A trio of stations has taken shape on three islands at the far corners of our continent, ready to pick up distress calls via satellite from all across Europe and its surrounding waters.
The ground network for Galileo’s search and rescue service has now passed a major exam, coming a step closer to saving lives.
These stations sit on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic, Maspalomas on the largest island of Spain’s Canary Islands, and Larnaca on the island nation of Cyprus, forming a triangle enclosing Europe. The three are coordinated and overseen from a control centre in Toulouse, France.
Each site is equipped with four antennas to detect distress calls relayed via satellites in medium-altitude orbits, so far including 14 GPS satellites, two European Galileos and one Russian Glonass.
The three stations are interlinked to operate jointly, so that all 12 antennas can track satellites together. A summer of testing has confirmed the heightened efficiency of this approach.
“This new search and rescue infrastructure, designed by ESA and financed by the EU as part of Galileo, is our contribution to the Cospas–Sarsat system, the world’s oldest and largest satellite-aided rescue system,” explains ESA’s Fermin Alvarez Lopez.
Founded by Canada, France, the USSR and the US, Cospas–Sarsat is a global satellite system for rapidly detecting distress calls to be forwarded to local search and rescue authorities. Since its creation in 1979, it has helped to rescue more than 35 000 people.
Cospas–Sarsat distress beacons can be bought off the shelf, then activated by anyone in distress on land, in the air or on the sea. Satellite repeaters pick up and amplify the beacon signals, then transmit them down to ground stations.
These stations identify the approximate location of the signal and then pass the information to the rescue authorities.
“Up until now, Cospas–Sarsat has relied on satellites in low and high orbits,” adds Fermin.
“But medium orbits with satellites such as Galileo are better: they combine a wide field of view with strong Doppler shift, making it more likely a distress signal is pinpointed promptly and accurately.”
The broad coverage also means fewer ground stations are required – hence just three can handle the entire European service area.
Once the stations were completed, testing began, Igor Stojkovic, ESA’s search and rescue engineer explains: “We have been demonstrating the system performs as required, ahead of handing it over to its operator, part of France’s CNES space agency, in December ahead of service beginning in 2016.”
Distress beacons emit UHF bursts every 50 seconds. The stations are required to detect and locate all signals received to within 5 km after 10 minutes.
“With all three stations working together we’ve demonstrated significantly better performance than requirements – because 12 eyes are better than four,” comments Francesco Paggi of Thales Alenia Space Italy, working on the qualification.
“So all signals have been detected inside the service area within a minute, with 99% of test localisations performed to less than 5 km, and 79% within 2 km, after 10 minutes.
“Then these localisations are automatically passed on to regional Mission Control Centres within a minute and a half for forwarding on to the closest search and rescue agency.”
Illustrating the system’s responsiveness, automatic distress signals from two recent tragedies were detected rapidly during the qualification: the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in July, and the collision of two Italian Tornado jets the following month.
Igor explains: “The accuracy of localisations increases with the number of satellites actually used, because the stations perform the same kind of ranging used for satnav services, except in reverse – with somewhat reduced precision because the beacon signals originally designed in the 1970s were not optimised for ranging from medium orbits.
“So as more equipped satellites go into orbit, the performance should get even better.”
A set of reference beacons is now being added for continuously monitoring the system’s performance.


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Valencia and Albufera Lake Tour
Duration — 8-10 hours.
Start your day in the vibrant Ruzafa district, known for its trendy bars, restaurants, and shops. Discover hidden gems like local cafes and street art along the Ruzafa district before your adventure begins!
Next, head to the Turia Gardens, a beautiful park that was once the course of the Turia River. From the gardens, you’ll cycle to the City of Arts and Sciences, a futuristic complex of museums, theaters, and concert halls.
After exploring the City of Arts and Sciences, you’ll head to the Albufera Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your path will lie along the beach, along a flat and comfortable bike path
The Albufera is a large freshwater lake surrounded by rice fields and marshland. It is home to a variety of birdlife, including flamingos, herons, and ducks. You’ll have the opportunity to cycle along the lakeshore and admire the stunning scenery.
This tour is a great way to see the best of Valencia in a single day. It’s perfect for travelers who want to experience the city’s charm and beauty, as well as the natural beauty of the Albufera Lake.
What you’ll see and do:
- Start your day in the Ruzafa district, known for its trendy bars, restaurants, and shops.
- Cycle through the Turia Gardens, a beautiful park that was once the course of the Turia River.
- Visit the City of Arts and Sciences, a futuristic complex of museums, theaters, and concert halls.
- Cycle along the Albufera Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What you’ll need:
- Comfortable shoes or sandals
- A hat or sunglasses
- Water bottle
Valencia and Albufera Lake Tour details:
- Duration: 8-10 hours
- Starting point: Ruzafa district
- Difficulty level: Easy
Book your tour today and experience the best of Valencia and the Albufera Lake!
Ride. Discover. Enjoy.

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The seventh edition of the Singapore Media Festival (SMF) is back this November with a hybrid format and a refreshed lineup that will propel Asian stories to a global audience. The 11-day Festival will bring together the region’s best talents through a mix of physical and virtual programmes that showcase the sector’s ingenuity, creativity and resilience and presents diverse experiences that reimagine Asian storytelling.
Hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), SMF takes place from 26th November to 6th December 2020. It consists of the Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA), the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore (SS), the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), and this year’s new addition, the inaugural SuperGamerFest (SGF) 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and restrictions on large-scale consumer events, Singapore Comic Con (SGCC) will be taking a hiatus this year.
Mr Howie Lau, Assistant Chief Executive, Media and Innovation, IMDA said: “This year has been undeniably challenging, but the resilience and creativity of our media community as they navigate uncharted waters, adapt, collaborate and continue telling our stories has been inspiring. This has brought on a fresh wave of new experiences and uncovered growth opportunities for the region. As the market re-opens and global players look to tap on the diverse stories in this region, we stand ready to celebrate novel ideas, talents and innovation, and to reimagine Asian storytelling for the global stage.”
The Singapore Media Festival is Asia’s pre-eminent media marketplace, having facilitated more than USD1.7 billion (SGD2.3 billion) worth of deals between local and international media companies between 2014 and 2019. As a platform for opportunity, SMF continues to open doors to enable businesses to access the region’s vibrant media market and talent.
The Asia TV Forum & Market 2020 will host its full market and conference experience online through its ATF Online+ digital platform from 1st to 4th December, combining virtual trade markets, conferences and pitches, and speed dating opportunities on the platform. The four-day event will also bring together top executives from companies such as BBC Studios, Tubi, TV Chosun and WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks to share insights into the developments in the region’s media industry, and the innovative solutions that adapt to the new challenges posed by the pandemic. The full ATF programme and resources will remain available until 28th February 2021. The annual Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market by ScreenSingapore also returns in a virtual form this year, striving to connect promising project ideas to potential investors and financiers. Submissions have closed, with entries received from 14 markets including the United States, Netherlands and Japan.
SMF continues to celebrate the region’s rising media talents and content creators, and will gather the industry’s key thought leaders and maestros in conversations on advancing the region’s media industry. In its third edition, the Asian Academy Creative Awards will deliver a unique four-day virtual awards experience this year. It will kick off with the digital “National Winners Conference”, featuring top creatives and actors selected from 16 AAA member nations across Asia Pacific in a closed-door industry event, and acting panels with Country Winners streamed via Facebook Live. AAA also announced the 270 National Winners shortlisted across 40 award categories. Host nation Singapore competes in 37 categories, with a formidable lineup of winners, including Emmy-nominated lead actress Yeo Yann Yann, competing in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category for her exceptional work on HBO’s Invisible Stories; Chuan Pictures, competing in the Best Immersive category for their interactive film, HIGH; and August Pictures’ Mind’s Eye for Mediacorp, competing under the Best Drama category. The National Winners will go on to compete in the Grand Awards and Gala Final, to be livestreamed on 3rd and 4th December.
Also going online will be the event’s much-anticipated Red Carpet, hosted by Singaporean actress, Ms Munah Bagharib, and Award Ceremonies. AAA will use digital technology such as a branded 3D theatre, red carpet runway and visual effects to bring together talents from across the region through live broadcasts, as they celebrate and crown this year’s winners.
The 31st edition of the Singapore International Film Festival will continue to champion the art of filmmaking in Singapore, Southeast Asia and the world through the themes of resilience, sharing, hope and community. For those who miss the magic of cinemas, audiences can look forward to both virtual film screenings and physical events. The Festival’s competition component, the Silver Screen Awards will also continue to uncover new filmmaking talents as part of its Asian Feature Film Competition and Southeast Asian Short Film Competition.
Film buffs can look forward to a conversation with Mr Shozo Ichiyama, veteran producer, founder and director of Tokyo Filmex film festival. A prominent figure in the Asian film industry, Mr Ichiyama has worked with established filmmakers on award-winning works, including Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin (2013), Ash is Purest White (2018) and Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Flowers of Shanghai (1998). Most recently, The Calming by Chinese director Song Fang, and coproduced by Mr Ichiyama, was also awarded the CICAE Prize at the Berlinale Forum 2020.
This year, SMF will cast a spotlight on the region’s booming esports sector with the inaugural SuperGamerFest. Presented by regional esports platform PVP Esports and powered by Singtel and Globe, Singtel’s joint venture in the Philippines, SGF will unite esports fans and the gaming community with a myriad of digital events and interactive fringe programmes across the first two weekends in December (5-6 December and 11-13 December). This includes exclusive watch parties, virtual meet-and-greets with popular esports personalities, educational workshops, masterclasses and the first-ever SuperGamerFest Awards to honour gaming content creators and esports talents from Southeast Asia.
As part of the Singapore Media Festival, the second Media International Advisory Council (IAC) will convene virtually to continue the conversation between policy makers and industry players, as they exchange insights and discuss collaborations to increase the vibrancy of the Asian media landscape. The Council will discuss opportunities in the geopolitical landscape, and how Singapore can play a stronger role in helping media companies respond and adapt to the rapid evolution of the media scene. They also look to deliberate global innovation and technology trends, so as to see how Singapore may harness these for the future. Chaired by Minister S Iswaran and comprising global media industry leaders, the Council was set up to provide critical insights and timely expertise to help companies forge new models of partnership, content creation and financing to seize the rising opportunities in Asia.
The 2020 Singapore Media Festival runs from 26th November to 6th December 2020. For more information and the programme lineup, visit their website here
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"LENNON'S LODGE" Luxury Vacation Home - Private Hot Tub - 1 Block To Duval St
Part of 4 exclusive units at Abbey Road, The original Cuban tile has been preserved throughout the house, wherever possible. Upon entering the spacious living room, a large tropical sectional queen sleeper sofa allows you to comfortably watch the 46” flat screen TV/DVD. Also available is an I-Pod docking station/CD/Radio to enjoy the music of your choice. Original Michael Haykin paintings of historic Key West homes adorn the walls.
The state-of-the-art kitchen includes granite counter tops, stove, dishwasher, double door refrigerator/freezer, microwave and soft mood lighting under and above the cabinets. The granite dining bar has 6 swivel bar stools.
Two king size pillow top bedrooms off the living room and kitchen each have rich Tommy Bahama beds, dressers, bedside tables and flat screen wall mount TV’s. Each bedroom has a door to the outside so if you would like to go out to the 8 person hot tub or take a shower under the stars in the 2 person outside private shower with mood lighting, you will not disturb the guests sleeping on the sleeper sofa. The side gate on the house also allows each of the occupants of the house to enter their own bedroom without disturbing anyone else in the house.
The bathroom has 3 separate pocket doors, one from each of the bedrooms and another from the living room. The floors are Travertine marble tile, the 2 person shower is tumbled marble. The vanity also has a granite counter top.
Your private rear deck with retractable awning has wonderful palms and indigenous vegetation surrounding the outdoor dining table, sofa and chairs, hot tub and outdoor shower. This is a great gathering area if you would like to rent all of Abbey Road for a large group!
The common area has a bike rack, Weber gas BBQ grill and a washer/dryer for your use. Upstairs, on the deck overlooking lushly landscaped Abbey Road, you can enjoy yourselves at the common area outdoor table and chairs for up to 6 persons and get extra ice…invite guests from
Starr's Suite or
McCartney's Manor to join you for drinks and conversation under the towering Spanish Lime trees…or to star gaze on a warm tropical evening. Take your computer there to do some work, if you must, with our free WiFi. Next door is one of our 2 heated pools for working on that perfect Key West tan! Call us today to reserve this special, much requested home!
Please contact Key West Vacation Rentals regarding minimum stays and special rates. Minimum stay requirements apply on weekends (at least 3 nights), Winter/Spring season (January 2nd - April 30th - 5 night minimum), holidays and special events( Fantasy Fest & Christmas/New Year - 7 night minimum).
Additional amenities include: coffee maker, outside eating area, outdoor shower, heated pool (shared), cookware, ice maker, washer & dryer, ironing board.TripAdvisor property ID 2234433...Read more
“Relaxing and comfortable being surrounded by beauty”
Left on 01/14/2014 for a stay in December 2013 | A FlipKey verified reviewerReviewed Jan 14, 2014Stayed Dec 2013
This was the second stay at Lennon,s lodge and the third at abby road. The property is lovely and well maintained. Dog friendly a big plus. Nice for privacy but very easily a family space also.Nicely decorated although the patio cushions are worn and settee is uncomforatable. Parking has always been a big negative for my husband. He is always cautious about being away too long so we don,t lose a space. I can think of a few ways to solve this, better marking for motorbikes for one. sometimes a whole space for 1 bike was taken up. Some people come and just park their cars which is fine but they are not well spaced which then cause a problem for the entire week.We will definately be back
So glad you had a great time staying at Lennon's Lodge! We hope you return to our lovely units at Abbey Road. Mention that you are a return guest when you make your next reservation and we will offer a 10% discount! Thanks again for the review!
“Great location and awesome house”
Left on 08/17/2010 for a stay in July 2010 | KGReviewed Aug 17, 2010Stayed Jul 2010
Our stay at Lennon's Lodge was great. The location, staff, check-in, etc... could not have been better. The unit is beautifully decorated and kept. The only complaint is that the hottub was nasty. We called about it the first day and someone was sent right over, but it was never back to normal in the time we were there. A big dispoointment to the kids. Not a huge deal, though. Outdoor shower was awesome - I want one!
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Thanksgiving Casserole with Stuffing + More Healthy Holiday Casserole Recipes
Can’t Get Enough of Thanksgiving Casserole
1/6th of casserole: 284 calories, 5g total fat (0.5g sat. fat), 721mg sodium, 35g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 8.5g sugars, 23g protein
Cook: 35 minutes
Cool: 5 minutes
2 tbsp. light butter
One 6-oz. box turkey stuffing mix
1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries, chopped
4 cups frozen French-style green beans, thawed, drained, patted dry
12 oz. cooked & chopped turkey (or chicken) breast
One 12-oz. jar turkey (or chicken) gravy
One 8-oz. can sliced water chestnuts, roughly chopped
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8" X 8" baking pan with nonstick spray.
In a medium pot, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Add butter, and let melt. Stir in stuffing mix and cranberries. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Stir until uniform. Transfer to the baking pan, and smooth out the top.
Evenly top with stuffing mixture. Cover pan with foil, and bake for 20 minutes.
Remove foil, and bake until topping has lightly browned and filling is hot and bubbly, about 10 minutes.
MAKES 6 SERVINGS
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Join the ETU for May Day 2022
I invite all ETU members to join us at May Day events in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
Bring your family, friends and workmates – these are family-friendly community gatherings.
It’s a great opportunity to meet and mingle with your fellow ETU members and the wider trade union movement.
Assemble 11.30 Sunday 1 May Town Hall Square, march to Domain
Speakers, food, kids’ showbags
Assemble 10 am Sunday 1 May, march to Nobby’s Beach
Assemble 10 am Saturday 30 April, Lowden Square @ Wollongong Station
On May Day we celebrate the collective gains of the labour movement. And we commit to defend and extend those gains into the future.
May Day 2022 in a golden opportunity to speak out collectively just weeks before the federal election.
The ETU with the entire union movement will unite around the call to Vote Morrison Out.
I’ll see you on May Day!
Proud to be union
Secretary, ETU NSW & ACT

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Gaining weight, yet can’t figure out why? Your love of Leno may be to blame. People who don't get enough shuteye are more likely than others to overeat, says a recent report presented at a conference hosted by the American Heart Association.
The researchers studied the sleeping and eating patterns of 17 healthy young men and women for 8 nights. The subjects were split into two groups—the only difference was half were allowed to sleep and wake as they normally did, and the other only slept two-thirds their normal time.
The results: The sleep-deprived group consumed an average 549 calories more each day, according to food logs and daily interviews the subjects had with dieticians.
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“Previous studies have shown that there is a link between lack of sleep and weight gain,” says coinvestigator Andrew D. Calvin, M.D., M.P.H., cardiology fellow and assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic. “Yet what we found interesting was all it took was a difference of 1 hour and 20 minutes to cause an increase in consumption.”
So lets say your a night owl, what can you do to fight away fat? The obvious answer here is sleep, but if it’s not possible to log more shuteye—alter your diet so you’re not craving Doritos around 10 P.M.
Try portioning your food throughout the day so you’re saving up the majority of your calories at night. By having a couple thousand calories to work with at dinner, you’ll be less likely to have cravings later in the evening because you’ll feel fuller longer, says Alan Aragon, M.S., the Men’s Health Weight-Loss Coach.
More from MensHealth.com: 7 Stupid Simple Ways to Eat Less


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While the Custer, South Dakota area had much to offer, it was time to start making our way to Winkler, Manitoba Canada, for the Leisure Travel Van Annual Rally. We still had many miles, two states, and several stops, between our starting point in Custer and the rally in Winkler. Our first stop was in the town of Spearfish, South Dakota. Spearfish is know for its Canyon, scenic drive, Bridal Veil Falls, hiking areas, and the nearby cowboy town of Deadwood. We spent a couple of days in the area.
We were impressed by the helpfulness of our Spearfish KOA campground owners and work they had put into their facility a pleasure to visit. Our arrival in Spearfish on a Thursday was a little later than we planned. We were looking for a restaurant that the campground owner recommended when we happened upon the Stadium Sports Grill in Spearfish. We decided to go in for a nice early dinner. While there, the manager offered to have a table for us with the Clemson – Kent State game on if we came in at 10:00am (mountain time) on Saturday morning. To us… this was a God thing!
Later that evening we drove to Sturgis. The big bike week had finished and Sturgis was hosting the Annual Mustang (Ford) Rally. There were some beautiful Mustangs on display, great music, and a special edition Indian Classic motorcycle that I had my eye on. Anna said I could have my eye on it, just not my butt. It was a fun evening, but I hated leaving that Indian Classic there for someone else.
We had a red alert code 3 emergency on Friday morning when our coffee maker died. Nothing I tried gave us any hope of reviving it, so we went out and had a great breakfast at the Millstone Family Restaurant. After fueling up our engines, and stopping to fuel up the CRV, it was off to Spearfish Canyon. Neither of us thought the canyon was a pretty as everyone said. We finally determined that early fall is the best time for scenery. Bridal Veil Falls could be viewed from the highway. It was a whispy spindly sort of fall. We did take two very short hikes to visit Spearfish Falls and Roughlock Falls. Spearfish Falls was a small, yet pretty, fall located behind the Latchstring Restaurant in the Canyon. Many points of interest in this area are poorly marked and we drove by several before we knew it. We were standing next to the restaurant and asked a worker (who said she was a local) where the falls were located. She thought the falls had to be around there somewhere, but she wasn’t sure. We found out a few minutes later that we were almost standing on top of the falls, and the information sign for the falls was 50 feet away! You just have to smile at times like this! We did have to hike down a path into a ravine in order to see and hear the falls. A couple had just finished their wedding ceremony there as we walked up (down).
About a mile down a gravel road was a parking area that led to a well maintained trail to the Roughlock Falls. Roughlock was a very pretty short fall with multiple streams and cascades. There was a vegetation restoration project around the falls, so we had to stay on an elevated wooden walk to view the falls. I had a problem with one of my camera filters, so had to change to another. As I attempted to install the new filter on my camera, it fell out of my hand and off the platform ($200 Gulp!). I knew it was near the water’s edge, but I couldn’t see it and it would have been difficult for an old guy like me to retrieve it. Prior to dropping the filter I had been spending a little time trying to help a man with information about cameras. When my filter dropped, his daughter said she would retrieve the dropped filter. I tried to stop her, but she quickly climbed over and down from the platform into the weeds and water to retrieve my filter. She quickly located it (undamaged) and climbed back up to safety. I couldn’t believe how gracious she was. I must be living right, and thanks to her – I got my shots of the falls.
We drove to Historic Deadwood, South Dakota later that afternoon. We walked the downtown area (kind of touristy), had a milkshake at Mustang Sally’s, and then went out on the street for the 4:00pm shootout. All in all, a pretty good way to spend the afternoon.
We left the Spearfish KOA early on Saturday morning and headed back to the Stadium Sports Grill. Not too many people rush into town here at 10:00am on a Saturday to watch football so we were able to park the motorhome and care right next to the restaurant without a problem. Even though the crowd picked up after a while, Anna and I pretty much had the Sports Grill to ourselves. There were some patrons in the grill, so I did have to subdue Anna every once in awhile. The manager had a the largest TV in the grill on one wall set to the Clemson game, a table right in front of it, and she turned the volume up… just for us. Unbelievable! Several people did stop by to ask us about the orange clothing and the Tiger paws. I guarantee they know about Clemson by the time we left.
So much fun for now… it’s hit the road time. Our next destination was north to Dickinson, North Dakota. We drove through an area in North Dakota about 30 minutes from our destination that had a gazillion bees. When we stopped to clean off the windshield, bees were coming out of the engine compartment and anywhere else they smashed into and didn’t die. It was great fun trying to work around them while cleaning the front of the LTV. We had a two-night stopover in Dickinson to catch up on some maintenance items and just crash. I also wanted to make sure we had a place with good Internet service so I could get started on this blog. We grilled our lunch at our campground and had some great yogurt in town. We soon moved on, heading east from Dickinson to Cassleton, North Dakota. Who knew that a Day’s Inn would have not only a campground, but a pretty good little restaurant? We met a nice couple from California while there. They had the cutest little Australian Shepard puppy “Tucker” that you have ever seen!
We headed to our Rally destination in Winkler, Manitoba Canada the next day. We got off to an early start because we needed to get through customs, find the campground, and get ready for our service appointment the following morning.
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If your union or employee rights organization asked you to participate in a sick-out/blue flu to support an employee rights issue, would you do it, even if it put your job in jeopardy?
In this issue of POLICE magazine, we address one of the greatest pressing concerns of police executives and law enforcement: the growing number of serious accidents and even deaths in police training.
Today's DT training is much more gritty, more physical, and closer to an approximation of what officers experience in a real street encounter. Unfortunately, it's also much more dangerous.
The danger is, of course, part of the appeal of being a SWAT officer. But it's also why SWAT training must be approached with the greatest level of precision and precaution.
Officers of the Hempstead force say they have learned to accept the glares of hate. What they find more unsettling is that they are being surveiled.
Each year more law enforcement officers die in the line of duty from traffic accidents than from any other cause.
Recently on the U.S. border with Mexico, a Border Patrol officer was caught with no backup while facing an angry mob of illegal aliens bent on crossing into the United States.
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) now come in portable versions that can be carried in patrol cars and used to shock a person's heart into beating again. Although ambulances are equipped with these devices, you, as a first responder, will probably get to a person suffering from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) before EMTs can respond. And certainly before the patient can get to a hospital with a crash cart.
Of all training accidents, police officers shooting each other in simulation drills are the most tragic. They are also the most difficult for some officers and civilians to comprehend.
It was once believed that the Internet would run every print publication in America out of business some time in the first year of the then expected Gore presidency. But a funny thing happened on the way to print's inevitable extinction. The dinosaurs didn't lay down and decay into crude oil.
With the dramatic resurgence in interest in the 1911 platform, it's comforting to note the old war-horse is still a viable alternative to the black-plastic gun trend.
If I knew I'd be in a gunfight within the next 20 minutes, I'd be laying my hands on a 12-gauge. But the best I can predict is that, as an officer of the law, I might be in a gunfight sometime in my career. So I carry a handgun.
Once that gray squirrel had settled into his new home, the California State Police officers who patrol the park experienced a dramatic increase in the number of squirrel bite reports. They went from none to 30 per day.
SOG Knives has built a strong reputation among knife users by manufacturing hard-use affordably priced knives of high quality.


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Our current two person featuring paintings by Fabricio Suarez and Mane Sakic.
Fabricio Suarez (b.1978, Montevideo, Uruguay) is an artist living and working in the NJ/NYC area. A graduate from the School of Visual Arts, he trained as a plein-air painter under Gregory Crane for three years. Suarez primarily worked on location and concentrated on the industrial landscape and cityscapes of the area. However, his current studio practice is a mix of wiping off paint to create an atmosphere in the landscape and adding abstract expressionist brushworks to create a narrative. Kind of like putting Peter Bruegel and Gerhard Richter in a blender. Major influences range from Flemish Old Masters, modern & Latin American painting
Mane Sakic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1971 to a family of artists and revolutionaries and is now based in Jersey City, NJ. He has worked and exhibited in Serbia, Spain, and the U.S. The revolutionary power of art to him is best expressed in public forums and through juxtaposing opposing techniques and themes. Sakic exhibited his work at places like Plaza Dos de Mayo in Madrid and made his art a part of numerous public premises in that city. The artist has exhibited at Kalenic Pijaca, the largest green market in Belgrade, and the decayed Tito Banquet Room in Hotel Slavija, Belgrade. His mosaic work adorns one of the city center streets in Belgrade, and his paintings reside in the Museum of Cinematography and the Ministry of Culture in Belgrade. Sakic studied painting at the University of Arts in Belgrade, in the class of Professor Momcilo Antonievic, from which he graduated in 1995.

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It feels like I’ve been in election mode all year.
In February I was selected by UKIP to stand for the London Assembly election on 5th May. No sooner was that election over than the campaign for tomorrow’s EU referendum commenced.
The latter is immeasurably more important of course, and for me the London campaign during March and April was actually about the EU. I cited the adverse impact of Brussels on London at every opportunity.
Campaigning over the past seven weeks though has been particularly intense as it is absolutely vital that we Leave the EU. The proposed European Union superstate, the ‘United States of Europe’, has many hallmarks of the Moscow-based USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) which imploded in 1991 after 70 years of economic misery and social/political woe; we must get out before it is too late.
The latter was socialist of course while the former is corporatist; the latter was hard authoritarian whereas the former is soft. But the intention of both was/is to shoe-horn more and more countries into an undemocratic structure of central control and regulation in order to force a massive single entity with a single identity.
The EU’s flag-waving European Anthem, the Ode to Joy, a “celebration of the brotherhood of man”, has become a masterpiece of irony as Greek pensioners and Spanish young unemployed will tell you. EU joy and economic brotherhood doesn’t extend to vulnerable people at the margins.
The same hubristic empire-building spirit has been abroad before in Europe. The EU superstate is Napoleon without the guns, Hitler without the gas chambers, and the British are right to be sceptical once again.
A Brexit result in the referendum undoubtedly will be a Waterloo defeat for Brussels. However it will also create an opportunity for self-reflection and a new humility amongst the Eurocrat elite. And maybe, just maybe, there will be decentralisation and democratic reform of the EU and a return to the original concept of a common market.
It has been a fascinating seven weeks. I have distributed thousands of leaflets; had discussions and occasional arguments on the streets; engaged in public debate with Remainers from both Houses of Parliament; discussed the EU and immigration on Turkish state television; spoken at two church Brexit meetings; campaigned both from UKIP’s national battlebus and from UKIP MEP Gerard Batten’s Vote to Leave minibus; written a Brexit piece for the local paper; and tonight will be out in the early hours erecting Vote Leave posters ahead of polling which starts tomorrow at 10.00am.
But two things stand out for me:
First, I have been delighted at the support for Brexit from ethnic minority communities. I’ve campaigned primarily in multi-ethnic east London where I live. It is clear from here that established immigrant families from South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean are concerned about the recent and rapid migrant influx from eastern Europe with the resulting downward pressure on jobs and wages and the growing burden on schools, housing and hospitals.
They also rightly see EU migration policy as giving preference to white Europeans, and therefore racist.
I reckon 60% of ethnic minorities are firmly for Brexit.
Second, I stood on Westminster Bridge during the Bob Geldof’s ‘Battle of the Thames’ last week when the millionaire luvvie on his luxury floating gin-palace, his face contorted by hate, sneered and pumped vulgar V-signs at the flotilla of fishermen, led by Nigel Farage, whose livelihoods have been wrecked by the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. As Brendan O’Neill points out, Geldof brilliantly if inadvertently illustrated the cosmopolitan establishment’s superior and dismissive attitude towards what their frock coat and top hat-wearing Victorian forbears called the lower orders.
I spotted young children in one of the small rubber dinghies that accompanied Geldof and harassed the fishermen’s flotilla. “They’ve lost the plot! They’ve got young kids in that boat!” I blurted out to my companion, eyeing the rough water and hostile boats. “Why are those kids not in school?” he asked.
The next day we learned about Jo Cox’s tragic death in her constituency, and I learned with disbelief that it was she and her husband Brendan who had taken their children into the river drama in the vulnerable small boat.
My heart goes out to her husband and the children for their loss. However in the light of Geldof’s bile and the on-river risks to which the out-of-school children were subjected, I found Brendan’s high-minded statement following Jo’s death, that people should “unite to fight hate” and that “our precious children should be bathed in love” rather too hypocritical for my taste.
Will we win the referendum tomorrow? Three months ago I reckoned we were faced with an impossible uphill task and that status quo inertia would win the day.
But we gained traction thanks to the uncontrolled immigration issue and the over-reach of David Cameron’s Project Fear, and today, despite continuous pounding by the heavy guns of the political, media and corporate elite, the polls tell us it is neck and neck.
I remain hopeful that we will vote Leave.

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Thought Space Athletics Ethereal Omen (Cast)
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"Cast" was TSA's first collaboration with guest artist John Dorn. The Cast design features a druid from an alternate future where humankind has overtaken Nature and depleted its resources. "Cast" focuses on our hero in the middle of an incantation to bring Nature to what has become a letteral concrete jungle to plant a seed of hope and balance.
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If you’re a homeowner or a renter dealing with a non-functional GE window air conditioner, you might be wondering where to find the fuse. In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the process of locating and replacing the fuse in a GE window air conditioner.
The fuse in a GE window air conditioner is typically located on the unit’s control board, which can be found behind an access panel on the unit’s lower compartment. You may need to unscrew some areas or unclip some clips to access it. If you suspect a blown fuse, it’s important to replace it promptly to prevent further damage. Always disconnect the power before working on the unit, and if you’re unsure about any steps, consult a professional technician.
The Role of a Fuse in a GE Window Air Conditioner
Before we dive into the location and replacement process, it’s important to understand the role of a fuse in your air conditioner. A fuse is a vital component that provides overcurrent protection for the unit. It’s an electrical safety device that melts when too much current flows through it, thereby stopping or interrupting the current. In the context of an air conditioner, a fuse protects the condenser from being exposed to excessive amperage. Thus, if a fuse is blown, it indicates a persistent issue with the unit that needs to be addressed.
Locating the Fuse in a GE Window Air Conditioner
The fuse in a GE window air conditioner is typically located on the unit’s control board. You can usually find the control board behind an access panel on the unit’s lower compartment. The fuse is inserted into the control board and labeled with an amp or voltage rating. To access the control board, you may need to unscrew some areas or unclip some clips.
Signs of a Blown Fuse
There are several signs that indicate a blown fuse in a GE window air conditioner. These include the outdoor AC unit not working, strange noises like buzzing or humming, or the air conditioner stopping working altogether. To check for a blown fuse, you can use a voltmeter. A blown AC fuse would have a sooty, grimy appearance, and may be frayed, partially melted, or otherwise disfigured.
Replacing the Fuse in a GE Window Air Conditioner
When it comes to replacing the fuse, safety should be your top priority. Always disconnect the power before working on the unit. Once the unit is unplugged, locate the fuse, remove it carefully, inspect it for damage, and then replace it with a new one if necessary. It is recommended to purchase a replacement fuse with the same specifications as the original one. After replacing the fuse, reconnect the power and test the unit to ensure it is functioning properly.
Where to Purchase Fuses
You can purchase fuses for GE air conditioners from various sources, such as Repair Clinic, eBay, A-1 Appliance Parts, and more. Make sure to check the compatibility of the fuse with your specific GE window air conditioner model before purchasing.
Regular Maintenance of Your GE Window Air Conditioner
To ensure the longevity of your GE window air conditioner, regular maintenance is crucial. This includes cleaning the air filter every 30 days, wiping down the exterior of the unit, cleaning the evaporator coils and the fins. Regular maintenance will help extend the life of your air conditioner and improve its performance.
In conclusion, the fuse in a GE window air conditioner plays a vital role in ensuring the safe operation of the unit. If you suspect a blown fuse, it’s important to locate and replace it promptly to prevent further damage. If you’re unsure about any of these steps or don’t feel comfortable working with electrical components, it’s best to consult a professional technician for assistance. Remember, safety should always be your top priority when working with electrical appliances.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I use a voltmeter to check for a blown fuse in my GE window air conditioner?
To use a voltmeter, set the dial to continuity mode (often represented by a wave or diode symbol). Place one probe on each end of the fuse. If the voltmeter shows zero or a low resistance, the fuse is good. If it shows infinite resistance, the fuse is blown.
What should I do if I replace the fuse and my GE window air conditioner still doesn’t work?
If your air conditioner still doesn’t work after replacing the fuse, it’s likely that there is another issue with the unit. This could be a problem with the circuit board, the motor, or other components. In such cases, it’s best to consult a professional technician for diagnosis and repairs.
What is the typical lifespan of a fuse in a GE window air conditioner?
The lifespan of a fuse in a GE window air conditioner varies based on usage and the overall condition of the unit. However, with regular maintenance and usage within the manufacturer’s recommended parameters, a fuse can last several years.
Can I use any fuse to replace the blown one in my GE window air conditioner?
No, it’s crucial to replace the blown fuse with one that has the same specifications as the original (including the same amp or voltage rating). Using a fuse with different specifications can potentially damage the unit or pose a safety risk.
How often should I check the fuse in my GE window air conditioner?
Unless you’re experiencing issues with your air conditioner, there’s no need to regularly check the fuse. However, if your unit stops working or exhibits signs of a blown fuse (such as strange noises or the outdoor AC unit not working), you should check the fuse as part of your troubleshooting process.


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Film music concert
“My first encounter today with SWSO, and a splendid afternoon of film music, with good introductions to the pieces from conductor Richard Hull. Took me back many years to the last time I attended a concert of Film Music while on holiday in Bournemouth. The orchestra on that occasion was the Bournemouth Sinfonia, and their guest conductor was the great Ron Goodwin! I enjoyed this afternoon every bit as much as that earlier concert! Thanks to all concerned!! 🙂 ”
Please visit the ‘Children’ section of our website for information about our planned SWCO Courses for 2022!


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Foggy Bottom Farce – Analysis
The President should announce his intention to nominate Susan Rice as the next Secretary of State, or move on.
By Timothy Stafford
It is abundantly clear that Dr. Susan Rice is the President’s first choice to be the next Secretary of State. The newly re-elected President publicly defended his UN Ambassador at his first post-election press conference. Moreover, well placed comments by administration officials in a Washington Post article all but confirmed that the man thought to be her most serious rival for the post, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, is under consideration for the position of Secretary of Defense. If the President has made up his mind, why has he yet to make clear his intention to submit her nomination to the Senate?
Rice’s woes stem from the September 11th attack in Benghazi, which killed the United State’s Ambassador to Libya. The following weekend, Rice was dispatched to present the administration’s position on a host of television shows. In doing so she made quite clear that the origins of the incident lay in the anti-Islamic You Tube film trailer that had prompted protests across the Muslim world. Subsequent investigations revealed that it was known well before then that the attack was a deliberate, planned operation, and not the result of actions undertaken by a rowdy mob carried away by anger.
On the face of it, Rice’s error ought not constitute a disqualifying offense. Across the world, junior staffers are frequently thrown to the press to defend positions they have been asked to defend by more senior officials. An excruciating example of this can be witnessed by recalling Chloe Smith’s appearance on Newsnight earlier this year. The problem for Rice is that her comments fit into a pre-existing dynamic that has engendered much Republican opposition, namely the administration’s determination to reduce using the term ‘terrorism’ in public documents, speeches and statements. Attorney-General Eric Holder’s Congressional appearances are a testament to the the fervency with which administration officials go to avoid the use of language they consider inflammatory. Moreover, during the President’s first term, Secretary of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano issued new guidance which instructed officials to refer to terrorist attacks as ‘man-caused disasters’.Viewed through the lens of Republican opposition to the administration’s public diplomacy campaign, Rice’s suggestion that Benghazi was not the result of a co-ordinated attack looks like a conspiracy to downplay acts of violence against Americans, rather than a slip of the tongue. At least, that is the view in some quarters of Capitol Hill, where Senators McCain, Graham and Ayotte have taken the lead in resisting the prospect of Rice’s promotion.
Does Rice’s one slip really matter? Perhaps not. Foreign Policy editor David Rothkopf argues that the President can nominate whoever he chooses, while Robert Kagan suggests that the stakes are too high for the US to be deprived of the best person for the job. Both views are persuasive. However something must be done soon, for the incessant media coverage is processing from drama to farce. This week Rice visited Capitol Hill, and met the aforementioned Senators to, put bluntly, explain herself. Such visits are more often the preserve of those who have already been nominated, rather than those seeking to prove their worth. The visit only reinforces the notion that Rice is the preferred choice to run the State Department, and that the White House is making an effort to smooth things before the President nominates her. If that is the strategy then its not working. Rice’s visit was quickly followed by a press conference at which Senators Graham and Ayottee outlined their continued concerns.
Things have now reached a tipping point. Either the President must decide to battle for Rice’s nomination, or quickly move on to considering different candidates. The White House can’t have it both ways, for failing to make a decision on Rice’s future – one way or the other – will only damage the conduct of American foreign policy in the coming four years. James Baker once noted that a Secretary of State is at his or her strongest when they are seen as an unquestioned proxy for the President. Only a representative who can speak for the President, and be seen to do so by foreign governments, can hope to carry any weight. No one knew this better than Baker, whose lifelong relationship with Bush added to his stature. Compare that to the sorry experience of Colin Powell, who was continually handicapped by the widespread view that Messers Cheney and Rumsfeld carried greater clout on matters of foreign policy. The worry should not be that Rice will ultimately win a bruising confirmation battle. The populism of the American political scene makes the prospect of politics ‘stopping at the waters age’ now seem like a quaint anachronism. What ought to concern the administration is the prospect of it being represented overseas by a figure known the world over to have been the President’s second choice. Imagine the prospect of officials in Beijing whispering to Xi Jinping that he need not worry himself with the concerns raised by Secretary Kerry because he doesn’t really speak for the President. One cannot conduct serious diplomacy in such a scenario.
The White House should therefore act, and act swiftly. Whether Rice is the preferred choice of the President is no longer relevant. What matters is whether she is his nominee. The time has come for the President to make his views on that matter clear.
Timothy Stafford is an Associate Fellow with the Henry Jackson Society

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I’ve generally found their are two types of social conservatives. There are ones who are mostly dedicated to the ideas of smaller government, and restoring fiscal and regulatory sanity, but are also personally religious and are generally on board with many of the socially conservative planks in the GOP platform, such as opposing abortion and gay marriage. But mostly their public activism is motivated around reducing the size and reach of government.Â The other type are the people who have come to politics purely through their social conservative values. They might offer lip service to smaller government, but their ultimate objective is to advance socially conservative ideas though the use of government. Their patron saint is Mike Huckabee. I believe the distinction between these two groups is perhaps the start of a rift within the Republican coalition, and that rift has never shown itself more strongly than with the recent Todd Akin affair.
The former group, the personal SoCos, joining with many non-SoCos (which I’ll call the National Review types), have pretty roundly condemned Akin, and joined the chorus demanding he step down from the race. The latter group, the political SoCos,Â now represented by their patron saint, have largely stood by Akin. See, Akin apologized, and Christian forgiveness being what it is, they have decided it is time to move on. But politics isn’t about Christian forgiveness, and no amount of that is going to overcome the fact that Akin is now down in the race he was once ahead in, and it’s looking like his dumbassery is even hurting Romney in Missouri, a state that has generally been getting more red as of late.
I bring this up because I think it’s possible for the Republican coalition to survive and thrive with the former type of social conservatives in it. We mostly all want the same thing, and while they’d probably have difficulty joining a coalition in a party that supported abortion rights and gay marriage, that’s largely not what drives them toward political activism. The latter type I think is hazardous to the coalition, because it’s their social conservative values that are driving their political activism, and they are less concerned about jeopardizing the goal of reducing the size of government. Indeed, they may even be fine with big government provided that it is controlled by social conservatives to serve socially conservative ends. I think in the long term, the big tent that the GOP would like to represent is going to have to have a moment of reckoning with the Huckabee branch of the Party, and the Akin controversy may provide the vehicle for that to happen.
Ordinarily, what I’ve called the National Review types, have always been uncomfortable with the inclusion of the Huckabee branch of the party, and Falwell’s “Moral Majority,” before that. The problem encountered is that the National Review types can’t win on their own. They can bring money to the table, but they don’t bring enough activists, organizations or votes, so they choose to coalition with the people who are personally socially conservative, the former group in my example above. These folks bring everything to the table the National Review types don’t. The problem is that the former personal SoCos are not all that uncomfortable with the Huckabees being part of the coalition, and thus would unlikely join any movement within the coalition to marginalize them. If Missouri costs the GOP control of the Senate, or McCaskill ends up being a key vote to prevent Obamacare from being repealed, I am hoping, perhaps against hope, that many personal SoCos will see that the cause of small government is being sacrificed on the altar of the Huckabee wing of the party. My hope is that they will see that candidates need to have better qualifications than just mirroring their own religious beliefs, and having the right views on a handful of social issues.
The coalition needs people who can carry small government values, which should be, after all, the best way to promote family values. I could care less if someone has the right religion, and the fact that Huckabee was once a preacher means about as much to me as the fact that Joe WurzelbacherÂ was once a Plumber. While I’m personally pro-choice and favor civil marriage for gays, I don’t think any of that is going to matter much if the country bankrupts itself, and the rest of us with it. The primary issue is that the government has run out of other people’s money, and facing that, has just decided to switch the printing presses into overdrive. Picking a candidate because he has the right religion, or the right views on abortion or gay marriage, is roughly analogous to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, and it seems many of the Huckabee folks in the Republican Party are as energetic in this rearrangement endeavor as the Democrats.


Owner arrested after shih-tzu is found so badly neglected its matted fur caused its leg to fall off
- Shih-tzu was found so badly neglected one of its legs had rotted away
- When vets shaved the pooch, its leg bones were found in its matted fur
- Dog's owner, Elaine Casazza, 51, of Delray Beach, has been arrested
A woman has been arrested after a shih-tzu was found so badly neglected that one of its legs had rotted away.
Little Mozart was covered from head to toe with matted fur which cut off the circulation to one of its hind legs.
When the pooch was shaved by veterinarians in Florida, its bones were found still stuck in the mass of fur, which weighed almost 2lbs.
Before: Mozart, the 14-year-old shih-tzu, had been so badly neglected that one of its hind legs had fallen off
After: Veterinarians in Florida shaved off almost 2lbs of fur when Mozart was brought in by its owner
The dog's owner, Elaine Casazza, 51, of Delray Beach, has been arrested, CBS12 reports.
'The initial reaction was that this was deplorable,' Captain David Walesky, a spokesman for Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control told MailOnline.
'Our hearts definitely jumped out for this animal.
'We found bones in the chunks of fur. Part of the foot stayed within the matted fur and started to decay.'
The owner originally claimed the dog was a stray before investigators realized it belonged to her.
Mozart, 14, has since been rehomed.
Happier times: Mozart the 14-year-old shih-tzu has been groomed and is now doing well after being rehomed
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Updated: October 29, 2013 10:47PM
A man who was shot to death in his apartment in the Austin neighborhood was murdered, an autopsy determined Tuesday.
A friend found Gregory Daniel, 48, about 9:45 p.m. Monday on the bedroom floor in his apartment in the 5300 block of West Adams Street with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, authorities said.
He was pronounced dead early Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
The autopsy found that Daniels had died of a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Daniel had not been in contact with friends or family for two days before he was found, authorities said.
No one was in custody. Area North detectives were investigating.


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UNHCR warns of winter crisis for almost 1 million displaced Iraqis and Syrians
GENEVA, November 11 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday warned that a US$58.45 million funding shortfall, coupled with this year's sharp recent growth in internal displacement, could leave up to 1 million Syrians and Iraqis without proper help as winter approaches.
"The shortfall affects our winter preparedness programmes, although we have already invested US$154 million on winter aid for Syrian and Iraqi refugees and internally displaced, and means that UNHCR is having to make some very tough choices over who to prioritize," chief spokesperson Melissa Fleming said in Geneva.
"Factors we are considering include the elevation of refugee settlements, the composition of the family unit (e.g. number of children and female-headed households), family health concerns, new arrivals, available family resources, shelter conditions and other considerations. For those we're unable to prioritize, the conditions could nonetheless be very tough," she added.
"I wish we could support everybody and I wish we could give everybody more. The reality is that the population moved and continues to move quickly in 2014 and the funding continues to trickle in slowly," added Amin Awad, director of UNHCR's Middle East and North Africa Bureau.
While the problem is most acute in Iraq and Syria, there are also needs in other parts of the region. This will be the fourth winter away from their homes for many Syrian refugees and the first for the 1.9 million Iraqis who have become internally displaced this year.
In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, winter has already arrived in Dohuk governorate. By December, temperatures can range from +5 degrees Celsius in more temperate areas to minus 16 degrees Celsius in the mountains.
"But protecting people from cold costs money. Right now, we estimate the overall winter shortfall for UNHCR's programme alone to be at least US$58.45 million for some 990,000 people - mainly newly internally displaced people [IDP] in Iraq and Syria [including a gap of US$27.4 million for internally displaced people inside Syria, and US$25 million for internally displaced in Iraq]," Fleming said.
In Iraq, the needs are massive but funding has not kept pace with the new displacement. With 1.9 million IDPs and 225,000 refugees - and 300-500 more arriving daily in northern Iraq from the Syrian border city of Kobane - UNHCR is deeply concerned about the ability of the international community to meet urgent winter needs.
Approximately 800,000 people are in need of shelter assistance, while 940,000 lack basic winter household items. With current funding, UNHCR expects to reach only 240,000 displaced Iraqis with winter aid instead of the 600,000 planned under an inter-agency effort.
New and multiple displacement inside Syria - with people having to move several times inside the country in search of safety - has fuelled an increase in the need for winter aid. Here, as part of an inter-agency effort, UNHCR is focusing on providing relief items including thermal blankets, winter clothing, extra plastic sheeting and reinforcing collective and private shelters currently housing thousands of displaced families.
Priority areas for distribution of these items are in Aleppo and northern parts of the country as they are the coldest. UNHCR was planning to help 1.4 million people with winter aid but only has enough funds to provide kits for 620,000 people through December.
In Lebanon, meanwhile, UNHCR and its partners estimate some 132,000 refugee households (660,000 people) are in need of some kind of assistance during the winter to keep them warm and dry. With refugees scattered across 1,700 localities throughout Lebanon, providing that assistance is a huge undertaking.
Vulnerable refugees living at cold, higher elevations are given precedence. UNHCR's US$42 million winter programme consists of a variety of activities and aid items. These include ensuring that sub-standard shelters are sealed off against the elements; and provision of high-thermal blankets, stoves, fuel vouchers and cash to purchase fuel and other items refugees need to stay warm.
This winter, UNHCR plans to provide weatherproofing kits for some 37,200 households (186,000 people) living in sub-standard dwellings and in improvised, informal settlements. Monthly fuel vouchers of US$100 will also be provided to 34,000 vulnerable families living above 1,000 metres. The programme also aims to provide blankets for up to 84,000 families (420,000 people), as well as stoves for up to 18,000 families (90,000 people) living above 900 metres.
In Jordan, meanwhile, UNHCR's US$16.5 million winter programme in Jordan for some 240,600 refugees requires another US$5.5 million, primarily to cover cash assistance in January and February next year, for about 55,000 people. The programme consists of four main components: supplemental cash for Syrians in urban areas; camp winterization; financial assistance to non-Syrians; and contingency stocks for new Iraqi arrivals.
In Azraq and Za'atari camps, work will include provision of concrete floors in 6,480 shelters in Azraq; distribution of 10,000 plastic sheets for better insulation in Za'atari; provision of 50,000 high-thermal blankets in both camps; distribution of 4,000 gas heaters and refill tanks.
In urban areas, cash assistance averaging US$360 per family is to be provided to 27,800 of the most vulnerable Syrian families to cover winter needs. Only half of the US$10 million required has been received. Also in urban areas, 2,200 non-Syrian vulnerable refugee families (mainly Iraqis but also Somalis and Sudanese) already receiving monthly cash assistance will get an additional $360 to cover winter needs.
Egypt's refugee population is almost entirely urbanized. The winterization effort in Egypt will focus on cash assistance, with commodities available locally. Since early November, UNHCR has started receiving calls from refugees requesting assistance to purchase warmer clothes and blankets for their children. A total of approximately 56,000 Syrian refugees (40 per cent of the registered population), are in need of such assistance.
Due to funding shortfalls, UNHCR will only be able to reach 38,000 of the most vulnerable refugees - or 60 per cent of those in need of winterization assistance. Each refugee will receive US$28 with a maximum ceiling of US$168 for families with six or more members.
In Turkey, UNHCR Turkey is providing winter support to both camp and vulnerable non-camp refugees. UNHCR will provide winter assistance to all Syrian refugees living in camps in Turkey, about 220,000 people. The assistance will include: two high-thermal blankets per person; three plastic mats per family; anoraks; and high-thermal top and bottom clothes. UNHCR will also provide winterization assistance to some 120,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian refugees living outside camps.


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Black-Start Capability - A Global first for ScottishPower Renewables
With just one year to go until the eyes of the world are on Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has achieved what is believed to be a global first – using energy from a 69MW of onshore wind turbines to re-energise part of the power grid.
The successful project, at Dersalloch windfarm in South Ayrshire, proves wind power can restore a ‘blacked-out’ section of the transmission network. ‘Black Start’ restoration – the name given to the procedure used to restore power in the event of a total or partial shutdown of the electricity transmission system – is often reliant on traditional fossil fuels like coal and gas. So, delivering Black Start using renewables is not just an extraordinary achievement, but a pioneering world first.
The project saw SPR partner Siemens Gamesa Renewables Energy (SGRE) to deploy the latest technology at the windfarm to make this happen. SPR and SGRE also worked in collaboration with ScottishPower Energy Networks (SPEN) when it was time to interact with the grid. This highly innovative project also received part-funding from the Scottish Government.
The project used ‘grid-forming’ technology called virtual synchronous machines (VSM) to regulate the frequency and voltage of the power from the turbines – essentially forming a stable network island – to keep the electricity system stable and balanced. The technology was then used to integrate that supply with the grid and restore the part of the system that had been blacked out.
Its success provides the basis for Dersalloch to become the world’s first ‘Black Start’ windfarm by 2022, with work to install new infrastructure and battery storage at the site expected to be underway by November next year, when COP26 takes place in nearby Glasgow.


OFFICE CONSOLIDATION (as of March 7, 2023)
A by-law to provide for regulating and governing fences in the City of London
WHEREAS subsection 5(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended, provides that a municipal power shall be exercised by by-law;
AND WHEREAS subsection 10(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a municipality may provide any service or thing that the municipality considers necessary or desirable for the public;
AND WHEREAS paragraph 10 of subsection 10(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a municipality may pass by-laws respecting Structures, including fences and signs;
AND WHEREAS section 98 of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a municipality may provide that the Line Fences Act does not apply to all or any part of the municipality, but despite such by-law being passed, section 20 of the Line Fences Act continues to apply throughout the municipality;
AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to exclude the City from the provisions of the Line Fences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.L.17, as amended;
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the City of London enacts as follows:
Part 1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1 In this by-law,
“building” means any permanent structure used or intended to be used for the shelter, accommodation or enclosure of persons, animals or goods, but shall not include a lawful boundary wall or fence;
“City” means The Corporation of the City of London;
“corner lot” means a lot situated at the intersection of and abutting upon two streets, or upon two parts of the same street, the adjacent sides of which street or streets, (or, in the case of a curved corner, the tangents at the street extremities of the side lot lines) contain an angle of not more than 135 degrees. In the case of a curved corner, the corner of the building lot shall be that point on the lot line abutting a street nearest to the point of intersection of the said tangents;
“corner visibility triangle” means a triangular area formed within a corner lot by the intersecting lot lines abutting the streets or the projections thereof and a straight line connecting them 5.4 metres (17.7 feet) from their point of intersection;
“Council” means the Council of the City;
“driveway visibility triangle” means a triangular area formed by the intersection of the lateral limit of the travelled portion of a driveway and the street line or sidewalk (if existing) or the projections thereof, and a straight line connecting them 2.7 metres ( 8.9 feet) from their point of intersection;
“effective ground level” means the highest level of the ground within 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in) horizontally in any direction from the point being considered;
“fence” includes a railing, wall, line of posts, wire, gate, boards, pickets or other similar substances, used to enclose or divide in whole or in part a yard or other land, to establish a property boundary, or to provide privacy; and includes any hedge or grouping of shrubs used for the same purpose located in corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle;
“height” means the distance measured from the effective ground level where the fence posts are embedded to the top of the said fence or posts; provided that where a fence is located on top of a retaining wall, "height” means the vertical distance measured between the top of the retaining wall and the highest point of the fence or posts;
“lot line” means the line formed by the boundary of any lot;
“Officer” means a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer whose duties include the enforcement of this by-law, and a Police Officer;
“privacy screen” means a visual barrier used to shield any part of a yard from view from any adjacent parcel or highway;
“residential zone“ means any land zoned Residential under the City’s zoning by-law;
“yard” means an open, uncovered space on a lot appurtenant to a building and unoccupied by buildings or structures;
“Zoning By-law” means any by-law administered by the City passed pursuant to section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, or a predecessor or successor thereof, as may be amended from time to time.
Part 2 - FENCES – CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS
No person shall have, erect, construct, maintain, or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained any fence that does not comply with the provisions of this by-law.
2.2 Prohibited - Height
Subject to sections 6.1 and 7.1 of this By-law, no person shall have, erect, construct, maintain, or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained any fence exceeding a height of 2.13 metres (7 feet).
2.3 Restriction – Materials of Construction – Residential Zone
No person shall have, erect, construct, maintain, or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained any fence comprised of sheet metal or corrugated metal panel members on a lot used for residential purposes.
2.4 Contravention of Order
No person shall contravene a Work Order or an Order to Discontinue Activity.
2.5 Hinder or Obstruct
No person shall hinder or obstruct, or attempt to hinder or obstruct, any person who is exercising a power or performing a duty, including carrying out an inspection.
Part 3 - EXISTING FENCES
3.1 Fences - Deemed to Comply
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this by-law, any fence that is in existence prior to the date of the enactment of this by-law and in compliance with other applicable regulations including City of London by-laws, shall be deemed to comply with this by-law and may be maintained with the same material, height and dimensions as previously existed including any repair work that may be done to such fence.
(b) Subsection 3.1(a) shall not apply to the requirements set out in subsections 4.1(c), 6.1(c) and 7.1(b), and for greater certainty, the deemed to comply provision shall not apply to a fence within a corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle.
Part 4 - RESIDENTIAL FENCES
4.1 Height – location
No person shall have, erect, construct, maintain or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained a fence on a lot used for residential purposes except in accordance with all of the following regulations:
(a) a fence within any yard shall not exceed a height of 2.13 metres (7 feet);
(b) no fence shall be located or constructed so as to block access to a parking space as required by the Zoning By-law unless such fence is constructed with a gate at least 2.59 metres (8.5 feet) wide giving access to such parking space;
(c) no fence exceeding 0.9 metres (3 feet ) in height may be erected within any corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle;
(d) the provisions of subsection (a) do not apply to a fence erected to enclose a privately owned outdoor tennis court on residential property, provided the fence is of chain link construction and located no closer to a property line than 2.0 metres.
4.2 Height - exceptions
A minor exemption for increased fence height [beyond 2.13 metres (7 feet)] may be considered by the Director, Municipal Compliance or designate, in cases where:
(a) a residential lot line abuts natural/open spaces, public walkways or trails or other adjacent uses which may require increased security measures;
(b) residential lands abut highways, commercial, and/or industrial zones and where concerns about noise are being attenuated by some form of soundproofing and/or noise attenuation;
(c) or any other circumstances that may warrant consideration for minor exemption at the discretion of the Director, Municipal Compliance or designate.
Part 5 - PRIVACY SCREENS
5.1 Height - location
A privacy screen may be erected in a side yard or rear yard, if:
(a) it is more than 4.5 metres (14 ft. 9 inches) from the street line; and
(b) it is more than 1.2 metres (48 inches) from any side lot line, provided, however, that where the privacy screen is located so as to provide a visual barrier between dwelling units divided by a common wall, such screen may be placed closer along the common property boundary, and;
(c) it is more than 1.2 metres (48 inches) from the rear lot line; and
(d) the privacy screen is not more than 12 metres (39 ft. 4 inches) in total length, and no single individual length is longer than 5 metres (16 feet 5 inches); and
(e) the privacy screen is not more than 3 metres (9 feet 10 inches) above effective ground level.
Part 6 - SALVAGE YARD
6.1 Enclosure – specifications
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, a person may have, erect, construct, maintain or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained a fence to enclose land used as a salvage yard provided that such fence shall:
(a) be not less than 2.44 metres (8 feet) in height and not more than 3 metres (10 feet) in height;
(b) be set back from all public rights-of way a minimum of 7.62 metres (25 feet);
(c) if on a corner lot, not be within any corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle.
Part 7 - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL LOTS
7.1 Enclosure – specifications
A person may have, erect, construct, maintain or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained a fence to enclose a front yard of a lot used primarily for industrial or commercial purposes provided that such fence shall:
(a) be set back from the front lot line a minimum of 7.62 metres (25 feet); and,
(b) if on a corner lot, not be within any corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle;
(c) permit a maximum height of 3 metres (10 feet) where the lands are zoned industrial, or commercial, are used for industrial or commercial purposes, and where they do not abut lands zoned residential, nor are they used in combination with residential uses.
Part 8 - BARBED WIRE FENCES
8.1 Prohibited –exceptions
No person shall have, erect, construct, maintain or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained any barbed wire fence, except that barbed wire is permitted:
(a) on a fence erected on land used for agricultural purposes for the keeping of livestock;
(b) on the top of a fence erected on a lot used for commercial or industrial uses provided that it projects inwards to the area enclosed by the fence; and,
(c) on the top of a fence erected for security reasons around any facility owned, operated or maintained by any level of government or a utility provider.
Part 9 - ELECTRIC FENCES
9.1 Prohibited - exceptions
No person shall have, erect, construct, maintain or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained any fence equipped with a device for transmitting an electric current thereon or there through, except on agricultural land used for the purpose of keeping livestock provided that the maximum electrical current does not exceed 120 volts at .04 amps and complies with all other applicable legislation.
Part 10 - FENCES ON CITY PROPERTY
10.1 Street line to sidewalk – prohibited – exception
No person shall have, erect, construct, maintain or permit to be erected, constructed or maintained a fence from the lot line abutting a street to the sidewalk and along the same on the property of the City unless:
(a) such fence conforms to the height requirements as prescribed herein; and,
(b) the owner of the land abutting the property of the City upon which such fence is erected obtains a licence or other authority from the City and agrees to remove the same from the property of the City as and when directed to do so.
Part 11 - CONDITIONS
11.1 Development - redevelopment
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, a fence which is constructed as required in a registered agreement or agreements entered into with The Corporation of the City of London pursuant to sections 41 and 51 of the Planning Act, as amended, or any plans approved by the City in accordance with those sections shall be deemed not to contravene the provisions of this by-law.
Part 12 - LINE FENCES ACT – DIVISION FENCES
12.1 Line Fences Act – not applicable
The Line Fences Act shall not apply to any part of the City of London.
12.2 Division fence – cost – shared adjoining land owners
Each of the owners of adjoining occupied land are to repair, replace or maintain a just proportion of any division fence heretofore or hereafter erected which marks the boundary of their respective properties, or are to bear a just proportion of the cost of any work or erection, repair, replacement or maintenance which has been carried out.
12.3 Division fence – type – disagreement – procedure
Where owners of adjoining land cannot agree on the type or kind of fence to be erected between them as provided by section 12.2 of this by-law, no contribution to the cost thereof is to be payable unless the party erecting the fence constructs a chain link fence 1.22 metres (4 feet) in height. Only upon such fence being constructed will the provisions of section 12.2 of this by-law apply respecting the apportionment of costs of the said fence.
Part 13 - INSPECTIONS
13.1 Officer – enter on land
An Officer, and anyone under the Officer’s direction, may enter on land at any reasonable time for the purpose of carrying out an inspection to determine whether this by-law is being complied with.
13.2 Inspection - documentation
For the purposes of an inspection, the Officer may:
(a) require the production for inspection of documents relevant to the inspection;
(b) inspect and remove documents or things relevant to the inspection for the purpose of making copies or extracts;
(c) require information from any person concerning a matter related to the inspection;
(d) alone or in conjunction with a person possessing special or expert knowledge, make examinations or take photographs necessary for the purposes of the inspection.
13.3 Inspection – receipt
A receipt shall be provided for any document or thing removed during an inspection and the document or thing shall be promptly returned after the copies or extracts are made.
Part 14 - ORDERS
14.1 Order to Discontinue Activity
If an Officer is satisfied that this by-law has been contravened, the Officer may make an order, known as an Order to Discontinue Activity, requiring the person who contravened the by-law, or who caused or permitted the contravention, or the owner or occupier of the land on which the contravention occurred, to discontinue the contravention.
14.2 Order to Discontinue Activity - particulars
An Order to Discontinue Activity shall set out:
(a) the municipal address of the property on which the contravention occurred;
(b) the date of the contravention;
(c) the reasonable particulars of the contravention of the by-law;
(d) the date by which there must be compliance with the order; and
(e) the date on which the order expires.
14.3 Order to Discontinue Activity - service
The Order to Discontinue Activity may be served personally on the person to whom it is directed or by regular mail to the last known address of that person, in which case it shall be deemed to have been given on the third day after it is mailed. Service on a corporation can be effected by registered mail to the corporate mailing address.
14.4 Work Order – contravention of by-law
If an Officer is satisfied that a contravention of the by-law has occurred, the Officer may make an order, known as a Work Order, requiring the person who contravened the by-law or who caused or permitted the contravention or the owner or occupier of the land on which the contravention occurred to do the work to correct the contravention.
14.5 Work Order - contents
The Work Order shall set out:
(a) the municipal address or the legal description of the land;
(b) reasonable particulars of the contravention and of the work to be done;
(c) a deadline, being a specific date, for compliance with the Work Order; and
(d) a notice that if the work is not done in compliance with the Work Order by the deadline, the municipality may have the work done at the expense of the owner and the cost of the work may be recovered by adding the amount to the owner’s tax roll.
14.6 Work Order – service
The Work Order may be served personally on the person to whom it is directed or by regular mail to the last known address of that person, in which case it shall be deemed to have been given on the third day after it is mailed. Service on a corporation can be effected by registered mail to the corporate mailing address.
14.7 Work Order – unable to effect service
If the City is unable to affect service on the owner under section 14.6, it shall place a placard containing the terms of the Work Order in a conspicuous place on the land and may enter on the land for this purpose. The placing of the placard shall be deemed to be sufficient service of the Work Order.
Part 15 - REMEDIAL ACTION
15.1 Remedial Action
Every person who has, erects, constructs, maintains, or permits to be erected, constructed or maintained any fence that does not comply with the provisions of this by-law shall forthwith take any necessary action to ensure that the fence complies with the provisions of this by-law.
15.2 Remedial Action – work done by City
In default of the work required by this by-law or by a Work Order not being done by the person directed or required to do it, the City in addition to all other remedies it may have, may do the work or cause the work to be done at the person’s expense and may enter upon land, at any reasonable time, for this purpose.
15.3 Remedial Action – recover costs
The City may recover the costs incurred by it in doing the work or causing it to be done from the person directed or required to do it by action or by adding the costs to the tax roll and collecting them in the same manner as property taxes. Costs include interest calculated at a rate of fifteen (15) per cent, calculated for the period commencing on the day the City incurs the costs and ending on the day the costs, including interest, are paid in full.
15.4 Remedial Action - lien
The amount of the costs, including interest, constitutes a lien on the land upon the registration in the proper Land Registry Office of a notice of lien. The lien is in respect of all costs that are payable at the time the notice is registered plus interest accrued at the rate of fifteen (15) per cent to the date payment is made. Upon receiving payment of all costs payable plus interest accrued to the date of payment, the City shall register a discharge of the lien in the proper Land Registry Office.
Part 16 - OFFENCES
Any person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence and is subject to a minimum fine of $100.00 and a maximum fine of $5,000.00.
Part 17 - ENFORCEMENT
17.1 Fine - Enforcement
If this by-law is contravened and a conviction entered, in addition to any other remedy and to any penalty imposed by the by-law, the court in which the conviction has been entered and any court of competent jurisdiction thereafter may make an order,
(a) prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence by the person convicted; and
(b) requiring the person convicted to correct the contravention in the manner and within the period that the court considers appropriate.
17.2 Administrative Monetary Penalty
Each person who contravenes any provision of this By-law shall, upon issuance of a penalty notice in accordance with the Administrative Monetary Penalty System By-law A-54, be liable to pay the City an Administrative Monetary Penalty.
Part 18 - SEVERABILITY
18.1 Provision – severable
It is hereby declared that each and every of the foregoing provisions of this by-law is severable and that, if any provision of this by-law should for any reason be declared invalid by any Court, it is the intention and desire of this council that each and every of the then remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
Part 19 - REPEAL - ENACTMENT
19.1 By-law – previous
By-law PS-1 and any amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
19.2 Short title
This by-law may be referred to as the “Fence By-law”.
19.3 Effective date
This by-law shall come into force and effect on the day that it is passed.
PASSED in Open Council on June 9, 2008
Anne Marie DeCicco-Best, Mayor
Kevin Bain, City Clerk
First Reading - June 9, 2008
Second Reading – June 9, 2008
Third Reading – June 9, 2008
|Date Passed at Council
|March 20, 2012
|May 14, 2013
|May 4, 2021
|March 7, 2023


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- Katrina Kaif has updated her new profile picture on Instagram
- Katrina Kaif was married to Vicky Kaushal on December 9th
- The couple will be neighbors to Anushka and Virat
On Thursday, Katrina Kaif stormed the Internet. A week after the wedding, Katrina Kaif shared her Instagram profile photo with her husband Vicky Kaushal. The same picture was previously shared by Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal on their social media accounts after their wedding. In the photo, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are stunned during their wedding ceremony. The photo is of a sunny picture. The couple got married on December 9, 2021 at a private ceremony at Six Sense Fort Parwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. Earlier this week, the couple made their first public appearance after their wedding at the Mumbai airport.
Last week, Katrina Kaif shared pictures of the wedding and wrote: “Only love and thanks in our hearts for all that has brought us to this moment. We look forward to your love and blessings as we embark on this new journey together.” Vicky Kaushal also shared photos Jayamala And wrote: “Only love and gratitude in our hearts for all that has brought us to this moment. We look forward to your love and blessings as we embark on this new journey together.”
See the post by Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal here:
The couple also shared pictures of their stunning pre-wedding ceremonies. The two also shared their pictures HaltyAnd MehndiCeremonies. The newlywed couple, who shared the pictures on their Instagram handle, wrote: “Sukr. Sabr. Kushi.”
See their Halty Festival registration here:
See Katrina Kaif Mehndi Post here:
The couple will be moving into their new apartment next door with Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli. Katrina and Vicky flew in from Jaipur on Friday. The newlyweds are said to have gone to the Maldives for their honeymoon.

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Omar Afuni is an independent singer-songwriter and musician.
Early Beginnings (2010)
Omar first found success in 2010 as a YouTube artist doing cover versions of popular songs. His mash-ups and medleys were picked up by many popular music blogs such as Loft965 and LA's KROQ 106.7 FM, and were praised by celebrities such as Stefano Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana and independent R&B artist Travis Garland.
Resurrected: Debut LP Release (2011)
While working on his YouTube channel, Omar also worked on his debut LP, "Resurrected", which was released for free on his website for his fans on January 31, 2011. The album was downloaded by fans over 35,000 times. The album was entirely written, composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Omar himself.
Omar wrote and recorded most of his second LP, "Soundproof", in London as a postgraduate student at the University of Greenwich. As with his debut, this album was also released for free on his website on September 23, 2013. It was preceded by the lead single "Music Therapy" which was accompanied by Omar's first music video.
Opening for Akon (2015)
In August 2015, Omar was invited to perform as an opening act for international singer Akon at his first concert in Stockholm, Sweden.
In 2015, Omar teamed up with music producer Sarj to work on his third LP, "Rush". The album features contributions from composer & guitarist Adel Al-Qattan and keyboardist Lester Rodrigues. The album's lead single and title track was released on August 19, 2016 on iTunes and Google Play. It was accompanied by a music video that pokes fun at the stereotypical elements of Pop music videos.
The album was released on October 7, 2016 internationally. It was selected and featured on iTunes' notable Pop 'New Releases', and was one of the best-selling Pop releases in its week of release. It was also highly-praised by international music blogs for its diverse array of genres and its late 1980s/early 1990s throwback theme. British music blog MyFizzyPop stated: "If it was Omar's goal to bring back the core essence and architecture of enduring pop back to the masses, he has more than succeeded." French music blog RV Pop Music stated that "Rush" is: "A melting pot of different influences, but always led by Omar's warm and powerful beautiful voice."
* 2011 - "Resurrected"
* 2013 - "Soundproof"
* 2016 - "Rush"
* 2016 - "Born Digital" EP by Qattana
Afuni's releases are under his own record label Afuniverse Records.


Photos show the egg (A), larva (B), pupa (C), male adult (D) and female adult (E) of Agriphila aeneociliella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and its damage symptoms in the field (F). A. aeneociliella has become an important pest in China in recent years, causing sprout deficiency by the larval feeding on the wheat stem and presenting a potential threat to wheat. In this issue (pp. 169-174), a study on effects of temperature and food on the growth and development of larvae of A. aeneociliella is reported. Photos were taken by PENG He and ZHANG Yun-Hui in Laizhou, Shangdong and the laboratory in Beijing, respectively, during March to May in 2013.