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Perfect location, lovely clean big room. Great staff with free airport transfer, good breakfast. Lovely cafe downstairs with freshly baked cakes. Our only gripe was the poor WiFi connection - kept dropping off every few mins & u had to re-enter log in details. We got around this by visiting nearby bars instead (a minor gripe and not a reason... More
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White Denim are … Astounding ! But … How on earth can I describe what they are like? One minute country rock, next cool jazz, some blues then funky soul … diverse yet seamless, strung together like a prog rock band, and all in one song! You think ‘where is this going?’ then ‘how can this work?’, but it’s going places I like and god knows how, but it sure does work!
After a while you stop wondering and just get carried along with some amazing songs and dazzling musicianship. Singer James Petralli has a tremendous voice, bluesy and soulful, he really gets involved in the song and his passion draws you in. He’s also an incredible guitarist and the interplay with Austin Jenkins superb guitar is as good as I’ve ever seen. Rhythm section also top notch, the whole performance tight as a gnat’s chuff!
2hrs 15mins including encores was quite a set too. Sometimes their jams go on a little and since I don’t know the songs I wasn’t totally emotionally connected, but … what a band, not to be missed again.
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Lähiöfest2017 – festival of neighbourhoods – has announced the first highlights of events and invites citizens to join in the creation of a festival shared by everybody.
The festival will be celebrated in ten Helsinki suburbs and districts from 25 September to 1 October 2017. The suburbs and districts are Kannelmäki, Vuosaari, Herttoniemenranta, Kontula, Lauttasaari, Siltamäki, Pohjois-Haaga, Jakomäki, Malmi and Kalasatama - writes City of Helsinki.
The festival highlights are announced on a map, and citizens are invited to add their own events onto the same map. Citizen events are shown on the map as hearts.
Citizen-organized events can be reported until the beginning of the festival, even during the festival.
The City of Helsinki will set up four event plazas on the festival weekend to serve as citizen meeting places. The locations and dates are Vuosaari and Malmi, Saturday, 30 September, and Pohjois-Haaga and Herttoniemenranta, Sunday, 1 October.
The event plazas will be places where people can learn about the transition taking place in Helsinki and how the future Helsinki is being built in suburbs. All plazas will invite people to dine together at a shared table on a table cloth covered with illustrations created by citizens. The plazas will also have a covered space with a corner stage for presentations, commentary and other programme. The plazas will be set up both indoors and outdoors. Attendance and the programmes are free of charge.
Citizens, enterprises and associations can propose programme items for the plazas through June using an online form. The proposals can be for presentations or small-scale performances on the corner stage, contents that acquaint people with suburban gems, or some other activities. The plaza programmes will be built during the summer, and they will be announced in August–September.
Lähiöfest2017 encourages everybody to become a tourist in their own city. People are inspired to tour the city by the #hoodshelsinki competition.
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And, for preachers, perhaps picking up some material for the weekend's sermons!
The Times of London is offering reflective pieces by an array of top writers and scholars in a pilgrimage via media through Holy Week.
Try here for Day One.
I will leave it to your own initiative to follow up during the week with the rest!
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Oppo A53s 5G comes with impressive Specifications, while Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 launches with a massive battery and eye-catching design. Firstly, coming to the invention, the Oppo A53s 5G Specifications offer a 6.52 inches IPS LCD with 720 x 1600 pixels resolution. Whereas, Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Specifications feature a 6.43 inches Super AMOLED with 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution. As a result, the Realme flagship wins the first round due to the higher resolutions.
Under the hood, the Oppo smartphone uses the MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G chipset and runs on Android 11. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi device uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 chipset and also runs Android 11 as the operating system. The Oppo device’s memory system offers 128GB/ 6GB RAM, 128GB/ 8GB RAM storage (expandable to 256GB). Furthermore, the Xiaomi machine ships with 4GB/ 6GB of RAM and 64GB/ 128GB of ROM (Expandable to 256GB).
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Iliza Shlesinger is an American comedienne best known as the winner of the sixth season of the reality competition series Last Comic Standing (2008) and for hosting the syndicated dating show Excused, since 2011.
In 2008, a year after moving to Los Angeles to pursue standup, Shlesinger became the first female and youngest contestant to win Last Comic Standing, in the series' sixth season.
Since, she has added several television credits to her growing resume including her own half-hour special on Comedy Central Presents, Comedy Central's Live At Gotham, Showtime's Pauly Shore & Friends, E! Network's Chelsea Lately and The Soup, and NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly.
She also has her own album, Man Up And Act Like A Lady.
Growing up, making others laugh came naturally to Shlesinger, much to the chagrin of her strict Texan teachers. She joined her Dallas high school improve troupe - the only girl on the team - and was voted class clown.
At Emerson College, where she earned a degree in film, Iliza dropped improv for sketch and quickly fell in love with the format. After graduating in 2005, she moved to Los Angeles.
Shlesinger can regularly be seen practicing her craft at Los Angeles-area clubs, as well as headlining at a variety of colleges and clubs across the country. She has performed at the coveted Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, as well as for American servicemen across the globe.

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Three Christian law students are suing the University of Idaho for being punished for the biblical belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Peter Perlot, Mark Miller, and Ryan Alexander — members of the Christian Legal Society chapter at the school — filed a lawsuit Monday, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom.
The following is a press release from Alliance Defending Freedom:
MOSCOW, Idaho – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three Christian law students filed suit Monday against University of Idaho officials for violating the students’ First Amendment rights by punishing them because of the religious content and viewpoint of their speech.
“Students of all religious and ideological stripes must be free to discuss and debate the important issues of our day, especially law students who are preparing for a career that requires civil dialogue among differing viewpoints,” said ADF Legal Counsel Michael Ross. “Yet the University of Idaho is shutting down Peter, Mark, and Ryan because of their religious beliefs. This is illegal behavior from any government official, and we urge the university officials to right their discriminatory actions immediately.”
Peter Perlot, Mark Miller, and Ryan Alexander are members of the Christian Legal Society chapter at the University of Idaho. When Perlot and Miller joined most of the other members of CLS at a “moment of community” gathering to condemn a discriminatory slur written at another campus, a law student approached them to ask why CLS requires its officers to affirm the belief that marriage is between a man and a woman. Miller respectfully explained that the chapter requires this because it is the only view of marriage and sexuality affirmed in the Bible.
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Soon after, Perlot left a handwritten note for the student and told her that he would be happy to discuss this further so that they could both be fully heard and better understand one another’s views. A few days later, the student and several others publicly denounced CLS’s actions at a panel with the American Bar Association. Alexander attended that meeting and explained that the characterizations were inaccurate, that the biggest discrimination he had seen on campus was the discrimination against CLS and its religious beliefs, and that he was concerned about the state of religious freedom on campus.
Three days later, the university’s Office of Civil Rights and Investigations issued Perlot, Miller, and Alexander no-contact orders against the student even though the CLS members did not receive notice that anyone had complained about them and were not given an opportunity to review the allegations against them or defend themselves.
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“Today’s university students will be tomorrow’s leaders, judges, and school administrators, so it’s imperative that university officials model the First Amendment freedoms they are supposed to be teaching their students,” said ADF Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom. “University of Idaho administrators cannot punish students because they dislike or disagree with their deeply held beliefs—that is religious discrimination and, unfortunately, necessitates this lawsuit.”
ADF attorneys filed the lawsuit, Perlot v. Green, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Central Division. Local counsel in the case is Matthew Williams, one of more than 4,400 attorneys in the ADF Attorney Network.

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Visit our renovated camp-style cottage with pine floors and walls, custom cabinetry and slate counter tops.
The second floor has one private bedroom with a double bed and one large bunk room with two sets of pine bunks, a double bed and open space. There are two bathrooms (one up, one down).
Relax in this cozy, old world-style, two story cottage situated just 20 feet from water's edge on lovely North Pond with views of surrounding mountains and islands. Enjoy our sunsets, wade-in lake entrance, pillared porch and dock to relax on as part of your vacation experience. 30 minutes to the White Mountains of New Hampshire and only 15 minutes to Sunday River Resort.
Our happiest guests are families using the lake boats and fire pit and enjoying time together. We are close to RT 26 so there will be some road noise.
We do not have a landline or TV. Cell phones work fine and some have downloaded an app to get internet through their phones.
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We live in southern Maine and love the mountains no matter the season.
Sharron purchased this cottage in 1999
Our house is 5 minutes to Mt Abram and 15 minutes to Sunday River and 20' from the lake. Who could ask for more. I bought the property so my family could move from Mt. A. to SR as they grew. 'Rock Island' in the middle of the lake is truly fantastic and a gathering place for vacationers around the lake. We have met great people and enjoyed many hours just hanging out there. I bought the house after renting for 2 days... and that was when there was no shower or bath!!
'the camp' as we call it has been our second home for many years. My kids grew up skiing at Mt. Abram and then Sunday River and swimming and boating on the lake. Their first boat, the Blue Lube, is the pedal boat and they were responsible for it when just 6 and 8 years old. They had to clean it and make sure it was tied up every night.
We all love hanging out on rock island and jumping off. I usually bring a beach chair from the shed or make a soft spot with a few life preservers. We have even cooked marshmallows over a fire out there. Ice fishing and walking on the lake at night in the winter is marvelous. The stars are so bright.
We had a wonderful stay! Very nice cabin, lots of space, and great for kids. The owner is very helpful and responsive. It is a very well maintained property.
My husband and I stayed here for a few nights as part of our honeymoon in mid-October. The owner was excellent with communicating with us and even called me before our stay to let us know that the summer had been dry and there was a possibility of the water running out during our stay(the cottage runs on well water). The water did run out on our last night there, but we had jugs of water from the spring down the road to use so it was no issue. It was a little chilly during our visit so it was nice to have the wood stove in the living room; we had a few fires during the night and would sit by it playing some of the many games provided in the cottage. The location is great as it is right on the pond and is not too far from town or Sunday River Resort (which I assume many people go to when they are in that area). There is hiking near by and lots of things to do if you want to leave the coziness of the cottage! I would recommend this place to friends and family and may even stay here again if we visit family in Maine next year!
wonderful cottage on the lake. We had delightful weather and enjoyed our stay. Our family came from the other end of the lake in their motor boat towing 7 blow up floats & rafts. They wondered what was taking so long....a cinder block attached to the last raft as an anchor. We had lots of fun in the sun and enjoyed the paddle boat. Many memories as my family rented this cottage when I was a child & I also stayed with my young children.
I've visited this house with my own family and with friends' families multiple times over many years. Every time we enjoy the small cottage feeling on the lake no matter what time of the year. As a kid, the bunk beds were the best part and always what I looked forward to, although the paddle boat my be a close winner. Now as a young adult, I look forward to the homey feeling sitting around the fire (outdoor or indoor!) at night sipping hot chocolate and enjoying the serenity of Maine. The owner always makes this an easy getaway and has the house in great condition and clean when we arrive.
We stayed at this cottage in July of 2010. Yes, 2010. Strange that I'm just now writing a review but I was just looking for rental property in the area again and found this page. The cottage is super cute. Just as pictured. We loved that about it. The mudroom is fab and the kitchen is wonderful. The beds are comfortable too. We are a family of 4 and at the time had a 10 yr old and a 2 yr old. While the cottage it self is great there are some factors that the owner can not control that if we had known we (with young kids) would not have rented here. It was our worst vacation by far. The July we visited was blistering. The cottage was SO hot we had to keep the kids up well into the night to get any rest as there was zero breeze. I believe at the time the cottage had one fan ( or did we bring one?) If we weren't roasting we were kept up by the noise. You can not be downstairs and even whisper w/out everyone upstairs hearing you. The cottage while it says it has 2 bedrooms (I believe a bedroom has to have a door on it to be considered a bed room). This cottage has a huge loft area at the top of the stairs. The one bedroom ( with a door) is off the loft next to the bathroom. The cottage is VERY close to Rt. 26. We were kept up late into the night by Harley Davidson Riders with their loud bikes screaming at top speed down Rt. 26. If it wasn't the motorcycles it was the neighbors to the left ( if you are facing the lake). They had a huge family reunion and were up late whooping hollering and drinking & yelling swears across the lake and up early doing the same.
None of these things are in the control of the owner-I understand that but they all added up to a sleep deprived vacation and little quiet. We were joking that it was a miracle that the few seconds of silence we heard in between the neighbors and motorcycles that we even heard the loons.
So my sum up for this place is CUTE as a button-perfect for families with teens or older kids that all go to bed and rise at the same time. Great boats, dock for fishing and blueberry bushes off the side of the house. Location-questionable and risky. Glad to read others did not have the same experience we did. Although we're only the 3rd review.....?
Wow! The 4 of us (all adults) had a fabulous stay at this cottage. The weather was perfect, and the lake water just right for swimming. We never got in the car to go anywhere. The cabin was just right in many ways - kitchen well equipped, great windows for letting in lots of fresh (great zzzzzzs in comfy beds), late afternoon sunsets on the front porch were spectacular (the lake a sea of diamonds), and loved the loons and canoe expeditions. We had next to no mosquitoes until dark. We are already talking about a return visit. Thanks!
We are close to Rt 26 and in the "open window" months there will be some road noise.
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ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP called on nearly 4,000 members of the graduate medical education community not only to teach medicine to heal the body, but also to teach how medicine can heal society.
In the poster “Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Creating a Culture of Coordinator Collaboration and Mentorship through the Formation of a Subspecialty Organization,” a team of coordinators evaluated the impact of creating a fellowship-specific coordinator organization. Kelly Maas answered our questions on behalf of her team.
2023 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Bret Stevens, MBA, C-TAGME is the institutional coordinator for McLaren Health Care and the associate designated institutional official (DIO) for McLaren Oakland and McLaren St. Luke’s hospitals.
2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Bernadett R. Mahanay, BA is the fellowship programs manager for anesthesiology, peri-operative and pain medicine at Stanford Health Care, Stanford University School of Medicine.
The ACGME welcomed attendees back to the first in-person Annual Educational Conference since 2020. Thursday featured multiple Full-Day Courses, tailored to specific roles and functions in GME, a networking event for coordinators, a reception for residents and fellows, the annual Marvin R. Dunn Welcoming Poster Reception and Exhibitor Kick-Off, and a celebratory dinner for awardees.
2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Bethany Millar is the manager, education, for internal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine.
2023 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Michael Venten is the institutional coordinator for Stony Brook Medicine.
2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Juliet Arthur, MHA, C-TAGME is the residency administrator for the psychiatry program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
2023 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Leslie Caulder, MSML, C-TAGME, is the director, education and training programs, in the GME office at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville.
The ACGME is excited to bring the Mentor/Mentee Program back to the Annual Educational Conference!

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One of my favorite picture books of the year!So simple, yet brilliant - wait, didn't I already say that about Mo?
I agree with you, Heather, this one IS great. I like the unique touches to the illustrations, like the flannel texture of Dinosaur's pajamas, and especially the spaghetti in Dinosaur's mouth. (You really have to see this!) The humor in the illustrations extends the humor of the story very well!
This was a cute book, and I could just imagine the type of read-aloud it could become!The illustrations weren't my favorite, but they were fun. I do love the use of patterns in the book. They add a neat spin the the pages. Cute idea!

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Covid-19 Survivors: Antibody research begins in port city
Health researchers in Chattogram have initiated a project to analyse antibodies of the district's residents who had tested positive for Covid-19.
The research, entitled "Seroprevalence of SARS-2 Covid-19 antibody among RT-PCR positive patients in port city of Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Study" started last week, with the aim of knowing how long antibodies prevail in bodies of Covid-19 survivors, said researchers.
Two consultants from Chattogram General Hospital, a deputy civil surgeon of Chattogram, a research assistant from icddr,b and three post-graduate students, will conduct the research for six months, said sources.
Dr Abdur Rob, a senior consultant of medicine at the hospital and the study's principal investigator, told this newspaper they will select 1,700 Covid-19 survivors from a range of age groups, to test their antibodies.
Apart from antibody, the researchers will investigate other vital factors that will also help in treating patients, he said.
The selection would be random among patients who tested positive since April, he said. "We will see how long antibodies persist in children, young people and the elderly," Dr Rob said.
"We'll investigate people of which social and economic classes are mostly affected," he said. "Are Covid-19 survivors being affected by new diseases? If so, what is the percentage of such patients? We will also investigate these."
When asked how would they conduct research when the government is yet to approve antibody testing, Dr Rob said such testing in general has not been approved, but the government has no issue when it is used for research purposes and plasma therapy.
Testing kits from South Korea would be used for this research, he added.
Dr Hamidullah Mehedi, a junior consultant of medicine at Chattogram General Hospital and co-investigator of the study, said this research is essential and will play a significant role in formulating a guideline for Covid-19 treatment.
Contacted, Chattogram Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi echoed Dr Hamidullah regarding the project's importance.


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Sony and Honda Form Joint Venture to Produce Electric Vehicles
Sony and Honda have formed a partnership to produce electric vehicles by 2025. The company will be known as "Sony Honda Mobility Inc." It will also focus on "mobility services." In January, Sony announced the formation of Sony Mobility.
The partnership will combine Honda's automotive knowledge with Sony's software and technological skills. It intends to begin selling its first electric automobiles and to provide "mobility services."
Honda, which currently only provides one electric vehicle, has stated that it will release 30 EV models and 2 million EVs yearly by 2030. Sony Honda Mobility Inc's chairman and CEO will be senior Honda executive Yasuhide Mizuno, while Sony executive vice president Izumi Kawanishi will be president and chief operating officer.
Sony and Honda will each contribute 5 billion yen ($37.52 million) to the company. Sony has made its EV goals plain in recent years, displaying its VISION-S concept EV at the last three CES conferences.
Honda announced earlier this year that it would develop EVs in collaboration with General Motors and begin production of two electric SUVs for Honda in 2024.
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Director(s): Anne Fletcher
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Plot Outline: After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.
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Rosie On "Rented" Market Rallies
Not much to discuss here, as the market has clearly entered a parabolic phase (which never ends well, we might add), supported not by economic factors but by a collapse in the US reserve currency status, which, as Zero Hedge has been repeating over the past few months, is purely predicated by the dollar now being the new carry currency choice. Yet here is Rosenberg's market commentary released today. While he is undoutedly correct, the low volume, momentum chasing, "don't fight the tape" rally continues.
MR. MARKET IS ON STEROIDS
Not much more to say. The S&P 500 is now up more than 60% from the lows, which is truly amazing and kudos to those who called it. But the question is whether the fundamentals will ever catch up to this level of valuation — usually after a 60% rally, we are fully entrenched in the next business cycle. Never before have we seen the stock market rise so much off a low over such a short time period, and usually at this state, the economy has already created over one million new jobs — during this extremely flashy move, the U.S. has shed 2.5 million jobs (as may as were lost in the entire 2001 recession).
It is acknowledged by all the pundits that the recession is over, even though we can see that only industrial production and maybe with the help of the government, real sales, but employment and real income are still falling from where we sit. So dating the end of the recession as the NBER did in late 2001 is one thing just because industrial activity troughs, but it took several quarters for income and employment to bottom back then, so we had a listless recovery in 2002 and a stock market that did not really embark on a sustainable rally until mid-2003. A recession coming to an end is one thing, but sustainable market rallies require solid recoveries. The stock market right now believes that we are going to see that V-shaped recovery, but we remain skeptical since post-credit bubble collapses typically see consumer spending, which is over 70% of GDP right now, sputter even as other line items, such as government spending, kick into gear.
In any event, it’s not even worthwhile debating the economic outlook at this juncture. It’s about how much good news is already being discounted in the equity market, and believe it or not, there is more good news being priced in today than there was bad news being discounted back at the March lows. This is an overbought and overpriced equity market and we remain of the view that there is too much risk and too much growth being discounted to be a full participant.
It is not apparent today, to be sure, but it will be — if not by the fourth quarter, then certainly by the first quarter of next year — that there is not going to be normal recovery following what was an abnormal credit-induced recession. We say that knowing how forgiving Mr. Market is today over any adverse data points, and how giddily it is responding to positive news. We have preferred to express any pro-cyclical views in the fixed-income market where corporate bonds provide better income than a 2% dividend yield, better downside protection if there is a relapse, and a more reasonable assessment of the economic climate that lies ahead.
By the time the U.S. stock market rallied 60% off the October 2002 lows, we were into July 2005. We were into the third year of the expansion. Go back to the onset of the prior bull market in October 1990 — by the time we were up 60%, it was January 1994! It took almost a year to accomplish this feat coming off the 1982 lows too and back then, we had lower interest rates, lower inflation, lower tax rates, lower regulation and an eight-year uninterrupted economic expansion to sink out teeth into. So we are witnessing something truly without precedent — a 60% surge off a low in six months. This didn’t even happen in the 1930s!
The counter-argument, of course, is that the market this time around is coming off massively oversold lows. Not true. The market was far more oversold and the internals were much more compelling at the 1982 and 1990 troughs. The multiples on price-to-earnings and price-to-book, not to mention dividend yields, were much more attractive at the other lows.
No doubt we had a financial scare at the March trough, but valuation at the time was priced for -2.5% real GDP growth and $50 EPS, which is hardly Armageddon even if a bad outcome. And while it is true that the S&P 500 slid 60% from peak-to-trough, we have news for you — so did corporate earnings.
In any event, this is the same market that lost its marbles in 2007, hitting fresh all time highs by October of that year with visions of new definitions of global liquidity, and at the time it was pricing in 5.5% real economic growth for the coming year. Instead, we had zero growth on average. Mr. Market is a discounting barometer to be sure, but he is not always right.
To reiterate, while acknowledging the obvious, which is that there is more momentum in the economy and the markets over the short-term than we had thought would be the case. However, our overall fundamental views and our outlook for 2010 have not changed at all and neither has our investment philosophy. If the S&P 500 was hovering closer to 800 or 850 right now, we could see the case for equities, but the market has simply moved too fast and is way ahead of the fundamentals, even if they do turn positive. Understanding that equities are a long duration asset, we have found over the years that investors have shortened their time horizons, and while it has become fashionable to price the market on an earnings stream three years out, the error term around any profit projection that far out is extremely wide. All we know is that as far as the coming year is concerned there is currently more room for disappointment than there is for upside surprises.
There is too much growth priced into the market and equities remain highly risky. Then again, this is a market that is “all in” on the V-shaped recovery view and it will likely take some shockingly weak data points to shake this conviction. By and large, the data are coming in above consensus estimates and there could well be enough of a spillover into 4Q to prevent a complete relapse, thought 2010 remains a wild card. We also cannot underestimate the extent to which the government, having invoked multiple stimulus measures, from becoming even more aggressive. We are hearing rumblings that not only will the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit be extended beyond the November 30 expiry date, but that the cap will be raised significantly. Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead — there’s a mid-term election to fight in 2010.
Sentiment is clearly bullish, which normally would indicate an overbought market, but as we said earlier, these are far from normal markets. According to the latest Investors Intelligence poll, bulls command a 47.8% share of the respondents and bears are at 24.4%. Only 27.8% are in the “correction” camp, which is startling considering (i) how extended this rally is, and (ii) the time of year we are in.
We noted yesterday that the Nikkei posted six 20%+ rallies since its bubble burst in 1990 and no fewer than four 50%+ rallies. Indeed, you can count 423,000 rally points from all the up-days since the secular bear market began in 1990 and yet the index is down 74% since that time. So actually there is nothing in this flashy move off the lows in the S&P 500 that is inconsistent with a pattern of a bear market rally — this is not the onset of a whole new sustainable bull market, in our view. These are rallies than can only be rented — not owned, and are purely technically-motivated and momentum-driven. They are not premised on improved fundamentals, despite economic data that are skewed to the upside by rampant government intervention. Just remember — nobody ever built more bridges or paved more river beds to skew the economic data than the LDP did in Japan for much of the 1990s.

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The Cape Verde Islands are located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km off the west coast of Africa. The archipelago includes 10 islands, covering a combined area of 4,033 square kilometres with a population of 512,000. Praia, the capital, is the country’s political, economic, cultural and financial centre. Cape Verde’s resources mainly include wind energy, solar energy, sea salt, basalt, limestone, kaolin and marine fisheries.
Cape Verde’s currency is the Escudo. The ForeignExchange Law of Cape Verde states that the Escudo is freely exchanged in local banks. The Euro is the guarantee currency in Cape Verde with a fixed exchange rate of € 1 = 110.265 escudos and US$ 1 = 79 escudos. RMB cannot be exchanged directly with the local currency. Incoming and outgoing foreign exchange is not subject to declaration, and no special taxes should be paid for remittance.
Cape Verde is a member of ECOWAS, and there is huge market potential for investment in Cape Verde. According to the Strategic Plan for Growth and Poverty Reduction for 2013-2016 formulated by the Cape Verdean government, Cape Verde aims to achieve the following objectives in the next few years: maintain an average annual GDP growth rate of 5% or above, an inflation rate of about 2.5%, and the proportion of government debt to GDP will be controlled within 90%. The National Transformation Plan formulated by the Cape Verdean government covers seven areas for major development namely tourism, marine economy, aviation services, information and communications technology, financial services, creative economy and agricultural trade.
Cape Verde has a service-based economy, with the value of service industry accounting for 71.9% of its GDP. Cape Verde’s national development strategy focuses on the development of private enterprises with priorities given to the development of tourism, agriculture, education, health and infrastructure. Tourism has become a major source of economic growth and employment in Cape Verde, and the tourism infrastructure has developed rapidly. Foreign investment in tourism accounted for 85% of Cape Verde’s foreign investment and the value of tourism takes a relatively high shares of the GDP.
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The main export destinations of Cape Verde are Spain, Portugal and the United States, and the main source of imports are Portugal, the Netherlands, China and Spain. The imported goods mainly include food, industrial products, vehicles and equipment and fuel, and the exported products mainly include fuel, shoes, clothing, fishes and animal skins.
Cape Verde is a member state of ECOWAS and the Cotonou Agreement and maintains a special partnership with the EU. The goods originating in Cape Verde have free access to ECOWAS and enjoy the treatment of most-favoured-nation tax rate in the EU.
The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Energy of Cape Verde (General Administration for Trade) is the authority responsible for trade. The key areas of foreign investment which the government of Cape Verde encourages mainly include infrastructure projects, tourism facilities that can create new job opportunities, industrial projects and emerging industries. Foreign investors enjoy equal treatment as domestic investors. Cape Verde is one of the West African countries which has attracted the largest amount of foreign investment, and many enterprises value the special geographical location and the stable political and social environment in Cape Verde. Cape Verde’s FDI mainly comes from Portugal, Spain and Italy.
To attract both domestic and foreign investment, Cape Verde has established two industrial parks. The industrial park in Cape Verde is just starting up, domestic and foreign investments enjoy equal policy treatment and tax reduction and exemption policies for a period of 5-10 years according to different sectors.
According to Chinese customs statistics, the major commodities exported by China to Cape Verde now tends to include furniture, automobiles and building materials, rather than light industrial products and daily necessities as previously. The commodities imported by China from Cape Verde mainly include coffee, tea, mate tea and spices.
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|Current Account Balance (US$ m)||-107.5||-168.5||-73.1||-114.6|
|Exchange Rate R:US$ (end-period)||83.05||83.11||99.43||99.40|
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Trade Exchanges between the R.P.C and Cape Verde (USD 10,000)
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- Guide for Countries and Regions on Overseas Investment and Co-operation – Cape Verde
- Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Co-operation of Ministry of Commerce
- Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce
- Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Embassy of China in Cape Verde
- China Statistical Yearbook 2016
- The Economic Intelligence Unit – Country Report
- The Macau Statistics and Census Department


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4 edition of Moon pie southern gothic found in the catalog.
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The Federated Systems & Testbeds Workshop on 5G and Beyond (FSW5G 2022)
5G and beyond networks will dramatically improve communications, latency, and enable a wide range of interactive and collaborative applications that are otherwise not possible. The adoption of 5G and beyond networks paves the way for federated distributed platforms to provide critical end-to-end services, aiding in delivering innovative and transformative services to the Global Community. Adoption and development of such federated systems are subject to addressing several critical problems, including systems discovery, security issues, and 5G network slicing, to name a few.
The Federated Systems & Testbeds Workshop on 5G and Beyond (FSW5G) will provide a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers and practitioners to present technical innovations, experimental results, theoretical studies, conceptual studies, and surveys on Federated System in 5G and Beyond. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for an interactive dialog between researchers in scientific domains and technologists and practitioners in the industry to discuss, promote, and demonstrate how recent developments in artificial intelligence, federated systems, and 5G (and beyond) systems can be used to integrate and explore various scientific and technological resources to solve critical world problems. We welcome original articles that have not been published before on the following list of topics (not limited to):
- System federation design, setup, and management
- Autonomic management and orchestration for 5G Systems Federation
- Autonomic/Autonomous Networks (ANs) Federation Techniques
- Federation Techniques as Enablers for Agile Service Innovation and Delivery across multiple Domains
- Federated Systems Security Architectures and Controls
- Federated Testbeds for 5G and Beyond, design, analysis, and evaluation
- Blockchain and Non-Fungible Token (NFT) based techniques to control and manage 5G networks and services.
- 5G and beyond Federated Testbeds Standardization Activities
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- Protocols and APIs for Federated Autonomic Management & Control (AMC) operations across network domains
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Mary L. Minter, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Secretary of Health of Human Services, Defendant-appellee, 30 F.3d 134 (6th Cir. 1994)Annotate this Case
June 21, 1994
Before: MILBURN and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Mary L. Minter appeals a district court judgment affirming the Secretary's denial of her application for social security disability insurance benefits. The parties have waived oral argument, and this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed in this case. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).
Minter filed an application for social security disability insurance benefits with the Secretary alleging that she suffered from asthma, hypertension, and diabetes. Following a hearing, an administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that Minter was not disabled because she had the residual functional capacity to perform her previous type of work. The Appeals Council declined to review the ALJ's determination.
Minter then filed a complaint seeking review of the Secretary's decision. A magistrate judge recommended that the Secretary's decision be affirmed. After Minter filed objections, the district court adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation, affirmed the denial of benefits, and granted summary judgment to the Secretary.
Upon review, we determine that substantial evidence exists to support the Secretary's decision. Brainard v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs., 889 F.2d 679, 681 (6th Cir. 1989) (per curiam). The ALJ properly disregarded the disability determination by Minter's treating physician because the physician's opinion was not supported by objective medical evidence in the record. See Villarreal v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs., 818 F.2d 461, 463 (6th Cir. 1987) (per curiam). Furthermore, a disability determination is the prerogative of the Secretary, not the treating physician. Varley v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs., 820 F.2d 777, 779-80 (6th Cir. 1987). Finally, the ALJ properly rejected Minter's testimony as not credible because her complaints were not supported by the medical evidence in the record. See Siterlet v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs., 823 F.2d 918, 920 (6th Cir. 1987) (per curiam).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment.


NanoJet completes a 1M euro funding round backed by Lifeline Ventures, Wave Ventures and existing investors.
NanoJet, a Helsinki, Finland-based startup manufacturer aiming to enhance microscopy with a range of innovative products, announced completing an EUR 1M financing investment round.
NanoJet was founded as a spin-out from research made at the University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi by a team led by Edward Hæggström.
The company, led by CEO Kristian Ahlers, developed a range of bioimaging products (i.e. high-tech solutions for imaging at the nanometer level), including a purely optical 3D microscope capable of nano-scale resolution, a 2D-3D Magic tool that turns ordinary 2D optical microscopes into 3D while helping in their calibration, and 3D nano-scale calibration tools.
Prior to this round, Nanojet was funded by University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University.


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The most impressive way to make a mark on a championship: BMW Motorrad privateer Jordan Szoke has been crowned champion of the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) for the tenth time after a perfect season on his BMW S 1000 RR – getting seven wins in seven races. Szoke was quick off the mark once again at the final at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville near Toronto, and won both races. The Canadian has taken the lead in the 2015 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy after his most recent wins. His fellow BMW riders rounded off the successful end to the season for the brand with more strong results.
After a lengthy injury last year, Szoke started the 2015 season with the clear goal of regaining the CSBK title. The 36-year-old achieved this with a sensational clean sweep on his BMW S 1000 RR. The Mopar Express Lane BMW Superbike Team rider underlined his ambitions right at the start of the season in Calabogie, where he made his comeback after his compulsory break with a win. It was the start of an impressive series of victories: Szoke also won the four races that followed in St. Eustache, Edmonton and Shubenacadie.
The results saw the BMW rider reach the final in Bowmanville with a comfortable lead of 91 points. The fact that he last won on his home track in 2011 provided that extra bit of motivation– he only lives about 180 kilometres away from the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Szoke wanted to rectify that on the way to his tenth title. No sooner said than done: he got his sixth and seventh wins of the season at the finale and further extended his own record with the 51st and 52nd Superbike wins of his career. Szoke is also a record holder in terms of titles: In the 35-year history of the CSBK, he is the only rider to have been crowned champion ten times. Furthermore, he is the only rider in the series to have won every race of a season. 2015 was the second time that he achieved this feat: He was also unbeatable in 2010.
Races six and seven of the season were scheduled for the finale in Bowmanville at the weekend. Szoke had already clinched the title win on Saturday when he won the sixth race of the year. With the job completed on Saturday, he could relax and revel in his seventh win in the seven races of the season on Sunday. The fans experienced a thrilling duel at the front between Szoke and Kawasaki rider Kenny Riedmann on both days. Both times the two riders were wheel to wheel as they raced around the track and both times Szoke made a terrific final surge. On each of the final laps, he set the fastest lap time on his RR, and in both races, Szoke won the duel a few turns before the finish line.
“It’s one thing to win a race; it’s another thing to win a perfect season. What an amazing feat for the whole team! Most of the races this year have been wicked just like this one,” said an over-the-moon Szoke, who went on to declare: “I’m looking forward to repeating this next year.”
In the final standings of the Pro Superbike (CSBK PR) class, Szoke as champion has 378 points to his name and an impressive lead of 110 points over his closest rival. Furthermore, his Mopar Express Lane BMW Superbike Team was crowned “Inside Motorcycles Team of the Year”. Szoke now also tops the ranking of the 2015 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy: he has taken the lead with a considerable advantage of 40 points.
The successful end to the season for BMW was rounded off by good results from the other RR riders. A strong squad of BMW privateers contested the finale. This saw five other BMW riders, in addition to winner Szoke, cross the finish line in the top 10 in both races. Chris Murray-Audain secured fifth and fourth place, Sean Huffman finished in seventh and fifth, Matt McBride ended the races in sixth and seventh place, Tim Robinson achieved ninth and eighth place, and Michael Leon rode his RR for the Royal Distributing Superbike Team into tenth and ninth place.
There were almost two champions on the BMW S 1000 RR in Canada – BMW privateer Samuel Trépanier fought for the title right down to the wire in the amateur class (CSBK AM) but the final was dramatic. Trépanier finished in second place on his RR in the first race on Saturday, which saw him defend the lead in the overall standings but made an early exit in the second race on Sunday. His rival Derrick Whyte won, thereby securing the championship. Trépanier finished the season in second place overall.
BMW privateer Jason Thoms also rode onto the podium, finishing second in race two. He came fifth in the first race. Steve McGregor finished in ninth and seventh place on his BMW S 1000 RR.


text: We report here the results of our computational studies on porous catalysts to bring out the catalytic role played by nanostructures. We present two typical case studies where the molecular dynamic (MD) and quantum chemical (QC) techniques have revealed the important structural aspects involved in the functioning of nanostructured microporous materials. The central role played by the exchanged metal cations of zeolite A in the molecular sieving of nitrogen and oxygen was studied by MD calculations. The results indicated that the mobility of the exchanged cations which are dependent on temperature causes the separation of nitrogen and oxygen molecules. The real time visualization of the dynamic behavior of the exchanged cations during the MD process aids the understanding of this intriguing process occurring inside the micropores of the zeolites. The controlled pore opening of hydrated VPI-5 molecular sieve by careful removal of water leads to a large one dimensional channel. The possibility of anchoring organometallics, namely porphyrins with 'enzyme-like' active sites were studied using QC calculations. The analysis of the 3-d contours of electron density and molecular electrostatic potential maps corresponding to various porphyrin systems and the cluster models representing VPI-5 framework brought out the probable locations for porphyrins inside VPI-5.

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The CSS basic user interface module lets you define the rendering and functionality of features related to the user interface including outline properties, visual feedback to pointing device and keyboard, and altering the default appearance of UI widgets.
Basic user interface properties can be used to improve user experience and accessibility by providing visual cues to elements that are being interacted with, including styling mouse cursors and keyboard directional focus navigation, and styling caret cursors when an editable element has focus. The module provides for providing outlines to focused (or not) elements without impacting an element's box model dimensions and styling. This UI module also enables the styling of user interface controls.
To view how basic user interface properties can alter the appearance of UI features, interact with the elements in this sample. Note that some features in this sample improve usability while others harm user experience.
outline-offset properties were used to provide feedback to users which element currently has focus. An
accent-color provides a theme color to all the form controls. The caret that appears when the text is edit has the same color thanks to the
caret-color property. These can all be considered UI improvements.
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Many people seeking a financial adviser begin their search at LetsMakeAPlan.org, a directory operated by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.
The Board, which controls the CFP label coveted by financial planners, boasts of its high standards and has touted its directory of professionals as a place where people can find a screened, skilled and trustworthy financial planner.
What they wonât find there is any indication that thousands of the planners bearing the boardâs seal of approval have had customer complaints or faced criminal or regulatory problemsâoften directly related to their work with clients. More than 60 have filed for bankruptcy within the past decade although the website says they havenât disclosed such an event in the last 10 years….
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Aberdeen TEC Pathfinders Project
In 2019, ACVO and Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) were chosen to lead on a two-year Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Pathfinder project within Aberdeen City.
The project aims to explore, define and co-design how TEC can play a role in supporting the delivery of multi-agency services for people, aged 18+ who experience domestic abuse.
Technology Enabled Care is defined as: ‘where outcomes for individuals in home or community settings are improved through the application of technology, as an integral part of quality, cost effective care and support to look after more people at home’ (TEC Scotland, 2020).
Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Transforming Local Systems Pathfinder Programme
The national programme is aligned with the Scottish Government’s Digital Health and Care Strategy, published in April 2018. The strategy identifies service transformation and the contribution of digital technology as one of six key domains in using technology to reshape and improve services, support person-centred care and improve outcomes.
The programme aims to support multiagency partnerships to embed digital technology in the transformation of local services for health and wellbeing. It has adopted the Scottish Approach to Service Design as a core component of the programme, placing the citizen at the centre of the process of understanding problems and designing potential solutions. There is a focus on shared learning across Scotland and future adaptability and transferability of the approach of the pathfinders.
The project was divided into four main stages, called, Discover, Define, Develop and Deliver.
We are now entering the Develop phase of our project, having come through the Discover and Define phases in 2018-21 which are all part of the Scottish Approach to Service Design (SAtSD) advocated by the Scottish Government
Some activities we have undertaken are:
Identifying stakeholders, citizens, and provision within the city.
Mapping experiences, gaps and pain points for citizens and stakeholders.
Understanding what citizens needs are when accessing and receiving support.
In the Develop phase we will now work with a digital team to test ideas and solutions to prototype improvements within the current landscape of support in Aberdeen city. This is a very exciting phase for us to get to and we should have some news soon on which partner has been chosen to help us undertake such exciting work looking at a whole systems approach to both improvement and impact within the city.
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Matt recapped LSU Basketball’s loss to Arkansas. He talked Boycott Bowl with Brandon Rizzuto. Matt talked about the Saints retaining Dennis Allen as well.
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In hour two of After Further Review, Ryan Theriot joins Matt for part one of the Riot Radio Hour. Matt begins to talk the Little League World Series, but Ryan has other ideas. Theriot interrupts Matt to provide an update on ‘our guy’ Coach Jerry Sullivan, who was spotted at Arizona Cardinals camp over the […]


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There are a wide variety of attractions and activities to enjoy on the property. From heritage landmarks to more leisurely pursuits. Fun for all ages.
Take your experience to new heights with the Wheel’s elevated views across Granger Bay, Robben Island, Table Mountain, Signal Hill, and the Cape Town Stadium.
A number of apartments are available for rent at the V&A Waterfront, ranging from smaller studios to 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Living at the V&A Waterfront offers residents security, convenience, a vibrant nightlife and all the amenities you may possibly need.
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The V&A Waterfront is an iconic 123-hectare neighbourhood which welcomes millions of people from all over the continent and world. We celebrate heritage & diversity, champion art & design, support entrepreneurship & innovation & drive positive social, economic & environmental change.
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Pianist and composer Ramon Alexander is considered a leading voice within the South African sub-genre known as Cape Jazz. He has recorded and performed with a variety of artists such as Robbie Jansen, Errol Dyers, Ibrahim Khalil Shihab, McCoy Mrubata, Mac McKenzie, Allou April, Frank Paco’s Art Ensemble and The Cape Jazz Band, led by veteran drummer Jack Momple.
Alexander also appears regularly on albums and concert stages with the likes of LesJavan, Schalk Joubert, saxophonist Mark Hauser (Switzerland), accordion maestroTuur Forizone (Belgium) and Freshly Ground vocalist Zolani Mahola.
He has led ensembles at numerous local and international jazz/music festivals that include Cape Town International Jazz Festival (2016/2019), Darling Music Experience (2016), Jazz on the Rocks (2016/2017), Borneo International Jazz Festival (2017), MossJazz Music Festival (2018) and Standard Bank Jazz Festival: Makhanda (National Arts Festival) (2020
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Popular Afro-Jazz band Mpho & Uvimba was formed in 1994 and its members all hail from Guguletu and Nyanga townships in Cape Town.
The 7-piece band which initialy performed under the name “Mpho and Friends”, is headed by well-known Jazz singer Mpho Motheane, who has performed with Stimela, Women Unite, Rebecca Malope, Jonathan Butler, an others. In 1998 the group was selected as the best Afro Jazz band in Cape Town by a Danish radio station which visited South africa to record some local groups. They released their CD “Images of Africa volume 3 – Mpho and Uvimba Band” early in 1999, which spesifically targeted the tourists market.
Apart from Cape Town, they have performed across the Western Cape and the rest of South Africa, under the banner of South African Breweries (SAB). Other companies they have perfomed for are Eskom and Sanlam, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront red nose day, Community Chest Maynardville Carnival and the World summit environmental event, which was hosted by Community Chest. The group also had a residency at the popular Manenberg Jazz Cafe until the venue closed its doors in the mid-naughties.
Career highlights include appearances at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, Afro Festival in Wurzburg Germany, and performances in Japan


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The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka government to constitute a Cauvery Riot Relief Authority on or before May 15 to invite claim applications from those affected in the riots during December 1991 and January 1992, following a dispute over the sharing of the river waters with Tamil Nadu.
A copy of the Supreme Court judgement was made available to the press today by P R Kuppusamy, convenor of the Cauvery River Protection Committee. A division bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice S Rajendra Babu and Justice Phukan , ordered that the CARRA, which would comprise three retired district judges, should be headquartered at Bangalore and hold its sitting in the affected areas.
The Supreme Court clarified that any claim before the Authority for relief which had to be met by the state of Tamil Nadu, on account of the incident having taken place in that state, shall be forwarded to the secretary, public department, government of Tamil Nadu for necessary action.
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The 2021-2022 First Division playoffs groups in Bombali have been unveiled by the Bombali District Football Association (BDFA) on Thursday at the North-East Region Football Association (NERFA) headquarters.
The eight first division football clubs in the Bombali District, already divided and placed in two groups (A and B) consisting of four teams each.
Hot favourites Bombali Shebora drawn in Group-A alongside newly-promoted Teddy Football Club, Seattle and Tom outfit while former Sierra Leone Premier League side Area Best Football Club is in Group-B together with Ocean Boys, Annex F.C and the last season’s second division champions Sahid Conteh-U Football Club.
The best two teams in each group will proceed to the next group stage. The winner and runners-up from this district will represent Bombali in the regional playoff.
Similarly, other districts in the football-loving nation are expected to kick-off their first division playoffs on Sunday to get the best teams that will proceed to the regional qualifiers and battle for ten slots in the proposed National Super-Ten Cup.
The Super-10 tournament was initiated this season by the new Sierra Leone Football Association President Thomas Daddy Brima, and under his reign, the 2021-2022 football season calendar was released by the local football federation last month, becoming the first-ever to be publicized.
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Sierra Leone national A team, Leone Stars, are set to engage Algeria's national B side in the United Arab Emirates at the Fujairah Club Stadium on Saturday. Kickoff is from 19:00 local time (15:00 hours in Sierra Leone) - it is the third preparation match for Leone...
Two new faces were drafted to the Sierra Leone A team from U23 as they hit the Fujairah training pitch with head coach John Keister during their United Arab Emirates (UAE) training camp. Jay Tee Kamara from Columbus Crew and Mohamed Kabia Mbabane Swallows were...
Sierra Leone National A team, Leone Stars, have opened a week-long training camp in the United Arab Emirates with sixteen foreign-based players and six home-based stars. Football Sierra Leone understands the full contingent arrived safely en route from Guinea for...


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Retail security expert Chris McGoey, of McGoey Security Consulting, said the latest shoplifting isn’t a real surprise.
Victoria’ Secret panties, he points out, are “very compact — you can scrunch them up and they don’t take a lot of space. And they are very valuable and expensive items. The Victoria’s Secret tags add value, too.”
The thieves probably aren’t planning to wear them.
They can be sold online directly by the shoplifter who can keep his or her anonymity while making a tidy profit. Or, they can sell what they’ve stolen to fences — rogue retailers — who will resell them out of small, independent shops or online. Sometimes, the shoplifters work for the fence who asks them to steal a specific product or brand.
The Lenox Mall thief “clearly came in with a plan,” McGoey said. She had shopping bags from other stores, not unusual in a mall, and certainly not suspicious-looking. And they make for a great hiding place.
Many retail stores are susceptible to shoplifting, too, he points out, because they have only one or two employees on the floor at a time and can be easily distracted. They’re typically not equipped to deal with shoplifters, either. High-end retailers don’t like to show too much security as it can tarnish their brand image.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
One Dream at a Time
The Dream Act may not have passed Congress, but under pressure from Democrats and immigration activists, some states are taking a case by case approach to blocking the deportation of undocumented persons, especially students, who have no criminal records and are doing well at school or work. This is not the kind of immigration reform we can celebrate, but it is proof that defeat of legislation does not necessarily negate right actions. And it is very good news for the persons being reprieved. Read the NYTimes article.