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“He had total power, total control over me…”
Karen M. Leach sharing her story at Play the Game 2017. Photo: Thomas Søndergaard/Play the Game
28.11.2017By Mads A. Wickstrøm
Children are the future of sport. Without children there is no sport. What happens to children during their childhood might destroy their entire adulthood. As such, we must do all we can to protect children and prevent abuse. These were among the principal arguments made by a panel of experts during Monday’s session on sexual abuse at Play the Game 2017.
Karen M. Leach, former swimmer and now psychotherapist and counsellor, talked about surviving sexual abuse as a child and the negative consequences that followed.
Between the ages of 10 and 17, Leach was abused by her Irish Olympic coach. She spoke of the significant power a coach may have on a young athlete hoping to compete in the Olympic games.
“He had total power, total control over me. Over my swimming, over my life. He was so good at what he was doing. Everyone trusted him. Everyone believed him. Everything he said – what he wanted, he got,” Leach explained.
“You did exactly what he told you to do or else you were out,” she added.
“What happens to children may destroy their entire life as an adult – and some children just don’t make it,” Leach said.
Karen Leach’s story also testified to the fact that childhood abuse might have far-reaching consequences affecting not only the victims but also the victims’ family.
Mapping the extent of sexual abuse
What is the scale of sexual abuse in sport? Bettina Rulofs, senior lecturer and researcher at the German Institute of Sociology & Gender Studies sought, among other things, to provide an answer to this question through the project ‘VOICE’.
VOICE is an EU funded research project aiming at combatting sexual violence in sport by giving those affected by it a voice and a platform to speak out against sexual abuse. The project is facilitated in eight European countries, including a number of sport organisations.
The project includes a study of 1800 athletes in Germany. Rulofs found that 37% have experienced forms of sexual violence – from sexist jokes to abuse with physical contact. 70% of the victims were under the age of 18 when first experiencing sexual abuse.
Moreover, preliminary results of in-depth interviews with victims revealed a number of important insights into the realities and consequences of sexual violence including:
- Massive impact of sexual abuse on survivors and families;
- Victims had significant problems of finding support;
- Victims have had long periods of silence before disclosing their experience;
- A chilly climate in the regimes in which the victims trained – a “no pain, no gain” mentality.
Speaking on behalf of the Dutch National Olympic Committee, Geert Slot outlined the efforts made to obtain additional knowledge, research and insight into the nature and extent of sexual harassment by establishing an independent inquiry into sexual abuse in sport in the Netherlands.
The transformative power of journalism
Insights into the potential impact of journalism in the debate on sexual abuse was given by Willem Feenstra, journalist at Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant.
The presentation provided a number of examples to how investigative journalism can cause a breakthrough in the fight against child abuse.
For instance, reporting stories of sexual violence within youth academies have caused Dutch football clubs to take action.
Since 2016, a number of football clubs in the Netherlands have introduced measures to assist victims of sexual abuse including; offering of apologies, changing codes of conduct, opening hotlines for support and paid professional assistance to victims of sexual violence.
“Brave victims are role models. Without them, we don’t know anything about numbers. Whether it’s a politician, a bank director, or a trainer; it is our duty to make it visible when somebody misuses his powers,” concluded Feenstra.
Also presenting at the session, Sander Roege, consultant at PSV Eindhoven, explained that PSV Eindhoven is currently taking steps to combat sexual abuse by consulting victims on how to prevent further cases of sexual abuse.
Measures to prevent child abuse
George Nikolaidis outlined recent initiatives and the role of the European Council to protect children from sexual victimisation in sports.
Most prominent is the Lanzarote convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. The convention is signed and ratified by 42 European states and requires criminalisation of all kinds of sexual offences against children.
The convention sets out that states in Europe and beyond must take measures to prevent sexual violence, to protect child victims and to prosecute perpetrators.
“[…] there are a lot of initiatives that are currently unfolding involving the Council of Europe and other sport sector agencies and the European Union that could put the issue a bit forward and provide country-specific, sport-specific comprehensive plans on putting in place effective procedures to reassure everybody in the communities that children can enjoy their favourite sport without being exposed to dangers,” Nikolaidis concluded.
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In addition to the Wednesday music series, here are some new Tuesday events (and one Saturday event):
Thanks to everybody who came out to the Pinehurst Community Council meeting on Tuesday!
For those who couldn’t make it, we spent a good portion of the time discussing pedestrian safety improvements around Pinehurst, particularly around the new Hazel Wolf K-8 school.
At the meeting, people shared lots of ideas about specific spots that need improvements, strategies we could use, and reasons it’s so urgent. I particularly liked the idea to make sure the Pedestrian Advisory Board is well-represented with members from North Seattle where sidewalks are missing.
We’re looking to create a group to help organize around these improvements. There’s more details in Dai’s earlier post.
We’ve created an email list where we’ll continue the discussion online though we’ll also continue to engage here on the website and in the Pinehurst Facebook Group. You can join below if you’re interested and please pass it on to your friends and neighbors!
In response to severe threats posted online earlier in the week, Councilmember Debora Juarez met with Idris Mosque board member Hisham Farajallah Thursday and issued a message in support of Seattle’s Muslim community.
“The Idris Mosque has been an important Northgate institution for over 35 years. Threats and hate speech against upstanding members of our community must be met with stronger demonstrations of solidarity and compassion.
“While it may be difficult for most Seattleites to imagine being targeted simply for exercising their First Amendment right to freedom of religion, this is not the first, second, or even the third time members of this mosque have faced violence. Speaking out against this bigotry and ignorance is everybody’s responsibility.”
King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski joined Councilmember Juarez on a tour of the mosque led by Mr. Farajallah. Over the course of the tour, Mr. Farajallah spoke on the history of the mosque, the broad ethnic and cultural diversity of its membership, and the need to correct many broadly-held misconceptions regarding the Islamic faith.
Seattle Police have increased their patrols of the area in response to the serious threats posted online. Councilmember Juarez will also join the Idris Mosque congregation for iftar on Tuesday, June 28.
A friendly reminder that Pinehurst Community Council meeting is happening tomorrow, June 21.
Our District 5 Councilperson Debora Juarez will be there to update us on the Northgate Pedestrian Bridge. To accommodate her schedule, we have changed the agenda so the Bridge will be discussed first. Debora plans to talk for about 10 minutes and take questions after that. This is a great opportunity to give your feedback and express your concern to our City Council member.
See you tomorrow, everyone!
Tuesday, June 21
Each summer, one in four kids and teens in Washington, who rely on school breakfast and lunch during the school year, look forward to three months without meal support. Hunger Intervention Program’s Summer Meals for Kids provides freshly made, nutritious lunches from the HIP kitchen at kid-friendly locations around the north Seattle community. HIP partners with other community organizations to offer activities at meal sites to encourage participation all summer long.
Here are locations near us. They are all open June 27 through August 26, and Monday through Friday.
Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE
Lake City Court, 12536 33rd Ave NE
Cedarvale Village, 14374 30th NE
The 2016 Sustainable NE Seattle’s Urban Farmers Group garden tour is this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. It has 9 gardens to visit that include newer gardens and others that are well established, as well as some with livestock.
There is no cost for the tour but donation jars will be available at some of the sites to help defray costs. Here is the SusNE web page.
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Maryknoll lay missioner Heidi Cerneka, who serves as an immigration attorney at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, is quoted in this Buzzfeed article, which examines the perils for older detainees in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Heidi is the attorney for Mariela, the 60-year-old Colombian woman quoted at the beginning of the article.
Heidi’s quote comes at the end of the story:
“I am listening to a woman who knows what is going on, who runs a business in her home country, who should never have been detained, in freefall panic. Each time she calls, she is more anxious and more panicked,” her attorney, Heidi Cerneka at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, said. “She said, ‘I don’t want to die here!’”


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The History of Christmas Stuff
Many inventions have been created for use during Christmas celebrations.
Christmas TinselAround 1610, tinsel was first invented in Germany made from genuine silver. Machines were invented that shredded silver into thin tinsel-sized strips. Silver tinsel tarnishes and loses its shine with time, eventually, artificial replacements were invented. The original inventor of tinsel remains unknown.
Artificial Christmas TreesTowards the end of the 1800's, another variation of the traditional Christmas tree appeared: the artificial Christmas tree. Artificial trees originated in Germany. Metal wire trees were covered with goose, turkey, ostrich or swan feathers. The feathers were often died green to imitate pine needles.
In the 1930's, the Addis Brush Company created the first artificial-brush trees, using the same machinery that made their toilet brushes! The Addis 'Silver Pine' tree was patented in 1950. The Christmas tree was designed to have a revolving light source under it, colored gels allowed the light to shine in different shades as it revolved under the tree.
Christmas CardsEnglishman, John Calcott Horsley popularize the tradition of sending Christmas greeting cards, in the 1830s.
Christmas trees and ornaments.
History of ChristmasOn December 25, Christians traditionally celebrate the birth of Christ. The origins of the holiday are uncertain, however by the year 336, the Christian church in Rome observed the Feast of the Nativity (birth) on December 25. Christmas also coincided with the winter solstice and the Roman Festival of Saturnalia.
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The relevance of R. D. Laing to the AI movement and to media ecology more generally: Projection and the feeling of being understood
This article is a celebration of Laing, Phillipson and Lee’s Interpersonal Perception and a staunch critique of Levy’s Love and Sex with Robots. It explores how relationships with others mediate self-understanding and interpersonal interaction. Furthermore, by appropriating relevant insights from Laing and his colleagues and re-contextualizing them within a larger media ecological framework, the article seeks to reveal the deep challenges and complexities faced by those who would engage in ‘interpersonal relationships’ with ‘sociable robots’ and/or ‘artificial intelligences’.
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Anritsu intros handheld base station analyzer
Anritsu Company introduced this week the Cell Master MT8212B, which integrates a CDMA/GSM transmitter analyzer, interference analyzer, channel scanner, and DS0/VF channel access.
The integration of these additional test capabilities provides RF engineers and field technicians with a single handheld instrument weighing less than five pounds that can be used to ensure proper deployment, installation and maintenance of GSM and CDMA networks, the company said.
Users can conduct all major RF measurements, such as channel power, frequency error, occupied bandwidth, and noise floor, on CDMA signals. For GSM applications, the Cell Master MT8212B has an option that allows the analyzer to conduct traditional RF measurements for power and frequency error, the company said. The MT8212B can also display time slot information on GSM signals.


Should DJs who have never taken illegal drugs be banned from the decks?
Dance music used to be all about getting off your chops to some amazing futuristic electronic sounds. The DJs would get as fucked up as...
Replacing a cassette loop at Pushca
“My first-ever DJ gig was in 1979, but my first house gig was for Pushca — the rave thing in the ‘90s. It was somewhere in west London. I went to one of the raves and they had this chill-out room that was playing a cassette tape that was just going round and round and round.
The masked man speaks
A Sagittariun has been involved in the electronic music scene for the best part of 25 years — running labels, representing artists, producing under other names. He won’t tell DJ Mag who he is, hiding behind a silly mask, but we don’t mind because his new EP, ‘Across the Celestial Sphere’, and forthcoming ‘Dream Ritual’ album are so sublime. “A Sagittariun is a very personal project, I’m making the music that comes most naturally to me, to be honest,” he tells DJ Mag, “and not really compromising or playing the industry game.”
Boogie nights and disco dayz
Boogie nights and disco dayz from Norway's Proviant Audio After Daft Punk's hook-up with Nile Rodgers from Chic produced ultimate ear worm 'Get Lucky', 2013 was hailed as the year of disco — but the tunes to back up that lofty claim have been a bit lacking. Daft Punk's subsequent album was disappointing, and the brand-new nu disco sounds to fill the void left by boring deep house haven't really materialised. Until now.
Soap bar, mosquitos and brillo pads...
“It was Ibiza, 1998, and I had spent several days ligging behind the decks with the world’s best DJs desperately trying to figure out how they did it, but no-one showed the least bit of interest in letting me have a bash on the wheels of steel until Edinburgh’s Voodoo Club offered me a gig out of the blue. I took a flight there.
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Kitsuné is the Japanese word for fox
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Hello? Repeat boss thinks back
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Collecting James Bond autographs
This blog is about collecting James Bond autographs. I have a collection of over 6000, that have been collected in person, through the mail, through agents and through reputable auction houses. I also act as an agent for a number of Bond stars at signing shows
This is a great new addition - George Asprey who played the Officer in the 2005 TV movie "Ian Fleming:Bondmaker". Very rare signed white card.
This TV production also included a couple of Bond movie actors - Pip Torrens played Noel Coward and William Scott Masson - both were crewmembers on TND!

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With the German playmaker Mesut Ozil continuing to stall on contract negotiations at the Emirates and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s future also uncertain, reports from the media suggest that the Gunners’ boss Arsene Wenger has already identified a potential replacement, Everton’s Ross Barkley, who has also been stalling on a new contract at Goodison Park. Toffees’ boss Ronald Koeman has admitted that there is a possibility that Barkley could leave and has even given his star man an ultimatum to make up his mind.
As quoted by the Metro, Koeman said: “We need to know before the end of the season. I do feel (everything is being done to keep him), and we will offer what’s normal for the player and the way he’s improving.
“He’s going in the right direction – he’s kid of the club, kid of the town and in my opinion there’s no better place for him than Everton. I spoke to him several weeks ago, and he mentioned his ambition is the Champions League but I told him I have the same.”
Personally, I think Ross Barkley is an incredibly talented midfielder. The Englishman is good on the ball, possesses great dribbling skills, has the ability to split a defence and has a good eye for goal to go with his tireless work rate. But is he really a worthy Mesut Ozil replacement? Surely, that’s a bit of an exaggeration as Barkley is nowhere near as good as the German.
So with that being said, the focus at the moment should be retaining players like Ozil and Sanchez. Besides, we need to be looking at a striker rather than going for more midfielders. While Barkley has shown immense promise, he is far from the finished product and if the idea is to replace Ozil, then a finished product is what the club needs.
Who thinks Arsenal could be Barkley’s next club?

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The Coalition of Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association is threatening to embark on a massive demonstration to register their displeasure over the government’s failure to give clearance to some of its members who completed school in 2019.
The group says the Ministry of Health and Finance granted financial clearance to the 2019 batch in October 2020 but excluded the referral nurses.
“The government and the Ministry of Health have treated us unfairly. We completed school in 2019, but the results came out, they said we had failed some courses, so we went back to re-write the papers. But we started national service in 2020 and completed the following year”, said the Public Relations Officer for the Association, Georgina Kwakye.
He indicated that the group will continue to protest until they are given clearance and posted.
When we were about to complete our rotation, we heard that the portal had been opened for some of our colleagues; we went to the HR who told us that, we shouldn’t worry, but these people are cheating us. How can juniors be working with seniors being in the house.”
In October 2019, members of the association picketed at the Ministry of Health (MoH) to demand their immediate employment.
The group said the action was taken because the ministry failed to give them any positive response regarding financial clearance for their employment.
About six of the unemployed nurses, including a person living with a disability, who took part in the picketing were arrested and subsequently released after the Minority in Parliament condemned the act describing the situation as an attempt by the government to use the Ghana Police Service to silence citizens.


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During the glacier age, mineral rich soil was deposited over the Earth. However, erosion and chemical farming methods have contributed to depletion of trace minerals from our topsoil, and from the plants grown in this soil. When trace minerals are deficient in our food and water, the body's defense systems cannot function properly. Likewise, animals lacking proper amounts of copper, iron, selenium, etc. have been found to be much more likely to develop disease.
Most people and animals are usually prescribed drugs — specifically antibiotics and vitamins — at times when they are ill. However, antibiotics kill germs and rarely discriminate between good and bad germs. When the 'good' germs are constantly assaulted by antibiotics, the 'bad' germs can become supergerms which may become impervious to drugs. Keeping the immune system healthy can reduce the need for constant antibiotic treatment.
Vitamins are fortifiers and control the body's appropriation of minerals. However, if there are no vitamins and no trace minerals, the body has no fusion to perform and therefore the vitamins are useless. Additionally, replacing minerals in both your diet and your pet's diet is essential.
Minerals + Diet = Health
An example of this is seen in race horses in upstate New York who were given crystalloid minerals. (Crystalloid means that minerals bypass the digestive system and are absorbed directly into cell walls, strengthening the immune system.) A marked improvement was seen in the animals' behavior. The horses were much more alert, less nervous and jumpy. Their coats improved, and one horse with a two year old bare patch of skin from a prior injury began to grow back its hair. Muscle soreness and stiffness disappeared, and the horse's racing ability improved.
Proteins may also not be assimilated well, if trace minerals are deficient. This is important if your pet's diet doesn't include raw green foods in addition to the meat found in most pet food. You may be enjoying dinner and feeding your dog a premium food, but both of you may still be starving nutritionally because the food is unable to be processed. Properly balanced minerals with electrolytes (the electrical charge for your body's battery) would be a wise investment to keep the immune system working correctly. Supplementing diets with individual minerals may help somewhat. However, you may not be administering the required dose needed, or you may be upsetting the body's mineral balance. One should add to their diet a mineral supplement that contains all the needed minerals in the proper amounts.
Enzymes Are Important
Enzymes are catalysts for many biological functions. Without them life would not exist — for they are the driving force behind all life processes. Enzymes are responsible for keeping your internal systems working, and a lack of sufficient quantities of enzymes may promote degenerative disease. Only raw or uncooked foods contain enzymes and since almost all pet food is processed with heat, or cooked, the enzymes are destroyed. Every animal is born with an integral supply of enzymes. Unfortunately, as generations go by and less enzymes are taken into the body, those stores are used up.
Dr. Edward Howell, as early as 1920, discovered this association between enzyme intake and health. He theorized that, normally, enzymes are present in foods used for the digestion of that food. If they are not present, then the body's store of enzymes must be diverted for digestion, leaving fewer enzymes to fight disease and perform essential bodily functions.
Research indicates that most animals, including canines and birds, have distinct organs that allow the food enzymes time to act before initiating the body's own digestive process. This pre-digestion is important to the body's absorption of nutrients. If it is not present, the food may pass through the system without benefit of vitamins and proteins. Your pets may live as long, but their quality of life suffers.
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A study of Dr. Francis Pottenger's cats (over 600 of them) revealed that when the animals were fed only cooked or processed food over many generations, degenerative disease presented itself at younger and younger ages. These animals suffered from kidney, heart, thyroid and gum diseases, as well as allergies, infections and a host of other maladies. They had fewer enzymes to give their offspring, resulting in minimal reserves of enzymes in the ensuing generations. We have seen this evidenced in the early onset of arthritic conditions.
Supplementing Is Wise
Enzymes are normally lost through sickness, pregnancy, stress, extreme weather conditions, urine and feces. Unless you replace these, your pet's immune system will be compromised. Please note that this is the same for humans — as exhibited by our younger generations developing earlier cases of heart disease, arthritis and susceptibility to allergies. If your pets depend on canned or dried food, it is necessary to consider supplementing their diet with nutritional enzymes. If your diet lacks lots of raw foods, they you may want to take supplements too.
Enzymes are available in capsule, pill or powder form at health food stores. Powders can readily be mixed into pet food. An alternative is to grow wheat or barley grasses in small containers either in soil or hydroponically. Your pet can then munch to their hearts content or you can chop up the greens and stir it into their food. Regardless of which method you choose, the addition of live enzymes to your pet's diet will fortify their immune system and help prevent degenerative disease.
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Nina Anderson and Howard Peiper are authors of: "Are You Poisoning Your Pets?", ©1994, published by Safe Goods Publishing. They can be reached at: Safe Goods 561 Shunpike Rd. Sheffield MA 01257 413-229-7935.

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The Queensland Government passed an amendment late last year introducing important changes to the Chain of Responsibility (CoR). These will impact how this legislation is practiced and enforced by all states and territories operating under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). Decision-makers in the transport industry need to be aware of this amendment and how it impacts existing safety procedures.
All stakeholders continue to share responsibility for any HVNL breaches. No change there. But, crucially, the amendment alters the wording to bring it in line with other work health and safety (WHS) legislation. Now, everyone in the CoR with primary duties has a non-transferrable obligation to ensure compliance as far as is reasonably practical.
Becoming More Proactive
This changes the focus from reactive to proactive. Prosecution is no longer dependant on a road offence being committed. Previously, each stage in the chain needed to demonstrate that they had not contributed to an incident. Now, the prosecutors just need to establish that a party hasn’t taken adequate precautions to avoid a foreseeable risk.
With a recent survey from Macquarie University revealing that many truck drivers feel unable to refuse or report unsafe work practices such as carrying an unsafe load or falsifying work diaries, this is an important step in improving safety on our roads.
Casting A Wider Net
While the wording of existing legislation holds everyone accountable, transport operators mainly bore the brunt of prosecution in practice. The people and organisations that fall within the scope of the new-look CoR, such as consignor and consignee still haven’t changed. However, the changes to the wording, particularly that non-transferable part, combined with the ability to prosecute even if an incident hasn’t taken place, is a signal that the government is getting serious about enforcing shared responsibility on everyone.
In response to criticism that current legislation focused on a complicated list of specific activities, such as speeding or fatigued drivers, the new legislation also simplifies what’s covered. All activities, up to and including business practices and decision making associated with the use of heavy vehicles, is now covered. This also means that maintenance and repair will now form part of your CoR duties.
Time To Start Preparing
The new legislation comes into effect in the states covered by the HVNL (everywhere except Western Australia and the Northern Territory) in mid- 2018. With the date 18 months away it might be tempting to delay action. But the long lead time is designed to give companies time to get their house in order. With increased severity of penalties, which will be up to $300,000 for individuals and $3 million for corporation, it’s a deadline you can’t afford to miss.
The non-transferrable nature of primary duty means it’s no longer a matter of hiring compliance managers or OH&S supervisors and leaving it to them. Every decision maker within a business that in any capacity uses heavy vehicles needs to demonstrate a reasonable effort to create a safe work environment.
Five Steps To Compliance
- Familiarise: The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator will shortly release updated guidelines for industry Codes of Practice. This will help you adhere to the CoR so look out for it. On top of that, make sure you’re familiar with your current business practices. This sounds obvious but know what procedures you have in place and how well they’re followed.
- Identify: Look for shortcomings in your systems that put safety at risk and leave you vulnerable to prosecution. For instance, fleet management systems give you better visibility into driver behaviour, while Electronic Work Diaries (EWDs) cannot be falsified as easily as paper logbooks. This allows you to address fatigue management issues as they arise.
- Implement: Document safety requirements and make sure they’re easily accessible to those who need them. It’s not enough to have them buried in the depths of your corporate intranet. They should be pushed out proactively to drivers who may rarely visit the depot. Having multiple avenues to spread this information, such as signs in the workplace and verbal briefings, also helps get the word out.
- Educate: Make sure all relevant parties understand their CoR obligations. In an industry that’s full of owner-operator contractors working for bigger organisations, these obligations are often extended. When a contractor was killed in an accident while working for an equipment hire company, it was fined $500,000 despite having procedures in place. This was because they hadn’t been shared with the contractor.
- Maintain: Regularly review and update procedures once you have a better understanding of how they perform in action. Education is not a one-off deal either. It’s no good training people during their first day on the job and leaving it at that. Hold regular briefings to keep good safety practices at the front of everyone’s mind.
Ensuring a safe work environment is everyone’s responsibility. Acting now will ensure you remain compliant when the legislation comes into force and create a safer environment for everyone.


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Quest drops a new video for his YouTube Channel where he will be sharing a series of his original songs performed stripped down as we like it!
A lot of us probably might have heard of Quest from this hit OPM song “Dati” with Sam Concepcion and Tippy Dos Santos. The anthem to most of our childhood (generalizing, I know, but a lot of people could definitely relate to the song). Check it out below!
“Ang sabi mo walang hanggan… pero ‘heto tayo sa dulo.”
You have probably have come across his hit song, Walang Hanggan…
… and bawled your eyes out. In that case, you’re going to want to listen to Unang Hakbang in its most genuine form.
And BTW, Keiko Necesario did a flawless job on this!
Here is Unang Hakbang!
“Pwede ka nang kumawala diyan sa rehas mong gawa-gawa,
‘wag nang magpanggap na nawawala,
wala namang mawawala kung mag simula muli.”


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Director Jim Jarmusch has been increasingly hung up on music since shooting his last feature The Limits of Control, a beautiful slow-crawl through the mind of an assassin. He's produced two albums with lutist Jozef Van Wissem, worked as a curator at the New York incarnation of ATP, and recorded a series of EPs with his new band, a trio named SQÜRL. This project began life under the name Bad Rabbit, assembled by Jarmusch, drummer Carter Logan, and Vampire Weekend/Sleigh Bells engineer Shane Stoneback. The initial aim was to flesh out the Limits soundtrack with thoughtful, instrumental rock passages. This EP, apparently the first in a series, is an advance on that music. The setting is firmly fixed to "desert," with each of the four tracks touching on Josh Homme's approach to psychedelic rock.
It's not hard to imagine an alternate universe where Jarmusch pursued music harder than film. At a recent show at the Mercury Lounge in New York, staged to showcase SQÜRL and his work with Van Wissem, he cut an imposing figure on stage. Whether stepping up to the mic or stooping down by his amp to pull out a wail of feedback, it felt like these were the predominant moments Jarmusch played out in his teenage dreams. Of course, he's played on stage many times before, notably with no wave outfit the Del-Byzanteens, but at this stage in his career, where he's comfortably established in a different medium, the show at the Mercury was pleasing for the full-blooded commitment it showed. It's indicative of the way Jarmusch works, finding weight in moments both big and small, never ascribing more importance to one over the other.
That wilfull artistic blindness is fundamental to Jarmusch's stradling of the avant garde and the mainstream. It's what allows him to put Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes in a movie with Robert Mitchum and Johnny Depp. Similarly, SQÜRL draws from a number of different disciplines. One track on this EP is simply drawn from layers of feedback. Another matches crunchy, distorted guitar lines to Jarmusch singing about being surrounded by piles of dead hippies. Yes, he's singing here, on two out of four tracks, only one of which deviates into the forlorn rock & roll crooner trap you might expect him to fall into. That track-- a cover of Elvis Presley's "Little Sister" forcibly shoved through a meat grinder-- is the weakest work here, the only song that feels like an afterthought, and currently outpaced in the gutter-neon stakes by Jarmusch acolyte Dirty Beaches.
Where SQÜRL works best, perhaps unsurprisingly, is through the planes of repetitive sound that make up "Pink Dust". It’s the most soundtrack-y thing here, the closest this EP gets to forming a link to the material this band specifically composed for film under their Bad Rabbit guise. The guitar tone isn’t far from Boris's "Farewell"-- itself a part of the Limits of Control soundtrack-- but with a far nastier undercurrent crudely stamped all the way through it. It's a decent approximation of the kind of stuff Jarmusch has clearly been listening to in recent times, judging from his soundtrack work and handpicked ATP lineup. It's part drone-rock, part metal, part blissful stoner fatigue. There's a power to it that the rest of the material can't get back to, a sense of magic unfolding in those gigantic riffs. For now, SQÜRL describe themselves as "enthusiastically marginal," but there's enough going on here to suggest that's a placeholder rather than an epitaph.

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Student charged after posting Snapchat of black classmate where he calls him the N-word and asks ‘why is he not in chains?’
Connecticut, USA: A high school student was taken by police after sending a Snapchat asking why a black classmate was not in chains.
The boy – who is 16 – was arrested and charged with breach of peace and racial harassment end of last week, after the pic started making rounds at Fairfield Warde High School.
In the image, Jamar Medor, also 16, was circled as he was sitting in his chair. The image was accompanied by the following text:
“Why is there a n***** in my homeroom? Why is he not in chains?”
In an interview for WABC, Jamar said:
“I just had no words when I saw it. I was so confused.”
Jamar’s mother, Judith, also shared her thoughts on the matter:
“I was like… oh my god. My mouth just dropped because I couldn’t believe it – how the other student would do something like this regarding my son. I don’t know what he’s going to do to my son. That’s the reason why I’m worried for his safety.”
Jamar also expressed his discomfort after what had happened:
“I just don’t feel comfortable going to school or walking the halls, so I stayed home today actually,’ he told the outlet.”
#FBA teen no longer feels safe after fellow student calls him the "n" Word and asks "why isnt he in chains?"
Daily Mail: High school student is charged after posting racist Snapchat of black classmate.https://t.co/GPuGV5gm5H#NoAntiBlackRacism #AntiBlackWar
— FBA Voices 🇺🇸 (@FBAvoices) May 16, 2021
The boy also received a 10-day suspension, and more than 30,000 people have signed a petition in support of his expulsion.
In an interview with Patch, Jamar’s mother said:
” I’m not going to rest until I find justice for my son. I stand against racism, so we’re going to have to do anything in our power to stop it.”
The fact the kid got arrested for it is almost as appalling as what he said. really? arrested?
— Timothy Cox (@MrTC1978) May 16, 2021
When the story started making headlines, Principal Paul Cavanna sent two messages to parents, one of which announced “an effort to create a long-term plan to foster unity.”
“As a school community, we must take a stand against intolerance and treat each other with respect and dignity.”
16-year-old Jamar Medor was racially targeted through Snapchat by one of his peers in Connecticut.
This is unacceptable!
— Team Roc (@teamroc) May 16, 2021
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Not all 800 banks who tapped the ECB’s second three-year liquidity op — obvs. But…
[DJ] Intesa Sanpaolo Took Up EUR24B Of ECB’s LTRO – CEO
*LLOYDS BANKING TAKES 11.4 BLN PNDS IN THREE-YEAR LOANS FROM ECB
*ALLIED IRISH SAID PARTICIPATED IN ECB THREE-YEAR MONEY ALLOTMENT
(Allied Irish didn’t divulge how much it tapped, Bloomberg adds.)
None of it screams “stigma”, does it. More “look what we can refinance with”.
Update — more numbers, via the FT’s Tracy Alloway (amounts in euros):
Unicredit 12.5bn (or less)
Banco Popolare 3.5bn
BBVA roughly 11bn
Banca Civica 6.1bn
Irish Life & Permanent 2bn
The big Swedish banks, Stanchart, and Deutsche didn’t take part. Reuters reports that Italian banks altogether took down more than €130bn in funding.


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NDTV to air third edition of ‘Save Our Tigers’ campaign from 5 April
MUMBAI: Carrying forward its mission to save tigers, NDTV has partnered with Aircel to launch the third season of its ‘Save Our Tigers’ campaign.
The current edition will focus on and highlight key factors including existing buffer zones and corridors that need to be clearly identified and controlled, ensured by the forest department, local community involvement, strengthening the forest department, human-animal conflict management solutions, bio-diverse forest areas to remain inviolate, and push for political will.
The launch of the third season witnessed the coming together of personalities from different walks of life to participate in a panel discussion and set key focus areas for the season. Some of the personalities present were WPSI executive director Belinda Wright, Aircel chief marketing officer Anupam Vasudev, Dr K. Ramesh from Wildlife Institute of India, NTCA ADIG S P Yadav, Wildlife Conservation Trust director Dr Anish Andheria and Sanctuary Asia editor Bittu Sahgal. The show was anchored by NDTV Group CEO Vikram Chandra.
All the issues and factors discussed by the panel during the campaign will air on 5 April at 9:30 am on NDTV Prime and at 6 pm on NDTV 24×7.
NDTV Group CEO Vikram Chandra said, “NDTV is overwhelmed by the nationwide response received for the first two editions of the campaign. We are now coming up with the tiger agenda for the third edition and will
be looking at key factors such as reducing man-animal conflict, protecting tiger habitats, strengthening the forest department and more.”
Aircel chief marketing officer Anupam Vasudev added, “Aircel has been passionately working towards its initiative ‘Save Our Tigers’ with noted conservationists and organizations with an aim to create mass awareness on the plight of the magnificent tiger and rally efforts to save it. We are confident that like the past two editions, this year’s edition of Aircel-NDTV ‘Save Our Tigers’ campaign will further increase the level of participation and support for the cause.”
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By: JOE FERNANDEZ
THE National Registration Department (NRD) in Putrajaya has again called off a meeting in Kota Kinabalu with MyKad holders whose religion is wrongly stated as Islam.
Generally, the problem involves non-Muslims in Sabah who have bin (son of) or binti (daughter of) in their names.
The meeting had been scheduled for last Friday and subsequently was postponed twice. Today, it was confirmed that there will be no meeting either.
Sabah opposition strongwoman Christina Liew, who has been leading the initiative to resolve the situation, said: “All problematic MyKad holders can continue to submit their supporting documents to us. We will prepare their appeal for rectification purposes.”
She noted that the state NRD director had earlier promised to host a meeting-cum-dialogue with affected MyKad holders. That meeting has yet to take place after several postponements.
“We gave them (NRD) ample time to set up the meeting with the affected MyKad holders,” said Liew, who is also the PKR state deputy chief.
“If the state director is really that busy, he should have delegated the task to another senior official.”
She said that the issue of the religion being recorded wrongly on the Mykad is a very serious one with widespread implications.
It creates endless problems for the affected card holders from birth to death - getting a birth certificate to enrolling in school, opening a bank account, collecting a marriage certificate and being buried according to the rites of one's own religion are all rendered impossible.
“This is very unfair to the affected MyKad holders. The NRD must promptly review and rectify this. The proposed meeting-cum-dialogue was to educate the (authorities) on the issue from the non-Muslim perspective,” she said.
Liew reiterated that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak should help resolve the issue by way of administration.
“This is an unique problem affecting thousands of natives in Sabah. The (use of) bin or binti is a common feature among non-Muslim natives in Sabah,” she added.


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Toxic algal blooms on the rise as countdown to new freshwater rules begins - Greenpeace
Dangerous toxic algal blooms in rivers are on the rise. The question is - will the Government’s new freshwater regulations, due mid-year, deal with the threat?
And do they recognise the link between these green nasties and chemical fertiliser?
Canterbury’s Medical Officer of Health is warning toxic algal blooms are on the up in South Canterbury. Several health warnings have been issued in the region asking people and their pets to stay away from several popular swimming spots. (1)
Greenpeace says toxic algal blooms will become more frequent if the Government doesn’t give new freshwater rules real teeth.
"It’s no coincidence that toxic algal blooms are on the rise in Canterbury. This is the region with the highest rate of chemical fertiliser use and highest cow stocking rates in the whole country," says Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop.
Chemical fertiliser and high stocking rates on intensive dairy farms are associated with increased nitrogen pollution leaching into waterways where it helps to drive algal blooms.
Toxic algal blooms can cause skin rashes, nausea and stomach cramps as well as kill dogs and other animals.
"It is very distressing that our lakes and rivers, once places that we all enjoyed, are now places that could make us sick," says Toop.
"This isn’t the New Zealand we know and love. Things have to change."
The Prime Minister made cleaning up rivers one of her key policy platforms in the last election.
During a speech in 2017 she told us: "The main problem is now ever increasing intensive livestock farming, more cows per hectare, more fertiliser and irrigation, all cause more livestock effluent and nutrient pollution to run off into our rivers".
Toop says, "Chemical fertiliser not only leaches directly into our waterways it also encourages overstocking of cows, which we all know, causes more polluted rivers."
There are currently no nationwide rules that limit the amount of chemical fertiliser which can be used. But, the Government is considering including a cap on the amount of chemical fertiliser that can be used in the new freshwater reforms.
"Capping chemical fertiliser is the first step to phasing out the polluting substance altogether and restoring the health of our lakes and rivers."


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That sounds a bit intense.The book is really funny. She sees the humanity within the experiences she describes and so she is like a wonderful stand-up comic doing observational comedy. She describes how she took her three year old son to see a dead baby and how he gave the baby a ball, in case they play catch on the other side, and a small toy time-travel car for reasons she doesn't understand. She writes about a day out at the Special Olympics. There is warmth and laughter and humanity and, yes, sometimes, a little tragedy.
Did I learn how to write? I learnt to enjoy the writing process and not obsess about where the written product is going to end up. I learnt to focus on tiny bits and get them right rather than trying to do too much. I learnt to work every day and to use all the material I possibly can. I learnt that I am not good enough yet, and that I may never be good enough, but if I work hard and steadily and try to write the truth every day that I will one day be better. And that should be good enough for anyone.
A brilliant, wonderful and enjoyable book. April 2014; 237 pages
- I live in Bedford, England. Having retired from teaching; I am now a research student at the University of Bedfordshire researching into Threshold Concepts in the context of A-level Physics. I love reading! I enjoy in particular fiction (mostly great and classic fiction although I also enjoy whodunnits), biography, history and smart thinking. I have also recently become a keen playgoer to London Fringe Theatre. I enjoy mostly classics and I read the playscripts and add those to the blog. I am a member of Bedford Writers' Circle. See their website here: http://bedford-writers.co.uk/ Follow me on twitter: @daja57

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Just like the stripper Mazeppa in “Gypsy,” whose advice to new talent is “you gotta get a gimmick,” playwright Alan Ayckbourn has trained his fans to expect a gimmick in his plays.
In “Life of Riley,” it’s this: The titular character never appears onstage – but he still manages to wreak havoc in the lives of six of his closest friends.
One of those friends is physician Colin (Colin McPhillamy), who lets the news about Riley (that he has cancer and has been given six months to live) slip to gossipy wife Kathryn (Henny Russell).
Soon the whole sextet knows the story, touching off regrets, reminiscences and revelations about good ol’ George. The group consists of George’s ex-wife Monica (Nisi Sturgis), now living with taciturn farmer Simeon (David Bishins); businessman Jack (Ray Chambers) and his wife Tamsin (Dana Green), a mini-skirted former hairdresser with fingernails that preclude gardening; and Tilly (Rebecca Gold), Jack’s teenage daughter by a former marriage, who only appears in the last scene.
There’s another gimmick here: some of the group are rehearsing for a community theater staging of Ayckbourn’s “Relatively Speaking.” When one actor pulls out, someone suggests George be recruited to take over the part.
That’s the plot, such as it is. The stage of the Old Globe’s White Theatre is divided into four gardens (one belongs to the absent George), where the action takes place.
McPhillamy is terrific though puzzling as Colin. McPhillamy’s acting is top-notch, but it’s difficult to accept the notion of a physician as vague and slow on the draw as Colin seems to be.
Russell is suitably annoying as the power in this family, though part of that must be laid at the feet of Colin, whose emotional vacuum has left her bereft of the human connection she craves.
Sturgis’s Monica has the guilt concession locked up, wondering whether her departure precipitated his imminent demise in some way. That she feels she needs to leave Simeon (albeit temporarily) to care for George speaks volumes about their relationship as well.
Bishins is fine in the limited role of Simeon, and Green and Chambers play well off each other as Tamsin and the philandering Jack.
Ayckbourn has written 75 plays, twice as many as Shakespeare. Unfortunately, “Life of Riley” lacks his usual strengths: interesting characters, an engaging plot and clever lines. “Life of Riley” is really a long sitcom, predictable and frankly dull.
“Life of Riley” plays through June 5 at the Old Globe’s Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
For tickets call (619) 234-5623 or visit HERE.


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Join us for the annual Main Street Art Exhibition at Studio Elie on Friday Jun 29th 2018 from 5-9 pm!
It’s the perfect time of year to experience the cool weather, take a stroll outdoors, and enjoy an exhibition featuring many of the area’s most talented artists!
Studio Elie students and local artists will have their works on display throughout and will be on hand to talk about their inspiration, processes and unique perspectives.
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Yes, her mom Debbie Reynolds has attended her Broadway show, “and I’m out of the will,” Carrie Fisher told critics. HBO will bring that show, “Wishful Drinking,” to television in December.
“When I got sober, overdosed, went to a mental hospital, all these things, it went in the paper. I said, ‘wait a second, if it’s going to be out there, please let my version be in it”….If you can claim it, it has very little power over you.” She’s been writing about her life since age 12, she said.
The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Reynolds did an impression of her mother, very formal and polite. When she calls on the phone, “My mother says, “hello, dear, this is your mother, Debbie.””
Her parents were never in love, she said, they were “a concept born in a publicity office, practically, and they embraced being embraced.” She then feigns tears–and you know there’s painful truth behind the laugh lines.

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Those looking for more acrimony than that, well, they may be disappointed.
The NBA Finals start on Wednesday night and the James vs. Miami story line is shaping up as little more than a meeting of the mutual admiration society, albeit with a championship at stake.
James is looking to bring the Los Angeles Lakers back to basketball's mountain top for the first time since 2010 and the Heat are looking to cap a surprising season with their fourth crown.
"I'm here for one reason and one reason only, and that's to compete for a championship," James said on the eve of his 10th finals, where he'll be seeking ring No.4.
James was asked any number of different ways on Tuesday about his time in Miami, his thoughts on coach Erik Spoelstra, his opinion of Heat president Pat Riley.
He never took the bait, speaking only with fondness for the four years he spent in Miami and the two titles the Heat won during that stay.
"Being a part of that culture allowed me to grow, allowed me to see what it takes to not only compete for a championship but also to win a championship," James said.
James left Miami and the finals have been an almost-annual stop since; this is his fifth appearance in the title round in the six seasons that followed his Heat tenure.
It's the first time Miami have been back since he left, with Jimmy Butler their new leader after the retirement of Dwyane Wade and the premature end of Chris Bosh's career for health reasons.
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What cultural references are there for this? Poe? David Lynch? Antonin Artaud? Diane Arbus? Maybe. Freaks is filled with poignancy; it offers a premonition of eugenics, as well as a provocative comparison with the alienated condition of women and the freakish nature of all showbiz celebrity. It is a work of genius.
I can't quite say the same of The Devil-Doll, a diverting oddity which comes across like a fantasy thriller by Hans Christian Andersen. An escaped convict disguises himself as an old woman in Paris and takes revenge on his enemies with an invention which reduces living creatures to the size of toys. Bizarre.


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Shipwrecks in Pacific Waters
The San Francisco Call, March 26, 1898
WRECK OF THE BOBOLINK.
The schooner started out with the land breeze from Mendocino City last Thursday, but became becalmed and drifted ashore. One of the crew lost his life while trying to reach land. The vessel will be a total loss, but her cargo of lumber will probably be saved.
ANOTHER WRECK ON THE COAST
The Schooner Bobolink Lost on the Coast of Mendocino.
Peter Nelson Lost His Life
While Attempting to Reach the Shore.
Dog From the Helen W. Almy Washed Ashore
Near the Oceanside House.
Another vessel has been wrecked on the coast. The schooner Bobolink left Mendocino City last Thursday morning with every prospect of making a quick passage to San Francisco. The land breeze carried her off the coast, but it soon fell light and the schooner began to drift. Everything posible was done to save her, but before nightfall she was hard and fast on Kents Point, near Mendocino City. An attempt was made to get her off, and while the men were at work one of the boats capsized, and Peter Nelson was drowned.
The Bobolink was loaded with lumber for the Mendocino Lumber Company, and while the vessel will probably be a total loss, the chances are that the cargo will be saved. The schooner was built in 2868 in Oakland Creek, and was 161.67 tons net burden. She was 104 feet 5 inches long, 29 feet 3 inches broad and 8 feet 9 Inches deep.
The American ship Susquehanna sailed yesterday for New l'ork in command of Captain Sewell who took charge of the vessel at the last minute. Captain Laflin cleared the vessel, but he will remain here a few days and will then go East to take command of another of the Sewell fleet. The Susquehanna has a cargo that would make her a valuable capture for a Spanish cruiser in the event of war. Among her cargo is 5470 pigs of lead, 142,646 pounds of beans, 601,069 pounds of borax, 184,267 feet of hardwood lumber, 28,970 cases and 254 barrels of salmon, 13S tons copper matte and 305,803 gallons of wine . . .
Nearly the entire fleet of coasting steamers has been withdrawn from the regular channels and is now engaged in the Dyea-Skaguay trade. Twenty-six San Francisco-owned steam schooners are running between Portland, Seattle and Tacoma and Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay. Beside these there are thirteen other steamers now on the way here from Eastern points to join in the general rush, so a big break in rates may be expected before many weeks are over.
The three-pile beacon on the end of the shoal at the entrance to Mare Island Strait, San Pablo Bay, has been destroyed. The piles remain and are just awash at high water. The beacon is to be rebuilt as soon as practicable. The crews of the life saving stations have been patrolling the beach from Point Lobos south to Point San Pedro for the last few days in the hope of picking up something that might come ashore from the wreck of the Helen W. Almy. Yesterday while near the Ocean- Bide House they found the remains of a black doc. It wore a muzzle, also a steel collar, on which was engraved "Nigger Bohen." H. Mohns of Mohns & Kattenbach asserts most positively that there was no dog on the Almy when she sailed. Others say, however, that Captain Hogan owned a dog called "Nigger Bohen," and that it went to sea with him.
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Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring. A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews
Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the New York Times bestselling author tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution. Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores — whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south — the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by Europe and Africa to the East. Atlantic is a biography of this immense space, of a sea which has defined and determined so much about the lives of the millions who live beside or near its tens of thousands of miles of coast.
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship has set the standard by which other books on sailing are measured. Used throughout America as a textbook in sailing schools and Power Squadrons, this book covers the fundamental and advanced skills of modern sailing. This edition of Annapolis is a major overhaul. Over half the book has been revised; old topics and features have been updated, and many new ones have been introduced, with the design modernized, and additional color illustrations.
A Sea Captain's Adventures Battling Scoundrels and Pirates While Recovering Stolen Ships in the World's Most Troubled Waters
Seized takes readers behind the scenes of the multibillion dollar maritime industry, as Hardberger recounts his efforts to retrieve freighters and other vessels from New Orleans to the Caribbean, from East Germany to Vladivostak, Russia, and from Greece to Guatemala. He resorts to everything from disco dancing to women of the night to distract the shipyard guards, from bribes to voodoo doctors to divert attention and buy the time he needs to sail a ship out of a foreign port without clearance. Seized is adventure nonfiction at its best.
The Rebel Raiders
The Astonishing History of the Confederacy's Secret Navy
James T. deKay
During its construction in Liverpool, the ship was known as “Number 290.”
When it was finally unleashed as the CSS Alabama, the Confederate gunship triggered the last great military campaign of the Civil War; yet another infamous example of British political treachery; and the largest retribution settlement ever negotiated by an international tribunal: $15,500,000 in gold paid by Britain to the United States. This riveting true story of the Anglo-Confederate alliance that led to the creation of a Southern navy illuminates the dramatic and crucial global impact of the American Civil War. Like most things in the War between the States, it started over cotton: Lincoln’s naval blockade prevented the South from exporting their prize commodity to England. In response, the Confederacy came up with a plan to divert the North’s vessels and open the waterways–a plan that would mean covertly building a navy in Britain with a cast of clandestine characters.
A Novel of Early America in the Age of Sail
(Modern Jewish History)
By all accounts, Uriah Phillips Levy, the first Jewish commodore in the U.S. Navy, was both a principled and pugnacious man. On his way to becoming a flag officer, he was subjected to six courts-martial and engaged in a duel, all in response to antisemitic taunts and harassment from his fellow officers. Yet he never lost his love of country or desire to serve in its navy. When the navy tried to boot him out, he took his case to the highest court and won. This richly detailed historical novel closely follows the actual events of Levy’s life: running away from his Philadelphia home to serve as a cabin boy at age ten; his service during the War of 1812 aboard the Argus and internment at the notorious British prison at Dartmoor; his campaign for the abolition of flogging in the Navy; and his purchase and restoration of Monticello as a tribute to his personal hero, Thomas Jefferson. Set against a broad panorama of U.S. history, Commodore Levy describes the American Jewish community from 1790 to 1860, the beginnings of the U.S. Navy, and the great nautical traditions of the Age of Sail before its surrender to the age of steam.
The History of Seafaring:
Navigating the World's Oceans
Donald Johnson and Juha Nurminen
Royal prestige, intellectual curiosity, and territorial expansion all propelled mankind to undertake perilous voyages across unpredictable oceans. This large and lavishly illustrated volume brings that history to life. From the early Phoenician navigation techniques to the technologies behind today's mega-ships, the greatest advances in shipbuilding are covered, accompanied by hundreds of images, with an in-depth look at navigational instruments (including those used by the Vikings).


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According to Margaret A.E. Jarvis, M.D., and Sidney H. Schnoll, M.D., Ph.D., from the Medical College of Virginia, the risks to mother and fetus in methadone maintenance are far fewer than those associated with cycles of sudden withdrawal and reintoxication by street drugs, as well as the related lifestyle dangers including high-risk HIV related behaviors. Women denied or removed from methadone maintenance during pregnancy are highly likely to relapse into heroin use.
Jarvis and Schnoll based their conclusions on a review of the literature. Although there are few studies on the effects of opioids in human fetuses, animal studies indicate that such drug use produces fetal stress. Precipitated withdrawal is worse than intoxication, but cycles of abuse and withdrawal are particularly harmful.
Methadone maintenance is the best way to provide stabilization, although infants born to methadone maintained mothers may undergo a withdrawal syndrome after birth. Infant withdrawal "combines the symptoms of the adult withdrawal syndrome, with irritability, poorly coordinated sucking and, in the most severe cases, seizure and death." Lowering the methadone dosage can lessen or even eliminate this withdrawal syndrome, however. The authors report that "at methadone doses of less than 20 mg per day, little or no neonatal abstinence is seen."
Methadone treatment for pregnant women works best in "well-coordinated multidisciplinary care settings" where good obstetrical and medical care, as well as counseling and parenting education, can be provided.
However, the authors emphasize that they "discourage" withdrawal from methadone during pregnancy except under unusual circumstances.
Methadone maintenance is optimal in pregnancy.
(adapted from the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 26:155-161, 1994)
The Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, Feb 1995 v14 n2
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if you've read what i have posted - i hope that this has helped ease your anxiety - you are taking a minimal dosage - so your baby 'should' be ok. try not to worry/panic.
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The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported 1,083 SARS-CoV-2 virus infections this Monday after Cuba’s molecular biology laboratories processed 22,796 samples. In addition, Dr Francisco Durán lamented the six deaths of the day in his daily television appearance.
The deceased, four women and three men, between the ages of 58 and 88, resided in Pedro Betancourt, Unión de Reyes (Matanzas), Rafael Freire (Holguín), Aguada de Pasajeros (Cienfuegos), El Cerro, San Miguel del Padrón and Guanabacoa (Havana).
Of the new infections, the majority (1,052) are due to autochthonous transmission, 1,032 were contacts of confirmed cases, while there were 31 imported cases, with the majority incidence of Cuban travelers from Russia, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela, Italy, Belgium and the United States.
Se confirmaron 1038 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 103524
5402 casos activos
5322 evolución clínica estable
41 pacientes en estado crítico
39 pacientes en estado grave
97462 pacientes recuperados
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— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) April 27, 2021
In addition, 10 foreigners tested positive, four Vietnamese and one Italian who acquired the virus abroad, as opposed to three Congolese and two Chadians detected as a result of autochthonous transmission.
By territories, Havana registered the highest number of cases (717, autochthonous and imported), followed by Matanzas (98), Holguín (59) and Santiago de Cuba (59).
Guantánamo (four) and Las Tunas (one) were the territories with the lowest figures. The special municipality of Isla de la Juventud and the province of Ciego de Ávila did not report cases. Villa Clara, which reported six imported cases, did not have autochthonous cases.
The municipalities that concentrate 45% of the transmission in the last two weeks belong to Havana (nine), Matanzas (two) and Sancti Spíritus (one). Two of the capital’s municipalities, Old Havana and Regla, have the highest rates with 805.1 and 798.0 per 100,000 inhabitants.
By age, 132 were under 20 and, within this group, 121 were of pediatric age. In addition: 350 classify between 20 and 39; 403 between 40 and 59, and 198 were over 60.
The number of patients in intensive care rose to 80: 41 in critical condition and 39 in serious condition. Until midnight on Monday, 22,807 people were hospitalized and there were 5,402 confirmed active cases.
With the 1,154 discharges of the day, 97,462 patients have already recovered.
April leaves 27,248 infections and 179 deaths. With the seven reported today, the death toll from the pandemic on the island now stands at 604 and the fatality rate is 0.58%.
41.7% of those diagnosed were asymptomatic.
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Tacoma is an industrial city in Washington State that sits on the banks of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle.
Best known for its stunning coastline, exceptional mountain landscape, and rich history, Tacoma is one of the best places to visit in Washington.
Tacoma has so many amazing things to do, making it a popular tourist destination for families, couples, and solo travelers.
However, with so many things to see and do, finding the best attractions can actually be quite difficult. We’re simply spoiled for choice. Today, we’re here to make sure you don’t miss the best attractions.
In this post, you’ll find a list of 10 amazing things to do in Tacoma that are worth your money (see also “Amazing Things To Do In Leavenworth“). We’ve got attractions for every type of visitor so stick around if you’re looking for some much-needed vacation inspiration!
We’ll kickstart our list with Point Defiance Park. Point Defiance Park is a huge 720-acre park that can be found on the northernmost tip of Tacoma.
A hugely popular destination for locals and tourists alike, this park is a great place to visit if you’re looking for lots of different attractions in one place.
Entrance to the park is free but you will have to pay to enter some of the attractions. We can highly recommend the zoo & aquarium as it’s a fascinating place to learn about wildlife. The Tacoma living museum is also a great place to learn more about Tacoma’s history.
The Tacoma Museum of Glass is one of the city’s most popular attractions, so you have to pay it a visit.
Well worth every cent, the museum works with renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly and others to display the most amazing exhibitions to its visitors.
Quite breathtaking, you’ll be treated to incredible works of art, live glasswork demonstrations, and stunning glass sculptures.
The Museum of Glass sits in the heart of Downtown Tacoma, so you could visit both places on the same day.
Children can enter the museum for free but there is a fee for adults. One of the best pieces of art here is the Chihuly Bridge of Glass which is a 500-foot sculpture pedestrians can cross.
Mount Rainier National Park might sit outside of Tacoma city but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the main reasons people stay in the city.
Offering the perfect escape for outdoor enthusiasts and hikers, Mount Rainier National Park is one of the best national parks in America.
Despite being an hour and a half away from Tacoma, Mt. Rainier dominates the Tacoma landscape, almost like it’s trying to draw us in. You can visit Mount Rainier National Park from Tacoma easily.
Covering 369-sq miles, there are loads of things to do. There are scenic drives, epic hikes, climbing opportunities, cycling trails, fishing excursions, and more. Of course, you can also reach the top of Mt. Rainier if you wish.
If you want to learn more about Tacoma’s local maritime history you need to visit Foss Waterway Seaport.
Open from 10 am to 4 pm Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Foss Waterway Seaport is a fantastic place to learn about the city’s maritime history and culture.
This maritime museum sits in a 100-year-old restored building that sits on a historic dock on Thea Foss Waterway.
Somewhat of a hidden gem, the museum features a wide range of interesting exhibitions and exhibits that tell the story of Tacoma’s waterfront.
While the museum is better suited to adults, there are interactive exhibits that children can enjoy too.
Next up, we have the Grand Cinema. This is the perfect tourist attraction for movie lovers that want to experience something different.
The Grand Cinema is a nonprofit movie theater run by volunteers. The cinema’s aim is to enrich the lives and cultural vitality of the Tacoma community. This is done through the art of film.
A truly unique cinema, movies are played here 365 days a year.
What’s so cool about the Grand Cinema is how it plays a wide range of films. Instead of playing the latest Hollywood blockbusters, this cinema plays foreign, indie, and locally made films.
This gives you a chance to experience something completely different.
One of the best attractions in Tacoma on a wet day is Dorky’s Arcade. An entertaining attraction for both children and adults, Dorky’s Arcade is an 80s-style arcade that features a huge range of classic video and arcade games.
Found in Downtown Tacoma, this is a great place for kids to play arcade games and for adults to relive their childhood.
Aside from the range of vintage arcade games, Dorky’s Arcade also has a collection of newer arcade games to play. You could quite easily spend most of your day here as the arcade sells beverages and pizzas to keep you fueled.
At 9 pm, Dorky’s Arcade becomes an adult-only arcade.
The next attraction on this list of amazing things to do in Tacoma worth the money is Frisko Freeze (see also “Amazing Places To Eat In Tacoma“). When it comes to finding something to eat in the city, it’s hard to beat the experience on offer at Frisko Freeze.
Frisko Freeze is a classic American diner that serves quick and delicious food. Like something straight out of the movies, Frisko Freeze serves up cheap burgers, fries, shakes, onion rings, and other classic foods.
You can order from the drive-thru or dine in the vintage diner. Frisko Freeze has been around for 60 years, so don’t miss it.
Those of you wanting to learn more about Washington and its rich history should stop by the Washington State History Museum.
This large museum will give you a tour of the region’s prehistory, settlement, Civil War, and development.
This is probably the best place to visit if you really want to get to know Washington State. Learning how the state developed into a modern-day city is incredibly interesting.
Inside the museum, you’ll find old artifacts that have been discovered across the state. This includes an original World War II spitfire plane.
There are 6 floors to explore so you will need a couple of hours to see everything the museum has to offer.
At some point during your trip to Tacoma, you will come across the Tacoma Dome. This iconic building is an imposing figure on the Tacoma skyline.
If you have the chance, you should try and leave enough time spare to visit the dome.
The Tacoma Dome is an entertainment arena that hosts a staggering variety of different events. During a vacation in Tacoma, you could find the dome hosting sporting events, concerts, and even monster truck rallies.
The best way to find an event is to check the Tacoma Dome website before booking your trip (see also “Best Hotels In Tacoma To Check Out“).
10. Bob’s Java Jive
The final Tacoma attraction we have for you is Bob’s Java Jive. Bob’s Java Jive is arguably the most quirky place to visit in Washington, never mind Tacoma.
Bob’s Java Jive has the most amazing coffee pot design. While it looks totally out of place in the city, it’s extremely popular. What makes things even more interesting is that Bob’s Java Jive isn’t actually a cafe.
Instead, this coffee pot-shaped building is a bar that serves up beer and burgers. Built in 1927, Bob’s Java Jive regularly has live music, karaoke nights, and arcade games.
As you can imagine, it’s an entertaining place to spend the night.
As you can see from our list of things to do, Tacoma is an exciting destination to visit. It doesn’t matter what you’re looking for, the city has something for you.
What makes Tacoma even better is that you don’t have to spend hundreds upon thousands of dollars to have a good time.
Most attractions in the city are very fairly priced or free. Now you have our list of Tacoma things to do at your fingertips, you should start planning your trip.
If you can, try to visit most if not all the places from this list because these are the best things to see and do in Tacoma.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, Tacoma, Washington is most definitely worth visiting. This historic city is jam-packed with attractions for every type of traveler. It doesn’t matter what you like to do, Tacoma has something you can enjoy.
Tacoma also has a wide range of things to do for free. This includes Wright Park, Ruston Way, and Titlow Beach.
Tacoma is definitely a city you want to spend 2 to 3 days exploring. There is far too much to do in 1 day. In 2 or 3 days, you can explore most of the best attractions and learn more about the city.
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A Criminal Account of Pleasure: The George Kuchar Reader
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts
Andrew Lampert , the editor of The George Kuchar Reader (and Anthology Film Archives’ Curator of Collections) appears in person to read excerpts from the book and to discuss this legend. The program includes George Kuchar’s 16mm Corruption of the Damned and the video The Exiled Files of Eddie Gray.


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A true winner at last weekend's Hungarian box office was local feature Happy Birthday! (Boldog Szuletesnapot!). The debut film from local director Csaba Fazekas (pictured), it tells the story of a young man who turns 30, and realizes he doesn't have a wife, a house, a car, children and has never made love to two women at the same time. He therefore decides to get it all on his birthday.
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How pedestrians "interfere with traffic"
Videographer Jay Mallin was outraged when Prince William County gave a man a ticket for "interfering with traffic" after he was hit trying to cross Route 1 in Woodbridge. He created this great video of how many of our suburban areas ignore the needs of people on foot:
In that area of Woodbridge, the nearest marked crosswalk is a half mile away or more, and not visible due to a hill. Mallin goes to other areas of Bethesda and Chevy Chase where getting to a bus stop also requires crossing Wisconsin Avenue where there are no marked crosswalks in sight.
The Woodbridge area where Mallin tried to cross does have an intersection nearby without a marked crosswalk. Technically, this counts as an unmarked crosswalk, and pedestrians could legally cross here, though it's no safer than crossing anywhere else in the middle of the street.
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Credit scoring models usually take into account how much you owe compared to how much credit you have available, called your credit utilization rate or your balance-to-limit ratio. Basically it's the sum of all of your revolving debt (such as your credit card balances) divided by the total credit that is available to you (or the total of all your credit limits).
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Reducing your balances on credit cards and other revolving credit accounts is likely the better option to improve your credit utilization rate, and, subsequently, your credit scores. Consistently making on-time payments against your debt will also help you build a positive credit history, which can have additional benefits for your credit history and, by extension, your credit scores, too.

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