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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the lockdown with a further two weeks at the expiry of the twenty one days on Sunday.
An anxiety stricken nation was at the end of the speech, with much of the restlessness emanating from the big questions unanswered in the first edition of the lockdown.
What rings in every mind is what will the next day bring, where will the next meal come from? What will happen to the threats ahead, if the ravaging Corona virus spreads like fire in the country.
Bulawayo, the forgotten city that has been hard hit in recent days still is not convinced there is a solution in sight. The city and the Matabeleland region were and have always been reeling from years of economic mismanagement and complete neglect by successive regimes. The first testing kit for Covid 19 landed in Bulawayo 2 weeks into the first phase of the lockdown, four months after the first case broke out in China.
President Mnangagwa said the social welfare department will take care of the poor and vulnerable, while he said mining activities should continue and he will be visiting communities to check on their well-being.
To the Matabeleland dwellers that is just but baffling. Who is not poor and vulnerable in the region? After years of economic and political injustice from the Government, to people of the region, the President’s promise is taken with a pinch of salt.
A Nketa resident Juluka Mthombeni bemoaned government’s lack of commitment in matters that are of life and death: “I am a commuter omnibus conductor. I get paid when I work, my family have been starving for 3 weeks and now it will be 5 weeks. Hunger will kill us more than Corona. There should have been a plan in place.”
His sentiments were echoed by various social media users who said government should be sincere and even consider millions who are outside the country. “I corona siyayibona. There is need to be protected from the pandemic, equally there is need to be protected from starvation and need to pay rentals” wrote Mthwakazian on facebook.
Former Cabinet Minister David Coltart wrote on microblogging site, “I support the decision taken by government to extend the lockdown. This time must be used to 1.Get our hospitals prepared 2.Test 3.Get food to the poor 4.Produce and distribute masks & sanitisers 5.Educate, not beat up people about social distancing.” That is a very sane opinion shared by many. There has not been much activity to that effect. Everyone is poor and need food which was needed even before the outbreak.
There have been running around to have Joshua Nkomo’s hospital Ekusileni working twenty one years after he died. One Na Brian asked this writer “If lockdown ends, the virus would have ended?” .This shows there has not been much education pertaining Covid 19.
In as much, the decision taken ‘reluctantly’ was the right call. Staying away is the best since the country has no capacity to halt the virus if cases rise rapidly, more so in this informal market, food shortages, dead currency and water shortages. The little hope is that there is a plan.
The last update by the Ministry of Health saw Bulawayo cases rising to ten, most of which emanated from the Hylop (now late) case. Matabeleland South and North combined have one case, but still there have not been any testing taking place.
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29.10.2012 92 °F
Hello from a sunny Sihanoukville,
Back to Sihanoukville as I had enough of the city life and since the volunteering didn't work out there was no reason why I shouldn't be spending some quality time on the water. The bus ride from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville took about 6 hours, but it was a quick 6 hours as the scenery is amazing and pictures are constantly being taken. No toilet on the bus and the air conditioning isn't all that good, but who really cares. In fact, I would prefer we had no toilet as we stopped at a few rest stops that were very interesting. I sat next to a tiny Khmer child the whole voyage so the entertainment on the bus was paramount. She couldn't have been older than 12, but was dressed in farming type clothes and was very tiny. I broke the ice and the constant stares she was giving me by offering to share an ear phone so she could listen to music. I gave her a sampling of songs ranging from Jamiriqui to Grateful Dead and then DMX with a teaser of Mos Def. Needless to say she liked my selection and was very entertained. I showed her the trick where you split your two middle fingers together and turn your hands to make one continuous long finger and then wiggle it back and forth. A huge smile came across her face and for the duration of the journey she would proudly show off her knew learned skill many many times over. It felt good to bring a smile to this child's face during the bus ride as I could tell life wasn't very easy for her.
Bus adventure aside, I got into Sihanoukville and checked into a familiar hostel right off of Serendipity beach. Stayed for a night or two at this guesthouse when I heard about another place I should check out called Mushroom point, which is about a 15 minute Tuk-tuk drive from Serendipity. Its a way quieter beach and only a hand full of laid back woman vendors trying to offer you everything from massages to lobster tails. The mushroom point only has 7 or 8 bungalows and a central beach bar, where everything is shaped like a mushroom, and they are all on stilts. It's kind of like a mushroom village directly on the beach. Actually, that's exactly what it is, a mushroom village on the beach I mean on the beach to the point where the water is heard all night long and you can almost spit out of your mushroom hut into the water. Stayed there a few nights at a whopping $20 per night and met up with another US couple who was planning on going to an island about 2.5 hours boat ride away called Koh Rong. Jumped on the 7:00 am boat next morning and by 11:00 am I was sitting on an island drinking a .75 Angkor beer with a Slovenian couple and a chick from Holland.
Koh Rong is hard to describe. It's the second largest island of Cambodia and like I had mentioned it was only a short boat ride from the mainland. It consists of maybe a 5 or 6 different little guesthouses, bungalows, and even tree houses to choose from. There is no power so everything is run off of generators and all supplies are brought in daily by boat. Electricity is cut off after 9:00 pm accept for the local watering hole right down the beach from the piers. Seems the main industry on the island outside of selling massive amounts of booze to the younger British crowd is a diving center. I stayed in a small hut literally built on the water at the end of a pier where you could see the blue/green water through the floor boards of my room. I dropped my passport on the floor of my room and was concerned it would fall through the wooden slats and down into the water. The place had 4 rooms, each room having a bed, mosquito net, and a wicker shelf. The main room is probably 12 ft x 12 ft wide and that's where you sit and eat, as its also a restaurant. In the back is a very small "kitchen" and off of that is the owners room, which is adjacent to a communal bathroom. It contained a squat toilet and to flush one must pour water from a bucket down the hole in the floor. Interestingly enough the splash could be heard on the water below, which makes one think. I will leave the rest to the imagination, but if I wanted the traditional/familiar amenities of the Western World then I wouldn't be traveling. Stayed on the island for just a night as I ran out of money and there is obviously no ATM there. Plus I felt one night was enough for me as I needed to get back to Sihanoukville and sort a few things out
After I wrap up this blog entry it's off by way of motobike to the Vietnam embassy to obtain my visa. Hang out here in S-ville for a day or two more and then off to Vietnam later in the week. Even the bus is exciting as it's not like I'm taking it 8 hours south from Baltimore to Charlotte by way of "scenic" I-95. Planning on making the trip down with the same US couple and am definitely enjoying traveling with other kind and like-minded people. It's nice to fly solo, but also nice to have friends on your side if things get thick or just overall confusing. That's all I got on this end and be good to yourselves.
And I live while I'm Young,

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In N.C. writer Randall Kenan’s final book, his imagination flies
Nearly 39 years after "Let the Dead Bury the Dead," Randall Kenan turned in another short-story collection rooted in Duplin County, where he grew up.
I put that in past tense, since Kenan died Aug. 28 at the age of 57. Unless someone can shape his big, unfinished novel into something publishable, "If I Had Two Wings," will probably be his last work.
As it is, it's a fitting testament for a significant and original talent.
Once again, the setting is Tims Creek, the mythical eastern North Carolina crossroads town with notable parallels to Chinquapin, where Kenan grew up. Wilmington is mentioned, and folks drive over to the county seat, Crosstown (Kenansville?), and elsewhere in York County (Duplin?).
Kenan's characters are older now, well into middle age if not AARP range. Most of them are strivers: descendants of slaves, children of go-getters. They own their land, work as preachers, school principals or other professionals and send their children to Howard, Spelman and the Air Force Academy.
Their adventures have the feeling of tall tales, trailing over into magical realism. In the first of the 10 stories, a Tims Creek plumber, attending a Baptist convention in New York in the 1980s, runs into Billy Idol. (Well, his name is Billy, and he has spiky blond hair and a British accent and he sings a song about dancing with himself.) Billy introduces the plumber around as "The Deacon," a legendary blues musician, and before long, the plumber has picked up a guitar.
In "The Eternal Glory That is Ham Hocks," Howard Hughes travels to Tims Creek to try to hire an African-American lady as his personal cook. (Her son gave up a finance job to go to culinary school and become a hit chef in Los Angeles, serving his mama's recipes as "Nouvelle Soul Food.")
In "Ain't No Sunshine," a cuckolded preacher takes his belt to his wife's boyfriend in the parking lot of an IGA. (His great aunt always said she was nothing but a strumpet.)
In "The Acts of Velmajean Swearington Hoyt," a mild-mannered, widowed church lady suddenly -- and with no volition -- begins performing miracles: healing, raising the dead, feeding a multitude of homeless people with one pot of turkey barbecue and a few rolls of French bread. Her feats draw the attention of a silver-tongued megachurch pastor from "The Atomic Church of God and Worship Center."
Even the side characters can be larger than life, such as a 6-foot-6 Brazilian wunderkind architect, flamboyantly gay, with a fashion sense that runs in the direction of a latter-day Carmen Miranda.
A couple of the stories read like first drafts, but one of the best, "Now Why Come That Is?" could stand comparison with Flannery O'Connor. A wealthy Tims Creek farmer, lord of all he surveys, suddenly finds himself haunted by a giant boar hog. "Everywhere that Percy went, the hog was sure to go" -- into his chicken barns, his general store, his bedroom, even church. Others see the hog, but it always manages to slip away before anyone can catch it and ship it to Animal Control. Obviously, symbolism is involved, and an epiphany will be ignited before the close. (Once, one of the infallible markers of Southern fiction was the presence of a dead mule. With Kenan, this might have shifted to a live hog.)
One of the few outliers in the collection, "Resurrection Hardware," follows a character named Randall Kenan who buys an antebellum farmhouse in Alamance County. Before long, he's living alongside the very real-looking shades of escaped slaves and Quaker "conductors" on the Underground Railroad.
Along the way, Kenan deals with the changes in Southeastern North Carolina: the growing Hispanic population, the passing from tobacco to factory livestock operations, the threat of hurricanes. In an age of the coronavirus, he quietly reminds of the toll of AIDS and its continuing shadow. (Another side character, a good-ol'-boy auto mechanic and seemingly a walking cliche, turns out to be HIV-positive.)
The variety and invention of these tales reminds readers how much we lost with Kenan's death. But at least we have "If I Had Two Wings" to remember him by.
Ben Steelman can be reached at 910-616-1788 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
’IF I HAD TWO WINGS: Stories’
By Randall Kenan
W.W. Norton, $15.95

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Waterfront paradise in the Ozello Keys! Perfect location for scalloping.
Bring your fishing pole or come relax and escape from it all in real Florida. The Ozello keys are a hidden gem on Florida’s nature coast with some of the best fishing on the planet. With secluded waterfront views from every room and original Florida art on the walls, this spectacularly appointed and freshly renovated 2 bedroom/ 1 bath is fully furnished with all of the creature comforts of home including linens, dishes, spices, etc. Also included are a newly constructed fishing dock and 2 kayaks for your use . Enjoy the day catching snook and redfish off your private shaded dock, sunbathing on the massive spacious deck with 270 degrees of waterfront and make some memories by the waterfront fire pit at night. Ceiling fans in every room, flat screen TV, large bluetooth equiped stereo, dual shower head stand-up shower, granite countertops and brand new stainless appliances all make your stay memorable and comfortable. Fold out couch in living room helps the home sleep 6 comfortably. Boat ramp and marina is less than 1 mile away. Year round there is great fishing and nature watching from the back yard. Go down to the marina and see the area on an airboat tour. A quick trip up the road for a meal at either Backwater Fins or the historic Pecks restaurant.
Note to boaters:
The dock is accessible at high tide but can get pretty low at low tide and may not be accessible for your boat at low or near low tide. Several neighbors have boats, but you may need to plan your trip with the tides if you choose to dock your boat behind the home. There is plenty of room in front of the house to keep your boat on the trailer, and there is also a free boat launch with free parking at the end of the Ozello trail, less than a 5 minute drive. We are not boat owners ourselves, so don't have any experience with navigability. If you have any specific questions, please let us know and we will do our best to get you an answer..
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The yard has plenty of room for a large boat. The entire home, patio, and yard is yours during the stay. Enjoy the two kayaks and 4 fishing poles on site as well.
There is a lock box on the door. On the day of your arrival I will give you the code to access the keys .
Si vous annulez jusqu'à 5 jours avant le voyage, vous recevez un remboursement intégral. En cas d'annulation au cours des 5 jours précédant le voyage, la première nuit est non remboursable, mais vous recevrez un remboursement à hauteur de 50 % du coût des nuits restantes.

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Anna Shireman-Grabowski, a Middlebury Collegesophomore, presents a petition to Patrick Norton, chief financial officer, and Bill Burger, vice president of communications, at Middlebury College.
MIDDLEBURY — Students and community members have petitioned Middlebury College to rethink its support of the natural gas pipeline expansion project proposed for Addison County.
At a small demonstration held outside the Old Chapel building on the Middlebury campus Tuesday afternoon, about 20 students and community members presented a petition with more than 1,400 signatures to college officials.
The more than 50-page petition asks the college to retract its letter from two years ago in support of Phase I of the Addison Natural Gas Project by Vermont Gas Systems. It also asks the college to reinvest in a bio-methane project instead.
“The community united will never be defeated,” the demonstrators said during the short rally before presenting the petition to college representatives. “Stand with the community. … Anything less is not acceptable.”
Patrick Norton, chief financial officer at Middlebury, and Bill Burger, vice president of communications, accepted the petition only after the rally was done. The duo representing the college had come out when the protesters arrived, but returned inside when they noticed the demonstrators were going to speak before handing over the petition.
“I am taking the petition and presenting it to the college president and to my colleagues,” Norton said after accepting the documents.
Anna Shireman-Grabowski, a sophomore at Middlebury College, who led the charge Tuesday said they have had a lot of trouble reaching college officials regarding the issue. She said they tried to approach the college in March to start a dialogue, but efforts have been thwarted at every turn.
“We came to them respectfully,” she said. “They have refused to talk with us.”
Shireman-Grabowski said she hopes college officials will stand behind the students and community members who are against the project.
In a two-page letter sent to college students, faculty and staff Monday, college President Ron Leibowitz said while the college continues to listen to and understand the arguments against the pipeline, it believes they “do not fully take into account the economic needs of the communities around us, or the lack of sufficient alternative sources of comparable energy in the near term.”
He went on to say that they believe the project will contribute to the region’s economic welfare and that it would be unacceptable for the college “to stand in the way of real and measurable progress toward goals broadly shared in our community.”
Leibowitz continued: “We believe that our support for the natural gas pipeline to Middlebury is consistent with Middlebury College’s long-standing commitment to the environment and to the economic well being of the community around us.”
Burger said he spoke with several of the protesters earlier this week for more than an hour about the issues raised by the project.
The gas pipeline project’s Phase I is going through the regulatory process before the Public Service Board.
The company recently unveiled potential routes for Phase II of the project.
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Application of the Acoustic Emission Method for Diagnosis of On-Load Tap Changer
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This paper provides an example of the application of the acoustic emission (AE) method for the diagnosis of technical conditions of a three-phase on-load tap-changer (OLTC) GIII type. The measurements were performed for an amount of 10 items of OLTCs, installed in power transformers with a capacity of 250 MVA. The study was conducted in two different OLTC operating conditions during the tapping process: under load and free running conditions. The analysis of the measurement results was made in both time domain and time-frequency domain. The description of the AE signals generated by the OLTC in the time domain was performed using the analysis of waveforms and determined characteristic times. Within the time-frequency domain the measured signals were described by short-time Fourier transform spectrograms.
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Fri, Oct 23 | Integral Yoga Institute
Yin Yoga Continuing Teacher Training: Exploring Subtle Realms of Emotions, Beliefs, and Transformation
This is a highly experiential training designed to help participants viscerally integrate information, inviting personal healing while cultivating the skills necessary to hold space for students’ transformational journeys.
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Oct 23, 10:00 AM – Oct 25, 5:30 PM
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Seafood Waste Could be the Antimicrobial Packaging Alternative to Replace Fossil Fuels
Atlantic Canada has been faced with a significant challenge in dealing with seafood by-products and waste in a more sustainable way. Nova Scotia-based Copol International Ltd. has set out to solve this problem while tackling another – greener packaging that does not rely on fossil-fuel-based ingredients.
The company is a leading manufacturer of cast polypropylene films for the flexible packaging industry. A team-up with Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment will bring a solution to benefit both industries. The project is part of the Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) Emerging Science Research Cluster.
The use of lobster shells left over from processing to create a biopolymer that can be incorporated into environmentally friendly packaging with antimicrobial properties. The use of shells will help to reduce food waste, repurposing the shells for a useful purpose and limiting the need for fossil fuels.
“For us, it’s really all about sustainability and being able to bring the plastics industry and our product – used mainly in produce and bakery items to enhance presentation and extend shelf-life – forward to both prevent food waste and to reduce the impact of plastic on the environment,” says Denis Lanoë of Copol International. “Plastic has a role to play; our customers and their customers want to be sustainable, so we want to be able to help with that and come up with a better solution moving forward.”
Currently, lobster shells and other seafood waste by-products are directed towards landfills despite their nutrient-rich compounds. Through a green chemistry approach, the interesting compounds can be extracted and evaluated to identify what benefits they might provide.
Through this process, the team has developed a biopolymer using lobster shells and other waste which can be used as an additive on existing film or to extend the shelf-life of fresh produce and bakery items. It can also be used to replace existing fossil-based polypropylene used in packaging film.
The antioxidant properties of the fish peptides identified by the research team at the Verschuren Centre could also be incorporated into beverages and other food applications. A final step in the project involves testing them with dairy products like cheese to determine their suitability for use in dairy products.
This type of solution introduces a circular economy approach to repurpose marine waste while meeting sustainability options in packaging. Since everything is locally sourced, this has the potential to create a biopolymer industry based right in Nova Scotia.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2014
This year as we give God thanks for the life and incredible and transformative justice witness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I have been remembering him through the lens of the life and witness of the Honorable Nelson Mandela. Mandela’s death leads us to an even deeper level of reflection on the state of life today as we remember Martin Luther King Jr.
One day I found myself on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, the place where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 ½ years of incarceration for seeking true peace. That true peace that Martin Luther King Jr. would have described as not merely the absence of tension, but rather the presence of justice.
I was assigned to a tour bus led by a very interesting and articulate man of Indian descent who had been brought to South Africa by his parents at a young age and reared in South Africa. As a young man he had joined the forces committed to the liberation of Blacks in South Africa and even served as a secretary general of one of the liberation fronts. He began our tour by saying that regardless of what country in the world we came from, we were all related to Robben Island. We looked at each other with some surprise for we were a full bus with people from all over the world: Dutch, English, American, Latin American, Caribbean, German, Malaysian, and many others. But he was right. For each one of our countries he could find a connection to Robben Island.
The Dutch he said were the first to begin boycotting South African produce in the 1980’s, telling us that brave Dutch men and women would enter Dutch supermarkets and place stickers on South African oranges that said, “To eat this orange is to suck the very life out of South Africa.” Latin American eucalyptus trees had brought shade to a once barren island. An English church worker had brought a rabbit with her when she came to Robben Island to care for lepers many years before the island had been made a political prison. We saw rabbits all over Robben Island. It was quite a sight – dozens and dozens of English rabbits on African soil! He told us that American divestment in South Africa had put a strangle hold on the South African economy that had forced the South African government to finally reconsider its inhuman apartheid system. Within five minutes our tour guide had woven a web of relationship among us connecting all of us to Robben Island and making of us one community. He made us feel like kinfolk though five minutes earlier we had not even known each other.
Now as kinfolk we soon discovered that we were all persons seeking signs of justice and true peace, and we could begin to see those signs on Robben Island. Once our tour guide had us at that point of intimate bonded-ness he said to us with great passion, “We are the descendents of the mighty three M’s!” We listened intently for we knew by then that together we were mighty descendents of whoever had birthed justice and true peace on this island. The mighty three M’s were – “Mahatma, Martin, and Mandela!”
He was of course speaking of Mahatma Gandhi, the great teacher of non-violence for social transformation, Martin Luther King Jr. who we honor on this day for bringing a courageous and prophetic voice to civil and human rights in this country that is still heard today, and Nelson Mandela, who from Robben Island was able to set a nation free from its racial apartheid.
Martin Luther King Jr. stands in the middle of the great three M’s stretching the expanse of time from Mahatma to Mandela. It is said that Mandela cherished the stories of Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights work in the United States for it inspired him, gave him hope for South Africa, and useful ideas for the leading of liberation in his own country.
On this day what most strikes me about the mighty three M’s is that while they were men of deep wisdom with the gift of speech that touches the human heart, more than anything else, they were persons committed to working for social change; not just speaking about the need for social change, but working hard and diligently for political, economic and social change and thus moving the world closer to justice and peace. Knowing this, I wonder this morning where Martin Luther King Jr. would place his hard and diligent work today?
Where would Martin Luther King Jr. place his hard and diligent work today? I believe he would be working to end war in the world, and would be at the epicenter of the immigration conflict in this country addressing the issues of immigration as the next step in the struggle for human rights. I also believe that he would have a word for us about how we treat our LGBTQ brothers and sisters.
On April 4, 1967, King made his most public and comprehensive statement against the Vietnam War. Addressing a crowd of 3,000 people in New York City’s Riverside Church, King delivered a speech entitled, “Beyond Vietnam.” In his speech King laid out some very concrete steps for ending the war in Vietnam. The spirit of his speech is still relevant today as we consider the wars the U.S. is entangled in, in this day and age.
In his speech “Beyond Vietnam,” King challenged people of faith to hold their heads above the assumption that war was necessary and inevitable. And he called people of faith to a true revolution of values that would lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” King challenged the assumptions of his day about the inevitability of war. He reminded Christians, Muslims, Jews and others seeking peace, that war and its effects of death, the displacement of persons, the devastation of families and communities, increased hatred and violence, and its cruel impact of leaving so many soldiers physically and emotionally disabled and disfigured, could not be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love. War could not be reconciled with the virtues of wisdom, justice, and love, then, and it cannot be reconciled with these virtues now.
To listen to King speak about a counter-revolution to this country’s involvement in the War in Vietnam resonates with what you and I are seeing in the wars our country is involved in today. We must find a better way. In seeking peace through justice King stated this eternal truth, “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” In the prophetic courage of Martin Luther King Jr., I believe that communities of faith that do not challenge our nation’s bent towards war as a solution to social conflict will also begin to approach spiritual death. We must find every creative way to oppose and protest war in all its forms. Our life and the life of our institutions of faith depend upon it.
In the midst of the Vietnam War Martin Luther King Jr. challenged the U.S. government to set a date by which time all foreign troops would be removed from Vietnam in accordance with the 1954 Geneva Agreement. He challenged the U.S. to provide asylum to those who feared for their life under the new Vietnamese regime, to make reparations for the damage we had done in that country, and to provide much needed medical aid to the Vietnamese. In our historic moment and in our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other conflicted places in the world, we can do no less, and our churches, synagogues, and mosques must be key places from which comes the clear voice of challenge to war lifting up the hope of justice and thus true peace.
I also believe that today Martin Luther King Jr. would be working for justice by addressing the immigration issue as an issue of human rights. Though King lived in a day that was pre-such expedient economic agreements as the North America Free Trade Agreement and the Central America Free Trade Agreement, he could see their injustice coming. He saw it through the hope of a true revolution of values. He stated:
King believed that seeking peace required working for justice throughout the developing world, a world he described as one that borders at our doors. Seeing into the future King forewarned us of the necessity of working on these issues that would eventually create the immigration flow that we are experiencing today, prophetically stating:
Might we also hope that today Martin Luther King Jr. would be on the side of LGBTQ rights? Dr. King’s perspective on justice was local and global, and utterly grounded in an understanding of God’s love, divine love that includes all and excludes none. In his I Have a Dream speech he spoke of what he hoped for his children. On another good day he broadened that hope to include all people saying, “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” I dare to believe that he would today be advocating for the human and civil rights of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters based on their humanity, shaped in the very hands of the One God who has created all of us just as we are. I believe he would be exhorting us to consider the content of the character of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters rather than their sexual orientation.
We are kinfolk, all children of the mighty 3 M’s — Mahatma, Martin, and Mandela. Martin our brother takes us by the hand and leads us forth into a revolution of values, a reordering of priorities where the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war, be it political, economic, or social warfare. “We can,” we hear him say, “transform a pending world into a song of peace, and the jangling discords of our world into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood and sisterhood [of kinfolk] speeding up the day all over America and all over the world when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.……A day of peace, for justice has come.”.
Thanks be to God for the life and witness of our brother, Martin Luther King Jr.

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When did you first start playing Boccia?
I think I started playing at the age of 12. I learned about Boccia from my friends who were in the Parent Project organization in Czechia. I tried it out and I’ve realized that this is an ideal sport for me. I started training at the special school in Pardubice and at the sports club ‘TJ Léčebna Košumberk’.
How did you fall in love with Boccia?
Boccia matches are always thrilling! It is always exciting to see wins in the end. I am glad that I am able to fully concentrate on playing a sport which brings me so much fulfilment. I also have lots of friends who are Boccia players too, so it is always fun to be able to play a match with them.
For the people who are not familiar with Boccia, could you please tell us a little more about the sport?
Boccia is quite similar boules, but it is adapted for disabled people. I am currently playing in the BC3 category where players are not able to throw the ball with their hands. Instead, players can use a device to assist them and also they can be helped by a nominated person at the court to send their ball down the ramp to try to get it closest to the white ball, the so-called “Jack”.
How much time do you devote to practicing Boccia?
I train 2 to 3 times a week for 3-5 hours. Before competitions, I sometimes train up to 4 times a week and I also have training matches lined up before the actual competition. I also watch a lot from my opponents’ matches to learn from them.
When did you realize that you wanted to pursue it full-time and qualify for the Paralympics?
I graduated from high school in 2017 and was thinking about what I could do in the future. Around the same time, I received an invitation to represent my country in Boccia, so I decided to give priority to Boccia over my studies.
We talked about my participation in the upcoming Paralympics around the end of 2018. But it was really only after winning the 2019 Boccia World Cup in Canada that qualifying for the Paralympics started to look promising.
Did you anticipate winning gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics?
My goal was to advance to the play-off, and I told myself that I wanted to do as well as possible at the games. However, it didn’t really occur to me that I would earn a medal, let alone win the gold medal!
How did you feel in the finals?
I was a bit nervous. I knew I was about to face the “favorite to win” at the match, and I would have been happy with second place. But I took a 3:0 lead in the first round, and my opponent equalized to 3:3 in the later round, and there was a tiebreaker. In the end, it turned out well for me as I won the gold medal!
Who are your biggest supporters?
I owe thanks especially to my mom and my family. They have devoted a lot of time to support me in Boccia. Apart from the competitions I had, there were also long hours spent training at the gym. The coaches have also helped me a lot to get to where I am. My friends in the ”Košumberk” team have kept their fingers crossed for me even through there were not able to be at all my matches. I’ve had great support from my village Rohovládova Bělá where I live, and also from people outside my village. I want to thank my sponsors as I would not have been able to travel for my international competitions without them.
Who is your biggest inspiration?
Athletes who continue to fight even though the match seems to be lost.
What are your plans for the future?
I want to do my best at the Boccia World Cup in Brazil this year. And eventually, I would like to qualify for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
What is your life motto?
You must not give up any match, even when you are losing.


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Jacqui Mmono left her oil and gas sector job five years ago looking for a new adventure. She never expected this change would lead her to start her own fitness business in Calgary.
“I was in a place where I just didn’t know where my life was headed. It was frustrating,” Mmono said. “One minute you had work and the next minute you didn’t.”
After leaving her career in oil and gas, Mmono tried something completely different and founded Rhythm Fitness in 2017, a business that originally ran fitness classes and personal training in people’s homes.
Her goal is to make fitness accessible to everyone and to help build her clients confidence in the fitness environment.
“When I created the company, it was based on creating that sense of unity,” Mmono said. “Whether you’re Black, white, lesbian, gay, anything under the sky.”
Prior to the pandemic a large part of Mmono’s work involved training people within the comfort of their own homes. However, during the pandemic she went completely online in order to make fitness accessible to everyone amidst the lockdown and changing restrictions.
Mmono says she realized quickly that shifting her business to a completely online-based platform could keep her clients active, even beyond the pandemic.
Now that the restrictions surrounding COVID-19 have eased, Mmono is slowly moving back into in-home training, however she has also decided to provide her clients with the option to train online as well.
“I’m happy that people are still wanting to do the online thing,” Mmono says. “It’s the new norm.”


Progressives frustrated with President Barack Obama’s handling of the fiscal cliff negotiations have taken their anger to Tumblr with a series of memes this week. Negotiating With Obama was launched on Tuesday and is sure to gain more notoriety as the “cliff” nears.
This week, the White House and Congress continue to debate whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts and slash government spending on Jan. 1, 2013, which some say could send the economy backward. This week, it appeared Obama might give in to some of the Republicans’ demands for entitlement cuts, including to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. That doesn’t sit well with Democrats who believe the President shouldn’t give in to the party that lost the election just last month, according to act.boldprogressives.org.
“Any deal that cuts Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits is unacceptable,” reads a citizen statement that is linked to the new Tumblr page. “I will work to hold accountable Democratic politicians who side with the millionaires and corporate interests that are working to enrich themselves and cut these benefits.”
In just 10 hours, the minds behind Negotiating With Obama had posted two dozen memes featuring the President giving in on various social issues. Most of the pictures referenced popular movies or memes, including Confused Fry.
The site’s tagline is “This Tumblr is silly, but the President’s proposed cuts are not.” The site’s goal of bringing people to Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s site appeared to be working too, with the petition getting about 31,000 signatures by Wednesday morning. With the debate over the nation’s fiscal future most likely going right through the holiday, we’ll surely see more from this new Tumblr.
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Hackney Harvest is an outdoor feast in the streets of Narrow Way on Sunday 29th September.
We are inviting the public to be involved in the making of the feast in workshops building the tables and benches in Narrow Way on Wednesday 25th September. This will be hosted by members of RARA, the Clapton based co-operative workshop of builders, carpenters, architects and artists. http://r-a-r-a.com/
On Sunday 29th September the feast will take place from 1 – 3 pm and we are inviting the public to bring food to share. There will be live music and ping pang pong, a 3 way table tennis table!
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TLC just dropped a new episode for Sister Wives Season 15 featuring rare bonding moments between Meri Brown and Kody Brown. Apparently, the two have been struggling with their relationship for years. Now, TLC shared a rare glimpse of what Kody and Meri look like bonding together. Apparently, fans are hoping that the two will somehow reignite their relationship. Now, it appears that Meri and Kody are trying to make some efforts on saving their marriage. Furthermore, Kody revealed that he’s been dedicated to finding the spark between him and Meri.
Sister Wives: Kody & Meri Brown Spend Time Together
During Sister Wives Season 15 Episode 8, Kody Brown spends some time with Meri Brown. According to Meri, they’re celebrating their 30th anniversary. However, she called it “non-anniversary” as they’re no longer a functioning couple. “I’m actually really excited to hang out with Kody a little bit today. You know, I don’t know what we’re going to do”, Meri said during her interview. After that, Kody picked up Meri in her house. Meri also surprised Kody by giving him 30 homemade Rice Krispies Treats to celebrate their three decades together.
Later that day, the couple went to a grassy patch for a picnic as most of the restaurants are closed during the pandemic. After that, the two discussed several things about what has been going on in their relationship. “I think we miss the idea of us. We don’t miss each other”, Kody said. However, Meri disagreed and told Kody, “Speak for yourself. I do have a strong draw to you, but I do not act on that because I know how you feel.” Meri also said in her interview that she can’t make Kody care for her and she can’t change that.
Kody Admits He’s Still Looking For A Spark
During the latest episode, Sister Wives star Kody Brown opened up about his hopes of restoring his relationship with Meri Brown. According to Kody, he and Meri have faced a lot of problems throughout the years. However, he admits that the catfishing scandal of Meri is the one that woke them up to the state of their situation. “And we went a couple of years, a lot of counseling, figuring things out, and as we went through this process, I’m looking for a spark”, Kody said. “Something to initiate some form of desire for a relationship with each other. And in this time, it has never manifest”, he added.
Sister Wives: Meri Says She’ll Keep Making Efforts To Kody
During an interview, Sister Wives star Meri Brown revealed that she’s been making efforts to make Kody Brown love her again. According to Meri, Kody told him that she needs to be flirty with him. Meri admits that she did all of that. However, she said that Kody keeps backing off. After that, Meri said that she won’t give up until Kody notice her efforts. Meanwhile, Kody revealed that he knew what Meri has been doing. However, he said that it wasn’t enough for him to love her again. According to Kody, Meri wasn’t “courting” him. After that, Meri reacted by saying that she doesn’t know that she was supposed to court him. “I’ve been waiting for you, honestly”, Meri added. “And I’m not comin”, Kody answered, and said that she hasn’t been making a lot of efforts to restore their relationship.
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Hurriyat leader meets Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit
The meeting comes in the backdrop of continued unrest in the Valley which has been witnessing violent protests since July 8 after the killing Burhan Wani.
Terror a medium-term challenge: Ashraf Ghani
He called for a fundamental change in the regional and global response through improved informat...
PM Narendra Modi meets Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Expressing grave concern at continued use of terrorism for achieving political objectives in the region, India and Afghanistan on Wednesday called for an end to all sponsorship and sanctuaries to terrorists, in what is seen as a message to Pakistan.
Afghan prez Ashraf Ghani's 2-day India visit starts tomorrow
External Affairs Ministry said the discussions between Ghani and Modi will cover a wide range of "matters of mutual interest"
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to visit India next week
"The President will hold discussions with PM Narendra Modi, who will also host a lunch in honour of the visiting dignitary," the External Affairs Ministry said.
Controversial MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid detained
A spokesman for the MLA said they were marching to the UN office to demand plebiscite for settlement of Kashmir issue.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani calls up PM Narendra Modi, condemns Uri attack
Ghani strongly condemned the cross-border terror attack and conveyed Afghanistan's solidarity and support with India for all actions to eliminate terrorism.
IIM Shillong to will set up Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis
According to a statement from IIM the centre will network with various institutes throughout the North-east and establish an institutional network so as to provide the knowledge breakup.
Narendra Modi pays tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam on 85th birth anniversary
Kalam was born on October 15, 1931 in Rameswaram town of Tamil Nadu and died due to a cardiac arrest on July 27 last year while delivering a speech at IIM Shillong.
Those trying to block Indo-Afghan trade will be blocked themselves: Ashraf Ghani
About Pakistan blocking road route via the Wagah border, he said countries need to worry as their is air connectivity and efforts are on to increase that.
Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit given antecedents of Uri guides, terrorists
Vikas Swarup told journalists that Awan deposed to the NIA that he and Khurshid facilitated the border crossing of the perpetrators of Uri massacre.
Abdul Basit summoned for Pakistan’s discourtesy
The Secretary (West) in the External Affairs Ministry summoned Basit and "conveyed the concern of the government of India ... on the discourtesy (shown) to the Indian High Commissioner".
In ominous sign, Afghan govt partner berates President Ghani
Abdullah said late on Thursday that Ghani did not deserve to govern as he had failed to work collaboratively or to enact electoral reforms.
Afghanistan may get more arms from India during Ashraf Ghani trip
PM Narendra Modi and Ghani had jointly inaugurated a renovated Stor palace in Kabul recently , as part of India's assistance to rejuvenate Afghanistan's historical treasures.


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Maxar Technologies building “legion” of commercial small sats
When an equipment malfunction caused system failure in January 2019, DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 commercial Earth observation satellite was just two years into what was supposed to be a 10- to 15-year program. In a subsequent interview with SpaceNews, former DigitalGlobe President Dan Jablonsky called it a “terrible loss.”
But the company now known as Maxar Technologies (Booth 639)—of which Jablonsky is president and CEO—isn’t looking back. Instead, it’s moving forward. Its destination: WorldView Legion, a next-generation constellation of commercial small satellites, which is expected to launch in early 2021 and to be the galvanizing driver behind Maxar’s presence at this year’s GEOINT Symposium.
“We’re about halfway through the build cycle for WorldView Legion,” said Tony Frazier, Maxar’s executive vice president of global field operations. “That augmentation to our constellation is going to build on the leadership position we have with high-resolution optical imagery, and it’s also going to add a very high revisit component to our program. Instead of seeing a location once a day, we’re going to be able to see many locations around the world on an hourly basis.”
At GEOINT 2019—Maxar’s first exhibiting as a single, unified company—the principal objective is illustrating what its new capabilities will mean for customer GEOINT missions. During demonstrations in its booth, Maxar will illustrate three capabilities in particular, according to Frazier.
First, is the ability to create “living maps” that show the world—including roads, buildings, and points of interest—as it really is instead of how it used to be. Second, is the ability to enable indicator and warning missions by applying machine learning algorithms to commercial imagery, which allows users to engage in change detection and to understand patterns of life. Finally, is the ability to receive and analyze commercial imagery at the tactical edge.
“Our focus is on revealing insight where and when it matters to impact critical missions … and answer at scale really interesting questions about our planet,” Frazier concluded.
Headline Image: Maxar offers capabilities and expertise in Earth imagery, machine learning and analytics, satellites and spacecraft systems, and nimble robotics.
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Central Refrigeration Service - Executive Summary
Central Refrigeration Service (CRS) provides installation and set up service for portable refrigeration units that are used to remove field heat from fresh harvested vegetables. The harvest season in Yuma is from mid-October through the end of April. During the harvest season refrigerant from the two storage vessels at CRS is transferred to the working refrigeration systems. The vessels are empty through part of the harvest season. |
Maintenance is performed on the vessels while they are empty. New pressure relief valves were installed in February 1999. A vapor compressor and 4-way valve system provides the means to transfer refrigerant to / from the vessels. The compressor and hose system is inspected for damage and wear and tear regularly.
Maintenance work is performed by Western Precooling Systems (WPS). WPS has four persons on staff in Yuma who have been trained to 1910.120(q) technician level by the Ammonia Safety & Training Institute and other training professionals. Eme
rgency Response equipment at WPS include chemical resistant suits and SCBA's as well as other emergency gear.
Access to the tanks is limited by fenced enclosure of the property. The tanks are in a protected area, covered with shade to minimize the exposure to radiant heat from sunlight. Traffic barriers are in place to discourage vehicle traffic at the tanks. In 1997 a water system was installed to help cool the tanks on extremely hot days (120 degrees F+) which provides effective evaporative cooling of the tank skin which reduces the pressure in the vessel.
WPS participated as observers in a Yuma Country LEPC disaster training excercise in February 1994 and provided training for the Yuma Fire Department in 1996 regarding response to illegal drug manufacturing labs using ammonia as part of the drug production process.
The storage vessel system at CRS differs from other storage systems (fertilizer terminals) in this way. The transfer activity takes place during a few weeks per ye
ar whereas a typical terminal will have daily transfer activity. We feel that these minimum transfers provides a plus in regard to risk and exposure.
The worst case scenario predicts a toxic endpoint of 2.7 miles (using Aloha). The simulated spill is from the larger vessel at 80% full. The facility is outside of the city in a rural setting, neighboring properties are cold storage and cooling facilities. The prevailing winds takes the plume away from the population. In order to achieve the 10 minute release factor we had to simulate a 4' crack in the bottom of the vessel. The largest nozzle on the vessel is 2" and would need 28 minutes to release the 80% volume of worst case situation. The 2" nozzle is protected with an excess flow valve which is proven to work when transferring from the vessel. A worst case situation will be very difficult to experience.
The alternative scenario depicts a relief valve lifting and failing to re-close causing the cooling of the liquid in the ta
nk to a point where the vapor pressure is zero. The situation that would exist to cause a relief to lift is from sustained 115 degree temperature in Yuma. The pressure in the vessel raises and falls with the product temperature which is affected by the ambient conditions. The quantity of refrigerant required to be released to get that refrigeration effect 12,264 pounds with a release rate of 264 pounds per minute. The duration would be 44 minutes. With a 3 meter wind the toxic endpoint is .25 miles.


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Downstate school district considers arming administrators
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- School officials in a central Illinois town are considering training a handful of administrators as auxiliary police officers and letting them carry concealed handguns at the local high school.
The idea being considered at Washington Community High School is, like many campus-safety plans being discussed nationwide, a response to the December shootings that killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
But it's illegal in Illinois to carry concealed weapons, so the proposal suggests a way around the law: Making a few administrators part of the police force, Washington police Chief Jim Kuchenbecker said.
"They would not be paid but they would be commissioned as part-time, auxiliary police officers with very restricted responsibilities," he said. "We're not talking about going back to the old days of the wild west and giving everybody a gun."
But those administrators would only be allowed to carry guns on campus -- meaning the guns would either be locked in the school or taken home at night. Kuchenbecker said he would prefer the latter.
Kuchenbecker and school Superintendent Jim Dunnan came up with the idea and planned to talk about it with school board members in Washington, a town of about 15,000 just west of Peoria, at a Monday night meeting. Dunnan did not return a call seeking comment Monday.
No action was expected at the meeting, board President Tim Custis said, but he said he wanted to hear more after the idea was presented last week to a parent advisory group. Custis said he expects criticism, and noted that at least one board member has already voiced objections.
"I'm sure the (criticism) is going to be a knee-jerk overreaction to Sandy Hook," he said. "I think we're just trying to set up a last line of defense in the case of an intruder."
In Illinois, discussions about gun control and arming school staff run into the state's ban on concealed weapons. A three-judge federal appeals court panel recently struck down the law, but Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked that the entire 10-judge court rehear the case.
Kuchenbecker hasn't heard of any schools in Illinois considering a plan like his. He said some of his idea came from outside the state, most notably Harrold, Texas. The rural town started arming some staff in 2008 because of fears that local police were too far away should something happen on campus.
Under Kuchenbecker's plan, three administrators would take police's 40-hour firearms training class and then become unpaid auxiliary police. But they could only carry a gun at the high school, they couldn't make arrests, and each would have to prove they were qualified to use the gun every month.
"This is real, and again, this is not for anything other than to protect our community, our children, to get another added layer of security," Kuchenbecker said, noting that his son is a senior at the high school.
The police chief said three administrators have already volunteered, but he declined to name them. The campus already has an armed resource officer.
Colleen Daley, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, said it's a bad idea.
"I just don't think that putting armed guards essentially in a school is going to protect kids," she said. "If that's the only way they're going to feel safe, what lesson are we teaching our kids?"
Custis said parents in the advisory group last week seemed receptive. The Associated Press attempted to contact several Monday but calls were not returned.
Custis, who doesn't own a gun, said arming administrators "would have been the furthest thing from my mind" when he joined the board in 2001.
"I don't know that I'll ever be 100 percent comfortable with guns in the school," he said. But with the restrictions Kuchenbecker has proposed, he said, "I think I could see it going forward."


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Reduced voter turnout and some political gamesmanship may perhaps make your mind up which of a few challengers emerges Tuesday to get on California Attorney Standard Rob Bonta in the November election.
Bonta, the only Democrat in the race, is running in his initial statewide election following Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed the previous state assemblyman to the post past 12 months.
He faces two Republicans: Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and former assistant U.S. lawyer basic endorsed by the state party, and private lawyer Eric Early, legal counsel for the unsuccessful effort and hard work to remember Newsom final yr.
But the wildcard is Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, who gave up her Republican affiliation four decades ago and is functioning as an independent. Schubert has portrayed herself as a tough-on-criminal offense vocation prosecutor but is equally brazenly gay and pro-preference, leaving her hard to pigeonhole on social troubles.
Also working is Eco-friendly Occasion prospect Dan Kapelovitz.
The place of work of California lawyer normal has prolonged provided both of those a nationwide stage and a stepping stone to higher business office, including recently for Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Wellbeing and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and former Gov. Jerry Brown.
Becerra made use of the business to struggle then-President Donald Trump at just about every turn, though Bonta has championed reproductive and LTGBQ legal rights and the state’s gun handle efforts at the nationwide level.
Two teams that support Bonta are seeking to suggestion the scales in his favor underneath California’s principal process, which innovations the leading two vote-getters to the normal election no issue their celebration affiliation. They have poured more than $1 million into targeted messaging advising Republican voters that Early is a Trump supporter, remember leader and defender of Second Amendment legal rights.
Early concluded previous in a 4-way key election for legal professional common in 2018 and is significantly behind in marketing campaign fundraising.
The radio advertisements and mailers posture Early as the real conservative alternative to Bonta. If Republican voters concur, that would edge out the far more reasonable Hochman and Schubert, who could have greater appeal to centrist voters and hence pose a greater risk to Bonta in a typical election.
“Bonta and Early are the only selections for any individual who has an feeling about gun violence, authorized abortion, or Donald Trump,” said Dan Newman, spokesman for a person of the groups, backed by the state’s jail guard union that endorsed Bonta. He criticized the other candidates “who refuse to acquire positions or expose their occasion preference.”
The condition Republican Social gathering identified as the tactic “dirty tricks” and the nonpartisan California Focus on E book, which tracks strategies, labeled it “skullduggery” while noting that it has develop into a popular and legal signifies of prospect-buying.
“They want me out of the race mainly because I’m the largest threat,” claimed Schubert. “They’re concentrating on Early because they want a trouncing in the basic election. Eric Early is the most conservative, suitable-leaning applicant, that’s real, in a state that is quite, quite blue.”
Hochman has in the meantime tried to tie Bonta to liberal San Francisco District Lawyer Chesa Boudin, who faces a recall election on Tuesday, and to Los Angeles District Legal professional George Gascón.
Hochman labeled them “the enable ’em go men,” noting that he represented Gascón’s individual deputy prosecutors in a profitable lawsuit that even now remaining the district attorney with some discretion in prosecuting repeat offenders.


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HOMEOWNERS are wrong to believe house price rises can make up for a shortfall in long-term savings, director-general of the Association of British Insurers Mary Francis warned today.
She told a Treasury Select Committee hearing into the life insurance sector that there was a growing risk homeowners had been over-influenced by the red-hot property market.
The ABI puts the UK savings gap at £27bn and has argued that people will face a shock when they retire if they do not save substantially more.
Francis told the MPs: 'I am sure that...people are hoping to use their property to produce some retirement income. But I would question whether people have been over-influenced by the increasing value of their property in recent years into assuming that in the long term property will always outpace everything else.
'People seem to believe they can rely on housing if all else fails. I would question if that might be an over-optimistic view - I think there's a danger of putting too much trust in that.
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Al-Razi is best known for his role in medicine during the Golden age of Islam. He worked mainly on diseases in children and elders, chemicals used in making medicine, problems related to eye, and got build a hospital in Rey, Tehran. In short, he was a complete doctor. Al-Razi is also known as Rhazes in the west. He was given the title of ‘father of pediatrics’.
Biography – Life Span
Al-Razi was born in Rey, Tehran – the capital of Iran in 853 AD. He has quite a long name, ‘Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Zakarya Al-Razi’. After his basic studies, he moved to Baghdad to study medicine. He studied medicine at hospitals and translated the Greek books written on it. This enabled him to write books over two-hundred. With much of the practice at a hospital in Baghdad, he returned to Rey. He was appointed the chief physician and the head of Rey hospitals by the ruling caliph (king) Mansur ibn Ishaq.
Al-Razi taught medicine to students from different parts of the world. Therefore, he was called by them as ‘Shaikh’ – which means a noble person. He was very kind to his patients and treated them free of cost. Besides, he was also a good player of chess. Hence, he wrote a book on it and named it ‘A Delightful Book about Chess’. Moreover, Al-Razi has classified substances into vegetables, animals, and minerals. Apart from it, he also wrote a monograph on the diseases of children.
In metaphysics – the field of study of religion and material things, he believed that it stood on five rules named God, soul, matter, time and space. However, his religious views were rejected by Al-Biruni, who was the Muslim philosopher of his time and wrote a book on his life. He also worked on the eye, its functions and diseases. Al-Razi suffered from blindness. His optical nerve in the brain was damaged which sends signals from eye to brain. Al-Razi spent his last days in blindness and died in 925 AD at Rey, Samanid Empire in Iran.
Discoveries and Contributions
Al-Razi’s long services in medicine and optics led him to lay the groundwork for Muslim Scholars to expand these subjects. Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Al-Biruni followed him and revised most of his works. Among many of his discoveries like chemical instruments to separate one chemical from others, creams for skin use, bottles, and flasks to use in laboratories.
Al-Razi’s sincere work rewarded in the form of fame among Muslim and western scholars alike. He is known for the following discoveries and contributions:
- He improved the distillation method of alcohol.
- Al-Razi was the first to first process the opium and give it as anesthesia to patients on which the surgery was performed.
- He wrote a book on alchemy, named ‘Al-Asrar (means the secret)’, which described the identification of chemicals obtained from minerals, animals, and plants for use in medical purposes. Also, he described various equipment used in chemistry and how to use them.
- He wrote books on viral diseases like Small Pox – a disease that comes with fever and causes rashes on the face. The other disease is Measles – a disease in which eyes remain hot and appear spots on the body.
- He was also the first to know that the pupil is the part of an eye that first reacts to light.
- He was given the titles father of pediatrics, the doctor of doctors, and the founder of the study of eyes.
- The ruling caliph made him the chief physician and head of Rey hospitals.
- His book Al-Mansuri which was written on surgery became part of the curriculum of western universities.

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~written by Fumi Nakamura
~translated by Neil Nadelman
2010 Golden Elephant Award Winner
Enma the Immortal is Fumi Nakamura's debut work as a novelist. A housewife who wrote in her spare time, she submitted Enma the Immortal to the inaugural Golden Elephant Award in 2010. It, along with Akira Arai's novel A Caring Man (also available in translation from Vertical), shared the grand prize. Enma the Immortal was subsequently published in English with a translation by Neil Nadelman, first as an ebook in 2011 and then in print in 2012 by Vertical. The novel has already inspired an adaptation in Western comics--The Immortal: Demon in the Blood, available from Dark Horse. (I haven't read the comics yet, but I do plan on it.) Nakamura has also written a sequel to Enma the Immortal but unfortunately it hasn't been licensed in English yet. Enma the Immortal initially appealed to me for several reasons: the light novel is a historical fantasy primarily set in Japan's Meiji era, I'm intrigued by humans' fascination with immortality and its consequences, and I enjoy tattoos being incorporated into stories.
As the Tokugawa shogunate nears its final days, so does Amane Ichinose. A failure of an assassin and a spy, he finds himself being chased and hunted only to end up injured and dying on the doorstep of Baikou Houshou, a well-known tattooist. The chance encounter changes Amane forever. Baikou saves the younger man's life, but in the process Amane is cursed with immortality; a demon has been bound to him through a tattoo known as an oni-gome. It will do everything it can to keep Amane from dying, whether he wants it to or not. Only one other man knows and completely understands the secrets behind the oni-gome, its curse, and how to destroy it--Yasha, Baikou's disowned and estranged apprentice. Faced with living an eternity alone, Amane is determined to find the missing Yasha. Little does he know that Yasha will develop an intense interest in him as well. The two men possessed by demons, both struggling with and against their own desires for death, are destined to confront each other again and again as the century passes them by.
Each chapter of Enma the Immortal is almost its own self-contained story focusing on a pivotal time in Amane's life, but they also build upon one another. What holds the whole novel together, though, is its characters: Amane himself, the men he betrayed before becoming immortal, the likeable yet cranky old bastard Baikou, Nobumasa Muta who, much to Amane's frustration, repeatedly comes to the immortal's aid, and most importantly Natsu, the daughter of a friend and one of the few people who knows about Amane's peculiar condition. And then there's Yasha, whose own immortality is slowly driving him insane as he tries and fails to maintain his humanity. He is a marvelous antagonist, not inherently evil, but deluded in his attempts to justify his actions. His relationship with Amane is a complex and volatile one, providing a major driving force behind the developments in Enma the Immortal, even before the two of them meet.
In addition to great characters, Nakamura also makes excellent use of historical events and people in Enma the Immortal, everything from the Shinsengumi to Jack the Ripper to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They are all incorporated expertly into Amane's story. Even Amane's encounters with Yasha, which could have easily come across as coincidences, seem more like fate than convenient plot devices. In general, I found the novel to be well-plotted with great pacing. The writing style and dialogue in Enma the Immortal do occasionally come across as anachronistic for the time periods in which the narrative is set, but it is highly engaging nonetheless. I absolutely loved Enma the Immortal and am particularly impressed that it is Nakamura's debut work. Even though I know there is a sequel, and I would certainly like to read it, I was completely satisfied with Enma the Immortal. It's both an entertaining and engaging novel that stands perfectly well on its own while still allowing plenty of opportunities for further development. Enma the Immortal is a fantastic read.


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SWATARA TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — Swatara Township Police are investigating a Thursday night shooting in which two children were shot, according to police.
Officers were dispatched to a home in the 4900 block of Cumberland Street in Swatara Township shortly before midnight on Aug. 11 for a report of shots fired.
“I hear the bullet, the shot,” neighbor Demas Revara said. “I was in bed when that happened.”
Multiple shots were fired into the home from the vicinity of the street, the Swatara Township Police Department reports. Police say a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old were hit by the gunfire.
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The children were seriously injured and transported to a hospital for treatment. Police believe this was a targeted attack but the children who were shot were not the intended target.
Neighbors in the area told abc27 it is usually a peaceful, quiet neighborhood.
“I never heard anything like that before, like shot somebody. No, that’s the first time I see that,” Revara said.
According to Swatara Township Director of Public Safety Darrell Reider, police obtained a search warrant for the house that was struck by bullets and arrested several people inside on charges not related to the shooting.
Police have not said what charges any of those people arrested could face and have not confirmed whether they have made any arrests connected to the shooting.
Police are still interviewing witnesses, and they are asking anyone in the area with surveillance cameras to contact the police department.
Anyone with information about the incident can contact Detective Corkle via phone at 717-564-2550 or via email at email@example.com.
On Monday, Aug. 15, a lieutenant with Swatara Township Police told abc27 that the investigation was still ongoing but was yielding results. The officer said no additional arrests had been made since the ones shortly after the shooting. No updates have been provided yet on the conditions of the children.


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A review of The Card Counter, directed by Paul Schrader.
Magazine: Film & TV
It imagines a far-future mankind that travels the stars yet is organized as an empire, within which competing dynastic families vie for supremacy.
A review of Stillwater, starring Matt Damon.
A review of Pig, starring Nicholas Cage.
Perhaps Hollywood could care about freedom again.
A review of The Tomorrow War, starring Chris Pratt.
On a brave, resourceful woman who tells her country’s story.
Like its predecessor, the sequel is a film whose significant pleasures depend on the full-immersion theatrical experience.
The characters enter and exit with unnatural speed and stagy mannerisms.
Scenes from a newsman’s life.


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Hearing aids are individual products, you need to select and configure them for a specific user. If you don’t want to risk your health, but live a life full of sounds, contact specialists for the best hearing aids calgary. The function of a specialist usually takes place within an hour, does not cause discomfort and is painless. So, here are the main steps to take:
The process of selecting a hearing aids begins with a study of the patient’s medical history and lifestyle. The doctor needs to collect all data like: how long a hearing injury occurred, how quickly it progressed, what treatment was used. The more data, the easier it is to find the most suitable model for hearing aids in calgary. Do not be surprised when a specialist at a hearing aid clinic at calgary asks about your profession and hobbies.
Many are involved in how an audiologist tests a hearing. Basic diagnostics are: otoscopy and audiometry.
Otoscopy- It is an examination of the external auditory canal and eardrum of each ear using an otoscope. This is a simple and painless procedure. It is necessary to identify possible causes of hearing loss, to make a forecast of the effectiveness and the possibility of hearing replacement.
Audiometry – determination of hearing thresholds. Special headphones are put on to the patient and signals corresponding to different frequency ranges with different intensities are given. The patient’s task is to press a button or say hear, at the moment when he heard this sound. The study is carried out separately in the right and left ear. It is important that the patient responds at the lowest intensity (volume) of this sound. This will be the threshold of audibility – the quietest sound that a person hears at this frequency.
In order to get the most correct data, some tips are here:
– Understand the essence of your task – press the button every time you hear a sound, even if it is heard very quietly;
– Try not to worry and relax – the specialist will double-check all the thresholds several times
– Do not try to “decorate” the real state of affairs. Unfortunately, this happens, the patient begins to worry that he has a “really bad hearing” and starts to press the button, even if he did not hear the signal at all.
Speech test – A specialist calls words from special test tables and determines how much speech intelligibility is reduced. Such a test took place almost every time when the doctor “whispers” the words, and you need to repeat them correctly.
In the case when hearing replacement is indicated, the specialist at audiology clinics in calgary diagnoses the effectiveness of the use of hearing aids. The patient is put on test hearing aids, usually equipped with the maximum number of functions. These devices have a built-in technology for monitoring auditory thresholds – a sensogram that checks how the patient hears in the devices. Since it is planned to wear the devices, not the headphones, so it is important how he reacts to the sounds presented in the devices. The next stage is the speech test in the devices. After setting up test hearing aids calgary. The specialist checks how much the patient, with hearing aids, has improved speech intelligibility. For more details about hearing aids click here!


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A few years ago preschool started to rent an allotment on the site near St Peter’s Church. We have had a lot of fun, education and produce thanks to this activity. We try to take the children to the allotment between April and July and then again in September.
Some of the activities the children take part in include:
· plant seedlings they have started off in preschool
· growing onions sets
· growing and cutting flowers (sweet peas are a favourite)
· digging (and finding worms etc)
· picking soft fruit, blackberries, strawberries
· harvesting carrots
· making scarecrows
The allotment is also part of ‘Britain in Bloom’ when judges come round Coggeshall and look at how horticulture is promoted and practised in Coggeshall. We are also part of ‘Coggeshall Open Gardens’.
The children have won a few prizes from the Coggeshall Allotment Society, last year for our carrots and blackberries!

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I didn't even know that couch surfing existed on an organized scale until I met this amazing woman back in April that told me about her experiences. As she hosted the local monthly potluck in August, I was able to meet some other people from the CS community and thought this was worth looking into. I had my first couch surfing experiences in Savannah in 2014, and it was a blast.
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Some of my favorite movies are Harold and Maude, Diving bell and the Butterfly, A League of Their Own. I have watched almost all of the super hero movies that have come out, well...ever. I love the fantasy realm, and will see most anything that promises to have elves and orcs engaging in battle.
I read a lot of fantasy novels (yes, there is a theme here), J.R.R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin., Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson are some of my favorites in the genre. I become incredible attached to characters, so I prefer to read books that are in a series, but I do appreciate a good stand alone novel.
I love music, and can typically enjoy any music types with the exception of country music.
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I attended the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden in 1996.
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After launching the eSports Arena in November in partnership with US-based Rival, over 500 gamers from around the world have joined together to create Stevenage FC's very own Gaming community.
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In 1975, the organizers of the traditional chess tournament in the Dutch coastal town of Wijk aan Zee inaugurated a prize for the most spectacular game. They expected breathtaking encounters, griping contests, and some glamour and charm.
The Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis was promised to be extraordinary this year: the highest-rated chess tournament ever with many of the world's best players on hand. To the delight of Rex Sinquefield, the main sponsor, it got even better.
September was a great month for chess. The world's top-rated chess player Magnus Carlsen played his first official tournament in America, his last event before the world championship match against the titleholder Vishy Anand in November.
Saved from collapse by the rich Russian sponsors, the FIDE Grand Prix moved to China this month for its fifth leg. Some of the world class chess players came to Beijing tired from the previous hectic schedule.
"It could easily be one of my best games," said the world champion Vishy Anand after he brilliantly defeated the Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian in the fourth round of the traditional Tata Steel Chess Tournament in the Dutch coastal town of Wijk aan Zee this week.
Levon Aronian's opponent in the Candidates Final for the world chess title was supposed to be the Bulgarian grandmaster Veselin Topalov. But both grandmasters are gone now, having lost the Candidates quarterfinal matches.
Levon Aronian won the Amber tournament in Monaco this month. He will be known as the last winner. After twenty years, the combined blindfold and rapid chess event, featuring the world's top players, comes to a halt.