneath the plant to any pressure. When planting an ice plant in a pot, a mixture of sand, gravel, and loam is the best soil for ice plants.
Choose Soil with PH-neutral Upon Planting.
Regarding how nutrients are distributed to a crop, PH levels influences micro-organic activity that allows the decomposition of organic materials. Soil with a neutral-PH makes it possible for microbial actions to improve chemical variations to the plant. Microbial components include important chemicals like sulphur, phosphorus, and nitrogen, which the plant can easily obtain.
If the soil around you is not acidic or alkaline, it is good that you correct it before planting your ice plant. High acidic soil means plant roots cannot access the nutrients required for maximum growth. Appropriate soil pH supports the development of a strong ice plant that blossoms and grows fruits.
To correct acidity in soil add lime to the soil a few days before planting the ice plant. If the soil is too alkaline, you can fix it by adding gypsum, which reduces the concentration of sodium found in the type of soil. PH that is too low or too high may affect pesticides management and is likely to change the soil composition.
Loose or Poor Soil?
Soil is considered loose if it has a low relative density from 0 to about 15% and has a void ratio compared to other soil. Choose a perfect loose soil to grow your Ice plant, because it has little strength, and it is easily compressible, making it best for growing ice plants. You can choose from decayed organic materials and mineral particles, which form loose soil, and with these characteristics, the plant will grow fine, because it is well aerated and does not hold water.
Grow ice plants in loose soil, to allow the roots to easily spread and pull water and minerals from a larger area. When water is supplied to the plants, it easily enters the loose soil. Loose soil will drain much of the water, leaving enough for the plant.
When you use poor and compacted soil, it will inhibit the roots from spreading and reaching valuable minerals and water. Therefore, loose soil is perfect, because it acts as a good support system to the plant. Loose soil will prevent water from clogging, ideal for ice plants promoting good air transportation into the soil.
Why is a Porous Soil Most Suitable?
Soil with the best porosity for ice plants is loam soil. One of the best aspects of having porous soil to grow a plant is that it holds a lot of oxygen within the pore’s spaces. Mixing sand with gravel makes the sand porous, making them good aquifer materials for planting ice plants.
Soil porosity may affect soil drainage, with those with less porosity able to hold water for plant consumption and drain the excess. Porous soil also leaves space in the soil, creating good aeration, important for root health. When soil with poor porosity is used, it facilitates soil erosion as it can be easily washed away with rain waters, thus the need to select less porous soil.
Making the Soil Permeable.
If the soil in your compound is not less porous, you can create a mix of sand and gravel to make it porous. Gravel has the highest permeability. Making the soil permeable increases the soil’s drainage and increases the proper movement of the roots system.
The spaces created by the gravels allow air to circulate in the roots. Permeable soil ensures no clogging of water in the plant’s roots, and the plant absorbs only enough water and drains the excess. Since ice plants flourish well in drought and harsh conditions, where most soil drains off quickly, providing permeability makes them grow perfectly.
Though it is important to choose permeable soil, it should not be too porous. If the soil is too porous, it washes away the nutrients in the plant during watering. Though water moves well in such soil, the soil will not hold enough water for the plant, and it is impossible for the roots to access any nutrients, as much as an ice plant requires less of that.
If you want a new plant in your garden, try planting an ice plant. Ice plant is a beautiful plant that will add splash colours to your garden. Ice plants will not require much of your time because they are easy to grow and maintain.
Ice plant appears in many species. One of the good things about the plant is that their fleshly, bright green foliage is always green and tends to provide colour all year. Besides preparing a ground cover for your compound, this plant is hardy. It is tolerant to heat, drought, and frost, with some of its varieties, is not affected by winter.
Are you looking for a drought-tolerant yet lovely flower to introduce to your garden? Then try planting ice plants to add a bright colour to drier parts of the garden. It is an easy-care plant, as long as you choose the perfect soil for easy management.
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I am totally superstitious. I knock on wood, cross my fingers, step over cracks on the sidewalk, and wish my thespian friends good luck by hoping they break a leg. By the same rule, I avoid black cats, leaving my hat on the bed, or passing the salt from hand to hand at the table.
Many of these bad luck omens are buried in ancient customs, and most of them make sense to avoid: walking under ladders, pouring wine backhanded, opening an umbrella indoors. The worst luck of all is breaking a mirror—not only is it bad luck, it forebodes seven years of misery.
On the other hand, good luck charms and ways of fighting the bad are just as abundant, if not even more so: four-leaf clovers, laurel leaves, horseshoes, rabbits’ feet, ladybugs, and wishbones, just to name a few. Lucky foods also abound, from pomegranates to pork.
In Spain, where I grew up, it’s tradition to have lentils in the New Year, as the coin-shaped legumes are said to bring prosperity and wealth. In South Carolina, where I now live, it’s tradition to eat black-eyed peas and collard greens for the same reason. It’s also a show of humility and a wish for growing wealth, as beans and lentils expand in size when cooked. As the saying goes, “Eat poor on New Year’s, and eat fat the rest of the year.”
This January, to celebrate the New Year, create positive vibes, and share good wishes for all, I am absolutely having lentils for lunch. I am also making an extra batch and delivering gift parcels to my friends to share the good fortune—we all need all the help we can get! In my opinion, as long as this is done during the month of January, we are within the allotted time and it counts.
And for even more assurance, I’ll be starting the year with another Spanish tradition: eating 12 grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve, as the clock strikes the hours. It will bring good luck for every month of the next year.
On the Menu
For this New Year’s lunch at home, I am serving a hearty lentil and chorizo stew that reminds me of the rustic country stews of Seville. The lentils become smoky and slightly spicy, infused with the deep pimentón flavor of the chorizo as they cook.
The result is so full of flavor that little else is needed, but adding a few crunchy homemade croutons on top dresses up the humble dish and elevates it to entertaining status. At the table, I serve it with a dash of red wine vinegar. It just makes all the flavors explode.
Beyond just the New Year, lentil stew is a great addition to your cooking repertoire. It’s so easy to make, and both nutritious and flavorful, and you can use all sorts of seasonings and add-ins to change it up. I love it with spicy chorizo sausage, but it also works with Cajun sausage, kielbasa, ham, bacon, or crispy pancetta. You can also throw in your favorite vegetables, such as colorful peppers, spinach, or leafy collard greens—for an extra boost of good luck.
To contrast the hearty stew, a crisp endive salad is a wonderful addition to the table. I slice the endives very thin and simply toss them with my favorite vinaigrette of olive oil, lemon juice, white wine vinegar, and a little mayonnaise just before serving.
Finally, for dessert, a thick and creamy, sweet-tart pudding made with Greek yogurt and fresh lemon juice is the perfect ending to this good luck meal. This is one of those desserts from the annals of cooking lore—it uses Jell-O pudding mix to transform yogurt into a luscious treat.
The pudding needs at least an hour to set, so make it in the morning or the day before. I make it in individual bowls for a prettier presentation, but it would also be perfect set in a larger dish and scooped into champagne coupes or small glasses to serve. Garnish with some berries or other fresh fruit if you have them around.
Setting the Table
I am laying a bright and cheerful table with red roses and camellias from the garden in small vases. I have set deep soup bowls and salad plates on rattan placemats, for a charming combination of elegant and rustic perfect for lingering at the table and confirming our New Year’s resolutions. (Which we have not yet talked about. At all.)
Lentil Stew With Chorizo and Homemade Croutons
Serves 4 to 6
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 links chorizo sausage (about 1 pound), sliced into thin rounds
- 1 medium onion, diced (about 1 cup)
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 3 medium carrots, diced (about 1 cup)
- 1 large Idaho potato, peeled and diced (about 2 cups)
- 1 15-ounce can tomato purée or plain tomato sauce
- 3 stalks of celery, diced (about 1 cup)
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1 pound green lentils (2 1/3 cups), washed and drained
- Red wine vinegar, for serving
For the Croutons
- 4 slices whole wheat bread, crusts trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 4 to 5 tablespoons olive oil
In a large stockpot over medium heat, add the olive oil and sauté the chorizo until it browns and releases some of its fat. Add the onions and garlic and sauté until the onions begin to soften and absorb the flavor and color from the chorizo.
Add the carrots, potatoes, celery, and tomato purée and stir to combine well. Add the bay leaf and chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil. Then add the lentils, cover the pot, and lower the heat to a simmer. Simmer the lentils until they are tender, about 30 to 40 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed. Discard the bay leaf before serving.
Meanwhile, make the croutons. In a medium frying pan, pour about 4 to 5 tablespoons of olive oil, enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Heat until hot but not smoking. Working in batches, so not to overcrowd the pan, fry the croutons, turning them until golden brown on all sides. Drain on paper towels.
Sprinkle croutons on the soup and serve hot, with a dash of red wine vinegar.
Simple Endive Salad
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 endives, ends trimmed and thinly sliced lengthwise
In a medium bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and mayonnaise to make a smooth dressing. Season with salt and pepper and taste to adjust seasoning.
Just before serving, add the sliced endives and toss to coat well. Serve at room temperature.
Greek Yogurt Lemon Pudding
Serves 4 to 6
- 20 ounces Greek yogurt, full-fat or 2 percent
- 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
- Juice and zest from 2 lemons (about 5 tablespoons juice, 2 tablespoons zest)
- 1 (3.4-ounce) envelope lemon-flavored Jell-O instant pudding
- 1/2 cup warm water
In a large mixing bowl, mix together the yogurt, powdered sugar, and lemon juice and zest. Dissolve the Jell-O powder in 1/2 cup of warm tap water and quickly fold into the yogurt mixture, mixing well until completely smooth. Pour into a decorative bowl or individual ramekins. Set for at least 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Decorate with mixed berries and serve cold.
Victoria de la Maza is an award-winning cookbook author, columnist, and international TV host. Passionate about great food, she combines American traditions with her European heritage to create classic-with-a-twist recipes and ideas for stylish entertaining at home.


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In Nepal, the Virginia Tech-led IPM Innovation Lab has switched gears from development work to disaster relief after the recent earthquakes.
The agricultural development program provided seed to farmers for fast-growing vegetable crops and distributed plastic sheeting to meet people’s need for shelter. The sheeting can later be used to set up greenhouses.
“With the use of fast-growing vegetables such as dwarf beans, pumpkin, radishes, and mustard greens, farmers can quickly get produce that they can then eat or sell, making them less dependent on handouts,” said Muni Muniappan, director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management program. “The work is being carried out by our partner organization, iDE-Nepal, and builds on work that we started.”
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I’m half way through an online course offered through Coursera and run by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It’s called ‘Seeing through Photographs‘ and it’s introduction to both the history and the aesthetics of photography from the beginning, with an overall bias towards works hosted by MOMA. Thus it tends be orientated towards New York by locale and towards art photography by nature.
Not that this really matters. There’s more than enough depth here to gain a solid understanding of photographic principles and the course has been revelatory in expanding my own knowledge of masters of photography beyond the household names (Ansel Adams for example).
It’s also been a salvation as well as a revelation, for I’ve found myself loving the works I’ve been studying. These are real photographs, full of individuality, personality, engagement and opinion. They rise so far above the cliches and fads that dominate today’s popular photography that it is not surprising to learn, as one digs into their history, that they were frequently ridiculed or spurned by many contemporary judges. A prime example is the superb photojournalist book, “The Americans”, Robert Frank’s 1950s journey through the backwaters of American life. Now enshrined as a highly influential commentary and blueprint for much photojournalism that followed, contemporary reviews were not encouraging. Popular Photography magazine notoriously slagged off the book, characterizing the photographs as afflicted with “meaningless blur, grain, muddy exposures, drunken horizons and general sloppiness”.
Precisely, I’ll postulate, the type of criticism that today’s popular photography aficionados will apply to anything that crosses current contemporary standards of ‘quality’ photography and a sad reminder that any artist developing an individual vision is always going to have to fight orthodoxy and cultural conservatism. As true now as it has ever been. Is it any surprise that mimicry and emulation continue to dominate popular photograph sites? No, but perhaps what is more lamentable is that today’s internet forums, with their easily administered ‘likes’ and ‘loves’ accumulated from both the thoughtful and thoughtless viewer with no differentiation, serve only to reinforce this cloying conformity. Photographers, seduced by such prominent markers of popularity, scramble to reach these peaks, only to find themselves looking out over landscapes populated by clones, technically magnificent and utterly sterile, each either waiting their turn on the summit or beginning the rapid retreat into anonymity.
This is not art.
Nothing has reinforced this perception more than the discovery, long overdue, of Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled Film Stills“, a collection of black and white photographs featuring Sherman in a series of poses and attitudes drawn from cinema, commercial photography, a whole pantheon of stereotypical portrayals of women in the mid 20th century, yet each separate from their source – a commentary rather than an hommage.
These are magnificent portraits, worlds away from the plastic emptiness of real commercial and popular photography even as they draw intimately from the fads, fashions and assumptions lying behind such work. Referencing themes prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s, the photographs themselves place themselves squarely within that historical context, yet the concept – one Sherman has explored over the course of her artistic life – remains as relevant today as it ever did. If you understand this work, it is virtually impossible to take most popular photography seriously. For me, it has acted as a real tonic, stimulating my love for photography and leading me down new or nearly new avenues of technique and concept. Not that I’ll ever be a Cindy Sherman, but it’s given me a context apart from the one I get from my photography clubs and friends and one that is much more appealing to me.
Of course, the photo club is great for friends and other fun. That counts too.