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Beaches bring e'er been a vital business office of Goa tourism, equally nosotros never tin forcefulness out imagine Goa without beaches. Goa is a small-scale soil inward Republic of Republic of India which falls inward the Western business office of India. Panaji is the working capital missive of the alphabet of Goa; too Vasco da Gama is the largest metropolis inward Goa, which is dedicated to Vasco da Gama, an explorer from Portugal. Goa is considered the almost visited house inward Republic of Republic of India catches large pose out national too international tourists every season. Casinos, churches, street food, resorts, too beaches are few major things which brand Goa dissimilar from balance of India. Besides this, the Goa is likewise notable for its heritage, architecture, ocean life, too its civilization too music.
Beaches inward Goa
Beaches inward Goa are the best beaches inward India. There are many beaches inward Goa some of them are pop too few are nevertheless unexplored.
It is beautiful beach named afterwards a small-scale village, Anjuna which is established on the banks of this beach. The beach is pop for its hotels, markets too trance parties. It likewise has a flea marketplace position which is placed every Midweek too is quite pop for jewellery, clothes, too gadgets. H5N1 typical Shack hotel has likewise built at a beach which attracts all the eyes
It is some other pop beach inward Goa which is situated inward Canacona. The beach is located side past times side to the Chaudi marketplace which falls inward South Goa. It is the best tourist destinations inward Goa, attracts thousands of people every day. Apart from this, it is considered an ideal house for angling too other beach activities. Sunset at Palolem beach is i of best parts of this beach.
Chapora is a white sand beach which is located at but 24 KM motility from North Panaji. It is likewise known for its dark lava rocks too quiet which remains prevailed inward the atmosphere here. There are few proficient restaurants nigh the beach serving multi -cuisine food.
It is located at the distance of thirteen Km from North of Panaji. The beach is popularly known for its Aguada fort too is likewise the longest beaches inward Goa. Sunburn festival is likewise celebrated every twelvemonth on the beach.
Vagator beach is i of the almost beautiful beaches inward Republic of Republic of India surrounded past times beautiful kokosnoot trees. It is white sand beach regarded equally ideal house for sunbath, swimming, too other H2O activities
Baga Beach is the worthiest beach to live on mentioned equally it is a pop beach inward Goa for parties, shacks, too music too H2O sports. It is an exquisite beach inward Republic of Republic of India serving tourist amongst proficient nutrient too accommodation. Dona Paula: It is almost pop beaches inward Goa, praised for H2O sports. It is located at the distance of vi Km from South Panaji, known for its rocky shores too harbour.
Bangmalo Beach is some other pop beach inward Goa which is located but xiv Km motility from South Panaji. The beach is surrounded amongst clear seawater too is the best house for swimming inward Goa. It is likewise the preparation campsite for the Institute of diving. There are few small-scale handicrafts shops some the beach which earn a decent crowd here.

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Sushant Sakhalkar, Member, IEEE, Sushilkumar Pareek and Shahab Ardalan, Member, IEEEAbstract- Side channel attacks are a technique used by the hackers for obtaining the crucial information by Differential Power Analysis (DPA). We are developing a charge recycling differential dual rail domino logic for providing protection against the side channel attacks by reducing the current peaks .We are implementing a NAND & XOR gate logic using the charge recycling differential dual rail domino logic circuit to calculate the Maximum DPA and Area of the circuit. We are going to compare the results with the Sense Amplifier Based Logic (SABL), Enhanced Current Balanced Logic (ECBL), Dynamic Current Mode Logic (DyCML) and a CMOS Circuit.
Index Terms-Crdomino, Dpa, Sabl, Side Channel Attacks
Ambient Intelligent Systems
Today there has been a rapid innovation in the field of electronics which has revolutionized the whole electronic market. These sophisticated electronic systems help to ease down the daily routine work of the people in an easy way. It reduces the amount of time required for completing the task and also the effort in doing that. An 'Ambient Intelligent Systems' is an electronic environment which is sensitive to the presence of people around it . The response given by the system is also dependent on the number of people and things in its vicinity. A lot of Embedded Systems, sensors and wireless modules are employed to realize the functionality of ambient intelligent systems. Ex: 1) You can monitor the appliances, security of your home remotely from an application in your smartphone. (2)When you will reach home the face recognition system will recognize your face and will automatically open the door for you. (3) The smart lightning system in home will turn on the lights only in the perimeter where the person is present.
Such systems employ a lot of sensors like temperature sensors, IR sensors, and pressure sensors for achieving the desired response. The lifetime of the sensors is very important in order for proper functioning of the system. Now the attacker can attack such system. Thus they can hack into the systems at the physical level. The attacker will launch such an attack which will prevent the sensor node from entering into its power conserving mode. Thus the battery of the sensor nodes will get drained. The node will not last till the expected time of operation. This will lead to malfunctioning of the system. Such an attack is very critical for the entire network on which the system is based. One of the techniques for launching the attack is 'Side Channel Attack' .
Side Channel Attacks
Side Channel Attacks is an attack based on the method based on side channel information . Previously the attacker used to decode the cipher text based on some de-encryption based method. However today's encoding systems have multiple inputs and multiple outputs. They utilize these multiple inputs so that any required output can be produced by doing the permutations and combinations of the inputs.
The flow of the electrons will consume some power. It will also give rise to some electromagnetic radiations. Such variations are easily detectable externally. Thus the side channel information gives much important information such as time consumed to perform the required operation, the power consumed to satisfy the given logic. The attacker needs to have some basic technical knowledge of the architecture in order to know the exact working of the system. The attacker exploits such useful information from the system and along with some crypto analytical techniques he may be able to launch an attack on the nodes and degrade their working. If the internal mechanism and flow of any system is known to the attacker then he has the full liberty of bringing the entire node and the required system down. There are many different methods of 'Side Channel Attacks'. One of the most commonly used and well-known method is 'Differential Power Analysis' (DPA) .
Differential Power Analysis
This is one of the side channel attack in which power consumed by the circuit is closely analyzed. Every circuit consumes a specific amount of power during the entire operation of the circuit. The differential power analysis is divided into two parts 1) Data Collection: - This involves closely observing and noting the power that is consumed by the circuit. 2) Data Analysis: - Depending upon the power consumed by the circuit and by formulating some data dependent calculations we can arrive at the decoding the more there will be variation in the power, the more will be the probability of the circuit being hacked and malfunctioned circuit. Thus the entire operation of the circuit can be known from data analysis .After knowing the operation of the circuit it is possible to hack into the circuit by employing some crypto-analytic techniques. In every clock cycle depending on the inputs of the circuit the power consumed by the circuit will vary .The more there will be variation in the power, the more will be the probability of the circuit being hacked and malfunctioned.
The later part of the report deals with section (II) A description of SABL logic, (III) Differential dual rail domino logic details, (IV) An introduction to charge recycling differential dual rail domino logic, (V) SABL and CR-DOMINO logic styles for implementing Nand & Xor gates, (VI) Experimental analysis of SABL & CR-DOMINO logics in terms of peak supply current and area .Finally a conclusion to end the report.
SABL (Sense Amplifier Based Logic) was invented for its use against the side channel attacks by DPA . The main idea of the logic is to dissipate a constant amount of power throughout the working of the circuit .Thus hiding the signal activity from the hacker by leaving no information for the differential power analysis. In a normal logic whenever there is a switching at the input side, there's some static power dissipation for a very small amount of time. This gives rise to a strong peak in the supply current which can be easily detected by the hacker performing the differential power analysis. The main advantage of the SABL circuit is that it reduces the peak supply current thus making it difficult to perform the differential power analysis.
SABL is a logic style that has a constant charge in every transition cycle. It has a fixed capacitor load charge at every change at the input end i.e. it charges and discharges the capacitor load with a fixed amount of charge . Now SABL is a dynamic and differential logic style. It has a precharge and an evaluation phase. During the precharge phase, both the output nodes are charged to the voltage VDD. Two precharge pmos's connected to the clock are used for this purpose. During the evaluation phase, one of the two outputs is discharged and the voltage of the other output node is held at VDD. SABL is a differential logic style as it has both the normal and the inverted outputs. Being a dynamic logic style SABL logic switches for only one event per cycle. Because of this, either output node 1 discharges or output node 2 discharges to ground. Thus there's constant power consumption by the circuit independent of the input to the circuit .
Fig1: SABL Inverter
Differential (Dual Rail) Domino Logic
The 'Differential (Dual Rail) Domino Logic' is a differential and dynamic logic style. The domino logic gives only non-complementary outputs. Therefore 'Differential (Dual Rail) Domino Logic' was designed to overcome this shortcoming . It is a differential logic style since both, the complementary and non-complementary values of the input are given to the logic and we get complementary and non-complementary values of the output. It is also a dynamic logic style since it has alternate precharge and evaluation stage. Here this logic style uses two precharged Pmos loads for the precharge phase. The evaluation network consists of the logic which provides us with both complementary and non-complementary outputs.
In the evaluation phase, depending upon the state of the inputs one of the leg of the output will discharge to ground. So, the corresponding node voltage will be zero and it will turn on the keeper of the opposite output leg. This keeper will hold the output value at this node to high state. Likewise when the output leg which has output high, will discharge to ground it will turn on the keeper for opposite rail and thus that value of output will be held to a high state .Thus as one of the rail of the circuit discharges the opposite rail charges and vice versa. This guarantees that the capacitor will discharge a fixed amount of charge during every clock signal. Thus, it will make the output level independent of the signal activity. As the output level becomes independent of the signal activity, thus the variation in the power consumption will be very less. Therefore it will give very minimum chance for the attacker to analyze the variation in power consumption of the circuit. Owing to this advantage of this particular logic, there is a very less probability of the circuit being attacked and being malfunctioned.
Fig2: Differential (Dual Rail) Domino Nand
IV. CHARGE RECYCLING (CR) DIFFERENTIAL DUAL RAIL DOMINO
This circuit is a modified version of 'Differential (Dual Rail) Domino Logic' style. In this logic style we have implemented only a single precharge Pmos load instead of two precharge Pmos load. This helps to reduce the load on the clock line. It will also be easier to drive the clock. . Here the circuit style is differential because we give both the complementary as well as non-complementary value of inputs. It also provides us with complementary and non-complementary outputs. During the precharge phase the Pmos will conduct and it will short both the output rails. So, there will be a transfer of current from rail which has higher voltage to the rail which is at lower voltage. The node will be charged to voltage of VDD- VTP . So in this case the circuit will be faster since it discharges the capacitor from VDD-VTP and not from VDD. This logic uses the concept of charge recycling. The charge stored during the precharge phase will be used to charge the node during the evaluation stage. So there will be less power drawn from the power supply. Hence the power dissipation will be less. We have connected the two static inverters at both the end in order to improve the noise immunity of the circuit. Also, by connecting static inverters, we are separating the output capacitors and internal capacitance .
In the evaluation phase, depending upon the state of the inputs one of the leg of the output will discharge to ground. So, the corresponding node voltage will be zero and it will turn on the keeper of the opposite output leg. This keeper will hold the output value at this node to high state. Likewise when the output leg which has output high, will discharge to ground it will turn on the keeper for opposite rail and thus that value of output will be held to a high state .Thus as one of the rail of the circuit discharges the opposite rail charges and vice versa. This guarantees that the capacitor will discharge a fixed amount of charge during every clock signal. Thus, it will make the output level independent of the signal activity. So, as the peak current reduces there will be a less probability for the hacker to exploit the power dissipated by the circuit. The range of the variation in the power consumed will also reduce drastically. Thus it will prove to be strong against the DPA.
Fig3: CR-Differential Domino Nand
NAND & XOR
The CR-DOMINO and SABL Nand logic gates are depicted in Fig.4 and Fig.5 respectively. CR-DOMINO XOR and SABL XOR are depicted in Fig.6 and Fig.7 respectively. Both the SABL & CR-DOMINO are dynamic logic circuits. But in the CR-DOMINO logic, the two precharge pmos's are replaced by a single pmos in the center.
Fig4: CR-Domino NAND
Fig5: SABL NAND
Fig6: CR-Domino XOR
Fig:7 SABL XOR
The CR-DOMINO Xor and Nand voltage waveforms are represented in Fig.8 and Fig.9 respectively. Both the circuits are implemented in a standard 45nm technology. The vertical markers correspond to four different input combinations and it can be seen from the waveforms that CR-DOMINO output satisfies the Nand and Xor logic. The circuit for Nand and Xor logic is simulated at a clock speed of 1GHz and it experimental analysis has proven that it can also be operated at a clock frequency of 10 GHz.
Fig7: SABL XOR
Fig8: Output of CR-DOMINO NAND
Fig9: Output of CR-DOMINO XOR
The SABL & CR-DOMINO Nand and Xor supply current waveform is depicted in Fig.7 and Fig.8 respectively. It can be seen from the output waveforms that SABL Nand logic current is almost twice the peak current of CR-DOMINO Nand logic. Likewise, the peak current of CR-DOMINO Xor logic is also substantially less than the peak current of SABL Xor logic. Thus CR-DOMINO logic is better in terms of the the power dissipation of the circuit. Comparison of different logic styles for Nand and Xor gate in terms of Max. DPA and Area is depicted in Table 1 & Table 2.
Fig10: Current Peak of CR-DOMINO and SABL NAND
Fig11: Current Peak of CR-DOMINO and SABL XOR
Table 1: Characteristics of Various NAND Logic
Table 2: Characteristics of Various XOR Logic
We have designed a logic style to secure devices against side channel attacks by differential power Analysis. Results show that through charge recycling and lower precharge voltages, Charge Recycling Differential Dual Rail Domino logic achieves a 47% reduction in the peak supply current and a 29% reduction in the average power consumption of SABL.


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FRIPP ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) – The Beaufort County Coroner’s office now says Eric Clark died of “accidental drowning”.
Clark’s body was found Monday off the coast of Fripp Island after a two-day search.
Witnesses say the Ohio teen, in town with his basketball team, may have been pulled in by the undertow.
A Gofundme account has been set up to help pay for funeral expenses for Eric’s family.
FRIPP ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) – After hours of searching both Sunday and Monday, divers recovered the body of missing Ohio teen, Eric Clark, off the coast of Fripp Island Monday afternoon.
Sixteen-year-old Eric Clark just finished his sophomore year at Thomas Worthington High School in Ohio. He was visiting Fripp Island with his high school basketball team. Sunday afternoon, Clark and two of his teammates were swimming in the ocean in front of their beach rental.
“They were about 20 feet off shore, and it was about 7 feet deep, and the seas were pretty rough, it was very very windy,” said Kate Hines, the general manager with the Fripp Island Property Owners Association.
Hines says the boys’ basketball coach looked out and saw they were struggling.
“The coach went out to try and rescue them and he was able to save two of the boys, but the third boy, Eric Clark, was not able to be rescued,” Hines said.
Security responded within five minutes and within 15, the Sheriff’s Office, Beaufort Sea Rescue, DNR and the Coast Guard had all arrived. They continued the search until dark and began again at 5 a.m. Monday morning, recovering the boy’s body from the water just before 1 p.m.
Hines says the beaches at Fripp Island are usually very safe.
“I’ve been here for 25 years, we have had incidents, but I can’t even remember the last time we had one,” she said.
But the incident is all too familiar to Worthington– just two weeks ago, a kindergarten student drowned while swimming at a country club. The school district’s superintendent, Trent Bowers, released a statement Monday saying:
“No words will adequately express the sorrow we feel for the… families. I have no words that can make either of these events any easier and no words that will help our community understand these tragedies.”
Clark’s family arrived at Fripp Island Monday morning. Hines says many property owners on the island have offered their houses for the boy’s family as well as for families of the team members, anything to help during this tragic time.

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Prism Lua Sun Day Dress in Sky is a sexy square neck off the shoulder boho type dress that is cute as a summer day. The floral embroidery around the sleeves and hemline of the dress add an element of zest!
Oh, indeed... Prism Designs has several exclusives at Penumbra not to be missed. Another design that is eye catching is called Prism Imani - Zimbabwe with it's sexy harem like pants and bra top.
I love the intricate mosaic pattern of this outfit and the way it flows... the textures are sharp, so tribal, so gorgeous.... Perhaps Mr. X and I should plan a picnic in Africa.
Another design exclusive from Prism Designs is called Prism Wicca by Journey in Hot Sauce...how can you resist a name like that! The long skirt has a colorful and intense geometric pattern. The skin tight black silk tube top with cutouts adds a dash of "hot" sauce to this look!
Wearing Prism Design Exclusives at Penumbra Fashion Week
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Rights owned by MPL Communications + EMI Records ltd.....Follow up to the Frog Song a 2nd Cartoon production by Paul with following theme tune! He wanted to create a Jungle Book feel to the music and the way he and Linda sang it and animation. The music is orchestrated by George Martin and was released in 2004 after being shelved since Linda's death, I put in the Thumbnails from the actually vid. Enjoy!


Trying to set up RDT using home desktop as computer to be connected to from my laptop. My remote settings are set up to allow RDT. Windows firewall is set to allow RDT. Port forwarding is set up in router for port 3389. Using correct public IP address. I can connect within my home network but not outside of it.
If I run the open port check tool, "CanYouSeeMe.org", it can't see my service on port 3389.....connection refused. I've tripled checked the router setup and can't seem to resolve this.
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Early in the development of female embryos, a crucial event occurs in all cells: An X chromosome is silenced. Whereas males have only one X chromosome, females have two—which means they can have twice as many proteins generated from their X chromosomes. Too much of certain proteins can be lethal, so nature has figured out a way to turn off one X chromosome.
A new paper published in the journal Science highlights an essential step in this process, showing for the first time that changes to the three-dimensional structure of DNA in the nucleus are required for X-chromosome silencing, also known as X inactivation. More specifically, the study demonstrates that a single molecule called Xist is responsible for the DNA remodeling, and that these changes lead to chromosome silencing.
"We had this chicken and egg problem, because we knew DNA structure changes occurred during the process of X inactivation, but we didn't know whether these changes caused silencing or were merely a result of silencing," says Caltech Assistant Professor of Biology Mitchell Guttman, the leader of the research. "Beyond the X chromosome, our results highlight the important role that dynamic arrangement of DNA plays in turning on and off different genes."
The research is part of an international effort to understand better how DNA is packaged as a three-dimensional structure in the nucleus, and how changes to this structure lead to the silencing and activation of genes. Different genes—which are located on the DNA strands—are either turned on or off in any given cell; when they are on, they produce proteins. The shape and folding patterns of DNA control this process, but the details are unclear. A recently funded consortium established by the National Institutes of Health, called the 4D Nucleome program (with the fourth dimension being time), aims to solve this mystery of DNA architecture and its role in various human diseases such as cancer and premature aging diseases.
In the new study, the researchers focused on Xist, which was previously known to play a role in X-chromosome silencing. Xist belongs to a class a RNA molecules known as long non-coding RNA, or lncRNA (pronounced link RNA). Whereas traditional RNA molecules known as messenger RNAs act as templates that are made into proteins, lncRNAs such as Xist can directly bind to DNA to turn on and off genes. In the last decade, tens of thousands of lncRNAs have been discovered.
Previous studies have shown that Xist binds all along the DNA strands of silenced X chromosomes, but not to the active X chromosomes. Researchers also knew that changes to DNA's three-dimensional structure and position in the cell were associated with silencing. But how and if Xist played a role in the structural DNA changes was not known.
The new study outlines the process by which Xist orchestrates chromosome silencing and introduces a key player: a protein called the lamin B receptor, located in the envelope that surrounds a cell's nucleus.
"Our work demonstrates that Xist, through its direct interaction with the lamin B receptor, recruits the X chromosome to the nuclear envelope and through this leads to changes in the three-dimensional structure of DNA in the nucleus," says Chun-Kan Chen, a graduate student in Guttman's lab and lead author of the Science paper. "This process enables Xist to spread across the entire X chromosome to achieve chromosome-wide silencing—its essential role in embryonic development."
The X chromosome is a good model for studying the relationship between DNA structure and gene silencing, because the whole structure is inactivated by a single RNA molecule. However, other chromosomes experience more localized gene silencing. Guttman and his team are planning additional studies to probe the relationship between DNA's shifting shape and the regulation of other genes in cells.
The Science paper, entitled "The Xist lncRNA recruits the X chromosome to the nuclear lamina to enable chromosome-wide silencing," was funded by National Institutes of Health, the Heritage Research Institute for the Advancement of Medicine and Science at Caltech, the New York Stem Cell Foundation, Pew-Steward Foundation, the Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation, the Sontag Foundation, the Searle Scholars Program, and funds from Caltech. Other Caltech authors include postdoctoral scholars Mario Blanco and Noah Ollikainen; former research assistants Constanza Jackson, Erik Aznauryan, and Christine Surka; and senior research scientist Amy Chow.

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JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Jonesboro Police now says a shooting Saturday night in Jonesboro is connected to a deadly home invasion at the same apartment the night before.
According to Jonesboro Police, Saturday nights shooting took place at 306 Calion Street, Apartment A. Police found 2 bullet holes in the front door, and shattered windows to a car in the parking lot.
On Friday night police responded to the same apartment where witnesses say a man broke into the apartment armed with a shotgun. A resident inside the home him the intruder in the head with a tire iron.
The intruder was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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shannon.romines got their new character or mascot by running a design contest:
Seeking a hand-drawn illustration of Buddy Holly & a fox
Check out shannon.romines's Character or mascot contest…
This is for our wedding. We met on Halloween--he was Buddy Holly and I was a fox--so I'm looking for a fun custom illustration to include on all of our wedding materials.
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I'm looking for a hand-drawn illustration for our wedding website and invitation, place cards, etc. (We met on Halloween, and he was Buddy Holly and I was a fox.) Our wedding hashtag will be #buddyhollyandthefox and the site is buddyhollyandthefox.com so I'm looking for a slightly funny/whimsical illustration of a fox and Buddy Holly together that we can use on all our materials. I've attached an illustrated fox I really like the style of (happens to be from my favorite salon), and a couple pictures of Buddy Holly that you could work from. Ultimately I'd want one in multiple colors, and one as a single color vector file so I could put it on top of anything. (But would rather see the hand-drawn, multi-color one for the contest.)
https://dribbble.com/shannonromines/buckets/1014880-wedding-image-illustration-style -- Here are some illustrations I like to give you a sense of my taste and the general look and feel I'm envisioning...
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Every design category has flexible pricing for all budgets. Character or mascot starts at $499.
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It all began with a design brief.
A quick, interactive guide helped them understand their design style and captured exactly what they needed in their character or mascot.
Designers across the globe delivered design magic.
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When design entries come in, you can rate them so designers know what you’re looking for in your logo design.
99designs has great collaboration tools so you can pinpoint and capture your ideas
And then… they selected a winner!
Justino (aka Tito, aka Roakmora Estudio) was an absolute pleasure to work with, and produced a design we were thrilled with. Very receptive to feedback, and inspired designs. Highly recommend this designer!
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I have heard that the Radio National is going to broadcast a report about the 1940s version of the “turn back the boats” rhetoric:
Only the boats they turned back were full of Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust. It is something that I have been writing about for a while reminding readers that the UN convention on refugees that Australia shows such disdain for today was set up in the wake of the refugee crisis engendered by the Holocaust. One simply wonders whether the radical right in Australia today are not only climate change deniers but Holocaust deniers too. Even the term “conservative revolution” is exactly the rhetoric used by Spanish, Italian and German fascists. Spanish fascists fighting the republicans certainly spoke of their war as a “revolution”.
In any case, if they talk about what I think they are going to talk about, Tony Abbott isn’t going to like it one bit. It will add to his case for shutting down the ABC. He might like to replace it with a party mouthpiece called “The Populist Observer”. If you are wondering why, it is because over the years there has been a huge controversy on how to translate the German term Völkisch (pronounced “furlkish”, the adjective from “Volk”, pronounced “folk”, meaning “the people”) into English and many historians have tended to leave it in German untranslated e.g. in the name of the National Socialist Party mouthpiece “Die Völkische Beobachter”. Today, it seems the best translation for “Völkisch” is “populist”, replacing the German word “Volk” meaning “people” with the Latin word “populi” also meaning “the people”, so that newspaper name “Die Völkische Beobachter” should be translated as “The Populist Observer”. The story of the sociopolitical origins and character of the “völkische Bewegung” (populist movement) in Pan-Germanist ultra-nationalism and National Socialism is a whole, highly involved blog post (or even a whole book) in its own right. But, for now, suffice to say that the Australian far right (including the current Liberal government) today are perfectly rightly described as being “populist” or Völkisch.

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Core i3 chips are good for everyday computing. If you run web browsers, Office applications, media software and low-end games, one of these will be ample – but don't expect a Core i3 part to handle content creation, serious photo-editing or video work.
Is i3 OK for office work?
An i3 laptop is a great option for personal needs. If you occasionally need a laptop for your basic work needs, you can also go for an i3 laptop. But, if you have professional needs, prefer going for a laptop with a higher processor.
Is i3 good enough for everyday use?
Intel Core i3 – Everyday Computing A Core i3 comfortably handles like programs like word processors and browser-based tasks like checking emails and streaming Netflix. If that's all you're planning to do on your computer, a Core i3 is more than enough.
Is i3 better than i5 for work?
Expectedly, i3 processors are less expensive than their i5 counterparts. But, the i5 processors have more capabilities and are a better option for media creation, gaming and multi-tasking. If you regularly complain about your PC being slow, an i5 Processor will deliver an impressive performance boost.
Do you need i5 for office work?
The i7 is better for dedicated use on high-strain processes or for computers dedicated to resource-intensive tasks. For most office tasks, the i5 will perform more than adequately while still being less expensive than the i7. Unless you specifically require the more powerful i7, the i5 is the better value.
Is I3 processor good enough for Windows 11?
Windows 11 does not support Intel Core i3 7th generation.
Is Core i3 low end PC?
The Core i3 processors round out the low end of the Core series. They offer robust performance but have limited support for high-end applications and technologies.
How long will an i3 processor last?
However, if you have an entry-level laptop with Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, AMD Ryzen 3, AMD Ryzen 5, or other similarly powerful CPUs, then you can expect it to last for 3-4 years which is slightly lower than other high-end processors.
Which processor is best for office work?
For a business user, an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor is probably better suited to your needs, especially if you need to multitask or run robust software for video editing or advanced calculations. For professional power users, the latest Intel i9 processor may be most appropriate.
Is Core i3 future proof?
It's also future-proof with PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 support, making it well ready for next gen graphics and memory. Revolutionary performance and multitasking.
Is i3 slow for Windows 10?
Latest Laptop i3 10th Generation is very slow If your computer has a hard disk drive, I would also recommend upgrading it to a SSD drive to help improve performance.
What are the disadvantages of i3?
With regard to its disadvantages, the Core i3 is undeniably underpowered when compared with the Core i5. It would not be able to run graphic-intensive video games; multimedia creation applications such as photo, video, and audio editing software; and extensive multitasking.
Is i3 much slower than i5?
For the most part, you'll get faster CPU performance from the Core i5 parts over Core i3. Some Core i5 processors are dual-core and some are quad-core. Most of the time, a true quad-core CPU will perform better than a dual-core processor, especially on multimedia tasks like video transcoding or photo editing.
Can i3 replace i5?
... can i upgrade my processor from i3 to i5 ? ... - You cannot change the processor because it is soldered to the motherboard.
Which Intel Core is best for office work?
Intel Core i9 For professional power users, this best i9 processor may be most appropriate if you require high-intensity computing power or perform a lot of design-intensive tasks such as photo and digital video editing, animation, and AI.
How many cores do you need for office work?
2 CORES. Dual-core is the sweet spot for most budget users. You can access email, create and edit documents and spreadsheets, and have music playing without overloading your system. Don't expect to render or edit video without crashing your system, though.
Is i3 good for Zoom meeting?
Affordable Intel core i3 processors are cheap and the best choice if you use your computer for Zoom meetings and office work. These basic tasks don't require high Cache sizes or Turbo boost which aren't found on these more affordable core i3 processors.
Is i3 good for online jobs?
For non-CPU intensive tasks (like content writing or social media posting), the minimum is Intel Core i3 or Ryzen 3. And recommended is Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 and above.
Can I replace my i3 processor with an i7?
No. That is a BGA cpu, meaning it is soldered to the motherboard and cannot be replaced without extensive skill and very specialized equipment.
How much RAM does Windows 11 need to run smoothly?
Hardware requirements Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with two or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or system on a chip (SoC). Memory: 4 gigabytes (GB) or greater.6 дней назад
Is i3 slower than i7?
Again, the Intel Core i7 CPUs outperform their Core i5 counterparts and are much faster than the entry-level Core i3 CPUs. Quad-cores are usually better than dual-cores and hexa-cores better than quad-cores, and so on, but it isn't always accurate depending on the CPU generation—more on these differences in a moment.
Is i3 worse than i7?
If you want to boil things down to something plain and simple, then generally speaking, “most” Core i7 CPUs are better than most Core i5 CPUs, which are in turn better than most Core i3 CPUs. Below that, you've got fare like the Intel Celeron and Intel Pentium processors.
Is Intel i3 processor outdated?
The Core i3 CPU Processor is out of date. When you are looking for a laptop I would recommend looking for any other processor. Unless you need a quick-buy laptop for a year's worth of work it will do you little to no good. The processor will start to show its wear and age very quickly.
Is Ryzen 3 better than i3?
AMD Ryzen 3 vs Intel Core i3: Performance Overall the Intel Core i3-12100 provided a much better 28.8% higher performance than the single-core score of AMD Ryzen 3 in Cinebench R23. Even in multi-core scores, the scales tipped in favour of Intel with 26% better performance than the Ryzen 3 3300X.
How much RAM do I need for office work?
Generally, we recommend 8GB of RAM for casual computer usage and internet browsing, 16GB for spreadsheets and other office programs, and at least 32GB for gamers and multimedia creators.
Do I need i7 for office work?
Computers with Intel Core i5 CPUs are great for everyday use and your basic computer needs, like normal browsing, working, and light gaming. The i7 CPU is better for more specialized, resource-intensive, performance-oriented apps and higher-end gaming.


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Perfect for sleeping in, this impossibly soft weekend set is a pajama drawer must-have, here in Spring Garden, a nostalgic English gardens-inspired print from our limited-edition Julia Berolzheimer x LAKE collection, with a pop of peach piping. This style pairs a short-sleeve, scoop-neck top with pants with elastic waistband and 29" inseam.
Made from 100% Pima Cotton.
Due to the nature of our luxuriously soft Peruvian Pima cotton, it will shrink upon first washing. Please follow our care instructions below to ensure the softest and longest life for your garment.
-Machine wash with like colors.
-Delicate cycle in cold water.
-Lay flat to dry.
-Do not use bleach or Oxyclean.
Fits true to size. Clothing should have a relaxed, comfortable fit when new. Note that garments that are 100% cotton will shrink when washed. We typically recommend sizing up if you feel you are between sizes.
I really thought these pajamas were all hype but I love pajamas and I really wanted something pretty, comfy and modest for a family vacation. I love the Julia Berolzheimer Spring Garden print so I decided to buy these and the matching robe. When I got them I tried them on immediately and was blown away by how soft and comfy they are. The material is hard to explain, it's soft but not buttery in a good way, like they won't pill, and cooling but not cold if that makes sense. Anyhow, they were so crazy long that I was afraid I made a mistake in size. I read that they needed to be washed before the first wear so they can shrink a little to get the right length. I washed then on the delicate cycle in cold water and then dried them on the air setting (no heat). When they came out of the wash I tried them on again and I am in shock. They somehow shrunk to the perfect length and did not shrink inward so they now fit perfectly. My mind is blown and I have now bought almost the entire JBxLake collection. I can see myself swapping out all of my pajamas and replacing them with these. They are completely worth the price and not just all hype!


In South and Southeast Asia last week, there was a slight increase in the number of battles and reported number of fatalities while the number of demonstrations recorded remained static. Last week was marked by heavy fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security forces in Ghazni province, a surge of Maoist violence during the first phase of Assembly elections in India’s Chhattisgarh state, and one of the deadliest encounters between the armed forces of the Philippines and Abu Sayyaf since the 2017 Marawi crisis.
High risk countries and potential impacts on food security and agriculture
In view of the potential impact of the 2018/19 El Niño on food security and agriculture, high risk countries in Southern Africa, Horn of Africa, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America should be prioritized for further monitoring, analysis and early action.
MARAWI CITY, Philippines – “Many women and girls here were suffering from violence. And the armed conflict made the situation of gender-based violence even worse,” said Umme Limbona, a 26-year-old social worker from the battle-scarred city of Marawi, Philippines.
“There are a lot of unreported abuses, especially after the Marawi conflict,” she told UNFPA.
17 months ago, a local non-state armed group inspired by ISIS seized Marawi city.
“I was on duty at Amai Pakpak Medical Center when the conflict erupted,” Ms. Limbona recollected.
India supports disaster management capacity building efforts in the Asia Pacific region. The country’s role throughout the region as an increasingly capable actor in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance has reinforced India’s role promoting connective partnerships throughout the region.
Geneva – Marking the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) launched the ‘Holding On’ digital campaign yesterday (15/11) to raise awareness of the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and celebrate their courage and resilience.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (14 November 2018) — As the Asian Development Bank (ADB) considers a $400 million emergency relief package to assist in the rebuilding and rehabilitation of Marawi City in southern Philippines, ADB Vice-President Mr. Stephen Groff visited the city and discussed with provincial and city leaders and displaced residents how ADB can help improve the lives of people affected by the armed conflict that ended in October 2017.
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, responds to emergencies in some of the world’s poorest countries, delivering lifesaving sexual and reproductive health supplies and services to protect the rights, safety and dignity of women and young people affected by crises. In 2017, UNFPA reached 16 million people in 58 countries with humanitarian assistance, including 10.8 million people reached with sexual and reproductive health services and 3.9 million people reached with gender-based violence (GBV) services. In the last decade, UNFPA’s humanitarian activities have grown exponentially.
General Assembly Fourth Committee
Seventy-third Session, 24th Meeting (PM)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) faces the greatest financial predicament in its history this year following the abrupt end to funding by the United States, its Commissioner‑General told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today.
• Nearly 12,000 households require transitional shelter support in Marawi City
• More than 320,000 IDPs return to areas of origin in Marawi
• UN increases humanitarian funding appeal by $44.2 million
United Nations-coordinated Appeals
FUNDING REQUIRED $25.20B
FUNDING RECEIVED $11.97B
UNMET REQUIREMENTS $13.23B
PEOPLE IN NEED 135.3 M
PEOPLE TO RECEIVE AID 97.9 M
COUNTRIES AFFECTED 41
Global Humanitarian Funding
FUNDING RECEIVED $17.98B
UN-COORDINATED APPEALS $11.97B
OTHER FUNDING $6.01B
Global Appeal Status
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CO-AUTHORS: JOCELYN MICHELE WEST, MIRA LILIAN GUPTA
NICOLE CURATO & YVONNE SU
Exactly five years ago, Typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) ravaged some of the poorest provinces of Central Philippines. The strongest storm that made landfall in recent history claimed over 6,000 lives and displaced 4 million people. Many remain missing today.
The story of Haiyan that made the global headlines is a story of resilience—people thriving against all odds.
Animal health emergencies continue to erupt around the world at an ever-increasing pace. Increased global travel, human migration and informal trade of animals and animal products continue to intensify the risk of disease spread. Infectious diseases and other animal health threats have the potential to move rapidly within a country or around the world leading to severe socio-economic and public health consequences. For zoonoses that develop the ability for human to human transmission, an early response to an animal health emergency could prevent the next pandemic.
31 October 2018, Bangkok - In a unique partnership, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is connecting experts on coastal and river management from Deltares, a Dutch knowledge institute, with vulnerable nations in the Pacific and Africa as they develop new proposals for climate finance and build ecosystems-based climate change adaptation plans.
by Bruce Dunn and Cristina R. Velez
29 OCTOBER 2018
GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY
SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION, 27TH & 28TH MEETINGS (AM & PM)
Philippines Announces Withdrawal Effective Mid‑March, as Speakers Debate Court’s Jurisdiction Over Displaced Rohingya Population of Myanmar
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Sessions at the Tableau Conference (#TC18) presented ideas around new data visualization schemes to portray trends and patterns in novel ways. The dashboards below highlight a few of these data visualization ideas using ACLED data from across regions.
Total funding: € 656 million
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I hate smug women who change their names after they marry
Name change: Heidi Klum, pictured with partner Seal, is now called Heidi Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel
Lots of things annoy me.
The fact that having typed in millions of numbers to check my balance over the phone, the person I eventually get on the other end says: 'What is the long number on the front of your card?'
I've already typed it in, you numbnuts!
Or when I unwrap laundry or dishwasher tablets to find they are all crumbly.
Or when people send me flowers, which means I have to unwrap them, get out a vase, snip off the end of the stems and, in a few days' time, wash the vase! (Scented candles make a much better thank-you gift.)
But what has annoyed me most this week is the fact that Heidi Klum has changed her name to Heidi Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adelo Samuel.
I really hate it when women do this. (I didn't do this, obviously - my husband swiftly became known as 'Mr Jones'.)
Having learned a friend's email address, they then send you a smug round robin telling you their new name, which you have to learn all over again.
I usually send a cross missive back, along the lines of: 'Have you not heard of the women's movement?'
And then in a couple of years' time, they get divorced and you have to learn another name all over again. Beyond annoying.
At that point, I usually ask for my wedding gift to be returned
Time confusion: Serena Williams
I told you all American women were stupid
Tennis player Serena Williams on Twitter:
'Does anyone know the difference in the time, say if I were in like New York?'
I told you all American women were stupid.
Crime against fashion
Supermodel Sasha Pivovarova at super-photographer Mario Testino's party in Paris.
The look was part traveller, part hospital patient. The gilet was probably fur, too.
Tallulah Harlech, daughter of Chanel muse Lady Harlech, was in fur, too.
I thought young people were supposed to have passion and ethics, not just a desire to dress like their parents...
Not so super: Model Sasha Pivovarova (centre) looks like a patient
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Located at South Bridge Road, Un-Yang-Kor-Dai is one of the few restaurants in Singapore that specialises in Authentic Issan cuisine. Issan cuisines are usually spicier and sourer, making it a very appetising dining experience.
This place gives off a modern and chill vibe, with soft lighting, wooden furniture, and upbeat music that makes one feel at home.
Un-Yang-Kor-Dai’s dishes definitely brings you an authentic Thai experience and if you are into hot and fiery food, this is definitely the place for you.
The first dish that came up was the Tom Kha Chicken (S$14.50++), which looked really spicy and appetising. We ordered the soup with coconut milk because it gives this rich and creamy texture, which makes the soup more flavourful.
True to what it looks, the soup was tangy and bursting with flavours—filled with lots of ingredients like chicken, tomato and mushrooms that makes the whole dish complete.
Next came a refreshing dish that helped wash down the spiciness of the tom yum soup. We are not really fans of salad but this Papaya Salad With Salted Egg (S$10.50++) definitely won us over. The papaya salad was zesty, spicy and refreshing—combined with the peanuts and salted egg gives this crunchy and flavourful experience.
Up next was their Massaman Curry With Chicken (S$16.50++) was topped with peanuts and also sweet potato, which surprisingly complimented the whole dish. Masaman doesn’t pack as much heat as other curries, so if you are into something less spicy, this is the dish for you.
Marinated with cinnamon and star anise, the shredded chicken was tender and flavoursome, and the taste of the whole dish was really sweet and satisfying.
Saving the best for the last, one of the best pork necks we had was served on our table. We love their Grilled Pork Neck (S$12.90++) because the fat to meat ratio was 1:1, making it the golden ratio which allows you to taste the tenderness and juiciness of the meat. Dipped in the special sauce that was spicy and savoury, we devoured the dish within minutes.
As this restaurant is located in the CBD area, prices of the food might be a little bit pricey but fret not, for those who are looking for a more wallet-friendly option, they also have set lunches that comes with complimentary tom yum soup on weekdays at only S$15++.
57 South Bridge Road, #01-02
Daily: 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm
Nearest Station: Clarke Quay


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Southeastern is warning passengers to expect major delays after a locomotive is experiencing difficulty on tracks just outside Maidstone.
The Golden Arrow Iron Duke 70014 was on its way to Canterbury West when it came to a halt at Bearsted at around midday.
It was due to stop at Canterbury West for three hours before continuing its journey across both east and western parts of the county.
Passengers on board the train say Network Rail has been at the scene for more than an hour, and that leaves on the track have caused the hold-up.
Southeastern has since released an alert for its customers, warning people the situation is not to be resolved until gone 4pm.
The tour organisers Saphos Trains are yet to release an update regarding whether or not it will bypass certain stations given the time that has been wasted.
The tour was sold out before it left London Victoria, meaning the train will have a full capacity of people on-board.
Southeastern said: "A steam train has broken down between Maidstone East and Bearsted, blocking the line from Maidstone East towards Ashford International.
"Staff are on site and working to move the train forward, and a rescue train is also en route to help move it if required.
"Trains from Maidstone East towards Ashford International are being delayed, and some trains from Victoria to Ashford International via Maidstone East will be diverted to run via Tonbridge.
"Trains through Maidstone East towards London are not being affected by this."
The GBRF Class 66 rescue locomotive has just arrived at the scene.
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text: The evening turns black, joining the darkness, the stars and the moon slowly. There she is, the cold wind waking her up every time her eyes close. Sitting on this cliff, her notebook on her knees, she lets herself be lulled by the melody that she hums between her lips. Following the notes one by one, her pencil gently tapping the rhythm on the binding, she writes a new symphony. She hears like a violin sound in the distance, and instinctively finds inspiration. D, F, B, C. Nothing matters more now, she hums this incessant melody, accompanying in her voice the sea and the imaginary violin. And this presence nearby, the one who plays this violin, is him. He is her muse, her instrument to compose. His name is the supreme note, his face, the eternal sound, his smile the orchestra of her dreams. When she wants to create, she just has to think. Think of his kisses which are like the taste of a peach in the middle of winter, frozen and sweet at the same time. Think of his caresses which are like the feather of a dove, soft and light. Thinking, thinking, thinking... Thinking to create, compose, interpret, to play... The sound of his voice when he tells her that he loves her. The illumination in his eyes when he laughs, the one when he smiles. The colour of his cheeks when he blushes. She forgets everything when his fingers land on his violin to play. When he moves the bow to the rhythm of her melody, her own, the one she wrote just for him. This unique music for this unique talent as a violinist. So, imagining that he is playing right now at her side, she whistles, hums and marks each note with the melody she is composing, the symphony that will one day be over.


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This pewter inspirational “Always in Our Hearts” angel frame holds a small, oval photo of someone special you’d like to remember throughout the years. Her wings are accented with silver glitter. It is made out of metal and has a silver glitter ribbon for hanging.The saying and colors are on the front only. The dimensions are approx. 2″ wide x 3″ tall without the attached ribbon. Hang in your car, on the tree or on a hook in the window. What a great gift….. Something they will never forget!!!
- “Always in Our Hearts” Angel Frame
- Metal & Enamel
- Inspirational Saying


Sun, 27 Feb
For 30 years, Tommy Fleming has been honing his craft and entertaining the masses with his extraordinary talent. His worldwide success has made him a household name in many homes across the globe and his fanbase is growing year on year. It’s not hard to see why; music is a universal language and one Tommy is undoubtedly fluent in. A special night of music, song and stories; Tommy will be joined by his band for this special tour not to be missed.


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Monday, November 30, 2009
UPDATE: You just lived through the 2nd warmest November on record. The average temperature at the Twin Cities Airport for the month was: 43.0 degrees, 10.3 degrees above average. We beat the previous 2nd warmest November of 41.8 degrees in 1999 by a decent margin, but couldn't crack the warmest November on record at 46.4 degrees in 2001.
Today will be the last day of our honeymoon/sabbatical as temperatures climb back into the 40's making it nearly a full month with seeing temperatures above average. We get back to reality tomorrow and Thursday as the first dump of colder air flushes in from the polar regions. Just in time too as we start meteorological winter today, marking (on average) the coldest three months of the year for us here in the Twin Cities.
Average High Temperature
December 1st: 32 degrees
December 31st: 22 degrees
WARMEST: 68 degrees on December 1st, 1998
Average Low Temperature
December 1st: 17 degrees
December 31st: 6 degrees BRRR!
COLDEST: -29 degrees on December 19th, 1983
December is tied for the 3rd snowiest month along with November with and average of 10.0"
SNOWIEST December: 33.2" in 1969
SNOWIEST December Day: 12.0" on December 28th, 1982
Coldest of the Season So Far...
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This image shows high temperatures on Thursday and winds around midday. Highs on Thursday will struggle to get into the 20's and winds will be out of the NW at 10 to 20mph with gusts of nearly 30mph dropping wind chill values into the teens and single digits at times!!
Wind chill chart for Thursday
I've highlighted the wind chill values for Thursday in the image below. This is what it'll feel like as you're hopping around town. It's about time to dig the heavy winter artillery out of the back of the closet if you haven't already.
Todd's Outlook for the Twin Cities
Today: Mildest day of the week, fading sun, still unseasonably mild. High: 43
Tonight: Increasing clouds and winds. Windows rattling late. Low: 27
Wednesday: Gusty and colder with a few flurries in the air. High: 32
Thursday: Breezy and feeling quite chilly. Lot's of clouds, a few flakes around. High: 24
Friday: Partly sunny, not as breezy, but still a few flakes. High: 24
Saturday: A few more peeks of sun, feeling like December. High: 28
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 27


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Sixteen of the fastest growing countries in the world are in Africa. No you didn’t get it wrong. Seven are in South East Asia followed by three in Central Asia. So has Africa’s time finally come and the continent will now forge ahead?
According to the IMF we will see more African countries with massive growth during the next few years. They also forecast that many African economies will outpace Asian countries, even China and India.
The shoe is on the other foot
Angola is now lending money to it’s former colonial master Portugal struggling in the Euro crisis. Not so long ago nobody would have thought such a development possible.
Many of us have worked extensively to further the interests of Africa and hence hope real progress has now started. But somehow can’t help wondering what will go wrong this time because something usually does. Really hope it is correct that Africa as a whole will grow 7% on a yearly basis over the next two decades?
Surging demand for raw materials and foreign investment driving progres
The continents changing fortunes seems to be, at least partly, based on China’s demand for raw materials, higher commodities prices and increased inflow of foreign investment. Africa’s rising middle class have also fuelled growth in domestic demand. There is global interdependence in respect of production and demand. Africa offers producers around the world a vast and growing market that will keep on expanding.
African governments improving
Government is improving in Africa and corruption is less than it used to be. Seems the NEPAD peer review mechanism have made a difference when it comes to implementing true democracy, good corporate governance, transparency and eradicate corruption. Nowhere else in the world has such a process ever taken place and its uniqueness was well illustrated by former President Bush’s remark, “We don’t do that in America”. More and more governments are being responsible and putting money aside to cushion their economies. Know-how is also improving. As a result of statisticians improving their data in Ghana their GDP was revised up by as much as 75%.
Trade not aid
Africa, the poorest continent, according to many analysts, bares the brunt of the continued rigging of trade rules in the WTO. And in order to prosper the continent needs to trade out of poverty, as opposed to relying on aid. According to the UN, just one percent of increase in exports from Africa is worth a staggering five times the amount it receives in aid and debt relief.
Africans recognises their responsibility to wipe out the gap between the continent and the rest of the world. Africa wants to improve its role in the world economy. Its contribution to world trade is hopelessly small. They want to get its house in order, but the rest of the world needs to play its part as well. For example, Africa is told it may not subsidise its agriculture, so the Western world shouldn’t be doing so either, but as we know both the EU and US does. Jean Chretien put it very well when he stated “we must realize that little progress will be made with investments and trade if Africans continue to be refused access to our markets”.
African media has a role to play
Can’t help thinking about what President Chissano told me in 2004. According to him a major obstacle to improving the image of Africa is that the African press, like it’s Western counterparts, focus on scandals to grab headlines. Naturally a free press is essential, but the down side of that is that far too many negative stories come out of Africa, deter foreign investors and hence have a detrimental affect on the progress of the continent. Maybe it would be a good idea for African media to also show case African success stories? That Angola is growing faster than China would be a start.
The world’s new manufacturing centre?
Unfortunately commodity driven growth doesn’t generate enough jobs. However, now with salaries increasing in Asia Africa could become the new manufacturing centre. Kenya and Uganda have already increased their export sector. To make this reality the WTO need to facilitate market access for products made in Africa on the world market. If not, Africa may continue to be a scar on the the conscience of the West.
There are many obstacles to Africa continuing to progress. Political instability, weak rule of law, corruption, bad infrastructure as well as poor health and education. So without the political will to reform, the current growth rate will be difficult to sustain. However, for outside companies looking for new markets a whole continent almost sounds too good to be true. But that’s what a developing Africa, with a gradually burgeoning middle class and numbers of skilled workers constantly increasing would constitute. A vast and growing market for the world’s manufactured products, intermediate goods and services. Add to that UN figures showing that investments in Africa provide higher rates of return than anywhere else in the world. It has been said for more than a decade that Africa’s time has come. But maybe now with the changed world order due to the recent global crisis, will Africa finally be able to progress? What do you believe? Will Africa now be able to forge ahead or will the gap between Africa and the rest of the world remain as wide as it is?


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Scooters are entering smart cities throughout Europe and VOI was more than happy to be the first commercial scooter service in Finland. The Swedish brand is as agile in its operations as its scooters are in navigating city streets – it took just four months from its first meeting with Helsinki Business Hub to get its service out to the public and on the streets of Helsinki. While VOI’s vehicle choice is small, business outlooks are big: user rates are on the rise, the Helsinki office is growing quickly, and several other cities have already shown interest in VOI’s services although summer has not even started yet.
Stockholm-based VOI Technology believes that the value of ownership is in decline, and that what has happened to entertainment is now happening to mobility. The same way DVDs have been replaced by streaming services, shared vehicles will increase their market share. VOI’s service includes free-floating electric scooters and an app that allows users to search for the nearest scooter and rent it. After use the scooter can be left anywhere within city limits making the service extremely easy and flexible. VOI’s service has been popular in all markets from the very beginning: the startup has generated about 1,5 million scooter rides in total since its launch in September 2018.
Less cars, more smart mobility options
“We are here to challenge short car and taxi rides, so the service has to be fuss-free and go from door to door. Our partners collect, maintain, charge and return our scooters to allocated drop sites. In some cities we also use small businesses as partners. That way when scooter sites drive traffic towards retail everyone wins,” Erik Bergqvist from VOI Market Development & Partnerships explains.
VOI currently operates in 19 European cities, although new locations are popping up at a quick rate. As a Scandinavian brand, locating to Finland and Helsinki was self-evident.
The infrastructure in Helsinki is ideal for smart mobility initiatives and I would say the attitude in Finland is fantastic.
Erik Bergqvist, VOI Market Development & Partnerships
“We have shared values in the Nordics; being reliable, ethical, environmentally conscious and always open to finding better alternatives is in our DNA. The infrastructure in Helsinki is ideal for smart mobility initiatives and I would say the attitude in Finland is fantastic. Bike use is already high, the city champions smart mobility solutions, and there is a tremendous amount of acceptance and positivity towards the new vehicle,” Bergqvist says.
Initially, many view scooting as fun, but have reservations about its practicality. However, once users give VOI scooters a try, they tend to be quickly convinced by the convenience of both the vehicle and the mobile service. The startup’s first objective is to enter public consciousness as a mode of public transport. After all, just like the popular city bike service in Helsinki, VOI aims to reduce car use by complementing the selection of green transport alternatives available in cities.
From hello to launch in four months
VOI’s entrance in Helsinki was quick by any standard. The company initially met Helsinki Business Hub representatives in Slush in November 2018. The team at Helsinki Business Hub arranged tailored city visits, provided information about the local business and mobility landscape, and introduced relevant city representatives and local companies providing soft landing services. Fast forward to March 2019 and VOI’s service was up and running in the capital.
“Helsinki Business Hub was hugely supportive. Their connections are their biggest asset – the team seemed to know everyone there was to know. But I also place huge value on their attitude. They are really passionate about helping businesses. Our team was really helpful, driven and committed, they were sincerely interested in seeing us succeed. I would warmly recommend their services,” Bergqvist describes his experiences.
Growing the business and the industry through local expertise
At present VOI has 300 electric scooters in circulation in Helsinki at any given moment. As we move towards summer and peak season, more scooters may be added depending on demand.
“Finns love to move outside in the summer and feedback has been really positive. Attitudes towards startups are good and there’s a definite interest towards micromobility in Helsinki, especially after what HSL has been able to create with its city bikes. Also, Helsinki has a beautiful seaside and cityscape and the city is just the right size for scooting, so we are ready to increase capacity according to demand,” says Max Thelen, Helsinki City Operations Specialist at VOI.
VOI’s Finnish subsidiary employs five people, but the Helsinki office is looking to grow their staff to over 10 by the end of 2019 and at least 15 by the end of 2020. In addition, VOI’s service uses a local maintenance partner so the startup has an indirect effect on employment as well. Bergqvist sees a lot of value in building a local staff.
“Our service requires local expertise so local employment is important to us. We want to have a strong local presence in our staff and empower people to help create and take ownership of this change we see in mobility and cities right now.”
Smart and micromobility show a lot of promise right now and Helsinki is a pioneering space for sure.
Erik Bergqvist, VOI Market Development & Partnerships
Although there is no denying that peak season for scooting is during the warm months, if you can bike, you can scoot. In fact, VOI operates in Stockholm year-round so winter scooting might take place in Helsinki as well. In addition to growing their capacity and season in Helsinki, several Finnish cities have shown an interest towards VOI.
“Overall, smart and micromobility show a lot of promise right now and Helsinki is a pioneering space for sure. Cities are growing and struggling to move large masses of people in an energy efficient way. According to a study carried out in Sweden in 2018, cars are in use only 3% of the time. There is no reason not to develop smarter, cleaner and greener options. While the Nordic countries are small, we are setting the new standard. Electrical 2-wheeled vehicles will be the main transport mode within the next 10–20 years so scooters are definitely here to stay,” Bergqvist says.
Writer: Ioanna Mavromichalis
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I’ve Been Exposed as a ‘Satanic Liberal.’ Whoopsies!
Catholic Sharia Integralists say the quiet part out loud about America, Protestants, and freedom.
I’d like to thank the key organ of Catholic Integralism, The Josias, for doing exactly what I’d hoped to provoke such Integralists to do. That is to finally man up regarding their ideology and say the quiet part out loud.
In a recent post, Alan Fimister blurted out what authors Scott Hahn and Brandon McGinley would only whisper in their recent book, Right and Just. Integralists claim that Catholic bishops have absolute jurisdiction over every baptized human being in their dioceses. They have the right to imprison them for heresy, close down Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches, censor “heretical” books, and ensure that every baptized child is educated as a Catholic. Now it might not be “prudent” to insist on that power at any given moment. (For instance, at a moment like ours when Catholic bishops chosen by pedophile ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick are the last people any fit parent would trust with their male children, in particular.)
America the Satanic
But the Church has such rights. It exercised them quite properly when Pope Pius IX kidnapped a Jewish child baptized against his parents’ wishes. By the same principle, King Louis XV was justified in taking the children away from Huguenot parents, to raise them as Catholics. In the “ideal” situation the Josias envisions, that would be happening here in America, as soon as it’s “prudent” (i.e., we can get away with it).
Femister further declared that the idea of founding a republic like the United States on Natural Law — instead of divine Revelation, like Saudi Arabia — is “Satanic.” Supporting it makes me a “liberal.” In the sense of Classical Liberalism — as opposed to Catholic Sharia — I’ll happily cop to that title.
Here a Pope, There a Pope
To buttress his assertions, Fimister quoted some non-infallible statements by popes. But I could just as easily quote Pope Francis denouncing the death penalty and carving out loopholes for adulterous Catholics to receive Communion. Papal encyclicals, Francis has taught us, can contain mistakes. It’s ludicrous to pretend (as some of us used to) that Catholics ought to treat papal assertions as presumptively infallible. (Then when one of them contradicted previous Church teaching, we’d save papal claims by bleating that the new, false statement wasn’t taught ex cathedra.) Francis has done us all a favor by cutting papal claims back down to size.
Femister cited a number of Church statements including our Catechism, all of them fallible. He even twists the words of Pope John Paul II to make him sound like an Integralist. This is the same pope who in 2000 led an elaborate public repentance on behalf of the whole Church for past Integralist abuses. He specifically begged forgiveness for the times when the Church persecuted Protestants. John Paul also spoke often and eloquently of the value of religious freedom for all. So did Pope Benedict XVI.
Femister would consider those public doctrinal errors of those popes, of course. So when exactly are the pope’s words completely decisive?
Was Vatican II Just Taqiyya?
Most chillingly for Catholics, Femister asserts that the text of Vatican II’s much-celebrated text affirming religious liberty, Dignitatis Humanae, was in fact willfully dishonest propaganda. (Or as the Muslims call it, taqiyya.) Yes, the text declared that religious liberty was due each human person by natural law and divine revelation. In fact, the Church speaking as one, declared:
[T]he human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.
The council further declares that the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person as this dignity is known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself. This right of the human person to religious freedom is to be recognized in the constitutional law whereby society is governed and thus it is to become a civil right.
But Pope Paul and the bishops were only head-faking. Femister claims that they still covertly retained the old claim that bishops could arrest and imprison any baptized person for heresy. Whenever the political moment was “prudent.” How wonderfully Jesuitical. Come join our glorious, crypto-totalitarian Church, so you can learn its secret doctrines!
Pope Francis, Another Moses
As Scott Hahn himself admitted in his past book, Politicizing the Bible (which I edited for publication), medieval popes found no support for Christians employing religious persecution in the New Testament. Because there is none. Jesus tells a few of his apparently Integralist disciples who want to call down fire from heaven on villages that don’t welcome Jesus instead … to shake the dust from their feet.
Nor is there any sign that the early Church was waiting in the wings to persecute heretics. Early Church fathers asked only for liberty. The first persecution of Christians by Christians was begun by the Roman emperor Theodosius, hundreds of years after Pentecost. Such persecutions were not part of apostolic Tradition, but a secular innovation, aimed at promoting civic peace, which the Church accepted at the behest of an imperial State. No heretic was burned at the stake until around the year 1000, in a practice Spanish Christians borrowed from the Muslims.
Lacking any New Testament or apostolic support for religious supremacy over the State, medieval popes were forced to look back to Moses. Some claimed that they had inherited Moses’ theocratic mantle, and his authority over Israel and any secular ruler. Now, perhaps the reader is comfortable deferring to Pope Francis as another Moses. I am not.
All Your Kids Are Belong to Us
The only indisputably dogmatic (for Catholics) source which Femister cites is a canon of a Church council. It asserts that the Church may insist that all the baptized be “compelled to a Christian life.” Catholic philosopher John Finnis has explained this ambiguous text in light of the circumstances when it was written. Some children adopted by monasteries and baptized were leading unruly lives, as virtual bandits. The council did not think they had the right to renounce their baptism and live as pagans, but could be compelled to act like … Christians. From this phrase Femister (and the other Integralists) draw something very different. They derive from this phrase the power of Catholic bishops to use violent force to control the religious lives of every baptized person — including the children of Protestant parents.
Such a power, if granted, would have no checks or balances. The State would have to defer to bishops’ wills, and trust their honest intentions. They’d answer only to the pope, not any democratic or judicial authority. So the same set of institutions that just gave us the clerical sex abuse crisis would have unaccountable power over every Christian child on earth. If a bishop like Donald Wuerl paid hush money to a priest who made sadistic child porn in the rectory, then when the priest died in the gay brothel he ran, gave that priest’s a hero’s funeral? Well that’s none of your business, is it? Your Pentecostalist kids would still be under his proper, divine authority.
If that’s really the timeless, unchangeable teaching of the Catholic Church, then Vatican II’s declaration was a cynical sham. If Pope John Paul II had held this teaching, his apologies to Protestants would have been the most despicable act of hypocrisy in history. And if Integralism were the Church’s unchanging doctrine, then the Know-Nothings who wanted to keep us Catholics out of this country would be posthumously vindicated. I’d be tempted to persecute such a “Catholic Church” myself.
But doing so would violate my principles. Because I’m a “liberal.”
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream, and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”

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An ultra-robust design
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The wide landside on all the bodies reduces wear costs and improves the stability of the plough in soil.
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The shares and points are forged and treated to provide maximum durability to your wear parts. The drop forging process increases impact and wear resistance by preserving the fibres of the material. The heat treatment significantly increases the life of your parts. Genuine KUHN parts are 20% stronger than standard parts.

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3 Log Lodges Built For The 2002 Olympics
The growing popularity and appeal of handcrafted log homes is obvious when a huge event like the Winter Olympics features log buildings in the background. With the knowledge that the world would be watching, the owners of Snowbasin Resort, where the Downhill and Super G events were held, chose to build featuring massive log work. The result is the breathtaking beauty of logs blending perfectly with the outstanding surrounding scenery. The log buildings –ski lodges-- represent a safe, warm and welcoming repose for the skiers and spectators. Log work naturally accomplishes all this perfectly.
Sitka Log Homes was one of four North American log building companies pre-approved by Snowbasin’s architectural firm to bid on the main day lodge. Sitka was awarded the job of building all the handrafted log work. As completion of this lodge approached and the quality of craftsmanship became obvious, the owners awarded Sitka Log Homes two more lodges, the John Paul Lodge and the Needles Lodge, to be built farther up the mountain at close to 10,000 ft. in elevation.
Environmentally concerned, the owners requested that “dead-standing” Spruce be used in the projects. All the timber was found in Sitka Log Homes own province of British Columbia. The region offers 80-120 year old, tight grained, straight and sound timber.
The 45,750 square foot day lodge (Earl’s Lodge) at Snowbasin Resort, located near the finish line for the men’s downhill and other 2002 Winter Olympic alpine ski races.
The two level building features six stone fireplaces, offices, restaurants, lounges and dining rooms.
Spruce log columns 40 inches in diameter support 50 ft wide trusses of 24 inch diameter logs, while a grid work of large diameter logs are featured in reflective ceilings throughout the structure.
The exterior features 18 inch wide half log siding and stone work.
The main day lodge alone was 21 semi trailer loads of finished logs. The oversize spruce logs were harvested locally in our northern BC forests and were dead standing timber so no live trees had to be harvested.
Located higher up the mountain, Needles Lodge was the starting point for some of the Olympic downhill events.
The 19,385 sq.ft Needles Lodge, sits at 8,710 ft elevation. Getting materials to the high elevation proved very challenging. All of the material had to be off loaded at the base of the mountain and taken to the building site with Caterpillar bulldozers pulling trailers.
Once on–site we had to compete with other companies for space at the top of the mountain, which meant we did not have a staging ground. Logistically, it was very difficult, but we got the job done.
John Paul Lodge
The lodge, located at 8,900 feet, is accessible to all via the John Paul high-speed quad chair lift.
The John Paul day lodge is designed around a large, two-story, four-sided fireplace where visitors can warm themselves as they look out over the valley or up at the start houses for the downhill courses.
This building is octagon shaped and features eight large log half trusses which appear to jut out from around the central fireplace.

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Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment remained strong in July and were 31% above the levels seen in the same month last year when sales were still recovering from the impact of the first lockdown. As a result, sales in the first seven months of this year were 66% up on 2020 levels, reaching over 22,000 units. Sales are still remaining ahead of 2019 levels so far this year, illustrating the underlying strength of the market, despite ongoing concerns about supply chain constraints for components and parts.
The pattern of sales for the major equipment types in the first seven months of the year to July is shown in the chart below. This shows a similar pattern to earlier months. Telehandlers (for the construction industry) are seeing the strongest growth, with sales more than double last year’s levels at this stage. Road rollers are also very strong, at double last year’s levels. The weakest sales are still being seen from mini/midi excavators (up to 10 tonnes), with the rate of increase easing back to 49% this year, after being the strongest growing product type last year.
The construction equipment statistics exchange covers sales on a regional basis in the UK and N Ireland. The map shows the percentage differences for sales in the main regions in the first seven months of 2021 compared with the same period last year. This shows that sales have been strongest in Scotland and the North West of England, at more than double last year’s levels so far. In contrast, weaker sales are still being experienced in the West Midlands and Wales, at 28% to 35% above last year’s levels.
Sales in the Republic of Ireland are also recorded in the statistics scheme. This shows the rate of growth easing back in July at only 7% above 2020 levels. However, sales in the first seven months of 2021 are still 50% above the same period last year.
* The construction equipment statistics exchange is run by Systematics International Ltd. This scheme is run in partnership with the Construction Equipment Association (CEA), the UK trade association.
Source: CEA (Construction Equipment Association)


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WILMINGTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Wilmington town leaders made a grand gesture of gratitude for an officer who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The board of selectmen voted unanimously to declare Jan. 3 Sean Collier Day in honor of the MIT police officer who was killed by the Tsarnaev brothers days after the bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
His shooting started the manhunt that ultimately led to the bombers’ capture.
“It never goes away. Anybody that’s lost a child understands it really never goes away. It’s always there you’re always missing that child,” Collier’s step father Joseph Rogers said.
The board presented Collier’s family with a special citation on Monday.
“Sean was a member of this community,” said Police Chief Joe Desmond. “He sacrificed the greatest sacrifice of all for his community and for the Commonwealth. We think it’s a great idea to remember him every year.”
January 3 was Collier’s birthday. The board said they picked that day because they wanted to remember his life — not just the way he died.
“But, it’s more important to think of what a remarkable life, and every day of his life not just the last day, of his which was filled with energy and compassion,” said State Minority Leader Bruce Tarr. “I believe policing is more than just enforcing laws.”
Collier’s family thanked the town for the honor and for their continued support over the years
The town has done a lot. There’s a park down the road at the town beach, there’s a monument over at the high school and there’s a tree outside of the police station,” Rogers said. “They really kept his memory alive so we really appreciate that.”
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In order to determine your current oral health and create the best treatment plan for you, we need to examine your mouth. With your permission, Dr. Carnazza will perform a comprehensive exam as needed, complete with x-rays, periodontal screenings, oral cancer screenings, and hygiene review. This is the first step to achieving your smile goals, and by assessing your needs, and identifying areas of concern, we can intervene early enough to stop problems from taking over.
Oral Cancer Screening
Oral cancer is a very serious disease, which is why you should receive a screening by the dentist as soon as possible. Early detection is crucial to positive treatment, and can even be lifesaving. Tobacco and alcohol users are more susceptible to developing oral cancer, however anyone can be at risk. During our comprehensive exam, we’ll use visual and manual detection methods, as well as the Velscope Vx, to seek out abnormal tissue in the mouth, cheeks, gums and tongue. Get screened today!
To learn more, please watch this video about the amazing Velscope Vx Technology.
Technology is a big part of what helps us deliver quality dental care. Our office is one of the only in the area to use Velscope Vx soft tissue screening to detect mucosal abnormalities, and provide comprehensive oral cancer screenings. Velscope screenings take only about two minutes, and is convenient and comfortable. The device uses a harmless blue light which Dr. Carnazza uses to inspect the natural fluorescence of the soft tissue when exposed to the specific light spectrum. Using this technology is beneficial to patients, as early detection is crucial to successful treatment. For more information about this amazing technology, please read our blog!
Our eyes can tell us a lot, but a picture speaks volumes. Our digital x-rays capture high definition images that display precise, crisp details. These high-quality images are important diagnostic tools, and allow us to see areas of concern under the surface of your teeth and gums. Digital x-rays use less radiation than traditional film imaging, while documenting the bones, roots, and other areas of your mouth in greater detail than the traditional. Digital x-rays offer the chance of early intervention, as well as the ability to plan your treatments in a more efficient manner, while ensuring accuracy.
A deep, professional cleaning by our skilled hygienists can keep your smile looking and feeling great. We use Piezo ultrasonic scalers to remove debris that traditional toothbrushes can’t get. This debris can build up and turn to plaque bacteria, the cause of gum disease. We’ll also discuss your current oral hygiene routine, and recommend habits to maintain your clean, sparkling smile at home. Proper brushing and flossing techniques are essential, so never hesitate to ask if you have a question.
When you think of dentistry, you think of your teeth. However, your gums play a huge role in the health of your mouth and in the appearance of your smile. Maintaining healthy gums is vital, as plaque buildup causes gingivitis and gum disease, one of the leading causes of adult tooth loss. If your gums are red, swollen, receding or you notice they bleed when you brush, ask us how our periodontal therapy can reverse the signs of gum disease. In some cases, we may prescribe ARESTIN, a medication to fight the harmful plaque bacteria. Love your gums the way you love your smile. Call us today and we’ll help you get back to a healthy smile.
Protecting your smile is important. If you suffer from nighttime grinding, known as bruxism, you may notice excess wear and damage to your teeth. Often, patients find stress to be a major contributor to teeth grinding. We promote stress reduction and the use of night guards, which are custom-created oral appliances that fit over your teeth while you sleep. They are created from high-quality plastic, and are comfortable to wear. We also offer sports mouthguards for children, essential for protecting their developing teeth during activity.
Being nervous isn’t a reason to avoid the dentist. Whether you hate the sound of the equipment, have a fear it will hurt, or have experienced dental trauma in the past, we’re here to make your visit as pleasant as possible. No matter what treatment you opt for, we will always keep you comfortable and as relaxed as possible. We offer light oral sedation, as Dr. Carnazza can prescribe a medication to be taken prior to your appointment. If you have trouble swallowing or don’t like pills, nitrous oxide is a safe alternative. An inhaled gas, nitrous oxide keeps you awake but calm, and the effects wear off quickly after the gas is shut off. Ask us which option is right for you.
Orthodontics – Invisalign
Remember the big, bulky metal braces of the past? Adult orthodontics have become a big secret with the Invisalign system. We offer these clear, custom-made plastic aligners which gently reposition your teeth over time to straighten your smile. The aligners come in a series, which you swap every two weeks. They are fully removable, which makes them convenient for eating, drinking and cleaning your teeth. We’re happy to provide a consultation to see if you are a candidate for these virtually undetectable orthodontics.
Dr. Carnazza is committed to your care, even during dental emergencies. These situations are never convenient, and can make using your mouth awkward, difficult and even painful. We don’t want our patients to ever have to suffer, so we’ll get you in as soon as possible and help get to the root of your discomfort. We won’t make you wait it out until it’s convenient for us. Your care is our number one priority.
If you are experiencing a dental emergency, please call our office right away. Call (516) 882-5120.

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Shoukry receives phone call from his French counterpart
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received a phone call from French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday evening, June 16, whereby the two ministers stressed the importance of further developing bilateral ties between Egypt and France, and exchanged views on the latest de
Sisi attaches importance to carrying out contractor work outside Egypt
Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Saeed el Assar said on Sunday 16/6/2019 President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attaches importance to carrying out contractor work outside Egypt.
Egypt's Amb. to Dar es Salaam, Tanzanian PM mull boosting cooperation
Egypt's ambassador to Tanzania Mohamed Gaber Abul Wafa and Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa on Saturday probed promotion of cooperation to cement Egypt-Tanzania ties.


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Dropkick Murphys’ 1998 debut, “Do or Die,” ranks as one of my favorite punk albums of the ’90s. Much of the album’s appeal was due to lead singer Mike McColgan, whose ramshackle growl brought to mind The Clash’s Joe Strummer and made the Murphys sound like Boston’s toughest group of barroom brawlers.
I was shocked when I picked up the Murphys’ follow-up, 1999’s “The Gang’s All Here,” and found out McColgan no longer was in the band. As I would later find out, McColgan, a Gulf War veteran, had left the group to become a Boston firefighter. He was replaced in the Murphys by Al Barr, whose voice was similarly rough and tough but not as charismatic as McColgan’s.
At that point, I thought I had heard the last of McColgan. But in 2006, I received my second McColgan-related shock. He had formed a new band, called Street Dogs, that had just released its THIRD album! I couldn’t believe I hadn’t heard about McColgan’s new band, but I chalked it up to the group’s relatively generic name. So I picked up “Fading American Dream,” and there was McColgan, sounding just as strong and urgent as ever.
Street Dogs just released their fourth album, “State of Grace,” this time on Hellcat Records, the former home of Dropkick Murphys. While the Murphys have kept their Irish influences front-and-center in their music, Street Dogs have abandoned most of that sound, instead focusing on more of a street-punk approach. The result is 11 songs of fast and furious punk rock, with McColgan singing about topics related to gritty city life.
I was a big fan of Dropkick Murphys’ latest album, last year’s “The Meanest of Times.” Barr has really found his niche as a vocalist, and fellow singer Ken Casey also never has sounded better. I’m not yet sure if Street Dogs’ “State of Grace” will have as big of an impact on me, but it’s off to a good start after a few listens.
Check out two of Street Dogs’ new songs, “Mean Fist” and “Two Angry Kids,” on the group’s MySpace page. What do you think?