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Hurling in the 19th Century
Kilnamona's hurling club was established in 1887. Their first recorded game took place on 20th Feb 1887. Ruan were the opponents and Kilnamona ran out winners by 1-1 to 0-2. They had a rematch some weeks later. The Saturday Record describes the scene:
"At 2 p.m. the young men of Kilnamona made their appearance. They were hailed with ringing and vociferous cheers by the vast multitude of people assembled at the quaint old village of Ruan. they were glad to participate in the revival of this favourite pastime...When the specified time for hurling had elapsed, Ruan had scored 1 goal and 3 points, and the Kilnamona men one goal and two points, thus showing a decisive victory for for the Ruan hurlers, after one of the best contested hurling games that even the oldest man in in the parishes of Ruan and Kilnamona ever witnessed" [1
The second round of the 1887 county championship saw Kilnamona take on Kilfenora. After an hour and forty minutes hurling had elapsed, Kilnamona emerged the winners on a score of 2-8 to 1-1. Kilfenora claimed the reason they lost was that their best players were unable to attend .
Tournaments were very prominent in these formative years of the GAA. An example was the Lahinch Tournament of 1887.
A letter writer to the Saturday Record of October 22, 1887 recounts the athletics sports day at Lahinch Racecourse. Football and hurling teams from Miltown, Broadford, Inagh, Kilmaley, Ruan, Ennis, Crusheen, Dysart and Rath all competed. Kilmaley got the better of Kilnamona in the hurling. The sports day was enlivened by sideshows such as the wheel of fortune, shooting rings and merry go rounds. The proprietor of one of the card tables was "the famous Jack Morgan...in fact the leading celebrity of Ennistymon". The letter writer was glad to report that "there was no drunkenness, no fighting, nothing in fact to disturb the harmony of the day's amusement" .
Two games are recorded in 1888. Kilnamona took on Rath and Kilnaboy at Fountain. Kilnamona winning the game easily on a score of 3-6 to no score . They also appeared at the Gaelic Sports day held at Slaveen Hill, Inch; Kilnamona beat Inch on a scoreline of 1-1 to a single point .
Many games at this time were dogged by objections and games were frequently won and lost at County Board meetings. One such case, in relation to Kilnamona, was recorded in the August 27, 1898 Clare Man. At the meeting, held in Ruan, Kilnamona, represented by Jack Power, lodged an objection against Tulla over a disputed point claimed by Kilnamona. Sadly, however, the Board upheld the referee's decision!
As the century drew to a close, Kilnamona's hurling glory days lay just ahead. The first decade of the 20th century was to prove enormously successful.
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Mayor announces plans to bolster Boston's Economy in Address to Chamber of Commerce
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined business leaders at the government affairs forum of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. In his speech to the Chamber's members and guests, Mayor Menino highlighted the fact that innovative ideas and creative opportunities for progress often originate during difficult economic times. Mayor Menino spoke about strong leadership and harnessing Boston's recognized assets, such as its strong workforce, in order to position the City to withstand the current economic downturn and prepare for future opportunities.
"Boston's assets are as great, if not greater, than the challenges we face," Mayor Menino said. "Times of crisis are times for innovation and collaboration, and that's what Boston does best. We must look at Boston's challenges and we must not see obstacles, but opportunities for growth, discovery, and innovation."
Mayor Menino's address focused on combining strong leadership and Boston's existing resources to concentrate on four overarching concerns: 1) Investing in stalled development; 2) Fighting for equity on behalf of residents; 3) Working with the federal government to craft a responsible stimulus plan; and 4) Positioning the City of Boston for future growth.
In a recessive economy, stimulating construction and development remains one of Boston's largest challenges. Mayor Menino acknowledged the impact of tightening credit markets, but emphasized the need to spur projects in the development pipeline in order to create jobs and capitalize on the interest and confidence that developers have in Boston. Modeled after the Hotel Development Loan Fund, created in the wake of September 11, 2001 to fill the gap in financing for hotel projects that were ready to break ground, Mayor Menino announced a new initiative called Boston Invests. Boston Invests is a bold action plan to invest in stalled development projects to ensure that the City's economy can continue to grow and create jobs. The initiative will make available $40 million in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) loan funds to construction projects that are ready to go.
The Hotel Development Loan Fund resulted in four new hotels and the creation of nearly 3,000 jobs, in addition to $6 million in revenue for the City of Boston from the loan. Boston Invests aims to replicate the benefits achieved seven years ago through the Hotel Development Loan Fund.
Stressing the importance of strong leadership to fight on behalf of local businesses and residents, Mayor Menino underlined his opposition to the state's recent proposal to adjust Turnpike toll rates. He labeled the plan to double tolls in and around Boston as not only unfair to local residents and business, but poor policy as well because the state's proposal would hurt the local economy by driving consumers away from Boston businesses. Mayor Menino also asked that the state maintain its promise of lower rates to the residents of East Boston, South Boston, and the North End to partially mitigate the impact of the nearby Turnpike. While recognizing its unpopularity, Mayor Menino asked the state legislature to consider a more equitable solution to the budget shortfall, such as the gas tax.
Viewing Boston and other cities as the economic engine of nation, Mayor Menino spoke to concerns over the national economy and Boston's role in moving America forward. "Boston is not in need of a bailout," Mayor Menino said. Instead, Boston is in a position to help with the build-up necessary to advance the larger economy. Mayor Menino hopes that a stimulus package will deliver to cities the resources needed to re-build and sustain vibrant communities. Boston has $130 million of school modernization projects ready to go. Housing and foreclosure investments and transportation infrastructure upgrades represent other potential stimulus projects.
Social enterprise infrastructure programs for universities, hospitals and other non-profit organizations are equally important to stimulating the local and national economy. Organizations like these provide the human capital needed for Boston to remain successful in emerging economies. Mayor Menino's leadership in green jobs creation and sustainability policies has provided a way to seamlessly connect the green agenda with economic growth. Achievements in sustainable development and investment in green jobs, now a centerpiece of President-elect Obama's economic plan, puts Boston in a position to capitalize on this growing economic sector.
In looking to the future, Mayor Menino addressed the role played by public-private partnerships in the success of Boston. Partnerships with hospitals, universities, and other non-profit institutions are mutually beneficial, but under the current structure, there are significant disparities in what various institutions contribute to the City. Mayor Menino called on the need to create an equitable PILOT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes) system so that these relationships are fairer and generate more value, both in payments and in programs. To this end, Mayor Menino will commission a task force to review the current system of PILOT agreements. The task force will convene hospital, university, and other non-profit leaders to review the current programs and services offered by institutions and to make recommendations to strengthen the partnership between Boston and its non-profit institutions.

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Changes to postal and proxy vote applications
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Voters are now able to apply for a postal vote by completing an online application form at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote.
Previously, postal votes could only be applied for by completing a paper application form.
Paper forms will still be available from the Electoral Commission’s website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter.
They can also be requested from council’s Electoral Services team via email or phone at [email protected] or 01273 471600.
Postal votes will last for a maximum of three years with voters required to re-apply for their postal vote at the end of this period.
If you currently have a postal vote in place, you do not need to take any action now. The Council will write to you when it is time to renew.
Proxy voting has also changed - under new rules, voters will be limited to acting as a proxy for up to four people, regardless of their relationship. Only two of these can be domestic electors.
Anyone voting on behalf of UK voters who live overseas may be eligible to act as a proxy for up to four people.
Voters can now apply online at www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote for some types of proxy vote.
A National Insurance number will need to be provided on postal vote and proxy vote applications. If someone is not able to provide it, alternative proof of identity may be accepted.
These changes are part of the Elections Act and further information can be found at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/our-views-and-research/elections-act.

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American Express Careers
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You will be part of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world class Card member experiences across multiple channels, including web service integration, java services, APIs. You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers.
- Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications; Performs hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems
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- Typically spends 30-50% of time writing code and testing, and remainder of time managing team and stakeholders through ongoing product/platform release sprints
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- Java programmer (minimum Java 7, Java 8 preferable).
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King County Considering Spot Checks For Pesticides In Cannabis Products
One of the promises of legalized marijuana was keeping it healthier through regulations. But some still worry about pesticides in pot products. King County is considering an ordinance that would implement spot checks on marijuana retailers, much like inspections in the restaurant industry.
The state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board has a long list of chemicals that are approved as pesticides for marijuana. Despite that, King County health officials recently acknowledged finding high levels of banned pesticides in some products.
“We heard in the board of health that there have been products containing upwards of 100,000 parts per billion of banned pesticides in this state,” said councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, chair of the county’s Health, Housing and Human Services Committee.
“Not a surprise in some ways, but very unfortunate that the state Liquor and Cannabis Board has not made it a priority to verify and ensure that I-502 marijuana products are safe for the consumer.”
She’s proposing a system of spot inspections. The results would be posted on a county web site that consumers could check. They could also be used by the state to suspend or revoke licenses. Kohl Welles says she especially wants to protect users of medical marijuana.
“I think bringing attention to the violations will pressure the industry and the Liquor and Cannabis Board to be accountable and deliver the safest and best products they can – especially critical, again, for the medically vulnerable, such as cancer patients,” she said.
The county recently revised the ordinance to eliminate fines. The cost of the system would be covered instead by taxes on recreational marijuana collected by the state.
Business owners who attended the committee meeting to testify liked that change and mostly agreed with the need for more enforcement. But many said a piecemeal regulation would be a mistake. Instead, they are asking for a work group where they could help set legislative priorities on the state level.
Erin Green is the operations manager at Vela, a new pot shop in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood that emphasizes education and transparency in the production process. She says they work with growers all over Washington.
“So, if safety is the goal, then it needs to be regulated at the state level, because if it was just done city by city or county by county, you wouldn’t have jurisdiction over all of the producers where product could be coming from,” Green said.
But Kohl-Welles and others say the state isn’t making enforcement a priority, so even shining a light on the problem in one county could make a difference.
Her committee takes up the regulation once more on Sept. 20.


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Pots fired to low bisque temperatures are placed carefully in a pit with combustibles. The pieces are fumed by chemicals and vapors from various combustible materials as they go through oxidation and reduction atmospheres. Imprinting by smoke, the clay surface results in multiple color development range in black, brown, or grey. Ceramics reduction firing, reducing atmosphere, carbon In the case of firing in an atmosphere deprived of oxygen, where combustible compounds are incompletely oxidized, the metallic oxides of the glaze undergo variable levels of alteration according to their reductibility, their contact with the reducing atmosphere, the thickness of the glaze, the reduction of the atmosphere, the temperature, the selected moment and the duration of the reduction, the location
Mar 08, 2021 · Your reaction breaks down to the following for an oxidation firing using propane:C3H8 + 5 O2 4 H2O + 3 CO2. With access to enough oxygen to efficiently burn your fuel, you are almost exclusively producing water vapor and CO2, which will cause oxidation of your ceramic surfaces. GLOSSARY:Reduction firing - GotheborgBody-reduction is a reduction early in the firing before the clay body has become too vitrified, with the result that the clay body takes a baked appearance because the excited carbon in the atmosphere reacts with the iron oxide in the clay. Glaze reduction is done at the glaze's maturing temperature. Most of the coloring agents in glazes are a How do you do oxidation reduction? MvorganizingNov 01, 2019 · The terms oxidation and reduction refer to how much oxygen is in the kilns atmosphere while the kiln is firing. An oxidation atmosphere has plenty of oxygen for the fuel to burn. The reduction process, when oxygen is leeched out of your kiln atmosphere and pottery, can change the texture of your clay.
Oxidation firing allow very bright, rich colors. High temperatures may be used, or low temperatures. Reduction firing is typically done in a gas or other fuel burning kiln, since the corrosive effects wear out the elements on an electric kiln. In reduction firing, oxygen is prevented from interacting with the glazes during glaze maturation. Pottery Making:An Introduction - AVA360 Entertainment Sep 20, 2017 · Atmosphere neutral, oxidation, reduction. Common Kilns and Firing Styles. Electric Kilns Often made out of soft bricks, usually an oxidation or neutral atmosphere, heated by coils carrying electricity. Gas Kilns propane or natural gas, often used to achieve a reduction atmosphere. Quick Answer:What Is Reduction Firing? - CeramicsThe terms oxidation and reduction refer to how much oxygen is in the kilns atmosphere while the kiln is firing. An oxidation atmosphere has plenty of oxygen for the fuel to burn. The reduction process, when oxygen is leeched out of your kiln atmosphere and pottery, can change the texture of your clay.
Oct 22, 2019 · Reduction firings can bring out some wonderful colors in pottery. Many high-fire glazes are formulated for reduction, and will not work successfully in neutral or oxidation firings. These brilliant colorings and effects are created when metallic oxides in glazes change form. Two Kiln Firings:Oxidation and Reduction - William A Dec 01, 2014 · Reduction Firing Burned Down Due to the lesser amount of fuel used in the oxidation firing, the final step (kiln opening) occurred later in the same day. The strong gust of wind that came up just as the fuel was fully aflame caused most of the larger pots to explode and the smaller ones to crack.7 Pottery Firing Methods Commonly Used - With Images

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Maybe its because I deferred a lot of jobs during the MA. Maybe its because I need the deadlines of a course. Maybe its because we are getting ready for an exciting holiday. But the writing is not happening often enough. Being a writer is definitely harder than being a student.
And this is beauty week. Nails and face. But not hair, as now I am growing it, it needs less attention.

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Happy Spring everyone! I am hoping the weather warms up soon so I can start wearing more spring clothing. Today I have a casual look that is easy to put together and fun to wear on a sunny spring day.
This plaid shirt is from Material Girl and I got it as a gift a few years ago. If you look at the front of the shirt, it looks like a normal plaid button down. However, once I turn around it becomes a lot more fun since there is a mesh heart on the back of the shirt.
I really enjoy this heart cut out on the back. It makes the shirt different and eye-catching. Many plaid shirts do not come like this, however, if you are feeling creative you could make your own! You can use fabric paint on the back of your plaid shirt to write a phase or draw an object, such as a heart. Or you could also use iron on patches and put them all over your shirt.
Since this shirt is so bold on its own, I kept my jeans and shoes pretty simple. I wore my favorite pair of black ripped studded jeans and my good old black Converse. My accessories were also simple; black and white sunglasses and a black and silver bracelet.
Even though it is officially spring, we are probably going to have to wear our jeans and long sleeve shirts for a little bit longer. Do not let that prevent you from wearing fun clothing though! Try spicing up a plaid shirt you might not wear anymore or find a few plaid button downs with cut outs on the back of them. You could even keep an eye out for plaid button downs in bright spring colors. Have fun and Happy Spring!
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“Fine furniture has true joints—mortis and tenon joints,” explains Ferla. “You don’t need any fasteners; you just need the joint and the glue.”
Ferla is a master woodworker, a distinction accorded to only a select few in Hawai‘i. Hailing from a family of woodworkers and masons in Connecticut, Ferla knew by the time he was 9 years old that he’d become a woodworker. He came to O‘ahu in 1984 for an eight-day job on a Kähala home and never left. Since 1989 Ferla’s been creating custom fine furniture and restoring antique and historical pieces at Kamani Woodworks (also known as Woodchucks Hawaii) in Kaka‘ako. Whether restoring the 1920 American walnut dining table in the governor’s mansion at Washington Place, building koa artifact cabinets for Outrigger Hotels or designing custom pieces in Craftsman, Shaker and Hawaiiana styles, his ambition is the same: to shape what was a living tree into a functional work of art.
“People generally don’t come to me for a project unless someone else has told them it can’t be done,” Ferla says. For example, taking a termite-ridden piece of wood from a 200-year-old chair, restoring it to look like a healthy new piece of wood and then treating it with pigments and stains to make it look 200 years old again—Ferla’s craft is as much a science as an art. “We start at ‘impossible’ every morning and have to defeat it. There is nothing that can’t be reasoned out in woodworking.”
With all ten fingers still intact, the 53- year-old works not only to restore treasures from the past but to perpetuate the craft for the future: Over the years he’s schooled thirty-seven apprentices. “Furniture used to be a commodity; people moved with it and passed it down over the generations. It gained value,” Ferla says. “We need to get back there. We need to revere it.”


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|Michael Curry introduced as new Detroit Pistons head coach|
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Former Pistons role player and assistant Michael Curry was introduced Tuesday as the team's new coach.
The 39-year-old first-time head coach takes over for Flip Saunders, who was fired last week after leading Detroit to losses in the Eastern Conference finals the past three seasons.
The Pistons and Curry agreed on a three-year deal worth $2.5 million a season.
Curry's playing career started as an undrafted free agent during the 1993-94 season in Philadelphia and ended during the 2004-05 season with the Indiana Pacers.

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[Virtual Talk] Katina Rogers on Putting the Humanities Ph.D. to Work
In Putting the Humanities PhD to Work Katina L. Rogers grounds practical career advice in a nuanced consideration of the current landscape of the academic workforce. Drawing on surveys, interviews, and personal experience, Rogers explores the evolving rhetoric and practices regarding career preparation and how those changes intersect with admissions practices, scholarly reward structures, and academic labor practices—especially the increasing reliance on contingent labor. Rogers invites readers to consider how graduate training can lead to meaningful and significant careers beyond the academy.
Katina L. Rogers is Co-Director of the Futures Initiative and Director of Programs and Administration of HASTAC at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Katina is joined in presenting by Cihan Tekay, a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology. Cihan is writing her dissertation is on the political economy of electrification and its repercussions in daily life in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey from 1890 to 1940. She is also a Futures Initiative graduate fellow.
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World Mourns Football Legend Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi, Italy's goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign, has died from “an incurable disease”, aged 64.
Italian TV channel RAI Sport, where Rossi had been working as a pundit, said on Thursday "Pablito" had died of an "incurable disease".
"Such terribly sad news: Paolo Rossi has left us," RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale tweeted.
"Unforgettable Pablito, who made all of us fall in love in that summer of 1982 and who was a precious and competent work colleague in RAI over recent years."
Rossi won two Serie A titles, a European Cup and a Coppa Italia with Juventus but will be most fondly remembered for his six goals at the 1982 World Cup in Spain./Independent
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has released details of a security breach on its platform.
According to KuCoin, about $150 worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and several other cryptocurrencies have been moved from the exchange platform. This announcement comes as a shock to the exchange users because KuCoin prides itself as being both advanced and secure.
KuCoin confirmed the hack in a blog post on September 25, 2020. Disclosing that while its hot wallet was the major recipient of the hack, its cold wallet remains relatively safe. The exchange furthermore promised users affected by the hack the definite reimbursement of their funds. The exchange pointed out that all missing funds “will be covered completely by KuCoin and our insurance fund.”
Details of the hack
Foul play was first suspected when users began complaining about surprising withdrawal issues. The exchange first attributed the issue to a system downtime. One Telegram admin actually told users to pause all withdrawal or deposit requests as transactions weren’t going through.
The hack, however, became obvious when approximately $150 million worth of crypto had been transferred to a different address. About $4 million worth of Ether, and about $146 million in several other tokens, were missing from KuCoin. According to the official update announcement, some of the missing funds were part of the exchange’s total assets holdings.
Crypto data company Cryptoquant pointed out the large withdrawal of Bitcoin as a sure indication of a hack. According to Ki Young Ju, CEO of Cryptoquant, “If it were merely a systems issue, outflows would go straight to zero without a spike.”
It seems #Kucoin got hacked.
Usually, after being hacked, the $BTC outflow increases rapidly and then becomes zero. Since 20:00 UTC on September 25th, the outflow has continuously been zero.
— CryptoQuant (@cryptoquant_com) September 26, 2020
Speaking on the update, KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu provided more details of the hack during a livestream.
According to Lyu, the exchange shut down its server the moment it realized the security of its platform has been breached. Nonetheless, the transfers continued as the wallet was already compromised.
Update on the hack
Speaking to its exchange users, KuCoin reiterated on the safety of its cold wallet fund. Plans are in place to carry out a detailed security assessment to prevent a future recurrence of the breach. Deposits and withdrawals are still suspended and will remain so throughout the security assessment.
The crypto space has attracted the attention of people worldwide, both the good and the bad. Scams, hacks, thefts, and other security breaches are a major part of the crypto space.
Previously, Altcoin Buzz covered details of the telltale signs of a crypto scammer and scam projects.


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Heven Drones, a fast-growing Israeli drone technology company, has unveiled at ISDEF 2022 an integrated robotic solution combining an aerial multirotor and unmanned ground vehicle for land and air operation. The solution was jointly developed by Heven Drones and Roboteam, an Israeli tactical ground robotic systems provider. The companies began working on the project responding to a specific requirement for defense and homeland security applications raised by a customer. They are now exploring additional use cases for land and air robots to maximize efficiency in other applications.
HevenDrones, an Israeli developer of heavy drones announced an alliance with US-based Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG), for the development and commercialization of hydrogen fuel-cell-powered heavy-lift drones and related support equipment and infrastructure required for their operation. Together, the companies plan to provide an integrated solution to power and refuel HevenDrones’ next-generation fleet with the key objective of providing extended flight times and range.


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LOS ANGELES -- It wasn't long before the Dodgers' offense began clicking like the Dodgers' offense in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Thursday night.
Three pitches into the game, Joc Pederson uncorked a leadoff home run on an 0-2 fastball on the outer edge of the plate. An inning later, Player Page for Max Muncy unleashed a three-run shot into the right-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium.
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In their 6-0 thrashing of the Braves, the Dodgers scored their first five runs via the long ball, including Enrique Hernandez's solo shot in the sixth. It was a fitting extension of a regular season in which they set a franchise record and led the National League with 235 dingers.
"You gotta grind out at-bats, and I think we do a great job of that," Pederson said. "Hit with runners on base, get the guy over, situational hitting -- it all plays a part. But I mean, sometimes a home run does the job. I don't know what else to tell you."
Power and patience. Patience and power. It's what these Dodgers do.
It's what these Dodgers have done all season.
And if they're going to beat Atlanta in the National League Division Series, it's almost certainly how these Dodgers are going to do it. Atlanta's pitchers weren't particularly susceptible to the home run this year, but they've walked more than their share. The Braves issued more free passes than any other pitching staff in the National League.
Pederson and Muncy will have the chance to be at the forefront, too. The Braves are currently in line to start right-handed pitchers for the remainder of the series. The platoon-happy Dodgers are expected to ride the lefty-hitting Pederson and Muncy the rest of the way.
"I like our left-handed-[hitting] lineup," Roberts said with a grin.
On Thursday night, it was easy to see why.
After a dominant Hyun-Jin Ryu cruised through the top of the first inning, Pederson made an immediate statement. Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz threw a 98-mph fastball on the outside corner. But with two strikes, Pederson was swinging to do damage.
And that's precisely what he did. When the ball landed beyond the outstretched glove of center fielder Ender Inciarte, Pederson became the first player in Dodgers history to homer in the team's first at-bat of the postseason. It was the club's fourth leadoff homer in a playoff game and the first since Chris Taylor opened the World Series with a leadoff shot last October against Houston.
"It's pretty special," Pederson said. "That guy had plus-plus stuff, and we were just trying to get him early and get some guys on base. I got behind 0-2, and I was able to battle and put a ball on the barrel. I definitely wasn't trying to do that, but it was really nice."
That's a recurring theme with these Dodgers hitters. They aren't trying to hit home runs. They just do.
"It's just a result of us having a good approach and good at-bats," Muncy said. "A lot of the home runs we've had have come off of long at-bats, working the counts and wearing the pitcher down. Again, I don't feel like we're trying to hit a home run. It's just the result of a good approach."
With that approach, the Dodgers led the Majors with 647 walks this season, too. That kind of patience could prove particularly dangerous over the next few days.
It showed on Thursday, as the Dodgers worked eight free passes. Muncy did so three times, becoming the first player in history to homer and record three walks in his first playoff game.
As recently as last year, Muncy was looking for work, having been designated for assignment by Oakland. He wasn't on the Dodgers' Opening Day roster and didn't earn a callup until late April. In the second inning Thursday, he sent a playoff crowd at Dodger Stadium into a frenzy when he pulverized a Foltynewicz fastball into the fifth row.
"This is what everyone dreams of doing," Muncy said.
The way this series lines up, Muncy and Pederson will almost certainly get the chance to live a few more of those dreams.


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In an interview, Stevens said that when she was growing up she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie. With this series opener, she shows that she is well on her way to becoming the latter. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are students at the Deepdean School for Girls. Daisy has dreams of being a great detective, but life at Deepdean is dull and mystery-free, until Hazel stumbles upon the body of their science teacher, Miss Bell, in the gymnasium. Hazel runs to tell the staff, but when she returns the body is gone. Where is the body? Where is Miss Bell? Why do the staff seem unconcerned about the missing teacher? An appealing blend of boarding school romp and Golden Age whodunit, Murder is Bad Manners is a cozy delight.
The latest entry in Stroud’s Lockwood and Company series turns up the heat on the suspense, mystery and horror of the earlier books. London struggles with an epidemic – an epidemic of ghosts. Ghosts that can kill with a touch. Why the dead won’t remain at rest is the main mystery in this series. Since only children can see ghosts, young people working for ghost hunting companies take to the streets every night to eradicate the menace. Adding to the dangers of the undead, some decidedly living assassins are targeting ghost hunters. Who are they? Why do they want to stop the ghost hunters? Dashing teenaged Anthony Lockwood teams with supernaturally gifted Lucy Carlyle to solve the mystery in this spine-tingling page turner.
I won’t lie. Woof was not only one of my favorite children’s reads in 2015, it was one of my favorite reads, period. The same formula that makes the Chet and Bernie books such a delight works perfectly in this new series. Instead of Chet and Bernie we have Bowser and Birdie. Bowser is a rescue mutt, and Birdie is the spunky girl who rescues him. When the prize stuffed marlin at her aunt’s bait shop is stolen, Birdie decides to get to the bottom of the mystery. Bowser hinders as much as he helps, but when some bad guys don’t like Birdie’s snooping, Bowser comes through. A fun romp.
Spunky Mo LoBeau and her friend Dale Earnhart Johnson -- the self proclaimed Desperado Detectives -- worked together in earlier books to solve mysteries in their little hometown of Tupelo Landing, North Carolina. In this outing, Dale’s father Macon breaks out of jail, and Mo and Dale try to find him. Complicating the task is Dale’s belief that his father is innocent, while Mo is not so sure. The first book in the series, Three Times Lucky, won the Newbery Award for children’s literature. The Odds of Getting Even is a clever, funny, warmhearted read.
Have you read any good children’s mysteries lately?

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Predicated on fear of a global slowdown and the uncertainty around coronavirus, the stock has experienced extreme volatility as it heads into bear territory. While it may be expected for even the bluest of blue-chip stocks to experience volatility, investors should pay particular attention to their entire investment portfolios as it is in violate market climates that broker misconduct may reveal itself, especially as it relates to your investment objectives and suitability.
When the market suddenly drops, investment portfolios will reflect not only the fluctuations, but also the risks inherent inparticular strategies and investments. All securities carry risk, but some investment products have more than others. Risk tolerance refers to the level of uncertainty in investment performance that is acceptable to the investor. An investor’s risk tolerance is reflective of their financial situation, needs, age, objectives, time requirements, and other considerations. Generally, investors can be categorized within varying levels of conservative, moderate, or aggressive. The types of investments in an investor’s portfolio should reflect their risk tolerance. The changes that investors noticed in their portfolio during market shifts could be indicative of where their portfolio falls on this spectrum.
Investors with the lower risk tolerances should have a conservative investment strategy in place that shields their portfolio from significant declines in market downturns. The goal of conservative investors is to prioritize principal protection and liquidity over risky appreciation. A conservative investment portfolio will be mainly comprised of safer, low-risk fixed-income investments, such as bonds and certificates of deposits. While low-risk investments do not generate the highest returns, the chances of losing principal are much lower. Older individuals closer to retirement should have investment profiles that reflect a more conservative investment portfolio. It is a huge red flag for any conservative investors to have noticed a complete decline in their portfolio from the market downturn.

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Ever since I discovered unfinished wood canvas board squares, I’ve been having a great time creating my own wall art. These wooden squares hang like a typical canvas and are the perfect base for painting and decorating. I typically like to create my art from items that I find in nature. Twigs, wood slices, and pebbles are a great rustic way to create a variety of images. It’s so easy to make DIY wood wall art that you might find it quite addicting!
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The only things that you actually need to purchase for this craft are the square wood panels and paint if you don’t want a natural background.
Because the wood panels come in a pack of five, there are enough to create a fun wall collage. You can also add in other pieces of art to add extra interest to a gallery wall. The wood panels pair well with photos and mirrors as well.
Since I like to have a light neutral background for my wall art, I start by painting the wood squares a creamy white. Then, I just glue on my nature items to form an object or scene. There are no specific rules to this. Usually, I have an idea in mind that I want to create. Then, it’s just a matter of laying out my items to form the design that is in my head.
Birds On A Wire Art Square
I love using pebbles to form art. My favorite way to use pebbles is as bird bodies. It’s best to use somewhat flat pebbles for the birds. Then, draw in beaks and legs. Any time that I want to add words or an inspirational message, I just wood burn them onto another piece of wood. Of course, if I left the wood panel natural, it would be easy to burn the letters directly onto the square.
Rustic Flower Wooden Wall Decor
Flowers are a lot of fun to make out of pine cones. The pine cone petals are the perfect shape to use as flower petals. Check out my other DIY pine cone flowers to see the details on how this is done.
Peaceful Trees Wood Wall Art
Pine trees are so easy to make using small twigs. And, it’s fun! Create a single tree or a whole line of trees. I used birch branch slices to create my word. Each slice gets it’s own letter.

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Precise time is crucial to a variety of economic activities around the world. Communication systems, electrical power grids, and financial networks all rely on precision timing for synchronization and operational efficiency. The free availability of GPS time has enabled cost savings for industrial and scientific developments that depend on precise time and has led to significant advances in capability. For example, wireless telephone and data networks use GPS time to keep all of their base stations in perfect synchronization. However, even the most sophisticated satellite navigation equipment cannot operate in every environment. In response to this critical need, we investigated in previous work the collective patterns of oscillations that can arise, via symmetry-breaking bifurcations, in networks of coupled nonlinear oscillators with the goal of reducing phase drift via collective responses. In that work the emphasis was purely on the existence and stability properties of collective patterns of oscillations. In this thesis, we investigate the effects of noise on phase drift with the additional goal of determining which patterns of oscillations can lead to the optimal phase error reduction and, ultimately, to improve precision timing. The underlying objective is to design and fabricate a high-precision, inexpensive, Coupled Crystal Oscillator System and Timing (CCOST) with a scaling error of 1/N, that can operate when GPS service degrades or is denied.


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Flower Sapphire and Diamonds Necklace
This Flower Necklace has 2.3Gr, 14k Rose Gold with 0.17ct Diamonds & 0.06ct Blue Sapphires. Dimension 0.45"L / 0.45"W You can also choose between three colors of gold: rose, yellow, and white. Please specify...
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A classy princess cut blue sapphire with baguette and round diamonds in 18K white gold necklace. 2.20CT .total weight of diamonds and 1.00CT. blue Saphire

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Conriya is a pre-eminent Ketyai nation of the eastern Three Seas, located south of Ce Tydonn and north of High Ainon, founded in 3374 (after the collapse of the Eastern Ceneian Empire) around Aöknyssus, the ancient capital of Shir.
Of the four successor nations to the Shiradi Empire (Cengemis, Conriya, Ainon, and Sansor), none has worked so hard to reclaim and preserve its ancient traditions. Nowhere are the caste divisions more rigidly observed, and nowhere are the codes governing caste-noble behaviour more strict. Though many, particularly the Ainoni, scoff at what they consider the affectation of antique ways, there can be little doubt that the resulting social discipline has served the Conriyans well. Since gaining its independence, Conriya has successfully weathered innumerable incursions, invasions, blockades, and embargoes, almost all of them due to the machinations of High Ainon.
- Encyclopedic Glossary, ‘Conriya’

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Almost three years ago my best friend and her sister were tragically killed in a car accident. I don't remember finding out and I don't remember much of the days that followed but I do remember at some point, I wrote a Facebook status.
I don't remember why I did it specifically but after too many torturous emails and phone calls to tell friends the news, I knew it was the easiest way to break my silence and let a lot of people know that they were gone.
That status got almost 300 'likes'.
It got likes from friends who knew what had happened, friends who didn't and even people who had never met them. Liking my heartbroken status about the death of two twentysomething girls could be interpreted as a bit odd but you know what would be more odd? Disliking it.
Imagine the questions I would have had as those 'Dislikes' rolled in: are you disliking their death or my pain? Do you not like how I've worded my status or that I wrote it at all? Do you think I'm attention seeking or wish I hadn't told you this way?
So many potential questions and so much potential added negativity to a situation that should never be made any harder to bear.
During a Q&A session on Tuesday, C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook has begun working on implementing other alternatives to the 'Like' button. "I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years," he said. "Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we're working on it and shipping it."
The beauty of the 'Like' is that it stands for positivity. In a cyber world where we are all constantly putting ourselves out there to be scrutinised and even trolled by total strangers, a 'like' or a 'favourite' is a simple encouraging action that offers much joy to all. It can mean 'You're funny', 'I support this', 'You look fit', 'Well done', 'This is cool' and so much more. Indisputably, a 'Like' has alway stood for something positive.
Zuckerberg continued, "What [users] really want is the ability to express empathy. Not every moment is a good moment...[In regards to death] people want to express that they understand and that they relate to you so I do think it's important to give people more options than 'like'."
But a 'Like' already is a moment of understanding. Of support. Of love. When people die, when people are taken too soon, no one knows what to say because there is absolutely nothing that makes any of it ok. But a 'Like' is a simple unobtrusive action that shows 'I'm here'.
A 'Dislike' will change all of that. Naturally, we will want to dislike death status' because naturally we dislike death but the last thing someone grieving needs is negativity or a reminder of how awful it all is. We do not need to be able to 'Dislike' death. We do not need negativity in death for that only makes the pain worse.
My status all those years ago, was a subconscious call to my Facebook family for positivity.
I wanted those 'Likes' not for self gratification, I wanted those likes because they stood for something good. They meant people were listening. They meant people cared about what was such a horrific tragedy. They meant that each person was thinking not of me, but of the girls- of their friendship and of their best and even last memories with them. And the 'Likes' from strangers were to me, a way of saying 'I will hold those I love a little closer tonight'.
Apparently instead of a 'Dislike' button we might get a 'Hug' button; with all the billions Zuckerberg is worth, he's a poor fool if he can't see that that is exactly what he's already built. With one button and one single word, he's already allowed the world to say so much. I hope it doesn't take a death for him to see the power in that.


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TikTok, the video sharing platform, is the first Chinese commercial app that has achieved truly global success. In fact, earlier this year the platform reached 2 billion downloads worldwide, a milestone that attests to its popularity and dominance in the social media market.
Yet TikTok has been mired in controversy, particularly in recent months. From failures to abide by privacy protection legislation, accusations that it fosters pornography and paedophelia to allegations of international espionage and political intrigue, time has not been kind to TikTok.
The social media giant has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years but in the wake of US President Trump’s threat to ban the platform, is it due to come crashing down?
Media Monitoring with News Intelligence
A brand’s most vital resource is its reputation. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum, 25% of a company’s market value comes directly from its reputation. Media monitoring enables companies to keep on top of how they are perceived as well as track potential risks or competition.
However, due to its scale and incessant nature, manually keeping track of the news is impractical for large organisations. News intelligence platforms, however, can utilize Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to automate this process and proactively monitor the news to garner insights and help make decisions.
We were curious to see how TikTok was perceived in the media so we used our News API to investigate with a Media Monitoring lens.
Media Mentions Over Time
First, we performed a search for all news stories featuring TikTok over the last two years. As we can see from the chart below, daily coverage of the platform is quite low in 2018 and grows to a great number by 2020.
While we know that a great proportion of this increase in coverage is due to increasing controversy surrounding TikTok in recent months – as reflected by major spikes – the gradual and consistent increase can be attributed, in part, to to its growing popularity, resulting in its reference in entertainment-related articles e.g. Dancing gran, 88, goes viral on TikTok.
The earliest minor spike in August 2018 occurred when TikTok merged the pre-existing Musical.ly platform with their own, a move that established TikTok in the US and UK. The next spike relates to a $5.7 million fine the Federal Trade Commission charged TikTok for collecting data from children aged under 13. The Commission described the fine as “the largest civil penalty ever obtained by the Commission in a children’s privacy case.”
The nature of the TikTok’s content has also gotten them in trouble. The platform was banned in India in April 2019 following direction from the Madras High Court, resulting in another media spike. The Court stated that TikTok “encourages pornography” and allowed paedophiles to target its young user base. While this ban was subsequently lifted, the app was banned again in July 2020, in reprisal to a violent border clash with China. While not referencing China explicitly, the Indian government stated that this move was to prevent TikTok from “stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner to servers outside India”.
It is this allegation that TikTok are recording user data that the Chinese government can access that has caused consternation in the United States and as such has been described as a US counterintelligence threat. While TikTok maintains that it does not hold TikTok user data in China, this has done little to assuage American concerns. Consequently, in an executive order, US President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the platform unless it is sold to an American owner within 45 days. This has led to a huge media spike in August 2020 as the question of the application becomes further politicised. Speculation that Microsoft will buy the platform receives further media attention.
We were interested in investigating how media sentiment towards TikTok changed over time. Using our News API, we pulled all stories featuring TikTok that were classified as positive or negative; neutral documents were omitted. As expected, more stories are classified as negative in recent months as media and public opinion surrounding the app has shifted.
Using our News API’s clustering enrichment, we identified the 100 biggest news clusters over a two year period. Again, some clusters relate to TikTok benignly in its social media context e.g. Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road beats US chart record at number one, while the majority of clusters deal with controversy and potential US ban.
We can analyse how the nature of media coverage has changed over time by looking at the distribution by news category. Using our categories enrichment, we can identify what topical category a story relates to.
In the graph below, we can see that arts, culture and entertainment held a considerable proportion of coverage until August 2020 when it became dominated by politics and economy, business and finance categories. Right from the outset, TikTok has continuously been discussed in economic contexts due to its rapid rise as a popular and lucrative platform.
Media Trends – Competitor Analysis
We can also get a quick synopsis of news using AYLIEN’s trends endpoint. Using NLP, we can extract the most commonly occurring entities that occur in the news stories, giving us a general indication of what is being discussed.
If we analyse the most common entities in the six months, we can see that TikTok is being discussed in the context of other social media giants, most notably Instagram, as well as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Snapchat. In these uncertain times for TikTok, these competitors will surely be posturing to take over their mantle.
We also see terms such as “national security” and “Donald Trump” in relation to a prospective ban. Microsoft also appears in light of their bid to purchase the company.
With the future of TikTok uncertain in light of an impending US ban, an opportunity for competitors may be on the horizon and social media influencers are already weighing up their options of which platform to adopt.
Coverage of Facebook’s newly launched Instagram Reels has spiked in recent months, but other would-be contenders Triller and Byte have made little impression in the press. This can be expected to some degree as Instagram Reels has the financial might and consumer interest of Facebook behind it while the other two are relatively small fish in the tech pond.
However, it is reasonable to assume that users will not gravitate to new platforms based on the influence of news coverage; rather, media coverage will react to their migration, so these trends may not identify Reels as the heir apparent.
Media Trends – Crises Monitoring
Aside from the allegations of cyber espionage, TikTok has been conflated with various other adverse activities including “propaganda”, “censorship”, “surveillance” and “bullying”. The following chart tracks the occurrences of TikTok mentioned in conjunction with these terms over time.
We can see a significant spike for coverage of TikTok and “censorship” in November 2019 when reports that TikTok blocked a user for highlighting China’s maltreatment of Muslims in Xinjiang. While a spokesperson blamed a technical error, TikTok have been accused of censorship at a time when China is facing international condemnation for its policies in Xinjiang. A second spike corresponds with Trump’s announcement of a prospective ban on TikTok, in which coverage links the Chinese government to “censorship” and “surveillance”.
Elsewhere, a spike for “propaganda” in October 2019 relates how TikTok removed Islamic State propaganda from their platform.
Bullying is also frequently associated with TikTok stories but not in relation to cyber-bullying, as one might expect. On further investigation, we found that, although a small portion of stories associate TikTok with cyber-bullying, the spike in these mentions occurred due to comments made by a Chinese diplomat calling on the US to stop bullying Chinese firms, as per the impending ban on TikTok. This exemplifies the need to challenge presuppositions regarding data.
We have shown how news intelligence can be used to inform a media monitoring toolkit using sentiment analysis, news clustering and topic trend analysis.
From humble beginnings, TikTok has grown into an international social media juggernaut, one that is now embroiled with political controversy on an international stage.
While the bulk of media disseminated regarding TikTok in recent months has had negative connotations, ironically the company may actually benefit from free user acquisition. Having spent millions on advertising to establish their teen user base, they have recently benefited from exposure in the general press, essentially giving them free advertising to the 30+ age bracket
The old adage states, there is no such thing as bad publicity – will this prove to be the case? Needless to say, only time will tell for TikTok.
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Delicious chew treat for dogs, 100% beef, small ribs with tasty meat, rich in calcium, helps to clean teeth, perfect for between meals and as a reward, gluten-free
The way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. Your dog also feels particularly loved when it gets a tasty treat from you. These chews are ideal as a reward or a snack between meals to spoil your pet. Karlie Beef Rib Snacks are made from 100% beef – 100% natural fun!
These tasty ribs are made up of bones and scraps of meat,
making them extra enjoyable to chew on and satisfying your pooch’s natural instinct to chew.
In addition to this, they can help to keep teeth clean and will provide your dog with extra calcium.
Karlie Beef Rib Snacks at a glance:
- Natural chew snack for dogs
- Tasty and fun: small ribs with scraps of meat
- Satisfies your dog’s natural instinct to chew: perfect as a reward and for keeping your dog entertained
- Rich in calcium: required to keep bones healthy
- Supports dental hygiene: chewing can help to keep teeth clean
- 100% beef: natural, no artificial additives
- Contents: 2 chews (approx. 20cm)

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Here are some of the records i found this week.
This weeks charts are quickly thrown together because i was busy writing articles. They are my top picks for this week nonetheless and i do like all tracks a lot. Let’s get started:
- Dosem – Coming for You (Original Mix)
A hauntingly beautiful tone surrounded by a classic low mid groove where both elements keeps us on our toes. Definitely peak material.
2. Raw District – In Between (Original Mix)
The second track in this weeks charts comes from Belgium (woohoo) and has coincidentally also a driving groove in the lower mids. Could this be a trend? Or is this something i like especially. Anyway, i love motivational quotes in electronic music and this one says “radiate power”, i like that.
3. TML (US) – Cell Id (Alden Tyrell Remix)
What a pumping Kick drum! I could listen to it for hours. It and the hihats are already fun but the best part of it is the acid line. It’s so twisted and chaotic i just love it.
4. Oliver Lieb – Stream of Pearls (Original Mix)
I just love Oliver Lieb’s productions ever since the 90’s. What can i say, he never misses putting the original 90’s feel back into the music. There’s no chichi and no fat. He doesn’t overproduce and he keeps it beautiful and straight forward and so is this record.
5. Simon Berry – Black Rainbow (Original Mix)
This is what i personally see as a perfec bassline to melody connection. Also to mention the the glitches in the main synth and it’s connection with the delayed percussion. The energy is intensified after the break which i do prefer. Chapeau!
6. Los Reynoso – Deliquesce (Original Mix)
Those who know me know that i love Breakbeats and floating sounds. Well this track has both. There are so many little details in this track which keeps me engaged in listening, that’s probably what i love about this track.
7.Autumn Arctic – Foggy Forest (Original Mix)
As deep as dub Techno can go i’d say. Oh boy this ones so deep and filled with emotion. If it would be a color it would be beautiful grey. If you wanna buy it, buy it at Bandcamp and support the artist.
8. Matthias Schuell – Solarplex (Dahu Remix)
What’s to say? Solid production and exactly what i would expect from Ritter Butzke Studio. There’s nothing really special. I love the sounds, the arrangement and the flow. I will play it at a pool sometimes. 🙂
9. Nic Fanciulli – Understand (Original Mix)
Also nothing special. Solid production, great sample, everything is well crafted but no innovation in sight. Almost boring but it’ll work on the dance floor and that’s why i’ve put it in the charts. He used that beat before…
10. Sopik – Token (D.A.V.E The Drummer Remix)
Happy to see D.A.V.E The Drummer still being around. Got a few of his records in my collection. He delivers… so with this fine Remix. Just listen:


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Pre-crisis market analysis for disaster risk reduction in urban informal settlements. A pilot study on housing market system in Polvorines, Peru
Today, the majority of the global population lives in urban areas and this rapid urbanization is a root cause of increasing disaster risk (UNISDR, 2012; 2013). As more people settle in unregulated highrisk areas, the greater the probability of casualties and economic losses is, as a result of climatic events such as floods. This makes it critical to focus on disaster risk reduction in urban areas (UNISDR, 2012). This shift has contributed to one of the biggest challenges in developing countries: the formation of unplanned informal settlements in high risk areas. In the Latin America and Caribbean region, informal settlements are a significant feature of urban growth. According to UN-Habitat (2016), 104 million people live in irregular settlements in the region, equivalent to 21% of its urban population as of 2014. In Peru alone, 8.2 million people live in such peri-urban areas, which correspond to 34% of the urban population. People living in informal settlements are particularly ...
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I Still Love You
Another day I walk into our school...
As I enter my classroom, I think of you...
I sat silently into my chair with noticeable gloom...
I try to smile, laugh like before,
But it's not the same when I'm not with you...
I remember the days, the happy memories
Days without sadness, disorder nor worries!
Because on those days, your beside me, and Darkness flees!
The moment your shoulder touches against mine, time will freeze.
I remember how you used to care so much for me...
whenever I feel down, you always sit beside me.
Hold my wrists and say 'Its Gonna be alright, you'll see! '
Oh..those days..I miss so much...the good ones at least..
Then, we stumbled into a conflict we never wanted...
It destroyed our friendship, the bond we created
We both ended very much likely frustrated
Your smile, your laugh, your love for me....Faded
I need help, I apologized once.But You ripped it apart
I became a woman with a broken heart
I don't know where to start
My Focus, my goals, my Mind started to depart
I pretended to be happy..Pretending like nothing happened
My anguish, hatred, discordance, Toughened
My life went terribly wrong, My sights Darkened..
I took a new turn, my condition worsened...
But though I'm masked by this Goo
Deep inside my heart still calls for you
I pretend to hate you, that is true.
But I've always wanted to tell you that
'I still Love you! ! ! '
By Sian Mein
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Mushroom Spinach Stroganoff
|Vitamin A:||3202iu (64%)|
|Vitamin C:||67.1mg (111%)|
This vegetarian-style stroganoff is full of mushrooms, spinach, bell peppers and onions all bound in a rich sour cream sauce.
2 cups small pasta shells
2 cups quartered mushrooms
1 cup sliced onions
1/2 cup white wine
1 cup sliced red bell pepper
15 oz. can lowfat cream of mushroom soup
2 tablespoons water
5 cups fresh spinach leaves
3/4 cup nonfat sour cream
Black pepper to taste
Cook pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside in colander.
Spray a large nonstick skillet with vegetable oil spray and heat over medium-high heat.
Add mushrooms and onions and sauté briefly; add white wine cook until most of wine is evaporated - about 4-5 minutes.
Add pepper, soup and water. Simmer briefly for 3 minutes and add spinach. Cover and let spinach wilt. This will take about 1 minute. Stir well, add pasta and nonfat sour cream and stir well. Remove from heat. Season to taste with fresh cracked black pepper and serve hot.


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I'm Mrs. Brightside trying to see the bright side if things, looking at my bright future that I envision, but making the mistake of thinking it will be great. In reality it's a horrible collision. Sailing through life like its a calm easy sea, realizing, again, reality is blinded me of what I wanted to be. Wanting to live like I want, waiting it to be concrete. Blinded by the light of what god wants me leave- bad influences and drugs I don't need. Everyday I want to live in ecstasy, not a worry in my bones, only thinking positive and not caring about loans. Music is my outlet and nothing can break my bubble of my lake of happy waves. The spirit of which had saves, trying to stay brave. Living life for what he says, not giving into circumstances where I feel like a slave. I live my life how I want- not thinking about what He taunts me with- reality.
Love always, Courtney
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Sunrisers Hyderabad sealed a spot in the playoffs of the IPL 2020 after beating Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets on Tuesday. Openers David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha scored half-centuries and built a 151 run partnership in a do or die game.
With the compulsory win requiring tonight for sealing the playoff spot, SRH bowlers first ensured to restrict the mighty Mumbai’s batsmen to 150 runs in 20 overs.
Pacer Sandeep Sharma scalped the highest, three wickets in the match while Jason Holder and Shabaz Nadeem scalped two wickets respectively.
Rohit Sharma returned as the skipper of the MI but failed with the bat as he got dismissed with just a single digit on the board.
Middle order comprising of Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan helped reach 100 runs mark, followed by a a 41 run knock by Kieron Pollard. Mumbai Indians somehow managed to reach a total of 149/8 wickets at the end of 20 overs.
SRH was just 150 runs away from outracing Kolkata Knight Riders for the playoffs of the tournament. Skipper David Warner scored and unbeaten 85 studded with 10 boundaries and one six.
While Saha clobbered the MI bowlers for 58* runs in which he smacked 7 boundaries and one six as well. The duo orchestrated the win and won the jointly won the match with 17 balls to spare.
SRH will next face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on November 6.


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The book Hands-On Agronomy, by Neal Kinsey and Charles Walters, is a comprehensive manual on effective soil fertility management providing many on-farm examples to illustrate the various principles and how to use them. The function of micronutrients, earthworms, soil drainage, tilth, soil structure, and organic matter is explained in thorough detail.
The excerpt below details Neal Kinsey’s background, including how he met Dr. William A. Albrecht, and how he began to learn more and more about soil health.
Copyright 2013, 1993. Soft cover, 391 pages.
From Chapter 1: The Farming Dilemma
No one used the term killer agriculture or knowledgeable mining when I was a youngster growing up on a farm in southeast Missouri. We raised corn, wheat, cotton, soybeans and a little hay. We also finished a few cattle. Now, a more mature sense of values brings the reality of our farming operation into focus. Sir Albert Howard identified the horns of the modern farming dilemma: partial and imbalanced fertilization, and toxic rescue chemistry.
Neither I nor my father heard or understood that dictum then, then being the 1950s and 1960s. All we knew was that the crops faltered—not occasionally, but year after year. My father had five sons and he concluded, “I hope you won’t even think about going into agriculture because it costs too much and I am not going to be able to help you get started. I hope you will go into business and be an accountant or something like that.”
Accordingly, I went to college with the intention of becoming an accountant. There was a problem with that. I couldn’t stand being inside four walls all the time. So I changed my direction while I was at the University of Missouri where I met William A. Albrecht, the legendary professor who contributed so much to what Acres U.S.A. calls eco-agriculture. Albrecht gave the Department of Soils its well-deserved reputation, but by the time I arrived, he had been retired—forcibly, I am told—in the wake of a great grant from a fossil fuel company. In any case, his classroom days were over, for which reason I was able to get more of his ear than might have been possible as classroom fare. He taught a private study course for Brookside Laboratory, and I decided to avail myself of this extra-curricular opportunity. He changed my entire way of thinking.
My family farmed a nice sandy loam farm at first, and then my dad had an opportunity to get a larger farm with some heavy clay soils. We had no irrigation. In fact there were none in the area at the time—that is one of the reasons we finally moved close to the Mississippi River, to what we call heavy clay gumbo soil. We had some sandy ridges, but most of the soil was heavy clay or “gumbo.” Farming that territory presented a host of new problems. Our soybeans grew only half-size before foxtail took over. Cotton sometimes grew knee high. When you talked to the old-timers they would recall cotton up to waist high and soybeans that buried a man’s shoulders. Yields in either case were great. But when we started to farm the clay soils, foxtail took over, not just our acres, but the general landscape. No one had an answer. I remember a next-door neighbor talking to my dad. “If we could find a way to market this foxtail seed, we could make some money,” he said, “a lot more than we could from beans, because I think we grow more bushels of foxtail seeds than we do beans.” I believe this was true in some years. Beans that used to make 40 bushels were making 15 bushels because the foxtail was taking over. Nobody had clean beans and then Randox came along from Monsanto, and we thought that was the best thing in the world. It at least kept the foxtail out of the row.
In those days, if you took a standard soil sample, the readout said nothing was needed. It usually came back with a notation that no lime was required, and that fertilizers were superfluous, other than nitrogen and a little starter on cotton and corn. These reports concluded that phosphate and potash were not needed to grow soybeans. For corn, only nitrogen and a maintenance level of P and K became the general recommendation. Some farmers who became clients when I started in the consulting business had grown nothing but soybeans for 20 or 25 years, always on the same soil. On the average, they made 30 to 40 bushels per acre, year after year, always without fertilizers, lime or other inputs. Most of the money was spent on herbicides when killer technology came along.
I wondered aloud, “Why did this happen?” So when a friend at the University of Missouri told me about William A. Albrecht, Ph.D., a contact was made. On the first visit to his office I explained where I lived. At some point during the visit the opportunity came to ask, “Why are our soybeans so short and why is our cotton stunted? Because it hasn’t always been that way.” I related how when farmers cleared out timber in our area and planted soybeans, the first year delivered a yield of about 50 bushels of beans. The next year the yield would drop down in the 40s and the next year it would be 30 bushels or so per acre, which is where it generally stayed. When analyzed for pH, P and K in the soil, the audits showed nothing wrong.
Dr. Albrecht knew soils; he had worked with and understood soils from all over the world—including all the basic soils of the Midwest. And he provided sensible, practical answers to my questions. “Well, now wait a minute. You live over by the Mississippi River and you are in that heavy gumbo soil? That is why your beans didn’t get very tall. They got tall in the first place because you had enough available calcium. Now, when you take a regular soil test and send it in, and if you just check pH, phosphate and potassium, you will never find the problems. Actually pH is influenced by a lot more than calcium. Heavy clay soils are high in magnesium, and that is what is keeping your pH high. If you had known to check the various nutrients in the soil and put on the limestone needed to get your calcium levels up, then your beans would have gotten back the yield and reached the size they were in the first place. You are losing out because calcium is what puts all the other nutrients into the plant.”
One of my first clients had been our next-door neighbor during my high school years. He had grown soybeans on 750 acres every year for 20 years, plus! He told me he had never made a 40-bushel bean crop. He said he had always averaged 30 to 32 bushels per acre. After the first set of soil tests, he began to do what the Albrecht method taught should be done.
The first year we followed through on the program, this farmer averaged 45 bushels of beans per acre on the entire 750 acres. The second year, the average was 48 bushels of beans. We merely analyzed the soil in detail and found out what was missing, and supplied what was needed in the proper amounts. But herein lies a problem. Most farmers do not trust a soil test. If a soil test is to be trusted, which one and why? This book will endeavor to provide answers for those who are truly searching for a soil-testing program that really works.
Want more? Buy this book here.
About Neal Kinsey
Neal Kinsey is a world-renowned soil consultant and technician, having practiced since 1973, when he completed a program of study developed and taught by Dr. William Albrecht. Neal Kinsey’s program is based on the system of providing soil nutrients to correctly treat the soil. He owns and operates Kinsey Agricultural Services, Inc.

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The party that allows rioting and destruction isn’t going to care about our vote. There are probably infinitely more shady and underhanded things being done with votes than investigations will uncover. Democrats will downplay and obstruct to delay what should have happened and then disappear if they can. Getting the Biden Trojan horse in office is the goal.
More votes found
Over 3,000 ballots that were unaccounted for were found in Georgia. Fayette County found 2,755, 284 ballots were found in Walton County.
“There was an issue where we noticed there were more people on the absentee ballot filed for voting in person in Fayette County than was in the actual reporting,” Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling noted. “It was discovered today for certain. Because of the audit, we found this.”
Hand counting those votes
May slow things down but accuracy is needed rather than speed. Several individuals didn’t follow procedure.
Board of Elections chair Lori Wood said votes were uploaded from only one out of two ballot scanners. Woods explained, “We would have discovered it. Maybe not this week, but we would have discovered it.” Would it have been? In this era of massive election fraud, you question everything because so much is hidden.
Walton County votes not reflecting the people
That county is heavily Republican. It may or may not boost Trump’s count up to the necessary level but the principle remains. This is nationwide theft. Some states have more, others have less but it’s there just the same.
This follows over 2,600 ballots were discovered in Floyd County that hadn’t been accounted for. Before the additional 3,000 votes were found, Floyd County Republican party Chair Luke Martin didn’t think it was a big fuss. It was “concerning” but it “didn’t appear to be a widespread issue”. He may think differently now.


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The use of an automated notification system to identify and address early readmissions by a university hospitalist service.
Hosp Pract (1995). 2015 Mar 11;:1-4
Authors: Bell H, Povilus J, Yarbrough PM
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association of an automated physician feedback system prompting physician review of early readmissions with a change in overall readmission rates.
METHODS: The University of Utah Internal Medicine Hospitalist Service created an automated system to alert discharging providers to any patient readmitted within 30 days. For any 7-day readmission, the physician was asked to complete a survey to describe the admission and discharge and to identify contributing factors to the readmission. Using the University HealthSystem Consortium database, readmission rates were compared prior to and following this intervention.
RESULTS: Following the intervention, 30-day readmission rates significantly decreased from 13.93% to 11.99% (p = 0.0298). The 7-day readmission rates decreased as well but the findings were not statistically significant. The discharging physician deemed 45% of the readmissions preventable or probably preventable.
CONCLUSION: Readmissions are common, costly and potentially preventable. This tool for physician audit and feedback and identification of defects contributing to readmissions was associated with a statistically significant decrease in 30-day readmissions. Further investigation is needed to verify these results and evaluate the best mechanism of application.
PMID: 25761913 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


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ChipScan-ESA is a software designed to control a spectrum analyzer remotely. The measurement curves are saved and logged in the software. The user can then combine saved curves with other saved curves, correction curves, frequency-dependant functions (curves), or constants into a single curve. Any number of limit value curves can be created or imported and displayed as CSV file. Different curves can be quickly and systematically compared. The functions of the ChipScan-ESA software are valuable to the developer, particularly for spectrum-analyzer measurements taken during the development stage.
The following lists contain all spectrum analyzers supported by ChipScan-ESA, the appropriate supported interfaces (RS232, GPIB1, Ethernet), the firmware version and additional important notes regarding the specific model. If you do not find your spectrum analyzer in the list please contact our sales team for available options using the following email address email@example.com.
We are making great efforts to develop our drivers and testing them intensively. Due to different available firmwares for specific spectrum analyzer models we can not guarantee to 100 percent that all spectrum analyzers in these lists are working without any errors. Meaning of icons are: driver fully tested, driver in test phase.


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A project to support demining of agricultural land in war-affected areas of Croatia.
Projects & Practice
An investment project to modernise a buffalo dairy farm through the introduction of new processes and equipment.
Set up an operational group to test different practices for optimal catch crop management and assess their efficiency in reducing nitrogen and carbon emissions.
Reducing the cost of renovation works for households lacking essential energy services by bringing together local resources, including people’s skills and time. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Social Inclusion' category.
Turning an abandoned park area and its gardens into a community hub to create opportunities for social interaction, training and employment.
A company created a modular rearing system that allows them to combine egg and quality rooster meat production, while respecting the environment and animal welfare.
Using RDP support to implement a sustainable model of agriculture that combines the production of high quality products and environmental protection. Winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'Environment & Climate Action' category.
An inter-territorial cooperation project to support the development of a system for verifying the traceability and the sustainable management of wood from hedgerows.
A pilot project to demonstrate the environmental and economic benefits of using solar energy.
Switching from manual labour to mechanised work in order to make the business much more cost effective.


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Author(s): Gianni Pucci
This visual reference book shows, with over twelve hundred full-color fashion photographs, a wide range of possibilities, styles, and trends in today's fashion.Gianna Pucci's (style.com, vogue.it) compilation of fashion and runway shoots capture with great sensibility the stylistic hallmarks of fashion trends.
Gianna Pucci has made the harmony between light and subject and an instinctive talent for seeing the photograph and capturing it in the same instant into the stylistic hallmarks. His resume is filled with fashion shoots, especially ones from the runway. His work has been published on the biggest fashion and design sites, from Style.com to Vogue. it.


Andritz Hydro GmbH
Production of a Francis runner at the Ravensburg plant.
Transport of a turbine housing from the Ravensburg plant.
Andritz Hydro supplies electro-mechanical systems and services for hydropower plants worldwide. With approximately 7,500 employees and a sales volume in 2013 valued at approximately € 2 billion, the company is one of the largest suppliers for the hydraulic power generation market. Andritz Hydro GmbH Ravensburg has been manufacturing components for hydroelectric power plants up to a weight of 200 tonnes for over 150 years, making it one the most important manufacturing locations for hydraulic core components in western Europe.
We offer design and construction of large Kaplan, bulb, Francis and Pelton turbines, pump turbines for storage power plants and shut-off valves with a capacity of up to 800 MW. From 1 to 30 MW, all turbine types are available as compact versions. Our comprehensive range of services extends from project planning, precision engineering services and the manufacture of high-quality turbines to control technology, monitoring and related training courses. Our services include repairs and rehabilitations. We have outstanding expertise in the field of automation.


Every year, our Growing Opportunity for Leadership and Diversity (GOLD) interns host a pop-up experience at headquarters to present their final projects. For interns, it’s a chance to demonstrate what they’ve learned while practicing public speaking and presentation skills. For employees, it’s a chance to support the interns and to ask questions about their fresh, often out-of-the-box, solutions to business challenges.
Sevan Garibian kindly shared his GOLD intern experience and project before heading back to UC Santa Barbara for his senior year. Here are his photos and thoughts
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Has it been that long already! Can't believe my last post was nearly three weeks ago! I was doing so well too, with regular postings!
My only excuse is that I've had my head down working... but not on paintings, sad to say. Since my last post I have prepped for and tutored a silk painting workshop... and there was a lot of prepping, as I was out of practise big time with painting on silk. And since then I have been prepping for a five day batik workshop and a six day stint as an artist in residence. During my artist in residence week I shall be giving an hour long talk to fellow members of The Wildlife Art Society on my work at the zoo; for which I have been working on a powerpoint presentation. It's quite a lot of work, but hopefully will be worth it as once it is done... I can use it time and time again for other talks to art groups. Powerpoint is actually very easy to use, and I say that as a complete beginner to the application, and I'm hoping what I have done will not only be of interest to my fellow members but a bit of fun as well, here and there. The hard work has been the amount of hours I have spent scanning in and adjusting photo's and images of my work in preparation. Of course, the proof is in the pudding, as they say and time will tell if this ease of use translates and continues when I do the actual presentation.
On top of doing that I have been printing out cards and promotional leaflets for both events and sorting out paintings for two forth coming exhibitions, making email and telephone enquiries in pursuit of a very exciting project (which I won't say too much about that now in case I jinx it but once things are more definite I won't be able to contain myself and will no doubt be blurting it out everywhere!). Over one weekend I had to catch up all our baby fish... well some were over a year old but as we have only a very small pond the 30 or so youngsters were causing a huge problem. The ponds' ability to maintain itself was struggling and it would not cope with them all come the winter. So I had to fish them all out... quite a job because for some reason the fish did not want to be caught. And whoever says they only have a 3 second memory.... don't know my fish! In the end, I had to empty the pond (not the best time of year to do that kind of job!), I scoured the plants I hooked out for invertebrates and young newts, which took some time. Luckily it rained on and off all day... I say luckily as this prevented the plants I hooked out from drying up. Eventually I managed to get all the fish out, putting only the adults and the youngsters I wanted to keep back. I had homes lined up for the youngsters so I kept them in holding containers with some of the plants until they could be collected and taken to their new homes. This 'little' job took over the whole weekend and gave me a killer backache for a few days! And of course there's all the other householdy things to do as well.
So, all in all, my posting priorities took a back seat, but this morning I decided I really must change that and at least explain my absence to my regular visitors.
I also wanted to make sure I post about the silk painting workshop before the batik workshop and my artist in residence happens.
The batik workshop is at the Gloucester Summer School of Arts and Crafts, Glos running from 23rd July to 27th July.
My Artist In Residence week is at The Nature In Art Museum and Art Gallery, just north of Gloucester, from 31 July to 5th August. If you are in the area and have the time, do please pop in and say hello, whilst I am there.


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Joe Jonas & DNCE’s Grammys Red Carpet Looks Makes Us Want To Leave A Toothbrush At Their Place!
February 14, 2017 - Jonas Brothers
DNCE came to slay.
On Sunday, a cocktail rope strutted their things on a Grammys red runner in good coordinated, black and white outfits. And it wasn’t only Joe Jonas who brought a heat. The 27-year-old’s bandmates — including Jack Lawless, Cole Whittle, and JinJoo Lee — valid they’re a lot some-more than a Jonas Brothers alum’s lackeys by KILLING IT during a Hollywood event.
Like all 4 of them looked hot, hot, hotttttt! We mean, we’d eat Cake By The Ocean with them.
In fact, this red runner coming done us fervent to learn some-more about Joe’s low-pitched peers. No joke!
What did YOU think? Did we suffer a foursome’s Grammys looks?
SOUND OFF in a comments (below)!
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Crime against women passengers is increasing everywhere including public transport. A recent Indian Railway data reveals that the number of rape cases has increased from 7 in 2016, to 10 in 2017 and 15 in 2018 while molestation and assault cases decreased from 2016 to 2017 before increasing again in 2018.
The highest number of molestation cases were registered in Southern Railway (71) followed by Central Railway (62).
A railway official said, “We have taken various measures to check crime on trains. Surveillance is kept through CCTV cameras at a various railway stations to ensure safety and security of passengers and security helpline numbers are also provided. In many long route trains, there are also captains who are assigned for safety and security reasons.
“The captains’ phone numbers are announced before the journey. Passengers can contact him anytime for assistance. Moreover, I also urge woman travellers to complain to the nearest railway police station if they face any sort of molestation, or theft,” he added.
Trains are very unsafe for women, especially long route trains where women’s compartments are few or even non-existent, says Neha Sansare, a Marketing Executive.
“In express trains, we’re only dependent on pulling chains or calling helpline numbers which are unreliable. The Indian Railways should take steps on a priority basis to ensure women feel secure while travelling. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had said earlier that 2018 will be completely dedicated for women’s safety while in reality there is no work done to secure woman on trains.”
Women police personnel should be on trains 24×7 and panic buttons or alarms should be installed for securing our journey, Neha added.
The crime rate is increasing because not even primary measures are taken to ensure the safety of women, says Swapnali Maske, a Banker and frequent traveller.
“I travel daily in local trains and since we have less frequency of trains, sometimes in hurry I board the male compartment and I don’t remember even one instance where i was made feel secure.”
Swapnali further says, “Men in the compartment will keep starring at you till the time you get down, they’ll push you unnecessarily and if the train is crowded they will put their whole body against you and so on. There is a desperate need to increase the security for women in trains especially. There is no helpline number assigned especially for woman security by the railways. It is not possible to keep complaining every time about the culprits and if you do there are many hassles to face with police.
“There should be at least one security personnel deployed in trains. It may not help much either but something is always better than nothing at all,” she added.
Niraj Mistry, Student, says, “Safety of women anywhere has always been a matter of huge concern. And sadly not many steps are being taken about it. Railways are completelyunafe for single women to travel in.
Recalling an incident, he says, “I was travellng from Pune to Delhi and there was a woman who was surrounded by men on the adjoining seats. They kept on passing lewd comments and making her feel uncomfortable. When she asked the ticket checker to change her seat, he declined and told her to fend for herself. Before the incident, she had asked many other passengers to swap seats but they refused.
“By raising awareness, more women speak out molestation experiences these days. However, we as citizens should also ensure the safety of women,” Niraj added.
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This could be over and above the R500 billion reduction funds introduced by the president.
Following Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s announcement of the Covid-19 reduction quantities being provided to South Africa by world establishments, Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane has confirmed that Treasury is looking to raise R95bn from multilateral establishments and improvement banks.
The funds will reportedly go in the direction of enterprise assist, job creation and safety of present jobs within the present financial local weather.
Speaking at a briefing held final Friday geared toward breaking down how the R500 billion Covid-19 financial reduction package deal introduced by President Cyril Ramaphosa can be spent, Mboweni addressed issues about funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and different worldwide establishments by stating that that the assist supplied by the IMF and different establishments throughout this era was particular to Covid-19.
“It’s not the standard finances assist or coverage intervention or technical help and conditionality and issues like that.”
According to Mbwoweni, the IMF had beforehand indicated that South Africa is eligible for up to $4.2 billion in funding whereas the World Bank was providing between $55 million and $60 million in help.
This was as well as to the $1 billion in reduction that the New Development Bank, linked to Brics, had put aside for South Africa ought to the necessity come up.
Nearly every week after Mboweni’s tackle, Mogajane broke down the precise mortgage quantities that authorities would apply for in a presentation to a number of parliamentary committees on Thursday.
According to Business Live, the director-general mentioned $50m could be raised from the World Bank, $1bn from the New Development Bank (Brics Bank), and $4.2bn from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), giving a complete of $5.07bn which equals R95bn on the present change price.
These funds could be over and above the R500 billion introduced by the president.
Mogajane reassured assembly contributors that the funding prices of this borrowing could be beneficial earlier than noting the dangers to multilateral improvement financial institution funding.
Among these dangers is the truth that South Africa could be competing with different nations for funding.
He additionally advocated for the interrogation of the mortgage covenants and common circumstances set out by the establishments.
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(Compiled by Kaunda Selisho)
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