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(Memphis) The Town of Collierville has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by Sherra Robinson-Wright.
Robison-Wright is the ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright who was murdered nearly three years ago.
The basketball star was found dead in a field, he'd been shot numerous times.
Robinson-Wright said Collierville Police didn't investigate Lorenzen's phone records or contact nearby cities like Memphis, for information on his whereabouts.
She sued Collierville and it's police department for negligence.
In the year and half since the suit, it seems Sherra has disappeared.
"There's been no contact with her," says Edward McKenney, who is the attorney for Collierville.
He has filed suit to have Sherra Wright's lawsuit dismissed, saying for almost two years Sherra Wright and her attorney Gale Mathes haven't responded to motions for information, haven't appeared for depositions, and have not shown up for status conferences.
Monday Federal Judge Samuel Hardy Mays granted the order to dismiss the case.
McKenney says Collierville did follow-up on Lorenzen's disappearance and could have done more if Sherra provided more information.
"Collierville did everything humanly possible for a police department to investigate this case," says McKenney.
Sherra Wright didn't answer the door at her Eads home Tuesday, but she was adamant a few years ago that she did try to help Collierville police early on.
"How can they say I didn't cooperate. Before they ever had a search warrant I allowed them to go into my house and look into the attic," Wright told us by phone back in October of 2011.
"The case just lingered and you can't allow that to happen," says McKenney.
Sherra Wright still has time to respond to the issues in a similar suit she filed against the City of Germantown over how they handled Lorenzen Wright's 911 call.
The judge says if she doesn't respond soon, that case could be dismissed as well.
Similar suits filed by Lorenzen's parents still stand and are set for trial in September.


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DUBAI: People in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf region are known for their love of evening socializing and late-night drives. What is less well-known is the high price being paid for this nocturnal lifestyle.
A 2015 report from the app Sleep Cycle placed Saudi Arabia second - after Japan - in the list of the world’s five worst countries for average sleeping hours.
In recent years medical universities in the Kingdom have chosen March to raise awareness about sleep disorders and the impact of sleep deprivation. Since 2008, March 7 has been observed as World Sleep Day by the World Sleep Society “to raise awareness of sleep as a human privilege that is often compromised by the habits of modern life.”
Insufficient sleep has been linked to the development of several chronic diseases and conditions including hypertension, diabetes, depression, obesity, depression and cancer. Even so, the demands of modern society keep shortening the time available for rest.
More than 1 billion people globally are believed to suffer from sleeping disorders for different reasons.
According to the Sleep Cycle report no country achieved an average of eight hours sleep on a regular basis even though the recommended range of sleep for an adult is seven to nine hours a night.
The findings of a 2006 case study involving Saudi primary school students, from Dr. Ahmed BaHammam, Dr. Eiad Al-Faris and others at the Sleep Disorders Center at King Saud Medical University, were revealing.
The sample comprised 511 boys and 501 girls aged between 5 and 13. Results showed that daytime fatigue, at 37.5 percent, was the most prevalent sleep problem, followed by bedtime resistance at 26.2 percent and co-sleeping with parents at 12.4 percent.
Dr. Irshaad Ebrahim, medical director of The London Sleep Centre in Dubai, said mental disorders, including anxiety and depression, physical illness, lifestyle and age were major causes of sleep deprivation.
“Among them stress and lifestyle - particularly excessive use of smart devices - or long and odd working hours are something that disturbs sleep most these days,” he told Arab News.
He added that an average person spent about one-third, or approximately 27 years, of his or her lifetime sleeping, which is surprising given that the science of sleeping has only recently started getting attention.
A 2016 study from King Fahd Medical City revealed that 41 percent of Saudis suffered from some kind of sleep disorder. Ahmad Al-Badr, director of the sleep center, said the rate of sleep disorders in the Kingdom was the same as in neighboring countries.
The study, involving participants with the average age of 34, concluded that 55 percent of those affected were women, who are typically bigger victims of sleep deprivation compared to men.
But it appeared that the marital status and education level of participants had little to no effect on sleep deprivation. The study revealed that more than half of the participants slept less than six hours every day, mostly late at night.
It also revealed that people without jobs suffered from insufficient sleep more than working people. Diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes have adverse effects on sleep.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the major disorders that cause sleep-related difficulties are insomnia, narcolepsy, Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and sleep apnea.
Al-Badr said patients with sleep deprivation and sleep disorders needed medical help, for which more awareness and counseling was necessary. “It also needs more training for workers in the health sector,” he told Arab News at the time of the study’s publication.
There is a shortage of sleep medicine specialists in the Kingdom and in the Gulf Cooperation Council, said Ebrahim. “The number of trained and qualified sleep medicine specialists in the Kingdom is reportedly 19 physicians located in a few hospitals in three major cities. This number is extremely low.” It is less than 5 percent per capita compared to the US.
“We need to reach out to the other specialties to demonstrate the importance of both theoretical and practical training in sleep medicine for trainees to be able to diagnose, treat and refer patients to sleep specialists if needed. In addition, it is hoped that medical schools will provide adequate education in sleep medicine.”
Dr. Sunil Vyas, a specialist at Aster Medical Hospital in Dubai, said lack of sleep should not be ignored as an urban lifestyle phenomenon. Every second patient he sees suffers from sleep deprivation, he said. “There are authentic reports that more than 50 percent of the UAE population suffers from at least one or more sleeping disorders, which is on a par with the global average in developing countries. This needs immediate attention,” he told Arab News.
“According to the (Sleep Cycle) report findings, short sleep duration was more prevalent in females. Obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, depression and asthma were among the most common medical problems reported due to lack of sleep.”
In 2017 Dr. Siraj Omar Wali told Arab News that insomnia clinics were needed in Saudi Arabia to help tackle the negative impact of sleep disorders.
Wali, a director of King Abdulaziz University Hospital’s (KAU) Sleep Medicine and Research Center, urged the establishment of treatment centers in the Kingdom.
Wali, who had been speaking at a course and workshop dedicated to sleeping disorders, said that a KAU study found that one in every 10 men and one in every 15 women suffered with obstructive sleep apnea, which relates to breathing problems during sleep.
But lack of sleep is not just a health issue. The cumulative effects of sleep deprivation affect a country's economy.
According to a 2016 report from the not-for-profit research institute Rand Europe, sleep deprivation was directly related to lower productivity, which resulted in a significant number of working days being lost every year.

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Newry car park almost empty as cars park on road
A new £220,000 park and share facility outside Newry has been lying nearly empty, with dozens of cars instead continuing to park on the side of the road closer to the nearest bus stop.
The facility at Sheepbridge is adjacent to the A1 Belfast Road.
It was opened during the summer by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI).
It offers 106 spaces and was built a short distance from an existing, oversubscribed facility which is aimed at Belfast-bound commuters.
This brought the total number of park and share spaces at Sheepbridge to 169.
But when the BBC visited the site last week there were just 15 cars parked in the new facility, with 39 parked along the road outside the original oversubscribed car park.
This, some commuters have argued, is because the 1km distance between the new carpark and the nearest bus stop is too great.
The new facility has been built to accommodate buses, but to date no services have been provided.
In a statement Translink said it had not received any new approaches to service the site by bus.
"However, we continue to work closely with the Department for Infrastructure on the provision of future park and ride facilities along the A1 corridor," its statement read.
The department said it was aware of the issue relating to cars parking on the main road.
"The new site is close to the existing one and we are aware of concerns regarding some vehicles continuing to park on the road and footway at the existing site whilst spaces remain in the new one," it said.
"PSNI have issued advice leaflets to motorists parking on the footway and DfI Roads will complete the project with a new footway link between the two sites in the coming weeks.
"The new site has been designed so it can accommodate bus turning should that be required at a future date."
Local SDLP Councillor Declan McAteer said he believes a survey is needed to establish if bus access is the reason why commuters are not using the new car park.
"I would think that Translink would be quite open to discussions. It should be explored and if that requires the council to initiate it then they should," he said.


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“While perhaps not offering the same menacing theatre of the SLS (not least because the gullwing doors are gone), Mercede’s new ‘baby’ certainly doesn’t disappoint. It’s stunning.”
For an hour before our Mercedes photoshoot in Musandam, Oman, it looked like we’d have to do so without any camera equipment whatsoever, such was the ‘concern’ of the Oman border patrol. Fortunately, and with a third of our equipment allowed through by security, our afternoon drive across one of the region’s most stunning coastal roads gets underway only a couple of hours after schedule. And, we’re sure you agree, with awesome results.

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The sudden death of Bernard Lawson on Friday, 22 February came as a great shock to members of the Ringwood and Burley Band.
Bernard was in his second spell as musical director of the band. He had enjoyed a successful period with Ringwood from 1997 until 2003 giving the band several successes in contesting, and came out of retirement to rejoin the band in 2009, when it was going through a difficult period.
Bernard studied at Leeds College of Music and Trinity College London, followed by two years at Huddersfield University.
He was the first student to be awarded an LRAM Diploma in Brass Band conducting and before moving to the south, he had conducted bands and choirs of all levels in his native Yorkshire for over 60 years.
He started playing as an eight-year-old with the Salvation Army Young People’s Band in Leeds and much of his early conducting career was with this organisation.
He led both songsters and bands in Leeds, Bradford, Bolton and London, in recent years he concentrated more on conducting non-SA bands and had successes with contesting bands in the Yorkshire area.
Prior to moving to Bournemouth, he was musical director of Clifton and Lightcliff Band.
Bernard was a well known and respected member of the Brass Band World and will be sadly missed by all he knew him.
Ray Alexander spokesperson for the Ringwood and Burley Band said,”Bernard was a highly experienced and knowledgeable musician, he raised the standard of our band considerably over the years he was our musical director.
He was always patient and polite with members and will be greatly missed by the band and all who came into contact with him.”


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I am welcoming davis_aggie_girl5 to the group. We shall send her the oath of secrecy to fill out later, as well as the vow of fasting and abstinence required of us all.
On a more serious note, I am taking this occasion to remark that I am a great fan of comic books and graphic novels. I do not think I've ever mentioned it before. I have a trunk filled with Marvel comics from the 60's and 70's and an original Donald Duck (the large format). For myself, Carl Barks, the artist of Donald Duck comics in the 50's is nothing short of a genius. In fact, I was just re-reading some Watchmen and some adventures in the Halo series.
The android picture is an homage to Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons, and his store, The Android's Dungeon. Don't you just love the word "homage"? I can not get enough of its pomposity.
Humani nil a me alienum puto... Nothing human is alien from me, I reckon, pardner. (I had to through in the "I reckon... so as not to appear pompous.)

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“Be who you are and don’t let anyone else tell you who to be”
Whether you’re on the soccer team or in the school band, it can be so easy to give up when things get tough. But Forever In Your Mind’s Emery Kelly, Ricky Garcia, and Liam Attridge are shining examples of what can happen when you refuse to let hardships get in the way of your dreams.
In 2013, Ricky Garcia auditioned for The X Factor in Denver, Colorado. The Texas native advanced to the Hollywood rounds, but the 14-year-old could barely sing, let alone talk, once he arrived. “It was so nerve-racking,” he says. But then he met another finalist, 15-year-old Emery Kelly, who’d auditioned in Long Island, New York. “I met Ricky and we became best friends,” says Emery.
The next day, both were cut from the competition. “I was devastated,” says Emery. “But then they called our names and I looked at Ricky and we were so excited.” Emery and Ricky comprised 2/3 of a new group that the judges put together called Forever In Your Mind. “I believe it was fate,” says Ricky. “Because we were walking around the day before and everyone was saying, ‘Hey, you two would look good in a band!”
Forever In Your Mind didn’t make it past the first night of live X Factor shows. And while the majority of groups in their position would call it quits, FIYM forged ahead, rehearsing, recording, and singing for anyone who’d listen. Their fan base was growing, and the guys were prepping for their biggest show yet – an opening slot on Digitour, where they’d perform for an audience of 10,000.
Just days before their scheduled performance, the third member of the group abruptly left. “In my mind, I’m thinking, how are we going to do this?” remembers Ricky. “It’s so easy to just quit. But me and Emery stuck it out together. We had each other’s backs at that moment. We knew we had something special.” Emery remembers the devastation. “It was a sad time,” he says. “But you can’t give up. We had hope – and that hope was Liam.”
Enter Liam Attridge, Emery’s cousin who’d ironically attended X Factor auditions with him in Long Island and even appeared on camera. At the time, Liam was starring in a community theatre production of Spring Awakening, but he wanted to be there for his cousin and agreed to accompany Ricky and Emery on guitar. So he took a train from Long Island into and met the guys at their hotel. “It was after midnight,” he says. “I’d never met Ricky before – we became instant best friends.”
The following morning, they started rehearsals. “It was kind of like fate,” says Emery. Liam went from performing for a couple hundred grownups inside a theatre to singing for thousands at a major league baseball stadium. “It was really a defining moment,” he says. Emery and Ricky knew what was next and their longtime manager, Joby Harte, called Liam and officially invited him to join the band.
Liam booked a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, packed two suitcases, and was on his way. “We’re brothers,” he said. “They’re the sweetest guys. I can’t imagine being in a band with anyone else.”
That was two summers ago, and this summer will be Forever In Your Mind’s hottest one yet. Nine months ago, they signed with Hollywood Records, the same record label that launched the Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato. And while they may live in Hollywood and be signed to a label of the same name, the guys are anything but. “What’s cool about how me and the guys operate is that we stay true to who we are,” says Emery. “We don’t like to put an image out there or have a façade – we like to be who we are. We all inspire each other in different ways.”
And now, they’re inspiring thousands of fans all over the world, not only with their music and personalities, but also with their perseverance. “It’s persistence and knowing that this is what you want,” says Liam. “People will start to see that spark and they’ll start supporting you because of it. You just follow a dream and it can come true – it will come true.”
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One of the pressing issues currently most concerning to the president of the United States is late night talk show hosts, and specifically, why are they so mean to poor Donald Trump? The whole dumb thing was started earlier this week by Jay Leno, who appeared on the Today show to shake his fist at a cloud over late night shows having become too political in the Trump era.
Leno’s remarks were naturally fodder for the talking heads over at Fox News, which were then ingested and pooped out by Trump on Twitter. “Jay Leno points out that comedy (on the very boring late night shows) is totally one-sided,” the president quoted Fox and Friends with his own added commentary. “It’s tough when there’s only one topic.”
By Thursday, Trump had still not let it go, yet again tweeting his ire with being the constant butt of Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Seth Meyer’s jokes, ostensibly — because we all know he wasn’t referring to Jimmy Fallon.
“The three very weak and untalented late night ‘hosts’ are ‘fighting over table scraps,'” Trump fired off. “Carson did a great job, it wasn’t political. I don’t know what they’re going to do in 2024 when he’s no longer President? Will be wacky in the unemployment line.”

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GOVERNMENT says it is considering decentralising the recruitment of teachers with special focus on the marginalised rural areas.
Primary and Secondary Education minister Torerai Moyo revealed this last week while responding to questions from legislators who raised concern on the current centralised system.
The legislators blamed the centralised system for deploying teachers to areas that they are not interested in.
“Government has a deliberate policy to ensure that teachers, come 2024, we are going to have a decentralised recruitment Mr Speaker Sir, so that we deal with those. “Most disadvantaged districts are going to have teachers and our learners will not be disadvantaged as teachers are deployed to areas that they are not interested in.
“It was a culmination of the policy of centralised deployment.
We have identified the disadvantages of centralised deployment whereby a person from Manicaland is deployed to Matabeleland North,” Moyo said.
Moyo said teachers did not stay in the area they are deployed to.
“After serving for two months, that person wishes to go back to Manicaland. In order to address that problem, that is why we are going to resort to decentralisation so that we encourage teachers from Matabeleland to be deployed in areas of their choice, most likely in their home provinces,” he said.
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Moyo said such challenges had forced government to consider decentralising recruitment of teachers.
The government recently said it planned to train more teachers to address the shortage of nearly 20 000 educators.
However, the authorities are embroiled in a labour dispute with educators over poor salaries and working conditions.
The teachers are demanding a pre-October 2018 salary of US$540 per month before President Emmerson Mnangagwa re-introduced the local currency in 2019.
Teachers have also been quitting the profession for the diaspora in search of better pay, leaving a huge shortfall in the country.
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Fayetteville eyes complaint review board for police
Allegations of racial profiling by Fayetteville police have prompted city officials to look at forming a public board to review complaints against officers.Posted — Updated
Fayetteville officials said they would use practices in place in Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte and other cities to develop the Citizen Complaint Review Board, which they called an important step to improving credibility with the community.
The move follows a long-running dispute over the practice of consent searches, in which police search vehicles during traffic stops after getting approval from the drivers. Some groups raised concerns that police might be illegally profiling black drivers.
The Fayetteville City Council voted in January to halt consent searches, but a police advocacy group sued, citing a state Attorney General's Office opinion that consent searches are a legal law enforcement tool. A Superior Court judge ordered in March that the city allow the police department to resume the practice.
The city called in the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives to review the police department's policies and procedures, and the group said that, while blacks are disproportionately subjected to traffic stops and warrantless searches in Fayetteville, there was no evidence of profiling.
NOBLE recommended creating an outside review board to show that investigations are handled fairly and that officers' actions are measured against established policies and rules.
John Midgette, executive director of the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association, said opening up officers' personnel files could put them at risk.
"Any other officer arresting somebody, the person arrested would have access to personnel records. That is not good legislation. That is not good law," Midgette said.
Mayor Tony Chavonne said the bill would allow only members of the review board to access personnel information.
"The only thing that anyone would be able to see would be pertinent to that particular charge made by the citizen," Chavonne said. "The only thing anyone would look at was what the citizen said, what the officer said and what was on the (dashboard camera) video in that particular incident."
The police department backs the creation of the review board, city officials said.
Meanwhile, Midgette said the PBA would ask the U.S. Department of Justice next week to investigate what it sees as a conspiracy to tarnish the credibility of the Fayetteville Police Department.
He cited the case of a driver who accused an officer of using a racial slur during a recent traffic stop. The dash-cam video of the stop doesn't support the driver's claim, and Midgette said the man should be charged with filing a false report.
"All of this anti-police retaliation cannot be done by a single person. Persons are acting together to deprive officers of their civil liberties," he said. "Police enjoy constitutional protection from these attacks."
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By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja Frank Ikpefan, Abuja; Tony Akowe, Abuja; Grace Obike, Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja; Sanni Onogu, Abuja, Khadijat Saidu
The rejection of gender bills by the National Assembly yesterday sparked outrage among women activists, lawyers and rights activists.
No fewer than 50 women groups stormed the National Assembly to protest the rejection, blocking the Federal Secretariat axis as from 10 am.
House of Representatives Deputy Chief Whip Nkiruika Onyejeocha alleged that male legislators ganged up to frustrate the bill seeking special seats for women in the parliament.
The United Nations (UN) Women decried the rejection, saying that it will compound the low representation of women on decision making in the country.
Various entreaties to the protesting women to leave fell on deaf ears as they insisted that Senate President Ahmad Lawan and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila should attend to them.
The entreaties by Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Senator Robert Borroffice, who came out to address them were turned down.
The women, who sat on the floor, brought bottles of water to rehydrate themselves as they waited.
To keep themselves going, they were playing music and dancing and various supporters also addressed them.
One of their leaders, Dr. Abiola Afolabi, said the treatment of the bills by the National Assembly was a manifestation of historical injustices against Nigerians.
Dr. Afolabi said it was unfortunate that the women were not fairly treated, despite their contribution to the country.
Afolabi said: “The proposed gender bills in the 5th Constitution Alteration Bills that were all rejected are Bills targeted at addressing the current gender imbalance across the legislative arm of governments across the country whilst reducing the under-representation of women in political office.
“The men of the 9th NASS have reinforced the discrimination and political bias against women as enshrined in the 1999 constitution.
In a statement, a coalition of 200 women chided the National Assembly for voting against the gender bills.
“The NASS has spoken loud and clear that they do not want progress for society: for mothers, aunties, sisters, wives, and for daughters,” the coalition said.
Some of the women groups that signed the statement included: ActionAid Nigeria, Transition Monitoring Group, Amnesty International Nigeria, Alliances for Africa (AfA), Federation of Informal Workers of Nigeria (FIWON), and Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN).
Others were: Nasrul – Lahi-L- Faith Society (NASFAT), Nigerian Association of Women Journalist (NAWOJ), National Centre for Women Development, National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), International Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida Nigeria), Nigeria Labour Congress, Women Committee, Stand to End Rape (STER), Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), Women Wing of The Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN) and EiE Nigeria.
Onyejeocha, who sponsored the bill seeking for additional seats for women in both the National and State Houses of Assembly, said she was shocked that her male colleagues ganged up against the provisions.
The Abia-born lawmaker told reporters that some of those who voted against the bill were part of those who had their names on the bill as co-sponsors, adding that she was surprised that a person could help kill the bill he co-sponsored.
“You saw that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala contested with world powers and she made it. That’s our blood. Look at Amina Mohammed, to mention but a few. We boast of being the giant of Africa, yet we are the least as far as women representation is concerned.
“Nigeria is ranking 184 out of 187 countries in terms of women representation. Our men should be ashamed of what they did yesterday. That’s the truth, 184 out of 187, Nigerians should not raise their heads high with this kind of outcome.”
UN against low representation of women in decision-making
The United Nations (UN) Women said it was against the low representation of women in decision-making in the country.
It says women need to be involved in decision-making because they are the most affected by climate change.
UN said women’s representation at the national parliament is 3.6 per cent; ministerial appointment is about 16 percent, while only 9.8 percent of local government elected seats are women.
UN women representative to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms. Comfort Lamptey stated this yesterday in Abuja at the Media Breakfast Meeting on International Women’s Day 2022.
She said: “Low representation of women in decision-making platforms suggests that women’s participation in climate change interventions is not at par with their male counterparts. Currently, women’s representation at the national parliament is 3.6 per cent; ministerial appointment is about 16 percent.
“Women make up only 9.8 per cent of local government elected seats as of 2021. This is a reflection of women’s representation in decision-making and participation in climate change interventions.
“Those who are most affected by climate change are women and girls and therefore needs to be involved in the design and implementation of climate response actions to ensure the equal sharing of benefits.”
Women will respond to legislators’ action in 2023, says Tallen
To repay federal legislators who shut gender bills down at the National Assembly on Tuesday, the womenfolk in the country said they will target the 2023 elections to take their pound of flesh.
Meanwhile, the Federal Executive Council FEC has approved a revised version of the National Gender Policy 2021 – 2026, presented to it by the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen.
Speaking with reporters, she sought prayers for the male members of the National Assembly, who worked against the gender bills.
She said she was working with some other interest groups to correct the wrong.
She described the rejection of proposed legislation as a ‘show of shame’ and threatened to mobilise Nigerian women to strategise and make a point during the 2023 election.
However, the Minister said the decision to turn down the proposed legislation was most unfortunate, which smacked of insensitivity by the male-dominated parliament, even as she expressed optimism that there will be light at the end of the tunnel eventually.
“What happened yesterday (Wednesday was most unfortunate and a big show of shame, but I urge all Nigerians to help us pray for the men that killed this bill yesterday in the National Assembly and I want to assure you that all hope is not lost.
“I’ve reassured Nigerian women that we should not be daunted, we should remain resilient and we have already put strategies in place. Last night, we all met the key civil society organisations and other women activists.
“We are strategising with the female members in both houses of assembly and I want to assure you that Nigeria women will not give up. We’ll keep pushing until we achieved Affirmative Action.
“Other strategies are also being put in place, which I will not disclose now, but we are putting strategies towards the 2023 elections and we know what to do by the grace of God.
“A lot of advocacies have been put in place, but they were simply bent on doing what they wanted to do. However, we are not giving up, we will continue to intensify advocacies, right to the local government level, up to the ward level and the outcome of our advocacy now will show by the time we go into the next election, that is very much around the corner.
“What happened is, as I said, came, unfortunately, on the first day of March, being the month to acknowledge and celebrate women.
“However, what happened today in Council is a big relief, as is a reassurance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, that he believes in women, and that this administration will continue to support all issues that will support women towards national development.
“My next prayer is that the National Assembly should support the executive because the executive, the legislature and judiciary must work in harmony in order to ensure that Mr. President succeeds”, she said.
Asked if one of the strategies was to ensure men are not voted for in 2023, she said: “We believe in democracy. We believe that everyone has the right to test his popularity by contesting, but again, you will agree with me that women and youths are the greatest voters.
“And if you neglect this huge number of the population of the country that is always consistent to turn in and vote, come rain, come sunshine, then, something will surely happen that would change the narrative, this coming election by the grace of God.”
On the National Gender Policy approved by Council, she said: “This memo is a revised national agenda policy 2021 – 2026. It represents a set of minimum standards expected of the Nigerian government to meet its mandate for gender equality, good governance, accountability and being socially responsive to the needs of its vulnerable group.
“Equity remains the foundation of the core principles of agenda 2030 which says ‘Leave no one behind’. I want to put on record that Mr. President has done so much to support women through numerous pro-woman projects.
“This memo today that has been approved by the council has gone again to clearly state the fact that Mr. President is committed to making a difference as far as women issues are concerned.
“This has also come at the right time. I’m sure you’re all aware that the whole month of March is set aside by the international community to United Nations to celebrate activities that concern women and women’s contribution towards national development.
“I seize this opportunity to thank Mr. President on behalf of all Nigerian women for this gift of the approval of this memo at this time as we celebrate the International Women’s Day”, she said.
A group, Standup for Women’s Society (SWS) frowned at the rejection of the bill.
In a statement by its National President, Deborah Ijadele-Adetona, SWS said: “The National Assembly has spoken loud and clear that they do not want progress for society: for mothers, aunties, sisters, wives, and for daughters.”
Senator decries non-passage of gender bills
Senator Tolu Odebiyi (Ogun West) lamented the non-passage of the gender-related Bills, saying that it was unfortunate.
He said that it would be good to have more women representation for the overall development of the country.
He said: “It is quite unfortunate that the bills on women didn’t pass. I know that the First Lady came here to push for the approval of those bills on women.
“I also know that the wife of the Vice President was also in the chambers on Tuesday. Everybody voted their conscience, they voted the way they felt.
“The Senate is not monolithic. It is unfortunate it happened the way it did. I really wish we have more women representation in government in all aspects because they would definitely add value to what we do in government if they are also involved.
“I think as we develop in the society, we would realise this and do the things that would make us do better in government.”
On the change of names of Egbado North and Egbado South Local Government Areas of Ogun State to Yewa North and Yewa South in the Constitution, Odebiyi described it as a dream come true.
He said: “I congratulate the people of Yewa who have been yearning for the name change over the years. You can imagine a situation where their identity did not reflect who they are. This is a victory for all the leaders that worked for the process. I pray that the president will sign it into law.
“My people are happy now that they are being called what they are in the constitution of Nigeria. It is very significant psychologically and it is a pride to showcase who they are.
“We have an identity crisis over the years based on the provisions in the constitution. We are not Egba. We are Yewa but they refer to us as Egba in the riverine areas because they don’t know how to define us.
“We were victims of misplaced identity. The name Yewa was gazetted by the Ogun State Government in 1979 but had yet to be reflected in Nigeria’s constitution.”
However, senior lawyers praised the National Assembly’s latest attempt to amend the 1999 Constitution.
They, however, urged the lawmakers to revisit the issues of restructuring and diaspora voting, among others.
On Tuesday, the lawmakers voted ‘Yes’ to no fewer than 23 bills including the Separation of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and the states from the office of the Minister and Commissioner for Justice; Financial Autonomy of State Legislatures and State Judiciary; Uniform retirement age and pension rights for Judicial Officers (70 years); Power to summon President and Governors; Devolution of powers (airports, railways, Correctional Service, among others.
Mr. Kunle Adegoke, SAN, said the National Assembly should be commended, adding: “Legislation on and collection of Value Added Tax cannot be an item on the Exclusive Legislative List. It should rather be a residual matter for the states. The historical antecedent of VAT in Nigeria can be traced to the 1979 Constitution in which it was dubbed “sales tax”. The decision of the Supreme Court in Aberuagba v. AG Ogun State makes it a residual matter for the States.
“This is more consistent with the need to achieve fiscal federalism by which the states should be more financially strong and reduce their appendage status on the federal government.
“The idea of immunity for the presiding officers of the National Assembly is objectionable. It is not done anywhere in the world. The limited immunity conferred on the legislature by the Constitution in accordance with the relevant Act or Law is enough. Sequel to such immunity, no legislator can be sued for an act or speech made in Parliament and neither can court processes be served on a member in Parliament. Such immunity is enough. Anything in excess of this shall be a further promotion of impunity.”
He, however, made a case for Nigerians abroad, saying “Voting in diaspora ought to be allowed. We ought to accord Nigerians living abroad their democratic rights.
“The idea of constitutional roles for monarchs is unnecessary. This ought to be rejected. It will only lead to an increase in the cost of governance which is already suffocating our fiscal survival as a nation.
“While affirmative action is commendable in relation to women empowerment, I believe the idea of special number for women in Parliament or executive positions will not promote merit but mediocrity. It ought to be rejected. While affirmative action may be encouraged for political parties to embrace, it ought not to be a legislative item.”
The lawyer commended the provision for fiscal autonomy for the legislature and the judiciary.
He said: “A country where the executive dominates the other arms of government cannot be described as democratic or civilised. It cannot even be praised for the rule of law and separation of powers. The abuse to which the office of the Attorney-General has been subjected by political office holders is alarming.
“While the Minister for Justice may be political, the Attorney-General cannot dabble into politics as his loyalty ought to be to the need to do justice and not to do the bidding of an appointor, whether President or Governor. This has unfortunately been the case in Nigeria as Attorneys-General have rather become willing tools in the hands of the executive to persecute political opponents.”
On increment in the retirement age of judges to 70, Adegoke described it as “commendable”.
He said: “Many of them retire when they have more to give having been trained and retrained by the system. I believe this is a positive development.
“Railways and electricity are better off as items on the Concurrent Legislative List. The current structure recognises electricity as an item on the Concurrent List but adjustments need to be made for the States to provide electricity beyond areas not merely covered by the national grid. Positive development in all ramifications is not possible where the simple provision of electricity is not possible. The current system has failed and the states should be encouraged to develop better transportation systems by rail and generate electricity to meet the needs of the people.”
Another SAN, Mba Ukweni, commended the move to devolve power to states and local governments.
Ukweni said: “What is key to me is the issue of devolution of power. I consider it key because the states are just relaxed, just like the local governments; the states are operating the way local governments used to operate. Every month they go and collect money and spend what they are collecting. They are not making any effort to develop whatever resources that are with them, there is no initiative, there is no ingenuity.”
He noted further that merely amending the Constitution to devolve powers is not enough unless the law is implemented.
Ukweni said: “Devolution of power is okay, and it should be applied.”
The lawyer further urged the lawmakers to consider amending the Constitution to provide for restructuring and a national conference.
“We shouldn’t run away from the main basis of our existence, Even in marriage, you accept yourselves, people agree to come together and if the relationship becomes stale, they agree on how they should continue to exist, so to me, that is key.
“If we are to stay together, let us agree that we are to stay together or, agree that we are not going to stay together. If we are staying together, we agree on our basis of staying together. In a particular state or region, there will be competition, if we sit down and decide on our basis of existence, we will see the world begin to move in a particular way. I maintain the fact that there is no part of this country that is not useful to the other. All parts are useful. Just like in the family, every member of the family is useful.”


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AChinesewhite or celadon jade carving of two coins with a feather, dating to the Qing dynasty or later.
Carved from a small piece ofwhitish or celadonjade with dark inclusions.
Height:1 1/2 inches
From the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Schloss.
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Major programmes issued by the international community (in
particular GEWEX - Global Energy and Water EXperiment) have
addressed fundamental deficiencies in the present understanding
of moist atmospheric processes and the role of the water budget
in meteorology and climatology. In particular, the lack of a
comprehensive and accurate global moisture data set is hampering
essential studies in atmospheric and climate sciences. The
project aims to produce such a dataset.
Methods to infer atmospheric water vapour or liquid water include
spaceborne remote sensors, upper-air sondes, surface and airborne
in-situ sensors. Each of these have strengths and weaknesses
mainly related to the accuracy, the vertical and spatial
resolutions, the spatial and temporal coverage.
Although the present capabilities are limited in some important
respects, it is now well recognized that the value of an even not
perfect distribution of the global description of the water
vapour is extremely high at this time.
We propose to take full advantage of the above mentioned methods
to derive a climatology of the global distribution of the water
vapour/liquid using a combination of satellite observations
(TOVS- HIRS and MSU, SSM-I, AVHRR) and other determinations
(radiosondes, analyses, and ground-based lidar).
This climatology will span over a two year period and will be
complemented by simultaneously retrieved atmospheric and surface
parameters: air mass type, cloud and rain detection, temperature
profiles, cloud parameters, surface temperature and
characteristics - sea ice, snow -.
The complementarity of TOVS and SSM-I will make this analysis as
complete as possible (ocean, land, sea-ice).
The spatial/temporal resolution of the output products will be a
compromise between the resolutions of the various components
entering the water monitoring of this study: TOVS, SSM-I and
AVHRR retrievals, radiosondes measurements, analyses products,
Furthermore we intend to assess the accuracy of the derived
products from measurement intercomparisons. Such intercomparison
experiments will aim at developing a full quantitative
characterization of each of the various sensing/measuring
systems. This cross- checking between the accuracies may lead to
updatings and improvements of the presently available algorithms:
this is also part of our proposal.
The coming microwave sounders (AMSU-A and B) and the high
spectral resolution infrared sounders (IASI/CNES-ASI/ESA,
AIRS/EOS/NASA) should provide enhanced vertical resolution. We
propose to analyze the requirements for the definition of new
algorithms capable of matching the expected performances from
these new sensors.
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Kelis Tells Judge She Wants Divorce ASAP
It seems that singer Kelis can't wait to be the former Mrs. Jones as she is looking to expedite her divorce from her soon to be ex-hubby, rapper Nas (real name Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones.) TMZ.com is reporting that Kelis filed papers to wrap up divorce proceedings sooner rather than later stating that " it would be in the best interest of both of us if our marital status is terminated as soon as possible." Apparently fearing that hashing out all of the legal and financial details of the divorce will cause the process to drag on even longer, Kelis requested that "other issues" be resolved at a later time.
Last week a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered Nas to pay Kelis $229,015.50 for back child and spousal support, plus her legal fees. Although he seems to be on the losing end of the split he recently garnered one victory, when a contempt charge filed against him for falling behind in his child and spousal support payments, was later dropped. "All I want to do is make music and raise my kids," Nas said in a statement. "Nothing else matters."Needless to say, Kelis agrees stating that there is no "possibility of reconciliation" between the two.
Once they put all their legal issues behind them, both will be free to focus on their music. Kelis' latest album 'Flesh Tone' drops July 6, while Nas' collaborative album with Damian Marley 'Distant Relatives' hit stores May 18. Check out the music video for Kelis' 'Acapella' after the jump.

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THE DECHERD DIAPER DERBY When the Franklin County Health Department put out a plea for diapers and wipes, the Decherd Church sprang into action. Some in our church family had not been in the diaper aisle for many years and found themselves asking store clerks for directions. It was humorous to see budget-conscious shoppers checking out all the local stores and comparing notes about where the best deals were in town. As the collection of diapers and wipes began to grow at the front of the church, they were displayed around the communion table whose inscription reads, "This do in remembrance of Me." When the diapers were delivered to the County, the church was surprised to learn that it had collected the most diapers and wipes of any single person or organization. The project wasn't about claiming that honor, though, It was about helping as many needy moms as possible.
THANKSGIVING WITH THE NEIGHBORS There are many ways to share food resources with the community. The Decherd Church uses the Thanksgiving holiday to provide food and an invitation to services. Gift baskets filled with fruit, nuts, pasta, and other staples are hand packed by the members. The colorful packaging also includes a simple paperback book that tells the basic story of God's love, as well as a post card showing the church and an invitation to services printed on the back. The Saturday before Thanksgiving, the church family walks the neighborhood and leaves a gift basket for each family. Though the event has become a tradition, the smiles of greatful recipients is fresh every year.
THE AMA CHURCH
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest tropical island in the world -- about the size of California. It is just north of Australia next to the equator. The remote jungle village of Ama lies 300 miles inland from the town of Wewak on the north coast. The terrain is thick with huge trees, jungle vines, and lots of mud from the 240 inches of rainfall a year. The tropical rainforest surrounding Ama is filled with exotic birds, plants, animals, reptiles, and insect species.
The five villages of the Ama people are isolated by wild formidable mountains on the west, malaria filled swamps to the east and south, and the mighty Sepik River to the north. It is the 700 mile long Sepik that forms a "road" for motor canoes to reach the Ama.
Socially the people of Ama are bonded closely to one another. They work together for the common good of the village. Many ofthe men have multiple wives and many children. However, more than half of the children die before reaching adulthood from disease and malnutrition. The people are animists who live in fear and bondage to demons, masquerading as departed ancestors and nature spirits. Theirs is a life without lasting peace.
Adventist missions in the area date to the 1960s when a missionary presence was established. But that light went out, and it would be decades before another missionary would come. In the 1990s another family went, but soon they too were gone. John and Pam Lello arived in 2012, but their service was cut short by the death of John Lello (above, red shirt) in a tragic accident.
Meet David and Edie Hicks, employees of Adventist Frontier Missions (Michigan), who have accepted God's invitation to move to Papua New Guinea and resume the work started by their predecessors. David, who studied pastoral ministries at Weimar College (California), is no stranger to PNG. From 1994-96 he served at the May River Mission Station, just down the river from Ama. Edileuza ("Edie") immigrated to the USA from Brazil. She is a registered nurse and will be operating a small medical clinic in the area.
The Decherd Church, along with many other individuals and churches, have covenanted to financially suppoort this missionary couple as they bring the news of a loving God to people who live in spiritual fear. And with this missionary link, "Decherd Street" with intersect with "Ama Street." Though formal introduction of these two people groups will be reserved for heaven, Decherd has a "sister church" to pray for, a missionary couple to support, and a group of people who are as special to God as the people of a small church in rural Tennessee, USA.
But the relationship is more than just monthly support. As the Hicks family packed a container with all their supplies for Ama, they also packed multiple copies of a songbook produced by the Decherd Church and printed in the common language of Papua New Guinea. Thanks to high-tech waterproof paper, the new songbook should be able to withstand the heat and humidity that destroys the paper of traditional publishing methods. In 2015 funding was provided for Bibles in the Tok Pisin language for the people of Papua New Guinea.


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This European Standard specifies requirements for the following aspects of information technology cabling: a) planning; b) installation practice. This European Standard is applicable to all types of information technology cabling inside buildings (and may be applied to cabling that is defined as part of the building) including generic cabling systems designed in accordance with the EN 50173 series. The requirements of Clauses 4, 5 and 6 of this standard are premises-independent unless amended by the requirements of premises-specific clauses. This European Standard: 1) details the considerations for satisfactory installation and operation of information technology cabling; 2) describes the methodology for the assessment of spaces, pathways (and pathway systems) and cabling (either installed or planned) in support of remote powering objectives; 3) excludes specific requirements applicable to other cabling systems (e.g. power supply cabling); however, it takes account of the effects other cabling systems have on the installation of information technology cabling (and vice versa) and gives general advice; 4) excludes those aspects of installation associated with the transmission of signals in free space between transmitters, receivers or their associated antenna systems (e.g. wireless, radio, microwave or satellite). This European Standard is intended for application within commercial and residential premises. This standard is applicable to certain hazardous environments. It does not exclude additional requirements which are applicable in particular circumstances, defined by e.g. electricity supply and electrified railways.
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A man who could not accept his relationship had ended threw petrol at his ex’s car and sent a message saying: “Burn baby burn.”
Jay Parker made a comment about throwing acid at Danielle Hunter, spat in her face, pushed her over and reversed his car towards her while she was on the ground.
Sentencing him at Cardiff Crown Court , Recorder Christopher Clee QC said: “You made her life a misery.”
The court heard the couple were in a relationship for around six months before it ended in November 2019.
Byron Broadstock, prosecuting, said around two months into the relationship, Ms Hunter noticed a change in Parker’s behaviour.
He started to call her, asking where she had been and accusing her of being unfaithful. He became angry if she did not do as he told her.
Prosecutors said she broke up with him and made it clear she did not want anything else to do with him, but he continued to send her messages.
The court heard Ms Hunter went to her car after work and found Parker there, demanding to talk to her.
Mr Broadstock said they went to a pub, where the defendant asked for a “second chance”. Ms Hunter told him she thought he would hurt her and he replied: “I would use acid. I want to ruin you.”
She was scared and told him her father was waiting for her. Parker said she could only go if she unblocked his number.
The court heard on November 17, Ms Hunter went to The Cross Inn with friends and the defendant turned up, gesturing to her to go outside.
Mr Broadstock said: “He started screaming at her and accused her of cheating on him. He spat in her face and pushed her to the floor.”
He said Parker jumped into his car and started reversing towards her. Ms Hunter thought he only stopped because someone came into the car park.
Ms Hunter reported the incident to the police, but did not wish to provide a statement at that stage, as she was scared about what he might do.
The following day, Parker called and threatened to “smash up” her car. She warned him she would call the police if he came to her home and he replied: “I was at your house yesterday.”
On November 19, she returned to her car and found that two of her tyres had been deflated. She changed her car, hoping Parker would not recognise her.
Prosecutors said Ms Hunter was going to the dentist on January 13 when she saw the defendant in a car.
She asked him why he was following her and he claimed he was just in the area, adding: “Good to know you’ve got a new car.”
A few days later, she went to visit a friend and Parker drove behind her, following her into the street. Again, she asked why he was following her and he said he had something for her.
The court heard he turned around and revved his engine, causing her to fear he was about to ram her car.
On January 21 she found him by her car again. He asked her who the man was she was with and accused her of sleeping with him.
Mr Broadstock said: “He tried to kiss her and she pushed him away. He got angry.”
The court heard Parker told her: “You really need to think about this because things will get bad.”
Three days later, he threw milkshake over her car as she drove to the shops. She carried on driving, scared of what he might do if she stopped.
Prosecutors said the following day, Ms Hunter was giving her sister a lift when they heard a splash against the car.
Mr Broadstock said Parker threw the liquid from a McDonald’s cup, but the complainant thought it was petrol or an accelerant of some sort.
She said the defendant knew she smoked in the car and sent her a message saying: “Burn baby burn.”
Ms Hunter went to the police and Parker was arrested the following day. He gave a prepared statement and denied making a threat about acid, damaging her car or throwing petrol.
He also denied assaulting her and claimed she had attacked him.
This video contains advice about what you can do if you've been affected by domestic violence:
In a personal statement read out in court, Ms Hunter said she had been “petrified” about what he would do if he thought she had gone to the police.
She added: “I am scared for my family, myself and my friends. I am scared of what he may do.
“I tried to keep up with my daily activities, but I am constantly checking my mirror and surroundings – worried he is following me.”
Ms Hunter said she had considered changing jobs, so he would not know where she works.
She added: “I do not know what else I can do to stop him following me. The contact I am receiving from him is unwanted. I do not want a relationship with him.”
The court heard Parker had previous convictions against a former partner. Mr Broadstock suggested that showed a propensity for domestic violence.
Parker, 23, from Llangwm Place in Rumney , admitted stalking and causing criminal damage.
Ruth Smith, defending, suggested he was immature and struggled to accept the relationship was over. She accepted his response was “inappropriate”.
She told the court her client found his first experience of custody particularly difficult, due to his long-term mental health problems, and wanted to accept help.
Recorder Clee said it would be “more constructive” to try and educate the defendant about how he should behave towards partners, rather than giving him a short prison sentence.
He noted: “She feared for her life, her family and her friends.” The judge said the complainant would be protected by a restraining order.
Recorder Clee gave Parker a two-year community order, requiring him to complete the Building Better Relationships programme. He made an indefinite restraining order.
He told the defendant: “I am taking a chance on you and I hope you take this opportunity.”
If you, or someone you know, has been affected by domestic violence, visit the Live Fear Free website or call the helpline on 0808 80 10 800.

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Melanite garnet with black, calcite crystals hails from San Benito, CA. It looks like hard candy! Features a one-of-a-kind, sterling silver organic design and hangs on a ruthenium plated sterling silver snake chain for a sleek look. Black rhodium plated extender chain with hematite bead accents and lobster clasp closure.
Length: 18-20 inches
Pendant Dimensions: 1.25″h x 1″w


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Bacterial sphingolipids – discovery of cryptic pathways expands the ceramide inventory.
About Professor Dominic Campopiano
Dominic Campopiano is Chair of Industrial Biocatalysis in the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. He studied chemistry at the University of Glasgow (1984–88) then carried out his PhD studies in Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Prof. Bob Baxter (1988–91). After post-doctoral stints with Prof. Bill Shaw in Biochemistry at the University of Leicester and in Chemistry at Edinburgh, he was appointed to a lectureship in 1998. He was promoted through the ranks of senior lecturer and reader before taking up his chair in 2015. He held a Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship (2006) and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2018.
He has had a long-standing interest in natural product biosynthesis and exploring the pathways and enzymes that catalyse their production. These enzymes can then be used as biocatalysts to develop greener/more sustainable routes to commodity and high value chemicals. Over 25 years he has developed many fruitful collaborations with a number of experts from different fields that include microbiology, human genetics and structural biology. He has led research programmes that have investigated the structures and mechanisms of key enzymes from sphingolipid (SL), antibiotic and vitamin biosynthetic pathways. Research has focused on characterisation of the first enzyme in the SL pathway, serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT). More recently he has investigated the biosynthesis of ceramides in various microbes to understand their role(s) in bacterial and mammalian metabolism.

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The festival of colors, Holi, is celebrated all over India with equal excitement. You will see people dressed in white ready to get their clothes painted in vibrant tones. Be it playing with organic powders or liquid guns, you will have the best time of your life when visiting India for Holi.
The festival is especially popular among international tourists who love the complete vibe of this festival. Not just in India, it has gained popularity in countries like the USA, UK, Turkey, Australia, etc. The day is filled with excitement and some mouth-watering delicacies are prepared to serve the guests. Here are some places to visit for Holi celebrations in India.
Where is the best place to celebrate Holi in India? It is the city of Mathura because it is the very place that has the roots of this festival. This small yet popular town is known as the birthplace of Lord Krishna and speaks of his miracles. It has a large population of devotees and more arrive particularly for Holi. The temples here make special preparations for the festivities. You must definitely visit this city to gain a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Considered as one of the holiest sites in India, Vrindavan is known for its grand Holi celebrations. It sees a great influx of the Vaishnavas around the festival. The Banke Bihari Temple in the city is a popular center for all the festivities. You will find everybody’s faces colored in bright hues here – be it with flowers or colors
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The spirit continues for almost a week with people throwing flowers instead of colors on each other. This is popularly known as Phoolon ki Holi.
Barsana is believed to be the birthplace of Radha and has a lot of significance among devotees. It is located in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Known to celebrate ‘Lathmar Holi’, the small town of Barsana has a unique style of enjoying this festival. Here the men need to stay cautious and safeguard themselves from being hit by their women but all this is done in a playful manner. The women during the festivities beat men with the sticks while the men try to shield themselves. This takes place almost one week before the main Holi celebrations.
Jaipur is known for its amazing Holi celebrations that include a big gala bash that is organized by the royal family in their palace to aid a few charities. The city attracts a lot of local and international tourists who plan their trip; especially to witness the grand festivities here. The local tourism office arranges an event that has traditional Rajasthani folk music, dance performances and playing with ‘gulal’ in a civilized manner. This takes place at the old but iconic Khasa Kothi Hotel. The vibes are purely devotional and religious and attract a huge crowd. Here the idols of Lord Krishna and Radha at the Govind Devji Temple are heaped with fresh marigold flowers while people sing bhajans.
Mumbai is a metropolis and is known as the best place to celebrate Holi in India. Bonfires are lit all throughout the night during Holika Dahan and people gather to mark the occasion. The next day, the residents and roads of this dynamic city are painted in different hues of colors. From gala parties by the celebrities to the small festivities at the society, the city celebrates this day on different levels but with equal excitement.
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Incredible India is known to celebrate all its festivals in a grand way and Holi is even special. There are numerous other places to visit for Holi celebrations in India and you can choose the city based on your preferences. Have you been to any of the cities to witness the grand festivities? If yes, comment below and let us know about your experience.
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Living Here highlights the positive solutions from your local community through stories of healthy living, clean energy, land stewardship, and strong economies.
Where we live may be different — we’re from small towns, big suburbs, and rural communities. But folks outside of big cities have something in common: shared values. Even when our experiences are diverse, our appreciation for strong and sustainable communities is the same.
We can learn from each other’s stories and how we strengthened those communities. Whether they’re reviving the family farm, fighting nearby wildfires, or securing cleaner, safer housing for their elderly neighbours, the inspiration and solutions we need to work together to achieve a better life are right here amoung us.
Living Here works with local media to share our stories in other online, print, and audio publications to reach you, your neighbours and your neighbours’ neighbours. To find out how to republish one of our stories on your site, newspaper, or magazine, contact email@example.com.


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The Charlbury collection from Kettler brings all the features that you would expect from a brand like Kettler. Using traditional wicker techniques which protect from use and from weather damage the Charlbury collection includes corner sofas, armchairs and a variety of table options.
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Ad revenue at Sky was £319m in the period, up 4% year on year, and said to be in line with the sector. Sky said it increased its estimated share of the advertising sector by around two percentage points, to 15.8%.
In the three months to 30 June, Sky's ad revenues were up 18% year on year, which Sky admitted was slightly behind the growth in the sector, which benefited from the Fifa World Cup being on terrestrial channels.
Sky said while it remained cautious on the outlook for advertising, its agreement with Viacom and acquisition of the Living TV Group positioned the company well.
In the 12 months to the end of June, adjusted revenue at BSkyB was £5,912m, up 11% year on year and adjusted operating profit was £855m, up 10% year on year.
The World Cup also helped attract more than 449,000 new subscribers to Sky's HD service in the quarter, which had been supported by an advertising campaign around the Fifa World Cup finals.
Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of BSkyB, said: "High definition goes from strength to strength, with more than twice as many customers as a year ago. At the same time, customers are choosing broader bundles of services. Overall, customers are taking 45% more additional subscription products than a year ago."
Sky also announced a commitment to original British comedy with four commissioned comedy programmes, including 'Stella' from 'Gavin and Stacey' writer Ruth Jones. The broadcaster has also signed an exclusive deal with US TV producer Home Box Office (HBO).
In the three months to 30 June Sky, added 429,000 net Sky+HD customers, 119,000 net broadband customers and 137,000 net telephony customers. One in five Sky customers now subscribes to the three services of TV, broadband and telephony, up 36% year on year.
Gross additions for the quarter were 348,000, down 2.2% when compared with the same period in 2009, and churn for the quarter was 10.5 %, up from 9.9 % in 2009.
Sky's broadband and telephony business moved into profitability for the first time, which the company said reflected a number of initiatives over the past 18 months, including an improved take-up of bundled products and a continued focus on cost efficiency.
Sky increased its full year dividend by 10% to 19.40 pence per share, which represents a doubling in dividend in five years.
Darroch said: "It has been a good year for Sky but we stay focused on the challenge ahead. The economic outlook remains uncertain and, against that backdrop, we'll pursue the consistent set of priorities that have served us well so far. Executing on these plans will build a larger, more profitable business for the long term."
Yesterday, Sky announced it would launch Europe's first 3D channel on 1 October with a mix of film, sport, including Premier League action, and arts programming.


The City Mayor of Bogota, Colombia has decided to demolish the Central tower of the Hospital San Juan de Dios, an iconic building of the healthcare modernist architecture in Latin America. The building its part of a healthcare complex with an eclectic architecture dating from 1918, this barbaric action it is an attempt to the architecture patrimony and exemplifies the lack of understanding and respect for the modern movement architecture in Bogota, Colombia.
The history of the San Juan de Dios Institution start in 1603 when by Royal order of the Spain Kingdom the “San Juan de Dios Catholic Fraternity” are authorized to build the first building later Finish by 1740. In 1918 there’s a first intervention which end 1926 by 1948 this old hospital doesn’t complied with the healthcare, technical and size needs being this the reason to create a new building start the construction.
Designed by CUELLAR, SERRANO GOMEZ, the Central Pavilion its a 9 stories building designed with the needs of the modern medicine based on the Compact Block typology, as an auto sufficient building and resolved as a multi stories building containing new technologies related to the mobility of the patients, the spatial efficiency to optimize the work of the staff and with the required infrastructure. The new project gain the standards of the american healthcare buildings improving high index of efficiency as per the management and medical needs.
CUELLAR, SERRANO GOMEZ was one of the more prolific and important architecture office in Colombia being masters of the modern movement with their projects from small to large scale.


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Walking with Dinosaurs
Sunday, April 16 2000
I spent most of the day earning my rent, so to speak, doing web development work for Evan in exchange for being allowed to stay with Kim in his apartment.
In the evening, we were all super hungry, so Kim and I drove down to ever-funky downtown Venice to buy an extra-large pie at the Paesano Pizza Parlor. Paesano's was experiencing unusually brisk business, with a full dining room and a desperately understaffed kitchen. Complicating matters, the main pizza chef was in the process of training a fresh new hire whose mastery of English was incomplete at best.
The urine-perfumed streets of Venice were alive with the unintelligible voices of numerous young foreigners, especially small groups of tall Germans dressed in the sort of slightly unfashionable clothes that would be considered cool if self-consciously worn for that purpose.
In the evening Kim and I found ourselves watching a show called Walking With Dinosaurs, a new crash history course on the creatures that ruled the world so long ago. It's done from an unusual perspective, that of the nature photographer focusing on the small dramas of individual creatures doing their best in their part of prehistory. This perspective is made possible by the latest in computer animation technology, with computer-generated sauropods moving across real earthly landscapes, ones chosen for their similarity to those that existed before flowering plants, powerlines, strip malls and cows. This wasn't your usual watered-down television programming either; we got to see the dinosaurs taking shits, having brief episodes of intercourse, and laying eggs with multi-yard ovipositors. The dinosaurs were portrayed with an unusual amount of human sympathy, as if perhaps we Mammals really did snatch this world from them 65 million years ago. I was fascinated. This was a much better telling of the dinosaur story than I remember from my childhood, when we were left to imagine the movement of dinosaurs in our heads:
A long time ago there were these creatures.
They were a lot bigger than any creatures that live today.
They ate each other if they didn't eat plants.
They mysteriously died out 65,000,000 years before you were born.
Back in the day, that was enough to excite any eight-year-old boy. But now, with this series, imagination isn't even required; it's all presented like some sort of journalistically-documented biological fact. What I find especially amusing is the notion that some day we'll all be watching this series and looking for the glitches and artifacts of our period, when we didn't quite have it figured out how large animals move in space. Thirty years from now the spasms of puppet-like physics-defying jerkiness will be emblematic of our primitive age. On our screens (or perhaps even in our books) simulated dinosaurs will move with the fluidness of any animal alive today. At that point our world will forever transcend the quaintness that still envelopes us.
A utility pole, skyline and assorted palms of Mar Vista, looking west towards the Pacific.
Sophie on Evan and Corynna's balcony, among a variety of plants.
Kim with Corynna's angel wings.
Me on Evan and Corynna's balcony.
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ICANN, the Internet Corporation of
Applied Names and Numbers is a nonprofit public benefit corporation, organized
under the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable
and public purposes, whose mission is to run the Internet. To measure the scope
of its influence: more than half the world’s population, or around 3.6 billion
human beings, are connected to the Internet.
The OISTE Foundation belongs to the
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO), the policy-making body of ICANN, responsible
for generic top-level domains, such as .com and .org. The GNSO recognizes four
stakeholder groups that are potentially interested in generic top-level domain
policy development; one of them is the Not-for-profit Operational Concern
(NPOC), where OISTE is a recognized, voting member since 2013.
ICANN’s governance is all but simple. It is engineered to represent a
multi-stakeholder community. The voice of stakeholders is expressed through the
Board of Directors. The Board has 16 voting members, where the Nominating
Committee appoints half of them. The other members are appointed by several
stakeholder organizations: the Address Supporting Organization (ASO); the
Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) and the Generic Names
Supporting Organization (GNSO) – two members each. The “end users”, i.e. “the
people” are represented by the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), which
appoints one board member. Finally, ICANN’s appointed President occupies the
remaining voting chair.
What the world has witnessed recently is the direst threat to the multi-stakeholder
governance policy so far: the announced sale of the rights of the .org registry
domain to Ethos, a private equity firm. Though, what happened shows that ICANN
bent to the judgment of the Attorney General of the State of California’s
office, not to the pressure of any of the recognized stakeholders. It was the
State of California’s office of the Attorney General that determined that
ICANN’s board had to reject the sale to protect the global public interest and
the benefit of the Internet community as a whole. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/becerra-to-botterman-marby-15apr20-en.pdf
In other words, the multi-stakeholder governance model has no jurisdictional
enforcement other than American law.
The protagonist of this saga are, one the one side, the Internet Society
(ISOC), a worldwide lobby whose mission is to defend the Internet and the
Public Interest Registry (PIR) https://thenew.org/org-people/about-pir/ which is in fact the owner of the .org top domain name. On the other side
stands, Ethos, a private equity fund with no experience and little empathy with
the not-for-profit world. Today, there are over 10.3 million .org domain names
registered (for instance: www.worldbank.org/ or www.oiste.org). Income from
registered .org domains amounted to more than USD 50 million per year, which
has been, in fact, the endowment that allows the Internet Society to function.
The rationale of the projected sale was to increase this amount and enjoy a
larger endowment: USD 1.13 billion was the price tag for .org or the Public
Interest Registry. The disappointment at ISOC quarters is understandable, but
for the holders of .org domain names, the news came as a relief since there was
a high risk that domain right prices would follow a for-profit logic under
“This is the right decisions”, stated Carlos Moreira, Secretary General of
the OISTE Foundation. “The world needs evidence that the Internet is run having
the public good as the paramount consideration”.
About OISTE FOUNDATION
Founded in Switzerland in 1998, OISTE was created with the objectives of
promoting the use and adoption of international standards to secure electronic
transactions, expand the use of digital certification and ensure the
interoperability of certification authorities’ e-transaction systems. The OISTE
Foundation is a not for profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland,
regulated by article 80 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code. OISTE is an organization
in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations (ECOSOC) and belongs to the Not-for-Profit constituency (NPOC)
of the ICANN.
The project is under the supervision of a new association, the Trust Protocol Association, established last January as an independent, not-for-profit membership organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland – May 22, 2020 – The purpose of the Trust Protocol Association is to establish a new Trust Protocol for the Internet combining traditional Cryptographic Trust Models with distributed blockchain ledgers creating a new Global Trust platform.
The mission of the Association is to create an ecosystem of governmental, technology and business partners, each representing a node with the possibility to have multiple nodes per country.
Blockchain-based solutions aim to override the need for a central authority by distributing information previously held in a centralized repository across a network of participating nodes. While Blockchain is not owned by one individual or organization, anyone with an internet connection (and access, in the case of private Blockchains) can make use of it, help maintain and verify it. When a transaction is made on a Blockchain, it is added to a group of transactions, known as ‘blocks”. Each block of transactions is added to the database in a chronological, immutable chain. Each block is stamped with a unique cryptographic code, which ensures that records are not counterfeited or changed. The Blockchain approach lacks legal validity in most jurisdictions, which only recognize the digital signatures as equally valid that manuscript signatures when generated using traditional PKI technology.
The Trust Protocol Association is working with a number of members in USA, Asia MEA and Europe to deploy a fully compliant Trusted Health Passport using the WIShelter Version 2, a new application in the WISeID App ecosystem, designed to remediate risks during the global COVID-19 lockdown period. Using their digital identity secured by WISeKey, users will be able to geo-localize other certified users and stablish secure communications. If needed, the app allows users to prove to local authorities that they are respecting the stay at home recommendations. To ensure the data privacy, each user’s Personal Identifiable Information is kept encrypted and never disclosed without their consent.
WIShelter app is based on WISeID, WISekey’s Digital Identity platform and combines in a unified solution a suite of web services and mobile applications:
- The WISeID Account: a digital identity with a unique credential that can be used to access all of WISeKey’s services and other affiliated services
- A Digital Certificate: offers strong authentication and digital signatures which can be also used to protect users’ email and communication during Teleworking
- A Personal Encrypted Vault: provides secure storage of confidential information, including the medical details
The new features of the WIShelter Version 2 include a full health digital certificate that is imported into the App by connecting it to the medical record of the patient issued by a bona fide qualified health certification program on which Doctors and Medical Facilities can join.
The App’s secure QR Code provides access to the user’s WISeID Health Card. The QR Code is displayed in three colors:
– Green: the person is healthy
– Yellow: the person’s health is compromised
– Red: the person has a health problem
The WISeID Health Card includes important medical details like blood type, allergies, and other medical conditions, and can be enriched with digital health certificates, as it’s the case of the result of an official COVID-19 test.
This simple method to display the Health Card could allow law enforcement and other public services to apply controls during the de-escalation phase of the pandemic.
All health details are encrypted and linked to the user’s identity, represented by a Digital Certificate. Encrypting this data is important to protect user’s confidential information and ensuring that the user is staying up-to-date with its health credentials, and is in compliance with all privacy requirements, like the European General Data Protection Regulation (Directive 95/46/EC), known as GDPR, the primary law regulating how companies protect EU citizens’ personal data.
WISeKey is a fully Qualified Trust Service Provider (TSP) under eIDAS, the updated EU regulations dealing with trusted eID and electronic transactions and Webtrust.ORG.
WISekey is currently working with several governments and health organizations to add functionalities to the WIShelter app such as the ability for users to upload and digitally certify the results of their COVID-19 test. These functionalities will allow local governments to enable healthy/immured persons to safely return to their jobs thus reduce the economic impact of the epidemic while protecting the high-risk population by controlling the spread of this infectious disease.
For almost two decades, WISeKey has contributed to the design and implementation of global standards for the internet’s long-missing identity layer: decentralized, point-to-point exchange of information about people, organizations, or things – enabled by blockchain and certified by cryptographic Root of Trust. WISeKey’s technology, products and services can be used by individuals and organizations.
To that effect, WISekey has launched an enhanced version of WISeID, adding easy to use strong authentication and email security capabilities that can remediate threats like phishing, ransomware or identity theft. Strong Authentication is a mechanism able to enhance security by complementing the traditional username/password access to online services with additional security factors, like biometry, hardware tokens and one-time-passwords. Additionally, secure eMail techniques allow confidential messages to be exchanged encrypted, and to affix a “digital signature” to the outgoing email, ensuring the recipient that the message comes from a genuine person and that has not been manipulated in the way.
WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity company currently deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems for people and objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1.5 billion microchips in virtually all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers, mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a huge amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence (AI), can help industrial applications to predict the failure of their equipment before it happens.
Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to ensure the integrity of online transactions among objects and between objects and people. For more information, visit www.wisekey.com.
About the Trust protocol Association
The purpose of the Trust Protocol Association (the Association) is to establish a new Trust Protocol for the Internet by combining traditional Cryptographic Trust Models with permissioned Blockchain transactions through strong authentication provided by the OISTE WISeKey Root of Trust, and create a new Global Trust platform and an ecosystem of governmental, technology and business partners, each representing a certification node with the possibility of having multiple certifications nodes per country. The Association promotes the use of Blockchain technologies internationally, facilitate the rapid adaptation and on-boarding of Blockchain-based solutions, foster stronger collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors.
About OISTE FOUNDATION
Founded in Switzerland in 1998, OISTE was created with the objectives of promoting the use and adoption of international standards to secure electronic transactions, expand the use of digital certification and ensure the interoperability of certification authorities’ e-transaction systems.
The OISTE Foundation is a not for profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, regulated by article 80 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code. OISTE is an organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and belongs to the Not-for-Profit constituency (NPOC) of the ICANN. http://www.oiste.org/.
Mission: transfer the control and management of technologies dealing with digital identities to neutral authorities working for the public interest.
Vision: an Internet where users engage in online transactions and communications under systems of digital identity management that offer robust protection against fraud and theft, while protecting the fundamental right to privacy.
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This paper presents some works made in the development of communications software for an embedded open core system. By using a Linux-based processor implemented on a FPGA, we are developing the appropriate software in order to implement a remote unit to be used in a telecontrol network. We present an analysis of the physical devices needed and a performance report of them. After that, we analyze the requirements of the telecontrol network and the possibility of re-using already implemented protocols in Linux instead of using standard telecontrol protocols.

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Teen Guide to Smart Dating
by:Avery Bjorklund, Luke Jancoski, and Ian Richardson
Refusal Skills and Pressure Lines
Boy: Are your parents home?
Boy: What will we do?
Girl: Watch a movie thats rated R.
Boy: I think I am busy tonight.
Girl: Come on! Lets Snuggle!
Boy: I have to go out to eat with my family.
Girl: We can have sex also!
Boy: We are to young I am sorry but I cannot go.
Avoiding Unplanned Sexual Activity
- Being at a party
- Going to someones house when parents are away
- Watching an inappropriate rated R movie with someone when parents aren't with you.
Benefits of abstinence
*Mental: more time for self-growth, good self-esteem, focus on what's important versus seeking constant pleasure
*Social: able to have time for friends, not being secluded from activities, keep good reputation
Healthy expressions of affection
Talk on phone
Reporting sexual harassment
The address is 401 Carver Rd.
P.O. Box 228
characteristics of a healthy relationship
Negative: pressuring each other to have sex, arguing often, staying away from family
Consequences of early sexual activity
Mental: self-loathing, regret, low self-esteem
Social: people wanting to date you for the wrong reasons, ruin reputation, lose friends

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