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Touch Football Australia (TFA) is pleased to announce the captains of the All Stars teams that will play next Friday, 13 February at Cbus Stadium on the Gold Coast. Touch Football will feature prominently in the overall event program for the first time in 2015; featuring some of Australia’s best players comprising a TFA All Stars Mixed team set to play an Indigenous All Stars Mixed team as a curtain-raiser to the Rugby League match.Australian Mixed Open captain, Kylie Hilder will captain the TFA All Stars team, while Australian representatives, Trent Touma (Mixed) and Marikki Watego (Women’s) will co-captain the Indigenous All Stars team. TFA All Star coach, Micheal Lovett said that Hilder was an easy selection based on the work they’ve done together at an Australian level over the past cycle as coach and captain of the Australian Mixed Open team respectively. “She is a very good leader of males and females and younger up-and-coming players, as well as the more experienced players,” Lovett said. “She is getting towards the twilight of her career but doesn’t leave anything to chance. She is well prepared fitness-wise, she works on always improving and sets a good on-field example like at last year’s National Touch League where she guided the young New South Wales Scorpions team to the Elite Eight Women’s title.”“She is very passionate about where she has come from in her Touch Football career and always remembers who has helped her get to where she is. She is proud of the Australian crest she wears and instils that into her fellow athletes.”Hilder says that being named captain of the All Stars team is a great honour and that she cannot wait until next week’s game. “To be part of this inaugural Touch Football All Stars game is amazing. Just to be selected to play with some of the best talent currently in the game is overwhelming but then to get named as captain and lead this talent has made me speechless,” Hilder said.“Being named as a captain of any team is one of the greatest honours any athlete can receive and for me being named as the first captain of the NRL All Stars Touch Football side means so much to me and will be something I will never ever forget and a highlight of my career.”Indigenous All Stars coach, Phil Gyemore said that Touma and Watego were ‘both proud indigenous players who have progressed through the Touch Football High Performance program and into the Open teams’. “They are both really strong chances of playing in the 2015 World Cup in Coffs Harbour and all players, not just Indigenous players, should be trying to follow in the footsteps of these young aspiring Touch Football players that would like to represent their country on home soil. They will be great leaders for the Indigenous All Stars team and are fully aware of the honour and what it means to lead this young but exciting Touch Football team on the Gold Coast.”Watego says she is ‘extremely excited’ to be named in the side and ‘truly humbled’ to be named co-captain. “Being fortunate enough to hold a position in this highly coveted team is something that I will never forget. It’s such a great honour and privilege to be selected to represent the Indigenous community whilst playing the sport I love. I really hope that this initiative will inspire both young Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Touch Footy players to get involved and pursue Touch be it socially or competitively.”“To me, there is no higher honour than representing your family and your people in the wider community and I know my co-captain Trent, my team mates and I will cherish this opportunity.”“It would be great to see this game become a permanent fixture in the Touch Football and NRL calendar! I just can’t wait to go into camp next week and prepare for what should be an exciting game of Touch Footy!”Touma says that the game will be one of the biggest honours of his sporting career. “To be noticed by selectors to represent the Indigenous All Star team and also my people is one of the biggest honours in my sporting career. The day I received a phone call from I could not answer with a big yes quick enough,” Touma said. “On top of being selected in this great team I was this week announced as captain alongside Marikki, a great talent in the game today. Being proud enough to represent my people but also captain this team will stay with me for a lifetime.” The game will be played at 3.00pm on Friday, 13 February. Stay tuned to www.touchfootball.com.au in the coming days to find out how you can watch the live stream of the game! Related LinksAll Stars Captains
REGINA – Saskatchewan says it will not be joining Alberta in banning the import of British Columbia wines.Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced the ban on Tuesday as the next step in an ongoing dispute with B.C. over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.In a statement on Facebook, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says that while his province supports Alberta in its fight, he doesn’t think the dispute will be solved by trade measures that have an impact on consumers and private businesses.B.C. has said it is considering rules to limit any increase in the shipping of diluted bitumen until an independent panel can better analyze whether the system is safe and can adequately deal with a spill.The Trans Mountain project has already been approved by Ottawa and Notley sees B.C.’s move as a back-door way to scuttle the expansion.The $7.4-billion Kinder Morgan project would triple capacity on the 1,150-kilometre line, which runs from Edmonton to the B.C. coast.Moe suggests that rather than boycott B.C. wine, Saskatchewan will look at options either through the courts or interprovincial trade agreements.“It is our position that the government of British Columbia has no legal jurisdiction or justification to delay or impede the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline,” he said.“While we have previously stated that Saskatchewan will support Alberta in defending against this attack on our energy industry, Saskatchewan has no plans to participate in retaliatory measures that would be in contravention of our trade commitments.“We do not believe this matter will be resolved by trade measures that will primarily impact consumers and private businesses.”(Companies in this story: TSX:KML)
TRAIL, B.C. – Municipal officials in southeastern British Columbia say they have been assured that the company which moves sulphuric acid through a West Kootenay city won’t resume shipping until a thorough engineering investigation wraps up.A post on the City of Trail website says a meeting was requested Monday with senior members of International Raw Materials and Teck’s Trail smelter operations after sulphuric acid dripped on city roads over the weekend.The release of acid was the third in Trail since April, with the first two spills prompting thousands of vehicle claims to the Insurance Corporation of B.C.In the city’s post, Mayor Mike Martin says the third leak, which spilled less than a quarter of a litre of acid at a loading facility and left three dime-sized drips along a highway through Trail, was minor, but still concerning.Martin says that’s because previous meetings with International Raw Materials had ended with assurances the company was working to prevent future problems.The city says during the meeting the company said it has halted all truck transport of sulphuric acid until the engineering investigation and certification process concludes.Four new transport trailers will also be brought in to move the acid, the city says.International Raw Materials buys sulphuric acid from Teck’s Trail plant and hauls it along several busy commuter routes to loading facilities in another part of the city.The Insurance Corporation confirmed that hundreds of vehicles, including a new fire truck worth approximately $800,000, were damaged or destroyed by the first two acid spills.Teck said in a release earlier this month that a total of just under 300 litres of sulphuric acid leaked in separate spills on April 10 and May 23.No one was hurt, the acid was neutralized and is not believed to have seeped into area waterways.
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea’s top court has ordered a Japanese company to compensate 10 Koreans for forced labour during Tokyo’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court was widely expected as the court ruled last month that another Japanese company must compensate four Korean men for similar colonial -era forced labour.The Oct. 30 ruling, the first of its kind, drew immediate protests from Japan which has argued the issue of forced labourers was already settled when Tokyo and Seoul signed a treaty in 1965 that restored diplomatic ties.The Supreme Court says Mitsubishi Heavy Industries must provide 80 million to 150 million won ($71,190-133,510) in compensation to each of 10 plaintiffs or their bereaved family members.The Associated Press
Madhepura: Accusing the BJP of not fulfilling any of its big promises made during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, opposition leader Sharad Yadav Tuesday described the ruling party’s manifesto for the upcoming election as another “shower of promises” and asked people to reject the party. Yadav, who is contesting the election on RJD ticket from Madhepura in Bihar, said in a statement that in his long political career he has never seen such an atmosphere as he had seen in 2014 and now. Also Read – Uddhav bats for ‘Sena CM’ “I appeal to people to reject the BJP. It does not know as to how to rule the country. It has rather created an atmosphere of hatred across the country and is badly damaging the economy,” he said. He said the BJP had made promises like bringing back black money, giving Rs 15 lakh to each citizen, employment to two crore youth and cleaning Ganga river, and alleged that none of them was fulfilled. “In the manifesto of 2019 no mention has been made of non-fulfilment of these promises and it has now made 75 more promises,” he said, describing it as a “ridiculous”.
Ohio State’s libero Valeria Leon passes a ball in the regional quarterfinal versus Washington on December 11, 2015. Credit: Ohio State AthleticsThe No. 19 Ohio State women’s volleyball team couldn’t have asked for a better ending to its nonconference season. Just like dominos, three teams fell to the Buckeyes. Not to mention, all of the matches were three-set sweeps. OSU dominated the competition to clinch the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge title on Saturday in Muncie, Indiana. Valparaiso was the first of the Buckeyes’ victims on Friday, followed by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The Ball State Cardinals gave OSU the biggest run for its money on Saturday, but it was the Buckeye “tribe” who came out on top. Senior libero Valeria León, senior middle blocker Taylor Sandbothe and sophomore outside hitter Audra Appold earned all-tournament honors. León earned the tournament MVP title with 3.78 digs per set. Sandbothe and León have been named to all-tournament squads in three of the past four weekend tournaments.ValparaisoValparaiso hung with the Buckeyes in the first set until OSU started to pull away at 19-13, with credit to the power of middle blockers Sandbothe and freshman Madison Smeathers. An assisted block from Sandbothe and senior middle blocker Kylie Randall sealed the win in the first set, 25-17. OSU jumped out to an early lead in the second set and eventually put away the Crusaders, 25-13. Junior outside hitter Luisa Schirmer contributed five kills to the Buckeye offense. A block by Smeathers and Schirmer for the final point in the third set would wrangle in the victory for OSU, 25-18. Sandbothe led the offense for the Buckeyes with a .458 hitting percentage, followed by a strong performance from Appold who hit .364. OSU more than doubled the Crusaders in kills, 50 to 19. UNCGErrors on OSU’s side of the net and an aggressive UNCG team kept the first set of the match close, with nine times during the opening frame. A final Spartan timeout wasn’t enough to hold back Sandbothe. She closed out the set with three kills, making the score 25-20 going into the second set. The Buckeyes would shut down the UNCG offense in the next set. OSU went on a seven-point run to win 25-12. The third and final set showcased OSU’s “tribe” motto with six players slamming down kills for the 25-14 set and match win.Randall, Schirmer and Appold all had an errorless hitting performances. Appold also tied León for a team-high 10 digs, and Sandbothe walked away from the match with a monstrous .615 attacking percentage. Ball StateOSU’s final match carried some weight with it – the last nonconference match for the team and a tournament title on the line. The momentum from the Buckeyes’ previous two matches carried into the first set against the Cardinals. Despite a couple of four-point leads by Ball State, OSU battled back to eventually take the advantage, 17-16 on a service ace by Sandbothe.Another service ace by sophomore setter Taylor Hughes coming out of a Cardinal timeout was enough to push the Buckeyes to secure a first-win set, 25-21. In the second, Smeathers went to work on defense, assisting on three blocks and stuffing the Cardinals’ Sydnee Vanbeek for a solo block. OSU took the second set, 25-17. Two early three-point runs put the Buckeyes up 9-2 in the final set. Ball State would have its own five-point run later in the game to tighten the set, two OSU kills and an attacking error for the Cardinals would give the Buckeyes the set win, the match win and complete the perfect trifecta of tournament play. Hughes racked up 36 assists during the match, and five out of six OSU hitters hit above .300. Sandbothe and Appold combined for 27 kills against the Cardinals. The women’s volleyball team improved to 10-2 on the season and will challenge its first Big Ten opponent when they travel to Wisconsin on Sept. 23.
There’s no question that Ohio State football (5-3, 2-2) vaulted itself into the race for a Big Ten Leaders Division title after its 33-29 upset win against then-No. 12-ranked Wisconsin. The real question is whether OSU can avoid a letdown in its upcoming game. With a Saturday contest against Indiana awaiting his team, first-year OSU head coach Luke Fickell said Thursday that he is wary of the Hoosiers. “Not that people believe it, but (Indiana) is a scary crew,” Fickell said. “I really believe that. With the way the offense is going for Indiana, they don’t mind coming (to OSU).” Indiana is in the middle of the pack among Big Ten offenses and is ranked No. 7 in the conference. The Hoosiers are averaging 23.2 points per game — just 1.3 points fewer than OSU. “They’ll be in a different mindset,” Fickell said. Surely, Indiana is in a different mindset compared to when it visited Ohio Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The Hoosiers lost, 38-10, that day but finished the season 5-7 and had a shot at bowl eligibility for parts of the year. In 2011, first-year Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson has led the Hoosiers to a 1-8 overall record and an 0-5 Big Ten record. Wilson also saw one of his top receivers, senior Damarlo Belcher, dismissed from the team this week. Co-defensive coordinator Mike Ekeler’s said he’s currently “extremely frustrated.” His unit has given up 51 points per game in the last four weeks “…We’ve gone downhill,” Ekeler said of Indiana’s 2011 performance. “I go home and I don’t sleep because I’m not used to this and I don’t want to get used to it. And I’m sick of it and I’m tired of it. It’s the most frustrating thing I’ve ever been a part of.” Though the defense has been disappointing for the Hoosiers, the offense has recently showed signs of life. They’ve averaged 31 points in their last two games and haven’t had trouble moving the ball. But Indiana co-offensive coordinator Rod Smith said that athletically, the Buckeye defense will be tough to match up against. “They’re big, fast and strong if you like that kind of athlete,” Smith said. “I tell those guys all the time so it’s going to be a challenge each and every snap.” Wilson has at least remained upbeat, saying his team is looking forward to Saturday’s game. “We look forward to going into (Ohio Stadium),” Wilson said. “We look forward to going against the Buckeyes and it will be a great challenge.” Fickell voiced concerns about the Indiana squad on Thursday, but Wilson is also realistic about the challenge presented by OSU. “(OSU is) coming off back-to-back wins, they’re sitting at 5-3,” he said. “They could have three wins in a row. They played very well at Nebraska and their freshman quarterback (Braxton Miller) has done a nice job. “They are doing it with good players and a quarterback that can make plays. The last time we won against Ohio State was in the 80’s, so we’re playing a team that’s pretty good. It’s not like all of a sudden I say we have an advantage from playing those guys.” Both teams head into the contest with injuries. Fickell said Thursday that OSU junior running back Jordan Hall was “doubtful” for the game and Ekeler remarked that the Hoosiers have had so many injuries they are having trouble filling the scout team. Weary though he may be, Fickell said there would be no let down on Saturday. “We’ve been through enough,” he said, “and we know what the situation is.” Kickoff for Saturday’s game at the ‘Shoe is set for noon.
Jürgen Klopp decided not to use three of his key players in the Merseyside derby as Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and Roberto Firmino were not included into the starting eleven and the coach explained why.After the starting eleven had been revealed, the Liverpool fans started to worry about the fitness of their team’s crucial players but Jürgen Klopp insisted that he expects them all to be back for the match against City.The German coach spoke about the absence of this trio as he said that all of them will be available for the next game against Manchester City, according to Talk Sport:Report: Origi cause Klopp injury concerns George Patchias – September 14, 2019 Divock Origi injury in today’s game against Newcastle is a cause for concern for Jurgen Klopp.Perhaps with one eye on Tuesday’s trip to Italy…“Mo, he’s injured. I don’t think it is really serious and he can be available for Tuesday but for today he wasn’t available.“It’s the same with Andy Robertson.“Bobby’s out, he’s played a lot of games for us obviously and we have two fresh strikers there.”
Everton winger Ademola Lookman insists everyone has a different scenario and, therefore, can’t be guaranteed to emulate the successes of others in the BundesligaThe 21-year-old spent the latter part of last season on loan at RB Leipzig and impressed with five goals and four assists in 11 Bundesliga appearances.Since then, the likes of English youngsters Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson have starred in the German top flight at Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim respectively.While, Chelsea assistant coach Gianfranco Zola confirmed Bayern Munich’s strong interest in young star Callum Hudson-Odoi.“Everyone’s scenario is different, all our situations are different,” said Lookman, according to Liverpool Echo.Crouch: Liverpool could beat Man United to Jadon Sancho Andrew Smyth – September 14, 2019 Peter Crouch wouldn’t be surprised to see Jadon Sancho end up at Liverpool one day instead of his long-term pursuers Manchester United.“So I think it is about the experience because wherever you go you can say you are going to play, but you have to prove it.“It is for experience, learning new football, learning a new style, just being around it.“It was different football [in Germany], but I wouldn’t say it was daunting. It was just another experience, take it in your stride and get used to it.”Since returning to Everton for this season, Lookman has made just the one start in 11 Premier League appearances.
Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Related Items: Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp#Bahamas, December 22, 2017 – Nassau – Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Michael Pintard gave sound advice to participants of the Grand Bahama Micro and Small Business Economic Empowerment Entrepreneurial Incentive Programme on how to get funding.Shortly after arriving at a recent training session at the C.A. Smith Building, the Minister asked the 18 participants to introduce themselves and share their information on their businesses. He told them there were a number of funding options that could assist: commercial entities as well as investment firms looking to invest in small businesses.The Minister pointed out they should not get into businesses they were not passionate about. He noted the government intends to put together a directory for persons to find funding; and that, moreover, if the business is the dream, one could find a network of people to make that dream happen.Twenty-eight year old Victoria Robinson-Joseph has started working on her egg farm. Currently working from home, she hopes to move to the Grand Bahama Highway. She brought her recently hatched chicks to class for all to see.(BIS Photo/Andrew Miller)By: Robyn Adderley (BIS)
Nintendo 99 players enter, one player leaves. The power of geometry sorts the weak from the WARRIORS. Nintendo has laid down the gauntlet against Fortnite, announcing on Wednesday a battle royale version of its retro game Tetris. Tetris 99 will bring 99 players together in an online arena to fight for block supremacy. The iconic puzzle game #Tetris arrives, but with an online experience like no other–99 players enter, but only one reigns supreme! #Tetris99 is available to download now, exclusively for #NintendoSwitchOnline Members. pic.twitter.com/iLWG08pmIi— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 13, 2019 99 players enter, one player leaves. The power of geometry sorts the weak from the WARRIORS. #NintendoDirect https://t.co/d2Yyx3crbt pic.twitter.com/3IMMWzK3lC— CNET (@CNET) February 14, 2019 Share your voice Tags The gameplay looks like the Tetris you know, just with 98 other players trying to lay down bricks alongside you. Every time you get two lines or more, you send garbage from your screen to the bottom of other players’ screens. Players get knocked out until one reigns supreme! Should be easy right? Nintendo revealed the game on Wednesday as part of a raft of new announcements at its Nintendo Direct online presentation, including more details about its new tactical role-playing game Fire Emblem: Three Houses, as well as the launch of Super Mario Maker 2 for Switch. Tetris 99 is available for Nintendo Switch Online members from today, and is free to download. You can check out the gameplay below. Everything about Fortnite: What you need to know about the hit game.NASA turns 60: The space agency has taken humanity farther than anyone else, and it has plans to go further. Video Games Comment 1 Nintendo
Ahead of the 1st Test match against West Indies, Indian captain Virat Kohli has issued a directive for his openers. In the Australian tour, KL Rahul struggled which prompted the management to include Hanuma Vihari in that particular slot. However, the skipper did say that KL Rahul will go back to his preferred opening spot and that now, the onus is on him and Mayank Agarwal to make the most the four innings.”In the opening combination, we have selected only two openers, so the idea is to give them four innings, just let them go out there and express themselves. Mayank has done really well, KL (Rahul) has performed well in the past, he is looking forward to making things count in Test cricket again,” Kohli said on the eve of the match.Performances matter for the team Virat KohliMark Evans/Getty ImagesThe skipper further said that for the players in the side, it is more about performing and getting a job done for the side. He cited the example of Australia where Vihari was only able to score to 18 runs, but then he batted for 85 balls and got the team off to a solid start which lay the platform for the middle order.”At the end of the day, as much as individuals want to perform, it is about what you can do as a team. If you look at the Melbourne Test, how (Hanuma) Vihari and Mayank opened and though Vihari scored just 18 or 20 runs, but he batted for 85 balls, tells you it is all about team, and he handled the situation so well that Pujara and myself could go out there and play the way we did and Pujara then went to get that century for us,” the captain further added.Kohli was quick to add that the combination which will be fielded in the first Test will solely depend on the conditions and how the management reads the situation on the day of the match. Rohit SharmaMARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images”Look it again depends on the type of combination that we are going with. Vihari has done really well since the time he has come into the team in two difficult tours. Rohit also did well in Melbourne, so it all depends on what combination we want to go with,” the captain said.Speaking about Hanuma Vihari, Kohli said that the young batsman also provides few overs with the ball and that Rohit Sharma is also a proven customer in all conditions. It will all depend on how the captain and coach react to the conditions.
A man gestures next to damaged houses after an earthquake hit the area of Gangga on 12 August 2018. Photo: AFPThe death toll from an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has topped 400, authorities said Monday, as bodies were still being recovered from the ruins of destroyed buildings.The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake on August 5 levelled tens of thousands of homes, mosques and businesses across Lombok, just a week after another tremor surged through the island and killed 17.“Search and rescue teams are still removing victims who were buried beneath collapsed buildings and landslides,” said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.The total number killed in the quake is now 436, Nugroho said, with more than 1,300 injured and nearly 353,000 displaced.The hardest hit region of Lombok has been in the north, where 374 people died and more than 137,000 have been forced from their homes, according to the latest official tolls.Most of the displaced are sleeping under tents or tarpaulins near their ruined homes or in evacuation shelters, while makeshift medical facilities have been set up to treat the injured.Split open roads, particularly in the mountainous north of the island, are still proving to be a major headache for relief agencies trying to distribute aid.Nugroho said three helicopters, including one from the military, have been used to drop supplies to isolated communities, many of which urgently needed clean water, food, bedding and medicine.Meanwhile, the economic toll of the quake -including its impact to buildings, infrastructure and productivity – has ballooned to 5 trillion rupiah ($342 million).“This damage and loss is very large,” said Nugroho, adding the final figure was likely to be higher.Survivors of the quake have been shaken by hundreds of aftershocks, including a shallow 5.9-magnitude quake last Thursday which caused people to flee evacuation shelters screaming and crying.Authorities had previously said around 13,000 people sustained injuries and 387,000 were evacuated.Nugroho said the drop in the number of displaced people was due to the fact many were now spending time at their homes and gardens during the day and returning to shelters at the night. Others had chosen to return to their homes for good.
Rescued migrants sit on the coast of Khoms, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Tripoli, on 26 July 2019. Photo: AFPAbout 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya, a Libyan navy official said on Thursday.Earlier, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said that up to 150 people were feared dead.”The worst Mediterranean tragedy of this year has just occurred,” UNHCR head Filippo Grandi said in a tweet.There were about 250 people on board, mainly from Eritrea and other sub-Saharan Africa and Arab countries, when the boat capsized off the coast near Komas, east of the capital Tripoli, Libyan navy spokesman Ayoub Qassem said.Libya is a hub for migrants and refugees, many of whom try to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats.The latest shipwreck takes the death toll of Mediterranean migrants to over 600 this year, putting 2019 on track to be the sixth year in a row with more than 1,000 deaths, UNHCR spokesman Charlie Yaxley said.”Until we address the reasons why people take these dangerous boat journeys, sadly, this is unlikely to be the last tragedy like this that we see,” he said.Yaxley said survivors of the wreck were likely to be brought to two detention centres in Libya where they would face further risks, and he called for their immediate release.Rescued migrants sit on the coast of Khoms, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Tripoli, on 26 July 2019. Photo: AFP”We know that inside these detention centres there’s insufficient food, water, often unsanitary conditions, there have been widespread reports of human rights violations taking place,” he said.Libya says the migrants are illegally entering and leaving the country. It regularly detains them in centres that the UN says are effectively jails, exposing them to the added risk of being caught up in the country’s civil war.One detention centre in Tripoli was hit by an air strike earlier this month, killing more than 50 people. UNHCR subsequently said it had been closed, but rescued migrants have continued to be sent there.Human rights activists have accused politicians in the European Union of turning a blind eye and letting people die rather than risk a voter backlash by appearing soft on immigration. Europe struggled to cope with an influx of more than one million refugees and migrants in 2015.Italy, many African migrants’ intended first destination, has taken a tough line since a populist government took office in 2018, and immediately sought to close the nation’s ports to rescued migrants.
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFROGloria Richardson might be better know by her photograph than by her name.A sequence of photographs captured her in Cambridge, 1963, forcing a bayonet out of her face while giving a White National Guardsman the most contemptuous of looks.Cambridge was under martial law at the time, and tensions were at their peak. Jim Crow was strong in Cambridge. Schools, hospitals and churches were segregated and Black unemployment was quadruple White unemployment.Joseph Fitzgerald and Dion Banks discuss the history and life of Gloria Fitzgerald and at Red Emma’s Feb. 28.Richardson nee St. Clair, an heiress of the Baltimore Black elite, was born and raised on Stricker Street until moving to Cambridge at six years old. She attended St. James Episcopal Church and Public School No. 119. She played in Lafayette Park.“Her family was not middle class, they were actually above middle class,” said Joseph R. Fitzgerald, assistant professor at Cabrini University. “Her family was so wealthy that when Ms. Richardson’s maternal grandfather died, he was a city councilman in Cambridge, Ms. Richardson’s family, they found IOUs where he was lending White politicians money.”Fitzgerald’s latest work of scholarship is “The Struggle is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation,” what Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver called “the first book to fully examine the Cambridge movement and its leader.”Cleaver goes on in her critique to describe the now 96-year-old Richardson as a leader “whom the authorities considered almost as dangerous as Martin Luther King Jr.”And there was real danger. While spokesperson of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, Richardson nevertheless found herself at the fore of an armed uprising of disenfranchised Blacks, facing off against police, soldiers and White rioters.The danger was so acute, that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was forced to intervene lest neighboring violence spread to the nation’s capital.Kennedy, representatives of the Department of Justice, the State of Maryland, and local leadership all signed “The Treaty of Cambridge,” a guarantee of civil, economic and human rights for the people of Cambridge. The Civil Rights Act would not be signed into law until the next year.Businesses, schools and hospitals desegregated over the summer of 1963.Richardson has told a story of how her uncle died from a White hospital’s neglect when they refused to admit him and save his life.Cambridge finally elected its first Black and first woman mayor, Victoria Jackson-Stanley, in 2008.Dion Banks worked on Jackson-Stanley’s 2012 reelection campaign.“When I talk about reclaiming our narrative, telling our story, one of the things I wanted to do was to make sure that Gloria Richardson was honored,” Banks said at a Red Emma’s book forum and signing with Fitzgerald. “In the state of Maryland you have to be dead in order to get a day declared for you.” Banks and other activists persuaded the Governor’s office to change the rule, but didn’t stop there. “February 11 in the state of Maryland is Gloria Richardson Day, which was the platform that we used to launch what we call Reflections on Pine to tell our story all across the world about Gloria and the Civil Rights Movement in Cambridge.”Reflections on Pine is a walking tour of Cambridge, a city that historians have described as another-if not the second-Black Wall Street.“She’s one of the icons who’s not recognized in my opinion, just like Robert Williams, another overlooked figure in the Black liberation movement,” Dr. Ken Morgan, assistant professor Interdisciplinary and Urban Studies at Coppin State University, offered during the forum’s question and answer period. “I just wanted to say that hopefully that, in Maryland at least she should be able to be recognized in the Hall of Fame as a great person who led a great struggle in Maryland.”“Cambridge, we look at it as a second Black Wall Street, but Cambridge has problems, just like Baltimore City,” Morgan continued, recalling her example and conversations between her and his students. “As well as Salisbury, as well as Prince George’s County, as well as Montgomery County, as well as Frederick County, Hagerstown, other places. It’s going to be really significantly important for Black folks to get together in Maryland to make things happen.
Dye-sensitized solar cells with carbon nanotube transparent electrodes offer significant cost savings Copyright 2012 Phys.org All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or part without the express written permission of PhysOrg.com. More information: Michael M. Lee, et al. “Efficient Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Meso-Superstructured Organometal Halide Perovskites.” Science Express. DOI: 10.1126/science.1228604 , Science Express (Phys.org)—It may sound counterintuitive that replacing one of the most photosensitive solar cell materials with a material with less desirable photosensitive properties can improve the solar cell’s efficiency, but that’s what scientists have shown in a new study. By replacing the highly photosensitive titanium dioxide (TiO2) with alumina (Al2O3) in a solution-processable solar cell, the researchers have achieved a record power conversion efficiency of 10.9%. They attribute this high efficiency to the Al2O3 acting as an inert scaffold, forcing the electrons to remain within and be transported through an extremely thin absorber (ETA) layer. The researchers, led by Henry J. Snaith at the University of Oxford in the UK, with coauthors from the University of Oxford, Toin University of Yokohama in Japan, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Ibaraki, Japan, have published their study on the highly efficient solar cells in a recent issue of Science.”This is a new technology, so in essence a new record,” Snaith told Phys.org. “All solar cell technologies have different efficiencies, with GaAs being the highest at over 28%. This is not an absolute world record, but probably the highest for a solution-processable solid-state solar cell. And the real excitement is where it may reach over the next few years; it should have a steep improvement curve.”The choice of electrode material in a solar cell is one of the most important factors contributing to solar cell efficiency, and TiO2 is often used as an electrode material in solution-processable solar cells due to its good ability for photoexcitation, or converting photons into electrons, as well as its strong electron-accepting properties when photosensitized with a dye or absorber. But in order to improve solar cell efficiency, the scientists here addressed the fundamental energy losses that arise throughout the photovoltaic process of absorbing photons and generating electrons. As they explain, energy is lost during the photogeneration of electron-hole pairs (excitons), the separation of tightly bound excitons, and the extraction of free electrons from highly disordered networks. In attempts to overcome these losses, previous research has investigated the use of coating an ETA layer, 2 to 10 nm in thickness, on the internal surface of the TiO2 electrode in order to increase the current density and voltage. So far, solar cells with ETA layers have achieved power conversion efficiencies of up to 6.3%.Here, the researchers have investigated the possibility that TiO2 may be hindering the effectiveness of the ETA layer due to its electronic disorder and low mobility. Because Al2O3 is a wide band gap insulator, the researchers found that, when it’s used as the electrode, the photoexcited electrons remain in the ETA layer and do not drop to lower energy levels in the oxide as they do in the TiO2 electrode. This difference offers several advantages. For instance, the researchers found that using Al2O3 significantly speeds up the electron transport process, forcing electrons to quickly travel through a perovskite ETA layer, and also increases the voltage. These improvements increased the power conversion efficiency from 8% with the TiO2 electrode to 10.9% with the Al2O3 electrode. Because the Al2O3 is mainly acting as a meso-scale scaffold, and does not play a role in photoexcitation, the researchers call this device a “meso-superstructured solar cell” (MSSC). “The alumina is acting as a scaffold for the perovskite layer, and subsequently the hole-conductor which is coated on top of the perovskite layer,” Snaith said. “It is not electronically active, but purely acting as a physical support.”It is very surprising and would not have been predicted,” he added. “However, in hindsight we can see where the efficiency gains come from. The real surprise is that the perovskite layer is so effective at transporting charge and generating high photovoltage in the solar cell.”The scientists expect that the efficiency can be further improved in the future by various means, such as experimenting with new perovskites, using other semiconductors, and extending the absorption range.”This work moves low-cost solution-processable solar cells significantly closer to the performance of perfectly crystalline semiconductors, while at the same time opening extensive possibilities for future research and development,” Snaith said. Explore further Journal information: Science A comparison of the charge transfer and transport in (left) a solar cell with a titanium dioxide electrode (where excitons travel through the titanium dioxide) and (right) a solar cell with an alumina electrode (where excitons travel more quickly through the thin perovskite layer). Credit: Michael M. Lee, et al. ©2012 AAAS Citation: ‘Superstructured’ solar cells achieve record efficiency of 10.9% (2012, October 11) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2012-10-superstructured-solar-cells-efficiency.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.
This is perhaps the most befitting tribute an artiste could pay to the spirit of nationalism and swadharma synonymous with Mahatma Gandhi. After stunning the audience with her last show – held in Delhi in September 2013 – of artworks that married khadi with ajrakh traditions of printing and dyeing, Delhi-based artiste Shelly Jyoti is now presenting a new body of works in tandem with the Gandhian theory of satyagraha. The show titled Salt: The Great March II (Re-Contextualising Ajrakh Textile Traditions on khadi in Contemporary Art and Craft), will be held at The Art Gallery, India International Centre. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’The show will be inaugurated by Tara Gandhi Bhattacharya (grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhi and Chairperson, Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust). The show includes site-specific textile (khadi fabric) installations, garments with ajrakh printing, paintings that document 21st century textile traditions of India using clothing samplers, twenty four artworks utilizing Ajrakh textile traditions and a spoken poetry video film.Talking about why she has been attracted to the Ajrakh tradition, Jyoti says, ‘Ajrakh is one of the oldest types of block printing on textiles still practiced in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan. This is a centuries-old craft practiced by Khatris, characterized by its complex geometrical patterns, its use of natural dyes and its skilled, extensive production process. The patterns share similarities with ancient Indus Valley Civilization patterns, and the patterns of medieval cloths traded along the Indian Ocean route. The partition of India and Pakistan hugely affected the practice and trading of block-printed textiles. Many families were split up over the two countries, and displaced into new surroundings. I personally feel responsible towards the craft as I feel heritage should be preserved and documented through visual art works.’ Also Read – Leslie doing new comedy special with NetflixSalt: The Great March II is a sequel project to Salt: The Great March I which was exhibited at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in Sept-Oct 2013. The Salt March series II, like its first edition, explores salt as a symbol of non-violence. The project is inspired by the Gandhian theory of satyagraha – a challenge to one’s own truth with stress on self-purification, self-examination and self-assessment. It stimulates our conscience and soul searching for the uplift of all (sarvodaya). These works further explore the practice of nonviolence, tolerance, peace and harmony through the narratives of swadeshi politics. The ‘Salt’ series draws upon the history of India’s colonial past and Mahatma Gandhi’s 1930 Dandi March, which began the Salt Satyagraha and became an important part of the Indian independence movement.
Kolkata: Thousands of people from neighbouring states are getting benefits of various health schemes initiated by the Bengal government.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s dream projects of providing free-of-cost health services in all state-run hospitals and medical colleges, have already become a great success with a large number of people availing free treatment at the hospitals. Now, it has been found that many patients from neighbouring states and countries are also benefitting from the health schemes.The success of the project has gone to the extent where a large number of people are coming to the city to undergo critical surgeries at various hospitals, thereby availing the benefits of the health schemes started by the Mamata Banerjee government. According to a senior Health department official, people from outside the state are reaping the benefits of the projects and many of these patients are undergoing critical surgeries at various state-run medical colleges in the city, free-of-cost.A sizeable number of patients are from Bangladesh. In most of the cases, the state Health department is clueless about the whereabouts of these patients coming from outside, as they show themselves to be local residents. After the disease is cured, the patients go back to their respective native places. This in turn is creating a pressure on the state government.”We cannot stop a patient from outside from being treated at a government hospital free-of-cost, only because he/she is not a resident of the state. Thus, many outside patients are found to be getting the benefits of various health schemes of the state,” a senior official of the Health department said.It has been found that in many cases, the patients mention the address of their local relatives, where they stay during their visit to the state. Most of these outside patients are from Jharkhand and Bihar, among other states. A large number of people from Bangladesh and Nepal also visit the hospitals.


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Just when you might think policies in Washington D.C. couldn’t possibly become more comically awful, something happens that serves as a reminder that it not only can get a lot dumber, it almost certainly will.
In a bid to offset the negative economic impact of its own tariffs on farmers—those in Iowa in particular—the Administration announced that it was going to instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to expand the ethanol fuel waiver to allow the sale of gasoline with E15 (fuel containing fifteen percent ethanol) year-round.
This is inspired insanity. It’s almost a work of art.
The Renewable Fuel Standard, commonly known as the ethanol mandate, essentially requires ten percent of every gallon of motor gasoline used for consumption by the public to contain blended ethanol (E10).
The practical impact of this decision is that it will flood supply to a market that lacks demand and a market that lacks capacity. Most vehicles don’t even have the flex fuel capability to process E-15 blends on a year-round basis. And domestic refiners will be seriously impacted. They simply do not have the capacity to deal with a year-round supply of high-blend ethanol.
This is largely because the EPA uses a fake market scheme that requires refiners to purchase renewable identification number (RIN) credits whenever they fail to dilute enough of their fuel with ethanol. These credits are generated whenever biofuel is produced. However, the point of obligation for their collection is squarely on the refiners.
The current price of RINs is highly inflated as one would expect from such a fake government-devised scheme. Large gasoline marketers, who also collect RINs but aren’t subject to the ethanol mandate because they’re not refiners, sell RINs to independent refiners at inflated prices.
Thus, these refineries will be essentially forced to buy up RIN credits to meet the new year-round blend requirements that the Administration wants to impose, which will lead to heavy losses in revenue if not a permanent shuttering.
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) has been spearheading efforts for months to push back on the Administration’s proposal. Pennsylvania refineries are already strained—some to the point of shutting down—and this will only exacerbate that problem. The end result of this cronyism will be lost jobs, a minimal impact on reducing fuel prices, and further taxpayer coercion to subsidize an industry simply because government picked it as a winner.
And it’s not clear that the Administration even has the authority to propose this new rule. As the Institute for Energy Research has pointed out, the statute in the Clean Air Act is pretty clear in defining what constitutes the “high ozone season” in which E15 blends can be sold.
This means an act of Congress is required to move forward with this bad idea because it would require a change in statute.
On one level, such a terrible decision requires some admiration for the total lack of self-awareness.
The very people trying to offset the problems caused by tariffs also created this problem in the first place. And the tariff problem itself stems from the very same micromanaging, crony mindset that is leading people to create an entirely new set of problems via ethanol to offset the original problems from the tariffs.
For those paying attention, that’s a veritable web of problems.
And it could be undone by simply ceasing this ill-advised tariff scheme. It would save taxpayers at least $12 billion in direct payments to farmers that even Congress had the good sense to eliminate back in 2014. It would offset the damage to consumers, which will come in the form of increased car problems due to a lack of capability to process E15 fuels year-round. And it would stave off the high likelihood that refinery jobs will be lost due to the inability to meet the capacity demands and offset the cost of increased RIN credits.
In many ways, this decision mirrors the previous move from this past summer wherein the Administration thought it wise to just transfer billions of dollars directly from American taxpayers into the hands of farmers to mitigate the damage being inflicted from tariffs.
Except this go around, this policy not only layers one bad decision on top of the original bad decision, it harms the very political base that the President won over in the last election. This will likely cost manufacturing jobs in states like Pennsylvania.
And that’s the lesson staring the Administration right in the face.
The tariffs were ostensibly implemented to fight back against countries “taking advantage” of the United States when it comes to trade. These tariffs were pitched as a way to help domestic manufacturers and blue-collar workers who have seen many of their jobs shift overseas in the past few decades.
But it turns out that centrally-planned cronyism that picks one industry as a winner and another as a loser tends to only create more problems than it solves. And the very people you were intending to help are now going to be hurt.
Whether it’s healthcare, education, or in this instance trade and environmental policy, the more power concentrated in the swamp town on the east coast, the worse our problems become.
Problems that millennials and future generations will be tasked with fixing whether they want to or not. And the solutions are bound to be more painful than they otherwise would have been had this current generation simply done the right thing, made the right arguments, and stopped ducking their responsibilities at every turn.
And maybe, just maybe, the federal government should stop trying to help.
This is an old idea to be sure. Some may even view it as a bit anachronistic or corny.
Then again, we’re seeing cornier.

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LEGO®: A childhood staple since 1949. LEGO bricks have been responsible for the building of bridges, rise of cities and paths toward colorful creativity. LEGO has come a long way since your childhood to include themed LEGO sets, games and even amusement parks. May we introduce LEGOLAND®, a little kid’s dream destination and your road towards reminiscence.
Guide to Legoland Florida
LEGOLAND of Florida is located outside Orlando’s theme park corridor. Created for kids up to the age of 12, LEGOLAND is a park perfectly suited for the pint-sized. Compared to the massive parks along I-Drive, this destination offers an intimate afternoon of Lego-dom. The roller coasters are a little lower and the rides a little more relaxed—but not too slow and low. They’re terrific for your kids and will ensure a day of great fun.
LEGOLAND is divided into 12 different zones including the water park and Cypress Gardens. As you and your family wind your way from the huge LEGO-laden entryway, complete with spinning wheels and twirling flags, to Fun Town and Land of Adventure, you’ll find there is a zone for every type of builder.
Begin with Fun Town
Fun Town takes you through a Lego factory for a firsthand look at how Lego bricks are made. Once inside, you’ll be able to build your own Lego creations from hundreds of LEGO elements and accessories. You’ll also find the double decker Grand Carousel, where young and old alike can choose their horse and go for a spin. If you run into an afternoon rain (such is Florida), make your way to the Wells Fargo 4-D Theater. With seating for 700, there’s room for all. Fun Town is where you’ll want to come back at the end of your tour as well, in order to pick up your souvenirs from the Minifigure Market, LEGO® Studios and LEGO® Friends Shop.
After you travel through Fun Town, make your way to back to medieval times at Lego Kingdoms. Your little knights and ladies can take part in a Royal Joust, trek through The Forestmen’s Hideout, ride The Dragon roller coaster and take the train through Merlin’s Challenge.
Once you reach Land of Adventure, you’re in for one. Start with the Lost Kingdom Adventure and unearth the vast treasures of a forgotten Egyptian empire. The train takes kids through LEGO tombs to find fun-filled scenes. The wooden whirl known as Coastersaurus can be found here too, and dips kids in and around a prehistoric jungle of animated and life-sized LEGO dinosaurs.
LEGO® City is often a guest favorite, and a cannot-miss for kids who really enjoy hands-on experiences. Depending on which career choice your kids think are coolest, sign them up to battle a simulated blaze, get their LEGOLAND driver’s license, experience the thrill of Flying School or even captain a mini-boat. Whichever vehicle they decide to try, they’ll leave the experience with grins as wide as the LEGO boat wakes.
In the middle of all the attractions is yet another sight to see. Miniland, USA is the heart of the LEGOLAND and home to seven specially themed areas. Inside Miniland USA, visitors can walk the tiny streets and scenes of Las Vegas, Washington DC, New York City and Kennedy Space Center, to name a few. This is the best spot for photo ops, as the kids will tower over the towers, and each scene is filled with activity, from racing cars to everyday LEGO people doing every day things.
As each zone offers its own activities, attractions and ways to have fun, you and the kids will surely discover which areas are your favorite and which are best suited for you. If you decide to top off your day of adventure with a relaxing stroll, visit Cypress Gardens, an offshoot of the theme park, which is accessible year round. LEGOLAND Florida has taken great care to preserve the soul of the park, which is over 75 years in the making. Take time to be amazed by the Banyan, planted as a seedling in 1939, and find your favorite Floridian flower in the vast collection of native plants found in the garden.
Once you’ve seen it all, chosen your souvenirs and made your way through the gardens, find your way back to the resort for an evening of sharing your favorite experiences. Don’t you wish this was around when you were a kid?

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Lawmakers in Alabama advanced a bill that would make it a felony to provide hormone treatments, puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery to minor-age children. Violators would face up to 10 years in prison. This is a necessary provision to save America’s youth from the abuse of the left. The LGBTQ movement — which has now morphed into the LGBTQIA movement and counting — has changed from a campaign for equal rights under existing law to one of lunacy. Children are not capable of making adult decisions on their own. That’s one of the things that makes them children — they’re immature, incapable of seeing the long term, unable to make wise decisions about their futures, unequipped with the mental capacity and life experience to analyze all sides of an issue and come to proper conclusions. They’re children. That’s why God made adults — mothers and fathers, ideally: to protect the children, to raise the children in the ways they should go. Taking a little girl and telling her she can become a boy if she just takes this medical treatment is abuse, pure and simple. Taking a young boy and playing into his imaginations about becoming a girl and pretending that he can indeed do so if he just goes under the surgical knife is abuse — again, pure and simple. Children aren’t equipped to make this decision.
Even adults who make this decision aren’t playing with full decks. “Transexuals’ and sex-change operations are receiving a great deal of attention,” the National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine wrote back in 2015, at a time when the LGBTQ movement was gathering steam. “Young people,” NLM’s PubMed Central went on, “may seek treatment for transsexual attractions at an early age even though these attractions may go away on their own.” In other words: When you’re young, you’re still developing an identity. Sexual attractions aren’t necessarily the same as sexual identity. Sexual thoughts and lusts aren’t exactly indicative of identity. To put another way: God doesn’t make mistakes. Again, from the NLM’s PubMed Central: “Psychological conflicts have been identified in these patients and their parents and may be successfully treated.”


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How and why students are motivated to exercise at home
But when COVID-19 hit Chicago and the rest of the world, gyms shut shown amid fears of transmission. Though some gyms are starting to open up, including the Ray Meyer Fitness Center, some people are not ready to make the return to their regular exercise routine.
Students Mia Caballero, Hector Cervantes and Savannah Preuss have all used different means to turn their homes into their own personal workout spaces amid fears during the pandemic.
Even though they’re confined to their homes, Caballero and Cervantes, rising seniors, try to make their gym routines mirror their experiences at the Ray. Caballero would visit the gym around four or five times a week for weightlifting, but switched to watching YouTube videos from exercise enthusiasts such as Whitney Simmons and Sydney Cummings. For Cervantes, he spent his mornings lifting weights and running on the indoor track, and now focuses on long-distance running outdoors.
Though online workouts through streaming services like YouTube have been popular, Zoom, Facebook Live and Instagram Live have become alternatives to the pre-recorded and uploaded workout videos we’re more familiar with.
Barry’s Bootcamp, another guided workout space that’s near DePaul’s campus, is offering different livestream classes at a variety of prices — $20 for one class or $225 for a month of live workouts.
Preuss, another rising senior at DePaul, has been one of the many people who has turned to Zoom workouts. With Zoom, she has one-on-one workouts with her personal trainer as well as kickboxing classes with 9Round Fitness. For Preuss, she finds motivation to attend these classes because she has to pay for them ahead of time.
For Cervantes and Caballero, they’re focused on looking and feeling their best for the summer.
“What keeps me motivated to work out is the warm weather since I want to look and feel the best I can in the summer,” Cervantes said.
Although looking their best provides them with motivation to work out, another major reason to exercise is the effect it has on their mental health. Caballero said it’s the first and foremost reason why she decides to exercise. Cervantes said it makes him feel more productive and accomplished throughout his day.
According to the Mayo Clinic, there are many mental health benefits to exercising. These benefits include helping reduce anxiety and depression by releasing “feel-good” endorphins, improving mood and keeping feelings of depression or anxiety from coming back. Not only has the Mayo Clinic discussed the importance of exercise during COVID-19, but Rush University Medical Center has said exercising can also boost your immune system.
“Exercise has impacted my mental health a lot in great ways and exercising is a great way to have a span of time where you’re just focusing on yourself and putting all of your effort into the activity you’re doing,” Caballero said.
Preuss finds her multiple exercise outlets for internal and external well-being.
“I exercise for mental health and body image. It makes my body feel better, especially during this time when I’m not as active and eating more than usual,” she said. “It’s also a good distraction and way to go outside.”
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Why the Right need to calm down about Prescott
They've also dragged the BBC into it, saying they've ignored the story and would have caused a big stink if it had been a Conservative politician.
In both senses, they're wide of the mark. The 'story' is just speculation at the moment. It doesn't look enormously great, because there was a "potential" conflict of interest, although it's 1) only potential at the moment and 2) apparently weaker than first appeared because Prezza didn't have any say over Casino policy. He also claims he was on official business, which if true, puts a different spin on the story.
Nick Robinson has taken some heat for saying the BBC's held back on it because there didn't appear to be a definite story in there – more speculation than anything else – and criticised bloggers for being slightly lazier with the truth than paid journalists.
He's right, but his tone was perhaps a little obnoxious. Bloggers are, by and large, influenced by an agenda which journalists tacitly subordinate when they take up a job (especially a politics–related one), but journalists can learn some things from bloggers. Mainly, the 'blogosphere' helps bring stories to people's attention (see Cherie's signed copy of the Hutton Report for one), but also delivers stories at a faster speed.
Sadly speed often comes at the price of accuracy, and in the case of political blogs, seems to come increasingly ahead of objectivity. So while the number of blogs should be applauded for the likelihood of someone picking up on a story quicker than one guy sat in Whitehall, they should also learn a little from real journalists if they want to be seen to be playing a similar game.


Hybrid work has now replaced remote work as the new buzz word. Let’s be clear, however. Hybrid in this context represents mobility. Employees are going to be mobile, and the definition of the employee workspace is now changed forever.
The corporate office will become the hub of innovation, collaboration, and social interaction while the remote workspace will be where employees knock out work assignments and partake in their strings of video conferences. As the New York Times indicated, the five-day office week is probably over.
New Modern-Day PC is Needed
In 2020, companies rushed their employees out the door to the safety of their homes in response to the COVID outbreak. Back then, the aim was simply to get some sort of mobile device into the hands of those employees as quickly as possible. There was no time to think things through in that mad rush. But things have now calmed down and its evident that a new type of PC is required to enable the new mobile modern-day workforce. There was a time in which employees had a robust workstation at the office along with a mobile device that was sufficient to get them through while at home or on the road. That is no longer the case. Users need the same robust experience regardless of which workspace they happen to be operating from. A remote human experience depends on 4K ultra-HD videos, superior audio quality and screen sharing capabilities. These machines must have the resources to power these experiences along with multitasking and file transfers on top of it all. And then there is the issue of security as many of these machines will often operate in consumer grade networking environments. Sounds like we are going to need a whole lot more computers in the coming year.
The Great Refresh is Coming
Companies are recognizing that a supplementary computing device will not serve the needs of the modern-day workforce. Now consider the fact that Windows 11 has now been made available. It could be that 2022 is the year of the great PC refresh. Both IDC and Gartner are projecting that PC shipments will be greater than 340 million units next year with continued demand through 2025. There are more things to consider for this looming refresh than computer specs and features. The way in which enterprises provision, manage, and support these machines must adapt to hybrid work models as well.
Traditional Provisioning Practices are Outdated
The old-style tradition of handing over a new corporate laptop to a user is a thing of the past. New hires need to have a corporate computing device in their hands on day one, regardless of where that first day on the job is spent. Existing employees need their essential devices refreshed without any disruption or making a special trip into the office. Dell deployment takes the mundane burdens of imaging and setting configurations out of the hands of internal IT and deliver devices right to the door of whatever workspace your users might be residing at the time with all the applications and settings preconfigured at the Dell factory. According to an IDC whitepaper, a zero-touch deployment helped reduced PC deployment times as much as 50 percent.
Are you Still Relying on Traditional Helpdesk Ticketing for Support?
It’s not just network latency you have to worry about. Work efficiency today is reliant on a proficient workstation experience. Small computer problems create latency throughout the workday. That’s why end user support is so critical today. But how does internal IT support remote machines? How do they get access to the BIOS and initiate a system reboot from afar? How much time is wasted having end users submit a ticket that must be read before being addressed?
The modern-day workforce requires a modern-day support system, and that is what Dell ProSupport Suite provides. The number of tickets drop when you have AI-driven telemetry and predictive analytics working to detect and proactively prevent issues involving operating systems, software upgrades, driver updates, patches, malware, and applicable hardware failures. Dell ProSupport Suite for PCs gives your IT teams complete visibility into their PC fleet as well as performance recommendations. According to a report conducted last year, customers using Dell ProSupport Plus resolved hard drive issues up to 84 percent faster. Should additional support ever be needed, your IT teams have access to advanced technology experts at any time who are specifically trained on every aspect of these devices.
Modern-Day PC Management
You can’t rely on Group Policy or on-premise systems to manage your remote PCs. With VMware Workspace ONE, your devices can be securely accessed from anywhere and your users can retain the same unified workspace across all their devices. According to a Forrester Study, Workspace One integration can help reduce resolution time for support calls by up to 50 percent. If you already have your own systems management platform such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager, that’s fine too as Dell can add your new machines into your existing environment.
Protecting the Modern-Day Workforce
A remote workspace must be considered a zero-trust environment. That means remote data is constantly under threat, which is why you need Dell Trusted devices. Its not enough to safeguard PCs at or above the OS level. Dell gives you full visibility underneath the covers, giving you access to BIOS events and indicators of attack deep below the OS surface. Dell SafeGuard and Response uses AI and machine learning to identify and respond to hidden attacks. You also have the peace of mind that all sensitive data is automatically encrypted using Dell SafeData.
Its not just your legacy machines you need to refresh. Its your legacy approaches to provisioning, managing, supporting and securing those machines that need updating as well. Dell can upgrade it all, ensuring that you are prepared for the new modern-day workforce that needs to get to work.
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False: There is no good evidence that cracking ones knuckles leads to, or causes arthritis. However, there can be too much of a good thing. Cracking your knuckles may not lead to arthritis, despite what your mother told you, but scientists have discovered that it can cause tissue damage in the affected joints.
In a study of 300 knuckle crackers, it was found that their peculiar habit did not lead to arthritis, but the respondents did suffer some damage to soft tissue and also experienced loss of grip strength. However the damage was minor. Other side effects of knuckle cracking can include damage to ligaments surrounding the joint, and the dislocation of tendons.
There Is No Scientific Evidence That Cracking Knuckles Leads To Arthritis
The most probable reason why knuckle cracking is linked to arthritis, may be because of the noise produced when you do it. What’s really happening when you “crack” your knuckles is that you are either pushing the joint in, or out, of its normal position. Joints are the meeting points of two separate bones which are held together by connecting tissues and ligaments. A thick, clear lubricant (made mostly of carbon dioxide and nitrogen) called synovial fluid is found between the bones. When you stretch or pull your finger to get that desired popping noise, you are causing the bones to pull apart. Pressure is suddenly reduced on the synovial fluid and bubbles form that quickly expand and then burst – which is why you get that noise.
Not Everybody’s Knuckles Crack
Not everybody’s joints will crack. Some people have a larger separation between the bones and some people can’t relax enough to allow the bones to separate. If you can crack, and your mom tells you that you’re going to get arthritis, she’s just yanking your chain. There is no scientific evidence that cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis. However, it can’t be good to repeatedly push joints beyond their normal physical range. Cracking your knuckles can cause a decrease in your grip, but unless you’re signing a multi-million dollar contract as a rock guitarist in the immediate future, it’s not worth giving up. It’s still found to be annoying by a lot of people though.

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Police: Suspect sprayed flammable substance on woman, lit her on fire
Police in Council Bluffs are trying to track down a woman accused of setting another woman on fire.
KETV reports officers were called to the 1400 block of North 15th Street at 4:30 a.m. Monday.
Upon arrival, police found a woman with severe burns on her body. The victim, identified as Christine Weilage, was rushed to UNMC for treatment.
According to a report, investigators determined Weilage had been involved in a disturbance with the suspect, Lindsy Maves.
"At some time during this incident Maves allegedly sprayed a flammable substance on Weilage and then lit her on fire. A witness to the incident attempted to put the fire out and while doing so Maves again attacked Weilage by hitting her in the face with an unknown object," a report stated.
Police have not been able to find Maves. Anyone with information about the incident or possible whereabouts of Lindsy Maves is asked to contact the Council Bluffs Police Department at 712-328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.


Treason – The Musical
13 March 2021
4.0 out of 5.0 stars
Remember, remember… Treason the musical is a brand new production streaming this weekend only! While the musical itself is still being developed, the score was recorded with a stunning West End cast to be experienced by audiences right now.
Treason focuses, as the name suggests, on the failed gunpowder plot of 1605, still celebrated on the 5th of November in the UK every year. I booked to see it on Friday night and massively enjoyed the concert version. The songs are very engaging and the little of the plot we got to see through this pared down concert version was simply stunning.
I can see this becoming a big hit musical in no time, once the finished version hits the stage! With a cast of strong voices, the score of Treason is engaging and emotional. Beautifully staged at Cadogan Hall, it’s a do-not-miss event.
If you’re at all interested in musical theatre, I suggest you jump on the stream to experience this concert version while it is still available. Treason is only streaming this weekend, so tomorrow, the 14th March, is the last chance to see this amazing production. Get to it!


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This Wednesday, Kevin Polfiet went drinking with colleagues. Around 1 a.m., while the group was walking along Gerechtstraat in Mechelen, Kevin’s eye was caught by something unexpected. “I found it remarkable and I took a photo,” he explains to our colleagues at Gazet van Antwerpen.
Because it was ultimately a rather exceptional encounter that the man had in the city center: the “thing” that he saw crossing the street was none other than an animal. And not just any fox since it was… a fox. What surprised the Belgian even more was that the fox showed no fear and walked calmly through the streets.
This is not the first time that the fox in question has been seen on the streets of Mechelen. Jaak Deprez, the former manager of a café in the region, had also spotted the animal. “I was so impressed that I forgot to take a photo. » Same situation for Bilitis Crokaert, another resident who was able to take… a selfie with the fox. “I was coming back from a Halloween party last Tuesday evening when I saw the fox walking across Customs Square. He followed me to the intersection. I found it super cute”
According to Natuurpunt volunteer Chantal De Schepper, young male foxes, born the previous year, seek their own territory, sometimes leaving natural areas to go to the city center in search of food. This is normal behavior for them.
In December, the breeding season will begin, and it could be that the fox Kevin encountered was actually looking for a mate.
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It is so beautiful! I like it!
That is really cute!
It's beautiful! I just love that cranberry gloriana thread--it's such a rich red. I like your finishing too :)
Oooh I love it, its gone onto my must stitch list!
Very pretty! The Cranberry Gloriana is a perfect choice.
I want to stitch this too! Is it not wonderful?
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If you’re a comic book fan, you’ll want to check out an event this evening at the Princeton Public Library. Stuart Moore, a New York-based writer of comic books and prose novels, and award-winning comics editor, discusses his career and the comic book industry in general via Skype. The discussion begins at 6:30 and will include an opportunity for interactive question and answer. Moore's recent writing includes Civil War from Marvel Comics and Web of Spider-Man, which was featured in a half-page New York Times article. He’s also taken part in Star Trek and Transformers projects, and John Carter: The Movie Novelization. The library has a collection of graphic novels and comic books for both adult and younger readers—and expects to add to the collection using a state grant to expand its offerings this summer. Tonight’s program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the library or go to theprincetonlibrary.org.
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An “Older” Home
Old isn’t always synonymous with bad. Some homes built decades ago have stood the test of time because they were built with solid, quality materials and have a classic style. Don’t always assume that new = nicer, either. Some newer homes are “affordable” because they were built cheaply. Buyers should remember that there are many simple fixes for dated homes, and the plus side of an older home is charm and character you can’t find in a brand new build.
Things that may not be a huge deterrent in the long run can distract buyers. Ignore the existing paint choices and focus on the structure of the room, the placement of the windows, and other more permanent features. Paint is an incredibly easy and a cheap fix in a home and something that can be changed in just a couple hours.
Like paint, wallpaper is easily replaced or covered over. So no matter how designed challenged the walls seem to look—it’s an easy fix.
Kitchen Appliances And Accessories
The kitchen is the heart of the home and often, the appliances aren’t going to live up to most buyers’ dreams. As long as the buyer leaves some room in the budget, or has a timeline to replace the existing appliances, a seller’s yellow fridge shouldn’t be a deal breaker.
Flooring options are getting more and more diverse and there are now so many low-cost options that look exactly like their higher-priced counterparts.
Except for a serious mold problem, there’s nothing a deep cleaning can’t fix. Focus on the home’s bones and the potential it has when you give the home your own touch.
Even if you are not saying “wow” when you first drive up, that’s ok. Close your eyes and envision a different colored front door and some new landscaping, and presto—it might just be your dream home!
It’s great at the movies, but not at home. No worries! A ceiling specialist can come in and have it all that scrapped off. It can be a messy issue and can be pricey, but it’s not the end of the world.
Thanks for reading!

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“I feel like we were telling a unique story in a unique way but that still felt like it would resonate with people. I think we couldn’t be more thrilled and more appreciative of the Oklahoma film community. They were really, really welcoming, and we’re ever grateful,” said producer Christina Oh in a recent interview.
Filmed in the Tulsa area in 2019, Minari has been has steadily winning over moviegoers and earning acclaim over the past year, starting with earning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It has earned nominations for 10 Critics Choice Awards, six Film Independent Spirit Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. The Oscar buzz continues to build ahead of next month’s nominations announcement for the April 25 Academy Awards.
“Of course, it feels good to receive a lot of accolades. I try not to look at it too much, just because that’s not why I made this – and I don’t think that’s the reason why any of us made this. I think it’s been kind of like a cherry on top,” said Oh, a producer for Brad Pitt’s company Plan B Entertainment. “It’s just been actually really moving to see how this film has resonated with people. Anything else, the accolades and stuff, that’s just a little icing on our cake that we don’t mind. I’m incredibly grateful … and everyone involved really, really, really just worked so hard to try and make this a reality,” said Oh, whose other producing credits include Okja, The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Ad Astra. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.


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777 Charlie: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai Leaves Theatre Teary-Eyed After Watching The Film!
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai got emotional after watching the Kannada movie ‘777 Charlie’, which celebrates the bond between a man and his dog.
The Chief Minister could be seen wiping his tears as he emerged from the theatre on Monday night.
The movie reminded Bommai of ‘Sunny’, his family pet dog who passed away some time ago.
“The love between a man and a dog is the best example of pure and unconditional love,” Basavaraj Bommai said.
The Chief Minister was full of praise for the movie’s protagonist Rakshit Shetty and the makers of the film.
777 Charlie effectively portrayed the sensitive and emotional relationship between a man and a dog, he said.
Expressing his compassion for street dogs, Bommai said that he would discuss with experts to launch an initiative to take care of stray dogs.
“There is a proposal to formulate a special programme to encourage dog trainers. We should encourage the adoption of stray dogs. Stray dogs and other animals should be protected,” he said.
Speaking about the film, the Chief Minister said, “Director Kiran has succeeded in presenting the emotional bond of the man-dog relationship. Rakshit Shetty’s performance is stupendous. It is a great film.”
Speaking of its box office collection, the film in its first 4 days has already turned out to be a winner. The grand total of the film stands at 29.5 crores* all across the country. It has already recovered its making cost of 15 crores.
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Companies around the world have embraced the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (the Guiding Principles), which have catalyzed new efforts to ensure respect for human rights across business operations and beyond. However, in recent decades, there has been a global reversal of these human rights achievements, including governments pulling back from longstanding commitments and the closing of space for civil society to operate safely. This presents a new climate for business with new challenges in many parts of the world.
In this environment, it is increasingly important for business not only to maintain its commitments to respect human rights, but also to find new ways to support the work of governments for such efforts.
Over the past year and a half, BSR has engaged with several companies to explore such opportunities as part of our Business Action Platform for Human Rights. At the conclusion of this effort, we are pleased to share our latest report, Human Rights Policy Engagement: The Role of Companies. In it, we highlight why now, more than ever, it is important for businesses to use their influence to stand up for human rights policies, institutions, and frameworks around the world—their loss or reversal would have negative consequences not just for businesses, but for the communities and societies in which they operate.

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A sweet and short duet for two harps, lever or pedal. This arrangement is clever in that harp 1 uses four-note chords, playing both hands in unison, and crossovers. A good teaching piece. Harp 2 is more challenging, though not difficult, and utilizes arpeggios, octaves and full chords. In the key of Eb with just a couple of lever changes. Brackets and fingerings well marked and well edited. LOWER INTERMEDIATE, ALL HARPS.
Beautiful Dreamer: Stephen Foster
Composer Stephen Foster was born on July 4, 1826, in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
Stephen Foster had the unique ability to blend classical music with the popular music of the day. His friend, Dan Rice and his music teacher, Henry Kleber helped him achieve this. Dan Rice, an entertainer, was a circus performer and black faced singer. Mr. Kleber, a German emigrant, was one of Foster’s music teachers.
At 20, Foster worked for a time in Cincinnati as a bookkeeper for a steamship company owned by his brother, Dunning. A few years later, Foster and his wife Jane Denny McDowell took Dunning’s boat down to New Orleans for their honeymoon. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was written for Jane.
After that, he went back to Pennsylvania where he worked with the Christy Minstrels and wrote many of his most well known songs: “Camptown Races” (1850), “Nelly Bly” (1850), “Old Folks at Home” (known also as Swanee River, 1851), “My Old Kentucky Home” (1853), “Old Dog Tray” (1853), and “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair” (1854).
Around 1860 he moved to New York City. We can assume to attempt to make a living as a composer. His wife and daughter left him shortly after that. In 1863 he began working with humorous lyricist George Cooper. Scholars say these songs didn’t have the elegance nor depth of his earlier works. One year later he died, at the age of 37.
Mr. Foster was an extremely gifted composer of beautiful melodies with lyrics. His contributions to the musical world are vast, not only for his songs, but for paving the way for the next generations of musicians to receive the credit and royalties they deserve, and to support themselves by their art.
Stephen Foster was a composer, but not a performing musician. He had his first song published at the age of 18, “Open Thy Lattice Love.” His very famous song, “Oh, Susanna,” was sold to a publishing company for $100. The song became extremely popular, and although $100 was a lot of money in those days, the money didn’t sustain him for as long as the song sustained it popularity. At that time, without copyright laws, a song could be taken and arranged by anybody else without remuneration to the original composer, and this is what happened to the works of Stephen Foster.

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This episode of ID the Future features the third and final part of Casey Luskin’s interview with James Le Fanu, author of Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves, which discusses the problems for the materialist account of the human mind. How do we get from the electrochemical activity of the brain to the richness of the human mind? Listen in as Dr. Le Fanu summarizes the five things that material science can’t tell us about the non-material mind.
Listen to part one of the interview here. Listen to part two of the interview here.

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FOR half a century, the Lovell radio telescope has listened to the heavens and helped unlock the secrets of the universe.
The telescope atJodrell Bank
in Cheshire, which tracked the first satellite Sputnik 1 and Apollo 11 on its mission to the moon, celebrates its 50th birthday this month.
The massive dish receives radio waves from the furthest reaches of space.
It was created by Sir Bernard Lovell, a Second World War radar technician, who suspected that unidentified blips were cosmic rays.
It first powered into life in June 1957, after Lovell had joined forces with engineer Charles Husband.
The dish and tower were fully operational by October in the same year - just in time to watch the flight of Sputnik 1 and the dawn of the space age.
The telescope, near Macclesfield, remains at the forefront of space research today, studying pulsars, the formation of stars in the Milky Way and faint radio signals from distant galaxies and quasars.
Speaking of the anniversary, Sir Bernard said: "When it was constructed, the engineers said to me, 'My dear fellow, you'll be jolly lucky if the structure lasts for 15 years!
"I am delighted that it continues to play a significant role in international astronomy."
A series of events will take place this summer at Jodrell Bank to celebrate its anniversary.
These include the First Move Literary Festival on June 15, 16 and 17, talks by astronomers and authors about its work, guided tours, and even a Harry Potter star party planned for July.
The celebrations launch a three-year series of events, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, ahead of a new visitor centre being built at Jodrell Bank.
The project leader, Dr Teresa Anderson, said: "This year takes the 50th anniversary as a springboard for looking at new ways of engaging with the excitement of space and astronomy.
"In the following two years, further new approaches and areas will be explored, and the pilot events structure for the new visitor centre will be formed"
The telescope has a 5,000sq m dish that weighs 3,500 tonnes. The dish surface was replaced in 2002 at a cost of £2.5m.
Made from recycled warships, it was originally built for £260,000, but spiralling costs could have doomed the project had it not been for Sputnik and the Cold War.
It was the winner of BBC's Unsung Landmarks competition last year.


This long-sleeved tee is a winning mix of simplicity, comfort and casual cool. Very soft and comfortable.
A classic fit that has the perfect modern look
Maybe a bit larger but will shrink after first wash
• 100% 30/01 ring-spun combed cotton
• Heather Grey is 10% polyester
• Baby rib collar and cuffs
• Made in the USA