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In the course of its meeting in Lower Austria’s Mauerbach, the Austrian federal government decided to declare and tax online orders from third countries as of the first cent. Currently, the import tax exemption limit is 22 euros, which is used in particular by Asian online retailers with all legal and illegal means. The new regulation should come into force from 2020.
Every year, 560 million Chinese parcels cross-border trade come via dominant Chinese mail order companies to the European Union. 97 percent of these shipments are fully duty-free and VAT-free in the EU and a large part of the remaining 3 percent, at least without import duty.
This tax evasion is made possible by the EU import VAT exemption for postal deliveries from third countries under 22 euros in value of goods as well as by the duty free limit of 150 euros. Many Asian online retailers use these exemption limits by all means, including by deliberately misclassifying broadcasts.
“This is a decisive step towards fair competition in e-commerce,” explains Rainer Will, Managing Director of the trade association, thus concluding that tax gap one year earlier than other EU countries.

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Hi, guys! It's been a while since I've upgraded this blogpost. Keroro Gunsou 302 is subbed finally!
Titles are: Keroro, I'm a Director Now! De Arimasu! / Keroro & Fuyuki, Small Adventure in a Big City. De Arimasu!
The Keroro Platoon is making a movie about their TV show "Keroro Platoon War Chronicle", with a little help of the space producer Chibaba. But it won't take any longer. Today on the theater is showing the legendary movie "Space man meets girls " after 35 years, due of copyright reason they didn't put it on DVD, nor Blu-ray. So Keroro is asking Fuyuki to go with him to see that movie. And so, their small adventure had begin.
I'm sure Keroro Gunsou series will come back in April after re-runs ends, I bet. Next up is a secret. How's that? Ke-Kero!

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Dr. Kelly L Brown is a new investigator and first PhD scientist to be appointed a UBC Faculty member of the Division of Rheumatology at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH). Her interest and expertise in inflammatory processes crosses the spectrum of rheumatic diseases and enables basic and translational research in her lab into the causes of disease and the development of biomarkers of inflammation that can be used by physicians to provide better care to patients.
Past research led to the first demonstrated potential to treat inflammatory injury in the neonatal brain (2014 Annals Neurol), the identification of putative biomarkers of childhood autoinflammatory disease (2013 Arthr & Rheumat), development of synthetic immunomodulatory peptides (2007 Trends Immunol, 2006 J Immunology), and new understanding of the role of reactive oxygen species in inflammation (2008 Arthr & Rheumat, 2010 Free Radic Biol Med).
Dr. Brown’s lab works closely with the clinical team at BC Children’s Hospital and local parents and patients to ensure that her research is relevant to their needs and has the potential to transform care for children in BC with rheumatic diseases.
For an up-to-date list of publications by Dr. Brown, please see ORCID.
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By all accounts both President Barack Obama and his likely challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, are ideal family men, devoted to their spouses and their children. But support for the two men could not be more different in terms of the electorate’s marriage and family status. read more »
Forget about all the perceived problems with the American higher education system, and ponder these two numbers: 12.8 million and 3.4 million.
The first is the estimate of Americans actively looking for work and unemployed. The second is the number of job openings in the U.S. as of the end of December, according to the Labor Department. read more »
One of the most frequently recurring justifications for densification policies (smart growth, growth management, livability, etc.) lies with the assumption that the automobile-based mobility system (Note 1) disadvantages lower income citizens. Much of the solution, according to advocates of densification is to discourage driving and orient both urbanization and the urban transportation system toward transit as well as walking and cycling. read more »
The Florida real estate developer, unburdened of state regulatory agencies, may now focus his efforts on pleasing the investment community and the local market. I recently played the role of real estate developer interviewing two consultant teams vying to help me create a new fictional community. Fortified with readings in both the New Urbanist camp and the Dispersionist camp, each team of students pitched their method of community building to me. read more »
Look back a few weeks to the surprise success in Iowa for Republican presidential primary contender Rick Santorum. Today, there is increased scrutiny of the conservative values the hard-line social conservative so enthusiastically endorsed. Political discourse on both sides of the Atlantic has become more vocal about whether or not there is a need for a restoration of the ‘nuclear family’ as a platform for a successful society. And the questioning of the nuclear family is not just a debate about whether hardline conservatism is good for society. read more »
The Pearl River Delta of China is home to the largest extent of continuous urbanization in the world. The Pearl River Delta has 55 million people in the jurisdictions of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhuhai and Macau. Moreover, the urban population is confined to barely 10 percent of the land area. These urban areas are the largest export engine of China and reflect the successful legacy of Deng Xiaoping's reforms which had their start with the special economic zone in Shenzhen and spread to the rest of the Delta and then much of the nation.
Adjacent Metropolitan Areas: However, the Pearl River Delta today is not a metropolitan area, as is often asserted. Instead it is rather a collection of adjacent metropolitan areas or labor markets (Figure 1). Metropolitan areas are not created by a large number of people living close to one another. Metropolitan areas are labor markets, crudely delineating the geography of the jobs-housing balance. read more »
Preserving the "Ideal of a Property Owning Democracy:" Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey
Demographia and Performanceurbanplanning.org have just released the 8th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, with an introduction by Professor Robert Bruegmann of the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Sprawl: A Compact History. read more »
The vast majority of Americans believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, and, according to a 2011 Pew Survey, close to a majority feel that China has already surpassed the U.S. as an economic power.
These views echo those of the punditry, right and left, who see the U.S. on the road to inevitable decline. Yet the reality is quite different. A confluence of largely unnoticed economic, demographic and political trends has put the U.S. in a far more favorable position than its rivals. Rather than the end of preeminence, America may well be entering a renaissance. read more »
It is well known that home ownership has declined in the United States from the peak of the housing bubble. According to Current Population Survey data, the national home ownership rate fell 2.9 percentage points from the peak of the bubble (4th quarter 2004) to the third quarter of 2011. read more »
Adding nearly 119,000 people in 2011, Florida has capped a decade of steady population increase to see the state grow 19% since 2000. Despite 2009, an historic year where more people left than arrived, the overall net growth of Florida has yielded two additional congressional seats, moving the state well on its way towards the becoming third most populous state in the nation. This ascendancy brings new responsibility to the shoulders of the state’s leaders, and the direction this st read more »

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Victoria state Premier shuts door on un-vaxxed tennis players
Scott Morrison said unvaccinated tennis players will be allowed into Australia, but Daniel Andrews fired back and has plans of his own. Victoria’s position is a blow for the Grand Slam’s organisers Tennis Australia, who want a strong field for the tournament in January.
After Prime Minister Scott Morrison hinted that unvaccinated tennis players will be permitted into the nation, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announced his government would not seek for travel permits to allow them to compete in the Australian Open in the state. Unvaccinated players will be allowed to compete in the Grand Slam following a two-week COVID-19 quarantine if Victoria, which hosts the event in Melbourne, filed for licences for them, Morrison said earlier on Wednesday.
Andrews stated that no such applications will be made by his state.”On behalf of every vaccinated Victorian who has done the right thing, my government will not be applying for an exemption for any unvaccinated player,” he told reporters. “If we don’t apply for an exemption, then no exemption will be granted and then the whole issue is basically resolved.”
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Australia’s borders have been virtually locked for 18 months, however officials have granted travel waivers in exceptional circumstances. Victoria has been Australia’s worst-affected state, with Melbourne’s capital being shut down six times. Only fully vaccinated people were exempt from the sixth lockdown, which ended on Friday. Adults who have not been vaccinated are still prohibited from entering bars, restaurants, athletic events, and other sections of the economy, and may be barred from doing so until well into 2022.
Victoria’s stance is a setback for Grand Slam organisers Tennis Australia, who are hoping for a strong lineup for the January tournament. Some of the best players, including defending champion Novak Djokovic, have refused to reveal whether or not they have been vaccinated. Last week, Serbia’s world number one suggested he would not compete in the L1N2RE2EQ competition. Unvaccinated athletes will have to quarantine for two weeks, according to Morrison, who previously informed the Seven Network.
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All the same rules have to apply to everyone,” he said.”Whether you’re a Grand Slam winner, a prime minister or a business traveller, a student or whoever. Same rules.” Morrison’s remarks contrasted with those of his immigration minister, Alex Hawke, who stated last week that tennis players and other sports would need to be double-vaccinated before entering the country. A vaccination obligation applies to professional athletes in Victoria, as well as coaches, officials, the media, and other members of the top competition team. Tennis players, according to Andrews, should be held to the same level as the rest of the competitors.


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August 19, 2022 2:12 am
On August 6, the court had convicted 22 inmates for the killing inside the jail premises, their charges ranging from murder, attempt to murder to rioting.
March 10, 2022 3:50 am
A death sentence pronounced by a trial court is required to be confirmed by the HC under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) . The death sentence can be executed upon confirmation from the high court.
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The girl was kidnapped from the premises of her home on February 15. Investigation revealed that she had been abducted by a man while she was playing in the front yard of her home.
December 16, 2021 5:11 pm
The 25-year-old man was convicted by the Surat district court last Friday for the crime committed last December.
October 06, 2021 11:07 am
The three men had in July 2016 brutally raped and murdered a 14-year-old girl in Ahmednagar district’s Kopardi village.
May 18, 2021 11:38 am
Elliot Abrams, a lawyer for the brothers, said that they went through “hell” in prison while the two state investigators who he said had coerced the brothers into confessing to the crime “spent 30 years covering it up.”
March 09, 2021 5:50 am
A court in Jaunpur on Monday awarded death sentence to a 25-year-old labourer for raping and killing an 11-year-old girl last August. The court had held Bal Govind, who has been in prison since August, guilty on Saturday.
February 25, 2021 1:09 am
Earlier this month, Shabnam had filed a fresh mercy petition.
March 18, 2020 1:40 am
The designated court of additional district judge DD Thakkar pronounced the man guilty under sections 302 (murder), 363 (kidnapping), 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 6 of the POCSO Act. The rape and murder took place on August 9, 2018.
July 05, 2019 2:43 pm
Zhu Xiaodong, 30, was convicted for strangling Yang during an argument on October 17, 2016, at their home in Hongkou district 10 months after they tied the knot, the court said.
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Vanilla Cake (9×13) – with Chocolate Ganache Buttercream
3/4 c. butter, room temperature AND 1 1/2 c. sugar
2 1/4 t. baking powder AND 1 1/2 t. kosher salt
1 egg + 4 egg yolks, room temperature
scraped seeds from 1 vanilla bean OR 2 t. vanilla paste
1 t. vanilla
2 1/4 c. flour
3/4 c. whole milk, room temperature
8 oz. finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate
3/4 c. heavy cream AND 1 T. light corn syrup
3/4 c. butter, cut into pieces, room temperature
Preheat the oven to 350 and generously butter a 9 x 13 cake pan. Using your electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, baking powder and salt on medium speed for a few minutes until light and fluffy. Add in the egg and yolks, one at a time, beating in between additions and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in both vanillas.
Add in the flour in three additions, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour. Mix again until all is well combined and the scrape the batter into your prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake for about 30 minutes until the top is an even light brown and the center bounces back to a light touch. Allow the cake to cool completely in the pan as you prepare the buttercream.
For the buttercream – place all of the chocolate into the (clean) bowl of your electric mixer. In a small pot, carefully heat and stir the cream and corn syrup until the mix comes to a boil and then pour it over the chocolate in your mixer bowl. Leave the mix to sit for a couple of minutes, and then stir it until it’s smooth. Allow this new blend to cool for 30 minutes.
Once the chocolate mix has cooled a bit, begin beating it. Gradually add the butter pieces to the mixer and continue to beat until all of the butter has been added and the buttercream is beautifully smooth. Continue to beat, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until the frosting is light and fluffy. Spread the buttercream evenly over the cooled cake and you’re good to go!
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Designed by Anthony M. Richards for a private client in 1993, this is a one-off design home located in the Seminary neighborhood of Mill Valley. This home combines traditional and modern elements with a view centered on beautiful Mount Tamalpais. Special attention was given to the finish of the interior, with clear-heart redwood trim, hardwood floors, and picture moldings.
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Just because I’m not actively involved with the people I sleep with doesn’t mean that I don’t care. I do care, of course, and I care about my partners, but I also care about my friends, my family, my co-workers, and I care about the people around me.
I want to be able to talk to my friends and family about their relationships. I want to be able to talk to the people I work with about their relationships. I want to be able to talk to the people I work with about the people around them. I want to have a relationship with the people I care about for the rest of my life.
The problem is that most of us don’t have a relationship that lasts for the rest of our lives. We don’t have the capacity to be friends with an ex for the rest of our lives. We don’t have the capacity to bond over the things that matter. We don’t have the capacity to share in life’s joys and sorrows. And we don’t have the capacity to be truly present in their lives.
In other words, I dont want to be in a relationship with someone who has no idea what it feels like to be in love with someone else. I dont want to be in a relationship with a person who doesnt know what love feels like. I dont want to be in a relationship with a person who has no idea what the first date feels like. I dont want to be in a relationship with a person who just wants to sit on their back porch and read a book.
To be clear, I do not want to be in a relationship with a person who doesn’t love me. This is not a complaint, really. I just don’t know what that feels like.
It feels like it should, but I can’t shake the feeling that the person I’m with could be a psychopath. They could be a child or some twisted version of what I want. I feel like I should be able to like who I want and be ok with that. But I am not okay with that. I’m ok with being in a relationship, but I am not ok with being in a relationship with a psychopath.
That is exactly how I feel about Natalie and Matt. I think they are awesome guys and Im happy to have them in my life, but I cant stand the thought that I could be in an abusive relationship with them. I feel like I’m being a hypocrite.
The new trailer (which was released a few days before its official release) gives us a little more insight into the story’s main character. Colt Vahn is a party-loving guy, but he’s not really into being a party-guy. He thinks he can get away with murder, but he doesn’t even know if he’s capable of being a murdering party-guy. Matt is the party-guy.
When you go back to the game, you can ask what you can and can’t ask of the party-guys. If you ask them to show you something important, they might not show it. If you ask to eat or drink, they might not do it. They could be drunk.
Matt Lauer plays the character of Matty Vahn, who is on Deathloop to escape his own party-life. (He’s a party-guys secret agent, but he hasn’t been invited to the party yet.) He finds his way back to Blackreef to join Colt’s group of Visionaries after they are forced to abandon it because of a “mishap” of a mysterious character’s murder.


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Well this is turning out to be a different kind of Spring Break than I thought it would be only a few short weeks ago! A lot of us are sad about plans that got derailed because of Covid 19. It is disappointing for sure, but here’s where we can put into action the “controlling my thoughts” exercise. (Also called the CBT triangle…Thinking-Feeling-Acting). I can keep thinking about how disappointing this is, which will make me feel irritated, angry, sad (sometimes all at the same time!) and will cause me to have a bad attitude, say things I will be sorry for, and mope around, eating chips and feeling gross. Or, I can force my thoughts to more positive places. Such as…there are lots of things I can do around home. I can learn a new song, a new dance, some new art, read some new books etc. When I think this way, I will feel accomplished and happier, which will help me to speak more positively, have a more pleasant attitude and get along with the people in my house better. I know that it is much easier to say those words than to live them, but with practice, it does get easier.
Spring Break – practicing how to deal.

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Purpose of review: Patient-reported outcome measures are increasingly important measures of patient experience, which can increase research robustness, maximise economic value and improve patient outcomes. This review outlines the benefits, challenges and practicalities of incorporating patient-reported outcome measures in clinical trials.
Recent findings: Patient-reported outcome measures are often the best way of measuring patient symptoms and quality of life. Patient-reported outcome measures can help reduce observer bias, engage patients in the research process, and inform health service resource planning. A range of tools exist to help facilitate clinicians and researchers in selecting and utilising patient reported outcome measures. Key issues to consider when selecting an appropriate tool include the development, format and psychometric properties of the patient-reported outcome measures. The use of patient-reported outcome measures allow us to better understand the patient experience and their values. A range of tools exist to help facilitate the use of patient-reported outcome measures. This article outlines how we can incorporate patient-reported outcome measures in clinical trials.
Keywords: Clinical trial endpoint; Clinical trials; Health care; Outcome assessment; Patient-centered care; Patient-reported outcome measures.

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Mastercraft Collection: Eurocopter EC 135..
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The Eurocopter EC 135 helicopter went into service in 1966, and today over 1000 of them fly the skies over Europe helping the civilian population. This twin-engine chopper was used mostly for police and ambulance duties, but it also served as an executive transport. This light utility helicopter made its first flight in February 1994. More than 1,000 units of this chopper was built, each costs around US$4.2 million to produce.
This handcrafted model is painted in the same paint scheme as the original and is painstakingly built from Philippine mahogany by our skilled craftsmen. Perfect as a gift for any aviation enthusiast and history buff!


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US pop-punk band Good Charlotte will return to Australia for a series of concerts in October this year.
The tattooed twin frontmen Benji and Joel Madden were recently in the country to host the MTV Australian Music Awards.
The band's fourth album Good Morning Revival was released in March this year featuring the chart and radio hit Keep Your Hands Off My Girl.
They will be supported by Australian rockers Kisschasy and The Hot Lies.
Australian singer-actress Sophie Monk is engaged to Benji Madden.
Good Charlotte will perform in Perth at the Challenge Stadium, October 17.
Tickets on sale Monday July 16.


10/06/2015 - New gigs confirmed! DRAGONHAMMER Live in England, Scotland, Sweden, France, Swiss and Italy with FREEDOM CALL!
28/06/2014 - DragonhammeR sign for the German Agency Agentur EAM
The band is happy to announce to be part of their roster. The agency is led by Frank Vedder, a great man in promotion, booking and management services since years in the world. and will take care of DragonhammeR inside and outside Italy.
19/05/2014 - Great News!!!! We are pleased to announce that the band is joined to Skywards Promotions Agency. check it guys!!! \m/
03/02/2014 - DragonhammeR confirm "The X Experiment" European Tour in support of a legend Power Metal Band "FREEDOM CALL"
Date City Location
27/03/2014 BERLIN K17 Club
28/03/2014 ESSEN Turock
29/03/2014 GERA Sächsischer Bahnhof
02/04/2014 GIJON Sala Acapulco
03/04/2014 PORTO Hard Club
04/04/2014 SARAGOZZA Sala Explosivo
05/04/2014 BARCELLONA Sala Samandra 2
06/04/2014 MADRID Sala We Rock
25/04/2014 ROME Cross Road Live Club
26/04/2014 CALENZANO (FI) Cycle Rock Club
17/01/2014 - DragonhammeR are pleased to announce their new drummer Andrea Gianangeli.
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Will be officially presented to the public during the release party of the new album "THE X EXPERIMENT" in Rome on February 16, 2014 at Jailbreak Live Club.
New and exciting tour dates will be announced very soon.
07/11/2013 - The new DRAGONHAMMER album "The X Experiment" is almost ready to be released via My Kingdom Music and it's already announced as one of the most awaited Italian releases of the end of the year!
The album, according to what the band says, is an explosive mix of Power, Epic and Progressive Metal in the real DRAGONHAMMER tradition and style, and is based on a great futuristic concept, a modern fantastic story set in a post-nuclear world where chaos reigns and humanity does not believe in anything…a story that will further develop in the next albums.
It will feature very special guests: the guitar-hero Francesco Fareri (Jeff Loomis, Vitalij Kuprij, Virtual Mind) with a phenomenal solo; the great singers Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth, A.P.D., Mangala Vallis, Ken Hensley’s Live Fire) and Titta Tani (Ashent, Phoenix Rising, Takayoshi Ohmura, ex Dgm, drummer for Goblin and ex Necrophagia) involved in two different songs, creating spectacular vocal duets with the singer Max Aguzzi; the talented drummer David Folchitto (Stormlord, Screaming Banshee, Prophilax) who has recorded the drums for the whole album.
Expect something devastating!
01/08/2013 - David Folchitto on next DragonhammeR’s album!
Mind-blowing drummer David Folchitto (Stormlord, Screaming Banshee, Prophilax) will record drums for the whole album. Wait for something really shatterin.
01/08/2013 - Titta Tani on next DragonhammeR’s album!
Other prestigious collaborations have been confirmed for DragonhammeR’s new and awaited album "the X experiment" which will come out by the end of 2013. The great singer Titta Tani (Ashent, Phoenix Rising, Takayoshi Ohmura, ex Dgm, drummer for Goblin and ex Necrophagia) will perform in a vocal duet in the song "My Destiny".
13/06/2013 - The first two official participations regarding the new release next October of the anticipated album “The x experiment” have been disclosed: The talented guitar-hero Francesco Fareri (Jeff Loomis, Vitalij Kuprij, Virtual Mind) with a phenomenal solo in the song “My destiny” and the amazing Roberto Tiranti (Labyrinth, A.P.D., Mangala Vallis, Ken Hensley’s Live Fire) involved in a spectacular vocal duet with the singer Max Aguzzi in the song “The end of the world”.
The band should confirm shortly other prestigious participations for what promises to be one of the best Italian discographic releases of the end of the year.
24/05/2013 - My Kingdom Music is absolutely delighted to announce that they have signed one of the best italian bands ever: DRAGONHAMMER. The new album titled "The X Experiment" will be released on October 21st, 9 years after the last band's release.
The album could be defined an explosive mix of Power, Epic and Progressive Metal in the real DRAGONHAMMER tradition and style, and is based on a great futuristic concept, a modern fantastic story set in a post-nuclear world where the chaos reigns.
"The X Experiment", recorded by a completely renewed line-up, but leaded by the talent of Gae Amodio and Max Aguzzi, will have great special guests of international level and we are sure will sign the return to the glorious past of a historical reality of the Italian Metal scene.
The release will be followed and promoted by a series of live shows in Europe.
20/01/2013 - The DragonhammeR are currently in the recording Studio to finish the next album, which will probably come out after the summer.
17/10/2012 - We announce with great satisfaction that we will be the support band to Italian dates of the European tour of Jorn Lande.
Italian dates of the tour will be 3 in Milan, Rome and Prato.
Another supporting acts are Norwegian Teodor Tuff.
12/08/2012 - Yesterday started the recordings of the drums in the new work of the band. Great job done by the new drummer Massimiliano Santori. Recorded for the entire session of the first song in the new work entitled "THE END OF THE WORLD". In a brief report of live recordings and the first comments of interested parties! Stay tuned guys!!!!
07/03/2012 - The DragonhammeR are pleased to announce that the next play as Headliner in the 'ARCHIVIO METALLICO ITALIANO FEST' in Prato on Avril 28, 2012. For more info stay tuned!
12/01/2012 - DragonhammeR on the Firebrand Rock Radio....British Radio Station FIREBRAND ROCK RADIO aired earlier this evening (january 12) the special weekly show entitled “Doc’s Young Guns II” conducted by Rick Palin. Tonight’s episode includes music from Trevor Sewell, Joe Matera, Steve Mulry, Engel, The Self Titled, The Dead Cells, DragonhammeR, Datakill, Junker, and many many more.
14/12/2011 - The DragonhammeR will be transmitted in the radio program "LA DANZA DE LOS VAMPIROS" in Mexico tonight. Will be presented some of the most famous songs of the past of the band. Good listening and thanks to our friend ARBORG from Mexico.
For listen the show check http://www.lapajarracaradio.com/
31/08/2011- In the home page, you will find the first draft of the new creation that will be printed on the band's new official shirts.T-shirt will be sold in a few days exclusively online. Stay Tuned
06/06/2011 - By the time of next ALive Rock Fest, that will take place in Barletta on 19th June 2011, DragonhammeR will play as support band of Ektomorf, Neurasthenia and The Dogma. To check the complete Festival program go on.
17//03/2011 - DragonhammeR announce they will perform at the A.LIVE ROCK FESTIVAL in Barletta, on June 19, 2011. This is one of the best Metal festivals in the south of Italy. More info soon.
03/02/2011 - DragonhammeR announce they will perform at the Palarockness in Genzano, on Avril 8, 2011. After the performance of DragonhammeR, will go up on stage the CENTVRION.
23/11/2010 - Some tracks from the new DragonhammeR album are ready : "The Experiment", "Escape" and "Follow your Star". The name of the album is still temporary. The successor of "Time for Expiation" will be a proper concept album: set in an apocalyptic future with fantasy/mystical themes, whereas the musical direction will be power-prog-metal with modern influences, alternating deep impact moments with atmosphere ones!
16/10/2010 - DragonhammeR announce they will perform at the Dark Club Arcadia in Naples, on November 6, 2010
04/09/2010 - We keep on composing the tracks that will form the next official band's album. The retinue of the awaited "TIME FOR EXPIATION" will be a cd based on more modern and powerful sounds, with Prog referencies, without taking no notice of the power mark that has always characterized the musicality of the band in the last years. Some of the new track wil be presented in advance during the next live gigs.
28/07/2010 - The DragonhammeR will be the opening concert of the "Primal Fear" that will play in Rome on 26th September to the Blackout Rock Club - Rome
27/07/2010 - The DragonhammeR will participate as co-headliner to the Spider Rock Festival at 11th sept. 2010 - Init Club - Rome
18/06/2010 - Online the new DragonhammeR Official Web Site.


Orange-bellied parrot facts for kids
Quick facts for kidsOrange-bellied parrot
|Male in South West Tasmania|
Euphema aurantia Gould, 1841
The orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) is a small parrot endemic to southern Australia, and one of only three species of parrot that migrate. It was described by John Latham in 1790. A small parrot around 20 cm (8 in) long, it exhibits sexual dimorphism. The adult male is distinguished by its bright grass-green upper parts, yellow underparts and orange belly patch. The adult female and juvenile are duller green in colour. All birds have a prominent two-toned blue frontal band and blue outer wing feathers.
The orange-bellied parrot breeds in Tasmania and winters near the coast, foraging on saltmarsh species, beach or dune plants and a variety of exotic weed species on southern mainland Australia. The diet consists of seeds and berries of small coastal grasses and shrubs. With a wild population of 14 birds as of early February 2017, it is regarded as a critically endangered species. The orange-bellied parrot is rated as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species.
Orange-bellied parrots are being bred in a captive breeding program with parrots in Taroona, Tasmania, Healesville Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo, Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park and Priam Parrot Breeding Centre. The captive population consists of around 300 birds, with a target of 350 birds by 2016–17. Because of the decline in the wild population in recent years, an additional 21 birds from the wild population were captured in 2010–2011 to improve the genetic diversity of the species' captive breeding program. Taken as a whole, the captive population, an example of ex situ conservation, is termed an "insurance population" against extinction.
Taxonomy and naming
The orange-bellied parrot was first described by ornithologist John Latham as Psittacus chrysogaster in 1790, from a specimen (since lost) that had been collected from Adventure Bay in Tasmania in March 1773 on the second voyage of James Cook or in January 1777 on his third voyage, and subsequently been in Joseph Banks' collection. The species name was derived from the Ancient Greek words chrysos 'golden' and gaster 'belly'. John Gould described it in 1841 as Euphema aurantia, from an adult male specimen collected in southeast Tasmania that became the lectotype. The species name was the Latin adjective for "orange". T.J. Ewing named it Nanodes gouldii, in honour of Gould, who he believed had discovered it.
Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori erected the new genus Neophema in 1891, placing the orange-bellied parrot within it and giving it its current scientific name. One of six species of grass parrot in the genus Neophema, one of four classified in the subgenus Neonanodes; it is most closely related to the rock parrot, the other two species being the blue-winged and elegant parrots. No subspecies are recognised.
"Orange-bellied parrot" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Gould called it the orange-bellied grass parakeet. It has previously been known as the 'orange-breasted parrot'—a name given to the orange-bellied parrot in 1926 by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union or RAOU (now Birdlife Australia) when the word 'belly' was considered inelegant. Other names include yellow-bellied parrot, orange-bellied grass-parakeet, and trumped-up corella.
The orange-bellied parrot is a small parrot around 20 cm (8 in) long; the adult male has bright green head, neck and upperparts, and yellow-green breast, abdomen and flanks. The feathers of the cheeks, neck and underparts are yellow-green with lime green tips and fringes, and hence appear more bright green when the bird has just moulted and more yellowish as the plumage wears. Feathers on the crown are bright green with darker green tips. It has a prominent, two-toned blue frontal band, with a lighter blue border both above and below the horizontal dark blue band. On the belly is an oval patch of orange around 2 cm in diameter. The undertail coverts are yellow to pale yellow. The uppertail is green-blue with yellow sides. The under wing-coverts and flight feathers are dark blue, with paler blue median wing-coverts. The upper mandible of the bill is blackish grey with a greyish, orange-brown or salmon-coloured base and cutting edge, while the lower mandible a brownish orange a grey-black tip. The cere is blackish grey with a pale brown tinge around the nostrils, the orbital eye-ring is light grey and the iris is dark brown. The legs and feet are dark grey with a red tinge between scales. The adult female has slightly duller shades of green plumage overall, with a paler blue frontal band. Its orange belly patch is about 30% smaller and less distinct. Moulting takes place in late winter and early spring.
The juvenile is a duller green to yellow-olive colour overall, with a much less prominent blue frontal band above the eyes. It has a dull yellowish or orange bill, which darkens to brown by the time the bird is three months old.
The orange-bellied parrot most commonly utters a single-note buzzing sound that is repeated every one to three seconds as a contact call. This is generally made orange-bellied parrots while flying, but also by birds seeing others in flight. The alarm call is a quickly repeated tzeet that has a buzzing quality. Individuals may make this call when flushed from cover. The gurgle-buzz call is made by birds acting as sentries at feeding areas, and is a mixture of an alarm call interspersed with chattering and hissing. When feeding, orange-bellied parrots may make soft low-pitched chitting sounds.
The blue-winged and elegant parrots can be mistaken for the orange-bellied parrot, however their tinkling alarm calls and lighter olive-green upperparts distinguish them. Their blue frontal bands have only light blue border on one side.
Distribution and habitat
One of three migratory parrot species, the orange-bellied parrot breeds solely in South West Tasmania, it nests in eucalypts bordering on button grass moors. The entire population migrates over Bass Strait to spend the winter on the coast of south-eastern Australia. On the way, they may stop (and occasionally overwinter on) King Island, particularly Lake Flannigan. The few mainland sites contain their favoured salt marsh habitat, and includes sites in or close to Port Phillip such as Werribee Sewage Farm, the Spit Nature Conservation Reserve, the shores of Swan Bay, Swan Island, Lake Connewarre State Wildlife Reserve, Lake Victoria and Mud Islands, as well as French Island in Western Port.
In late 2017, there was a possible sighting at Canunda National Park in South Australia; the most recent confirmed sighting in the state being five years beforehand at Port MacDonnell.
In the wild, the orange-bellied parrot tends to be monogamous, though a bird will seek a new mate if its old one has died. However, males can mate with multiple females in captivity. Pairs can form on the mainland before migration or after arrival in Tasmania. The orange-bellied parrot is capable of breeding in its first year of life. The oldest known individual in the wild is known as blue/black F. At over nine years old, it is thought to have made 20 trips across Bass Strait.
Breeding is restricted to southwestern Tasmania, generally within 20 km (12 mi) of Melaleuca. The breeding season is November to February, with birds arriving at Melaleuca in early October, after which time they begin looking for suitable sites for nesting. They nest in hollows in mature trees—usually Smithton peppermint (Eucalyptus nitida) or sometimes swamp gum (E. ovata). The entrance is a 6–10 cm (2 1⁄2–4 in) wide hole in a broken branch or trunk, the hollow itself being up to 60 cm (24 in) deep. Since 1991, nest boxes have been built to increase the number of suitable nest sites. The female cleans out the hollow and lays the almost round white eggs on a layer of rotten wood.The clutch consists of 3 to 6 (average 4.5) eggs measuring 21.6 mm × 18.1 mm, with the eggs being laid at two day intervals. A pair will re-use a successful nesting site, with the some sites used for up to six years. The female commonly remains in the nest for several days before laying.
The female incubates the eggs for 21–24 days. During this time, the male forages up to 3 km (1.9 mi) from the site. The eggs hatch 1–2 days apart, and the young are nidicolous and semi-altricial—that is, they are born helpless and blind and remain in the nest for an extended period. They are initially covered in off-white down. The female remains on the nest for another 10 days, still fed by the male, after which time they both feed the young. By two weeks of age, larger nestlings come to the mouth of the hollow to be fed. The young fledge at 4–5 weeks old.
The orange-bellied parrot is found in pairs or small flocks, and generally remain on the ground or in low foliage searching for food. They alternate between feeding and resting quietly, beginning just before or after dawn and resting mid-morning. In the breeding season, males feed and forage constantly to supply their mates with food while incubating, and both parents do so to feed their young. Early in the breeding season, they prefer areas that were burnt 7 to 15 years previously, while by mid-breeding season, they seek out areas that are 3 to 5 years post fire. Their most important food plants are Beaded Glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora) and Shrubby Glasswort (Tecticornia arbuscula). Other foods include the seeds of the coast fescue (Austrofestuca littoralis), saltbush (Atriplex cinerea), Austral seablite (Suaeda australis) and sea heath (Frankenia pauciflora), as well as berries, such as those of Coprosma. They have also been reported eating kelp.
The orange-bellied parrot generally roosts at night in trees or tall shrubs within 1 km (0.6 mi) of feeding locations.
The orange-bellied parrot was once much more widespread; it was found along the mainland coastline from Sydney to Adelaide outside the breeding season. Their range has shrunk with the loss and degradation of habitat. Around 1889, it had been recorded in various places around Sydney, including Malabar, Penshurst, Bankstown, Blacktown and Middle Head. A 1907 report of two birds caught in Riverstone might have been aviary escapees. In Victoria, it was a regular visitor to Port Fairy until 1967.
The orange-bellied parrot is rated as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List of Endangered species. As of the 2016-17 breeding season, wild population has been counted at 16 confirmed individuals—13 males and 3 females. By April 2020, the wild population had recovered to 118 individuals.
- The 2000 Action Plan for Australian Birds lists it as critically endangered (Garnett and Crowley 2000).
- In a report on threatened and extinct birds in Australia in 1992, it was listed as endangered (Garnett 1992).
- In a report on threatened birds in Australia in 1990, it was listed as endangered (Brouwer and Garnett 1990).
The orange-bellied parrot has been recorded from four states within Australia: Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Its conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:
- The orange-bellied parrot is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.
- On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the orange-bellied parrot is listed as critically endangered.
The Captive Breeding Program numbered 310 individuals as of 25 September 2016.
In early 2011, 21 new 'founders' were collected from the wild in order to improve the captive flock's genetic diversity. These birds were shared among the three core institutions with previous orange-bellied parrot breeding experience (Taroona, Healesville Sanctuary and Adelaide Zoo) and were paired with existing captive birds to begin spreading new genes through the captive population.
In May 2011, media attention focussed on the 10 individuals transferred by aircraft from Tasmania to Healesville Sanctuary near Melbourne, which was described as a last-ditch effort to save the species from extinction. It is hoped that the new additions from the wild will improve the genetic diversity of the 80 birds at Healesville Sanctuary, which are all descended from three pairs. Captive populations in Hobart and Adelaide are also important to the aim of releasing captive bred birds back to the wild.
In July, 2012, it was announced that 19 of 21 pairs with founders had produced eggs and that across all three institutions, 31 fledglings had been produced from these new pairs.
Captive breeding was expanded at the end of 2011 when Priam Australia Pty Ltd., a commercial parrot breeding centre in New South Wales, received five pairs of orange-bellied parrots.
In August, 2012, a private zoo, Moonlit Sanctuary in Pearcedale, Victoria, received seven birds for display and possible breeding. The same month, another private zoo, Halls Gap Zoo in western Victoria, received five pairs of birds for breeding. In 2016 Moonlit Sanctuary opened a dedicated facility for 20 pairs, while Halls Gap had withdrawn from the program in the previous year. With three larger breeding facilities and four smaller groups of birds involved in the captive breeding program, it is hoped the captive population will increase quickly.
The 2000 Action Plan for Australian Birds identifies the following potential threats to the orange-bellied parrot:
- Fragmentation and degradation of over-wintering habitat
- Competition with introduced seed-eaters
- Abandonment of former breeding habitat due to altered fire regime and competition for hollows (with the introduced common starling)
- Random events due to the small size of the population
- Disorientation from brightly lit fishing boats (during the migrations across Bass Strait)
- Introduced predators
- Disease (such as psittacine circoviral disease)
Other identified potential threats include:
- Lack of safety in numbers for a small bird attractive to avian predators (Brouwer and Garnett 1990)
- Historically was trapped for aviculture (Garnett 1992)
- A stomach virus is threatening a breeding program for the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot.
In 2013, the Orange-bellied Parrot Recovery Team's Annual Report for 2012/13 (published October 2013) outlined the reasons for its decline and the threats to the orange-bellied parrot as follows:
...Current knowledge suggests that habitat loss and degradation, particularly in the non-breeding range, has caused the decline. Low breeding participation by females has been implicated in recent declines (2000–2010). The species is also at risk from climate change, and the small population size places the species at increased risk from factors such as loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding, stochastic environmental events, predators and competitors, disease, and barriers to migration and movement.
Impact on industrial development
The orange-bellied parrot earned the wrath of Victorian premier Jeff Kennett in the 1990s. A proposed relocation of the Coode Island Chemical storage facility to a location near Point Wilson, Victoria was jeopardised by the potential impacts upon orange-bellied parrot habitat. Mr Kennett described this species as a 'trumped-up corella'. (This epithet was later adopted as the title for the Orange-bellied Parrot Recovery Team's newsletter.)
Orange-bellied parrots were considered in the impact assessment for the Woolnorth windfarm on Tasmania's north-west coast. The planning proposal was thoroughly assessed by both State and Commonwealth regulators (having been determined to be a controlled action under the EPBC Act).
Surveys and collision risk modeling was undertaken as well as a population viability analysis to assess the impact on the species. The wind farm is not in the flight path of OBPs, but they do pass near by. In 2001, then Australian federal environment minister Robert Hill approved the wind farm.
To date no orange-bellied parrots have been found to collide with the turbines. Monitoring continues today as well as measures to reduce OBPs coming near the wind farm.
In 2006, the potential threats to the orange-bellied parrot were cited as the key reason for Commonwealth Minister rejecting the proposal to build the Bald Hills Wind Farm in eastern Victoria. It was found there were no significant risks to the species, and the decision was reversed. The company was provided with approval to proceed (under certain conditions). The intense media scrutiny at this time placed the orange-bellied parrot temporarily into the spotlight. In the subsequent months additional funding was provided for the parrot's recovery, and its status under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 was raised from endangered to critically endangered.
The orange-bellied parrot was first bred successfully in 1973 by South Australian aviculturist Fred Lewitska, after five years with no success. He repeated his success in 1974 before being directed to release the birds into the wild by authorities. He found that the species could be inactive in an aviary and was prone to obesity, like the related rock parrot. Victorian birdwatcher, artist and photographer Len Robinson bred orange-bellied parrots in suburban Melbourne between 1998 and 2006. He held four pairs for eight breeding seasons, fledging a total of 47.
Orange-bellied parrot Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


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Franck Kessie is an Ivory Coast international
It is claimed that Juventus were frontrunners to secure his signature when the transfer window reopens in January.
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The Blues are willing to let him stay at Atalanta for the rest of the season should they seal a deal for him in the New Year.
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High Efficiency Hearth
Wood Burning Combustion
WOOD BURNING COMBUSTION
Stage one combustion
The first stage of combustion is the heating and evaporating stage. Initially, heat is brought into contact with a piece of wood in the presence of air. Heat causes several reactions.
First, it raises the temperature of an area on the wood surface to some depth into the wood. As the wood’s surface temperature approaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit, the water in the wood begins to boil, then evaporates. As long as the water remains in the wood, its boiling and evaporation robbing heat energy from the source, thereby keeping the wood cells from gaining more heat. Moisture must be driven off before combustion can begin, so wood with a high moisture content is hard to ignite.
Unlike moisture, volatile gases are combustible. They burn and release heat. As the wood surface temperature rises beyond 212° F to about 450° F, major gases abundant in creosote are produced: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and acetic and formic acids. However, the gases generated in the first stage of combustion do not ignite until the moisture evaporates and the kindling temperature is hot enough.
Stage two combustion
After moisture is driven from the wood and the heat raises the temperature of the wood above 540° F, the second stage of combustion takes place. This is the heat-producing stage. It occurs at two different temperature levels: primary and secondary combustion.
The process by which gases are released from wood and burned is called primary combustion. Primary combustion begins at about 540° F, continues toward 900° F and results in the release of a large amount of energy. Primary combustion also releases large amounts of unburned combustible gases, including methane and methanol as well as more acid, water vapor and carbon dioxides.
These gases, called secondary gases, contain up to 60 percent of the potential heat in the wood. Their combustion is important to achieve high overall combustion efficiency. The secondary gases are not burned near the wood because of lack of oxygen (oxygen is being consumed by primary combustion) or insufficient temperature.
The conditions needed to burn secondary gases are sufficient oxygen and temperatures of at least 1100° F. The air supply is critical. Too little air will not support combustion and too much will cool the temperature to a point where combustion cannot occur.
Remember that air is about 80 percent inert gas and, when introduced into a wood stove, is well below the 1100° F needed to sustain secondary combustion. The more air that mixes with the secondary gases, the greater the quantity of heat absorbed by the nitrogen, and the lower the temperature of the secondary gas-air mixture.
Secondary combustion can and does occur in wood burning stoves that are designed to meet or exceed the EPA’s requirements for clean air, but only if the stove is used with seasoned wood, operated in a manor consistent with it’s design and is connected to a properly functioning chimney system.
Many people do not realize that the chimney is the engine that drives the stove (or fireplace) and that if the chimney is not up to par (sized correctly, have adequate height, or does not hold enough heat) then the draft will be inadequate and the best stove in the world will be a disappointment at best, and possibly even a danger at worst.
Stage three combustion
During wood burning, after the gases are driven from the wood, the carbon chains of cellulose and lignin molecules remain. Carbon, or charcoal, burns a long time with a low rate of heat output. Charcoal burning is important for two reasons. Additional energy is released, which is important to overall combustion efficiency.
Also, charcoal burns at a low rate of combustion, which means that a good charcoal bed will burn a long time, allowing a fire to last the night. The fire can be rekindled by adding wood and opening the draft to supply new oxygen.
Choosing the proper wood stove is important to wood burn more efficiently. However, proper operation of your stove is also critical. Understanding combustion principles and learning to manipulate the various conditions enables you to achieve maximum comfort and efficiency from your wood heating system.


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Good Afternoon, so I've been coming to the site almost daily as the community of runners which I once thought were a bunch of miserable people are in fact so lovely! I am on week 6 now of the c25k and I think I am addicted to running. I had heard of the c25k before and in fact done it for a couple of weeks a couple of years ago and just gave up don't ask me why I can't give a valid reason. Around 7 weeks ago i was talking to one of my friends on facebook, she had done a marathon last year and was quite inquisitive about the whole thing thats when she suggested c25k, so I thought why not! At the time I was going though a lot of stress in my life breakup etc which i won't bore you with but I decided I needed to do something about my life and my appearance ( i'm not an ugly duckling but you know what it's like when you gain a few pounds), knowing I am overweight but mainly wanted to get fit and get through the challenge. Now you now what my main reasons were for taking up running what were your lets share our experiences, I'm sure everyone would love to know
main benefits for me
1. Gives me a chance for alone time
2. clears my head (it's the only time I don't really have anything going on in my head when i am running)
3. I know I am bettering myself fitness, mind and body
4. I like to push myself even when I am feeling a bit tired ( it soon wakes me up!)
5. Clarity - being able to do something that I never thought was possible
6. knowing i am burning fat at the same time as keeping fit
7. the connection between other runners and cyclist ( we cant stop for a chat but a simple nod of the head or hello will suffice)
8. The open air
9. taking your feet anywhere you want to.
10. friends noticing i've been running a lot more and saying im crazy and they'd never be able to do it! ha ha ( i always tell them they can!)
I am sure there is more to it but it's more a feeling of exhileration that non runners wouldn't understand
I AM A RUNNING ADDICT AND PROUD!!!


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The story of a person easily translates into the lines in their hands. The wrinkles tell of a lifetime of labor and effort. Each line represents a moment or an action that maintains a special significance only their owner can understand. As the days progress, the moments pass and lines of life attained, we learn and grow. The acquisition of age is a cherished event but there is something to say about the hands of a child. Their smoothness calmly whispers youth, inspiration and hope. The way a child grasps your hand, with total security and total faith is undeniably beautiful. In a way, we all maintain qualities of a child (though we may not choose to admit it). As children we live with our hands open. Open to the world, open to ideals, creativity, faith, trust. It is when we start to accept the world for what it is, instead of what we want it to be, that our hands begin to close. Slowly our palms tighten, getting harder and harder. We may begin to live with fists in place of where our open hands once were. So I ask myself, I ask you, when you look down what do you see?
Are your hands closed? Are they open? What do they say about you? Are your hands helping, are they reaching out to another? Regardless of their condition, it's your choice whether they are open or closed.
You can make a difference; you can be the one to reach out to another. Touch someone's life, restore that hope and love that slowly slips out of grasp. God gives us our own talents because He knows we can touch and change lives. The power of an open hand cannot be explained in mere words. Whatever your talents may be: speaking, writing, building community, photography, poetry, math, or listening, I urge you to explore the potential that each can offer.
Let us restore our view to the time of our childhood. Let's see the world for the way we want it to be instead of accepting it for what it is. Open your hand and your heart is sure to follow.Note: Channing is a Belmont student currently using her photography skills to create materials to prevent trafficking among young people. Come join her, and hundreds of others, in using your talents to end slavery. Join a volunteer group in Nashville, Hendersonville, Franklin or (soon to be) Murfreesboro.

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Nobody left this lecture without quenching their thirst for knowledge.
Students from John A. Cumber Primary School in West Bay were treated to a presentation on Cayman’s most precious resource – the water supply – from a pair of prominent experts on Tuesday.
Hannah Reid, the corporate communications director of The Water Authority – Cayman, and Manuel Thomaz, general manager of Cayman Water, explained in detail to the students how seawater goes from wells 150 feet underground and eventually travels through pipes to arrive at their kitchen sinks.
The students, all aged 7 and 8, listened in rapt attention as Ms. Reid and Mr. Thomaz spoke about the modern innovation of desalination plants and how it affects the Caribbean.
Mr. Thomaz, for instance, told the students that if they were to collect rainwater for a year, they would need a tank the size of West Bay to hold it. Since that is not feasible – and since Cayman does not have abundant freshwater resources – desalination is the only choice.
“It doesn’t need to be raining to have water in our taps,” Mr. Thomaz said. “There’s an almost unlimited supply of water on this island, because we have salty water all around us.”
Ms. Reid told the students that they can make a major impact on the environment by turning off the faucet while they brush their teeth and by urging their parents to drink tap instead of bottled water.
The lecture included a slideshow, and Mr. Thomaz took the difficult science and related it to topics the children could understand. For example, he taught them about osmosis by saying that if you put a gummy bear in water, the water would naturally fight through the membrane to expand the candy.
“Reverse osmosis,” he said, “is just getting the water back out of the gummy bear.”
One of the slides taught students elemental facts about water around the world, including that people in Africa and Asia walk an average of 3.7 miles to collect potable water. Two-thirds of the water in any home is used in the bathroom, according to the slides the children saw on Tuesday.
The Water Authority and Cayman Water have been conducting their joint education program since 2016, and have visited schools with the hope of teaching students about the local water table.
School visits can be arranged by emailing [email protected] or [email protected] Tours of the Water Authority facility can be arranged by filling out a request form at www.waterauthority.ky/arrange-a-school-visit.


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|Date||Thursday, October 27, 2016|
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Visual Connections New York will be returning on Thursday, October 27 to the Metropolitan Pavilion. Further details will be published in July.
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The rate of population aging is growing rapidly across the globe and requiring governments and health care systems to evolve and align with the needs of older populations. Interprofessional education implementations during training and post-training should be executed to produce teams that can best deliver integrated care. All levels of the government, from international entities to local sovereignties, should coordinate for knowledge sharing and delivery, implementation, and the creation of processes and programs to build age-friendly societies.
Countries across the world are facing unprecedented economic and sociopolitical challenges caused by a rapidly aging society. According to projections by the United Nations, global life expectancy is projected to increase by 15 years, from 59 years old in 1975 to 74 years old by 2025. The share of the population over 65 years old is growing rapidly. It is estimated that this cohort will overtake the size of the youth (0-14 years old) and younger population groups (15-24 years old) by 2070 (United Nations, 2019). The etiologies of the trend differ depending on the economic status of the country. In low- and middle-income countries, this trend is largely explained by the result of lower infant mortality rates and declining fertility rates. While in high-income countries, the primary factor is largely explained by extended life expectancy due to technological advances.
There are many issues that result from an aging society: rising demand for a more integrated, high-capacity health care system, along with a long-term care system. The fragmentation between care providers, institutions, and insufficient coordination of care among professionals of different backgrounds leads to a lack of communication and continuity of care, thus resulting in redundancy, high costs, and poor outcomes. Fixing the problem requires coordinating all stakeholders including health care workers, social workers, patients, and their families to provide seamless, person-centered care which can address the patients’ physical and mental health, as well as social needs.
The implementation of integrated care will require major financing restructuring to support these comprehensive and large programs across different systems. For instance, Japan’s mandatory and public program “Long-term Care Insurance” (LTCI) that went into effect in 2000 provides various long-term care benefits for individuals. Some of these services include nursing homes, home helpers, and day care services with rehab. In this social insurance scheme, people aged 40 and over begin contributing to the system through premiums. Once members reach 65 years of age, they are able to access the benefits of the program. (John Campbell, 2020) Nevertheless, there is a global trend that the share of the working-age population is shrinking rapidly in comparison to that of the growing elderly population. Even with comprehensive and robust programs such as LTCI, the trend may still be a factor that causes national long-term care programs to become imbalanced and unsustainable in the long-term.
The aging population issue not only requires significant health care and long-term care system reforms, it also requires future developments to create a more age-friendly environment. A major issue confronting the elderly population is social isolation which is consistently prevalent in low-, middle-, and high- income countries across the globe. Research has shown that in the majority of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, social support declines with age, with older people spending less time in social interactions and feeling less support than their younger counterparts (OECD, 2020). These studies suggest that the cause is urbanization and modernization forces that lead to the degradation of the former family structure that has historically provided a safety net of support and care for elderly people. Consequently, the lack of intergenerational living arrangements and family support requires larger societal transformations to supplement these support services.
This policy action paper aims to address the strategies governments and health care systems need to adopt to create a resilient society for an aging population. We aim to provide a holistic and inclusive framework for all levels of governing power as well as the health care system to solve this growing issue.
Primary Research Questions
A “Global Strategy and Action Plan on Aging and Health,” adopted in May 2016 by the World Health Assembly, focuses on strategic objectives to establish a framework for achieving “healthy aging for all.” The strategy calls on countries to commit to developing age-friendly environments, align health systems to the needs of older people, and develop sustainable and equitable systems of long-term care. It also emphasizes the importance of improved data, measurement, and research, and involving older people in all decisions that concern them. The following includes the non-exhaustive list of primary research questions that guided the research process:
What measures should health care systems adopt for a successful integrated care model -- including social, long-term care, and other services -- that will best serve people living in an aging society?
How can governments coordinate and lead various industries to support the transformation of communities and the built-environment toward one that is age-friendly and equitable?
This policy action paper leverages a thorough review of literature, integration of expert lectures, and case studies via the TUFH Aging Society Institute, and in-depth interviews with global experts.
The biomedical paradigm of health, which traditionally focused on biological factors as measures of health is an insufficient model to describe well-being. Rather, determinants of active aging and evaluation of well-being among the elderly should include economic, behavioral, personal, social health, social services, and physical environments (WHO, 2015). In addition, Hojman et. al recently published a study that used a novel nationally representative household survey to demonstrate human agency and dignity to also be important predictors of life satisfaction. (Hojman, Daniel & Miranda, Álvaro, 2017)
Interprofessional Education (IPE) is when “two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.”(WHO, 2010) IPE serves as a powerful tool to provide team-based, value-driven health care that can satisfy the broad and complicated needs faced by the elderly population. Training in higher education and continuing education settings have not been sufficiently responsive enough to develop an adequate interprofessional workforce (Partnership for Health in Aging, 2014).
Policy Action Recommendations
The Role of Health care Systems in Building an Aging Society
Health care systems should adopt certain process reforms in the education and training of their workforce and prepare them to operate in a complex environment. Specifically, within initiatives that can develop effective, multidisciplinary care to best support the diverse needs of an aging society.
Reforms Needed in Training for a Health care Workforce
Forms of Education and Training
Health systems should provide opportunities to facilitate and embed team-based values, collaboration, and community mindfulness among practitioners. This includes promoting self-awareness and a deeper understanding of each team member’s role in patient care. These activities can lead to cultivating interpersonal skills such as leadership, communication, accountability, and ethical attitudes. For example, after training activities, facilitators can incorporate a period for reflection on teamwork to further strengthen the development of these skills. Experiential learning practices with reflection help link theories of teamwork and team function with the practical experience: what happens, or what should happen, in the health care practice.
Contents of Education and Training
Interprofessional education should not be limited to academic spaces. For it to be an effective tool for better patient management, health care systems should continue the training in the workplace and provide interprofessional continuing education credits. More specifically, specialties such as geriatric medicine should develop specialty-specific IPE curriculum involving common geriatric diseases. This type of IPE curriculum should be included in core geriatric competencies and be a requirement for accreditation standards. Other than IPE initiatives, the use of modern technology as an education tool has been deemed promising. Adaptive technologies such as medical imaging equipment, virtual clinic, and remote patient monitoring are helpful additives to ensure patient and provider well-being. For health care systems to continue the delivery of high-quality care, training opportunities for these technologies should be readily available.
Receivers of Education and Training
IPE training and recommendations should include all patient-facing workers, not only physicians and nurses. These members are pharmacists, social workers, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and family members who also play significant roles in the care process. During the joint training process, caregivers with different positions can develop an understanding and respect for one another.
Redefine Well-being and Develop Comprehensive Evaluations
Health care systems should redefine patient well-being by incorporating dimensions beyond traditional economic and financial measurements. The recent report, “How’s Life? 2020,” demonstrates that GDP growth for a country did not always correlate with improved well-being of the population among OECD countries. This emphasizes the need to measure beyond GDP growth as an indicator for progress. Decisionmakers need to shift their understanding of well-being to one that is multidimensional, thus deserving a multidimensional measure. Institutions such as the OECD have already begun some of these efforts. In May 2011, the organization put forward the OECD Better Life Index which included 11 topics -- including both material living conditions and also quality of life. These topics included: housing, jobs, education, civic engagement, life satisfaction, work-life balance, income, community, environment, health, and safety. Each topic is measured with various indices to ensure the multitude of dimensions that truly capture the essence of well-being (OECD, 2011). Systems around the world need to move toward measuring patient outcomes using evaluations of well-being rather than response to medical treatment. Furthermore, it is imperative for patients to be included in the formation of the well-being indicators which can create a sense of empowerment and self-sufficiency.
The Role of Local, State, National, and International Governance in Building an Aging Society
As population longevity is extended, patients face a myriad of different forms of disability and functional dependency caused by chronic degenerative diseases. It is a non-discriminatory issue that will affect many sectors of the future economy -- health care, housing, income security, transportation, and recreation. It is important for decisionmakers to realize the obvious, and not so obvious, return on investment society can have when governments invest in enabling the well-being of older people. Some of these benefits include social cohesion, innovation, and workforce participation (WHO, 2015). Building age-friendly societies also ensures the preservation of dignity each individual should be granted throughout the course of their life. Among the many stakeholders, we believe that governments play the essential role of stewardship and guidance for a unified solution to this complex problem.
Role of Local, State, and National Governments
Among the governing powers, we propose the responsibilities each level should have to maximize impact. Historically, health-related activities and the delivery of health services have occurred at the local level and regulated at this level. However, because many local governing bodies often lack the technical expertise and resources for evaluation and innovation of new interventions, we believe upstream governing bodies at the state and national level can provide the policy frameworks and resources to lower level administrations.
How to Incorporate Environmental Development and Design to Protect Aging Populations
The second critical role in governance is for national governments to incorporate inclusive, age-friendly, community design principles into the city-planning and building process of their cities. 100 Resilient Cities was established in 2013 by The Rockefeller Foundation in response to the growing physical, social, and economic challenges faced by many cities in the 21st century. Countries can reference the 100 Resilient Cities project as they develop their own policies on how to create more age-friendly environments. Through our research, we recommend the following for cities to adopt:
Implement Robust Public Transportation Networks
Design public transportation systems (buses, trains, and subways) that are elderly-friendly and will allow for safe travel. Develop alternative local transport systems to augment existing systems to provide the elderly population with access to essential locations such as clinics, rehabilitation centers, community centers, grocery stores and more.
Build Community Centers
Community centers can serve as a place of congregation for many different activities to facilitate the well-being of individuals, especially the elderly. They can be tailored to be a multipurpose space for social gatherings, medical, and educational services. One example is the Comprehensive Care Center in Toyama City, Japan which includes “a medical center, culinary school and healthy cafe, a convenience store and pharmacy, public gymnasium, and privately owned sports club” (100 Resilient Cities, n.d.). In addition to improving social wellness, community centers can ensure economic well-being by providing the elderly with a learning center for career training courses. This promotes a culture of life-long learning and develops their skills to enable them to have multiple careers throughout their lifetime -- maintaining this population’s active role in the workforce and protecting mental cognition.
Promote Social Connectivity Among Local Communities Through Various Volunteer Programs Which Can Be Activated During Pandemics, Natural Disasters, and Other Unexpected ‘Shocks’
As climate change produces stress within cities with extreme weather events, proper disaster preparation and response ensures that these natural shocks do not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable individuals. Especially the elderly which many studies have found face more adverse consequences than their younger counterparts (Cherniack, 2008). One example is the creation of the Neighborhood Disaster Prevention Associations which governments can rely on local volunteerism for adequate disaster response while fostering strong social bonds among communities. These associations are composed of local groups who are trained by the state to create community-led emergency plans and convey critical information during a disaster. They can be mobilized during a catastrophe to ensure specific groups are accounting for the elderly within the community.
Create Financial Mechanisms to Incentivize Community-based Caregiving
According to a recent report published by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC), one in five adults are unpaid family caregivers with an increase in this population to 9.5 million adults who have become caregivers within the past five years (Schoch, 2020). As health systems transition to community-based care and more care will be provided in homes, it is important for families, governments, and the private sector to shoulder the growing caregiving burden together. Quebec, Canada has adopted various ambitious policies to adequately address this issue. Vivre et vieillir ensemble is a program in which family members caring for their older family members receive both a tax credit and financial assistance for their care responsibilities in the home (World Health Organization, 2015, p. 220). Governments can encourage the continuation of care to be delivered in homes by creating financial incentive programs that best support this endeavor.
Role of International Community
At the international level, we advocate for the creation of platforms that will allow for transnational actors to engage in knowledge sharing, exchange of information, and uniformed data collection of age-related data.
The continued drive for development of innovative medical technologies is ubiquitous among modern civilizations. This means that the current aging trend will continue to be a universal and unavoidable challenge. Immediate attention for united action to build an age-friendly society is urgently needed. Health care systems need to move toward offering human-centered and integrated care. However, this challenge is not the sole responsibility of medical communities. Comprehensive and coordinated actions from other industries and sectors are also indispensable. Societies that can successfully adapt to this changing demographic and make the necessary investments to enable individuals to live longer, healthier, and meaningful lives, will create societies that are more resilient and sustainable.
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Over 200 Georgian historic monuments have been added to Google Maps. By using Google Maps, users now have the opportunity to see photos of the sites, and check the distances between various destinations.
Georgian historical monuments appear on Google Maps
By Tatia Megeneishvili
Wednesday, December 2
The project was launched in 2012, with the support of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia.
According to the authors, the project aims to promote Georgia’s unique monuments for tourists, and increase awareness of Georgia’s history across the world.
A representative of the National Agency of Public Registry, Mariam Abuladze, stated that the process was launched only after long negotiations.
“Until 2012, this zone was a white spot. There was no available information regarding anything on Google Maps. We gathered all the necessary details ourselves and Google incorporated it into their map data,” stated Abuladze.
The Head of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation’s Information Department, Giorgi Khaburdzania, said that the photos which were added to the map have informational importance.
“At the moment we have placed monuments which have national importance. However, with time, we will add all the monuments in Georgia on Google Maps,” stated Khaburdzania.
The Head of the National Tourism Agency, Giorgi Chogovadze, underlined the project’s importance.
“We have many interesting historical monuments in Georgia. Adding those monuments to Google Maps will increase interest among tourists all over the world,” stated Chogovadze.
Beside the historical monuments, Google Maps users also have access to cartographic information about Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi.


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AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a no-holds-barred attack on the prime minister on Tuesday, levelling allegations of corruption against him about the raging Adani issue.
"There is rampant loot by the Centre. They have looted more in seven years than what Congress had looted in 75 years. The country is passing through difficult times. We are deeply worried about the situation," he charged, speaking on a resolution in the Delhi Assembly.
Stepping up an attack on the prime minister, Kejriwal levelled allegations of corruption against Modi referring to businessman Gautam Adani.
The Delhi chief minister alleged, "PM is less educated and does not understand things properly. This is worrisome."
The Assembly, dominated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), passed the resolution tabled by party MLA Sanjiv Jha demanding that a message be sent from the Assembly to Parliament for considering a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue.
It also sought that the Supreme Court expands the scope of a plea on electoral bonds to look into the possibility of money from Adani being "transferred" to the ruling party at the Centre through electoral bonds.
BJP legislators walked out of the House as AAP MLAs, one after the other, levelled allegations against the prime minister.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, in a press conference at the Assembly premises, alleged that the AAP MLAs were speaking the language of "Pakistan" during the debate on the resolution.
"The matter which could not be taken up by the Assembly was discussed against the rules. We will complain about this at an appropriate forum," he said.
Earlier, the House was adjourned twice due to protests by BJP MLAs against the debate. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel gave a ruling asking the members participating in the debate not to name the prime minister.


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