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The KwaZulu Natal government says the late AmaZulu Queen will have a provincial funeral.
Queen Regent Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu passed away last week.
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, as well as the KZN Premier, visited the Royal Palace to pay their respects with minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calling for peace in the family.
Prime minister to the Zulu nation, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, has also expressed concern about the public spats within the Zulu royal family following the passing of amaZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and his third wife, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu.
Queen Sibongile Dlamini Zulu, the first wife of the late king, has approached the Pietermaritzburg High Court to challenge the appointment of the late Queen Mantfombi as regent of the Zulu nation, saying that this threatened ownership of her assets.
At the same time, her daughters, princesses Ntandoyenkosi Zulu and Ntombizosuthu Zulu-Duma, have launched separate court processes challenging the authenticity of the late monarch’s will amid allegations of forgery.
The Queen will be interred on Thursday.


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Harry Potter foe works to have books censored
A woman who maintains that the Harry Potter books are an attempt to indoctrinate children into witchcraft is pressing her case for the second time to have them banned from school libraries, The Associated Press reported. Laura Mallory, a mother of four from Loganville, told a Georgia Board of Education officer on Tuesday that the books by British author J.K. Rowling, sought to indoctrinate children as Wiccans, or practitioners of religious witchcraft and that the books are harmful to children.
Victoria Sweeny, an attorney representing the Gwinnett County Board of Education in Atlanta's eastern suburbs, which had ruled against her in May, said that if schools were to remove all books containing reference to witches, they would have to ban mainstays like "Macbeth" and "Cinderella."
"There's a mountain of evidence for keeping Harry Potter," she said, adding that the books don't support any particular religion, but instead present universal themes of friendship and overcoming adversity.
Jews must vote in Christian church
Orthodox Jews in an enclave near Cleveland are being told by county officials their voting place will be in a Christian church for the November elections. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the flap over a polling place arose after the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Board of Elections moved a local voting place in Cleveland Heights, a predominately Orthodox Jewish suburb, to a nearby church.
Some Jewish voters branded the move as "anti-Semitic," saying that some Jewish voters would be uneasy about going into a Christian church and therefore would be denied the right to vote, the Plain Dealer said.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Mayor Ed Kelley, a Roman Catholic, reportedly wants to find a more suitable place for the Orthodox Jews to cast their ballots, but County Election Director Michael Vu told the newspaper the board's decision could not be changed before the November election.
Catholic Bishops group faces budget cuts
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has proposed reducing its budget and cutting jobs, while merging several committees to streamline its work. The bishops are considering eliminating 28 jobs and leaving 35 already vacant positions unfilled from the conference's 225-member staff. Employees who remain would contribute more toward their health insurance.
The restructuring would also reduce by half the 68 committees, subcommittees and task forces that carry out the conference's work. The changes would reduce the conference's financial dependency on the nation's dioceses, which provide for roughly 10 percent of the conference's budget. The nation's bishops are scheduled to vote on the proposal at their assembly in November in Baltimore.
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Everyone has their own journey and path to walk on. Sometimes during that journey, some of us experience what we call “rock bottom” or our “lowest possible level”.
Sadly, some of us go through this phase more than once. Many times this makes us feel like failures and as though we are not able to move forward. I, on the contrary, think it only makes us stronger.
Many times our perspective is as dark as the ditch were in, looking down at how deep we are, instead of looking up at the light to find a solution. I don’t think it’s so much about how many times you fall into the pit, but how you challenge yourself in that pit in order for you to crawl out and get ready to face the next pitfall that comes your way.
I always talk about how life is nothing more than a challenge. A challenge that ultimately leads to finding the best version of you. Just like a video game, there are many obstacles and pits for you to fall in. But every time you fall in a pit, you learn how to get out or never fall in there again.
So life operates the same way, getting through each level of life by avoiding these obstructions and deep pits in life. The greatest accomplishment is being able to get yourself out of that pit and level up for the next challenge. Collecting different strengths along the way to help you on the next part of your journey.
Everyone plays this game called life at a different pace. Some unlock the secrets early and are able to advance in strides, while others have to continuously play the same level over and over again until they are able to master that crucial step needed to unlock the next level.
Sometimes, we get so caught up worrying about the next level, that it confuses us in the present one. Then we fall into pits blindly worried about what is not even here yet. I can attest to being in those pits myself plenty of times. They are the times when I have had to challenge myself the most. Trying to find different strategies to help me get out of the hole I fell in or even dug for myself at times.
As I look back at all the pits that I have dug myself out of, I also think about the times that I could have felt sorry for myself and given up. I would have buried myself alive in some of those pits. Through all my experiences, I have come to find out that those pits are there for a reason, and it isn’t for our downfall.
Without those pits, we are never really able to see what we are capable of as humans. We are resilient, courageous, adaptable people. We get a chance to pull that out of ourselves every time we are presented with a challenge. We are able to demonstrate feats that are beyond our understanding.
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Having a mental health disorder can present its own challenges above those that most experience. That doesnt make it impossible. Change applies to everyone. How we reach those next levels is unique to each person’s journey.
We all have what it takes to get ourselves out of our pits. It’s only by making mistakes and hitting our “rock bottoms” that we learn the world around us. The difference is how that experience steers your steps moving forward. Will it help challenge you to keep moving forward? Or will it keep you fixated on the hole that you are in? Make your choice.

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Political Science student Zara Hamzah Sendut published in The Economist
20 July 2022
"How bad are Europe’s wildfires?" Zara Hamzah Sendut has written a fantastic article for The Economist as part of her Social Data Institute Internship.
As part of her Social Data Institute Internship, Zara Hamzah Sendut (second year student studying BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics with Social Data Science) has worked with the team at The Economist on an article as part of their 'Graphic Detail' series: Daily chart: How bad are Europe's wildfires?
Zara and the team have found that there have been nearly four times as many wildfires across the EU this year compared to average (2006-2021), highlighting the exceptional situation that this year's heatwave and droughts have created.
Zara says "I am just a week and a half into my internship at The Economist and it has been an enriching learning experience thus far. I have attended editorial meetings and have been working closely with the data journalists and visualisers on projects for the Graphic Detail section."
More about the Social Data Institute Internships
The scheme is an opportunity for SHS undergraduates in their second year (or third year if on a four-year programme) to apply their skills in a real-world setting. The internships focus on data-related projects that are exclusive to our students.
The UCL Social Data Institute equips students with the skills to understand, interpret, evaluate - and importantly - produce research from a wide range of data. Now in its 6th year, our internship programme places students with organisations either already working with data or who need some temporary data expertise. Find out more.
Daily chart: How bad are Europe's wildfires? The Economist. 18/07/2022. Written by Zara Hamzah Sendut, edited by Michelle Hennessy, with data visualisation by Elizabeth Lees & Lloyd Parker.


LAPD Officers Falsely ID'ed Kids As Gangsters? That Can't Be Right
More than a dozen LAPD officers are under investigation after falsifying evidence and wrongly identifying people as gang members in South Los Angeles. Allegedly.
Last year, a woman who believed her son had been misidentified as a gang member went to a local precinct. The review of her son's case led officers to uncover massive corruption of the department's elite Metro Division. According to a statement from the LAPD:
The supervisor immediately reviewed the circumstances, including body worn video and other information, finding inaccuracies in the documentation completed by an officer.
The parent was notified that her son would not be identified as a gang member and any references to him as such were removed. Concurrently, the Department initiated a personnel investigation into the actions of three involved officers.
The subsequent investigation revealed that what happened to that woman's son was neither a mistake nor an isolated incident.
Over the course of several months, Internal Affairs investigators have continued their investigation resulting in identifying additional inaccuracies in documentation on field interview cards completed by those officers as well as others.
To date, all of the involved officers were assigned to Metropolitan Division crime suppression duties at the time the inaccurate documentation was completed.
The LAPD's internal investigation is ongoing. LAPD Chief of Police Michel Moore directed the LAPD's Office of Constitutional Policing and Policies "to inspect the work product of all Metropolitan Division crime suppression activities to ensure the accuracy of all documentation."
All of the officers who have been identified were a part of the LAPD's Metro Division in South LA, though none are currently on patrol. According to the LAPD, "Given the serious nature of the alleged misconduct, all involved officers have been assigned to inactive duty or removed from the field."
LA County prosecutors are already weighing whether or not to file charges against one of the officers, Braxton B. Shaw. LAPD sources told NBC4 that Shaw is being considered for criminal prosecution after "a review of his body-worn-video recordings showed events allegedly inconsistent with his written reports."
Insanely enough, being under criminal investigation is nothing new for Officer Shaw. In 2016, prosecutors declined to prosecute Shaw for perjury after he lied on the stand in a yet another situation where "Shaw's courtroom testimony conflicted with a recording from his patrol car's dashboard camera[.]"
So he sounds really trustworthy and definitely like someone who should have people's lives in his hands.
Even the response from the police union representing the involved officers was tempered.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents officers, said in a statement that it was "aware of reports of discrepancies contained on a limited number of field interview cards that the department is looking into." It also expressed confidence that Moore "will oversee a thorough and fair process to determine the facts and to also ensure that any impacted officer is accorded his or her due process rights."
Do you know how shitty cops have to be for the police union to not jump up to defend them? Or for other cops to investigate them at all?
Being falsely identified as a gang member can have drastic and immediate consequences. As attorney Sean Garcia-Leys told NBC4:
A false gang database entry could have an immediate effect on the citizen, according to Sean Garcia-Leys, a senior staff attorney with the Urban Peace Institute, which works on gang intervention issues.
"If an officer believes you are a documented gang member, the officer will treat you differently," he explained.
"You will be subject to more aggressive policing. And when you combine gang allegations with criminal charges, probation orders, or immigration proceedings, being labelled a gang member can get you arrested or deported," he said.
Unfortunately, this type of fuckery is nothing new for the LAPD.
Almost exactly a year ago, an LA Times investigation revealed that, surprise surprise, Metro Division officers disproportionately stopped black drivers. In a city that's 9% black, "Metro officers stop African American drivers at a rate more than five times their share of the city's population."
At the time, badass civil rights attorney Connie Rice called Metro's stops "really off the chain."
"This is stop-and-frisk in a car," she said, referring to the New York Police Department's controversial practice of patting down black and Latino pedestrians, which was sharply curtailed after a legal settlement.
"Do you want the trust of the poorest communities, that are the root of the  riots, or do you continue […] massive stop-policing that creates mistrust?" she added.
Someone remind me, are these supposed to be the "good guys with guns"?


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RED BANK, NJ—The always polite ushers at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre had long since given up trying to keep people in their seats by the time The Mavericks’ lead vocalist Raul Malo segued the eight-member touring band from a rollicking audience sing-along on the folk standard “Guantanamera” into a supercharged version of “Twist And Shout” that had the packed house up and doing just that.
Filmed for AXS TV three days before the group’s benefit appearance* in Sandy-ravaged Union Beach, NJ, the reunited Mavericks tried their best to ignore the cameras surrounding them as they spent a solid two and a half hours converting a crowd of mere fans into fanatics with songs from their latest release, In Time, as well as favorites from their earlier efforts.
Performing in a venue that did acoustic justice to his magnificent, Roy Orbison-like vocals, Malo’s version of “country” or “Americana” music is a blurred-genre mix of pop hooks, Bakersfield-grit, Tex-Mex, old Nashville and raw rock that features more than a passing nod at his Cuban roots via the trumpet and sax fills of The Havana Horns and an irresistibly swaying backbeat.
The opening salvo of “Back In Your Arms Again,” “Lies,” “Born To Be Blue,” “All Over Again,” “Pretend,” “There Goes My Heart” and a crowd-pleasing “What A Crying Shame” found Malo, drummer Paul Deakin, rhythm guitarist Robert Reynolds, keyboardist Jerry Dale McFadden, guitarist Eddie Perez, dog house bassist Elio Giordano, accordionist Michael Guerra, Max Abrams on tenor sax and trumpet player Quentin Ware all hitting their stride and locking in musically at about the same time somewhere in the middle of the first song—from there, there was no turning back.
Grinning broadly and obviously having as good a time on stage as their audience, Malo and crew kept things loose and limber during “I’ve Got This Feeling,” which became “That’s Not My Name,” which morphed into a crowd-igniting exploration of Bruce Springsteen’s “Jersey Girl”—which is also about the time remaining in your seat became optional.
A stunning take on Orbison’s “Blue Bayou” had the crowd enthralled as the band quickly shook things up again with “Every Little Thing About You,” “Fall Apart,” “Dance In The Moonlight,” “As Long As There’s Loving Tonight” and an extended, especially raucous “Dance The Night Away” to close out the main set.
The first song of the encore was just Malo, an acoustic guitar and a beautifully unplugged solo shot at “Here Comes The Rain.” Adding Guerra’s accordion to the mix led to a heartbreakingly beautiful version of “Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me)” sung in Spanish before the band returned for a tribute to the late Slim Whitman on “Indian Love Call” and the aforementioned “Guantanamera/Twist And Shout” rave up.
A sultry bossa-cha-cha-lounge version of Dean Martin’s “Sway” began a second (!) encore, which eventually found the band and audience becoming one through the extended dance-a-thon of the bouncy “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down” that left both equally spent.
*The Destination America Network and USA WEEKEND conducted a contest awarding two communities a one-of-a-kind Fourth of July. Thanks to an essay written by resident Robert LaBerta, Sandy-ravaged Union Beach enjoyed a July 3 celebration headlined by The Mavericks that featured fireworks and BBQ served by the stars of Destination America’s series, BBQ Pitmasters, Myron Mixon and Tuffy Stone, as well as Last Call Food Brawl host Adam Gertler.
The Mavericks return to New Jersey on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. For more information, go to themavericksband.com.

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During an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions admitted that the Trump administration was separating immigrant infants and toddlers from their families at the southern U.S. border, claiming that it was their parents’ fault for bringing them to the United States illegally.
“Most are not infants. Most are teenagers, although we do have a number of younger ones now, more than we’ve seen recently,” Sessions said, referring to the scores of children and teens being separated from their families while attempting the cross the border. “They are maintained in a very safe environment not by the law enforcement team at Homeland Security, but put with Health and Human Services. And they are kept close by, and if the person pleads guilty, they would be deported promptly, and they can take their children with them.”
Hewitt argued that the idea of infants and toddlers being taken from their parents was “disturb[ing].”
“I’m disturbed by this. I don’t think children should be separated from biological parents at any age, but especially if they’re infants and toddlers. I think it’s traumatic and terribly difficult on the child,” he said. “Is it absolutely necessary to do so? Can’t we have facilities where parents remain united with kids?”
Sessions replied, “We don’t want to do this at all. If people don’t want to be separated from their children, they should not bring them with them.”
Despite massive backlash, the Trump administration has in recent months reinforced its policy of punishing immigrant children to stop their parents from coming into the country.
Former Secretary of Homeland Security and current White House chief of staff John Kelly told NPR in an interview last month that when it comes to separating families at the border, “laws are laws.” He described the policy as a “tough deterrent” for those thinking of fleeing to the United States.
Current DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen raised a similar point in March, saying during a hearing, “Our policy is if you break the law, we will prosecute you. You have an option to go to a port of entry and not illegally cross into our country.”
Nielsen added that DHS takes great care of the children and will continue to.
A recent NBC News report, however, found that there were around 500 children under DHS care that are stuck at border stations, 300 of whom have stayed there for longer than 72 hours, the time limit for immigrants of any age to be held in the government’s temporary facilities. Half of those 300 children are under the age of 12. Because these facilities are meant to be temporary, many don’t have adequate sleeping areas or showering facilities.
Sessions’ comments come two days after Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was denied access to a detention center in Brownsville, Texas where hundreds of immigrant children are currently being held in what Merkley described as “like dog kennels.” Rather than allowing him into the facility to observe the living conditions, officials there called the police on the senator instead.

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Three internationals against Turkey, followed by the Nations League encounter against Ukraine and Switzerland, seems to have come at an inopportune moment.
Five Inner Mongolia players recorded double digit points, as they dominated the game. Li Yueru made 12 out of her total 14 shooting attempts, taking home a game-high 28 points, along with 14 rebounds. Zhang Qifang added 14 points. Wei Wei and Yang Liwei contributed 12 and 11 points respectively.
NANNING, China, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The 2020 Guilin-Ziyuan international cross country race kicked off on Saturday in Ziyuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
BERLIN, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Union Berlin took their first win of the season, hammering Mainz 4-0 in the Bundesliga's third round of matches on Friday.
River Plate's Armani and his Boca Juniors counterpart Andrada were joined by defenders Lucas Martinez Quarta (River Plate), Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate) and midfielder Eduardo Salvio (Boca Juniors), the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) said.
The Czech player fired 23 winners in the match in which she converted four of her nine break points. Despite missing a chance to serve for the win in the eighth game of the second set at 5-2, she clinched it when an opportunity appeared again in the tenth to wrap up the victory with a love game.
ROME, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Napoli could lose 3-0 to Juventus as the Coppa Italia holders were unable to travel on Sunday, while Inter Milan and Lazio shared the spoils 1-1, with both sides finishing with 10 men.
The 30-year-old, who has been capped once for Argentina's national team, has struggled for opportunities since joining Boca from Mexico's Cruz Azul in January 2019.
A fierce battle ensued in the final 10 minutes. Zhang Ru made a three-pointer as Henan pulled the score back to 68-72 heading to the final minute, but they could not complete the comeback, as Shanxi sealed the win with free throws.
In the first competition day of Wuhan Zall, team of the hardest-hit city, fans are gathering with strong passion. For some, the fighting sprits of the matches may encourage them to overcome the stressful times.
"I got a bit emotional last two points of my match. I really started to think still about the match because in tennis we really never know when it's the end. But my memories, happy memories, when I made my comeback here in 2017, when I step on the Philippe Chatrier, I couldn't really imagine me to be in the quarterfinal of this slam. Everything just came back to me," said Kvitova, who was attacked by a break-in knife-wielding robber at her home in the Czech Republic during the off-season of 2016 which left her dominant left hand seriously injured. It was at Roland Garros that the two-time Grand Slam champion made her comeback.

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A White Texas police officer’s actions went viral late last month after video surfaced of him wrestling a Black woman and her daughter to the ground.
Instead of receiving a serious punishment for his vicious assault, the officer has been suspended without pay for 10 days, but will not be fired, Daily Mail reports. Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald announced on Monday that Officer William Martin is sorry for his behavior and is eager to resume active duty at the end of the suspension.
As part of his return, Officer Martin will also be required to undergo additional training and go back into the same community when the suspension ends to “repair relationships.” The viral footage shows Martin violently arresting mother Jacqueline Craig and her daughter after responding to a call that a neighbor choked her 7-year-old son for allegedly littering in his yard. Fitzgerald added, “We are not sanctioning bad behavior. People make mistakes. We have levels of mistakes that every police officer makes. Some things deserve punishment; some do not. Some deserve termination and some do not.”
Sam Jordan, a spokeswoman for the district attorney, said the office will send the entire incident file, including the department’s investigation, to a grand jury to determine if criminal charges should be filed against any of the parties involved in the incident, including Officer Martin. No date has been set for the hearing, but a grand jury has been seated and will hear the case in the next few months.
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Sorrow In Syria: 10 Heartbreaking Tweets From Aleppo Residents
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Understand this. I can't simply surrender and being captive. I am speaking out and this is a crime. I might then ask death and not got it.— @Mr.Alhamdo (@Mr_Alhamdo) December 12, 2016
2. The chairman for the Syrian parliament in Aleppo speaks out.
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We will make sure that the terror backing French gov will not have any role in the upcoming reconstruction process in Syria.— Fares Shehabi فارس الشهابي (@ShehabiFares) December 13, 2016
3. #SaveAleppo.Source: 3 of 6
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It is the doomsday inside Aleppo. Bombs bombs are over the head of civilians. people are running running but don't know where to go.— @Mr.Alhamdo (@Mr_Alhamdo) December 12, 2016
5. Devastating is an understatement.Source: 5 of 6
Here’s What Happened To The White Texas Officer Who Attacked A Black Woman & Her Daughter was originally published on globalgrind.com


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text: The cacophonous, multilevel space almost feels like a glorified chain restaurant (it is, sort of--there"s an uptown location). But Docks is a notch above places that serve bottomless baskets of popcorn shrimp. This is a candlelit, white-tablecloth affair (with a buzzing bar scene). Oysters are from Maine and British --Columbia. Fried scallops and fish are surprisingly light (the accompanying shoestring fries, however, can be overdone). The creamy, tart key lime pie is ideal for cleansing a breaded and battered palate.

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Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration FAA.L, U.S. National Transportation Safety Board NTSB.L and Boeing joined Japanese authorities looking into what caused warning lights to go off on an All Nippon Airways Co (9202.T) domestic flight earlier this week, prompting the aircraft to make an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport in western Japan.
The incident prompted regulators in the United States and around the world to ground the 50 Dreamliners in service.
The lightweight, mainly carbon-composite 787 has been plagued by mishaps, with safety concerns centred on its use of lithium-ion batteries, which pack more energy and are faster to recharge but which are potentially more volatile.
A Japanese safety official onsite at Takamatsu told reporters on Friday it was possible that excessive electricity may have overheated the battery and caused liquid to spill out. Pictures released by investigators of the battery showed a misshapen, burnt out blue metal box with clear signs of liquid seepage.
At a news conference, the Japan Transport Safety Board JTSB.L said the charred battery and the systems around it would be sent to Tokyo for more checks. It said there were similarities with an earlier battery fire on a Japan Airlines Co (9201.T) 787 parked at Boston Logan International Airport.
"The impact of this incident on the aviation industry is great. That's why we feel the importance of swiftly producing a comprehensive report, free from bias," said Hideyo Kosugi, a JTSB inspector. "We hope to produce a report as soon as possible ... within a week."
"This information will go to Boeing and the FAA. They will assess it" before allowing the 787 to fly again in Japan. "The United States analysis may take a bit longer than this."
GS Yuasa Corp (6674.T), the Japanese firm that makes batteries for the Dreamliner, said it sent three engineers to Takamatsu to help the investigation.
A person at the company, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, said: "Our company's battery has been vilified for now, but it only functions as part of a whole system. So we're trying to find out exactly where there was a problem within the system."
Shares in the Kyoto-based battery maker rose as much as 3.9 percent on Friday, having dropped around 18 percent since the January 7 battery fire in the auxiliary power unit APU.L of the JAL plane at Boston.
The U.S. investigation into that incident is focused on the Japanese-made batteries, with no indication the APU - built by United Technologies Corp's (UTX.N) Pratt & Whitney - was involved, said a person familiar with the government probe, who was not authorised to speak publicly.
Mark Rosenker, a former NTSB chairman, said Boeing conducted over 1.3 million hours of testing before deciding the lithium-ion batteries were safe to use on the 787, and the company had to satisfy additional rigorous tests to be granted "special condition" by the FAA to use the batteries.
"I don't believe there was corner cutting in any way," he said. "I believe the FAA has done a good job in its certification process. And Boeing is a very formidable and extremely careful airplane manufacturer. You don't survive in this business by not making safe, efficient and reliable planes."
Japan is the biggest market so far for the 787, with ANA and JAL operating 24 of the 290-seat wide-bodied planes, which have a list price of $207 million. Boeing has orders for close to 850 of the planes.
Goldman Sachs estimated the hit to ANA's annual operating profit could be up to $40 million if the grounding of its 17 Dreamliners drags on through March. The plane makes up close to a tenth of ANA's fleet and is crucial to its growth strategy.
ANA cancelled more than 60 domestic and international flights scheduled through Monday, affecting more than 10,000 passengers. JAL has cancelled 8 Dreamliner flights on its Tokyo-San Diego route until January 25. Other flights will switch to older planes.
A spokesman for the airline said ANA remained committed to the Dreamliner. "The Boeing 787 is an absolutely wonderful aircraft and we will spare no effort to help it get back in the air safely as soon as possible," said Hideya Oishi.
Australia's Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) said it cancelled an order for one of 15 Dreamliners earmarked for its budget arm Jetstar. It said the decision to cancel was taken late last year, before the plane's recent problems. Qantas has options to order 50 of the new generation aircraft.
Separately, Japan's transport ministry said a fuel leak on another JAL-operated 787 last week was due to a malfunction in a drive mechanism that controls a valve. It said the British company that makes the valve was investigating. The ministry declined to name the firm.
The use of new battery technology is among the cost-saving features of the 787, which Boeing says burns 20 percent less fuel than rival jetliners using older technology.
Hans Weber, president and owner of TECOP International Ltd, a San Diego-based aviation consulting firm and former adviser to the FAA, said it was possible the incidents could be the result of a bad batch of batteries - as was the case with General Motors' (GM.N) Volt electric car, where fires were blamed on a defective batch of batteries supplied by A123 Systems, which has since gone into bankruptcy.
"We have to consider the suppliers were at one time producing a lot of equipment for the 787 and then everything got delayed, so some of the stuff they built has been sitting on the shelf for a while. Some of these might have been produced early in the production process and there may have been some deficiencies in the production process," he said.
The 787, a leap in aircraft design, has been plagued by cost overruns and years of delays, though orders last year helped Boeing overtake rival Airbus (EAD.PA) as the world's largest manufacturer of passenger jets.
"This could turn out to be a minor technical problem, but the FAA has turned it into a significant marketing challenge for Boeing," said Loren Thompson, defence consultant and chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute, a Virginia-based think tank.
(Additional reporting by Yoshiyuki Osada, James Topham, Mari Saito, Issei Kato, Maggie Lu Yueyang, Herng Shinn Cheng, Ruairidh Villar, William Rigby and Andrea Shalal-Esa; Writing by Ian Geoghegan; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)
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Handmade in Provence, France, these Serving Hands are a necessity for your kitchen goals - they also make the perfect hostess gift. We love that olive wood has so much character, and adds a unique twist to traditional kitchenware.
Provence En Couleur is a family-run business which was founded in 1929. Since then, they've created beautiful items, using materials from clay to olive wood. Although made overseas, the owner hand-delivers our orders (and even brings us fresh lavender). These pieces are meant to be used and loved for years to come.


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It’s a Sunday morning, the sun is sparkling on Wellington Harbour, there’s no wind and Wellington could not look prettier, seen from the train as it snakes its way up the coast. We’re on the way to Martinborough –specifically, a handful of Martinborough vineyards, for the day.
From Wellington, it’s an hour by train to Featherston, and from there, a 20km bus trip to Martinborough in the southern Wairarapa. Those 79km between the capital and Martinborough separate two vastly different climates. Who could have predicted the success Martinborough has enjoyed as a wine region? Hot summers, long, dry autumns, and free-draining soils thanks to its location on an ancient riverbed all combine to provide ideal conditions for growing Pinot Noir, the variety for which the region is best known.
Its Pinot Noir is often compared to Burgundy, which has a similar climate and soil. Wellington doctors Neil McCallum and Derek Milne saw the similarity back in the late 70s and founded Dry River Wines and Martinborough Vineyard, respectively – Dry River named after the riverbed on which the vineyards are planted.
Our last train stop is Featherston, where we’re collected by the Wairarapa Gourmet Wine Escapes coach and driven to Martinborough in the south Wairarapa.
Martinborough is an exquisite little town of well-preserved colonial buildings and an extraordinary number of vineyards. Its population is just 1300, padded out in the weekends by numerous Wellington-based home owners – and by another 10,000 during the annual Toast Festival in November.
Our first stop is at Te Kairanga, one of Martinborough’s older vineyards. In fact you couldn’t really’ call any Martinborough vineyard old: its vineyards only date back to the 1970s. In fact, the first vines were planted there in the late 19th century but it took nearly another century for winemaking to take off here. The majority of the 30-plus wineries here are boutique, family-owned businesses, with small yields producing exceptional-quality wine.
The difference in climate between the Wairarapa and Wellington, only one-and-a-half-hour’s drive away, is striking. Temperatures regularly hit the mid-30s up here and 40-degree days aren’t unheard of. Wellington harbour may have been sparkling in the sunlight this morning, but you don’t get days as hot as that in the capital.
There are picnic areas in the garden at Te Kairanga, but we sit at a table outside the main building, The Cottage, built from totara in the 1880s by Martinborough’s founder, Irish immigrant John Martin.
Martin designed the town centre in the shape of the Union Jack and named streets after places he’d visited on a tour of Europe and America in 1875.
We sample a Terroir Select Gewürztraminer (made from grapes grown elsewhere), and from the Estate Range, the Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Pinot Noir. Then two from the Runholder Range: the Pinot Noir and Syrah, and the Casarina Reserve Chardonnay.
From Te Kairanga, we’re taken to the Village Café for an excellent lunch of antipasto and Caesar salad, accompanied by a glass of rosé.
Then we’re off to the smallest of the four wineries on our tour, Muirlea Rise. Owner and wine maker Shawn Brown’s father Willie established the vineyard nearly 25 years ago. Shawn gives us a fascinating insight into the business of growing grapes and producing wine and bottling wine and dealing with the weather and birds. I would say give this man his own TV show right now, but that would take him away from what he does so well: produce some of the finest Pinot Noir I’ve ever tasted. We’re also treated to a Muirlea red blend, Justa Red, a lovely fortified wine, Apres, and to the only mention we hear all day of Martinborough’s mystery grape, sometimes referred to as the ‘Mad Vine’, which is the basis for Apres.
Originally mistaken as Syrah, the mystery vine is unique to Martinborough and its origins remain unknown – or at least secret; there are various rumours as to when it was planted here and by whom, but no one is saying.
The first grapes at Schubert Wines were planted in 1988 by German immigrants Kai Schubert and Marion Deimling, who looked all over the world for ideal conditions for growing Pinot Noir before they settled on Martinborough. They’ve since won a swag of awards, particularly for their Pinot Noir, which we sample at the cellar door, along with a rose, a sauvignon blanc, and a dolce. Schubert exports most of its wines, to around 30 other countries. So they’ve come full circle, bringing their passion for wine across the globe to Martinborough, selling overseas, and winning awards all round the world.
Our last visit is to Murdoch James Estate, established in 1986 with plantings of Syrah and Pinot Noir. It’s a popular wedding venue, a little out of town, with expansive grounds and – thankfully – a nice, cool room where we lounge on couches to taste the wines (it’s late afternoon by now, and the sun is beating down). We start with Riesling, a Pinot Gris and the Trafalgar – a blend of Sauvignon and Riesling, then move on to the reds – a Saleyards Syrah, The McIntyre, a fortified red, and another memorable Pinot Noir.
And that’s it for the wine tastings, but before we leave town, we stop at Ingredient for a platter of fine local cheeses, then stock up at the Wine Centre, which sells wine from most of the wineries here, and delivers around the country and overseas.
Wairarapa Gourmet Wine Escapes
For $182 per person, the tour includes return train tickets from Wellington, the bus tour from Featherston, tastings at four vineyards, lunch in Martinborough, and a cheese platter. On weekdays, the train leaves Wellington at 8.25am and returns at 5.20pm; on weekends it departs Wellington at 9.55am and returns at 6.30pm.

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Ostergren v. McDonnell
TRIAL BRIEF on Injunctive Relief - Reply by Betty J. Ostergren. (Glenberg, Rebecca)
Ostergren v. McDonnell
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division BETTY J. OSTERGREN, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT F. McDONNELL, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Virginia, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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PLAINTIFF'S REPLY BRIEF ON INJUNCTIVE RELIEF In his Brief on Injunctive relief, the defendant advocates an injunction that would prohibit enforcement of Virginia Code § 59.1-443.2 against Ms. Ostergren's website as it currently exists, but would allow the statute to be enforced as to any public records that she might post on the site in the future. However, the defendant fails to set forth any principled basis for distinguishing one set of public records from another, or any reason why the currently posted records should be constitutionally protected, while any records posted in the future should not. The defendant also fails to respond meaningfully to the plaintiff's concern that, if only a narrow injunction is issued, she will be unable to use her website to advocate against government websites that may post records containing SSNs in the future. The defendant dismisses this concern as "without merit," because all Virginia circuit court clerks have already made their land records available on line. But this argument ignores the fact that Ms. Ostergren also advocates often successfully against websites
maintained by governments outside Virginia. (See Plaintiff's Brief on Injunctive Relief at 4, n. 1; Stipulation ¶¶ 3, 6; Ostergren Decl. ¶¶ 3, 6.) The defendant continues to assert (without support from any evidence on the record), that the plaintiff's website contributes to identity theft. Plaintiff has addressed this contention in her principal Brief on Injunctive relief, as well has her briefs on the merits, and will not repeat those arguments here. CONCLUSION The plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court issue a permanent injunction prohibiting the enforcement of Virginia Code § 59.1-443.2 against her for the posting of any public records on her website.
Respectfully submitted, BETTY J. OSTERGREN By: _________/s/____________ Rebecca K. Glenberg (VSB No. 44099) American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia Foundation, Inc. 530 E. Main Street, Suite 310 Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 644-8080 (804) 649-2733 (FAX) firstname.lastname@example.org Frank M. Feibelman VSB #13877 Cooperating Attorney for the ACLU of Virginia 5206 Markel Rd., Suite 102 Richmond, Virginia 23230 (804) 355-1300 FAX: (804) 355-4684
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Hurricane Irma, a record category five storm, is churning across the Atlantic on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, threatening to lash the northern Caribbean with a potentially devastating mix of fierce winds, surf and rain.
- Maximum wind speeds reach nearly 300kph
- Authorities tell residents to urgently prepare
- Florida declares state of emergency
The eye of Irma, a monster storm packing winds of nearly 300 kilometres per hour, is expected to cross the northern Leeward Islands, east of Puerto Rico, on Tuesday night or early Wednesday (local time), and is on track to reach Florida by Saturday, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.
Hurricane Irma is the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, the NHC said, and one of the five most powerful in the overall Atlantic region in the past 80 years.
The threat posed to the US mainland by Irma, described by forecasters as a "potentially catastrophic" storm, loomed as Texas and Louisiana continued to reel from widespread destructive flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
Hurricane warnings, the highest level of NHC alerts, were posted for several of the Leeward Islands, including Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, as well as for the US and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
"Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion," the NHC said, warning that Irma "will bring life-threatening wind, storm surge and rainfall hazards" to those islands.
Along the beachfront of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, work crews scrambled to cover windows at restaurants, hotels and apartments with plywood and corrugated metal shutters.
"I am worried because this is the biggest storm we have seen here," said Jonathan Negron, 41, as he supervised workers boarding up his souvenir shop.
"We're doing all we can. We have the shutters, and we are covering the electronics in plastic."
On Tuesday evening (local time), Irma was about 210 kilometres east of Antigua in the eastern Caribbean and moving west at 24 kilometres per hour, according to the NHC.
Maximum sustained winds of 297 kilometres per hour, with hurricane-force winds extending 95 kilometres from the storm's centre, forecasters said.
State of emergency declared in Florida
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello urged the 3.4 million residents of the US territory to seek refuge in one of 460 hurricane shelters in advance of the storm.
"This is something without precedent," Mr Rossello told a news conference.
He said he would ask US President Donald Trump to declare a federal state of emergency even before the storm passes to allow disbursement of US emergency funds.
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency, and also asked Mr Trump to make a "pre-landfall" emergency declaration.
Irma was expected to reach southern Florida on Saturday, and shares in insurance companies with exposure in the state tumbled in Tuesday trading.
Hurricane watches were in effect for Guadeloupe, Haiti, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the south-eastern Bahamas.
Airlines cancelled flights to the region, and American Airlines added three extra flights to Miami from San Juan, Saint Kitts and Saint Maarten.
Irma is expected to become the second powerful storm to thrash the US mainland in as many weeks, but its precise trajectory remained uncertain.


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|Part of the series Maronite Church|
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Maronites (Arabic: الموارنة, Lebanese: Marune, Syriac: ܡܪܘܢܝܐ, Latin: Ecclesia Maronitarum) are members of one of the Lebanese or Syriac Eastern Catholic Churches, with a heritage reaching back to Maron, the Syriac Monk in the early 5th century. The first Maronite Patriarch, John Maron, was elected in the late 7th century. Although reduced in numbers today, Maronites remain one of the principal ethno-religious groups in Lebanon and they continue to represent the absolute majority of Lebanese people when the Lebanese diaspora is included. Unique amongst Eastern Rite Catholics, the Maronites are Eastern Christians who have always remained in communion with the Bishop of Rome.
Before the conquest by Arabian Muslims reached Lebanon, both those Lebanese people who would become Muslim and the majority who would remain Christian spoke a dialect of Aramaic.< Syriac (Christian Aramaic) still remains the liturgical language of the Maronite Church.
- R. J. Mouawad, Les Maronites. Chrétiens du Liban, Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, 2009, ISBN 978-2-503-53041-3
- Kamal Salibi - A House of Many Mansions - The History of Lebanon Reconsidered (University of California Press, 1990).
- Maronite Church. New Catholic Encyclopedia, Second Edition, 2003.
- Riley-Smith, Johnathan - The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995)
- Congregation of the Lebanese Maronites Missionnaries
- World Maronite Union
- CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY IN LEBANON
- JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR
- Beith Souryoyé Morounoyé
- Maronite Rite diocese based in Sydney, Australia
- Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn
- Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- NEW ADVENT
- Catholic Culture: News — Maronite population discussed
- The Maronite history and culture worldwide: Maronite Worldwide Knowledgebase
- el Khazen Family Prince of Maronites: Lebanese Families Keserwan Lebanon
- Maronite History
- The Maronite Monks of Adoration, Most Holy Trinity Monastery
- The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860 Cornell University Library Historical Monographs Collection. [Reprinted by] Cornell University Library Digital Collections
- Maronitische Christliche Union Deutschlands (German)
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I was once asked by a classmate of mine, “Why in the world do you take the extra time to go on house calls? Have you lost your mind?” My response was that I feel that I am doing exactly what I was called to do.
I was once asked by a classmate of mine, “Why in the world do you take the extra time to go on house calls? Have you lost your mind?” My response was that I feel that I am doing exactly what I was called to do. A home visit is a wonderful way for the physician to experience the true surroundings in which their patient lives. There is also a large financial burden that patients must bear when they request non-emergent medical transport via EMS. Most carriers charge a base flat rate plus a per mile charge. Such total costs can surpass $500-600 for a simple round trip.
One such example of one of my earliest house calls was a 105-year-old female, Ms. Jones we will call her, that was unable to see a doctor for five years. Ms. Jones never had an actual emergent complaint and her family was unable to afford the high cost of transport. Her previous physician stopped supervising the home health nurse visits she was receiving because the patient was unable to go to the physician’s office. Ms. Jones’ family called our office to see if I would be able to care for the patient. I traveled to see the patient at her home for her initial visit. When I arrived, her family indicated their surprise at the fact that I was actually making a house call. After going through her list of medical problems and the few medications she was taking, I realized that Ms. Jones was not sick. She was just old. She did not have uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and the usual array of medical problems that I had suspected. She did in fact have severe osteoporosis and also had chronic decubitus ulcerations on the buttocks. As it turns out, Ms. Jones was blind, deaf, and had no way of being able to interact with her family.
I was able to provide care for Ms. Jones for almost one year before she died. During that time, I was able to avoid at least three hospitalizations for her and also allowed her family to keep their promise to her by keeping her at home as long as they could. The care the patient received is no different than any of my other colleagues would have provided. The only difference was the location of the care.
I have found that my elderly homebound patients and their families are very grateful for the care I provide. Yes, it does take extra time and yes, I could certainly be a more efficient and a more profitable physician if I stayed in the office and allowed the patients to come to me. A quick review of the current E&M codes will show you that CMS does recognize care provided to patients at their residence and the reimbursement provided is a bit higher than a routine office visit:
• 99341-99345 Home visit, new patient, level 1-5
• 99347-99350 Home visit, established patient, level 1-4
Skeptics might say this care is not possible for the average primary care physician. You might say that your time is too valuable. Of course it would not make sense to schedule a house call during the busiest time of your day. House calls can be completed on your way to or from work. House calls are also a great way to use your lunch break for something productive and can help to break the tension during a very busy day.
Patients visited at home never complain about wait times. They never begin the encounter with a list of long complaints. In my experience, the sickest patients always wear the largest smile. On days when a house call is scheduled, I find myself feeling a bit more energized than I normally do. If you have not previously scheduled a house call in the past, do yourself a favor and try it. You might just find out that you have been missing out on a true blessing!

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In my practice, I tend to address the issues that the migrant community deal with in the Netherlands. As a migrant, I do this by simulating conditions that I have experienced and let the audience walk in my shoes to understand how I feel.
A barrage dish: an anagram of my full name
I designed a website called dispossetion in which the visitor faces some malfunctions and through them, I represent the malfunctioning system that migrants are dealing with.
The website has two parts:
part 1 is an algorithm that allows people to visit the website only based on their nationality. The twist here is that they don't choose their nationality, but the website assigns a random nationality to them.
part 2 contains a google map that despite its appropriate appearance, doesn't work properly and is intended to make the visitors frustrated. By searching a location in this map, they will be guided to a false location with a manipulated image of the Netherlands that has elements of my hometown in it.
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I often use satire, metaphors, and manipulation in order to show the flaws of the system using its own features.
I look at the medium of photography as an expandable tool to convey my ideas and concepts. I always like to play with the borders of it and see how I can go beyond them by mixing the medium of photography with other ones such as installation.
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Headquarters on the United States Navy’s 6th Fleet based in Naples Italy has announced that they will be replacing four guided-missile destroyers at the Rota Naval Base near to Cadiz.
According to United States military sources, the four ships(USS Carney, USS Donald Cook, USS Porter and USS Ross) will be replaced starting in 2020 by more modern Arleigh Burke-class destroyers equipped with helicopters.
A press release from the 6th Fleet command read: “The US Navy intends to relocate a helicopter maritime strike squadron (HSM) to Rota, Spain, in support of the destroyers, which will enhance the multi-mission roles of these ships.”
The new squadron includes six Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters (one per ship, plus two in reserve).
Positioning the helicopters to Rota will also mean deploying 30 additional military personnel who are not accounted for in the current defence agreement between the United States and Spain.
Under the existing agreement, the United States is allowed a maximum of 4,250 soldiers and 1,000 US citizens at the Rota Naval Base.
Sources told EL PAÍS newspaper that the principal mission of the new vessels will remain the same as those already deployed: “To contribute to ballistic missile defence,” as part of NATO missile defence program.


On Sunday afternoon, April 7, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and its conductor Gil Rose gave the last concert of its 2018-19 season, a celebration of the 80th birthday of John Harbison. (The actual birthday had been on December 20.) Rose has often celebrated composers at significant points in their lives, and it is only to be expected that he would honor an award-winning composer who has spent so much of his career in Boston, from his undergraduate years at Harvard to his many years on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as conductor of the Cantata Singers (for which he wrote his Pulitzer Prize score, The Flight into Egypt. He also maintained connections with the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as a festival at his summer location in Token Creek, Wisconsin. But Boston has remained the main location of his activity, and at 80 he is one of the most honored composers here.
Ed. Note: We have another review of this concert HERE.
As is entirely normal in BMOP concerts, Gil Rose assembled a significant and stimulating program, consisting of four orchestral works that represent the four major kinds of work that Harbison has written with orchestra: a symphony, a concerto, a song cycle, and an operatic excerpt. The result was a longish program, but a particularly excellent one in terms of continuing interest and variety as well as the quality of playing by the orchestra and the excellent contributions by the featured soloists, soprano Dawn Upshaw and violist Marcus Thompson.
The program began with a short piece, the 1985 Remembering Gatsby, originally planned as an overture to his opera The Great Gatsby, though it was originally performed by itself at a “foxtrot for orchestra,” when the composer was unable to get the rights to proceed with the opera. Happily, after he received the Pulitzer Prize, the Fitzgerald estate changed its mind an allowed him to compose the opera, which enjoyed a considerable success at the Met. The overture begins with a somewhat blaring fanfare that anticipates the tragic outcome, then moves on to a lively 1920s style foxtrot (one of several original songs evoking the “Roaring 20s” that appear in the opera in connection with Gatsby’s lavish parties. Following some development of this tune (with a wonderful performance on the soprano sax by Philipp Stäudlin), the darker bitonal harmonies overwhelm the foxtrot for a somber close. The Gatsby score was the only one of the four works on the program that has been recorded. The other three works were recorded in conjunction with the concert for a forthcoming release on the BMOP/sound label.
The Milosz Songs for soprano and orchestra (2006), written on a commission from the New York Philhamonic during the directorship of Lorin Maazel, shortly after the death of the Polish poet Czeslav Milosz, who had left his homeland after experiencing the “two great totalitarian systems of modern history” from the Germans and later the Russians. He settled in the United States, in Berkeley, California, and by1980 he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. For his song cycle, Harbison chose eleven texts, all relatively short, hinting at a world of challenges, concerns, doubts. The vocal line is gorgeously expressive, capturing the shape and flow of the poetry. The singer is surrounded (and, perhaps, protected) by a concertino group at the front of the orchestra, consisting of three flutes—including alto and piccolo, celesta, harp, and vibraphone. The small group takes the “Prologue from Lauda”; for the rest, different combinations and strikingly varied sonorities and dynamics provide a wide expressive contrast, suggesting everything from delicate hints to Brahmsian richness and even a touchof Stan Kenton big band. Dawn Upshaw was the splendid singer, whose expressive range from poignant to assertive was just right for the piece. I was disappointed that the hall lights were kept down for this vocal piece, when (despite Upshaw’s always-clear diction) it would be helpful to see the texts of the poems. (For the vocal part of the closing work on the program, the lights happily did come up a little.)
The Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1990) was a lively concertante work in four movements (laid out as two pairs; a slip on the program page listed just three). The composer himself learned to play the viola, which allowed him (as a player of classical string quartets in his youth) to be “in the middle of things.” The opening movement with flexible changes of tempo, but not too fast, moody, with contrapuntal flow. The second movement, Allegro brillante, was frenetic and lively, and quite short. The third movement Andante projected assertive energy in its dynamics, with crashing cymbals and parallel minor ninths in the orchestra. The finale unfolded a very fast, staccato, jazzy rhythm that gave the soloist splendid opportunities to flash in the virtuosic close.
The final work on the program was the Symphony No. 6, written in 2011 for the Boston Symphony and premiered there by James Levine. It begins untraditionally, with a poem by James Wright, “Entering the Temple in Nimes.” The vocal setting, evoking a temple to the goddess Diana in southern Gaul, on the coast of the Mediterranean, which is still present, though the poem describes the arms of the young women who originally visited the temple now replaced by vines and green branches, all suggested in musical lines that continue to unfold. One of the most striking elements of the score’s color is the presence of a cimbalon and later a scherzo of very high trumpet writing. The cimbalon, linked with a vibraphone, returns in the final movement, being drowned out by other instruments that end the symphony in a chorale-like tranquility.
Steven Ledbetter is a freelance writer and lecturer on music. He got his BA from Pomona College and PhD from NYU in Musicology. He taught at Dartmouth College in the 1970s, then became program annotator at the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 1997.


Heat Stress: Experts Urge Work on Heat Action Plans
Patna: With an intense heatwave affecting the everyday life of millions in north India, mainly the working class and the impoverished, and the trend is likely to increase in coming years, experts have urged the government to work on heat action plans to deal with its adverse impact.
The ongoing heatwave also affected the economy, as reflected in the country’s power and coal crises, contrary to the Central government’s claim.
Two days after some parts of Delhi recorded maximum temperature above 49 degrees celsius and several cities across north India recorded temperatures above 45 degrees celsius, experts in India are also stressing the need for actions to help people survive the climate change-driven extreme heat.
“While mitigation measures are a must to limit future warming, the extreme, frequent, and long-lasting spells of heatwaves are no longer a future risk. It is already here and is unavoidable,” said Dr Abhiyant Tiwari, assistant professor & programme manager, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management, at a recently held workshop on heat stress in India: Accelerating mitigation and adaptation efforts in the face of a changing climate, organised by Climate Trends.
Tiwari added that “Our heat action plans must ensure adaptation measures like public cooling areas, ensuring uninterrupted electricity, access to safe drinking water, and changing the work hours of labourers or workers for the most vulnerable ones at the bottom of the pyramid, especially during extreme heat days.”
Dr Dileep Mavalankar, director of the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG), said, “People need to watch out for these advisories, stay indoors, keep themselves hydrated and rush to the nearest health centre if they feel moderate signs of heat-related illness. There’s a special need to monitor the old and vulnerable, just like we did during Covid, as they can develop heat strokes even when sitting at home.
“Cities should monitor all-cause mortality data daily along with data for hospital admissions and ambulance calls to compare it with the last five years of data to get the real indication of heat stress on mortality.
“This is a very early heatwave, and these normally have a higher rate of mortality since adaptation and preparedness are lower during these months of March and April. The central, state and city governments should also focus on this, especially when IMD alerts are in orange and red, and they should put out warning advertisements in newspapers, TV and radio to warn the public. This is a warning signal for what is to come in May and June. If we take effective action now, we can prevent a lot of morbidity and mortality.”
Martand Shardul, policy director, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) India, said, “Frequent climate extremes and power shocks only indicate how much climate action and energy transition needs are intertwined and affected by not just domestic events but also regional and international tremors. Stocking coal through increased domestic production and imports might yield relief; however, these exigencies demand a rapid shift to clean energy and enhanced renewable energy investments to boost social good, planetary health, and economic resilience.”
Aarti Khosla, director of Climate Trends, said, “The fact that we have blundered into extreme heatwaves, the first of its kind in 120 years, is no coincidence. Scientific studies have shown that global surface temperatures have increased by 1.1degrees C since pre-industrial levels. More heat and associated greater power demand have created a power crisis, which is, in reality, the poor planning with regard to transporting coal and transmitting power. It is not a shortage of coal. Neither is it a shortage of power capacity. Combined with the global pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war, which has increased coal prices internationally, it should be a death knell for coal. Still, ironically it is our only option to bring more power on immediately. The time to ramp up wind and solar is now so that we are prepared to deal with a warming world.”
Bharath Jairaj, director, WRI India, Energy Program, said that “The present coal crisis is not just about the availability of the resource or its transportation from mines and ports to the power plants. It points to the lack of integrated planning by relevant state and national agencies and the continued preoccupation with short-term issues, which crowds out the required time and space for medium to long term issues. India needs to invest in renewables aggressively – from the current 10—12 GW per year to 35-36GW per year if we are to meet the 2030 target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity.”
Jairaj added, “We have to aggressively support investments in energy storage and re-introduce favourable regulatory conditions for rooftop and behind-the-meter investments in renewable energy by end consumers. Equally important, we need to see policy certainty and continuity in the country – so that investors and developers can make medium to long term decisions.”
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On Saturday, July 12th, we hosted a successful volunteer day at the Ridge Avenue Green Resource Center in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, The Office of the U.S. Attorney, the Strawberry Mansion NAC and CDC, and members of the Strawberry Mansion community. Thanks so much to everyone who lent a hand, and a special thank you to our partners who helped make this day possible! We were able to complete 14 new beds for our community garden and 9 additional beds to use with Strawberry Mansion High School’s culinary arts program.
Check out CBS Philly’s interview with Suku John, EPRA’s executive director, about the project and the volunteer day: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/07/12/folks-pitch-in-for-community-garden-day-in-strawberry-mansion/
EPRA’s weekly farmstand has a new location this year! Every Wednesday, we will be at our Ridge Avenue Garden from 3 to 6 pm. We’ll be selling a variety of freshly picked, organically grown vegetables and fruits from our gardens all around the neighborhood as well as sustainably grown products from other local farms. While you are here, you can check out the progress of our community garden and high school gardens as well! The garden and farmstand are on Ridge Avenue between Dauphin and Susquehanna, in the large vacant lot across from Strawberry Mansion High School. Our farmstand accepts FMNP vouchers.
And don’t forget to come out this Saturday for Strawberry Fest! It’s always a good time and we would love to see you there. See the post below for Strawberry Fest details.
We can’t wait for spring to arrive so we can get back into the gardens, but luckily we grow our microgreens year round indoors, under growlights. Head over to our Photos page to see a few more pictures of what we’ve been growing throughout these cold months!
EPRA has gotten two shout-outs in the news this month! First, co-founder Haile Johnston was featured in Aetna’s 2014 African American history calendar for the work he and Tatiana Garcia-Granados do connecting healthy, fresh food to city neighborhoods through their work with Common Market and EPRA. Check it out here!
Then, we were mentioned in the Daily News for our work across from Strawberry Mansion High School creating a vegetable garden with community members, partners, and the school. The article is a great account of the partnerships and community-wide work that saved the High School from closure last season: read on here.
Check out some highlights from 2013 and consider supporting our work!
EPRA’s 2013 recap
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Guest Relations is a mythical place where any question can be answered and any problem can be solved. These magical powers attract many guests with a variety of concerns and issues, many of which are not solved quickly. This often makes Guest Relations long and slow-moving. So when you see a queue of people wrapped around City Hall, check this list and see if your issue can be solved somewhere else.
If you decided to upgrade your ticket, head to the vacation planning booths–the ticket sales booths at the entrance of the parks–on your way out of the park. There are virtually no lines at the vacation planning booths after noon and they can upgrade your ticket just as well as Guest Relations.
Exchanging Old Ticket
Tickets purchased before 2004 don’t expire, but they need to be converted to the new RFID media (the ticket cards or MagicBands) before being used. Even unused A to E ticket books can be converted into a Magic Kingdom ticket, though they are worth much more than the $105.44 cost of a Magic Kingdom ticket. The conversion can be done at the vacation planning booths.
Replacing Lost Tickets
So you dropped your ticket on the bus/boat/train/plane. No need to fear, just head to the nearest vacation planning booth. Helpful things to have when replacing a lost ticket are all of the other tickets for your party, the will call information you used to pick up your tickets, your credit card you used to buy your tickets, the receipt from your ticket purchase, and/or your My Disney Experience account opened on your phone.
Getting Celebration Buttons
No need to stand in line at Guest Relations just to grab a birthday button. Stop by one of the vacation planning booths at the entrance of park or any of the larger merchandise locations. The Cast Members in front of the merchandise locations are often loaded with buttons and just waiting to entertain guests.
Fixing Your MyMagic+ Account
Issues with the MyDisneyExperience app–tickets not connecting to your account or MagicBand–should be brought to the MyMagic+ service center. They are located at the Town Square Theater in Magic Kingdom, in Innoventions West in Epcot, next to Guest Relations (Ed. – the former Sid Cahuenga’s location) in Hollywood Studios, and at Creature Comforts in Animal Kingdom. Guest Relations Cast Members who are experts in MyMagic+ and dedicated MyMagic+ Cast Members staff the location. The areas have iPads set up on kiosks with the My Disney Experience website open. I’ve never noticed a queue in the area, so they’re a good alternative to the often-crowded Fastpass+ kiosks.
Getting a Parking Refund
Free parking starts the day you activate your annual pass. So if you paid for parking when you entered the park and either bought or activated an annual pass that day, you can get a refund right at the ticket window when you purchase the pass instead of making a separate trip to Guest Relations. The refund can be applied to your purchase or refunded in its original form. Make sure you bring the receipt!
Don’t be afraid to ask for help on the spot when you need it. While Guest Relations Cast Members are always there to help, but you can often save time by addressing an issue when it happens or at the relevant location.


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Probably the most important tools in database and application design is known as ER Diagram Connectors. This can be used powerful tool to create databases as well as contact users as well as other stakeholders in a project. You may download an effective demonstration of this sort of diagram here online.
In order to fully understand what you will be seeing, check this out short explanation of entity relationship diagrams and why these are so useful.
Exactly What Is ER Diagram Connectors?
This kind of diagram displays entities along with the properties that each one of these entities have. Typically, each entity is represented by a box about the diagram, as well as the properties are within or next to the box. Subsequently, it also displays the partnership between all these entities. The connection is generally drawn having a line between entities.
People without lots of technical knowledge can typically understand this sort of diagram easily, and that is among its main benefits. It will also help iron out the design just before the development team has already dedicated to a design. It may also be employed to code the database as well as to communicate regarding the nature of the database with a variety of those who are active in the project.
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* Entity: An entity refers to an item, typically someone, place, or thing. For example, an auto may be an entity to have an auto dealership.
* Entity properties: Each entity has properties. From the example, above, each car will be a particular brand name. To distinguish it off their cars the exact same kind, it will use a unique serial number. Thus, the property may be serial number, and value of that property would be the car’s serial number.
* Entity relationships: An entity may also have a partnership with many other entities. Maybe the showroom and the north lot are two entities. Thus, a car inside the showroom will have a partnership with all the showroom, as that is certainly in which the car is available.
As another illustration of an ER diagram, each salesperson who works best for this auto dealer can also be an entity. Obviously, one property on this salesperson will be a name. If a salesperson sold the car, then there should be an ability to create that sort of relationship together with the vehicle.
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When designers first set out to plan a database, they will have to collect the details that they need along with the relationships between various information. They will need to know which entities to add. For each and every entity, they will have to set properties and the relationships between other entities. This model enables them to create a graphical representation of this in a way that is not difficult to convey, understand, and to create databases from.
For example, a software company may make use of a car dealership to style a computer system on their behalf. The car dealer may not have much technical expertise but should certainly appreciate this diagram with just a bit of coaching. Therefore, the software developers may not know every one of the specifics of managing a car dealership. When finalizing the style, it’s vital that you include both technical people and company owners to ensure that the application form will have the data that it needs to work as its intended.
The dealer can study the diagram and offer missing pieces without really understanding database concepts. It’s significantly better to iron out this sort of thing prior to actually creating the database or designing systems around it. That’s merely one explanation why this sort of graphical representation works very well. Other benefits include the opportunity to utilize the model to make the final database as well as consult it later as focus on the application form progresses.
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Sears Holdings (OTC:SHLDQ) has reported its Q4 and 2012 results. For the quarter, the company's revenues totaled $12.3 billion, slightly lower than the $12.5 billion of the same period the previous year. Net loss, however, narrowed considerably, to $489 million ($4.61 per diluted share), from the $2.4 billion ($22.47) of Q4 2011.
Sears Holdings' full-year revenues for 2012 also saw a decline over those of the preceding year. They amounted to $39.9 billion, against 2011's $41.6 billion. Similar to the quarterly results, net loss was not as deep. The bottom line shortfall came in at $930 million ($8.78 per diluted share) in 2012, compared to the previous year's $3.1 billion ($29.15).


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Let's talk turkey
Many people will prepare elaborate meals on Thanksgiving Day, yet others don't know when or from where their next meal will come. Thankfully, some people in Sacramento are helping out the less fortunate with a number of free Thanksgiving dinners this week. Sacramento Loaves & Fishes already hosted a free dinner on Tuesday and will be closed on Thanksgiving, so it's been handing out a reference sheet for those in need of a meal on the holiday. Here are some free-meal options from that sheet, which Loaves' executive director Sister Libby Fernandez shared with SN&R: The Salvation Army (corner of 12th and N. B streets) offers food from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, November 28, Thanksgiving Day; the Union Gospel Mission (400 Bannon Street) serves dinner at 8:30 p.m. after a mandatory service at 7:30 p.m. also on Thanksgiving Day; and the Cordova Neighborhood Church (10600 Coloma Road in Rancho Cordova) serves meals at 5 p.m. on Friday, November 29.


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3DS’ Detective Pikachu was a surprisingly good game, and the movie based on the game, which released recently, was surprisingly good as well. The Pokemon Company clearly sees value in that brand, and is looking to expand it even further.
At the recent Pokemon Press Conference, The Pokemon Company announced a new Detective Pikachu game for the Nintendo Switch- the exact nature of the game is a bit of a mystery though, and The Pokémon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara was particularly vague about it. We know that it’s going to conclude the 3DS game’s story (which ended on a bit of a cliffhanger), but whether it’s a full-fledged sequel, or an expanded re-release is unknown as of yet.
In related Pokemon news, the next mainline RPG sequels, Pokemon Sword and Shield, will be receiving an information blowout next week, when a 15 minute-long Pokemon Direct is aired on June 5. Read more on that through here.