Each year, one quarter of the City local roads are assessed visually for condition of pavement, curbs and sidewalk. Collector roads are visually inspected on every odd year.
- Sidewalk trip hazards, cracks and surface damage
- Roadway cracks, potholes, ruts, distortion and raveling
- Light stands rusting and tilting
Each defect is rated on a numeric scale according to a standard rating system. The defects are compared to previous ratings to find differences. Higher numbers indicate better conditions.
Neighbourhood scores are averaged and graded. These condition ratings are averaged for the entire neighbourhood and there could be significant differences for individual sections (for example, a city block) within the neighbourhood that may be worse or better than the average reported.
A - Very Good
B - Good
C - Fair
D - Poor
F - Very Poor
Transportation uses surface infrastructure condition assessments (roads, curb and sidewalk) as criteria to determine the type of renewal required (preventive maintenance, overlay, full reconstruction). The age of a neighbourhood is not a 'direct' factor in the selection and priority of a neighbourhood reconstruction, but generally, if no minor or major rehabilitation work has been done since initial construction, an older neighbourhood should experience greater deterioration and have a lower condition score compared to a newer neighbourhood.
Priority neighbourhoods are selected and scheduled for renewal based on:
- Available budget
- Review of more detailed condition assessments
- Maintenance history
- Underground infrastructure condition and material
- Coordination opportunities with priorities identified by City Council, Transportation, Drainage, and utilities companies
Neighbourhood Road Reconstruction
Construction is scheduled to work efficiently with residents and crews. The roadway, sidewalks and streetlight construction process
- Replace all streetlights
- Remove sidewalks, pour in gravel base, and pour in new sidewalk
- Pulverize and remove road base
- Pave roads
- Put in sod
- Canvas area for feedback
A portion of the front sidewalk and driveway are replaced to tie in evenly with the new sidewalk. The new sidewalk must be completely finished before the opposite side can be worked on to ensure access for pedestrians.
Sidewalks are completed separately from curb and gutter to leave room for trees. Special joints are put in and sidewalks are moved farther away if possible to prevent cracking from roots.
Residents requiring special needs access in front of their homes during construction are asked to contact the project manager so that the necessary arrangements can be made.


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MONTEREY >> County officials were buoyed after Judge Kay Kingsley declared Friday that the Board of Supervisors did not violate open-meeting laws when it discussed selling Salinas River water during closed sessions.
In a lengthy, verbally delivered decision Friday, Kingsley said that after days of reviewing supervisors' closed-door meeting notes and testimony in her chambers from county officials, she "was not persuaded this supports evidence of a Brown Act violation."
The minutes and hand-written notes she reviewed were related to three key closed-session performance evaluations — Nov. 5, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 — that Kingsley said she viewed "as a snapshot."
The decision was part of a lawsuit by the Save Our Peninsula Committee that stemmed from a leaked report of the Nov. 5 meeting.
The report indicated the board discussed the potential wholesale of Salinas River water during a closed-session personnel review of county Water Resources Agency general manager David Chardavoyne.
The Save Our Peninsula Committee alleges that the discussion violated the state's open-meetings law known as the Brown Act, as did nearly 60 private employee reviews conducted by the supervisors last year.
Its lawsuit seeks a court order requiring the county to comply with the Brown Act and to tape record all closed-session performance reviews, as well as a preliminary injunction to prevent further violations.
Kingsley said she found that supervisors' ventures into topics like the water wholesale prospect were an acceptable part of the closed-door personnel evaluations that she said are part of the county's "new management style."
That style includes having numerous personnel evaluations rather than the "annual standardized" evaluations of the past, she said.
The "sheer number" of county supervisors' employee evaluations, she said, "does not support the legal conclusion that they are improperly using closed sessions."
She reminded those present in court that she still hasn't made a final ruling on Save Our Peninsula's request for an injunction against the county.
"It's round one," said Ron Cheshire, president of the Monterey-Santa Cruz Counties Building Trades Council, who said he was observing the trial as a "concerned citizen."
In the Monterey courthouse hall after the hearing, he questioned whether the county's "new management style" or other topics were discussed in the private meeting in her chambers.
Attorney Richard Rosenthal, representing the plaintiffs, told Kingsley he plans to file a motion requesting information about topics discussed in her chamber that might have strayed from the minutes of the three closed-door meetings.
"It's extremely disappointing," Rosenthal said after the hearing.
He said the case is far from over and "there is more evidence to show the Brown Act was violated."
"We thought there was enough already," he added.
Rosenthal has several motions in the works, including one asking for the supervisors' minutes that Kingsley reviewed as well as transcripts of the private discussions that took place in her chambers.
Kingsley has for now denied Rosenthal access to the minutes and on Friday said she would also deny him minutes from all 60 employee evaluation meetings, because the three she reviewed showed no evidence of violations.
Still, she said, "we're in somewhat uncharted areas" in looking at employee evaluations and the Brown Act.
She said certain slides in a Powerpoint presentation that was part of the Nov. 5 meeting "carry the suspicion" that they could be construed as "making policy directions to the agency, as opposed to giving performance feedback."
Some of the "artfully drafted" slides, she said, "sounded as though they were framed as topics that should be publicly discussed."
However, she said the testimony provided in her chambers by County Counsel Charles McKee and others present at the Nov. 5 meeting, along with other evidence, convinced her the board was not "giving direction and setting goals."
Asked if Kingsley's words about the slides might imply they came a bit too close to being a violation, McKee said, "We need to stay vigilant and stay on top of these matters. I would not dismiss any comments that she made and I will take them to heart."
He praised Kingsley's independence and thoroughness, emphasizing that her decision Friday was preliminary.
"So I'll reserve celebration for the appropriate time," McKee said.
Still, he counted the decision as a victory.
"I think this was the big battle," he said, because Kingsley indicated that the plaintiffs appeared unlikely to succeed in their request for an injunction.
Meanwhile, chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Spitz, who has been attending the trial, said his office has not ruled out filing criminal or civil charges, despite Kingsley's statements that she found no deliberate wrongdoing.
Spitz said he summarized the case Friday afternoon for District Attorney Dean Flippo and Assistant District Attorney Berkley Brannon.
"All of us want to think about it," Spitz said. "Obviously, if Mr. Rosenthal wasn't able to get the (closed-door) minutes, we aren't likely to fare any better."
Spitz said his office is the only one in California to have ever filed criminal charges in a Brown Act case. That one was lost to a hung jury in the 1990s, in part because the intent in such cases can be tough to prove, he said.
"Right now, we're just kind of pondering what this means to our continuing investigation," Spitz said.
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Actor Kim Seon-ho, who has been embroiled in controversy over his private life, will not attend the awards night.
According to AtStyle on Nov 30th, Kim Seon-ho will not attend the “2021 Asia Artist Awards” (2021 AAA) on Dec 2nd. The spokesperson from Kim Seon-ho’s side told the media, “Kim Seon-ho has been struggling to decide whether he should attend the award ceremony until recently, but has decided not to attend because he thought it was still too early yet.”
At the 2021 AAA, Kim Seon-ho won 2 awards in the male actor category of ‘RET Popularity Awards” and the “U+Idol Live Popularity Award”. In the popularity award category, which was decided by online fan voting, Km Seon-ho ranked 1st among the male actors, drawing keen attention to whether he will attend the award ceremony or not.
However, Kim seems to have decided that it would still be burdensome for him to appear in public as it has not been long since he stopped all public apprance due to his controversy. In October, Kim Seon-ho was embroiled in a controversy over his personal life, including his ex-girlfriend claiming to have had an abortion because of him.
The woman complained that she had been dating Kim Seon-ho since last year. After she got pregnant, she had no choice but to have an abortion as Kim Seon-ho forced her to. Kim Seon-ho then responded to the situation, saying, “I met her with good feelings, but I’m sorry for having hurt her with my carelessness and inconsiderate behavior.” However, the harsh public opinion recently turned around in favor of Kim Seon-ho and the suspended advertisements were resumed again as the contents of his messages with his ex-girlfriend were posted online.
Kim Seon-ho will also resume his appearance in his 1st silver screen debut “Sad Tropical” which is set to start filming in December.

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Diagnostic Categories of Psychotic Disorders
Catatonia is just one of many key features listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) that help to define a psychotic disorder. The psychotic disorders, as listed in the DSM-5, fall under the section entitled “Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders,” as schizophrenia is the illness that most lay people refer to when the word psychotic or crazy is mentioned.
Patients that present to an emergency department with psychotic symptoms for psychiatric help may present with a diagnostic picture that fits any of the following disorders. It is important to note, with regard to diagnosis, that not all individuals will neatly fall into any given diagnostic picture perfectly. The majority of diagnostic attempts on a person may appear to be akin to trying to fit an octagon into a circular space or sometimes even a square.
The art of diagnosis can be described as or give the feeling of pigeonholing especially when you look at the multiple diagnostic criteria that the clinician attempts to sort through and match up with the symptoms that the patient presents with. In some cases, you may be able to have five different clinicians diagnose the same patient at the same time and develop five different diagnoses based on their clinical opinions (Spurious Precision: Procedural Validity of Diagnostic Assessment in Psychotic Disorders 1995). The main point to remember is that diagnosis is not a perfect, flawless skill. When you take into account the limited time and resources that many emergency department clinicians are presented with on the job, the rates of accurate assessment and diagnosis may decline in this clinical environment.

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06 Jul Exciting partnership between EA Festival and County Broadband announced
EA Festival has partnered with Essex-based County Broadband for its inaugural event in East Anglia
this summer. The company is supporting the festival by providing the Superfast connectivity
required to livestream the programme, demonstrating the company’s commitment to supplying
peerless broadband connectivity to local communities.
The speed of the connection – up to three times faster than the average London domestic
household – will support the livestreaming of the event. County Broadband’s technology will also
allow festival attendees to connect to free, high quality Wi-Fi on site. This connection prefigures the
installation of full-fibre Hyperfast internet connectivity in Castle Hedingham, scheduled to be in
place by Autumn 2021, and means that EA Festival 2022 will enjoy an even faster connection..
Launching this ambitious two-day event during the extraordinary conditions of the COVID-19
pandemic, organisers felt strongly that in-person and livestream tickets must be available for all
events. Should the need arise, in-person tickets will be converted to virtual ones to accommodate
social distancing or even lockdown.
County Broadband CEO Lloyd Felton comments, Our support of EA Festival is based on our desire to
assist one of the sectors most hard-hit by the pandemic, live events and festivals. The fact that EA
Festival seeks to foster greater connectivity within the creative sector and between creative professionals
and the public made our partnership even more fitting. It is one of the reasons I established County
Broadband in the first place – to enable local and regional businesses in East Anglia to flourish.
Joanne Ooi, Founder and Creative Director of EA Festival, adds, County Broadband and EA Festival
have near perfect mission and value alignment – to create a flourishing and robust ecosystem for
local and regional businesses in East Anglia, in our case, in the art and culture sector. We hope that
County Broadband’s supply of Superfast broadband connectivity will be an object lesson in how a
regional brand can not only enhance the enjoyment of festivalgoers at the real-life event but allow it
to transcend the boundaries of its immediate catchment to broadcast to a much bigger audience.

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By Benjamin Chiou
Date: Thursday 05 Jul 2012
Water group Pennon has acquired waste collection and recycling business JWT Holdings in an effort to expand its waste management activities, particularly in the collection, recycling and energy recovery sectors.
JWT, based in Atherton, Greater Manchester, was bought from John William Thomasson for a total consideration of £7.6m (£6.58m cash plus acquired net debt). It employs 45 staff and handles around 70,000 tonnes of material a year.
The acquisition, made from Pennon's subsidiary Viridor Water Management, will see JWT's Materials Recycling Facility and fleet of 29 vehicles integrated into Viridor's northern region.
"The acquisition of JWT provides excellent synergies with Viridor's existing activities in Manchester and across the North West," said Viridor's Chief Executive Colin Drummond.
"It complements other recent acquisitions in the region and Viridor's development of the UK's largest waste fired Combined Heat and Power facility at Runcorn, the first phase of which will be operational in 2013. The acquisition is expected to be earnings enhancing in its first full year."
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If you are wondering whether the Leafs are indeed on the upswing, if the team’s play over the last 12 months is really just a bubble in a bathtub full of failure, ask yourself this question.
If you were starting a new franchise right now, and you could draft just one Maple Leaf, who would it be?
Go ahead. Indulge me. Who is the best bet to be a cornerstone player? James Reimer
. Good choice. He’s 23 and while the sample size of 45 games is perilously small, you can argue that a .918 save percentage and 2.63 goals against average suggests a very good NHL career is in the offing. You might want to hedge things a bit since Reimer has been felled by head and neck injuries. Suit yourself.Phil Kessel
. The obvious choice. Second in the league in goals, 17 and points, 35. Just 24 years old, Kessel is coming off three consecutive seasons of 30 or more goals. Using a player’s present scoring pace to predict a season-ending tally is a ludicrous proposition. Suffice to say that Kessel is on pace for a rounded up 50 goals. Just sayin’.Dion Phaneuf
. Great choice. A Norris Trophy finalist in 2008, Phaneuf is playing the best hockey of his career. He has contributed 18 points so far and stands sixth in the league in ice-time. The team’s captain and on-ice heartbeat, Phaneuf is the only Leaf who can disrupt a game with a hit or a goal. If you believe the blue line is invariably the foundation on which you build a team, he’s your guy.Joffrey Lupul
: Interesting. Still a youngish 28 he is enjoying his highest level of productivity. Lupul is closing on four seasons of 20 or more goals. He is 28 and was drafted seventh overall in 2002. He isn’t an eye-catching choice but he is a versatile forward. You probably wouldn’t take him but you could do a lot worse.Jake Gardiner
: Surprisingly defensible. Gardiner’s eight points is third among rookie defencemen. He is third in ice-time for rookie rearguards and with 23, 25 and 26 minutes over the last three games he might lead first year defencemen by season’s end. Gardiner’s game is built on phenomenal skating but his decision-making, superb stick and solid decision-making allows him to play like a veteran in the defensive and neutral zone. His work in the offensive end is still in development but a 21-year-old who has analysts mouthing ‘special player’ wouldn’t be a bad start for a new entry.
From 1995-2008, the answer to that question would have been Mats Sundin or Curtis Joseph.
Since then there has been a host of uninspiring second-tier choices, Phaneuf when he was still finding his game, Mikhail Grabovski
maybe. Last year Nikolai Kulemin
would have gotten some votes.
So what you have over the last 15 years is Mats Sundin, Curtis Joseph and nobody to speak of.
Now you have four solid choices and another if you have an overriding fondness for Lupul.
That’s five potential cornerstone players, none older than 28 and three younger than 25.
And that is why the current edition of the Maple Leafs really bears no relation to recent teams.
The last Leaf team with comparable core of talent was the 2003-2004 club. Perhaps you remember them; they were the last version of the team to make the playoffs.
That team was built around Ed Belfour, Joe Nieuwendyk, Alex Mogilny and Sundin, then 32 and the youngest member of the core group.
Will the four current cornerstone Leafs match that distinguished group? Hell, no.
But there are five players to choose from and unlike that club’s superb core, all are just entering their prime or have years to go before what should be their best seasons.
Aside from Ken Dryden’s lamentable flirtation with silver, the Leafs have always worn blue and white. The colours stay the same. Everything else has changed.

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A marijuana grower in Marengo could be add new aspects to its business, including infusion and transportation services, if the Marengo City Council gives its approval Monday evening.
Wicked Wellness, an online business that sells marijuana-based products, is seeking additional approval to operate the infuser and transportation licenses in Marengo from the City Council. The business is in conversations to buy land at 21906 W. Grant Highway in Marengo for its business operations, City Administrator Josh Blakemore said.
Wicked Wellness received transportation and infuser licenses from the state earlier this year. The company also is hoping to receive a growing license from the state by the end of the year, according to a letter submitted to the city by an architecture firm working on behalf of the company.
The transportation and infuser business will be run out of the property’s main building and growing operations would take place in a warehouse in the rear of the property, according to the letter.
The building the company currently is working to buy is vacant and owned by Marengo Center GP, according to city documents.
“The company will focus on making THC infused chocolates, gummies, and cartridges to start. They may add a cold brew coffee line and some savory items in the future,” according to the letter.
Wicked Wellness is a business-to-business operation, which means it sells its products to other marijuana businesses for public sale, and so the future Marengo location would not be open to the public, according to the letter.
Wicked Wellness’ parent company, DABPAK, is the marijuana business that worked to obtain licenses in Illinois and Michigan, according to information shared with the city.
If sale of the property goes through to Wicked Wellness, additional construction, such as fire suppression systems and requirements specific to marijuana businesses, would be needed for the business to meet city building codes, according to city records.
The company’s timeline submitted to the city shows it hopes to close the sale on the property by mid-December and begin selling its products in March.
Wicked Wellness also is registered at two other locations in McHenry County. The company lists an office address with the Illinois Secretary of State in McHenry, and a business manager owns property on Route 120 outside Woodstock, according to state and county records.
The company was one of five with ties to McHenry County to receive licenses for marijuana businesses in August.
Illinois Collective received approval from Cary officials in the summer to operate a growing business in the village. Green Renaissance Illinois also received an infuser license and lists Robert Gloppe of Richmond as a manager, according to Secretary of State records. Drecisco Farms, a Skokie-based business, received a license to be a grower and infuser and involves Anthony Michelotti of McHenry, according to Secretary of State records.
Vise Partners, owned by Jeff Gasner of Huntley, was the only company with ties to the county to receive a dispensary license where the public could buy products. Huntley currently does not allow recreational marijuana sales in the village.
McHenry County currently has one dispensary in Lake in the Hills, but Crystal Lake officials approved a plan Tuesday for AmeriCanna Dream to open the county’s second dispensary.


The Stanford and Cal women’s basketball teams both finished the regular season ranked in the top 5 in the nation, so it came as no surprise that both were rewarded with Pac-12 Conference media awards Monday.
Stanford star Chiney Ogwumike was unanimously voted as the conference’s Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, the conference unveiled. A Stanford player has won the Player of the Year honor in all four years of the media-voted awards.
Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb, in her second year, led the No. 5 Bears to their first conference title in program history. Cal shared the conference crown with No. 4 Stanford when both finished with identical 17-1 Pac-12 records.
Cal’s Brittany Boyd, Gennifer Brandon and Layshia Clarendon and Stanford’s Joslyn Tinkle and Ogwumike were named to the All-Pac-12 team.
Gonzaga No. 1 for first time: Gonzaga is on top of The Associated Press’ men’s basketball Top 25 for the first time. Riding the best record in Division I at 29-2, the Bulldogs took advantage of Indiana’s loss to Minnesota last week and switched places with the Hoosiers, advancing from No. 2 and moving comfortably into the No. 1 spot Monday. Duke, which followed a loss to Virginia with a win over Miami, stayed third with five first-place votes. Kansas and Georgetown both jumped two spots to fourth and
Dickerson nabs WCC honor: For the second time this season, USF junior Cole Dickerson has been named the West Coast Conference men’s basketball Player of the Week. In the Dons’ only game last week, Dickerson scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead USF to an 83-70 win at San Diego, clinching the fifth seed in the upcoming WCC tournament. It was his WCC-leading 11th double-double of the season.


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Thursday, December 19, 2013 10:30 PM
Bruce Foods sold to S.C. company
By Rochelle Moore | Times Staff Writer
McCall Farms in South Carolina is buying two Bruce Foods plants, including the Wilson facility, as part of a deal to add Bruce Yams to its product line.
The sale is planned on Dec. 31 and includes the Bruce Foods Wilson plant and the Bruce Foods plant in New Iberia, La., said Norman Brown Sr., co-owner and vice president of Bruce Foods Corp., which operates four manufacturing plants.
"Both plants will be owned and operated by McCall Farms and the current employees will remain employed,” Brown said. "The plants will continue operating and processing yams and vegetables.”
The Wilson plant employs 200 workers, some who are seasonal employees. The two Bruce Foods plants are the producers of the company’s yam division. Products currently manufactured by Bruce Foods and included in the acquisition are yams, white potatoes and Southern vegetables, including okra, squash, greens and carrots.
Bruce Foods has a total of four plants and the remaining two will continue to produce its other products, including its Mexican food line.
The Bruce Foods plants that are part of the sale will change in name to McCall Farms. Brown said there is no plan to change operations in Wilson. Wilson employees were notified of the pending sale in early December, Brown said.
"There’s no planned changes in operations,” Brown said. "Everybody’s staying, including me. I’m going to be assisting McCall Farms in the transition. It’s going to be business as usual for this plant.”
McCall Farms, which produces Southern canned and frozen vegetables, recently announced through the South Carolina Department of Commerce plans add the new Bruce Yams canning line and expand its facility in Florence County. The $19.3 million expansion is expected to generate 140 new jobs over the next five years.
In addition, the S.C. Coordinating Council for Economic Development, a branch of state government, approved a $1 million grant for infrastructure improvements related to the project.
Company officials with McCall Farms were not available Thursday to discuss whether the Wilson plant will eventually close due to the South Carolina expansion and addition of new jobs. A company spokesperson is expected to be available for comment Friday.
McCall Farms was founded in 1838 on a 2,000-acre farm in Effington, S.C. The company operated as a farm until 1954. Original products included tomatoes, okra and corn but additional vegetable lines were added. The company has continued to expand by adding new products and labels, including Margaret Homes and Glory Foods.
Bruce Foods opened in Wilson in 1929 and includes 250,000-square-feet of space in several buildings on its 200 acre property along Charleston Street. The company announced in 2005 a 15,000-square-foot expansion that was part of a three-phase project carried out over three to five years. At the time, the company employed 100 full-time and 250 part-time workers. The $3.8 million expansion was planned to increase the workforce by 52 full-time and 22 seasonal employees.
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Stocks Rise, Treasuries Fall; Oil Slides to Two-Month LowInyoung Hwang, Sarah Pringle and Moming Zhou
U.S. stocks rose, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing within 40 points of a record, amid optimism the Federal Reserve will continue to provide monetary stimulus. Commodities dropped on concern changes in China’s policies may slow growth and hurt the global recovery.
The Dow rose 38.16 points to 14,127.82 while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced 0.5 percent to 1,525.20 after retreating 0.4 percent earlier. The S&P GSCI Index of commodities fell for a fifth day, the longest slump of the year, as oil dipped below $90 a barrel for the first time this year. Japan’s five-year rate slid two basis points to a record 0.095 percent. Italy’s 10-year yield rose amid concern the country may need to hold another election. U.S. Treasuries fell.
Financial stocks helped lead gains as Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen said the central bank should press on with $85 billion in monthly bond buying while tracking possible costs and risks from the program. Earlier losses in global stocks followed data showing China’s service industries grew last month at the slowest pace since September and the cabinet last week tightened mortgage rules to cool the property market.
“The Fed is going to be our friend for an extended period of time,” Michael Mullaney, chief investment officer at Boston-based Fiduciary Trust Co., which manages $9.5 billion, said by telephone. “And as the old adage goes, don’t fight the Fed,” he said. “Risk assets are going to do reasonable well as long as the Fed and other central banks have got their checkbooks open, which is what they have right now.”
While President Barack Obama phoned Democratic and Republican legislators over the weekend, his aides and congressional leaders signaled automatic spending cuts would continue for weeks, possibly months. Both sides indicated that revisiting the reductions would begin after they resolve a looming confrontation over legislation that’s needed to keep federal agencies running beyond March 27, placing a premium on avoiding a government shutdown.
“It’s going to be choppy this month,” said Michael Mullaney, chief investment officer at Boston-based Fiduciary Trust Co., which manages $9.5 billion. “We have this March 27th debt ceiling limit coming up. The partisan rancor is probably going to be pretty active coming out of Washington for the next few weeks.”
Investors have reduced bearish stock bets to the lowest level since at least 2007 as the bull market in American equities begins its fifth year.
Short sales in the S&P Composite 1,500 Index fell to 5.6 percent of shares available for trading in February, down from a record 12 percent during the credit crisis and the lowest ever in data compiled by Bespoke Investment Group and Bloomberg starting six years ago. The last time the number of shares borrowed and sold short approached this level, the equity gauge lost 3.3 percent in the next three months.
Bulls say the capitulation by market bears shows the rally remains intact and that more money will flow into stocks after individuals sent $37.9 billion to mutual funds in January, the most since 2004. It also means a source of demand is diminishing, a traditional signal for caution in an aging bull market. Less than 1 percent of the shares of Ford Motor Co. and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. have been borrowed and sold short by speculators hoping to return them to owners once prices fall.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said stocks will do well and the greater risk is to sit out the market’s rally.
“American business will do fine over time. And stocks will do well just as certainly,” Buffett said in his annual letter to shareholders. “Since the basic game is so favorable, Charlie and I believe it’s a terrible mistake to try to dance in and out of it based upon the turn of tarot cards, the predictions of ’experts,’ or the ebb and flow of business activity. The risks of being out of the game are huge compared to the risks of being in it,” he said, referring to Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charles Munger.
The S&P 500 Financials Index climbed 0.9 percent and the consumer-discretionary gauge rose 1 percent to a record to help lead gains among the 10 main groups in the S&P 500 today. Home Depot Inc. and Citigroup Inc. rallied almost 2 percent paced the advance.
Delta Air Lines Inc. rose 5.6 percent to a five-year high of $15.65, pacing a rally in airlines, after increasing the lower end of its guidance for unit revenue. This will be Delta’s best first quarter in over 12 years, President Ed Bastian said today on a webcast of a presentation at a JPMorgan Chase & Co. transportation conference in New York. The NYSE Arca Airline Index rallied 3.3 percent as lower oil prices also boosted the group.
Hess Corp. jumped 3.5 percent after saying it will exit energy trading, marketing and retail businesses while doubling its dividend and announcing plans to buy back as much as $4 billion in stock. Yahoo! Inc. climbed 3.5 percent after an analyst at Barclays Plc raised his rating on the company to overweight from equalweight.
Treasury 10-year yields added three basis points to 1.875 percent.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index closed little changed after losing as much as 0.6 percent earlier. Commodity producers posted the biggest decline among 19 industry groups in the benchmark index, sliding 2.1 percent.
HSBC Holdings Plc retreated 2.5 percent as Europe’s largest bank said profit fell 5.6 percent in 2012 after taking a $5.2 billion charge for revaluing its own debt. Debenhams Plc plunged 15 percent, the most since 2008 on a closing basis, after predicting that pretax profit will drop in the first half of the year because of snow in January.
Repsol SA added 2.5 percent as Spain’s largest oil producer sold a 5.04 percent stake to Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore’s state-owned investment company. The oil producer had said it would consider selling shares after Argentina’s government seized its YPF business last April.
European finance ministers were meeting in Brussels today, while a top aide to Italy’s Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani said the country may need to hold another election this year.
The drop in Italian 10-year bonds sent yields up nine basis points to 4.88 percent, near the highest in more than three months. German 10-year yields were little changed at 1.42 percent after falling to 1.39 percent, the lowest since Jan. 2.
The euro slipped 0.2 percent versus the yen and was little changed at $1.3021. The Aussie dollar tumbled as much as 0.9 percent to $1.0115, the lowest level since July. Norway’s krone strengthened against all 16 major counterparts.
The gain in Japanese bonds came after Haruhiko Kuroda, the nominee to be Bank of Japan governor, said he would do whatever is needed to end 15 years of deflation. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell four basis points to 0.61 percent.
Crude oil lost 0.6 percent to a two-month low of $90.12 a barrel in New York after dropping to as low as $89.33.
“We have disappointing economic news out of China,” said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York-based hedge fund that focuses on energy. “There are problems out there for the economy and for oil demand; $90 is a critical level and we are poised to fall rather quickly down to $88.”
Wheat fell for the first time in five days, snapping the longest rally in six weeks, after a survey showed reserves will top a government forecast in the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter. Lead and zinc declined at least 0.9 percent as 15 of 24 commodities tracked by the S&P GSCI Index fell.
U.K. natural gas for delivery today jumped as much as 69 percent after exports from Norway into Europe’s biggest market decreased to a four-month low.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index slid 1 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 3.7 percent, the most since August 2011, as property developers slumped after China’s Cabinet on March 1 called for higher downpayments and interest rates for second-home mortgages in some cities. The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 54.5 in February from 56.2 in January, the Beijing-based National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said yesterday.
Taiwan’s Taiex slipped 1.2 percent While South Korea’s Kospi, Russia’s Micex Index and Brazil’s Bovespa fell at least 0.6 percent.
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Lacson noted that all Philippine presidents enjoy immunity from suit during his or her term and that there has yet to be proof of state-sponsored killings in the country.
He pointed out that the UN rights chief “is not familiar” with the Philippine Constitution and its laws.
“First, our president enjoys immunity from suit during his term. Second, no matter how many times a person in our country admits having committed murder, as long as there is no other evidence to corroborate his extra judicial confession, the case cannot stand in any court of law,” Lacson said.
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Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon, previously said that Pres. Duterte’s admission might be part of his “strategy” to fight drug menace in the country.
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In the beginning of the year 2003 I did put a (at that moment) crazy plan inside my head. After climbing and walking for many years in the Hohe Tauern region it was time to do something more challenging. The mountain I wanted to climb wasn't hard to find "the King of the Hohe Tauern" ofcourse.
But I'm a Belgian and the Alps are at there nearest 800 km away from me, the Glockner lays even at 1200 km from my living area. How can I plan something like that? was the big question I did ask myself. But after going for so many years to that region I had some connections there, so I called the people where I was planning to spend my holiday with my family. They where quiete anthousiastic about the plan and did a view phonecalles in Austria. After I view days they told me that they did found somebody, who did go to the summit with tourist as they called there a "Bergfürher". But I couldn't plan the rest because I had to be in the Bergfürher Bureau to make sure to those people a ment it.
Finally it became July, and that mains for me holiday time. At the first day that I was in Austria I went to the Bureau that is located in Heiligenblut. The guy at the desk told me that they should call me as soon as possible when the wether became O.K.
At my birthday 17 July around 10.00h he called to the people where I was staying to tell that I should be at the Salmhütte in the evening. So there wasn't alot of time to make myself nervus. I backed my stuff and took the care to Heiligenblut, driving on the Glockner Strasse the nervs started to came. Once we where at the Glocknerhaus I said goodbye to my girlfriend and 2 kids. Now it became serieus I was started to climb Austrias highest mountain.
The route was very simple from Glocknerhaus it went down to the Margaritze Stausee, I went over it and started for the acsent to Stockerscharte. Once I was at the scharte I looked for a last time behind, but I couldn't see my girls or car anymore. After the climb to Stockerscharte I was glad to see that the path was now less steep. It even went a little bit down. Now I was walking on a very nice and very easy path into the Leitertal. The marmots sreamed alot there and I felt really happy then. After a long but very easy walk on the Wiener Höhenweg I finaly saw it the Salmhütte. Not much later I stept inside, and ask if they knew my bergführer and if he was there already. Yes, I know him told the girl who was the chief of the hut but he isn't here yet. Ok no problem I know that I was very early and waited for a while, drunk some beer and took some photo's. One hour later I saw a man that was coming to the hut on the same way as I had done. That must be him I thought, when he was at the hut I said "Hello my name is Christoph you must be Amros I hope". The answer was short and simple "Nope, I'm Toni and I'm also planning to go to the Glockner summit with Ambros" Right now we were with 2 guys but the Bergfürher still wasn't there. The wether became wurst, and the girl from the hut came to us to tell that Ambros did call. He wouldn't make it to the hut that evening, but tomorrow very early in the morning he would be here. Now problem, we said and talked about our life and country. I view minuts later arrived a group of people in the hut, they did take the route from Kals but didn't expect that the wether should have turned around like that. Now we where with around 12 people who would spent the night in the Salmhut. 10 german guys and one girl, and I the lonely belgian but we had alot of fun. The beer was ok, and the spirit was very good, "Tomorrow we are all at the summit" we said.
We went to sleep and it didn't take a long time untill we all where in 'dreamland'.
I awaked, did look one my clock and I was surprised to see that it was already 4h 1/2 in the morning. I crowled out of my sleepingbag and went as quiet as possible outside. It was amazing how beautiful it was here, no sound to hear just me and the surrounding mountains. I smoked a sigaret and did drink a cola (that's already for many years my breakfast). After a half hour I saw someone coming toward the hut, "that must be him" I thought again. I went to Tony and waked him up, "His there I said". Allright said Tony give me 10 minuts and I'm ready. I went outside again and the guy that I have seen in the fare distance was now already very close to the hut. "Hello, you must be Ambros?" I said again, and now the answer was positive. "Yes, and you must be Christoph I can hear it cause you speak no germans like a german guy would" We laughed and went inside the hut. Tony was already downstears and we listend to what Ambros had to say. After giving Tony some equiment and checking mine we were ready to go.
In the beginning the path stayed easy, we passed the Alte (old) Salmhut, that has been destroyed be a rock lawine. We did take off our jackets cause it became already hot. A little bit later we came on the first snowfield, and the landscape became some steeper. (But still was there a nice path) We climbed some rocks and untill then I didn't see that there wasn't any green anymore. Only rocks and snow were ahead of us. "It has begon" said Ambros, and we came on the first wall of rocks. We did drink a bit and secured ourselfs, now it went up on fixed ropes till we were at the Hohenwartkopfscharte. We did one our crampons (steigeisen) and went over the Salmkamp. The views down to the Pasterze and the other main mountains of the Glocknergruppe was amazing. Now we saw that the Erherzog-Johann-Hütte was in front of us. A view minuts later we step inside. The welcoming was great, Toni and I listend to the story's that the people from the hut where telling to Ambros.
Alright here we drink and eat something and after leaving our backpack we go to the summit told Ambros. 1/2 hour later we were back outside, with only one cola and my photo camera with me we went on.
The first part was again easy, a big snowfield that isn't steep. But at 3500 meter it started again the Glocknerleitl, that's a snowfield from 35° but easy to climb. Once we crossed the snow we were at the steep rocks of the KleinGlockner. We took of our crampons (steigeisen) and left them and the beginning of the rocks. We climbed over de rocks (II) and reach the Kleinglockner summit. It was amazing how many people were climbing here. We had to wait to cross the Glocknerscharte untill a climbing group that came from the summit had crossed the 50 cm edge. Now it was our turn we crossed the glocknerscharte and I looked down to the Pallavicinirinne. I couldn't believe that people realy climb that route. Once we were at the other side it wasn't easy the first view meters but after that it's just a walk-up to the summit.
Yes !!!, Bergheil, we did reach the summit and there where not many people. We had the luck of a clear sky and took some summit photo's. I did drink my cola and enjoied the moment. The way down wasn't really a problem. Untill we did hear some noise, it was the rescue-heli that carried a victime of the mountain. Now a realised again what I was doing, i had to be carefull or else I could be the next one. But without any problem we reached the Adlersruhe again. Where we had a little party to cellibrate our summit. It was only a short party cause we had still a long way down to go. From Adlersruhe it went back to Salmhütte were we backed the rest of our stuff in the backpack (sleepingbag and stuff like that) Tony was faster ready then I, so he went down to Glocknerhaus alone. 1/4 hour later I also started the way back, after 1/2 walking I started thinking were my pass and money was. F#ck it's still in the Salmhütte, I have to go back. After leaving my backpack at the side of the path I went back up. After a long day of climbing wasn't that not as easy as it should be. Once I was back in the hut my pass and money was untoched. O.k. and now quickly back down, I had already called my girlfriend to pick me up at the Glocknerhaus so I had to be fast. Otherwise she had to wait (and you know how womans are when they have to wait) A view hours later I was back. She was already waiting for a long time and asked where I was been. After telling the story of the money she understood. There where some people at the glocknerhaus from holland that heared from my girlfriend why see was waiting. So they waited also to hear my story of the highest summit of Austria. I was very proud.
In 2004 I went back to climb the Studlgrat Solo.
I did reach the summit again, when I find the time I will tell you about that tour in a next tour report.
From I belgian guy, who is in love with the Hohe Tauern.
Christoph De Windt

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Jean Van Rampelbergh, CCDO of Imcyse, added: “The pre-specified Independent Data Monitoring Committee analyses to date have found no safety concerns, and we expect the final outcome of the IDMC’s review of the data from the third and highest dose level from our Phase 1 trial by the end of this year. The results from the Phase 1 portion of the trial will allow further refining of the Phase 2 protocol design and selection of the most appropriate doses to be evaluated. We look forward to continuing to explore the role of IMCY-0141 in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, which, if applied early-on in the course of disease, could slow down or even halt its progression, leading to a potentially curative approach.”
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For more information on this clinical trial, please visit: www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT05417269.
IMCY-0141 is the Company’s second clinical-stage compound. This Imotope™ is designed based on MOG (Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein) with the aim to halt the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) by stopping the body’s immune system from attacking the central nervous system and disrupting undesirable autoimmune responses that drive the destruction of the myelin sheath protecting the nerves.
IMCY-0141 has shown promising results in several MS preclinical models, demonstrating an immune response that supports the proposed mode of action and inducing a memory response so that the treatment effect is long-lasting and requires less frequent dosing regimens. Also, if treatment is begun early enough, it has the potential to allow patients to live with minimal impact from the disease.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) induces damage to the proteins protecting the nerves, also called nerve sheath demyelination, which exposes the underlying nerves and can lead to paralysis. Symptoms include muscle weakness, weak reflexes, tremors, and muscle spasms. More than three million people globally have been diagnosed with MS. The disease can affect people as young as 15 years old, and women are twice as likely as men to contract MS. The true cause of the disease is unknown; however, a combination of hereditary and environmental factors is believed to enable the autoimmune attack.
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Imcyse is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of a new class of active specific immunotherapies for the treatment of severe chronic autoimmune diseases. The Company’s unique technology platform allows the local targeting of immune cells involved in the destruction of the diseased organ. This platform is based on the administration of Imotopes™, which are synthetic peptides encompassing a T-cell epitope and an active thioredox motif. Imotopes™ generate cytolytic CD4 T-cells that specifically eliminate autoantigen-presenting cells and autoantigen-specific lymphocytes involved in the disease pathways. Imcyse’s approach, sustained over time, may help to prevent and treat diseases with no current therapeutic options and to potentially cure patients without impairing their immune defenses. The Company has established proof of concept in several indications, has completed its first clinical trial in type 1 diabetes with promising results and is expecting top-line data from the fully enrolled Phase 2 study in this indication in 2024. A Phase 1/2 clinical trial in multiple sclerosis (MS) was initiated in April 2022. Beyond type 1 diabetes and MS, Imcyse is developing a pipeline of Imotopes™ for the treatment of several autoimmune diseases in large and rare disease indications. Imcyse was founded as a spin-off from the Catholic University of Leuven and is headquartered in Liège, Belgium.
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Third Man Claims He Was Sexually Abused By Fr. Michael Pfleger Over 40 Years AgoThe third man said he was 18 when his alleged incident with Pfleger occurred, but he said he came forward after hearing the brothers' claims.
After Their Cruise Was Canceled Twice - Due To Hurricane Dorian Then COVID - Royal Caribbean Won't Give Family A RefundA year ago this week, thousands of cruise ship passengers were stranded off the coast of California; kept on a boat as COVID-19 spread, in an attempt to keep the virus out of the United States.
Warmup In EffectCBS 2 meteorologist Robb Ellis has the forecast.
City Crews Removing Dibs Markers From Chicago StreetsIf you've been using a folding chair, laundry basket, or some other household object to claim "dibs" on a parking spot in Chicago after all that snow we got last month, time's up. The city will begin removing "dibs" markers from the streets on Tuesday.
4 Hospitalized After Carbon Monoxide Leak In UptownFour people were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a faulty furnace apparently caused elevated carbon monoxide levels in a high-rise apartment building in Uptown.
Quadriplegic In Highland Park Wants Neighbors To Swap Parking Spaces To Fit His Wheelchair-Accessible Van, But They Won't Do ItHe wants them to swap parking spots so that he has enough space for his wheelchair-accessible van in the garage.
Northbound Lanes Closed On I-294 At 79th Street After Crash Involving 2 Semi TrucksOne person was seriously injured in a crash involving two semi trucks on I-294 at 79th Street.
Fire Burns Through All Floors Of South Chicago Apartment BuildingThe Chicago Fire Department said the fire started on a lower floor of the building, located at 8020 Yates, and spread to the upper floors.
11-Year-Old Girl Shot While Sitting In Back Seat Of Car At West Pullman Gas StationAn 11-year-old girl was shot while sitting in the back seat of a car at a gas station in the West Pullman neighborhood Monday night.
Discrepancies On Midlothian Village Zoning Map Could Leave Property Owners In A Bind When Selling Or Rebuilding HomesAlan Krygowski found problems with a village map that might be a wakeup call for some property owners; like a stretch of homes marked down as businesses.
Sunny, Warmer Week AheadCBS 2 meteorologist Robb Ellis has the forecast.
Investigation Underway After Apparent Suicide Of Chicago Police OfficerChicago police officer James Daly died at the Town Hall (19th) District police station early Monday morning in an apparent suicide.
Investigation Underway After Death Of Chicago Police OfficerChicago police officer James Daly died at the Town Hall (19th) District police station early Monday morning. Katie Johnston reports.


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Designer Reagan Appleton gives a whole new meaning to mounting a bike. The Scotland native's Bicycle Taxidermy business commemorates speedy metal steeds (bicycles) by mounting their parts on wooden plaques, bearing a striking resemblance to the trophy heads that hunters display on their walls. The sculptural pieces present a clever visual play, drawing a similarity between the arching handle bars of a bike and the protruding horns of a hunted beast.
There's a certain lightheartedness about the series that is also a rather brilliant idea. Many people have a strong connection to their pedaled mode of transportation, much like Appleton's own father who inspired the work. Sometimes bikes give out, but their owners find difficulty in scrapping their unused frames. Rather than leaving them lying around, taking up space, Bicycle Taxidermy offers a artistic alternative. Appleton says, “A somewhat sentimental take on a mass produced object becoming defunct, the handlebars are given the care and craft of a preserved family pet(!) The bikes have now been re-appropriated as a family heirloom.”

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Xi Graphics released high-performance, commercial-off-the-shelf Solaris (on Intel) OpenGL 1.4 graphics drivers for Matrox’s Parhelia, Millennium-P Series, and QID graphics cards on Solaris (on Intel). Using advanced VLIW and SIMD optimization techniques along with combined instruction scheduling, register allocation and resource mapping, the compiler translates ARB_vertex_program type programs into efficient microcode.
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As a result of the Covid-19 lockdown, many individuals are concerned about the disruption to their jobs and income and whether this will affect their ability to meet their maintenance commitments.
Therefore, both child and spousal maintenance (maintenance payments to an ex-wife or ex-husband) might need to be reconsidered in view of recent changes to income.
How is child maintenance agreed and calculated?
Child maintenance is usually made by one parent to the other parent who is the main carer of the child or children. Unlike spousal maintenance, the court does not have jurisdiction for child maintenance except in a few limited cases. In the majority of cases, the Child Maintenance Services (CMS) are responsible for making awards and the Child Support Agency (CSA) is responsible for enforcing child maintenance awards.
The CMS does not always have to be involved or make an award. Parents can reach an agreement between themselves based on their own circumstances. They can use the child maintenance calculator to help them make these arrangements with a view to voluntarily agreeing the relevant payments.
The calculator is based on a number of factors including the number of children, the non-resident parent’s income, the number of nights a week that the child(ren) stays with that parent, and whether the non-resident parent is living in a household with another child or children.
What happens to child maintenance if your pay is reduced or you are made redundant?
If the paying parent’s income reduces as a result of either a redundancy, a pay reduction or being furloughed, it might be necessary to look again at the appropriate level of child maintenance. If the arrangements were made voluntarily then we would always suggest that you try to discuss any changes with the other parent and perhaps try to reach an agreement between yourselves. If you are not able to agree to a reduction, then it might be sensible to make an application to the CMS but, if child maintenance is set out in a Court Order, an application to the CMS might not be appropriate and it would be sensible to discuss this with a solicitor before approaching the CMS.
However, one of the things that you should be aware of is that the CMS will not review an award unless there has been a change in your income of 25% or more. This poses a problem for furloughed parents who might have only had a reduction of 20% in their income.
If child maintenance is set out in a court order then it will be valid for 12 months and at that point either party might be able to make an application to the CMS to have it varied. A court order cannot simply be disregarded after 12 months and an application to the CMS is necessary to avoid falling into arrears.
If the CMS does not have jurisdiction for other reasons, for example, the non-resident parent’s income is over £156,000, then an application to the court to vary the child maintenance would be necessary.
Spousal maintenance is usually set out in a financial order that was either agreed by consent between the individuals concerned (and approved by the court) or made by the court, following financial proceedings. Once again, if it is decided that the maintenance set out in the order is not applicable, it is sensible to discuss this with the other person in the first instance.
Spousal Maintenance cannot be unilaterally stopped without breaching an order. You should not stop making maintenance payments without the other’s agreement or a further Order from the court.
If you do stop maintenance payments without an agreement, then it is possible for your ex-spouse to go back to the court to enforce the order for maintenance. At this point, both of you will need to provide updated information in relation to your income and finances, so that the court can consider whether it is reasonable to vary the maintenance and/or whether the order needs to be enforced.
How Blaser Mills Law can help
Blaser Mills Law has a team of lawyers who can advise you in relation to reducing, stopping or enforcing maintenance and can assist in making an application to the court to vary the maintenance or enforce non-payment if necessary.
Head of Family & Divorce, Lucinda Holliday is an experienced mediator who is able to work with both parties immediately in order to help you reach an agreement, without enduring the time or costs of court proceedings.
If you would like further information on maintenance payments, please contact Lucinda Holliday at firstname.lastname@example.org or on 01494 478603.


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*This article was printed in the November addition of the Charlotte News.
Summer in Vermont was hot and dry this year, but the cool and wet fall weather seems to be making up for it. So my friends and I brought rain gear for a hike up Snake Mountain during October, when the day turned from cloudy to a steady rain. We are an intrepid group of nature explorers who have spent enough time outdoors to know that if you don’t like the weather in Vermont, wait a minute, it’ll change, which is part of the adventure. We also knew that wet weather in fall is prime for wild mushroom hunting.
The forest did not disappoint us. There were mushrooms and fungi growing on the ground and on dying or dead trees everywhere: turkey tails, boletes, puffballs, chicken mushrooms, tree polypores, jellies, amanitas, mycenas and much more. I leafed through an identification book trying to name each species as we walked, and thought about the vital role mushrooms (fungi) play as decomposers and nutrient recyclers of forest debris. Without decomposer fungi we would be buried in debris, nutrients would be more easily leached from the soil, and forest health would suffer. No truffles, chanterelles and morels either!
When our group chooses a hiking location, we either count on personal recollections of the area, or do enough research to learn more about it. A fact sheet I found from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife states, “Snake Mountain is a wildlife management area, an island of upland forest in the heavily farmed Champlain Valley.”1 Several forest communities with a great diversity of plants and wildlife exist there, including a rare plant species and a 9,500 year old bog.
It is interesting to consider the statement about “an island of upland forest” in a sea of farmland, and how it relates to and possibly impacts the water that we drink. The forest at Snake Mountain—like forests in general—not only provides wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities. It also absorbs and filters water, which eventually trickles down to aquifers that provide drinking water. According to American Forests, “forests provide natural filtration and storage systems that process nearly two-thirds of the water supply in the United States. In their natural and healthy state, riparian forests help to keep the water in streams clear.” 2
Our forests are critical resources for many reasons, including the protection and regeneration of potable water supplies. Forests provide the most basic elements for survival: clean air and water. “Though forests provide many additional services, these two are the backbone of the symbiotic and essential relationship between trees and people.”3
A spirit of camaraderie with friends, maintaining a connection to nature and contemplating where we fit into the cycle of life may sound like heavy stuff for a nature hike. However I always look forward to the opportunity, and return with a deeper appreciation for where I live and how precious our natural resources are.
- VT Department of Fish and Wildlife Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area (pdf)
- American Forests – http://www.americanforests.org
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Miami Mayor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez reiterated that he fumbled over a question regarding the plight of Uyghur Muslims because he is used to a different way of saying their name.
“I was definitely caught off guard,” Suarez said Wednesday on “CNN This Morning.” Suarez told CNN’s Pamela Brown that he is “used to the Turkish pronunciation of the word” adding “it’s spelled phonetically and a little differently.”
In an interview last month on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, the Miami mayor indicated he was unfamiliar with the plight of Uyghur Muslims, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in China whose treatment has been the subject of worldwide condemnation for years.
“Will you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign?” Hewitt asked.
Suarez responded, “The what?”
At the end of the interview, Suarez told Hewitt, “You gave me homework, Hugh. I’ll look at – what was it? What’d you call it, a weeble?”
Following his gaffe on the radio show, Suarez denied to CNN that he was unaware of the Uyghur situation and the human rights abuses China is accused of committing.
“Of course, I am well aware of the suffering of the Uyghurs in China. They are being enslaved because of their faith. China has a deplorable record on human rights and all people of faith suffer there. I didn’t recognize the pronunciation my friend Hugh Hewitt used,” Suarez said in a statement to CNN at the time.
China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims has been the subject of a great deal of international condemnation. In 2021, the State Department officially determined China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjing. The following year, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights found China’s treatment of Uyghurs constituted “crimes against humanity.”
China denies allegations of such human rights abuses in Xinjiang. It has insisted that its reeducation camps are necessary for preventing religious extremism and terrorism in the area, which is home to about 11 million Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority that speak a language closely related to Turkish and have their own distinct culture.
The situation has reached the two most recent presidents of the United States. Then-President Donald Trump in 2020 signed a bill that aimed to punish China and officials responsible for carrying out torture and human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim population through sanctions, including asset blocking, visa revocation and ineligibility for entry into the United States.
President Joe Biden also signed a law in 2021 banning imports from China’s Xinjiang region in response to the country’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.
“I think the US president has to address fundamental human rights abuses, whether they be religious persecution, whether they be putting people like the Uyghurs … in concentration camps, where they’re potentially shot if they try to escape, where they’re being indoctrinated,” Suarez continued to say Wednesday when asked how he would address tensions between the Uyghurs and China. “I mean, that should all be part of our foreign policy.”


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To read the original story about this indoor sweet potato plant and to see the updates (Update #1 and Update #2) click on the links.
In Update 2, I shared how the plant was sending out so many shoots that I had put up a trellis to support them in going up rather than taking over the dining room floor. Since then they have continued to grow. A few of the lower leaves have begun to wilt. These photos were taken on December 6th.
And the ones below were taken December 13. Notice in the last photo that some of the leaves near the pot have dried and fallen off.
One of the shoots has grown about 15 inches since November 28 when I put the trellis up. Between December 6th and December 13 it grew 4.5 inches. Since then it has grown another 3.5 inches. In fact, you can see a difference between how it looked this morning and how it looks this afternoon. It has almost reached the top of the trellis!
I wonder if the plant is likely to produce sweet potatoes. Does anyone know?

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Hello everyone, Here is the first preview picture of our new design for the spiritual stone set. We feel it is the most accurate to the 3DS game to date. These are hand made charms that are resin cast and painted by us.
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If you just want the charms, don't worry. We will have them ready and available online soon on our website shop at [link]


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In this episode of the Reading Rainbow series, the featured story, Someplace Else, tells about Mrs. Tilby, a woman who seeks a more exciting place to live than her own little town. She visits many locales before settling on the solution that is perfect for her needs. Host LeVar Burton discusses all the traveling he's done and shares some of his fondest memories and souvenirs with young viewers. The program provides a look at the diverse places that people live, including Hawaii and New York City. Books with a related theme are reviewed by the young critics, including Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Me on the Map, and Somewhere in the World Right Now.
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Volunteers Needed All Year Round
Local nonprofits explain why it's important to volunteer after the holidays
A number of local nonprofits and organizations will be volunteering their services this holiday season by donating food, toys and grants to those who are in need. Although there is a large request for volunteers during the holiday season their services are needed during the entire year.
The Closet is a widely known Herndon nonprofit thrift shop whose mission is to provide quality clothing and household items at affordable prices. Board of director's Presdient Laura Greenspan said, the organization would be completely overwhelmed by the volume of donations if they didn't have volunteers helping year round.
"If we didn't have volunteers we would either have to throw stuff away or hire more staff, which would mean less money for us to give back to the community through grants and scholarships and also less for our customers to purchase," Greenspan said.
Currently, Greenspan said the Closet has a dedicated group of about 40 people who donate more than 100 hours each year. A total of 765 people, ranging from students, organized groups, customers and businesses volunteered their time in 2009.
"From my perspective, our regular volunteers have given so much during the year, they don't have to give more because it's the holiday," Greenspan said.
Reston Interfaith, which provides affordable housing and supportive services for neighbors that are struggling in a high cost of living area, had more than 2,500 volunteers last year.
CEO Kerri Wilson said that while some of their programs require skilled case workers, teachers or others to work with people suffering from deep challenges, there is not one program at Reston Interfaith that could operate fully or doesn't benefit from what community volunteers bring as partners.
"Last year, our organization benefited from more than 25,000 volunteer hours with a ratio of 25 volunteers for every paid staff person in our organization," Wilson said. She said in the past have greeted visitors and residents at the shelter, prepared and served meals at Embry Rucker Shelter, stocked the pantry shelves and mentored children and adults.
"We have opportunities for service and giving throughout the year," Wilson said. "The important thing is to realize that the need is around us throughout the year."
Herndon-Reston FISH is a non-profit dedicated to helping local residents through short-term crises. Executive Director Sherri Longhill said the major focus for FISH is generating an income to help those in need.
"If we didn't have our volunteers, for example at The Bargain Loft, which brings in a good portion of money for FISH, it would be very difficult to do what we do without them," Longhill said.
Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic Executive Director Meagan Ulrich said the clinic often relies on the help of anyone who is willing to volunteer. The clinic helps medical care for those in need who don't have insurance and who live 200 percent or more below the poverty level.
"Obviously we need donations to pay for medical staff supplies, medicines and rent." Ulrich said. "Our volunteers have always been the center of what the clinic does from administrative support to providing care to patients through volunteer doctors and nurses."
To learn how you can volunteer your time at any of the organizations above, as well as a number of others in Herndon, take a look at Ten Places to Volunteer in Herndon.

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text: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a tumor originating in the mesothelium, the membrane lining the thoracic cavities, and is induced by exposure to asbestos. Australia suffers one of the world's highest rates of MPM and the incidence is yet to peak. The prognosis for patients with MPM is poor and median survival following diagnosis is 4-18 months. Currently, no or few effective therapies exist for MPM. Trials of targeted agents such as antiangiogenic agents (VEGF, EGFR) or ribonuclease inhibitors (ranpirnase) largely failed to show efficacy in MPM Tsao et al. (2009) . A recent study, however, showed that cisplatin/pemetrexed + bevacizumab (a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody that inhibit VEGF) treatment has a survival benefit of 2.7 months Zalcman et al. (2016) . It remains to be seen if this targeted therapy will be accepted as a new standard for MPM. Thus the unmet needs of MPM patients remain very pronounced and almost every patient will be confronted with drug resistance and recurrence of disease. We have identified unique gene signatures associated with prolonged survival in mesothelioma patients undergoing radical surgery (EPP, extrapleural pneumonectomy), as well as patients who underwent palliative surgery (pleurectomy/decortication). In addition to data published in Molecular Oncology, 2015;9:715-26 (GSE59180) Kirschner et al. (2015) , we describe here additional data using a system-based approach that support our previous observations. This data provides a resource to further explore microRNA dynamics in MPM.


EU Transport Ministers adopt position on Single European Sky
Brussels, 3 June 2021 – Today’s adoption by Transport Ministers of their EU Council position (General Approach) on the Single European Sky legislative package marks an important step towards a new regulatory framework for the European air traffic management sector. Since the European Commission published its proposals last September, CANSO has seen this as an opportunity to enable our members, Europe’s air navigation services providers (ANSPs), to realise the digital transformation of aviation in order to build a smarter and more sustainable aviation system for many years to come.
CANSO has called for more flexibility to be built into the proposals so that ANSPs can adapt their services more quickly and efficiently in response to traffic fluctuations and in order to meet different local needs.
CANSO notes that the Council has called for important changes with regards to the status of the National Supervisory Authorities, the role of the Performance Review Body, the market opening of certain air navigation services and the roles and tasks of the Network Manager, among other issues.
CANSO hopes that the European Parliament’s Transport Committee will adopt its position on 17 June so that the EU institutions can start negotiations on a final text.
Tanja Grobotek, CANSO’s Director Europe Affairs, said: “We hope that the Council, Parliament and Commission can come to an agreement soon in order to deliver a more digital, more scalable and more resilient Single European Sky while committing to the EU’s sustainability goals. CANSO and our members are committed to the reform of the Single European Sky and to investing in its development, and we call on the EU institutions to find the right regulatory balance for the future.”