UK Parliament investigating food prices amid high inflation
The U.K.’s Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee is investigating the nation’s food security in response to pressures facing food producers and rising food prices.
The inquiry will look into the factors currently affecting the availability of food, including the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, and explore the outlook for food price inflation, the committee said in a press release. The committee will also investigate how the pressures on supply chain are affecting consumers’ access to healthy and nutritious food as well as their impact on U.K. businesses.
The Institute of Grocery Distribution, a research firm, has predicted food price inflation will hit 15 percent in the coming months in the U.K., and the Bank of England has warned current supply-chain disruption could last into 2023.
“Our food producers are facing extremely challenging times – with rising energy and fertilizer prices as well as the war in Ukraine. These pressures are now also being felt by consumers,” EFRA Committee Chair Sir Robert Goodwill said.
EFRA will examine whether government proposals in its recent national food strategy paper “will affect resilience in the food supply chain, improve access to good quality food, and support farmers, fishers, and food producers,” the committee said. The strategy calls for government support to increase domestic food production, including millions of pounds of investment in seafood-related infrastructure, research, and innovation. Around three-quarters of the types of food the U.K. can produce are supplied by its own farmers, producers, and growers, according to Goodwill.
“We want to start a debate about whether that’s the right level and what that means for how we use our land and the priority we put on food production,” Goodwill said. “The government is not responsible for all the problems facing food supply chains, but it is essential it does all it can to help manage these pressures as it implements its new food strategy.”
The public and stakeholders can submit evidence related to the inquiry by 30 September.
The government inquiry comes as U.K. consumers say they their trust in food has declined by 8 percent, according to new research from YouGov commissioned by Red Tractor.
Nearly half (46 percent) said they are changing what they buy in order to afford food for their families. Twenty-four percent said they are trading down and buying what they perceive to be food produced to lower food safety and animal welfare standards.
While 78 percent of people said they trusted the safety and quality of food purchased from supermarkets, only 58 percent said they trust supermarkets this year.
“The striking 20 percent change in trust suggests that as people switch and trade down to value ranges, the standards for these ranges are assumed to be weaker,” Red Tractor said in a press release. “However, when it comes to food and farming, the U.K. is one of the most regulated countries in the world. The strict regulations on food safety, animal welfare, or environmental protection apply to value lines which use assured British produce.”
In fact, 55 percent of shoppers who trust U.K. food said the U.K.’s system of high standards and regulation was their number one reason for doing so.
“Assurance schemes and labeling also play a major role in confidence,” Red Tractor said.
Nearly 70 percent of people look to food marks and assurance schemes to ensure food is safe and produced to a high quality. British Lion, Red Tractor, and Fair Trade are the most-recognized, according to the survey of 3,500 people.
The investigation comes as a range of factors is having a profound impact on the U.K.’s foodservice and food retail sectors. Losses at the top 100 restaurant groups rose to more than GBP 800 million (USD 973 million, EUR 943 million) in the first six months of 2022, according to UHY Hacker Young, per The Guardian. And the number of restaurants falling into insolvency has increased by more than 60 percent in the past year due to soaring inflation and worker shortages. Around 1,400 restaurants in the U.K. closed their doors in the 12 months to May, up 64 percent compared to the previous year.
Inflation is also dampening U.K. grocery sales, including sales of chilled fish. Overall U.K. chilled fish sales dropped 8 percent year-on-year to GBP 493.3 million (USD 600 million, EUR 588 million) for the quarter ending 12 June, according to research firm Kantar.
“This fall in volume compared to the relatively better volume performance of chicken suggests that some shoppers may be trading out of relatively more-expensive added-value products and [moving] into cheaper proteins that can stretch further,” Kantar said in its meat, poultry, and fish market update.
Like-for-like grocery price inflation reached 9.9 percent for the month ending 12 June – the second-highest level of grocery inflation that Kantar has seen since it started tracking prices in 2008, Kantar Head of Retail and Consumer Insight Fraser McKevitt said in a press release.
“And we’re likely to surpass the previous high come August,” McKevitt said.
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my finish is going to be stucco. I am planning to close off part of the front w/ firebrick, ceramic blanket, lathe/stucco. I would like to do all the insulation/lathe at once, meaning I have to remove the foam beforehand(so I can close part of the front off.) my question is, how long for the high-temp mortar to cure before I can safely remove the foam? (and any tips on removing the foam?) thanks!
Glad to hear your build is going great! I removed the foam 3 days after setting the brick. As for removing it… i had not done the back wall. I tried pushing, pulling, rubber mallet ended up using sawzall. I have read posts where the foam has come out easy, but I would bet most of us have struggled . Can’t wait to see your oven pictures.
Great news, Steve!
What Norm said concerning the mortar vs. foam. Note that high-temp mortar will get hard pretty quickly, but will not cure until it is fired. That’s when it achieves a rock-hard, durable form.
Here’s a link with tips about removing the foam. It is an art that is learned and lost pretty quickly unless you plan to make a lot of ovens, but you will feel better knowing we all struggle with it!
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Website highlights Gippsland paramedic shortages
A new ambulance union website shows Gippsland has some of the biggest paramedic shortages in Victoria.
Ambulance Employees Australia is launching a website in Bendigo today that will allow people to view ambulance response times in regional townships.
It shows Wonthaggi, Korumburra, Traralgon, Maffra, Bairnsdale, Cowes and Foster are among the worst affected areas in Victoria.
The Grantville and Neerim South areas have no paramedics at all.
The union's state secretary, Steve McGhie, says there is a state-wide ambulance services crisis and funding is urgently needed.
"There's high fatigue levels across the state, so we need more paramedics and we've already put a submission to State Government about that," he said.
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The sewage treatment plant at Fritz's Island serves Reading and 11 nearby municipalities.
Customers who use Reading's sewage treatment plant on Fritz's Island, and who will pay for a major overhaul that will begin soon, got some potential good news Monday.
Construction costs could be cut by up to $20 million if the state gives the go-ahead to a smaller plant that City Council approved Monday.
The U.S. Department of Environmental Protection not only approved the smaller plant in mid-September, it also extended the deadline to build it to 2018. The previous deadline was last month.
"It could mean less money that we'd have to go out and try to get (for the project)," Mayor Vaughn D. Spencer said.
The plant already has a permit allowing it to treat up to 28 million gallons a day, even though it can effectively treat only about 15 million gallons.
That's partly why the federal and state governments forced the city into a consent decree in 2004, ordering it to either rebuild or replace the plant to handle 28 million gallons.
The city's Plan A from 2006 was to replace the plant, but costs soared to $230 million or more. Three years ago, it began switching to Plan B, a rebuilt plant that might cost $120 million.
But that was for a 28-million gallon plant.
The city contracted with Wyomissing engineering consultant SSM Group Inc. to survey the city and the 11 other municipalities that ship sewage to the plant to see what they project their current and future needs will be, considering potential development.
Even with a buffer, the plant needs to handle only 21.5 million gallons over the next couple of decades, the consultants said.
City attorney John Miravich said the EPA approved both Plan B and the smaller size, and now it's up to the state to decide whether that's the size the plant must be.
If it approves, plant costs might come down to just over $100 million, said Miravich and Charles M. Jones, city Public Works director.
Those costs are separate from the $15 million needed to build a second force main from the Sixth and Canal streets pumping station to the plant, and refurbish the original main.
Millions of dollars in other costs also are expected for flow meters, a new laboratory and renovating collection pipes throughout the city.
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Since it’s an ultra conservative culture, the people who are low in openness float to the top so that they have a monoculture that operates as an ideological echo chamber. There are no dissenting voices because they all see the world the same way. Even small changes, like going to a 2-hour block, are seen as mountains. Just imagine a big change, like dropping the BoA or Correlation or the BoM. It will never happen, even if that’s what’s needed to save the church.
This is where the church really shoots itself in the foot. Utah and Arizona are becoming better balanced between conservative and liberal temperaments, which is what you need to address problems rather than gaze at navels. But the church doesn’t have that diversity. Instead, it has ideological possession. They can’t see the other side. Jonathan Haidt lays this concept out nicely in his books and TED talks. They are out of touch with their constituents because their in-group has no diversity. They never have to adjust their perception, so those “muscles” atrophy.
Meanwhile a lot of us in RfM seem to be high in openness. Not all of us, but a healthy mix. The world would be in big trouble if everyone were as hippie dippy as me. Maybe the open types never fit in at church. We were waiting for the insanity to be resolved in the next life. No need, the church is bogus. Yup, I could leave, should leave, and I wasn’t the problem. It was them and still is. Could there be a form of Mormonism that appeals to me? We’ll never know. Everyone who pushes for it gets excommunicated.
Which is a blessing for those questioning whether leaving the church is the right decision. Reform is clearly impossible. You can’t stay in a relationship with an abuser because your abuser is incapable of change. There’s a weird control dynamic that depends on a mixture of willing dupes and narcissists.

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With a tagline of “Eat & Change”, this new vegan restaurant isn’t doing much for the holier-than-thou reputation of your average vegan.
Don’t panic, this isn’t a new institution for deranged expats; MAD stands for Modern Asian Dining.
One of Hanoi’s best-loved vegan restaurants has moved from Quan Thanh to a new address on Au Co.
Vegetarians tend to miss out in this city when it comes to restaurant options — the choices are limited. However, there’s one in District 2 that’s worthy of adding to a growing list of places that offer vegetarian and vegan dishes.
I know that vegetarianism and what people choose to eat can be an emotion-filled topic.
In a city whose culinary landscape seems to change with every new moon, Com Chay Nang Tam has been a bastion of consistency for over two decades. With a 100% vegetarian menu, Nang Tam owes its success to producing food so good, even omnivores can’t stay away.
Zoe Osborne and Mike Palumbo do the rounds of Saigon's noodle soup joints and search out the best vegan options in the city.
Even if you’re not vegetarian yourself, you’ve perhaps tried shepherding a vegetarian friend through Vietnamese cuisine. While the more flexible may be able to turn a blind eye to an occasional dab of fish sauce, finding reliable meat-free dishes can be something of a crap shoot.
Ditch the meat and get some greenery inside you. Zoe Osborne and Mike Palumbo search out six dairy and meat-free salads that make a tasty meal

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Ali Dalori Lauds Peaceful Conduct Of Borno LG Election—-The Deputy National Chairman(North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ali Dalori, has lauded the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s local government election in Borno.
The APC leader made the commendation in an interview with journalists in Maiduguri on Sunday.
Dalori, who was in Borno for the election, urged candidates and parties that participated in the election to accept the outcome in good faith and follow due process if they have to complain.
He urged winners of the 27 chairmanship and 312 councillor positions to put the electorate first in running their administration if they want to remain relevant in politics.
“As representatives at the grassroots, you need to be with the people always, if you run away from them you’re killing your political career.
“I started as a ward councillor who held onto his people to grow to council chairman, lawmaker, state party chairman and today a national party official.
“Having people is the real asset in politics and your must not joke with that if given the opportunity, particularly by the electorate,” Dalori said.
He lauded the APC led government under Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno for its performance which he said was inline with the party manifesto and urged the new council leaders to emulate him.
Also speaking, Sen. Kaka Shehu(APC-Borno Central) and Rep. Kadiri Rahis representing Maiduguri Federal Constituency, lauded the peaceful conduct of the election.
They urged the people of Borno to continue to work for the continued peace and development in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that six political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP) and Allied People’s Movement (APM) participated in the election.


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Illegal Immigrants in the United States who did not have proper documentation were deported at a rate of fewer than 5% in 2023, according to data supplied by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
There were more than 3.2 million interactions with undocumented immigrants in the US and its borders. According to statistics from ICE, the Border Patrol interacted with almost 2 million individuals and field operators with an additional million. 142,580 aliens were deported in 2023, according to numbers issued by ICE. This is roughly double the amount from the year before.
Nearly half of these deportees had criminal records. There were over 12,000 assaults, 3,809 rapes, 1,450 abductions, 1,457 robberies, nearly 5,500 burglaries, 6,200 cases of weapons used in crime, and more than 26,000 assaults.
Among the individuals who were deported, 108 were foreign nationals whose governments were seeking them for major offenses, and 140 were confirmed or suspected terrorists. The Title 42 public health order resulted in the expulsion of almost 60,000 illegal aliens prior to May 2023.
Nearly twice as many people were deported in fiscal year 2023 as in 2022 (72,177), making it the largest deportations of Biden’s administration. A total of 59,011 people were deported in 2021.
According to Heritage Foundation director Lora Ries of the Border Security and Immigration Center, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has publicly acknowledged that Customs and Border Protection has discharged over 70% of the 10 million illegal immigrants apprehended in the last three years.
Deportations during Biden’s first three years in office were 273,768—less than 2.5 times the amount during former President Donald J. Trump’s last three years in office.
As part of his hardline border strategy, which included the execution of Title 42 that enabled the rapid deportation of illegal migrants at the border, Trump had granted ICE officials extensive authority to pursue anybody lacking legal status in the US. Approximately 709,227 migrants were deported between 2018 and 2020 under Trump’s administration.


|Micro Bird of Time Specifications
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Review by: Chris KingBird of time
Worst plane I ever put together. Parts are so flimsy they break before you can start putting plane together. Because of this wings came out twisted. Flight test was interesting. Plane would not fly straight. Very dissapointed. Wasted my money. Hope it was just a bad kit. I am not a novice putting plane kits together.
Review by: ThierryMicro BOT
Well packaged and well received in France. I was looking for a sufficiently large yet easily transportable and very light glider for hand launch gliding that would also come under the 250gr limit of the new European rc model regulation. The micro BOT fits perfectly the objective. Personally I would have appreciated a simple plan to facilitate wing building.
Review by: CarelMicro Bird of Time
Order was received very soon. Price vs quality is not good. Too expencive!!!!!!!
Review by: Mauricio RiquelmeMicro B.O.T.
Very good service from HyperFlight. After 2 weeks I received the M.B.O.T very well packaged. I live in Chile South America!! Good delivery time. The kit had good quality wood and all the pieces are laser cut. Instructions for assembling are very short, but good photos. I missed the plain, but on your website, you warn that the kit does not come with a blueprint. Regards.
Review by: Alex ArthurA tiny BoT (part2)
As a follow-on from my previous review, I can now report that the micro Bird has now fledged! I put the cg at the aft edge of the spar and it flew perfectly on the slope, with no trim changes from the initial neutral setup required. I flew on a virtualy still (3-5mph wind according to the forecast) cold day and had great fun scratching around. The model reacts well to bubbles of lift (probably from a bonfire a few hundred yards upwind of the base of the slope) and can be turned on a sixpence, so making use of the slightest disturbance is easy. I used the larger rudder option, which may have been of help in this. Overall, a rewarding model with very pleasant flying characteristics.
Review by: AlexA tiny BoT
This is a nicely presented model, that has excellent laser cutting so everything fits perfectly. The downloadable instructions are a well recommended read before starting, to avoid a few potential errors. A little sanding to remove the 'pips' holding parts in the sheets and the minor burning from the cutting process is all that is required for 99% of the parts. Parts fit is generally perfect straight from the cutter, so don't over-sand! I used super-phatic rather than cyano, which I have found by experiment is noticeably lighter and easier to use. I strengthened the elevator halves coupling as I was not happy it was stiff enough by making a deeper section replacement from the scrap ply sheet. Note that the supplied covering film has NO BACKING film! You can wasre a lot of time and frustration till the penny drops! My complete model, covered in a mixture of Solite and the supplied film came in at 50g. 4ch Frsky tfr4b rx, two hs35hd servos and a dreamflight alula battery weigh 41g, so I am expecting a flying weight of circa 95g once the final installation is complete. A very satisfying build!
Review by: William MacLeodMicro BOT
Thank you for an excellent transaction. This kit arrived in Canada from the UK in excellent condition and in very short order. I'm very impressed with both the kit and the service and am looking forward to an "over winter" build.
Review by: Anthony RobertsNIcely scaled down version of the 3M Classi
This is more of a first impressions review as the kit only arrived a couple of days ago and is destined for a winter build.
No need to say much about delivery turnaround times an packaging. Neil has again lived up to his fabled superfast turnaround times and sensible packaging.
A couple of things to note. There are several small parts in the kit, including motor mounts and pre-bent z bends, (itís worth putting these carefully to one side or taping to the fibreboard sheet supplied to protect the balsa sheet.
There is no plan in the kit. Not really a big deal as J & H build log is very detailed. There is a detailed part list and useful links included as well. In addition to the official build guide there is also an insightful build series by Steve (A470RC Soaring) https://youtu.be/Sr71OPbKaS0, this goes from unboxing, build and flight.
The kit comes with a roll of lightweight covering that seems very similar to the Angel wings Featherlight.
The quality of the wood is good and the laser cutting very reasonable.
The kit has the option as being built as a motorised or sailplane version.
Itís good to see this as a kit available in the UK, and at 1.2M a very manageable proposition.
As a final recommendation of the really good flight videos on YouTube on of my favs is from John Woodfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQwKy8WIrxA


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Shared Gains: Immigrant-Origin Students in U.S. Colleges
College enrollment trends in the United States are a subject of ongoing concern due to the role higher education plays in shaping the future workforce. Enrollment has gone through periods of growth and decline over the past two decades, reflecting changes in the nation’s demographics, economy, and views on the value of a college degree.
Total enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities increased by 37 percent from 2000 to 2011 but declined by 11 percent between 2011 and 2021. However, the post-2011 decline would have been steeper if not for the rapid rise in the college enrollment of immigrant-origin students—that is, students who were either born abroad or born in the United States to one or more immigrant parents.
This brief examines enrollment patterns for immigrants, the children of immigrants, and U.S.-born individuals with U.S.-born parents, including enrollment by race and ethnicity and in two-year versus four-year institutions. The brief also explores the relationship between parental education and college enrollment—an increasingly pertinent topic, given the rising education levels of recent immigrants.
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2 College Enrollment Trends: 2000–21
A. Overall Enrollment
B. Enrollment by Institution Type
C. Enrollment by Race and Ethnicity
3 College Enrollment Rates by Immigrant Generation
A. Enrollment Rates by Race and Ethnicity
B. Effects of Parental Education on Enrollment Rates
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Braves lose O'Flaherty with torn elbow ligament
ATLANTA - Braves general manager Frank Wren says left-hander Eric O'Flaherty has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.
The news comes only two days after another top setup reliever, left-hander Jonny Venters, had season-ending surgery to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. Also, right-hander Jordan Walden was placed on the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation on Friday.
O'Flaherty, also likely facing Tommy John surgery, will see Dr. James Andrews for a consultation. O'Flaherty was placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier Saturday with what was called a left elbow strain.
Right-hander Cory Rasmus was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett for Saturday night's game against the Dodgers.
The 28-year-old O'Flaherty, in his fifth season with the Braves, is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA in 19 games.

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CITY TOWER is designed by Archetype Group, a leading construction consultancy company. The building construction will also be supervised by Archetype Group to ensure high quality and standard of the building throughout.
This modern office space has 10 floors with separated male and female WC on each of them. It has 2.75m floor to ceiling height with suspended ceiling tile with recessed LED lighting. The office units display full height floor to ceiling windows for optimal natural daylight, VRF centralized air conditioner for energy efficiency and comfortable cooling, flexible partition, CCTV and access control security in the common areas. The building also offers high speed fibre optic cable, telephone system backbone and a fire protections system (heat and smoke detectors, fire alarms, horse reel and fire distinguishers, and 2 pressurized staircases). A Public Announcement System is also in place together with a standby power generator for 100% power backup during electricity cut-off.
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Power of Music Collaboration Strikes a Powerful Chord in the Cake Community
The goal of the Power of Music Collaboration is to have artists create a piece in any sugar art form be it cake, RKT, isomalt, wafer paper, etc of a song, album, musical group, piece of music, musical instrument that really affected them. Be it a song that was played at your wedding, an album that brings back wonderful summer memories, a makeup song that reminds you of your first kiss! Music is an incredibly powerful creative medium and research has shown that many creative types in other mediums play or listen to alot of music! Given the recent world wide political climate I think music will be playing a greater role in peoples lives. I am not making this political whatsoever but I know from personal experience that music has played a very important part of my life and I always reach out to it to help me get through things.
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When it comes to the new coronavirus, children have largely survived. They may be infected and spread the virus, but their risk of serious illness or death is small. However, just like adults, their symptoms may last long after the initial infection. This condition, officially known as the acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), is often referred to as “long-term” COVID-19.
Alok Patel, a pediatrician at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, says it needs to be taken seriously. “Even though COVID itself-the acute infection-is less severe in children, long-term COVID-19 is very fragile, isolated and scary for families.”
Why are we talking about this now?
Vaccination is changing the demographic structure of the pandemic. As more and more adults are vaccinated, the proportion of cases among children and young people is increasing. The absolute number of cases in children is still lower than at the peak of the pandemic, but the rate of infection among children is not as fast as adults.
That makes sense. As the virus is still spreading, “it will hit the most vulnerable people, the people who have not been vaccinated,” Sean O’Leary, Vice Chairman of the AAP Infectious Diseases Committee, told NPRChildren under the age of 12 are not yet eligible for vaccination, and the vaccination rate for young people who can be vaccinated is the lowest in the United States. Patel said: “These post-coronavirus symptoms in adults have caused a lot of attention.” But “we haven’t got the type of reliable data we really need in the pediatric population.” This is slowly starting to change.
How common is long-term Covid among children?
This is the problem-we just don’t know. Alicia Johnston, an infectious disease expert and head of the post-coronavirus clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital, said: “There is very little good, peer-reviewed published medical literature on this topic.” A few do exist. Studies report very different ratios.
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Sentinel vs. Trifexis: Which All-in-One Preventive Is Best for Your Pet?
If you’re like most pet owners, you want to provide your pet with the best protection from parasites with the least risk, hassle (for you and your pet), and cost. To help you decide which all-in-one preventive is best for you, we’ve put together a comparison of two major all-in-ones: Sentinel and Trifexis.
Similarities between Sentinel and Trifexis
Both Sentinel and Trifexis:
- Contain the active ingredient Milbemycin Oxime, so they both treat and control roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms and protect against heartworms
- Are chewable tablets that should be given once a month
- Require a prescription from your veterinarian
- Can be purchased online at 1-800-PetMeds
Differences between Sentinel and Trifexis
One dose of Sentinel costs about $5 less than one dose of Trifexis.
- Age at which each can be administered
Sentinel can be given to puppies at beginning at 4 weeks; Trifexis can be given to puppies beginning at 8 weeks.
- Minimum weight requirements
Sentinel can be given to dogs as small as 2 pounds; Trifexis can be given to dogs as small as 5 pounds.
- Flea control properties
Sentinel contains Lufenuron, which prevents flea egg development and ends the flea life cycle, but doesn’t kill adult fleas; Trifexis contains Spinosad, which kills fleas (it has been proven to kill 100% of all biting fleas within four hours).
You should be cautious when giving any medication to your pet. And make sure you mention any other prescription medications or supplements you’ve given your pet to your veterinarian so he or she can check for drug interactions. Both have the potential for drug interactions. Trifexis carries the following caution: “Serious adverse reactions have been reported following concomitant extra-label use of ivermectin with spinosad alone, one of the components of Trifexis chewable tablets.”
- Side effects
With Sentinel, side effects are rare, but they can occur and may include vomiting; Trifexis may cause vomiting, and other side effects are less likely but possible.
- Customer reviews
Sentinel has a 4.4-star rating average from online shoppers and Trifexis has a 3.7-star rating average from customers.
We hope that this comparison has helped you decide which all-in-one preventive is right for you. Once you’ve decided, we hope you’ll visit 1-800-PetMeds for all of your pet supplies. Happy shopping!
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W.G. Shaheen & Associates DBA Whitney & Co raised its position in Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) by 0.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 77,650 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 235 shares during the period. Merck & Co. makes up about 1.8% of W.G. Shaheen & Associates DBA Whitney & Co’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position. W.G. Shaheen & Associates DBA Whitney & Co’s holdings in Merck & Co. were worth $4,473,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of MRK. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora raised its stake in shares of Merck & Co. by 1.4% in the second quarter. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora now owns 39,162 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,256,000 after buying an additional 535 shares during the last quarter. Macguire Cheswick & Tuttle Investment Counsel LLC raised its stake in shares of Merck & Co. by 0.7% in the second quarter. Macguire Cheswick & Tuttle Investment Counsel LLC now owns 102,806 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,923,000 after buying an additional 751 shares during the last quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Merck & Co. by 4.6% in the second quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 101,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,829,000 after buying an additional 4,481 shares during the last quarter. Jolley Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Merck & Co. by 1.4% in the second quarter. Jolley Asset Management LLC now owns 28,735 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,655,000 after buying an additional 394 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1st Global Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Merck & Co. by 1.2% in the second quarter. 1st Global Advisors Inc. now owns 18,226 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,050,000 after buying an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.93% of the company’s stock.
Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) traded up 0.81% during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $62.41. 13,605,282 shares of the company were exchanged. Merck & Co. has a 1-year low of $47.97 and a 1-year high of $64.00. The company has a 50 day moving average of $62.76 and a 200-day moving average of $58.03. The company has a market capitalization of $172.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.23 and a beta of 0.63.
Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 29th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.02. Merck & Co. had a net margin of 13.01% and a return on equity of 23.41%. The company earned $9.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.79 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Merck & Co. will post $3.75 EPS for the current year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 15th will be issued a $0.46 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 13th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. Merck & Co.’s payout ratio is 101.10%.
A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $65.00 price target on shares of Merck & Co. in a research note on Wednesday, September 14th. Morgan Stanley set a $60.00 price objective on shares of Merck & Co. and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 13th. Jefferies Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $56.00 price objective (down previously from $57.00) on shares of Merck & Co. in a report on Monday, September 12th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “hold” rating and set a $62.00 price objective on shares of Merck & Co. in a report on Sunday, September 11th. Finally, Barclays PLC increased their price objective on shares of Merck & Co. from $66.00 to $72.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, September 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. The company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of €63.20 ($70.23).
In other Merck & Co. news, insider Weir Mirian M. Graddick sold 45,000 shares of Merck & Co. stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of €57.99 ($64.43), for a total value of €2,609,550.00 ($2,899,500.00). Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 123,151 shares of the company’s stock, valued at €7,141,526.49 ($7,935,029.43). The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Clark Golestani sold 3,000 shares of Merck & Co. stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of €63.03 ($70.03), for a total transaction of €189,090.00 ($210,100.00). The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
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Over 600 events across the region will look at how robots will impact the way European citizens work, live and learn, as part of the 2015 European Robotics Week (#ERW2015), running 23-29 November.
Robots and Society is the theme of European Robotics Week 2015, a weeklong event that aims to inspire the next generation of technologists by hosting public events and opening the doors to research and industry labs across the region. Following the recent Eurobarometer Survey on Autonomous Systems (June 2015) – which showed that the more personal experience Europeans have with robots, the better their opinion of them – the event aims to give members of the public plenty of opportunities to interact with robots and be part of the discussion. The European Robotics Week has attracted over 200K participants since its launch five years ago.
Throughout the week, the impact of robots on society will be explored across the board: while Finland looks at robots to improve independent living, Poland discusses mining robots, Spain explores the opportunities and dilemmas for AI, and Germany ponders the implications of robots working alongside people. Plus a range of competitions, challenges and hackathons are being held to inspire the next generation of engineers needed to drive the European economy.
A full list of activities can be found here.
“The European Robotics Week is an opportunity for robotics pioneers from industry and research to radiate excitement about robotics throughout Europe”, said Uwe Haas, Acting Secretary General of euRobotics AISBL – the non-profit association that is the main organizer of the event.
Public engagement and discussion
This year, the heart of the European Robotics Week is a series of events in Bristol UK organised by euRobotics AISBL and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. The highlight is a debate with leading European and UK experts on various aspects of “Robots and Society”, covering law, ethics, policy, education, innovation and economics. The public is invited to contribute and vote on their favourite questions here: http://robohub.org/join-the-debate-on-robots-society-during-erw2015. The Bristol audience will then join a full-day workshop on translating the latest research in robotics to market, and a buildathon where kids will help build 100 robots to “treat cancer”. Register for the Bristol events here: http://brl.ac.uk/euroboticsweek
“The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is committed to research that has a positive impact on society,” said BRL Director Professor Chris Melhuish. “The European Robotics Week is an opportunity for us to share latest thinking, and develop further links between research academia, industry, and the public.”
Hundreds more events across Europe
Robotics researchers and industry members right across Europe are opening their doors to the public. Here are just some of the highlights:
euRobotics is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels with the objective to make robotics beneficial for Europe’s economy and society. With more than 250 member organisations, euRobotics also provides the European robotics community with a legal framework with which to engage in public/private partnerships with the European Commission though SPARC, the largest civilian-funded robotics innovation programme in the world. SPARC aims to strategically position European robotics for the benefit of the European economy and society at large.


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Protecting nature means saving people, too
Every year, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies converge in the forests of pine and oyamel fir in central Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains. Some have flown thousands of miles, from as far away as Canada, to get here. They will spend the winter clustered in the trees, returning north with warmer weather and breeding new generations along the way.
On Jan. 12, 2002, an estimated 250 million monarchs died - an astounding quarter-billion insects perished in a single night. Their bodies and wings fluttered to the forest floor, piling up 2 feet or more in some places.
The butterflies did not die from disease, poison or predator; they died of exposure.
It was cold that night, but no records were set. The temperatures were nothing the butterflies hadn't experienced in the past, since they have come to this place for countless centuries.
The fatal difference that night, according to scientists, was the trees - or lack of them. Excessive logging had decimated the area. The forest had been thinned and fragmented. Without dense stands of timber to serve as a kind of thermal blanket that moderates extremes in temperature, the butterflies could not - and mostly did not - survive.
The afflicted colonies have rebounded but not recovered. Today, there are fewer monarchs in the mountains of central Mexico. The clouds of butterflies that once rose in the warming sun, creating a sound tourists and researchers described as a roaring wind, doesn't happen as often anymore.
There are fewer trees as well due to the unabated logging. If nothing changes, researchers said, the forests and the butterflies will probably vanish within the next few decades. The environmental consequences of their extinction are not known; however, biologists said it would be felt throughout much of western North America.
Popular conservation tends to be all about the animals: the panda, the tiger, the condor and even the monarch butterfly. These creatures are the iconic faces of the conservation movement. They are the reason millions of Americans donate billions of dollars each year to groups promoting environmental and animal welfare causes.
Being warm and fuzzy or a symbol of nature's majesty only counts for so much, said Bill Toone, a conservation veteran who has organized and participated in dozens of programs and projects worldwide.
Toone said it is more important to address the human condition. Good intentions and money alone, for example, won't save the monarch if people continue to illegally decimate the forests for firewood and profit.
"We in conservation are making an enormous mistake," he said. "Perhaps it wasn't a mistake 20 years ago; however, today with more than 6 billion people in the world and resources stretched thin, we're trying to convince needy people that they should save the animals first.
"But humans are animals, too, and animals look first to their own interests, to the survival of themselves and to their offspring. For the vast majority of the world, that still means getting enough food, clean water and good shelter. Until those problems are addressed, it's hard to really and effectively save things like butterflies, habitat or natural resources."
So Toone, with a handful of like-minded advocates, launched the Escondido, Calif.-based ECO-LIFE Foundation three years ago. The foundation's goal is to address some of the human problems that underlie and influence conservation: poverty among indigenous peoples, lack of clean water, poor shelter and inadequate food.
Toone said until these needs are addressed, many conservation efforts, even those well-funded and well-advertised, may be nothing more than a delaying action.
Toone, 51, speaks from experience. He has worked in Africa, the Americas and Asia. He helped develop and operate the San Diego Zoo's California condor recovery program, a much-lauded program that exemplifies what happens when conservation runs into human roadblocks.
In 1987, the last remaining condors in the American wild were captured and taken to zoos for captive breeding. It was a controversial move, but proponents said it was necessary: The species was on the verge of extinction, only 22 birds remained.
Now, there are 289 birds, with 138 individuals released into remote areas of California, Arizona and Mexico.
"The breeding and management successes of the captive program have been outstanding," said Toone, who remains a conservation specialist for the Zoological Society of San Diego.
Condor success in the wild world, however, has not come as readily. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that $35 million to $40 million has been spent on condor recovery programs over the past two decades. After more than 15 years of releases, only five condor chicks have fledged in the wild. During the same period, at least 67 birds died in the field and 15 others were recaptured and returned to captivity.
Condors in the wild face many challenges, almost all human-caused. Chief among them is lead poisoning, which causes mental impairment, disables their digestive systems and renders them weak and vulnerable to predators. It's the leading cause of wild condor deaths.
The contamination comes from bullet-laced carrion killed by hunters and consumed by scavenging condors. A University of California Davis study estimates more than 30,000 such carcasses are left in the field each year.
"The condor food supply is almost completely contaminated," Noel Snyder, a retired biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Service, told the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Toone said efforts to reduce lead poisoning through hunter education programs are helpful but likely won't solve the problem. It may require dramatic action, such as banning lead ammunition.
A similar dilemma confronts Mexico's monarchs. There you can't see the butterflies for the lack of trees and you can't see the trees due to the lack of protection.
"The butterfly reserve is twice protected by presidential decree," said Toone, who has been conducting monarch butterfly research for almost two decades. "Unfortunately, it is safer for the poorly armed (government) officers to hassle old women for dropping trash than to face the well-organized, well-funded and well-armed illegal loggers."
The Mexican police aren't the real or only problem, said Toone. Rather, it's a fundamental question of economics and need.
"Most of the overwintering sites occur on ejido land - land owned by the indigenous who, like the American Indians, have and enjoy a greater or lesser degree of independence from the federal government," Toone said. "Sadly, the indigenous people share in few benefits afforded to others in Mexico. In general, they are poorly schooled and have few opportunities to improve on their education. In this area, they are primarily subsistence farmers. Some estimates say that up to 80,000 trees per year are used simply in cooking and staying warm."
In their first foreign field project, Toone and ECO-LIFE are trying to help in two ways. A Web site has been developed to promote education and communication among indigenous conservation groups, residents and law enforcement.
"There's a lot of confusion there about what's going on. The police say they don't know where the loggers are. The people don't believe the police. We're trying to bring some transparency by establishing a Web site and system where complaints and solutions can be posted by communities, organizations and the press."
ECO-LIFE is trying to reduce the amount of timber cut by locals for cooking and heating by helping them install more fuel-efficient concrete and mud stoves.
"Each stove costs about $150 once all costs are figured," Toone said. "We work through various nonprofits in Mexico to build them. It's a way of providing work during the low season (when there are few tourists and no butterflies). We prefer not to give the stoves away and suggest either a financial contribution toward their construction or assistance to other groups involved in planting trees, monitoring the forests or maintaining facilities."
The foundation has distributed more than 200 stoves and hasplans to distribute 700 or more in the next few years.
These are small efforts and Toone is the first to admit the situation is complex. It requires the work of many groups and agencies doing a variety of things.
What sets ECO-LIFE's work apart from other programs, Toone said, is its immediacy and quick return on investment. Toone believes that's critical for the butterflies and the people as well.
"We can be quite certain that the overwintering butterflies will disappear (if things don't change) before the last of the forest and the forest remnant will soon follow," he said.
"Forget about the butterflies and other wildlife; what will (the local people and) their children do then? How will they earn an income? Who will feed their babies? Will they be comfortable looking to the Mexican government for support? Or will they immigrate like so many millions of others to the streets and shantytowns of unfamiliar cities and countries to try and survive - often far from home?
"The management of these forests is much more than simply a wildlife conservation story; it is about entire communities of people very much dependent, as we all are, on wildlife resources."
Two years ago, in a much-debated article published in Worldwatch magazine, conservationist Mac Chapin wrote that "big conservation" - represented by organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy - was increasingly ignoring the needs and demands of indigenous peoples living in the lands these organizations were trying to protect.
Robert H. Nelson, a professor of public affairs at the University of Maryland, calls it "environmental colonialism" - the imposition of contemporary Western conservation practices upon native populations regardless of the effect on these populations or whether these practices are worthwhile. "It's obvious that in Africa, or any poor country, the long-run future of the wildlife and the environment will be closely tied to the solution of social, economic and political problems in the country, such as clean water," Nelson said.
"This is a problem for environmental groups, however, because they cannot easily raise money on that line of appeal, and they also have no particular skills in wider development issues. Rather than fold their tent, environmental groups - the American ones anyway - often turn to things like the national park model that basically tries to isolate certain environments from the rest of the country."
It's similar to trying to save Africa from the Africans, Nelson said.
The criticism has not gone unnoticed by the major conservation groups. Toone said there are now numerous examples of significant conservation collaborations.
"The challenge here is not so much to collaborate well with other conservation groups, but to draw new players into the circle from the development and humanitarian side of programs."
It does no long-term good, Toone said, if a donated $40,000 water pump fails and the locals don't know how to fix it. It makes no sense to build housing that is impractical and inconsistent with Third World realities.
Toone would like ECO-LIFE to be a collaborator. This means meeting needs and filling in gaps overlooked or not addressed by other aid groups.
"We're not a threat - and I certainly don't want to be perceived as one - to other conservation groups," Toone said. "We want to collaborate with others, do things they can't, fill a niche."
"The two words that describe Bill and ECO-LIFE are creativity and passion," said Jordi Honey-Roses, a former World Wildlife Fund biologist who met Toone while working in Mexico. "Bill's willing to take on unique projects that other organizations are not. Larger organizations are limited by conventional donors who are risk-averse. ECO-LIFE can get around this, and push the limits as to what conservation projects can look like."
At the moment, ECO-LIFE's list of accomplishments is relatively modest. The organization divides its focus between domestic and foreign projects.
In San Diego County, it consists primarily of education programs promoting water conservation. Much of the education is targeted at children and emphasizes the close relationships between wildlife and clean water.
"In the United States, conservation has largely alienated people. We are made to feel guilty for our standard and style of living," Toone said. "Conservation is seen as our way of doing penance. It shouldn't be that way."
The monarch butterfly program is ECO-LIFE's only current foreign project. Although, Toone said, there are plans to develop simple water collection and storage programs that can be used in remote parts of Mexico, Central America and Africa.
Toone practices what he preaches. His Escondido home is rigged to allow moisture collecting on his tile roof to funnel into underground tanks. The water is then used to sustain his gardens and trees. He estimates that in a single year he collects more than 23,000 gallons of water - and doesn't pay a penny for it.
"We all need to view resources as a good thing, something to use but to also save and use again and again," he said.
Years of conservation work, some of it painful, have taught Toone that humanity is inexorable. The future will only bring more people and more pressures upon what remains of the natural world.
Toone doesn't pretend to believe that conservation can prevail if it is seen as coming at too high a price.
"If you ask (struggling) people to sacrifice, to save wildlife," said Toone, "it's a losing battle."
Rather, struggling people have to see and understand that conservation is not
just the right thing to do; it is a sensible thing to do as well. If they don't,
every species suffers - including humans.
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In what seemed like a long (and we mean, very long) month of coveted runways, Fashion Month has finally ended with Paris Fashion Week concluding the schedule.
Flooded with emotional tributes, achingly cool Fall/Winter ’19 creations and second chances (for Hedi Slimane at Celine, in particular), this season marked a momentous one.
Before officially saying au revoir, we’re digesting two of the final collections showcased on the last day. Here’s looking at Miu Miu and Lacoste…
Miuccia Prada had a somber approach to autumnal dressing this season. The creative force behind the brand released a collection that unfolded between black-walled corridors and onto a felted catwalk.
A clear visual overload, the runway exploded with silhouettes that invited rebelliousness. Camouflage was aplenty as military-inspired pockets and over-sized capes dominated the collection. Then emerged the brand’s nod to femininity. We spotted a slew of A-line mini-dresses, complete with sheer fabrics and bright florals.
Browse through some of MOJEH’s favourite looks from Miu Miu’s Fall/Winter ’19 show…
Next on the list was Lacoste.
Officially making her mark as the brand’s newest Creative Director was Louise Trotter. And it seemed like she made a solid debut.
Trotter’s first efforts for the French company were translated through a co-ed collection that was undeniably cool and effortless. Brimming with boxy shapes, camel-coloured hues, crisp separates and an urban aesthetic, the collection proved a new fashion direction for the house.
Also, there was a serious play on colour-blocking and intricate patchworks. Models fronted a slew of polo shirt-dresses, pleated skirts, sporty stripes and chunky collars.
Browse through some of MOJEH’s favourite looks from Lacoste’s Fall/Winter ’19 show…
Now, browse through Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter ’19 showcase which officially closed Paris Fashion Week.
- Words by Meeran Mekkaoui


LA-based Low Hum is gearing up for his debut LP in June with the release of new single ‘Strange Love’.
Known to his friends as Collin Desha, Low Hum’s fuzzed out ballads are at once aggressive psych jammers balanced with a range of vulnerability that comes crashing ashore.
‘Strange Bones’ is surf-rock with a touch of psychedelic pop and a hint of post-punk that gives the track a hypnotic concoction of swooping soundscapes and swirling grooves.
His debut LP, titled Room To Breathe, will be out on June 7th on Last Gang Records. You can expect to see some growling rock riffs and some slower and groovier beats like from the title track.
Pre-order the album now, which includes a “pretty sweet limited edition vinyl” here.
Low Hum will be playing a show on Monday, April 29th at The Echo in Los Angeles. Make sure you’re there!


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Hammet Lear and JJ Pacquing participated in this year’s Region 2 Future Stars Testing. Hammet competed in the 10 year old division placing 5th All Around. He placed 2nd on Rings, tied for 1st on Vault, 3rd on Strength.
JJ competed in the 8 year old division placing 1st in All Around and qualified to be on the Region 2 Development Team where his picture will be put up on USA Gymnastics’ website!
Great job boys and keep up the hard work!


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SAMA 26 | Yanga Chief And the Best Hip Hop Album Goes to….
So far the South African Music Awards 2020 #SAMA26 is living up to its billing. One of South Africa’s A-List hip hop producer, Yanga Chief snatched the Best Hip hop Album of the Year .
The South African N0.1 hip hop music producer showed his appreciation even as fans nationwide agrees that he so much deserves that crown having being behind the scene form many years and has produced some of the country’s greatest hits for a long list of SA’s hip hop artists that includes @AKAWORLDWIDE and many others. Yanga Chief accepted his award on twitter as below:
Although the vibe of Live event is not in existence, but the aim of the event of crowning the best in South Africa music yearly, is running smoothly. The virtually organised event streams live on selected TV platforms such as Channel O and others.
Do you really think #SAMA26 is right on this one? Lets have your thoughts on the comments line below.


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The ruling of the Shariat court has been called a “attack on the human rights of transgender people.”
ISLAMABAD: The transgender community does not agree with the Federal Shariat Court’s (FSC) decision, which they call a “attack on the rights of the transgender community by religious parties.” Amnesty International has also spoken out against the court’s decision.
Director of Transgender Rights Consultants Pakistan (TRCT) Nayab Ali said that the FSC’s ruling was an attack on the rights of the community and an attempt to take away the rights of transgender people.
She was speaking at a news gathering at the National Press Club (NPC) on Friday, after the Federal Shariat Court decided to throw out parts of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018.
She said that the ruling made the whole transgender community sad.
“This is because the first step the state took to give transgender people rights and make sure they were safe and secure was turned down,” she said. “Any court cannot take away basic human rights from Pakistani citizens, and this country belongs to transgender people just as much as it belongs to clerics and religious people.”
Sara Imran, who has done well in business, said, “They should stop taking away our rights.” She also said that the transgender community has been around as long as people have, but that in modern times, laws have been made to give rights and safety to every group.
Sara Imran said, “We talk about the rights of birds and animals as well as how to protect the environment.”
Speakers said they would file an appeal against the FSC’s ruling, and both the federal and provincial governments should do the same because public opinion was on the side of their community.
Amnesty International has asked the government of Pakistan to reject any planned changes to the Transgender Act that go against international laws and standards for human rights.
Amnesty said in a message that the government should stop trying to change an act that made it hard for transgender people to get formal documents that matched their gender identity without having to meet abusive and invasive requirements.
It also said that assumptions based on bias, fear, and discrimination shouldn’t be used to deny transgender and gender-variant people their basic rights.
Amnesty International said that some of the court’s conclusions were based on assumptions instead of real facts.
Rehab Mahamoor, a research assistant at Amnesty International, said, “Any action taken by the government of Pakistan to deny transgender and gender-diverse people the right to gender identity is in violation of their obligations under international human rights law, specifically the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”
They are a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Amnesty International said that the Pakistani government should take quick and urgent steps to stop the rollback of important protections.
even more likely to be harassed, discriminated against, or hurt.


A New Hellhound of Wall Street
Neil Barofsky’s book Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street says it all in the title. A lot of us have already come to the opinion expressed in Barofsky’s title, just based on our observation of our landscape, littered as it is with bankrupt businesses and lost homes; but few, not being inside the D.C. beltway, would believe that the atmosphere in Washington could be as arrogant and dismissive of the interests of the rest of the country as Barofsky details it. His perspective on the scene is from a perfect vantage point: that of the Special Inspector General of TARP, the fund created to save us from financial meltdown in 2008. He, a true outsider, was appointed by President Bush through an unusual agreement between Democrats and Republicans who were both fearful of the potential vulnerability to fraud that TARP represented, perhaps sensitized to this by the Iraq experience. Barofsky was a relatively young (38) very hard-hitting Federal prosecutor from the New York Southern District office. His appointment was a surprise to many due to his age and experience.
His experience was in prosecuting fraud cases and drug kingpins from Columbia. Apparently what they wanted was an extremely bright, industrious, fearless, prosecutor, and it appears, from this story as it unfolds, that is what they got. I will not try to relate the complex financial details or the highly charged personal interchanges. I will just say that if the reader wants to learn how the world of power politics really works, instead of reading a Baldacci thriller, this is the book. The war stories he tells as he confronts the Washington top bureaucracy of Justice, Treasury and White House, both Democrat and Republican, are tales of regulatory capture. Here is just a normal person, wanting some of the vast sum of taxpayers’ money going out the door to efficiently fulfill the purpose, stated in the TARP statute and proclaimed by the White House. It was supposed, in part, to relieve the millions of homeowners in danger of losing their homes. Very early, he is invited out to lunch and told that if he wants to survive and have a career in his chosen profession, he needs to moderate his positions. This is the polite approach. Later, it gets really vicious.
Refreshingly, he names names. In 2011 after accomplishing as much as he believed he could, primarily by appealing to bipartisan supporters in Congress, getting some attention in the press and some educational criminal prosecutions, he resigns. A measure of the respect Barofsky has garnered is reflected in the prominent mention of him recently as a potential nominee for the Chairmanship of the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Oh, memories of Ferdinand Pecora. If that name and the “Hellhound” moniker puzzles the reader, my book review of “Hellhound” can be found on the leschinews’ website.) One of those recommending him was M.I.T.’s Simon Johnson, late of the IMF. The book, in 2012, got the usual cool treatment for such works. The thrust of the reviews was that TARP prevented total meltdown and we should be thankful for that, and that the sums that went to the banks had to stay there to preserve the financial system.
There was little acknowledgement of Barofsky’s claim that the failure to reform big banks sets us up for an even worse meltdown in the future. A notable exception at the time was a detailed review by the esteemed financial editor of the New York Times, Gretchen Morgenson. But this year, as the paperback edition is being brought out, there seems to be a much more serious consideration of the book’s position in the great wave of bailout books. Perhaps a widespread awareness of the disastrous performance of the mortgage adjustment program which Barofsky criticized has set in. Peter Osnos said in the Atlantic Monthly, the book “deserves a place in the judgment of history”. Jon Stewart said he had read ten books on the subject, and if he had read this one first he could have skipped the rest. My sentiments exactly. This book tells one all that needs to be told of the mindset of Washington versus the interests of the rest of us. If only Barofsky had had the bipartisan Senate and Presidential support that was given Pecora in 1933.
After reading and listening to these accounts, one is left with the distinct feeling that priorities are out of whack, not only on Wall Street, but in the political parties, universities, the Federal Reserve, the Congress, and the White House. America’s great pride was that its system worked reasonably well for everyone.
What has happened? I say a first necessary step is to change the way we finance elections. Petitions have been started around the country. Our Senator Adam Kline has introduced SJM 8002 requesting an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow the Congress and the States to regulate election finance. Many professionals say “no chance.” But history shows amendments can pass quickly when there is enough demand for them from below. The Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to vote, was ratified in a little more than a year, despite great resistance.


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LISTEN: IV OF SPADES Unveils New Song “Where Have You Been, My Disco?“
After teasing a snippet recently, fast-rising band IV Of Spades has finally dropped the followup to their breakout hit "Hey Barbara"!
Out now in digital platforms, IV Of Spades' new song is very much inspired by the 70s disco sound - and it's so danceable! Get ready to shake and groove to "Where Have You Been, My Disco?" this #NewMusicFriday!
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As well as the formal gardens around the House, Burghley is surrounded by a large estate landscaped by Lancelot (Capability) Brown in the C18th with parkland, avenues of trees and a lake.
There is free entry to this daily from 8am – 6pm (or dusk if earlier), after the the 6th Marquess instructed in his will that the Parkland will always be available free of charge for the benefit of the local community.
There is a “network”:http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/openmap?openform&route=burghley-house-walking-route of paved road as well as footpaths. It is popular with walkers (especially those with a dog) and families.
There is a golf course which is the oldest in Lincolnshire and cricket pitch. The parkland is used for events during the year, including the Game and Country Fair and the “Burghley Horse Trials”:https://burghley-horse.co.uk/information/maps and access to the parkland is restricted while these are on.
I have written separate reviews for the Sculpture garden and the Garden of Surprises. These are entered by a gate to the east of the estate buildings and entry is included in the house ticket

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We’re already seeing some low cloud cover around Southwest Florida Monday evening.
We have ample moisture in the atmosphere and as temperatures cool overnight, that cloud deck will lower to the ground to form fog. Some areas may see visibility below a half-mile Tuesday morning, so plan on a few extra travel minutes.
Sea fog will also be an issue during the day, over the Gulf of Mexico. This fog may drift, from time to time, over the beach locations. This will keep the beaches in the mid to upper 70’s, while deep inland areas get closer to 85º Tuesday afternoon.
Most of the urban corridor will peak in the low 80’s for high temperatures Tuesday.
Wednesday is warm again, but the next cold front arrives Wednesday night. This comes with a 20% rain coverage and chillier temperatures for the end of the week, especially at night. Lows drop back into the 40’s.


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Of all of the feats for a home cook to conquer, making cheese is one of the most daunting. Between rennet choices, scientific-sounding culture strains, and the sheer time commitment, it often makes sense to leave caseiculture (aka "cheesemaking") to the professionals. But thanks to our friends at ChefSteps, homemade cheese in its most snackable — and squeakiest — form is well within reach. That's right: with a little guidance and the will to succeed, you can make your own cheese curds.
Inspired by Beecher's Handmade Cheese, a company that got its start just down the block from ChefSteps at Seattle's Pike Place Market, Grant Crilly and the rest of the team set out to develop a replicable recipe imbued with a manageable level of science. The results, per a taste test with Beecher's founder Kurt Beecher Dammeier, are nearly professional-grade. Find the full recipe, and more squeaky tips from ChefSteps, here.


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So I finally came out to myself as bisexual (20-BI-teen!) But I'm terrified of dating women.
For starters, my parents are religious AND conservative. Although they're not crazy, they're staunchly against same-sex marriage.
I'm also afraid because I have only been in heterosexual relationships. I fancy the idea of being with a woman sexually and romantically but there's already a general distrust towards people who are bisexual. I've been lucky. I haven't met anyone who has reacted negatively when I came out to them. But I'm afraid that when I take that extra step I will royally fuck up or panic and then someone will tell me, "you're not bisexual" or "you're confused" or "you just want attention/to feel special."
It also doesn't help that I would not be able to have a fulfilling relationship while being in the closet with my family. Or that's how I feel anyway.
I'm not sure what I'm trying to gain from posting this. I guess I just want to get it out and see what other people's reactions are. Specifically from the LGBTQ community.


During the last months, SunHorizon partners have been actively engaged in various preparatory works for deployment of SunHorizon technologies in Riga demo site, which is located in Latvia and managed by Riga Technical University (RTU). The demonstration will take place in two single-family residential houses where TP2 is going to be installed. It comprises a heat pump from Boostheat, PVT panels from DualSun along with a stratified storage tank, solar station, smart electric heater and other components from Ratiotherm, coupled in an integrated technology package to provide the household with space heating, domestic hot water as well as PV-produced electricity.
Integration of the various technologies in a single SunHorizon TP2 is made possible thanks to the strong collaboration of the technology providers and other partners involved in detailed thermal modelling of the buildings and simulation of the TP2 operation at the specific sites considering their energy consumption patterns and weather conditions throughout the year. While the technical diagrams and simulations were prepared by the SunHorizon partners, it is now up to the local installers to deploy the technologies in both houses. The installers were selected by RTU in an open tender and will complete their work in early autumn before the next heating season. To achieve this, the technology providers are about to start manufacturing the components to be delivered to the demo site during the summer months.
After commissioning of the SunHorizon technology package, its operation will be continuously monitored with a number of heat and electricity meters and room sensors. In addition to that, a weather station has also been installed in Riga. These data will be available for the project partners on the cloud close to real-time in order to keep track on the previously-defined KPIs and assess the energy and cost savings brought by SunHorizon.


Sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles totaled 268,359 units in March, showing decrease of 5.5% compared to the 284,079 units emplacadas in the same month last year and an increase of 20.6% compared to the total of 222,487 vehicles sold in February, said on Monday the National Federation of Motor Vehicles (Fenabrave).
The accumulated up to March 2013, 787,678 units were sold cars and light trucks, an increase of 1.96% compared to the period from January to March 2012, when 772,538 vehicles were emplacados.
In March of this year, sales of trucks and buses totaled 15,575 units, down 5.2% compared to the number of 16,433 registrations in March last year. Compared to February, when 12,606 units were sold, sales of trucks and buses grew 23.5%. Accumulated in 2013, sales of these vehicles totaled 42,784 units, down 6.3% compared to 45,684 units in the same period of 2012.
If they added motorcycles, road equipment, agricultural machinery and other Automobiles licensed, total vehicles sold in March 2013 reached 421,216, up 20.8% over the 348,771 units in February, totaling 1,220,736 units in the year. The cumulative result of the first three months of the year represents a decrease of 5.7% compared to the same period last year, when 1,294,974 units were sold. Ante March last year, when 478,887 units were sold, a drop of 12% in the third month of this year.


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Important new player in prostate cancer
Friday, 9 June 2017
An international study led by University of Adelaide researchers has identified a new gene of interest linked to prostate cancer – and it's a gene with a split personality: it appears to play a major role in promoting cancer growth, but it could also prevent tumours from spreading.
The research, now published in the journal Cancer Research, provides new information about the mechanisms underlying the growth of advanced, drug-resistant prostate cancer, known as "castration-resistant prostate cancer", which is a major killer of Australian men.
Speaking in the lead up to Men's Health Week (12-18 June), lead author Dr Luke Selth, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide's Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories and a member of the Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health, says the results of the study are significant.
"We’ve identified a completely new player in prostate cancer, a gene called GRHL2. The protein encoded by this gene appears to be vital for the function of the key driver of prostate cancer growth, the androgen receptor: it not only maintains levels of the androgen receptor, but also enhances its activity," says Dr Selth.
"Interestingly, while we think this novel function connected with the androgen receptor means that GRHL2 will generally be a 'bad player' in prostate cancer, we also found evidence that the GRHL2 protein could be a 'good player' in certain contexts by inhibiting the spread of the cancer. Thus, GRHL2 could be a type of 'Jekyll and Hyde' factor in terms of influencing the growth and progression of this disease," he says.
"However, by the time prostate cancer has already spread around the body and become resistant to current therapies, our research suggests that GRHL2 would probably act as a driver of disease. This idea is supported by our observation that the GRHL2 gene is frequently 'amplified' in lethal, drug-resistant tumours, meaning that these tumours have the capacity to make a lot more GRHL2 protein."
Targeting the androgen receptor is the mainstay treatment for advanced prostate cancer that has spread beyond the prostate. Therefore, there is always significant interest when a new regulator of the androgen receptor is discovered. Indeed, this study was highlighted by the leading review journal Nature Reviews Urology, because of its fundamental findings.
"We desperately need better therapies for this common killer of men. Our study provides important new insights into the biology of prostate cancer, which we aim to translate to new treatment strategies in the future," Dr Selth says.
This research involved collaboration with leading prostate cancer research groups in the US and the UK. The work was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the US Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and the Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men’s Health.
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3. Harmony Hill off of 322 in Downingtown - This location offers both paved options providing all accessible hiking and well-maintained trails in the 240 acres of land for both pedestrians and cyclist. There are two access points, one off Harmony Hill Road which offers a large lot and access to the paved 5 mile trail or off of Skelp Level road with instant access to the 6.5 miles of trails. This is a great option for older children who are looking to gain hiking experience.
4. St. Peters Village offers a family a whole day retreat so close to home. This Chester County gem offers a wonderful bakery, yummy options for lunch, French Creek, challenging boulders and trails that are tree covered and family friendly. Park at the old post office and make a day out of it!
5. Black Rock Sanctuary - This .8 mile loop is a great option for new walkers and toddlers that are experiencing hiking on their on two feet. This is a great trail offering a ADA-accessible interpretive trail for all families to enjoy nature and education at the same time!
6. French Creek State Park is a state park that has been preserved and offers families a great day of hiking while providing an oasis for a natural habitat. Your day can include boating, fishing, hiking, swimming and horse back riding! There are 35+ miles of trails that are well-maintained and mapped out. If you enjoy yourself so much stay over and camp out!
7. Hopewell Furnace is a historic spot you can visit while you are at French Creek State Park or just make it a day trip on its own. The land lies on the border of Berks and Chester County. A great option is to enroll your older children in the Junior Ranger Program.
8. Wolf's Hollow County Park - 530 acre park in Chester County is considered a rustic, natural park, with no public office and limited comfort facilities. "Birders appreciate the several hundred acres of mature woodland habitat that attract many less commonly observed birds such as Brown Thrashers, Scarlet Tanagers and Baltimore Orioles." (Source: http://www.chesco.org/1748/Wolfs-Hollow-County-Park) Hikers enjoy the 10+ miles of trails. This is a great option for the experienced family of hikers.
9. Hibernia Park - Looking for a weekend get away, however do not want to sit in beach traffic or fly or even drive out of the county? This is a great day or weekend option for camping, hiking, fishing and getting involved with educational programs occurring all summer long.
10. Okehocking Nature Center - This wonderful nature site can be found on the border of Delaware and Chester county. This is a great chance for more experienced children hikers to learn how to lead a 2.4 mile hike with 11 location markers. Many young children just make their way to the Ridley Creek and splash around.
Hike it Baby is a parents group dedicated to getting families together and out into nature with newborns, little ones up to school aged children. There are branches in over 250 cities around the country and internationally. We have a wide variety of hikes and urban strolls and the best part is being a member of Hike it Baby is FREE!