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This is my new blog. My intent is to create a resource for people who are going through a process of healing from trauma that may have occurred as a child or later in life. There is a ton of material out there that is evidence based research, but it is all written in clinical hyperbole by people who have not been there. I am one who likes to learn from those who have walked the walk.
To explain, I have a chronic illness which to this day I firmly believe I can lessen the impact of it on my life if not completely overcome. In my earnest endeavor, I sought out help to “get healed.” That was three years ago. I had no clue how messed up I was because I had no other reference. I had always been hyper-vigilant, fearful, over reactive and closed off. Who knew? I was more worried because I could not walk anymore.
To start off with this first post, I want to introduce you to the Adverse Childhood Experience Study or ACE Study. This was introduced to me way into my journey of therapy and working on figuring out what was “wrong” with me. This study had over 17,000 participants who volunteer by doing a routine health screening and was originated back in the late 1990’s. The results which are still being analyzed are proof of the correlation to health issues and social-economic risks caused by childhood trauma. Any one can take the test. There are ten questions and you add up your yes answers. http://acestudy.org/ace_score
The study reveals evidence that a score of three or more usually produces a higher probability of chronic illness, co morbidity and/or shorten mortality. The higher the score, the more likely there will or are issues in adult life. Just for the record, my score is 8 out of ten. It actually shocked me too.
I will be writing more about this study and the impact this research has had on the medical community…..which as a hint….not much. Not too many people know about this study. Those who work in behavioral medicine are beginning to see a correlation to child hood abuse and addiction and are working on different interventions. That’s for another time.
Namaste…..which is a powerful embracing acknowledgment of the Divine in us all.

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Earlier this year the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) opened the Defence Wargaming Centre to support the three branches of the military. We find out about the centre’s work and how it will help the navy, army and air force make better decisions.
Also in the next issue, we catch up with France’s plan to create a collaborative combat platform linking manned and unmanned ground vehicles and UAVs, and we take a look at the country’s new fleet of ground vehicles unveiled at the International Armoured Vehicles event in January.
We also check out new technologies for aerial refuelling, including the integration of autonomous capabilities, take a look at the UK’s plan to set up a space command, and find out what progress the UK’s Intelligent Ship competition has made in its first year of reimagining the future of naval warfare.
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The Most Dangerous Thing About China: Americans' AttitudesMichael J. Silverstein
Most Americans are scared of China’s economic expansion. They hear their leaders talk about intellectual-property theft, military buildups, political intrigue, and stolen jobs. This rhetoric could backfire on the U.S. economy and limit opportunities for the next generation.
Almost half of Americans—46 percent—say they believe “China’s growth will have a negative impact on the U.S. economy,” according to a recent survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) of 4,000 consumers in China, the U.S., and the U.K. To put a finer point on it, only 20 percent of Americans said they disagreed with that statement.
This view is misguided—and reinforced by pundits and politicians. In recent debates, each presidential candidate argued he is tougher on China than the other. Americans are being sold a bill of goods—that China’s growth is the U.S.’s loss. It simply is not true. It is not a zero-sum game.
China’s growth—specifically, the huge increase in spending by Chinese, the largest expansion of a consumer market in history—represents one of America’s best chances for future prosperity. Imagine 1.3 billion people with annual incomes rising from $4,000 to $12,000 over the next decade. They want brands—often U.S. brands. The U.S. has the resources and intelligence to become China’s leading trading partner and capture the benefits.
In our survey, 40 percent of Chinese people said they are planning to spend more money in the next 12 months than they did in the past 12—despite the current, and temporary, slowdown in China. By contrast, only 9 percent of U.S. consumers said they plan to spend more in the next year.
To prepare to benefit from China, Americans not only need to change their attitude and understand what Chinese consumers will want; they need to understand the skills required to deliver to China.
The siren song from China is the demand for food, cars, housing, health care, apparel, education, and solutions to environmental and water challenges. Americans can participate if they pursue the right technical skills. Engineers, biochemists, development economists, and finance and accounting experts will be among the winners.
Business leaders can set the stage by planning around the tremendous opportunity—and daunting risk—China presents. The volatility, obstacles, and number of ingenious and well-funded local competitors in China will explode, but so will the rewards of being a U.S. company that gets it right. Starbucks, Mondelez International, Yum! Brands, and General Motors exemplify getting it right in China now.
To provide Chinese consumers the right goods at the right prices, with the right features and margins, leaders need to always ask: Do we have the best and brightest deployed in China? Do we really understand Chinese consumers’ needs, hopes, and dreams? Are our aspirations big enough? Have we set investments at a high enough level?
Sadly, too few U.S. companies can answer “yes, yes, yes, yes.”

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As part of the 40th Mardi Gras Festival, soon-to-be-knighted British artist Isaac Julien will be visiting Paddington's Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, armed with his stunning, 29-year-old film Looking for Langston (1989/2017) and a solo exhibition filled with new large-scale and silver gelatin photographic works.
The film, which visited MoMA, New York City, and Tate Britain in 2017, is an exploration of African–American poet Langston Hughes, particularly his relationship with other artists of the Harlem Renaissance, an explosion of culture and art that took over Harlem, New York City, in the 1920s. As part of the adventure, Julien makes references to works by 1980s artists, including James Van der Zee, George Platt Lynes and Robert Mapplethorpe.
In addition, Julien's film Young Soul Rebels (1991) will show at Golden Age Cinema on February 18, as part of the Queer Film Festival. He'll also make an appearance at the AGNSW on Wednesday, February 14, in conversation with Maud Page, the gallery's deputy director, following a screening of Looking for Langston in its original 16mm format.


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It is our goal not to merely meet expectations, but to exceed them. We do this by living out our Mission, Vision and Values each and every day. We believe we owe it to the community we serve to strive for excellence in all we do. We take our role in the community seriously. That means that in all we do, from our facility to the technology to the people who care for our patients, we do it in a way that sets us apart from ordinary.
TLRMC named a 2018 Top Rural & Community Hospital by The Chartis Group
Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center was recently named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This is the second year in a row the Grayson County hospital has been honored. Unlike last year, TLRMC is the only rural hospital in Kentucky to receive the 2018 honor.
The Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliary has won the HANDS Award (Helping Accomplish Noteworthy Duties Successfully) given by the Kentucky Hospital Association on three occasions. Each time, the Auxiliary was the only recipient for an In-Service Hospital Project for hospitals with under 100 beds. The awards were presented for the Sock Monkey project (2008), Patty’s Pillows for cancer patients (2010), and for renovating the hospital chapel (2013).
KHA’s 2018 Health Care Governance Leadership Award
The Kentucky Hospital Association's Health Care Governance Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals who have had a positive and sustainable impact on the quality of care in their community, was presented to Trevor Ray, board chair of the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Leitchfield.

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Creamy chicken topped with mushroom and thyme sauce
Just a few ingredients are needed for tonight’s dinner.
- Serves 2
- Less than 45 minutes
- 4 (600g) skinless and boneless chicken breasts
- ½ cup (125ml) Maggi Lazenby Worcestershire sauce
- 3 Tbsp (45ml) olive oil
- ½ cup (125ml) chicken stock
- 100g portabellini mushrooms, quartered
- ½ cup (125ml) Nestlé Ideal unsweetened evaporated milk
- 1 Tbsp (15ml) fresh thyme
- Salt and milled pepper
- Couscous, for serving
- Place chicken breasts in a shallow bowl and coat with Worcestershire sauce.
- Marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a large frying pan and cook chicken until golden on both sides.
- Pour over chicken stock, cover with a lid and cook until chicken is tender and cooked through.
- Remove and set aside.
- Add mushrooms, ideal milk, thyme and seasoning to the same pan and cook until thickened slightly.
- Return chicken to pan and stir to combine.
- Serve chicken with couscous and drizzle with creamy mushroom and thyme sauce.

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‘I’ve been thrown to the lions’ by footballer gagging order: Imogen ThomasApril 28th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
The former Miss Wales further added that she had no intention of spilling the beans about her six months’ relationship with the married footballer.
Speaking on ITV’s This Morning’s, Thomas said that it was unjust that the player’s name had been protected while she had been subsequently named and shamed.
“I had no intention of speaking about the man,” she said. “I just wish that my name was protected,” the Telegraph quoted her as saying.
The distraught former Big Brother contestant said she did not have as much money as the wealthy sportsman to get an injunction.
“I didn’t have 50,000 pounds to get an injunction. Now I feel as if I have been thrown to the lions and (told to) deal with it, I can’t deal with it,” Thomas added.
Thomas said, the first time she found out that news of their alleged relationship had leaked to the press was when reporters came to her door.
“As foolish as this sounds, I honestly didn’t think this would get out into the public domain and I always said I had no intention of selling the story,” the 28-year old said.
The footballer had proactively gained an injunction at a private hearing before Mr Justice Eady at the High Court earlier this month. (ANI)
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- Imogen Thomas clears her name - Dec 15, 2011
- 'Big Brother's' Imogen Thomas feels betrayed by married soccer star - Apr 18, 2011
- Latest cheating footballer makes Rooney 'look like a saint': Nadine Ferguson - Apr 16, 2011
- Jason Gardiner: 'I could be fired from DOI' - Feb 08, 2011
- Premier League footballer wins gagging order on affair with topless model - Apr 15, 2011
- Imogen Thomas 'calls police over Twitter threats' - May 26, 2011
- Rihanna gets a £15,000 haircut - Mar 01, 2012
- Wedding just happened: Reid - Aug 28, 2011
- Janet Jackson opens up about her relationship with father Joe - Feb 17, 2011
- Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish: Steve Jobs' speech at Stanford - Oct 06, 2011
- Distance makes heart grow fonder - does it? (Feature) - May 08, 2012
- Secret married soccer player wanted to dump wife for Imogen Thomas - Apr 27, 2011
- Shakira, Pique, a happy couple - Apr 17, 2011
- I didn't have a childhood: Katy Perry - May 04, 2011
Tags: alleged relationship, big brother contestant, eady, gagging order, injunction, intention, itv, lions, mr justice, much money, public domain, six months, spilling the beans, sportsman, telegraph, wales

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The Rings Of Power Episode 8 Release Date: All You Need To Know
It is an American fantasy television series based on the novel The Lord of the Rings. This series has been developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay. Its first episode was released on 1 September 2022 and after the release, this show is currently watched all over the world and in a very short duration of time it has got a massive fan following.
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Taking full extent of S.R. Slings'new Greek text of the Republic, Reeve has given us a translation at once both accurate and limpid. Loving attention to detail and deep familiarity with Plato's thought are evident on every page.
- Limba : Engleza
- Data Publicarii : 15 Sep 2004
- Format : Hardback
- Numar pagini : 392
- ISBN : 9780872207370

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Needs assessment, baseline report and feasibility study for development of project document for ICIMOD, Nepal
The original request for Proposal (RFP) No: 7000001808 is available on the UNIDO e-procurement portal and the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) website.
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Work starts this week to build a three-storey anchor store for Primark, doubling the size of its current shop to 60,000 sq ft.
Project client is Land Securities, owner of the Bridges centre.
Jonathan Buckle, portfolio manager for the Bridges, said: "We've worked hand-in-hand with Sunderland City Council to ensure we proposed a viable extension strategy and I can't wait to see our ideas take shape. What's more we'll be bringing cranes back to the skyline of Sunderland City Centre and creating much needed jobs for the local economy."
Morgan Sindall regional managing director Gordon Ray said: "We're so pleased further investment is being made in the centre of the city. The new extension will bring additional footfall to the already popular Bridges shopping centre.
"Morgan Sindall has a long track record of delivering high quality retail facilities and is able to draw on a wealth of experience in this sector. We're looking forward to building on our already strong relationship with Land Securities in the northeast."
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The food insecurity-obesity paradox as a vicious cycle for women: inequalities and health
Poverty and income inequality undermine women’s health in a myriad of ways. This article discusses findings from the Full Plate Project, which addressed women’s experience of food security, obesity, and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada. Through first-hand accounts, it identifies a vicious cycle surrounding the food insecurity–obesity paradox. The cycle’s core elements included experiences of poverty, food insecurity and nutritional deprivation, weight gain leading to obesity, stress, and experiences of chronic illness. These mainly qualitative findings provide a vivid and multi-layered analysis of the effects of inequalities on health. A majority of Full Plate participants were lone mothers and unattached women, and existing outside of a two-adult member household framework. The vicious cycles experienced are intertwined and cannot be addressed by compartmentalising elements of health or social services. Evidence indicates that policies must respond fully to the social determinants of health and multiple inequalities related to poverty, gender, age, mobility, disability, location, culture, coping skills, and other dynamics.
This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.
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March 19 (UPI) — Amazon Prime Video became the exclusive provider of Thursday Night Football in one of several new broadcast deals announced by the NFL.
Sources told CNBC, the New York Times and the New York Post that the 11-year media rights agreement — announced Thursday — is worth more than $ 100 billion. The contract starts in 2023 and runs through 2033.
The NFL also signed deals with CBS, ESPN/ABC and Fox. CBS, Fox and NBC each will televise three upcoming Super Bowls as part of the agreement. ESPN/ABC will televise the Super Bowl in 2026 and 2030.
“These new media deals will provide our fans even greater access to the games they love. We’re proud to grow our partnerships with the most innovative media companies in the market,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a news release.
“Along with our recently completed labor agreement with the NFLPA, these distribution agreements bring an unprecedented era of stability to the League and will permit us to continue to grow and improve our game.”
The NFL first partnered with Amazon for Thursday Night Football in 2017. CBS is the league’s longest-running media partner and has worked with the NFL since 1956.
“NFL games are the most watched live programming in the United States, and this unprecedented Thursday Night Football package gives tens of millions of new and existing Prime members exclusive access to must-watch live football on Prime Video,” said Mike Hopkins, the senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios.
“NFL fans from across the country will enjoy a premium viewing experience with Thursday Night Football, as well as access to a broad selection of content including award-winning Amazon Originals available on Prime Video.”
CBS maintained its right to broadcast AFC games on Sundays, while Fox maintained its NFC package on Sundays as part of the new pact. ESPN also will continue to host Monday Night Football. ESPN+ subscribers will be able to stream one international series game each season.
NBC also kept its rights to air Sunday Night Football. The league said it also plans to continue with broadcasts of a “select schedule” of games on NFL Network.
“The NFL has been a cornerstone of CBS Sports programming for more than 60 years,” CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said. “We are extremely pleased to extend our long-standing partnership with the NFL for the next decade.
“The NFL is the most valuable content in all of media, and we are excited that the deal allows for more Sunday afternoon games than ever before and we retain the NFL’s most-watched time slot. This wide-ranging deal includes significantly expanded rights, and we look forward to continued growth and to maximizing the enormous value of the NFL across all of our CBS Sports platforms.”


Flik: Who sings this song?About a minute passes without further discussion on the song or artist.
Mommy: Michael Jackson.
Flik: (looking perplexed) No. You're kidding!
Mommy: No, really. This song is Michael Jackson, too.
Flik: Mommy, you're kidding. This is NOT Michael Jackson.Later, Flik entertained us with some dance moves set to Thriller. Check 'em out. Seriously folks, he's had no formal training.
Mommy: Flik, sweetie. This is really Michael Jackson. Why do you think it's not Michael Jackson.
Flik: Because this doesn't sound like Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is a boy.


Friday, December 10, 2010
Public Pension Bill Making Headlines
Pension Woes Prompt GOP Move
by THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The new Republican House leadership, whose party benefited in November from public antipathy toward the bailout of banks, is moving to avoid a federal bailout of state and local pension funds.
Congress has little authority over, or responsibility for, state and local public-employee pensions. But with pension liabilities increasingly stressing state and municipal finances, the prospect that the problem will end up in Washington's lap has some academics and politicians urging that the federal government move preemptively.
In New Jersey, concerns about cuts in public pensions have led to a rise in retirements this year.
The latest wrinkle: A bill introduced last week by three prominent House Republicans to deny states and localities the ability to sell tax-exempt bonds—the lifeblood for many governments—unless they report their pension-fund liabilities to the Treasury Department. The federal tax-free status of interest on municipal bonds helps generate demand for the bonds and lowers government borrowing costs.
The goal, the congressmen say, is to get a better handle on funding woes of public pensions, which they say are not always forthcoming about the true extent of their financial exposure.
For decades, the federal government has regulated corporate pension funds and a federal agency, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., can bail them out.
But there is no such federal backstop for state and local employee pensions. Some argue that Washington would be hard pressed to ignore a pension plan if it threatened a major government insolvency.
"The point of this is to smoke the rats out of their holes," said Rep. Devin Nunes of California, who introduced the bill. "What is the total amount of pension debt? No one really knows."
Read the full article from the Wall Street Journal here.
Pension reality check
The Washington Post
December 8, 2010
State and local government spending stands at 12.6 percent of U.S. gross domestic product - the highest share ever. To be sure, this largely reflects the recession, during which state and local spending has been growing more slowly than it did earlier in the decade while GDP has been falling or stagnant. Still, long-term state and local financial commitments, above all for pensions and health-care benefits of public employees, are driving much of the cost. And since states have to balance their budgets, spiraling employee compensation threatens to crowd out the provision of public services such as education, recreation and road maintenance.
Getting states, counties and cities back on a sustainable budget path is primarily their own responsibility. But federal policies can help - or hurt. At the moment, Congress is considering one of each type. On the helpful side, a trio of Republican members of the House - Paul Ryan (Wis.), Darrell Issa (Calif.) and Devin Nunes (Calif.) - have proposed a bill that would require all state and local governments that issue federally tax-exempt bonds to file accurate annual reports of their pension liabilities with the Treasury Department.
Public-employee pension funds are notorious for understating their liabilities through the use of vague projections and rosy investment-return assumptions. This proposal would force pension funds to show what they would earn if invested only in super-safe Treasury securities - a reasonable point of comparison given that pension benefits are usually guaranteed by law. And the bill would declare that the federal government is not liable for covering state and local pension fund shortfalls, another incentive for such plans to enact reforms.
Read the column in the Washington Post here.
Accounting for Public Pensions
The New York Times
December 10, 2010
As companies moved away from defined-benefit plans, most cities and states did not follow. One reason for that may have been that the Government Accounting Standards Board — the public sector equivalent of FASB — has done much less to force good disclosures, or comparable ones.
Having limited information available can obscure problems, but when concerns arise, a lack of good data can have the opposite effect; people assume the worst.
Estimates of unfunded pension liabilities can be breathtaking. Two economists, Robert Novy-Marx of the University of Rochester and Joshua Rauh of Northwestern, put the figures at $3 trillion for state governments and almost $600 billion for municipalities. Those figures are far greater than official government figures, and are highly dependent on interest rate levels, which can and do fluctuate. They may be too high, but there is no way to be sure of that.
Some people say the 1974 passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, known as Erisa, led to the demise of private pension plans because companies for the first time really had to honor pension promises. But the trend did not pick up steam until the accountants forced disclosure of real numbers. Most state constitutions have long barred cutting public pension benefits that have been earned, but that fact alone did not force change.
This week, three Republican members of Congress, led by Representative Devin Nunes of California, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, proposed legislation to force states and cities to report pension fund liabilities on the same basis, and to force them to disclose market values of assets. The bill would not even allow smoothing, so the state of pension funding will seem volatile as markets rise and fall. Such volatility could be reduced by putting more pension money into bonds than stocks, but doing so would force governments to admit they were likely to earn less on investments, and thus need to put even more money into pension plans.
Read the complete column in the New York Times here.


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Manhunt subject taken into custody
A man with Palm Springs ties who was the subject of a San Diego manhunt was taken into custody Tuesday morning.
Kurt Wendelborg, 52, was wanted by the San Diego Police Department and the Metro Arson Strike team for failing to appear in court to face charges of arson and vandalism in connection to a January incident in a San Diego suburb.
He was taken into custody outside of his San Diego residence without incident Tuesday morning, according to Palm Springs police.
His two outstanding warrants from his arrest totaled more than $1 million.
According to Palm Springs police, Wendelborg had been arrested under suspicion of trespassing in the 500 block of North Avenida Caballeros in October 2014.
Anna Rumer is a public safety reporter for The Desert Sun. She can be reached at (760) 778-4692, email@example.com or on Twitter @AnnaRumer.


Orson Welles could not imagine how anyone could believe that Martians had really landed in New Jersey. At the CBS press conference the day following his "War of the Worlds" broadcast, Welles was asked whether he believed he had taken advantage of the public. "I can't image an invasion from Mars would find ready acceptance," responded Welles.
"War of the Worlds" premieres October 29, 2013 at 9pm ET on PBS.
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create the myth of the American West that still endures today.
A daunting story of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny and cannibalism amongst a group left abandoned in the high Arctic.
The personal journey of three generations of a Japanese American family, including their stint in internment camps during World War II.
Follow seven former Amish who choose their freedom over their family
Politics, culture, race relations, and technology in a year of change.
Legendary bank robber John Dillinger garnered the admiration of many struggling Americans, but FBI took him down with a message: crime doesn't pay.
The life of the legendary photographer, known best for his black and white images of the wilderness of the American West.
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Roisin Murphy, Rat Boy, Kurt Vile and Mystery Jets also played live across the city
Ezra Furman andSuede frontman Brett Anderson praised the influence of 6 Music during their respective sets at the station’s annual festival yesterday.
Performing as the 6 Music Festival headliners at Bristol’s Motion last night, Anderson said “The landscape of modern British music would be very different if it wasn’t for 6 Music.” Showcasing tracks ‘Trash,’ ‘Animal Nitrate’ and more, the band also played tracks from new album ‘Night Thought’, released last month.
‘Introducing the Band’
‘Killing of a Flashboy’
‘What I’m Trying to Tell You’
‘Sometimes I Feel I’ll Float Away’
‘The Big Time’
‘To the Birds’
‘I Can’t Give Her What She Wants’
In the city’s Colton Hall venue, Ezra Furman and and his band The Boy-Friends performed a selection of tracks from 2015 album ‘Perpetual Motion People’ and thanked 6 Music presenter Marc Riley for his success in the UK.
“If it wasn’t for Marc Riley taking a chance and playing our record, we would definitely not be here today,” he told the audience. “Why does this band get to be here? Send him your song. You could be up here.” Furman also treated the crowd to a cover of Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’
Speaking to Mary Anne Hobbs during the festival, Kurt Vile also praised the radio station, stating “UK radio plays a wider variety of music. I like the BBC thing.”
In the O2 Academy, Rat Boy followed up his appearance on the NME Awards Tour 2016 With Austin Texas by taking a tumble during his relentless performance. Later on Mystery Jets played 2008 favourite ‘Two Doors Down’ as well as a selection of new material from their latest album ‘Curve of the Earth.’
Mercury Prize nominee Roisin Murphy played dress-up with around a dozen costume changes, providing one of the most exciting sets of the festival. She also treated the audience to a performance of her Moloko hit ‘Sing It Back’.
Bristol’s own Roni Size and DJ Krusy pulled one of the biggest crowds throughout the evening, with Colston Hall’s concourse stage filled during their takeover.
Earlier on Saturday, the pair announced the return of their Full Cycle Records label, with brand new material, remixes and a European tour promised. Full Cycle Records was a dominant presence in the Bristol jungle and drum & bass scene from the late 90s to the mid 00s.
Underworld closed proceedings with a set that harked back to their hey-day, including soundtrack classic ‘Born Slippy’ and ‘Pearl’s Girl’.

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The following announcement was written by the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum:
Thanks to groundbreaking research into the lives of the Boston Tea Party participants, descendants of these original patriots will, for the first time ever, be able to join an exclusive lineage society that honors their ancestors. Today the new Boston Tea Party Descendants Program is being launched by the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, dedicated to accurately reliving and representing a key time in history (1773-1775), in partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, the nation's first and leading center for family history research. The announcement comes during this 250th anniversary year of the Boston Tea Party, a momentous event that forever changed the course of American history.
This program will allow anyone with a family tree connection to an ancestor that took part in the Boston Tea Party to join this new member-based lineage society, with all research vetted by experts at American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, America's oldest and largest genealogical society. The mission of the Boston Tea Party Descendant Program is to create a qualified lineage membership program dedicated to honoring and perpetuating the memories of those who actively participated in the Boston Tea Party and to foster interest in genealogical connections to participants in the Boston Tea Party, their families and those involved in this "single most important event leading up to the American Revolution".
"We are thrilled to create this first-ever Boston Tea Party descendant online portal of America's first patriots in partnership with the American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society in this 250th anniversary year of the Boston Tea Party," says Shawn P. Ford, Executive Director for the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum. "It is our hope to educate, inspire, and make genealogical connections to those who participated in the Boston Tea Party. American families – new and old – can benefit from knowing about their heritage in the context of this pivotal moment in history."
One feature of the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program will be a public-facing digital portal that members will help build through their contributions in the form of family papers, documents from other genealogical organizations etc. The Boston Tea Party Descendants Program will maintain digital records of all submitted applications with accompanying documentation and will continue to grow into the ultimate online resource for descendants, their families, researchers, and organizations, and live in perpetuity to bring a further personal and cultural understanding and connection to their shared history to the revolutionary event known as the Boston Tea Party.
"To date, there has never been comprehensive genealogical research produced that specifically looks at the Boston Tea Party participants," says Brenton Simons, CEO of American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society. "People are always excited when they can make a personal connection to the past and thanks to this new research into the lives of the Boston Tea Party participants, individuals will be able to link their ancestry to one of the most famous acts of defiance in history, and to join a group of members with that common connection. It's a thrilling way to inspire people to find out more about how their ancestors shaped the world we live in today!"
Applications for membership in the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program will be vetted by full-time professional genealogists at the American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society. Each application will be reviewed for genealogical integrity and historical accuracy before membership is approved.
The initial fee for applying to the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program is $400 which includes processing and vetting. Once accepted to the program, depending on the qualifying ancestor, members are invited to join one of the following membership tiers:
- Lineage Member: Includes any documented descendants from the following groups: Boston Tea Party Participants, Loyal Nine, Boston Sons of Liberty, North End Caucus, St. Andrew's Lodge, Ship guard volunteers, or Signers of November 1773 petitions to town selectmen. $125 annual fee.
- Eyewitness to History: Includes any documented descendants from inhabitants of Boston in 1773, or any eyewitnesses to the Boston Tea Party. $100 annual fee.
- For those who do not have Boston Tea Party ancestry but are interested in this program, they can join this membership tier (which waives the $400 vetting fee):
- Co-conspirator: Researchers, educators, or members of the public who wish to support the program. $75 annual fee.
To apply to the Boston Tea Party Descendants Program, interested parties can go to www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-descendants. The process for acceptance and vetting of application and lineage materials will take approx. 6-8 weeks.
American Ancestors also provides both research support and filming locations for the PBS show Finding Your Roots with renowned scholar and Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party will occur on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Boston will be the FIRST to mark the 250th anniversary of a landmark historic event in the United States' journey to independence. Boston will be honoring the Boston Tea Party in 2023 and will be leading the way as America begins to celebrate all major historic 250th anniversaries leading up to 2026, the semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States of America.
In 2023, a multitude of other organizations across Boston and throughout Massachusetts are working together to create public engagements, dynamic programming, special exhibits, events, installations, and performances.
The 250th anniversary year will culminate in a grand-scale, live reenactment of the Boston Tea Party on Saturday, December 16, 2023. Hundreds of reenactors will tell the story of the infamous Boston Tea Party and theatrically recreate the events of December 16, 1773 at historic Old South Meeting House and Faneuil Hall with a series of performances and programming, followed by a public procession to the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum where the Sons of Liberty will destroy loose tea, 250 pounds of tea sent from London's East India Company in addition to tea sent in from citizens from around the country, into Boston's historic harbor. Information on all events and programming is available at www.BostonTeaParty250.com.
ABOUT BOSTON TEA PARTY SHIPS & MUSEUM
The Boston Tea Party, "the single most important event leading up to the American Revolution, occurred the night of Dec. 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, owned and operated by Historic Tours of America, is dedicated to accurately reliving and representing a key time in history (1773-1775) through actors, tea throwing reenactments, high-tech interactive exhibits, authentic replica ships: the Beaver and the Eleanor, and an award-winning multisensory film, Let it Begin Here. The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is open 7 days/week from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Summer/Spring) and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Fall/Winter). Tours run every 30 minutes in the fall/winter and every 15 minutes in the spring/summer and last 1 hr. Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum was voted #1 'Best Patriotic Attraction' in USA Today's '10Best Readers' Choice Awards 2016'; 'Best New Museum' in 2012 by Yankee magazine and 'Best of the New 2012' by Boston Globe Magazine. To learn more visit www.bostonteapartyship.com or call 1-855-(TEA)-1773. The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is located at 306 Congress St. on the Congress St. Bridge, Boston, MA 02210, over the same body of water where The Boston Tea Party took place.
ABOUT AMERICAN ANCESTORS/NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
American Ancestors is a national center for family history, heritage, and culture. It is the global brand of New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), America's oldest and largest genealogical society (founded in 1845). American Ancestors serves more than 350,000 members and millions of online users engaged in family history nationally and around the world through its website AmericanAncestors.org with more than 1.4 billion names in its databases. Located in Boston, Massachusetts' Back Bay, NEHGS is home to a world-class research center and archive, an expert staff, and the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center. It maintains a publishing division which produces original genealogical research, scholarship, and educational materials, including the Register, the flagship journal of American genealogy since 1847; American Ancestors, its award- winning magazine; and Mayflower Descendant, a quarterly journal of Pilgrim genealogy and history. For more information, visit www.americanancestors.org.
ABOUT THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
Meet Boston, the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party Board of Advisors and Revolution 250, a consortium of organizations working together to commemorate the 250th anniversaries of the events that led to American Revolution, in conjunction with a multitude of organizations in Boston and throughout Massachusetts, are working together to create a series of commemorative programs throughout the entirety of 2023, culminating in a grand-scale, live reenactment celebrating the 250thAnniversary of the Boston Tea Party which will be taking place on Sat., December 16, 2023. Details of all 2023 programming and information on the major reenactment celebration, visit www.BostonTeaParty250.com. Instagram/Facebook: @bostonteaparty250; Twitter: @BOSTeaParty250.

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Tech industry highlights from 2021
After another year in the pandemic, the tech industry saw its fair share of ups and downs and jaw-dropping innovation. With a new year right around the corner, here's a roundup of the tech highlights in 2021.
Launch of the next-gen consoles
The year started off with the video game industry officially stepping into the next generation with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, both packing quite the punch with advanced SSDs, 4k resolution at 120fps and ray tracing technologies.
Android flagships keep getting better and better
Like every year, the Android phone scene in 2021 has been dynamic with powerful new flagships from Samsung, Google, Huawei and more. With the launch of powerhouses such as the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and the Google Pixel 6 Pro, Android users have had plenty to look forward to throughout the year.
Rise of the 'foldables'
While Samsung most notably started the foldable phone trend in 2019, in two years companies like Oppo, Huawei, Motorola and even Microsoft have launched their own variants. In 2021, with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Fold 3 or the Oppo Find N, mobile companies and users alike have shown foldable phones enough love to make them a popular trend.
The new Windows 11
In June this year, Microsoft announced the latest version of their OS - Windows 11. Currently free to download for Windows 10 users, the new operating system promises an optimized taskbar, smaller updates, better security and multi-tasking features.
Nintendo Switch OLED - new console on the block
With the supply crisis that hit the PS5 and Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch held out on its own pretty well, even in 2021, five years since its release. In October, Nintendo released the updated Nintendo Switch OLED to join the already well-received lineup of Switch consoles.
Latest and the greatest from Apple
Besides the annual lineup of new iPhones, Apple debuted an updated version of the iPad Pro, new Macbooks, iOS 15, Apple Watch Series 7 and most notably the most powerful chips the company has built to date - the M1 Pro and M1 Max.
Facebook going Meta
In one of the most surprising rebranding events of 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook's name change to Meta Platforms Inc. More than just a renaming, the company also announced their plans to deliver an advanced social experience through its future project titled the Metaverse.
TikTok vs. Twitch
TikTok recently announced its own desktop streaming platform called TikTok Live Studio that may rival Twitch. As previously reported, the program will allow streaming from desktops, while also interacting with viewers with a new chat feature. The program will reportedly allow streaming from video game consoles and mobile phones as well.
The semiconductor chip shortage
From consoles to phones, computers and even cars, the tech industry suffered another year in the pandemic from a severe shortage of semiconductor chips. But as the year comes to a close, tech giants IBM and Samsung have announced a new semiconductor design with vertically stacked transistors that can lead to cell phone batteries lasting a week without being charged.
A record-breaking year for cybercrime
With damages estimated to hit US$6 trillion this year, 2021 was a record-setting year for cybersecurity attacks. Most notably, ransomware like REvil, HelloKitty and Babuk breached government databases, renowned companies and retailers, social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as game developers like CD Projekt Red.
Touching the sun and more
From Jeff Bezos' all-civilian crew space visit to the James Webb Space Telescope expanding our observational reach into the universe, humanity's foray into space saw some interesting events in 2021. Space exploration couldn't have ended on a higher note than the Parker Solar probe bringing mankind the closest we've ever been to the Sun.
The Tesla Phone
Making a phone isn't exactly rocket science, but when there's SpaceX, Starlink and Elon Musk involved, it's easy to expect some out-of-the-box results. After dominating the automobile industry, Tesla recently set their sights on mobile phones with their 'Model Pi/P phone', a gadget theorized to bring features such as solar charging, satellite internet, vehicle control, crypto mining and more all within a single handset.
iPhone 13 cutting down production
For the first time in a decade, component shortages might be driving Apple to cut down on their iPhone production. Reports suggest that about 10 million units of iPhone 13 were scrapped because of prolonged shortages of chips and processors in the current post-pandemic market.
Technology advancing healthcare
With the pandemic still not completely behind us, health tech in 2021 made some impressive advancements in terms of 3D printed prosthetics, Stanford University's credit card-sized portable 'lab on a chip', or the DxtER tricorder capable of diagnosing 34 different health conditions including pneumonia, tuberculosis and diabetes, right at home.
AI technologies growing by leaps and bounds
Perhaps one of the most significant tech trends in 2021 has been the promising advancement in AI technology: being used to create hybrid workforces, increase data privacy, support computer vision and machine learning or automate chatbots and repetitive processes.


Which is largest salt lake in India?
Which state has largest number of lake in India?
Which is the largest salt lake in world?
Great Salt Lake
What is the largest salt water lake?
One should note that 70 percent of all inland salt water is held in the Caspian Sea. But in this regard, note that about 40 percent of global freshwater is held in Lake Baikal and the Great Lakes of North America. Notwithstanding, many of the world’s largest lakes are saline (Table-2).
Which is the deepest lake of India?
Which is the highest salt water lake in India?
Which is the largest freshwater lake of India?
Which is the largest lagoon lake in India?
Which is the largest lake of India?
Can you swim in Great Salt Lake?
Many Salt Lake City locals have waded into the Great Salt Lake at least once in their lives. However, most don’t try it more than once because the lake can be smelly and loaded with brine shrimp and flies. The salinity of the lake is much higher than that of the ocean, making it easy to float on the water.
Which is the largest salt water lake in world?
World’s Largest Lake (by surface area): The salty Caspian Sea has the greatest surface area of any lake at 143,200 square miles (370,886 square kilometers).
Are there sharks in the Great Salt Lake?
This species occurs in Utah today, though apparently no longer on the islands of the Great Salt Lake. Because of the Great Salt Lake’s high salinity, it has few fish, but they do occur in Bear River Bay and Farmington Bay when spring runoff brings fresh water into the lake.
Why is the Great Salt Lake not a sea?
Great Salt Lake is salty because it does not have an outlet. Tributary rivers are constantly bringing in small amounts of salt dissolved in their fresh water flow. Great Salt Lake is the remnant of Lake Bonneville; a great ice age lake that rose dramatically from a small saline lake 30,000 years ago.
Which is the longest lake in India?
The 10 Most Beautiful Lakes in India
- Wular Lake – Kashmir. Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia and the largest in India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Loktak Lake – Manipur.
- Damdama Lake – Haryana.
- Dal Lake – Kashmir.
- Pichola Lake – Udaipur.
- Gurudongmar Lake – Sikkim.
- Chilka Lake – Odisha.
- Vembanad Lake – Kerala.
Is Chilka lake a saltwater lake?
Largest saltwater lake of Asia. Chilika lake spread over Puri , Khurda & Ganjam district of Odisha ( orissa ) is the largest lake of Asia spread over 1100 km. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent. The lake is home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals.
Which is the longest museum in India?
Indian Museum, Kolkata. The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings.
Which is the deepest river valley of India?
The Deepest River Valley of India is Bhagirathi & Alaknanda.
Which is the highest lake in the world?
The World’s Highest Large Lake. Lake Titicaca, at an elevation of 12,507 feet (3,812 meters) in the Andean Altiplano, is the highest large lake in the world. More than 120 miles long and 50 miles wide, it was the center of the Incan civilization, and today straddles the boundary between Peru and Bolivia.
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Clint Eastwood is a guy I've only discovered in the last year or so. Of course I know the name, but I really haven't seen any of his work. My first acquaintance with Clint was in Mystic River, a brilliant movie in which he did not the star, but directed. And with my garnering interest of westerns (highly influenced by Tarantino), I had to start with the best: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
Since I loved how Eastwood played the cool, calm, and collected persona in the Spaghetti Westerns, I've decided to watch another one of his acting roles in The Gauntlet. Detective Ben Shockley, played by Eastwood, is a drunk cop sent to escort a young lady, Gus Mally, from Vegas to Phoenix. Gus, played by Sondra Locke, is a sassy prostitute who is called into court to testify for a mob trial. However, the police commissioner who sent Shockley on the task, is a corrupt man tied-in with the case. The commissioner only sent Shockley as a setup, having every intention to kill them on their journey back to Phoenix. After surviving car chases, helicopter pursuits, and a biker gang, nothing will stop Shockley from delivering the girl to city hall, even if it means bursting into an armed gauntlet.
Not only did Eastwood play the main role, but he also directed the film in 1977. In one scene, Eastwood incorporated cinematic techniques trademarked by Sergio Leone. When the duo are being attacked by a biker gang on a train, the camera zoomed onto their faces, powerfully showing their fear and expressions. Another trait of note is the film's jazz score. Eastwood must have a love for jazz as he eventually directed Bird, a film biography based on saxophonist Charlie Parker. The film is also filled with action, utilizing real stunts and special effects without any CGI. Two sequences of note are:
- The Helicopter Pursuit: There is a real helicopter chasing a real motorcycle. As the chase is going on, you are able to watch from the both perspectives of the ground and the air. With the sequence ending in a helicopter collision, there is a huge explosion using awesome pyrotechnics.
- The Gauntlet: The movie's grand finale ends with the couple running a huge bus through a blockade of armed police officers. With thousands of bullets piercing through the bus, this is a cinematic delight to watch.

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|Finding or Recommendation:||Reject Governor's January budget proposal to appropriate $500,000 to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to contract for consultant services to review PG&E's seismic study of the vicinity surrounding Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Instead recommend administration return with revised lower-cost proposal using services of Department of Conservation's California Geological Survey for the review.|
Governor’s January Budget Proposal. The Governor’s 2011-12 budget has requested $500,000 for CPUC to contract for consultant services to review PG&E’s seismic study at Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
2006 Legislation Required California Energy Commission (CEC) to Assess the Vulnerability of California’s Nuclear Power Plants to Seismic Activity. Chapter 722, Statutes of 2006 (AB 1632, Blakeslee) charged the CEC with evaluating (in terms of disruption to the state’s electricity supply, costs and impacts to public safety, and impacts of nuclear waste) the impact of a major seismic disruption to the state’s two nuclear facilities: Diablo Canyon Power Plant and San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. In order to comply with its statutory mandate, the CEC formed a Seismic Vulnerability Advisory Team, an interdisciplinary team of state agencies and consultants that included the Department of Conservation’s California Geological Survey, the Seismic Safety Commission and the Coastal Commission.
The CEC’s AB 1632 Report was completed and published in November 2008 and was included in the Commission’s 2008 Integrated Energy Policy Report. The report considered seismic hazards and vulnerability of nuclear plant sites, structures, and spent storage facilities. Based on its assessment, it made policy recommendations which included a recommendation for PG&E to do three-dimensional seismic studies of the vicinity surrounding Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
Diablo Canyon Power Plant Will Soon Need To Renew Its Operating License. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has regulatory authority over the radiological safety aspects of nuclear power, including plant licensing and license extensions. It is however left to state regulatory agencies to determine whether it is in the best interest of ratepayers and cost effective to continue operation of the state’s nuclear plants. In order to determine if continued operation is cost-effective and in the best of interest of ratepayers, the CPUC requires IOUs to complete a license renewal feasibility study.
As part of a 2007 rate case which included proceedings on PG&E’s license renewal feasibility study, CPUC required PG&E to comply with the CEC’s AB 1632 recommendation to conduct a three-dimensional seismic study of the vicinity surround Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
CPUC Has No Seismic Technical Expertise But Would Like to Review PG&E's Study. CPUC lacks the technical expertise to interpret the study which they have required of PG&E. Nonetheless, they would like to review the study. As such, the CPUC is seeking approval for funds to contract with a third-party consulting firm to review PG&E’s study.
Department of Conservation’s California Geological Survey (CGS) Is State’s Expert In Earthquake Hazards Studies and Has Technical Expertise to Review PG&E Study. Geologists at CGS prepare the definitive maps of faults in California, including the 2010 Fault Activity Map of California and maps of Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zones, where building is regulated due to the potential for fault rupture of the ground surface. CGS prepares seismic hazard estimates based on CGS fault mapping as well as earthquake history and fault slip rates. The seismic hazard model prepared jointly by CGS, U.S. Geological Survey and others represents a consensus of scientific opinion on the potential for earthquakes throughout California. CGS uses this seismic hazard model as a basis for comparison for numerous peer reviews of reports by geologists or geophysicists who recommend seismic design parameters for construction projects. In our view, CGS has qualified technical staff necessary to review PG&E’s seismic study, based on its extensive technical knowledge and expertise in the area of seismic activity.
LAO Recommendation. We find that the Department of Conservation’s CGS has qualified technical experts on staff who are capable of conducting a review of PG&E’s study, and we have been advised by CGS that it may be able to conduct the review at a cost significantly less than requested in the budget request. Therefore, we recommend that the Legislature deny the budget proposal as requested, and direct that the administration return with a revised lower-cost proposal that uses the services of CGS.
April Finance Letter and Updated LAO Recommendation. During January budget hearings, the Legislature denied without prejudice the Governor's January proposal and asked the Administration to analyze the Department of Conservation's CGS' ability to conduct the review. The administration has complied and submitted an April Finance Letter on this issue. See our analysis of the April Finance Letter and our updated recommendation on this issue.


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|Photo by Chris Cobb of the Ottawa Citizen|
Peter Simpson did a review on my show at Zen Kichen for the Ottawa Citizen (thanks Peter!), which first appeared online on his blog Big Beat, and the following week in the print edition of the paper. Note that the show will run until the end of August.
Also reviewed in the article are two other artists you must check out : the always interesting Marc Adornato, with 3 simultaneous shows at Shanghai Restaurant , the Daily Grind, and the Hintonburg Public House; and John Sekerka with a collection of playable art guitars at Gigspace.
The print edition appeared June 18, 2012, with different pictures. You can view it here at PressDisplay.com


| Project objectives:
The strategic objectives of the project are:
* To provide a consistent and peer-reviewed appraisal of the potential of common and emerging tools (i.e. methodologies, tools, approaches and appraisals)
for sustainable development related assessments in support of the various stages of policy.
* To make the appraisal of the tools vis-à-vis key aspects of sustainable development as provided in this proposal and to sharpen these key aspects on the basis
of this project.
* To provide and apply a framework for the evaluation of the tools.
* To increase insights in how the various scientific tools relate to the requirements of participation and consultation.
* To disseminate the results widely among assessment practitioners as well as users.
* To identify important and promising issues for targeting subsequent research and development efforts
* To build on the considerable knowledge with regard to integrated environment assessment that is available among the members of the European Forum for Integrated
Environment Assessment (EFIEA) and in international organizations
To realize progress towards the ambitions on Sustainable Development, the EU and others should set wise objectives and make sure that the implementation is
taken care of in an effective way. This requires proper policies and a consistent implementation process. To make equitable decisions on which policies to
develop and to review the progress made towards the sustainable development goals, tools (i.e. methodologies, models, approaches and appraisals) are needed
that support strategy development, ex-ante sustainability impact assessments as well as policy reviews.
This project will assist in improving both impact assessments and the sustainable development strategy definition by high-level validation of the tools
using a consistent and comprehensive evaluation framework. The evaluation framework will include issues such as the pros and cons of the tools, what they can
and cannot deliver, when they can be used, etc. First, a draft evaluation framework and key aspects of sustainable development, against which the tools will
be evaluated, will be formulated. A catalogue of state of the art tools will be made and a preliminary evaluation of the tools in the context of different policy
questions will be carried out based on literature reviews. In this phase the project will focus on water, climate change and agriculture & land-use policy questions.
In the second phase of the project an array of tools will be tested in a case study on agriculture and land-use. In phase three the results from the first two phases
will be used to derive at a final evaluation framework that indicates how the tools relate, the merits of each tool, the circumstances under which they can be
used, the constraints, the pros and cons and the extent to which they integrate externalities of policies. Moreover, the evaluation framework will show which
tools are useful for answering which key aspects of sustainable development and will identify the trade-offs of using the different tools for addressing the
three pillars of sustainable development (economic, environmental and social).
After this project there will be a better insight for policy-makers and those carrying out sustainability impact assessments, what tools they can best use
in decision-making or assessment processes, given the available resources and the desired scope of the process. This can clearly improve the quality of the
decision-making or assessment process and thus improve sustainability assessments and the sustainable development strategy definition.


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About the Author Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA. He also co-created the Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD and served as a writer and producer for the hit television series Lost. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son and their wiener dog Hamburger. Currently he is executive producer and writer for the hit TV series UNDER THE DOME. Read more


Just 4 per cent of the universe is made from matter, supercomputer confirms
The Ohio Supercomputer Centre (OSC), which has been helping to map the growth of the universe from its infancy to present day, recently confirmed theories about what it is composed of.
New results released last week confirm the puzzling theory that the present universe is composed of just 4 per cent ordinary matter, 26 per cent mysterious dark matter, while the remaining 70 per cent is made of dark energy which causes the accelerating expansion of the universe.
The findings from researchers at The Ohio State University and their colleagues from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration are based on data collected during the first year of the DES, which covers more than 1,300 square degrees of the sky or about the area of 6,000 full Moons.
DES uses the Dark Energy Camera mounted on the Blanco 4m telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory high in the Chilean Andes.
Physics professor Klaus Honscheid, who worked on the project, said the OSC was critical to getting the research done in a timely manner.
The team used an estimated 300,000 core hours on OSC’s Ruby Cluster and took advantage of its Anaconda environment for standard work,
Anaconda is an open-source package of the Python and R programming languages for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics and scientific computing.
The group then used its own software to evaluate the multi-dimensional parameter space using Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques, which is used to generate fair samples from a probability.
According to Honscheid, for the next analysis round the team is considering increasing the amount of work done through OSC. The total survey will last five years, he said, meaning the need for high-performance computing will only increase.
In order to collect the data, the team built an incredibly powerful 570 mega-pixel camera for the Blanco 4m telescope.
“We had to construct the most powerful instrument of its kind. It is sensitive enough to collect light from galaxies eight billion lightyears away,” said Honscheid.
Paradoxically, it is easier to measure the structure of the universe in the distant past than it is to measure it today.
In the first 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe was filled with a glowing gas, the light from which survives to this day.
This cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation provides a snapshot of the universe at that early time. Since then, the gravity of dark matter has pulled mass together and made the universe clumpier. But dark energy has been fighting back, pushing matter apart.
Using the CMB as a start, cosmologists can calculate precisely how this battle plays out over 14 billion years.
“With the new results, we are able for the first time to see the current structure of the universe with a similar level of clarity as we can see its infancy. Dark energy is needed to explain how the infant universe evolved to what we observe now,” said Niall MacCrann, postdoctoral fellow at Ohio State’s Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics and a major contributor to the analysis.
DES scientists used two methods to measure dark matter. First, they created maps of galaxy positions as tracers; secondly, they precisely measured the shapes of 26 million galaxies to directly map the patterns of dark matter over billions of lightyears, using a technique called gravitational lensing.
Ashley Ross, leader of the DES large-scale structure working group, said: “For the first time we were able to perform these studies with data from the same experiment allowing us to obtain the most accurate results to date.”
To make these ultra-precise measurements, the DES team developed new ways to detect the tiny lensing distortions of galaxy images, an effect not even visible to the eye, enabling revolutionary advances in understanding these cosmic signals.
In the process, they created the largest guide to spotting dark matter in the cosmos ever drawn (see image above). The new dark matter map is 10 times the size of the one DES released in 2015 and will eventually be three times larger than it is now.
A large scientific team achieved these results working in seven countries across three continents.
“Successful collaboration at this scale represents many years of deep commitment, collective vision, and sustained effort,” said Ami Choi, who worked on the galaxy shape measurements.
The DES measurements of the present universe agree with the results obtained by the Planck satellite that studied the cosmic microwave background radiation from a time when the universe was just 400,000 years old.
“The moment we realised that our measurement matched the Planck result within 7 per cent was thrilling for the entire collaboration,” said Honscheid. “And this is just the beginning for DES with more data already observed. With one more observing season to go, we expect to ultimately use five times more data to learn more about the enigmatic dark sector of the universe.”
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Your bladder cancer treatment plan
Our team of specialists works with each patient and family to develop a comprehensive bladder cancer treatment plan, which may include:
- Bladder cancer surgery
- Immunotherapy and/or intravesical therapy (within the bladder)
- Radiation therapy
- Therapies that are part of clinical trials
We have experience with all types of treatment, including national expertise in robotic bladder surgery. We’re here to give you the best cancer care possible.
Treatments for superficial bladder cancer
If you receive a diagnosis of bladder cancer early on, before the disease has had a chance to advance too far, bladder cancer treatment may include transurethral resection (TUR) and intravesical immunotherapy.
First, your doctor will use the TUR procedure to scrape or burn off the cancer from the surface layers of the bladder. Next, you’ll receive an injection of immunotherapy medication into your bladder to destroy any remaining cancer cells.
- TUR: This procedure involves the passage of a thin tool with a wire loop through the urethra and into the bladder. Your doctor can use this instrument, called a resectoscope, to scrape the cancer off the surface layer of your bladder or burn off the cancer with an electrical current.
- Intravesical immunotherapy: Immunotherapy for bladder cancer aims to use the body’s natural immune system to help target cancer cells. Your doctor can use a catheter to deliver a liquid containing a specific bacterial organism into your bladder. The bacterial organism stimulates your body’s natural immune response to destroy the cancer cells. For patients with superficial bladder cancer, this immunotherapy works in up to one-third of cases. If the first course of treatment fails and the cancer stage stays the same or advances, we recommend surgery as the next step.
- Intravesical agents: If you’re not able to have immunotherapy medications, or if they don’t work for you, we can use different medications in their place.
Treatments for invasive bladder cancer
If you are diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer, your doctor will probably recommend surgery. After surgery, we often use chemotherapy for patients whose cancer has spread or is at high risk for spreading to the lymph nodes or other areas of the body. If your doctor says you’re at high risk for your bladder cancer spreading, we may recommend chemotherapy before your surgery, as it may improve your chance of a successful outcome.
Radiation therapy and chemotherapy together is one option to try to save your bladder. We recommend this treatment option only for select patients based on certain factors -- research has shown that up to 60 percent of patients will later require surgical removal of the bladder if the cancer returns. You might be a good candidate for radiation therapy and chemotherapy if:
- You are too ill to have surgery
- You can tolerate chemotherapy
- Your bladder cancer is not at an advanced stage
Additional bladder cancer treatment options
There are other options for bladder cancer available. In addition to the intravesical immunotherapy we use for some patients with superficial bladder cancer, our doctors continue to research other forms of immunotherapies, such as antibody therapies and cancer vaccines, as potential options to treat advanced bladder cancer.
Our bladder cancer team provides clinical trial research therapies and participates in ongoing research to continually advance bladder cancer treatments. As our patient, you can benefit from this research and our commitment to be on the front lines of bladder cancer treatment.


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Kresse v. BennettAnnotate this Case
379 P.2d 807 (1963)
Lucy KRESSE, Plaintiff in Error, v. Myrtle BENNETT, Defendant in Error.
Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department.
March 11, 1963.
Rehearing Denied April 1, 1963.
John T. Dugan, Denver, for plaintiff in error.
Louis J. Boggio, Denver, for defendant in error.
Myrtle Bennett (age 76) brought suit against her neighbor, Lucy Kresse (age over 80), alleging that Lucy unlawfully, maliciously, and with both willfulness and wantonness assaulted her with "fists and stones" and on the same occasion also damaged her automobile to the extent of $50.00 by striking it with stones. As a result of this assault Myrtle claimed that she suffered "shock and contusions and abrasions about the head [and] body" and incurred medical expense in the amount of $15 in connection with the treatment of her several wounds. She accordingly prayed for actual damages in the amount of $10,065, and for exemplary damages in the amount of $10,000.
In a second claim Myrtle sought an additional $5,000 from Lucy as damages for an alleged slander which supposedly occurred during the course of the altercation, when Lucy uttered various and sundry epithets calculated to cast doubt on Myrtle's ancestry.
Though served with a copy of the summons and complaint, Lucy failed to answer, and upon hearing the trial court entered a default judgment, apparently on the first claim only, in favor of Myrtle against Lucy in the sum of $500 as actual damages and also in the sum of $500 as exemplary damage, with the further order that Myrtle should have "execution against the body of Lucy * * *," to the end that Lucy was ordered to be committed to the common jail for six months, unless the judgment was sooner satisfied.
Pursuant to this body judgment Lucy was in due time placed in the common jail, whereupon her counsel at once filed a "Motion to Vacate Judgment and for Release of Defendant." In this motion offer was made to pay into the registry of the court "such amount * * * as may be ordered * * * to protect and indemnify the plaintiff * *." The trial court granted this motion and ordered the immediate release of Lucy, and then later set aside the default judgment and permitted Lucy to file an answer, all conditioned "by reason of a $2,000 bond in the form of a check deposited with the court * * * to pay any final judgment * * * entered in the matter."
*808 The matter was eventually tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of Myrtle against Lucy in the sum of $225 as actual damages and $1,000 as exemplary damages, the second claim based on alleged slander having been dismissed by the court at the conclusion of Myrtle's evidence. Judgment based on this verdict was duly entered, motion for new trial denied and by writ of error Lucy seeks reversal of the judgment.
Lucy contends that the trial court erred in some seven different particulars, six of which we deem to be devoid of merit. None involves any new or novel question of law, and accordingly we refrain from comment, since to do so would contribute nothing whatsoever to the body of legal literature.
However, we do agree with Lucy's contention that the award by the jury to Myrtle of $1,000 as exemplary damages under the circumstances is excessive and cannot be permitted to stand. C.R.S. '53, 41-2-2 provides that "such jury, in addition to the actual damages sustained by such party, may award him reasonable exemplary damages." (Emphasis supplied) In Starkey v. Dameron, 92 Colo. 420, 21 P.2d 1112, 22 P.2d 640, a judgment based on a jury's verdict awarding $100 as compensatory damage and $2,000 as exemplary damage was reversed with the comment that "[u]nreasonable exemplary damages, such as here awarded, will not be sustained, because the punishment `is not commensurate with the injury done'". In Barnes v. Lehman, 118 Colo. 161, 193 P.2d 273 a judgment based on a jury's verdict awarding $500 as actual damage and $2,000 as exemplary damage was reversed with the observation that "[e]xemplary damages should bear some relation to the compensatory award" and "[i]f the punishment is not commensurate with the injury done the award will generally be held unreasonable."
Careful review of the record persuades us that the "injury done" to Myrtle could not be characterized as of great consequence, and that the award of $1,000 as exemplary damages under the circumstances was "unreasonable".
Accordingly, that part of the judgment which awards Myrtle the sum of $1,000 as exemplary damages cannot be permitted to stand. It is therefore ordered that if Myrtle consents to a reduction of the award for exemplary damages to $500 within ten days after the issuance of the remittitur from this Court, judgment shall enter thereon, and the judgment as so amended will stand affirmed. Otherwise the judgment will be reversed as to the issue of damages, both actual and exemplary, and a new trial ordered on that issue alone.
FRANTZ, C. J., and SUTTON, J., concur.