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Lewis stumps for blocking refugee resettlement in Bemidji
U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis held a town hall in Bemidji in support of Beltrami County’s vote to not accept new refugees. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
BEMIDJI — On the campaign trail for a U.S. Senate seat, Jason Lewis made a stop in Bemidji Thursday night to host a discussion many here say they wish they weren’t having at all: refugee resettlement.
The topic has been a flash point since the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to not accept new refugees, becoming the first jurisdiction in Minnesota, and the second in the nation, to do so.
“They got a lot of unfair flak for making a local decision,” the former one term Republican congressman said in an interview before the town hall. “So since I was supportive, I thought this would be a good place to come in and get some input from local citizens and [have] the discussion here.”
Beltrami County did get a lot of flak for its vote. DFL House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler was quick to threaten cutting off state aid to the county in retribution. Others proposed a boycott on Bemidji.
“Both sides agreed that (refugee resettlement) should have never been brought up,” said Bill Batchelder, a Republican activist and president of Bemidji Woolen Mill.
Batchelder is pleased with the county’s vote to not participate in refugee resettlement, but noted that it was unlikely any refugees were coming to Beltrami County. The county hasn’t resettled any refugees in at least the past five years and the prospect has become even less likely under President Trump, who’s cut the number of refugees allowed to enter the country to historic lows.
Batchelder’s complaint is that Beltrami County Commissioner Reed Olson brought it to a vote so quickly.
“If Reed was actually genuine and serious about bringing refugees to Bemidji, he could have had public hearings. He could have had education. He could have done community outreach, but oh no, Reed wanted to get up on the grandstand and embolden himself and divide our beautiful community,” Batchelder said.
For Reed Olson’s part, the entire county board felt pressure to make a decision after President Trump issued an executive order in September requiring local governments to provide written consent to participate in refugee resettlement within 90 days.
That set off a wave of votes across the country. So far, 20 counties in Minnesota have voted to approve refugee resettlement, two voted to delay and others are scheduled to vote later this month. Beltrami remains the only county to vote to refuse new refugees.
Whether any of those votes mean anything is still to be determined after a judge blocked Trump’s order.
Even so, Puposky-resident Cate Belleveau says she thinks the president’s executive order is working exactly as he intended it.
“This was to stir up more divisiveness. That was why President 45 put this onto local communities. Because he thrives on chaos and divisiveness,” said Belleveau. “We really had a minimal chance of having a refugee resettlement here. And it’s playing the people who are struggling in rural areas against each other.”
Beltrami County looks like Trump country on a 2016 map. Trump took 50% of the vote to Hillary Clinton’s 40%. But the county has historically leaned Democrat and in 2018 went for both DFL Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, who is Lewis’s presumptive 2020 opponent. Smith, however, only beat out her Republican challenger Karin Housley by about 500 votes.
Beltrami County resident Kris Neises said she thinks Lewis saw a political opportunity in the refugee resettlement debate.
“I don’t think Jason Lewis would ever have come up here were it not for that opportunity to drive a further wedge in because of what happened with the refugee vote,” Neises said.
Of the roughly hundred people who came, a majority were happy to see Lewis and hear him affirm their county’s ‘no’ vote.
“When I heard that your county took the decision to exercise self-government and say we want to pause refugee resettlement. The reaction from a faraway capital I decided that I got to get up here and have your back,” Lewis told the crowd to applause.
In his speech, Lewis raised the same fear residents did, albeit with more quotes from Thomas Paine and Milton Friedman: That refugees would be an economic burden.
“Our resources aren’t infinite. [It] costs roughly $79,000 to resettle a refugee,” Lewis said.
The figure he’s citing is both alarming and misleading. The study he cites comes from an anti-immigration organization called the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a group with ties to white supremacists, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The study’s authors estimate how much government assistance refugees may receive with rough math based on a survey of a sample of refugees from the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
But a Trump administration study found an opposite result. Trump ordered the Department of Health and Human Services early in his term to research the economic burden of refugees, but then rejected the study when it reported refugees actually contributed $63 billion more in revenue to federal, state and local governments than they cost over the decade surveyed.
Although it’s true refugees typically rely on public assistance when they first arrive in a new country, government surveys suggest it’s often only for a few years. It’s impossible to calculate exactly what refugees cost the government because so many different agencies administer public assistance and not all collect data on a person’s immigration status. The Minnesota Legislative Auditor found this out in 2017 when the Legislature directed them to research the fiscal impacts of refugee resettlement.
What the study Lewis cites also doesn’t do is account for what contributions refugees make to the economy. Again, that’s difficult, because “refugee” isn’t something that’s reported on a tax return, for instance. Researchers who have tried to study the impact of refugee resettlement report it brings economic benefits.
Given its aging population and shrinking labor supply, Minnesota is among the places that could benefit the greatest from immigration. This has become a regular drum beat out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
But the perception that refugees create a large burden — paired with the reality that Beltrami County is one of the poorest in the state —makes putting a pause on refugee resettlement an attractive one. Misinformation about waves of refugees coming has also spread like wildfire throughout the area.
“We want to welcome the tired, the poor, the hungry, the teeming masses yearning to be free. But we need to build capacity,” said Joe Vene. “America welcomes any and all. But we have to have the capacity.”
When he was asked what it would mean for Beltrami to have the capacity, Vene replied, “I defer to the city commissioners at this time for the specifics of the capacity of social services and facilities in the area that will accommodate the human need.”
In his town hall, Lewis also raised the specter of profiteering in refugee resettlement, suggesting religious non-profits are motivated by the $1,100 per person they receive from the federal government to help refugees find a home, buy clothes, buy groceries, use transportation and do everything else it takes to get settled in the first 90 days. The $1,100 is rarely enough, according to religious nonprofits, which say they must find alternative revenue streams to cover the actual cost — including donations.
“Instead of taking their charitable dollars and settling them entirely, [the organizations] get them on public assistance. And then they virtue signal and say, aren’t we wonderful with your money?” Lewis told the crowd.
Again, it’s true refugees typically rely on public assistance like food stamps when first arriving in a new country with nothing, but more often than not, refugees come to rely on their own income within several years.
Finally, Lewis raised an attractive alternative for people who don’t want to accept new refugees. Settling them near their home countries.
“Why aren’t we settling them closer to where they came from and where their culture resides and where their families are?” Lewis asked his audience, which replied with a hearty applause. (The claim that it’s cheaper to resettle refugees in neighboring countries is based on the cost of providing aid in refugee camps, which is not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison).
That resonated with Batchelder, who said Lewis made the point “crystal clear” for him.
“My God, if we brought them up here and it’s 30 below … how inhospitable,” Batchelder said. “And I can’t speak for everybody in Beltrami County, but there’s going to be immediate friction. We need a welcoming place for refugees.”
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Adobe Lightroom Studio VR
An interactive gallery experience
This project was a prototype in VR using Cinema 4D and Unity. I was lucky enough to be a part of the first extended reality class at LCAD to use the new Oculus Rift and PC’s with Octane Render.
Adobe Lightroom StudioVR allows users to sync their Creative Cloud Library with the Studio, letting them display their existing Lightroom photos or take new ones. The gallery is very customizable, letting the user pick the name, size, frame, and material of their photos.
Users can choose who can view their gallery. There are options to let the gallery be open to the public, Adobe friends only, or closed.
In the photo studio, users have a space to take new photos. Users have full control of the props and lighting. They can move props with the motion controllers or use the prop cabinet menu to choose props for their scene.
This experience is useful to all skill levels of photography and a video demonstration of the basics of photography plays in the room for those new to photography.
The design of the rooms are modeled to imitate a gallery setting mixed with Adobe’s theme. Currently, Adobe uses a lot of dark gray, dark blue, white, and a typeface similar to Helvetica. It matches the Creative Cloud UI to create a seamless experience between Adobe programs and the VR gallery. Those elements are brought into the space both in materials and UI.
It has a modern feel with dark wood and dark gray materials, such as on the door and lights. The space is sleek and clean so the focus would be on the artwork. Since the rooms are relatively small, it has high ceilings with windows to let in natural light so the user wouldn’t feel claustrophobic.

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Terra LUNA Classic (LUNC) continues climbing greater amid plans to revive the chain and tempt traders back. Since August 26, LUNC spiked as excessive as $0.00031131, equating to greater than 2,400% gains.
However, bull exhaustion has now set in, with LUNC giving up all of at this time’s gains and reverting back beneath the day past’s shut.
Nonetheless, since LUNC’s all-time low of $0.000000999967, on May 13, the beforehand “dead” token is up an astonishing 27,000%.
The Terra ecosystem collapsed in May following the UST de-peg. The stablecoin dropped as little as $0.006 in the course of the panic. Despite makes an attempt to re-establish its peg value, UST stays considerably beneath $1, at present buying and selling at $0.03458.
UST labored in conjunction with the native LUNA token in an algorithmic course of to make sure its value stability. Since shedding its peg, the whole Terra ecosystem has been marred in controversy, with allegations that the mission was a rip-off from the beginning, orchestrated by founder Do Kwon.
With billions misplaced and regulators circling, the event and governance had been handed over to the neighborhood and rebranded as LUNA Classic. But given the controversies, many traders stay cautious, particularly these beforehand stung by the scandal.
Despite that, the roll-out of recent options seems to be profitable over traders, as evidenced by the LUNA Classic’s phenomenal rise since mid-August. Crypto Analysts Miles Deutscher identified that LUNA Classic proves that vast returns are potential throughout a bear market.
What’s in retailer subsequent?
At the middle of this revival is a beneficiant staking mechanism, which went reside on August 27. The staking ratio was at 2.6% of the entire provide on launch. However, the staking ratio continues to develop. According to @LuncStaking_Bot, the present ratio has nearly tripled in lower than two weeks, at 7.5%.
Current staking rewards are round 37% per yr, which is considerably greater than Cardano’s approximate 5% charge. However, unsustainable yields had been an element within the unique Terra ecosystem’s demise.
As nicely as the present burn mechanism, which has taken out greater than 3 billion tokens from circulation, Deutscher tweeted about a further burning mechanism utilized to token swaps on the charge of 1.2% of transaction quantity.
He added that main exchanges, together with Binance and Kucoin, are rumored to assist the token swap burn, which is able to go reside on September 12.

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The "Saturday Night Live" crew has settled on an actor to portray former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci.
The show's summer edition of "Weekend Update," hosted by Michael Che and Colin Jost, premiered Thursday evening and introduced SNL alum Bill Hader as the "The Mooch" during a FaceTime call.
"Everybody loves the Mooch. I'm like human cocaine," Hader said. "You got a little bump of me, I made you feel excited, but I was out of your system too quick. And now that I'm gone, you're all depressed and edgy and you're trying to figure out how to score some more Scaramooch!"
After the success of Melissa McCarthy's rendering of former White House speaker Sean Spicer last season, speculation immediately began when Scaramucci entered the scene as incoming communications director in July. Of the names floated around was former "Sex and the City" star Mario Cantone.
After a New Yorker interview was published in which he dissed some of his White House colleagues in profane fashion, among other questionable statements, Scaramucci was kicked out of the Trump administration in fewer than two weeks.
Hader's Scaramucci quipped specifically on Scaramucci's infamous comment about White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, when he said, "I'm not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my own cock."
Hader said he was misquoted, adding that he actually saw Bannon do it. "He did it!" Hader said, adding that he saw it.
Scaramucci is slated to make his post-White House TV debut on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday followed by an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Monday.

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Crowdsourcing Week Brussels Summit
Focusing on customer-led innovation, the two-day conference will feature talks, panel discussions and interactive sessions led by experts in crowd innovation and crowd finance. The event will connect an expanding crowdsourcing community in Belgium to European and global innovators in crowdsourcing and open innovation.
9:50 - When crowdfunding is more than just finance. How to seek customer-led innovation while crowdsourcing?
10:15 - What does a crowdfunding round for a startup look like?
Two Startups Presented for the Live Crowdfunding


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Hero MotoCorp opens booking for next batch of Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250
Hero MotoCorp has opened bookings for the next batch of Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 adventure tourer bike after the first lot got completely booked out. The company also informed that bookings for the other 13 Harley models and the upcoming Sportster S are also currently open.
Harley-Davidson had launched the 2021 Pan America 1250 ADV in the country at Rs16.90 lakh in April this year. The bike, that competes against the BMW R 1250 GS and the Ducati Multistrada V4, is available in two variants - Standard and Special. Some of the key standard features available on both the bikes include full-LED lighting, Bluetooth-enabled 6.8-inch colour TFT touchscreen display and a USB C-type outlet.
Both the bikes source power from the same 1,252cc, Revolution Max 1250 engine that is capable of producing 150bhp of maximum power at 9,000rpm, backed up by 127Nm of torque at 6,750 rpm. The transmission option on the bikes includes a six-speed unit.
(Also read | Check out Harley-Davidson e-cycles that's hitting select markets)
Since its launch, the Pan America 1250 ADV has garnered a lot of attention from enthusiats. "The Pan America 1250 is one of the most anticipated motorcycles of 2021. Considering it is Harley-Davidson's first foray into the adventure-touring segment, the motorcycle has already generated immense excitement among customers," said Ravi Avalur, Head of premium segment business unit at Hero MotoCorp told PTI.
After announcing a partnership with Harley-Davidson for the Indian market in October last year, Hero MotoCorp has been expanding the customer touch-points and service centres for the latter's motorcycles. Hero now has a network of 14 full-fledged dealerships and seven authorised service centres across the country for Harley-Davidson customers.
Avalur also said that after the Harley-Davidson India dealer network now being fully operational, the company now plans to resume the HOG (Harley Owners Group) events. "We are gearing up for the next annual Rally to be held in Goa between February 3-5, 2022," he said.


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Created in different times, climes and around the apex of their respective civilizations, the immortal “Aeneid” and “Iliad” were resonant sagas.
Achilles and Aeneas were the quintessential heroes of their people, embodying the true, good and ideal as Greeks and Romans saw it.“The goddess sings of the wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus,” begins the Iliad. In that single sentence, Homer threw the spotlight on his hero and presaged the havoc an angry, hubris-ridden warrior could wreak on Greek and Trojan alike.The bard chronicled how the fortunes of the Greeks rose and ebbed when they had not his aid.
For Achilles was the mightiest of the Greek warriors. Even Hector could not withstand his onslaught. He feared not the Fates, as shown by his willingness to do battle with Hector despite the counsel of his mother that he and Hector will die soon after the other.However, Achilles was not without his flaws.
Stubborn about his own code of honor, he abandons the fight and sulks in his tent. Consequently, the Greeks scatter like sheep before Hector and the Trojans. Even as the Trojans threaten the Greek ships and Odysseus intercedes for the slight suffered at the hands of Agamemnon, Achilles remains unmoved of the he does absolutely nothing. Only the death of Patroclus, his dearest friend, impels him to forego wounded honor and lead the Greeks to battle once again. One last time, hubris when he desecrates the corpse of the vanquished Hector by dragging it behind his chariot.
“Arestaya”, greatness, sums up Achilles. For the Greeks the ideal was to be the best in whatever one is called to do. Odysseus may have more wit and Agamemnon the greater power over Greeks but none equaled the prowess of Achilles on the battlefield. The ancient Greeks valued honor and principle even to the point of foolhardiness. Heedless of doom or mortality, the wrath Achilles is indeed worthy of song and praise.
Virgil, on the other hand, composed the “Aeneid” to glorify the rise of “Pax Romana”. No less than Aeneas, son of Venus, could the father of Rome. Out of the sack of Troy and after daring many perils exacted by the wrath of Juno, Aeneas arrives upon the shores of Latinum to display the valor and political astuteness that would mark the Roman empire.Virgil drew on the Homeric myths to portray an Aeneas valiant and skilled in war.
Beyond deeds of bravery, however, the overarching theme of the “Aeneid” is “pietas”, piety, which in this case meant fidelity or staying the course toward one’s destiny.Unlike Achilles, Aeneas needed his fortitude and conviction shored up. The interlude in Carthage, in the embrace of Dido, would have tempted a lesser man. But it imperiled the goal of finding a new home for the Trojans and, in the process, becoming founding father of the greatness that would be Rome. The visit to the underworld may also be interpreted as building up his conviction for the many battles that lay ahead.
At the same time, Virgil magnified the heroic generals of his own time as true descendants of a great forebear.Aeneas also foreshadows the daring of future Romans. Despite the wrathful devices of Juno, he eventually comes upon Latinium to establish his new realm. Even as Juno unleashes war upon the weary Trojans, Aeneas stands tall and eager to do deeds of valor in defense of his people.
The “Aeneid” speaks often of “Pious Aeneas”. Pious to his father, bearing him on his back at the sack of Troy. Pious to his people in not forsaking their quest for the bliss of Carthage. But most of all, pious to his destiny to found Rome. Aeneas was thus the perfect exemplar for the Roman people who, in the days of Virgil, continued to seize the day and forge an Empire whose legacy endures to this day.

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This is such a wonderful way to cook and serve whole fish. The sea bass remains succulent and perfectly flavoured. Good fishmongers sell wild sea bass which are bigger than the farmed variety. Some of the very large fish will feed up to 6 people although this recipe serves 2. Making the salt crust is easy-the tricky bit is telling when the fish is cooked. Using a digital probe is the easiest method but if your kitchen doesn’t run to one stick a knife through the salt crust into the fish, leave it for 5 seconds and then test the tip against the back of your hand. If it’s piping hot the fish is cooked. If not cook for a further 5 minutes.
- For the salt crusted sea bass
- 1 kg coarse rock salt
- 2 egg whites
- 1 wild sea bass, about 650g, gutted and scaled
- 1 lemon, finely sliced
- Heat the oven to 220˚c, fan oven 200˚, mark 7. For the salt crust, place the salt in a mixing bowl and stir in the egg whites. Spread about a quarter of the salt mixture in a strip over a large baking tray or roasting tin.
- Stuff the cavity of the fish with the slices of lemon and season with ground black pepper. Lay the fish on top of the salt strip. Cover the fish with the remaining salt, packing it around the fish in an even layer. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the fish is cooked through (see introduction). Leave to rest for 5 minutes before cracking open the salt crust. Peel off the skin and lift the fish off the bone. Serve with a salsa verde or homemade garlic mayonnaise, some new potatoes and salad.

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SoundHound - Music Discovery
by: SoundHound, Inc. • 163.6K
This is not the first application that attempts to recognize songs that are playing. But it’s the first to get it right- and fast. A few seconds are enough to give you the all the information you need: album, lyrics, artist, etc. etc…
We tested it with a song by a well-known Finnish group, moving the phone closer to the speaker. Four seconds later we had the song's name, group, album, year and lyrics. Then we decided to increase the difficulty, humming a song to the phone instead. We chose "When the saints go marchin' in". Admittedly, we had to try it twice because everybody was laughing, but in the end SoundHound decided that it was Louis Armstrong that was being (badly) hum-um-um-ed.
You can also check a title or band name by making voice searches and read biographies. If you want, your location can be saved along with your request, so you can remember exactly where you heard this or that song. Finally, you can redefine the controls to start recording by pressing a hardware button instead of tapping the screen.
This free version has some ads but unlimited use and the results have been very satisfactory. It’s become an instant must-have.
This app was featured in one of our videoreviews. Watch it here.
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by Peter , Appszoom
Nov 28, 2014
Hey, what song is that? SoundHound makes it simple to identify music playing around you. Whether you’re in the car or out and about — open the app, hit the big orange SoundHound button, let your phone listen for a few seconds, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s playing! It's been called pure magic — and with 300M+ downloads and billions of songs discovered — we tend to agree.
SoundHound comes equipped with “OK Hound…”, an incredibly powerful way to interact with the app using your voice. “OK Hound…” can help you navigate the app, activate the orange button, and playback songs hands-free. Simply say ‘OK Hound...’ from any screen and say a command!
Discovering new music is only half the fun of SoundHound. We’re music lovers too, so we’ve created an incredible experience for you to relive your discoveries with our music player. Connect your Apple Music or Spotify account to listen, build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites - all with real-time, karaoke-style lyrics using LiveLyrics®. Don’t have an Apple Music or Spotify subscription? No sweat, we have you covered with our free, built-in YouTube player. This is your music journey.
Curious to know more? Here’s everything you need to know!
• Tap the SoundHound button in the app, in the notification center widget, or via 3D touch on the app icon to discover music playing around you! We’ll let you know everything about the song including title, artist, album, and lyrics!
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• Keep track of all your discoveries in your own personal history
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• Listen to songs and view lyrics in our free, built-in YouTube player
• Simply say ‘OK Hound....’ from any screen or tap the microphone on the play page. Once you see the listening panel, you can follow up with commands including:
App Navigation: ‘OK Hound… Show me my discoveries’
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CONNECT AND SHARE
• Build personalized playlists through Apple Music or Spotify (SoundHound account and music subscription required)
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• Keep all of your discoveries synced across multiple devices
• Share your music discoveries to Facebook, Twitter, messaging services, and email!
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A new study finds that some public pension funds are in such bad shape that they might be totally depleted during an economic downturn
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — A new study has more bad news about public pension funds, finding some are at risk of running dry in a slowing economy.
In a report released Thursday, researchers at The Pew Charitable Trusts say Kentucky and New Jersey are the most vulnerable based on tests of various market conditions. Pew ran its so-called stress test for the pension funds in 10 states.
If its pension fund is depleted, a state would have to pay retirees from workers’ contributions and the current budget rather than from investments. In New Jersey, that could cost taxpayers $2 billion or more annually above what they already are expected to pay.
The report finds that some states, including Wisconsin and North Carolina, have systems designed to keep pensions afloat even when investments fall short.
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Navigating the Subject Access Request (SAR) minefield
The latest guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides helpful pointers for navigating the regulatory pitfalls of a SAR.
For employers confronted with a subject access request (SAR), the latest guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) provides helpful pointers for navigating the regulatory pitfalls surrounding subject access requests.
From April 2022 to March 2023, the ICO received over 15,000 complaints in relation to how organisations have handled subject access requests and, unfortunately, a large number of these complaints fall on the shoulders of employers. Many employers “underestimate” the importance of handling subject access requests effectively. As failing to comply with a SAR can result in undesirable consequences, reprimands and significant fines, the latest recommendations from the ICO can help save employers significant strife.
Under the UK GDPR, an employee has the right to obtain information from their employer as to whether their personal data is being processed and, if so, is entitled to a copy of their personal data should they request this. Typically, employers should respond to a subject access request within one month, although this can be extended where the request may be complex. Responding to a SAR promptly and effectively is key given the time consuming nature of complying with a request, especially where an employer holds data on an employee spanning over a number of years. The latest guidance from the ICO provides a number of practical examples that employers can follow to ensure they remain GDPR compliant and protect themselves from unpleasant interactions with the ICO.
1. Recognising requests
The ICO reiterate that a SAR can be submitted in a variety of formats, including verbally, in writing or via social media. Additionally, employees do not need to clearly state they are making a subject access request for a request to be valid. The ICO offer examples of an employee asking, “what information do you hold on me” or “please may I have my HR file” (questions commonly heard by line managers and HR teams) as valid subject access requests. Many employers may have a designated team or individual to handle such requests, but the guidance illustrates the importance of regular employee training in order to ensure requests are identified and addressed promptly.
Responding to a SAR can be a time consuming undertaking, particularly in situations where a lot of personal data has been processed or the personal data of others need to be redacted, and identifying requests as swiftly as possible will provide the best opportunity to process the request within the one month time limit. The guidance confirms that an employer can request that employees clarify what information they want where they have made a broad request and should carry “reasonable” searches where an employee refuses to narrow their request.
2. “Manifestly unfounded/excessive” requests
Employers can refuse to comply with a request which is manifestly unfounded or excessive, but the ICO consider this a very high bar to meet. The guidance helpfully reaffirms that a request is manifestly unfounded in cases where it is clear an employee does not genuinely seek to exercise their rights to their personal data or is looking to cause disruption. To illustrate, the ICO provides the example of a redundant employee offering to withdraw their request in return for an increased financial reward. Employers can therefore consider the nature and purpose of the request when deciding to comply.
For manifestly excessive requests, the ICO confirms employers should consider whether a request is unreasonable, basing this on whether the request is proportionate when balanced with the burden or cost involved in dealing with the request. The ICO guidance is particularly beneficial to small businesses, offering an example of a business with 4 members of staff receiving a SAR involving over 3,000 emails, suggesting that it would be reasonable to consider categorising information and providing this as a summary where the requester has not narrowed down their request. However, for larger organisations with greater resources, this may not be a reasonable course of action. The guidance makes it clear that a request is not excessive simply because it is large, and that context plays a significant role in determining whether a request is excessive. Employers need to consider the nature of the request, the availability of resources and whether the request can be clarified or narrowed. If an employer decides a request is manifestly excessive, the reasons for this conclusion must be clearly documented and communicated to the employee.
The latest guidance provides practical examples of a number of exemptions that employers may rely on when deciding to withhold information in a SAR. For example, employers can withhold information relating to management planning where this would prejudice the conduct of the business. The ICO provides the example of a company considering restructuring and redundancies which would not require to disclose information regarding this in a SAR as this may prejudice the plans of the business. It is also suggested that employers may withhold witness statements from ongoing disciplinary investigations, particularly where it is necessary to maintain the confidentiality of witnesses. The guidance reaffirms that personal data regarding ongoing negotiations with the employee can be withheld. The guidance notes that this would encompass on-going settlement agreement negotiations as disclosing this information in a SAR would prejudice negotiations.
Additionally, the guidance reaffirms key obligations in regard to SARs confirming that the right to obtain personal information cannot be overridden by a settlement agreement, employers cannot simply refuse to comply if the employee making the request is undergoing a grievance or Tribunal process and that UK GDPR applies to social media activity (including instant messaging groups such as WhatsApp) carried out in a commercial or professional context.
Whilst the guidance provides a number of helpful scenarios, there remains room for ambiguity. For example, there is limited guidance for larger businesses on what constitutes a “manifestly excessive” request. Furthermore, what classes as a “reasonable search” remains unanswered by the ICO leaving this open to interpretation where an employee refuses to narrow their request.
The Employment Team at Clarke Willmott regularly assist employers with their GDPR and SARs and would be pleased to assist with queries relating to subject access requests made by employees. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.


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Little Adam asks his sister to check for monsters before he goes to bed.
In the new Star Wars movie, there were little creatures called Porgs... some people hated them and some people loved them... I happen to live with one.
A girl finds a mysterious music box in a creepy attic.
Furious with Rex, Captain Rebellious sets a trap in an effort to capture Rex. But what he discovers, will change the course of the war between The Pirates and the Imperium Empire.
Rex, Pirate Hunter and agent of the Imperium Empire is surrounded by Captain Hugo and his pirate fleet, or so it seemed. Rex gives Captain Hugo a surprise he, nor any pirate, will forget anytime soon.
Rex, Pirate Hunter and agent of the Imperium Empire is sent on a mission to hunt down the vicious Captain Hugo and his Pirate fleet in the Skaro system before they can preform whatever evil deeds...
It is the story of a child who lives in the country, is listening to the radio, and the famous radio broadcast of Orson Welles is being broadcast, after a few seconds what was fiction became a reality
A guest checks in for the night at a cheap hotel, only to realise she's getting more than she bargained for.
A young man is haunted by his high school days.
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With many fad diets out there, it's difficult to discern the differences between each and know which one might be effective for you. The Paleo Diet, or Paleolithic Diet, can be VERY effective but can also be very difficult to maintain. The idea behind it is that you return to the diet of your ancestors who lived during the paleolithic era.
Things you CAN eat:
- Animal meat
Things you CAN'T eat:
- Processed/refined foods
- Dairy products
People with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes could benefit greatly from truly and strictly following the Paleo Diet. But for many who are looking for assistance with weight-loss, the Paleo Diet can offer a jumping-off point. It's smart to cut out excessive dairy, grains, and sugar. Processed foods are shown to be extremely unhealthy and addictive, so striking those from your diet is great too. And luckily for those who do not have serious dietary allergies or restrictions, a "slip" or even the choice to incorporate some of those items back into your diet occasionally isn't a no-no.
The lists above are by no means exhaustive, but click here for a more extensive list of "dos" and "don'ts." Share with me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/KSCWTV if you've tried this diet and whether or not you liked/maintained it. I think I love ice cream too much, but I sure could incorporate more vegetables into my diet too!


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"active" po angielsku z przykładami - Słownik kolokacji angielskich
- However, only about 200 men were kept in active service.
- A few were still in active service until the late 1960s.
- All saw active service, and two were lost in action.
- Right now they cannot be called up for more than 24 months of active service.
- Its final period of active service was from 1961 to 1991.
- They did not see any active service before the end of the war.
- One more sign he was too old for active service.
- Well, not long after that I went into active service.
- Bush is one of the last western leaders to have seen active service.
- It was rather like being in the army on active service.
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How Etsy Increased Its Number of Female Engineers by a Multiple of Four in One Year
the internet is serious business
You’ll often hear from officials in male-dominated industries like the sciences (not to mention the entertainment industry) that they’d really like to hire more women, and in fact are actively trying to do so, but find the process very difficult. Everybody (okay, most people) wants to solve the problem, but nobody, least of all female candidates, wants to feel like they’ve gotten a job based on something other than their level of expertise. Etsy, a company whose user base is 80% female, has found a way to tackle the hurdles between them and greater gender parity on their engineering team (although they still only have 20 women on a team of 110), as CTO Kellan Elliott-McCrea explained at a recent conference.
Elliott-McCrea laid out a few of the problems his team had observed in specifics: First, they found that saying that they were interested in increasing the diversity of their staff was absolutely a selling point to potential employees: “The engineers who are excited about the fact that we are trying to recruit women and that we have it as a value, men or women, are the people who we actually want to be hiring… people who are better at listening, they’re better at group learning, they’re better at collaboration, they’re better at communication. They particularly are the people you want to be your engineering managers and your technical leads.” However, unless they, as a company, had something concrete to show for this desire to increase diversity, folks understandably perceived them to be all talk and no walk on the subject.
Additionally, they often found that many of the female candidates they looked at, while qualified in every other respect, fell behind their male counterparts in actual industry experience, making them a just slightly more risky hire than men, a slight risk that can mean a lot during the hiring process. And frequently when they approached currently employed, qualified women with their own job offers, they found that women in the tech industry are far more conservative about changing workplaces than men. Elliott-McCrea said he noticed a definite trend of female engineers unwilling to leave their current job, where they had found a workplace that was not hostile to their gender, for a new workplace that, since it didn’t have much in the way of concrete proof of gender acceptance, might be much more uncomfortable for them.
How did Etsy manage to kill all of these problems with one stone, and without lowering any of their standards? By giving out ten scholarships to a hacking workshop in New York City, in their offices (that is, paying living expenses: the summer-long workshop was free to all qualified applicants who could make it to NYC for the duration). Their scholarships made the workshop, Hacker School, big internet news, publicizing its existence in a way that hadn’t been as easy before; greatly increasing the number of applicants from previous “semesters” and allowing them to balance the gender of the group. Being able to show that they were bankrolling ten of the twenty three women who wound up attending gave them a concrete action to point to when applicants asked for proof of their dedication to diversity. At the end of the summer, they had a bumper crop of female engineers who they’d been working with for months, which not only gave them sources of first hand testimony on the level of acceptance in their workplace for female engineers nervous about swapping workplaces, it also created a pool of women whose lack of industry experience could be weighed against months of actual knowledge of their ability to fit into the Etsy team.
And, according to Elliott-McCrea, even though they shelled out for ten $5k scholarships, with the other expenses they avoided, he considers them to have broken even. If you’ve got twenty minutes or so to spare, you can find his entire talk on the process at Forbes.
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Swiftwater Bridge, Bath, New Hampshire. Bath has 3 covered bridges. This one is the most elusive of the three, and in my opinion, that makes it the best one to visit when you don't have to deal with bus loads of tourists. Swiftwater bridge is located near the far western portion of the Kancamagus Highway, off of route 112. You can drive right over this one to a dirt parking lot and sit and enjoy the fall splendor.
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North Korea made news this week with its latest missile launch, this time claiming that it had fired a “hypersonic missile,” per CNN and countless outlets on the Korean Peninsula. It’s called the Hwasong-8 missile, according to an announcement by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
CNN also quoted experts as stating that the missile could “change the equation” in the region.
“A hypersonic missile that can defeat advanced missile-defense systems is a game-changer if a nuclear warhead is mated to it,” said Drew Thompson, a former US Defense Department official and a visiting senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, told CNN. However, Thompson added that “it’s a huge if.”
Indeed, South Korea is saying that the missile fired this week is likely in “an early stage of development.”
According to a report by the Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff say the missile is in such an early stage that it “can be intercepted by South Korean and U.S. military assets.” In addition, the missile appeared to fly at Mach 3, while “hypersonic” typically means the missile was flying at least Mach 5.
“Given the detected speed and other features of the ‘hypersonic missile’ North Korea said it test-fired yesterday, it appears to be at an early stage of development that would require considerable time for actual deployment,” the South Korean Joint Chiefs said in a statement, reported by Yonhap. “South Korea and the U.S. were monitoring North Korea’s test launch under a close coordination.”
The U.S. national security establishment, both at the State Department and Pentagon, has also condemned the launch.
“We do condemn the DPRK’s missile launches. These missile launches are in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions. We know that they pose a threat to DPRK’s neighbors and other members of the international community,” a State Department spokesman said during a briefing this week, per the Korea Times. State also reiterated that the Biden Administration remains committing to a restart of diplomacy with the North Koreans.
“The launches are in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, and these activities highlight the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s illicit weapons program,” Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said this week, also according to Korea Times. “It’s about making sure that our missile defense system, wherever it’s deployed, is effective and capable, and we routinely test and experiment and try to improve that system on a daily basis.”
Stephen Silver is a journalist, essayist and film critic, who is also a contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly Voice, Philadelphia Weekly, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Living Life Fearless, Backstage magazine, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @StephenSilver.


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News Corp buys IGN Entertainment for $650m
News Corperation today made its third major internet acquisition in recent months, buying IGN Entertainment for about $650 million in cash.
IGN, a San Francisco-based maker of games and entertainment websites, will be folded into News Corp’s Fox Interactive Media unit.
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, parent company of Times Online, said: “With the acquisition of IGN and its 28 million unique users, we have gone a long way toward achieving two of our key strategic objectives in our efforts to become a leading and profitable Internet presence.”
IGN’s websites include IGN.com, GameSpy and FilePlanet, along with the Vault and Planet networks. Privately held IGN also owns and operates two film-related sites - IGN FilmForce and Rotten Tomatoes - as well


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Song Min Ho's team consisted of fashionistas from different music genres including Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Code Kunst, WINNER's Lee Seung Hoon, and Kang Seung Yoon. P.O's team was made up of individuals from a diversity of careers, including Zico, actor Park Gun Il, Lee Soo Geun, as well as an actual fashion brand founder, Kim Jun Hyun.
First, team Song Min Ho's first fashionista Kyuhyun went up against team P.O's Zico. The winner of the fashion battle was decided by conducting an SNS poll for 5 minutes, with the fashionistas' faces blocked out to ensure equal judging.
Ultimately, SNS users voted for Zico as the more fashionable star against Kyuhyun! Next up, team Song Min Ho's Lee Seung Hoon faced off against team P.O's Lee Soo Geun, with Lee Soo Geun sporting a traditional hanbok! According to SNS users, Lee Soo Geun's hanbok was slightly more fashionable than Lee Seung Hoon's daily look, bringing a second victory for team P.O.
With two wins for team P.O. and only two competitors remaining for both teams, which team claimed the final victory for 'Mapo Fashionista's fashionable friends showdown? Watch this week's full episodes, below!


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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
has been rated at 650 horsepower, which means that it is the most powerful production car that General Motors have ever produced. It is powered by the Supercharged LT4 V-8 engine that has been SAE-certified at 650 horsepower (485 kW) at 6,400 rpm and 650 lb-ft of torque (881 Nm) at 3,600 rpm. In fact, the new Z06 engine delivers 40 percent more peak torque (180 lb-ft / 244 Nm) than the previous-generation's 7.0L LS7; as well as 7.5 percent more than the supercharged 2013 Corvette ZR1's 604 lb-ft (819 Nm).
At 3,200 rpm, the new LT4 surpasses the LS7 by 208 lb-ft of torque (252 Nm). On the horsepower side of the graph, the LT4's 650-hp rating is 29 percent greater than the LS7's 505 horsepower (376 kW), and 12 horses more than the ZR1's LS9 engine.
LT4 engine is based on Corvette Stingray's LT1 6.2L naturally aspirated engine. However, it incorporates several unique features such as:
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- High 10.0:1 compression ratio – for a forced-induction engine – enhances performance and efficiency and is enabled by direct injection
- Forged aluminum pistons with unique, stronger structure to ensure strength under high cylinder pressures
- Stainless steel exhaust manifolds and an aluminum balancer that are lighter than their LT1 counterparts
- Standard dry-sump oiling system with a dual-pressure-control oil pump.
The LT4 is matched with a standard seven-speed manual transmission or a new, paddle-shift eight-speed automatic transmission. 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is expected to go on sale in early 2015.


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Dimitrie kissed Lucas goodbye as the boy’s grandmother came to pick him up, smoothing his fingers over his son’s hair. “I’ll see you tomorrow, baby,” he told him. “I’ll miss you.” Lucas threw his arms around Dimitrie’s neck and squeezed tightly. “Miss you, tati. Love you, love you.” He held the boy tight for a moment, smiling. “I love you, too. See you in the morning.” Ana kissed Dimitrie’s cheek and smiled at him mischievously. “Have fun, dragă. Call me when you get home, okay?”
As soon as they left, Dimitrie more or less sprinted to his closet. What the hell did people wear on dates nowadays? He hand’t been on a date since he and Allegra were together – well, more specifically, since they were happy together. Which was more than two years now. After a few moments of consideration, he chose a black button-up shirt, a deep blue pin-stripped blazer, and black slacks. He dressed and ran his fingers through his soft curls a few times before heading out of the door, walking toward the restaurant he and Sam had decided on earlier in the evening. He slipped inside and chose a table near the door so he would see him, drumming his fingertips on the table nervously.

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You're not truly awake if you think this, you're more like the Mel Gibson character in "Conspiracy Theory" who sees conspiracies in every little thing that he sees.
Originally posted by arbitrarygeneraiist
I think that they pulled the comparable DNA from relatives. I wouldn't be surprised if there's such a thing as a mobile genetics testing lab or kit that can be employed on the fly.
Originally posted by babybunnies
It seems to me lately that no matter what story is reported in the news, people scream that there is a big conspiracy behind it and we're being lied to by the main stream media.
Like so many other items, completely ignored because all the conspiracy theorists are busy looking in the wrong direction.
Usually the big stories are the distraction from the little stories happening in the background which are the bigger parts of the conspiracy theory.
People, Alex Jones, Jesse Ventura, David Icke and others of their ilke can now almost be seen as mainstream media for conspiracy theorists. If you are listening to what they're telling you to think rather than doing your own thinking and real research into current and historical events, you are still sheep being herded by the dogs, you're just not being led by msm, you're being led by people who are claiming that they have your best interests at heart.
You're not really awake unless you figure it out for yourselves. If you jump on everyone else's conspiracy theories, you're still sheep in the fold.
Originally posted by Spinster
I killed Colonel Gaddafi last night. I didn't take any pictures and threw his body into the sea. Just take my word for it, he's definitely dead.
You're right. Everything ISN'T a conspiracy. Thank you, Captain Obvious. But, this Usama Bin Laden situation just happens to be one - next time you squak, have an example that actually supports your side of the argument.
Seriously, are people this blind? He's been dead for at least 5 years, and most legit sources even say 9+ - regardless, mathematics says* odds are it wasn't within the last 48 hours. Period.
No, my friends.
This is so obviously a psyop, it's insulting by even conspiracy standards!!!
[to quote myself from another thread, while I was watching "Headline News"]
And, there it is... Let's tug at America's heart strings and remember the 15 brave souls from Engine 54 of the NYFD that lost their lives on that fateful day back in 2001.
Perpetrated by that creep, Bin Laden [wink]
But, We GOT 'im!!!
Hooray! (sings: "God Bless America...")
Get ready folks. Somethin's comin' - if nothing else, a quick little pump-n-dump (generated by a dead-cat bounce from all this bull# bin laden hysteria), one last time before the dollar/US economy *really* come crashing down - how would you even collect if you short, all the way down?
*There have been dozens of reported times he has died, and almost nothing after 2002 that show a legit, breathing, UBL - the probability that our administration is telling the truth, this time, especially after the supposed dumping-of-the-body-in-the-ocean story, is extremely, astronomically small. The math just isn't there, my friends. Don't fight the numbers.
Originally posted by bluemirage5
reply to post by babybunnies
Not every story is a conspiracy but every conspiracy is news worthy.
Everything thats popped out of Obama's mouth since he was elected has been a lie......so it's dam hard to believe anything he says now.
Originally posted by theseeker27
Forgive me for saying so, but didn't Mel Gibson's character in the movie 'Conspiracy Theorist' turn out to be right in the end?


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It may be wise to put some
Poké Snacks at the Poké Spots to lure out Bonsly. We still have to actually take him to the little girl and the old man. Once you do get Bonsly to come to the Poké Spots, sneak up on him and he'll be startled and run, but come back to you. You automatically take him to the ONBS building in Pyrite Town. The old man will then give you the Bonsly Card, which is used for Battle Bingo at the Realgam Tower.
Justy's e-mail that said the Pre Gym is now open? Time to go there and battle him. Head up to the Pre Gym in Phenac City to battle him.
Justy will notice your Snag Machine is missing. He is surprised Team Snagem still exists (from the events of Pokémon Colosseum). You have to exit and enter the Pre Gym again to get him to battle you. However, you will have to battle four trainers before you can battle Justy.
Now you get to battle
Justy. However, unlike in Pokémon Colosseum, you don't have to have a full party of six.
Justy will give you a
Lum Berry and TM32 ( Double Team). Head over to Gateon Port for your interview with Acri.
Go over to
Acri's house, next to the Parts Shop. Depending on your answers, she'll give you either an Amulet Coin, a Quick Claw, or a White Herb. I recommend the Amulet Coin, as you can get the others at Mt. Battle's Poké Coupon Exchange. Answer "Yes" to all of Acri's questions, then head to the new location on the map.
Cipher Key Lair
Zook, the guy with the Shadow Zangoose from Gateon Port? He's here. Team Snagem has arrived to try and get inside the building. Zook doesn't let them and challenges Team Snagem Biden to a battle, in which Biden loses.
After a little talk about the
Snag Machine being sent to Team Snagem's leader, Gonzap, Zook notices you and battles you.
You don't have your
Snag Machine, so you can't Snag Zangoose…yet. Get rid of Zangoose first, because it is the most deadly of all of Zook's Pokémon.
Zook will blame you for losing. Because it's all your fault, right? When you try and leave, you get an e-mail from
Secc in ONBS.
Go back to
Pyrite Town and head to the ONBS building.

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By Tim Montgomerie
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It's been exactly one week since I urged David Cameron to drop the NHS Bill in what turned out to be the most-read post in the seven year history of ConHome.
As I said in TV interviews at the time I didn't expect the PM to heed my advice and I completely understand why he didn't. At this late stage there are no easy options. Mr Cameron either mounts a humiliating retreat by dumping all of the NHS Bill's contentious components or he ploughs on in the teeth of opposition from NHS professionals and the public. I am still of the view that ploughing on is the worst course and it is the one that Labour desperately wants the Coalition to take.
If we plough on Labour will blame the Bill – unfairly – for everything that goes wrong in the NHS in the rest of the parliament. And more things than usual are set to go wrong because the squeeze on NHS budgets is going to be severe. The Bill would be forgivable if it wasn't going to deliver deliver big efficiencies. The tragedy is, however, that the Bill is unnecessary. Stephen Dorrell, Chairman of the Health Select Committee, has argued convincingly that just about all of the necessary reforms could have been pursued without an Act of Parliament. Reasonable people would have blamed the economic situation for the cuts. Many will now blame the Bill. Worse, Labour will repeat their old mantra that the Conservatives can't be trusted with the NHS. In opposition, Labour will say, Cameron vowed not to introduce a top-down reorganisation and then in government did precisely that.
The PM cannot say he wasn't warned. As LabourList blogged last Saturday: Ashcroft Warned the Tories About the Health Bill a Year Ago. Lord Ashcroft's mega poll of more than 10,000 voters from last May explained the situation very clearly:
"Many in our research believed the NHS was subject to cuts, though the government maintains its budget is being protected and increased. Most people were sceptical of the proposed reforms, and those who had noticed that some health professionals opposed them tended to take the same view. Nobody seemed to know is why the reforms were needed and how, even in theory, they were supposed to improve things for patients."
You can read a PDF of the full 'Project Blueprint' polling here.
Following the ConHome intervention Stephan Shakespeare wrote an important piece on the subject of U-turns earlier this week. Voters approve of changes in direction, the YouGov CEO argued, if they bring the polician back in touch with public opinion. And, as we know, only 18% support the NHS Bill.
The U-turn almost certainly isn't going to happen but at least the Government is now making a much better case for its reforms. Pieces in the last week by the PM, Simon Burns, Sayeeda Warsi and backbencher Nick de Bois have been a big improvement on what went before. Their substantive pieces have been a welcome contrast to the personal attacks orchestrated by one aide to the Health Secretary. Anyhow, this will be my last word on the NHS Bill for some time but if we are to win a parliamentary majority we need to get back to the position that David Cameron fought so hard to achieve at the last election – and neutralise the NHS as an election issue. I'm with Paul Goodman in believing that Jeremy Hunt is the best person to lead that effort.


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The Ladies of Camelot
A sturdy young woman, this Irish lass is known to Lerrad and Tuckian O'Donnell and Wenndolyne since they were all children together at Flaxley. She is merry among friends, speaks her mind when she sees need (with a sharp tongue for those who cross her), and can drink with the best of them. Skilled in herb lore, she's a woman of the land, and often seeks refuge in her garden.
So long and thanks for all the ... mead?
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Alex Woodyard left Lincoln City yesterday looking for fame and fortune at a higher level. Had we been promoted, I have little doubt he would have stayed. Instead, he’s gone and we reluctantly have to move on.
Inevitably though, his career will be tracked by many on social media, always making reference to him being on the bench, being dropped or even worse, left out completely. Given his talent, that shouldn’t happen, but given the manager he’s working for, you never know. After all, Steve Evans isn’t known for loving his players, not even a little bit.
Recently, quite a few players have left City looking for a better life in a higher division, or even in the same division, and few have come off well.
Jonny Margetts was the first, within a few months of joining City he was on the radar of Scunthorpe United. It was speculated he was never really wanted by the manager, but chairman Peter Swann coveted the striker. Some say it was because he knew him from Gainsborough Trinity, others say it was a malice buy, a show of strength in the battle to be Lincolnshire’s top team. Whatever the case, Margetts left for the bright lights of League One after a handful of appearances and that four-goal haul against Southport to his name.
He played seven time for Lincoln in just a month. August 2016 saw him move to Iron and since then he’s played five matches, all as a sub, scoring once in the EFL Trophy. He suffered an injury, but never got close to the first team and was recently released. He made more starts on his short return to City on loan, but his season on the bench saw a relatively unfit player stumble through four end of season games. His likely destination will be National League or below this summer.
Theo Robinson was another who fancied a stab at a higher division, although to be fair to Theo he never hid that fact. He played 19 times for us and scored six goals, five of which came under the FA Cup spotlight. Was he a show pony, putting on a performance when he knew the world was watching? Not for me, but some did note his improved performances in the FA Cup. He was another deadline day departure, another who got a League One call and couldn’t wait to make the switch. again, but how could you bear him any malice? He was on a week to week contract and wanted to be in the shop window.
Since his January 2017 move he has scored seven league goals for Southend, but of his 43 league appearances, 33 have come from the bench. Did he ‘make it’ after his move? He got more game time than Margetts but it could be argued he hasn’t really thrived at Roots Hall. He was linked with us in January too, just like Margetts it seemed a move back to Lincoln was in his heart. Both jumped ship and, if the speculation is to be believed, both regretted it.
What about Sean Raggett? He doesn’t quite fall into the same category, Raggs was a fine servant to this club and earned his move fair and square, just like Alex did. His loan spell back here helped us establish ourselves as a Football League club and his return to Norwich was meant to be the next step on the ladder. However, speaking to a Norwich fan the other week I asked how h thought Sean Raggett was getting on. The answer I got was ‘who is that?’
His game time has been limited to say the least, two brief appearances in the league, one of which came as the Canaries were thrashed 5-1 on the final day of the season. He’s a Championship player so has gone one step further than Alex has, but his progress has stalled. He’s younger than Alex and arguably has a bit more potential, but that green grass of Carrow Road has yet to see much of our National League hero. What price on another loan spell this season? Maybe not at Lincoln, but I wouldn’t mind betting Peterborough are paying close attention.
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Logan County Genealogical and
Historical Society to meet Monday, September 20th
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[September 18, 2021]
Pastor John Johnson of Lincoln will speak on "The Missionary Who Met
Lincoln," during the 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, meeting of the
Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society.
The pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Mason City taught history
prior to entering Seminary and has provided interpretation at New
Salem and in Tennessee. He has also been an historical speaker at
Lincoln College. He will be making his LCGHS presentation wearing
The meeting will be held at the LCGHS Center located at 114 N. Chicago St. in
Lincoln. Refreshments will be served following a brief meeting. The meeting is
open to the public. Masks will be required.


However, I am wary of the lack of restrictions on permit-buying. If non-fishermen buy catch shares simply to put the quota out of commission, then I think we need to change the phrase “catch share.” Perhaps “catch stops” or “community killers.”
If catch shares are really the panacea to overfishing, as the Environmental Defense Fund would have us believe, then why do we need to keep any part of the catch out of fishermen’s hands?
NMFS is turning to catch shares regardless of how they affect fishing communities, so the least the agency can do is ensure that the limited quotas are available for actual fishermen to fish them, not for NGOs to put them out of commission, completely bypassing the management process.
If we want to put an end to fishing in this country, we’re on the right track.
If not, then 2011 needs to be the year of fighting back.


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On Turn 28 of A Worthy Opponent, Autumnsbane and Blacklace spend the hour with the winner of the first AWO Hearthstone Tournament, Dustin The White. We talk with Dustin about his experience at the tournament, his gaming background, his deck and his strategies, as well as recapping some memorable moments from the tournament itself.
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Two minutes before the RV blew up, East Tennessee native and Metro Nashville Patrolman Michael Sipos walked by the suicide bomber's vehicle as it blared warning messages on Nashville's popular Second Avenue North.
"Stay clear of the vehicle! Evacuate now!" the recording in a woman's voice said again and again.
"That's so weird," Sipos, a University of Tennessee and Hardin Valley Academy graduate, remarked in newly released video recorded on his bodycam to fellow officer Brenna Hosey as they passed the white camper.
"That's like something out of a movie."
"Like 'The Purge?'" Hosey replied.
"Yeah," Sipos said.
The officers, who had been evacuating Second Avenue North residents, continued up the street, passing a closed liquor store and a Hooter's.
Another officer joined them, informing them he'd learned that the AT&T building the RV was parked by "houses all the hard lines for all the phones in the Southeast."
The ensuing explosion indeed would disrupt phone lines and communications service across several states over the weekend.
The patrolmen parted, deciding to put on armor. A warning message - "Stay away from the vehicle!" -- continued to blare in the background.
Sipos, who's been on the force about 16 months, walked to his cruiser parked around the corner near Church Street and First Avenue. On the horizon, dawn's glow was just beginning to show. Nissan Stadium could be seen across the nearby Cumberland River.
Just after Sipos opened the trunk of his car, a loud blast shook the block from back on Second Avenue, where he'd just been. Car alarms began sounding.
The time was about 6:30 a.m.
On Sipos' bodycam, the sounds of tinkling glass falling to the ground can be heard, debris scattered by the bomb across downtown Nashville.
Sipos' radio and that of his fellow officers erupted with urgent requests for fire department help and this: "We've had an explosion!"
"We need all available resources ASAP," an officer radioed.
"I'm good!" another could be heard saying. "I'm good!"
Officer James Wells also needed medical help because he'd suffered hearing loss in his left ear when the RV exploded nearby.
Metro Nashville Mayor John Cooper and others would later commend the handful of first-responding officers for their work clearing the area and evacuating residents.
As Sipos walked back up toward Second Avenue where his fellow officers were hurriedly inspecting the street, the video shows large wooden panels that had been affixed over windows by Sipos' car that had been knocked out of their frames by the blast.
"Whooo!" Sipos exclaimed to himself, and then carried on with his work.
Around the corner, flames flickered at the spot where the RV had just been parked. Authorities think bomber Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, drove there a few hours before and then blew himself up inside by setting off the bomb.


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Yoke Lore and Jax Anderson have united for the bright new track "Sensitive Heart," the video for which is premiering exclusively on Billboard Friday (Feb. 14).
In the video, the pair dance with bouquets of yellow daisies as they narrate the song's vulnerable lyrics. "How many hearts ya gonna break up/ Till you learn just what you're made of/ It's all in the eye of the beholder/ Don't wear the weight upon your shoulders," Lore and Anderson sing together on the chorus, before trading stanzas on the next verse.
"This song is about being the architect of your own reality," Yoke Lore (born Adrian Galvin) tells Billboard. Jax Anderson (formerly known as Flint Eastwood) adds, "I completely love how 'Sensitive Heart' came together -- working with Adrian on this was amazing."

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Comparative study on phenolic, flavonoids and in vitro antioxidant activity of wild edible plants from Loktak Lake wetland ecosystem under North East Indian Himalayan Region.Nat Prod Res. 2021 Dec; 35(24):6045-6048.NP
The present study investigates the antioxidant activity of 28 wild edible plants (WEPs) resources of Loktak Lake wetland ecosystem of Manipur, North East Indian Himalayan Region and their correlation with phenolics and flavonoids. Antioxidant activity was measured by DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assay. The antioxidant capacity was found to wide ranges of 1.71 to 263.7 µM TEAC/g fresh weight. In three assays, maximum antioxidant capacity is in same order Jussiaea repens L. > Gynura cusimbua (D. Don) Moore > Polygonum sagitattum L. ranging from 99.5 to 263.7 µM TEAC/g fresh weight. The correlation study established that all the three antioxidant assays are positively correlated and phenolics have contributed more in antioxidant activity than flavonoids. Among 28 WEPs, Jussiaea repens L. and Gynura cusimbua (D. Don) Moore were found to be most promising. These plants can be used as source of natural antioxidant additives, nutritional supplements or ingredients of functional foods.


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STD testing is not usually part of the normal gynecologist visit or checkup. However, many people who are sexually active do receive STD tests from time to time. Since sexually transmitted diseases are so commonly contracted, it’s important to know if you have one. Be as honest as possible with your health care provider about your sexual activity, so that they can assist you in deciding which tests would best suit you.
In most STD tests, symptoms are usually assessed in a couple of days. This means you could be tested right away, or you may have to wait at least a week. If you’re sexually active, it’s always best to get yourself tested. Unfortunately, not everyone chooses to be. Some shy away because of shame, while others don’t want to admit that they are either STD-positive or have an STD. That’s why STD testing is so important, even if people don’t like to think that they have it.
STD tests can be done at a variety of medical facilities. Your primary care doctor should be able to tell you where you can go to be STD tested, canada home testing even offer STD testing at their offices. There are also private STD testing centers that you can receive STD tests at anytime, which can be very convenient for people who don’t have a lot of time to commute to their local doctor.
There are several STD blood tests that can be done to diagnose various STDs. A common STD blood test will detect antibodies against the Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV, in your system. This type of test is relatively simple to do, and only requires the first morning swab of your cheeks, usually for around $20. Unfortunately, many stds do not produce any antibodies, or only show one or two infections, meaning that it can be hard to tell at first if you have an STD or not.
After you’ve received an STD test and had it confirmed, your next step will be to see a medical professional who can give you treatment options. These include medications that can help control the symptoms of your condition, as well as information about how to prevent passing this disease on to others. Many stds are treatable, even life-threatening, but no one wants to take that chance. With the help of a medical professional and the proper treatment options, most STDs can be treated and won’t lead to serious health complications.
In the end, you can have an accurate STD test by taking an exam at an STD clinic. You can even take the exam online and receive results almost immediately. The process of obtaining an exam and results, however, can be a little complicated, especially if you’re dealing with a new partner. It’s always best to get this kind of exam before you engage in sexual activity with someone new. While previous outbreaks of herpes and gonorrhea can be treated successfully, there’s no guarantee that future cases will be clear or that your current partner will not pass on the disease.

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