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UNION CITY AND BEYOND – Union City Mayor and state Senator Brian Stack will be joining caregivers on the picket line at Manhattanview Health Care Center to protest the loss of health benefits crucial for keeping caregivers and those they care for healthy and safe on Wednesday afternoon.
Picketers will gather in Union City (Manhattanview Health Care Center at 3200 Hudson Ave.), Perth Amboy (Amboy Care Center at 1 Lindbergh Ave.), and Teaneck (Teaneck Nursing Center at 1104 Teaneck Rd.) on Wednesday, May 30 between 2 and 5 p.m.
The caregivers are members of the largest long-term care union in the state, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHWE).
The three nursing homes are managed by Broadway Healthcare Management in Hackensack and are currently in contract negotiations with their employees. Management has denied an increase in contributions to the employee health fund needed to maintain current benefits.
The pickets are designed to inform New Jersey residents and public officials about the need for sensible labor contracts in New Jersey’s nursing facilities that ensure healthy workplaces for caregivers and quality resident care for our state’s most frail and vulnerable residents. Workers are fighting to maintain their existing healthcare benefits and to secure minimal wage increases that keep pace with the increased cost of living in the state.


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A Maryland man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Harrisonburg to 12 months and one year in prison as a result of his involvement in a ring that used fraudulent credit cards to buy cigarettes in Woodstock.
Ibrahiima Doukoure, 54, of Greenbelt, also faces the possibility of deportation to his native Guinea after admitting that he has been in the United States illegally since his visa expired in the early 1990s.
Judge Michael F. Urbanski imposed the sentence, which will require Doukoure to serve only a few weeks in jail as a result of receiving credit for 10 1/2 months time served behind bars since his arrest. Urbanski also sentenced Doukoure to one-year probation and ordered him to pay $9,332 in restitution jointly with two other defendants in the case, Mamadou Bah and Mamadou Diallo.
All three have pleaded guilty to one count of participating in a conspiracy to use an unauthorized access device, possessing device-making equipment and possessing contraband cigarettes.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Lee told Urbanski that Doukoure was found with 15 "re-encoded" credit cards on him at the time he was arrested with the other two defendants in mid-December.
Their arrests came after an off-duty police officer saw their activities at a Sheetz gas station in Woodstock and reported them to other law enforcement officers. They were arrested three days later. Officers searching their vehicles discovered 45 credit cars or gift cards "that contained fraudulently obtained account information," according to online court documents.
Doukoure and Bah later told investigators that Diallo used a computer to re-encode the credit cards for the purpose of buying cigarettes, authorities said.
Doukoure's attorney, assistant federal public defender Andrea L. Harris, argued that her client should receive no more jail time beyond time already served. She cited his age, absence of any previous criminal record, health problems and willingness to admit to the crime as reasons for no additional incarceration. She said there was no evidence he ever used any of the re-encoded credit cards.
In a sentencing memorandum, Harris said Doukoure is married and has two children. She said he received an accounting degree from Nasser University in his native country and came to the United States in 1991 on a visitor's visa.
She said he has worked as a parking lot attendant and waiter during his time in the United States.
Harris said after the hearing that Doukoure could still be returned to prison or face deportation after completing his prison sentence, depending on how immigration authorities respond to his status as an illegal immigrant.

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SANAND, India — Children in the anganwadi (government sponsored kindergarten) in Amthapur village near Ford’s upcoming Sanand facility had something special to celebrate in the last week of November: The inauguration of a new reverse osmosis water purification plant gave the kids free access to clean and safe drinking water.
The water plant is Ford India’s first cohesive community outreach initiative in Sanand, Gujarat, as the company works to improve health, safety and education the communities around its facilities.
The first phase of the initiative will ensure safe drinking water for nearly 1,500 children between 3 and 6 years old from 30 anganwadis, covering 18 villages in Sanand.
Ford India partnered with Ahmedabad-based NGO Saath Charitable Trust to implement the project, which aims to eventually cover children across 70 villages.
“Henry Ford envisioned creating a Better World, together with building a strong business and designing products that people want and desire,” said Kel Kearns, manufacturing director at the Sanand Vehicle Assembly & Engine Plant, speaking at the launch of the project. “At Ford India, our people are equally passionate to work towards the betterment of the communities and engage with them. Our first community outreach in Sanand is no different and aims to enable a positive change and sustainable development towards children in the neighboring villages around the upcoming manufacturing facility.”
Kearns was joined by Anil Patel, area manager, final assembly; Vipul Shah, a member of the CSR working committee at Sanand; and several other Ford representatives as he visited the anganwadi to formally hand over the water plant.
The water plant, which has a capacity of 30 liters, will be covered by a three-year maintenance program to ensure that anganwadi children have a continuous supply of clean water.
“As part of our field research with Saath Charitable Trust, we realized that access to safe drinking water was a significant gap, resulting in various water-borne diseases, especially amongst children. This project will thus help us address a basic need,” Kearns added.
“The children and their parents were very thankful to Ford for this wonderful initiative,” said Shah. “We have also painted “Do’s and don’ts” in Gujrati on the filter, and plan to provide a protective casing and storage unit for better usability.”
“We are extremely happy to partner with Ford for this project, to enable access to pure drinking water for children,” said Shyam Prakash Singh, Program Coordinator, Saath Charitable Trust. “Saath envisions inclusive communities with empowered individuals. We will ensure that the project is sustainable, and work towards enhancing it over a period of time to impact more people.”
Kel Kearns, Anil Patel, Vipul Shah and several other Ford representatives pose with the anganwadi children.

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There were some huge results in the English second tier this week.
Newcastle beat Brighton 2-1 on their own patch last night to take the advantage in the title race.
Elsewhere, there were wins for the likes of Leeds, Aston Villa and Blackburn.
Click through the gallery above to see the Championship team of the week based on stats.
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It is more important now than ever to talk about population. What will we do if we continue to grow at exponential rates? What are ethical, viable strategies to decrease population?
This is a blog in the MAHB Let’s Talk About Population Blog Series.
This article was first published in 1989.
There is a widespread misapprehension that the population problem centers in the poor countries. In the popular view, the “population problem” is being caused by Indian peasants, African herders, macho Latin American men, and the like. And a casual glance at demographic statistics might easily persuade the unsophisticated that this is correct. The population growth rate in Kenya is over 4 per cent, which if unchanged would double the population in only 17 years. The average growth rate for the less developed world (excluding China) is 2.4 per cent (doubling time 29 years), and travelers virtually anywhere in the developing world are greeted by huge numbers of children under the age of fifteen, who make up roughly 40 to 50 per cent of the population.
In contrast, rich nations have either very slow growth rates (well under 1 per cent), have reached zero population growth (ZPG), or in some cases such as West Germany and Hungary actually have shrinking populations. So, one might assume that, if Bangladeshis and Rwandans would just learn to use condoms, everything would be just fine.
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. Rapid population growth, and overpopulation itself, do create serious problems for poor countries; indeed, they explain why most of them seem unable to escape poverty.
But population growth and overpopulation among the rich are creating a lethal situation for the entire world. It is the rich who dump most of the carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere. It is the rich who generate acid rain. And the rich are “strip-mining” the seas and pushing the world towards a gigantic fisheries collapse. The oil staining the shores of Prince William Sound was intended for the gas-guzzling cars of North America. The agricultural technology of the rich is destroying soils and draining supplies of underground water around the globe. And the rich are wood-chipping many tropical forests in order to make cardboard to wrap around their electronic products.
It is not crude numbers of people or population density per se that should concern us; it is the impact of people on the life support systems and resources of the planet. That impact can be conceived as the product of three factors: population size (P); some measure of affluence or consumption per capita (A); and an index of the environmental damage done by the technologies used to supply each unit of affluence (T). The entire population-resource-environment crisis can be encapsulated in the equation:
I = P x A x T (I = PAT)
The I = PAT equation explains (in very simplified terms) why the industrialized nations, regardless of comparative population size or density (people per square kilometer), must be considered to have much more severe population problems than any poor nation. Unfortunately, nations do not even try to keep statistics on the average per capita environmental impact of their citizens; and it would be difficult to calculate precisely if they did.
In order to make reasonable comparisons of affluence per person, we have chosen a surrogate statistic: per capita use of commercial energy. This is a rather reasonable surrogate, since much environmental damage is done in the processes of extracting and mobilizing energy, and even more is done by its use. Per capita commercial energy use over simplifies by combining the A and T factors into a single unit of per capita impact, but that cannot be avoided. Generally, there is no convenient way to separate A and T using national statistics.
But the legitimacy of using the surrogate can be seen by considering how societies handle energy. Hundreds of thousands of birds and sea mammals killed at Prince William Sound in Alaska, the death of lakes and forests in eastern North America and northern Europe from acid precipitation, and roughly three-quarters of the contribution to global warming that is due to carbon dioxide released in burning fossil fuels, all follow from the mobilization of energy to power overdeveloped societies. Global warming, entrained by huge releases of carbon dioxide, the acidification of ecosystems resulting from emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides from factories, power plants, and automobile exhausts, are examples of damage caused by energy use. That damage is no respecter of wealth or national boundaries; its consequences are visited on the poor as much as the rich who enjoy the benefits of using the energy.
Energy is also used in paving over natural ecosystems to create super highways and parking lots to serve automobiles; energy is required to produce the plastic and paper and aluminium cans that clog landfills and festoon highways and seashores; energy powers the boats that slaughter whales and deplete fisheries; energy is used to produce pesticides and cool the offices of Arizona developers as they plan the further unsustainable suburbanization of the American desert Southwest; energy warms the offices of oil company officials in Anchorage as they plan the “development” of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
Energy is being used to pump aquifers dry around the world to support a temporary increase in grain production, and energy lets us fly in jet aircraft 30,000 feet above the circular irrigation patterns created by the pumping — energy that caused environmental damage when oil was pumped out of the ground and now is causing environmental damage as jet exhausts are spewed into the atmosphere. And, of course, energy damages when used to mine ores, win metals from those ores, and use those metals and other energy-intensive materials to manufacture automobiles, aircraft, TVs, refrigerators, and all the other paraphernalia of civilization.
Poor people don’t use much energy, so they don’t contribute much to the damage caused by mobilizing it. The average Bangladeshi is not surrounded by plastic gadgets, the average Bolivian doesn’t fly in jet aircraft, the average Kenyan farmer doesn’t have a tractor or a pickup, the average Chinese does not have air-conditioning or central heating in his apartment. Of slightly over 400 million motor vehicles in the world in 1980, 150 million were in the United States, 36 million in Japan, 24 million in Germany, 1.7 million each in India and China, and 0.18 million in Nigeria.
So statistics on per capita commercial energy use are a reasonable index of the responsibility for damage to the environment and the consumption of resources by an average citizen of a nation. By that measure, a baby born in the United States represents twice the disaster for Earth as one born in Sweden or the USSR, three times one born in Italy, 13 times one born in Brazil, 35 times one in India, 140 times one in Bangladesh or Kenya, and 280 times one in Chad, Rwanda, Haiti, or Nepal.
These numbers can be somewhat misleading in several respects. Both Sweden and the Soviet Union use about half as much energy per capita as Americans. But the Swedes use it much more efficiently to produce a roughly equal standard of living, whereas Soviet energy use is much less efficient, and their standard of living is considerably less than half that of the United States (and much more pollution is produced).
In most developing countries, including the last six named above, people overwhelmingly depend for energy on locally cut fuelwood, not commercially sold fossil fuels, hydropower, or charcoal, so their actual energy consumption is understated. The average Indian is certainly not eight times richer than a citizen of Chad or Haiti!
Nevertheless, as a rule of thumb, the concept is useful. There are more than three times as many Indians as Americans, so, as a rough estimate, the United States contributes about 10 times as much to the deterioration of Earth’s life support systems as does India. By the same standard, the United States has 300 times the negative impact on the world’s environment and resources as Bangladesh, and Sweden is 25 times more dangerous to our future than Kenya. These statistics should lay to rest once and for all the myth that population pressures are generated principally by rapid population growth in poor nations.
There is another way to look at the disproportionate negative impact of rich nations on civilization’s future. The entire planet is now grossly overpopulated by a very simple standard. The present 5.3 billion people could not be supported if humanity were living on its income — primarily solar energy, whether captured by plants in the process of photosynthesis or by human-made devices such as solar heat collectors, solar electric cells, dams, or windmills.
Far from living on its income, however, civilization is increasingly dependent on its capital, a one-time bonanza of nonrenewable resources inherited from the planet. These resources include the fossil fuels, high-grade mineral ores, and most importantly, rich agricultural soils, underground stores of “ice-age” water, and biotic diversity — all the other species of plants, animals, and microorganisms — with which human beings share Earth.
In the process of depleting this capital, humanity is rapidly destroying the very systems that supply us with income. And people in industrial countries use a vastly disproportionate share of the capital. They are the principal depleters of fossil fuels and high-grade mineral ores. With less than a quarter of the world’s population, citizens of rich nations control some four-fifths of its resources. They and the technologies they have spread around the world are responsible for more than their share of the depletion of soils and groundwater, and they have played a major role in causing the destruction of biodiversity, both within their national territories and elsewhere.
Overpopulation in industrial nations obviously represents a much greater threat to the health of ecosystems than does population growth in developing nations. The 1.2 billion people in the developed world contribute disproportionately to global warming, being responsible for about four-fifths of the injection of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. Most of the responsibility for ozone depletion, acid precipitation, and oceanic pollution can be laid at the doorstep of industrial nations. So can the environmental consequences of much cash-crop agriculture, mining operations, and oil drilling and shipping worldwide. And industrialized nations share responsibility with developing countries for the roughly one-quarter of atmospheric CO2 buildup caused by tropical deforestation.
While people in rich nations must shoulder responsibility for civilization’s resource depletion and environmental deterioration, they are also in a better position to lead the way in making the necessary changes to improve the human predicament. Still-growing populations, after decades of slackening growth, could soon achieve zero population growth and begin shrinking. Rather than lament the shift to an “older” population, people in developed countries could celebrate and encourage the trend. The smaller the population (P), if per-capita consumption or affluence (A) and technologies (T) remain the same, the less the environmental impact (I).
But the affluence and technology factors also can be more easily reduced in rich countries than in poor ones. Energy consumption could be substantially lowered through conservation in virtually all developed nations. Considerable progress in that direction was made in the United States, one of the world’s more energy-wasteful nations, between 1977 and 1987, largely as a response to higher petroleum prices and growing dependency on imported oil. Unfortunately, the Reagan administration terminated or phased out most of the governmental incentives to conserve energy or develop alternative sources that had been put in place during the 1970s. By the late 1980s, Americans were reverting to their old bad habits, although the possibilities for energy conservation had only begun to be tapped. Far from lowering the standard of living, the changes that were implemented, as well as those that remain possible, reduce energy costs to consumers and substantially lessen pollution.
Beyond conservation, many fairly painless changes could be made in the energy mix of most developed nations that would markedly reduce the release of CO2 to the atmosphere. By substituting natural gas for coal, for instance, CO2 emissions could be cut by about 50 per cent for the same energy benefit — and, again, less pollution. And renewable energy sources, especially solar-generated electricity, are increasingly practical substitutes for fossil fuels.
Apart from energy, most developed nations have ample room to shift to more environmentally benign technologies (thus reducing T). What is needed are economic incentives for manufacturers to take account of the costs of transport, distribution, use, and disposal of products, not just production costs, in making decisions. This could prove tricky, as corporations increasingly shift manufacturing processes to poor countries to avoid higher labor costs and environmental restrictions in the home countries. As the global economy becomes more and more integrated, international standardization of environmental regulations may become necessary.
If the overdeveloped nations of the world fail to reduce their environmental impacts, working as far as possible on all three factors — population, consumption, and technology — they can hardly expect the developing world to do so. And without reductions in CO2, and other greenhouse emissions by the rich, growing energy use by the poor nations will accelerate the greenhouse buildup. The sheer size and growth rates of populations in developing nations, along with their altogether reasonable aspirations and plans for development, virtually guarantee such an acceleration.
To illustrate, suppose that China halted its population growth at about 1.2 billion (unlikely as that seems) and only doubled its per capita energy consumption, using its abundant supplies of coal. At that, its per capita consumption of energy would still be only 14 percent of the average American’s; yet that apparently modest increase would cancel the benefits of Americans giving up all use of coal (currently supplying about 20 percent of US energy) and not replacing it with a carbon-based fuel. Similarly, if India achieved success in ending its population growth at 2 billion, and doubled its per capita energy use to about 7 percent of present US consumption, it too would offset the foregoing of US coal. Unfortunately, Americans can only give up coal-burning once.
So, while the rich nations today are the primary culprits in generating global warming (and numerous other environmental problems), an alarming potential for greatly increasing these problems resides in the poor countries, largely because the P factor is both so large and still growing so fast. If poor nations are to have any chance at all to end their population growth humanely and to develop their economies, the rich must scale back their assaults on the planet’s life-support systems.
Viewed in this light, the situation clearly requires cooperation among all nations in implementing solutions to the human predicament. If the habitability of Earth is to be preserved for all our descendants, we have no choice but to end and reverse population growth, limit our consumption of resources, replace damaging technologies with gentler ones, and attempt to design a better, more sustainable civilization.
Having pioneered in today’s destructive development, it seems only appropriate for the rich countries to lead in setting things right — by moving toward population shrinkage.
The views and opinions expressed through the MAHB Website are those of the contributing authors and do not necessarily reflect an official position of the MAHB. The MAHB aims to share a range of perspectives and welcomes the discussions that they prompt.

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Incomplete Ownership Data Reflects HHS Failure to Implement Disclosure Law Passed in 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has failed to implement a 2010 law requiring full disclosure of nursing home ownership by private equity firms, which may be contributing to substandard care, according to a Public Citizen study released today.
In response to findings that private equity firms were slashing costs to supercharge profits and that nursing home ownership reports were incomprehensibly opaque, Congress mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) that facilities provide comprehensive details of their ownership structures and that those details be made public. The law required HHS to create rules to implement the transparency provisions within two years.
But more than a decade later, after the coronavirus pandemic turned some nursing homes into virtual death traps, HHS still has not issued regulations to implement the requirements spelled out in the 2010 law. Meanwhile, findings of substandard care at private equity-owned nursing homes have continued to accumulate.
“Comprehensive ownership information is essential for effective oversight and for families to decide where to place their loved ones,” said Taylor Lincoln, a research director at Public Citizen and author of the study. “Otherwise it’s impossible to determine if a facility is owned by those who may be guilty of fraud or providing negligent care at other locations.”
Public Citizen’s study tested the comprehensiveness of ownership data currently published by the federal government, which is based on requirements that predated the ACA and that HHS enhanced without implementing formal regulations. The study looks in depth at the reports of nursing homes owned by two private equity firms and, in a more general way, at 13 nursing homes believed to be owned by private equity firms. Among the findings:
- A private equity firm that appears to own more than 130 nursing homes and another that lists in its portfolio a nursing home chain consisting of 58 facilities do not appear anywhere in the federal government’s ownership database;
- One of those private equity firms had one of its facilities terminated by Medicare for failing to meet basic safety requirements;
- Among 13 private equity firms believed to possess substantial holdings in U.S. nursing homes, only seven appear at all in the federal ownership database, and many of those appear to be grossly incomplete; and
- Diagrams showing the relationships between each nursing home’s owners, which the ACA required HHS to collect and disclose, have not been made public.
The Biden administration promised in February to take several steps to improve the quality and safety of nursing home care, including implementing the disclosure requirements in the ACA. But the administration does not appear to have begun creating a regulation to do so.
Public Citizen recommends that the administration begin work on that regulation. In the meantime, the administration should increase public disclosure of the ownership information that is currently collected, and it should issue notices to nursing homes demanding that they improve the quality of their disclosure in line with instructions the department has laid out for the ownership reporting form.


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Texas adds TxDOT protection to Move Over/Slow Down law
Amanda Bayhi | August 9, 2013
Beginning September 1, drivers in Texas will be required to move over or slow down when approaching Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) workers and vehicles that are stopped with overhead flashing blue or amber lights.
That’s because the state has expanded its Move Over/Slow Down law to provide protection to TxDOT workers. The law traditionally requires drivers to yield to police, fire and emergency vehicles.
With the new protections, drivers approaching TxDOT workers or vehicles will have to move out of the lane closest to the workers and vehicles when possible or reduce their speed to 20 mph below the posted speed limit. When multiple lanes are not available drivers must reduce their speed. When the posted limit is 25 mph or less, drivers are required to reduce their speed to 5 mph.
Drivers who violate the Move Over/Slow Down law can be fined up to $2,000.
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The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired), condoled on Thursday to the government and people of Oyo state for the death of a former state governor, Abiola Ajimobi.
In a statement from his Special Adviser on Media and Advertising, Femi Adesina, the President noted that Ajimobi’s contributions to the development of the state and the nation will always be remembered.
The statement read: “The president sympathizes with the former governor’s family, who served the country as a senator, 2003, before winning the governor elections in 2011, remaining steadfast and consistent in his progressive views, and working diligently to the creation of the Congress of All Progressives.
“As the party chief retires, President Buhari believes he left the world at a crucial time when the party and the country needed his advice to heal and grow, noting that all associates will feel his absence, especially in the APC.
“The president prays that Almighty God will comfort the former governor’s family and grant him a peaceful rest.”
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said that the shocking disappearance of Ajimobi, after all the efforts of the Medical professionals to stabilize him, when he became ill, have opened a deep wound in the hearts of millions of Nigerians, who considered him a meeting point and a political stabilizer.
He said, “Senator Ajimobi’s step hurt me. My heart was filled with grief when I was informed that I had lost another political icon in our battle against the coronavirus. “
“Senator Ajimobi was more than a politician, he was a man from many parts, whose managerial skills and experience are necessary at this critical period in our national life.”
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde expressed sadness at the disappearance of the immediate former governor of Oyo State.
The governor, in a message of condolence to the Ajimobi family and the good people of Oyo state, also ordered that the state flag be flown at half-staff on Friday.
The condolence message read: “I cannot begin to imagine the pain that the family must be going through right now due to the loss of their patriarch. It is my prayer that God will grant you all the strength to bear this great loss.
“I join the good people of Oyo state as we mourn the death of a statesman. I have ordered that the flags be flown at half-mast tomorrow in honor of our brother, friend and illustrious son of the state of Oyo.
“You will surely be remembered for leaving a plan for some of the activities that our administration is undertaking now.
“The Oyo state government will extend to his family, all courtesies deserve his character. May his soul rest in peace.”

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Jessie Reyez pours her heart out during her Friday evening set on the Coinbase stage for the second day of Lollapalooza on Aug. 4, 2023. Photo courtesy of Ismael Quintanilla III
Very beautifully stunning, powerfully fun and cathartic. That is how Jessie Reyez late Friday evening set at the Coinbase stage at Lollapalooza on the second day of the 2023 edition of the festival, can best be described. Which was also quite fittingly the very talented singer and songwriter’s second ever performance at the festival.
Jessie made quite the entrance with her guitarist playing before she came storming out with quite the entrance as she performed, MOOD. The Lollapalooza crowd as loud as ever clapping, screaming, cheering and even some, ‘Oh, my God!’ chants thrown out. As Jessie very gave a very powerful performance of the opening record from her most recent critically-acclaimed solo album, YESSIE. Keeping the very emotionally cathartic vibes going, she went into a very powerful and riveting performance of, Shutter Island. The crowd so emphatically singing along, as Jessie so smoothly then went into, BREAK ME DOWN. Also from her most recent album. The crowd really getting into the lyrics as they empathically sang along even more.
Reyez looking to keep the vibes of her most recent album, YESSIE, going. Would then go into performing MUTUAL FRIEND, ONLY ONE and STILL C U. Before taking things back to her debut album, BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US, with a very powerful performance of, COFFIN.
You know you can’t go to any Jessie Reyez concert and or show without her giving commentary every so often explaining songs before she performs them. Which she did by explaining how when she was first started singing and hustled by bartending to make money before she made it. Then getting a chance to audition for a big name producer, she thought would help her career. Only to have him tell her some of the things she would have to do as a woman if she wanted to make it and become famous. Which she didn’t, but ended up helping her writing and releasing the powerfully cathartic, Gatekeeper, record of hers. That she performed next.
The crowd really showed their love for Jessie by singing along even more some of the most they did the whole night. When she went into a mashup of her 6LACK assisted collaborations, FOREVER and Imported. Jessie even before the performance seeing how many people in the crowd were single or in a relationship. Also seeing how many people were open to polygamy or have been in the friend zone with someone else and able to successfully get out of the friend zone into a relationship. Which one couple did and she mentioned their names in the lyrics when singing the mashup. Then going into how she had to be a songwriter before she actually became her own successful solo artist and that’s how she got her first No. 1 single. By writing Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa’s collaboration, One Kiss. Which is why she performed it, but did it to just dance and so the crowd could sing the lyrics and dance along.
Jessie Reyez would then go into how much she not only appreciated playing at Lollapalooza, but how much she loves and appreciates the city of Chicago and how much they have always supported her career since the beginning. Which is why she was exclusively performing for the first time her new untitled song. That she has been showing small snippets of her performing recently on her Instagram. Lollapalooza and Chicago getting the first performance and Jessie once again screaming, “I must really love, Chicago!” To be performing this for the first time. Which she actually only decided to end up doing after she was originally sat down with her guitar to do an acoustic performance of her very emotionally powerful hit record, FIGURES. Her mic not working when she tried to do the first time. She would eventually do so though after exclusively performing for the first time her new song.
Things would get even more emotional as Jessie closed out her set with a very beautifully stunning and powerfully performance of her emotionally powerful and triumphant single, LOVE IN THE DARK. Which everyone in the crowd so emphatically sang together with her and even moved some, including myself to tears. With how beautifully powerful and emotional it was. That was the perfect way for Jessie to close her set too and once again reaffirm why we choose her as our personal can’t miss performer for Lollapalooza this year. Jessie Reyez’s performance so great that I am sure it will be remembered as one of the festival’s best performances of the whole weekend. Plus have the festival organizers ready to bring her back to Grant Park in a few year’s as a headliner.


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I think I liked this one slightly better than the first one, but there are still plot holes the size of tree roots IMHO (or humpback whales if that’s more appropriate). There’s also an equal number of stereotypes and clichés paraded throughout the pi…
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It’s been a while since in December 2019 the ninth and final entry in the so-called Skywalker Saga blasted into cinemas all over the globe. This is my review, and it is late, because not only did I not really find the time to write it down I also wasn’t really sure what to make of the movie. As a … Read More
Ready Player One is based on the novel by Ernest Cline, which I read or rather that was read to me by Will Wheaton. I liked it for itâ€™s attempt to capture the essence of fandom on the pop culture of the 1970s to 1990s. Knowing that Steven Spielberg would be directing the movie I was really looking forward to how they would adapt the story for the big screen and whether the movie could capture the spirit of the book.

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born to British expatriates and lived in India for many years. The time he spent there as a child and later as a newspaper reporter and editor greatly influenced his writing, including such well-known works as Kim, The Jungle Book, and Just So Stories. Rudyard Kipling enjoyed success as a writer of short stories and poetry early on, and published his first novel in 1890. He traveled the world, living in Vermont for several years, before settling in Sussex, England. In 1907, he became the first Englishman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in LiteratureKipling, Rudyard is the author of 'Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories', published 2004 under ISBN 9780763626297 and ISBN 0763626295.
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Crude oil (WTI) is down 1.6% to $48.58 per barrel and Brent crude is dropping 1.18% to $50.05 per barrel this afternoon.
Oil prices are slipping today as investors looked to the persistent oversupply of crude and uncertainty surrounding whether Britain will leave the European Union, the Wall Street Jouranl reports.
"There is probably too much confidence about the outcome of the Brexit referendum at present - recent days have shown just how quickly public opinion can shift," Commerzbank said in a note cited by the Journal, "Against this backdrop today's [oil] price losses make sense."
Additionally, reports of a cease-fire between Nigeria's government and rebels who have attacked the nation's oil facilities in recent months are pressuring oil, Commerzbank noted.
The attacks have removed a significant amount of output and if the cease-fire continues, production could quickly return to the market, the Journal said.
WPX Energy is a Tulsa, OK-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings Team has a "Sell" rating with a score of D on the stock.
The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and generally high debt management risk.
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Grant Broadcasters is pleased to announce the appointment of David Wiltshire as General Manager at River 94.9 Ipswich.
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David also brings a wealth of Regional knowledge to the Grant Broadcasters family and says he is looking forward to joining the successful team at River 94.9.
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The eSports betting saga continues. We’re in the third act, yet things remain ambiguous. How did we get here and what do we know so far? Spoilers ahead.
SCOTUS Overturns Sports Betting Bill, But Esports May Lose Out
The Supreme Court overturned the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which effectively banned sports gambling. Esports betting sites could practically taste the profits. But, as it turns out, for them, this was only a battle; the war is not yet won.
You see, gambling-friendly New Jersey had several legislators on standby with a bill to legalize sports betting in the event SCOTUS killed PASPA. But on the eve of the ruling, those very legislators made a last minute alteration to the bill: exclude esports betting outfits.
Last Minute Change To NJ Sports Betting Bill Clobbers Esports Betting
The section now reads: “A prohibited sports event includes all high school sports events, electronic sports, and competitive video games but does not include international sports events in which persons under age 18 make up a minority of the participants.”
New Jersey legislators have yet to comment on the law’s new wording. It does, however, leave some wiggle room for esports betting companies. Many leagues have international teams with players over 18. For example, the League of Legends Championship participants must be at least 17, plus it’s an international event. So, despite the bill’s provision, people will likely find a loophole.
Esports Rising Globally May Force The Issue Stateside
Esports are on the rise. Analysts predict it will be a $1.65 billion industry within a few short years. Viewership numbers are expected to double that of the NFL; and as such, esports betting is inevitable.
Besides, online bookmakers out of the UK now have esports sections that allow for in-play tournament wagers for Overwatch, League of Legends, and Dota 2.
Don’t forget: legalized gambling often translates into profits and economic growth. So, if the rest of the world starts cashing in, stateside lawmakers may need to re-evaluate how certain policies are corroding the country’s competitive edge when it comes to emerging digital industries.
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Successful restructuring on multiple fronts
On May 8th of this year, we reported to the market that Solstad Offshore ASA, its creditors and industrial shareholders have come to an agreement in the financial restructuring process of the group. We are pleased to announce that the restructuring – a significant milestone which means that Solstad will continue to operate in a controlled manner, with predictability for employees, clients and other stakeholders – is now complete.
Late last year, in parallel with our publicly known financial restructuring and in anticipation of a successful completion, we also embarked on a journey to restructure the way we communicate as a company. The goal was to become more open and accessible to interested parties all over the world, by way of moving relevant information from technical internal documents to visually pleasing public records. We also wanted to showcase our highly skilled employees, our modern and capable fleet and the culture of forward thinking that has led to programs such as Solstad Green Operations and Solstad Incident Free Operations.
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Best Naruto Episodes
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This is a great episode and is my favorite fight throughout the chunin exams. Both Gaara and Rock Lee show what they've got in order to beat each other. With Lee only relying on Taijutsu and Gaara slowly losing control over his tailed-beast. It was a tense fight with great pay off. - RoseRedFlower
I loved it! One of the best fights. And Rock Lee was fast as hell! - TriggerTrashKid
I have no other words but watch this episode
This is the only episode of anime that has ever made me cry
I still want him to be ressurected. - TriggerTrashKid
Jiraiya's final battle against the Six Paths of Pain. Sadly, he dies during this battle but not before leaving a code on Lord Fukasaku's back. Jiraiya's death was honestly one of the saddest deaths in Naruto. It even surpasses Itachi in my opinion. Especially at the end when we see Naruto and feel upset that he's lost his master. - RoseRedFlower
The great sacrifices of Itachi and the only character with 200% of Pain endurance.
The final fight against Sasuke and Itachi. Both brothers go all out against one another until Itachi dies and Sasuke collapses. It really shocked me when at the end of all of this Itachi poked Sasuke's forehead like he used to when when he was a kid. Later on though we see why which makes this fight even more devastating. - RoseRedFlower
Most emotional scene in Naruto, ever. - TriggerTrashKid
This was my favorite flashback episode of Naruto Shippuden. Where we see Minato and Kushina's death at the hands of the Ninetails and Tobi. It was a very emotional episode that showed Iruka losing his parents and Naruto losing his parents. It gets even worse when Kushina fades away after thanking Naruto for letting her be a parent. - RoseRedFlower
Kushina's the best mother in the series. - TriggerTrashKid
Oh the first episode of Naruto will always be one that sticks in my mind. This is how you make a good first episode and keep the viewers around for more. Naruto's upbringing, Iruka's acknowledgment of Naruto and the fact that our main character does have an ultimate goal he keeps to. - RoseRedFlower
I laughed so much! - TriggerTrashKid
Just too good
Madara is just cold at everything!
Stone cold no mercy kinda guy - TriggerTrashKid
Madara is badass
Naruto and Neji's fight continues and you feel relieved when Naruto finally unlocks the Ninetails chakra. And it was nice seeing that brute strength didn't help Naruto win the fight but outsmarting Neji did. He used the same technique that he struggled with and was his worst technique to do so. - RoseRedFlower
I loved this Awesome fight! - TriggerTrashKid
This one was my favourite.-LitSavage
Naruto and Sasuke go head to head in this last episode. Naruto actually loses the fight, Sasuke abandons the Hidden Leaf Village and the mission fails. The battle between the two rivals was great and will be my favorite fight between them because of what they were fighting for. - RoseRedFlower
I loved when the Ninetails' real power came out. - TriggerTrashKid
Its one of the best fight ever!
Sasuke and Itachi's father, Fugaku, was the mastermind behind the coup d'état that would have had the Uchiha clan overthrow the Senju government. It was a good twist and probably the best twist within Naruto Shippuden for me. - RoseRedFlower
The climax of not only the most intense and emotional fight of the series, but also the original Naruto storyline: once upon a time there was a child who dreamed of being the strongest ninja in his village.
Well, there he has achieved it, except his village is destroyed, his mentors are dead, and his enemy beat him in 2 moves. The build-up for Pain is amazing, he's the first Naruto character to be portrayed strong like a god, wielding city-razing techniques and killing major characters left and right due to his deterrence peace beliefs. And after the end of the previous episode, we don't care if the world burns if it's what necessary for Naruto to demolish Pain in the most brutal fashion. And hooo boy, he does. No strategy, no tricks, just unleashing everything he's got in one of the most satisfying beatings ever... we think until Pain responds with one of the most powerful and important techniques in all of the Naruto universe. Trapped in Chibaku Tensei, Naruto decides to ...more - Acallabeth
I'll tell the story of this episode to my grandchildren. - TriggerTrashKid
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When Kurama and Naruto reamed up I was gonna cry.
The first fight with Naruto VS Pain. Where Naruto witnesses the devastation of the Hidden Leaf Village and challenges the leader of the Akatsuki. - RoseRedFlower
Naruto is awesome! - TriggerTrashKid
This episode was the last one of pain's arc.
And this Episode shows that the dream of Naruto to be acknowledged by all is fulfilled.
And when I saw all those people who were cheering for Naruto that gave me goosebumps.
And when ebisu talk about the past of Naruto that was the one of the best moment in that episode.
This episode is full of goosebumps.
I watched it more than 10 times.
I think this is a very interesting episode because it throws another twist in the story where Hagoromo tells Naruto that he is the reincarnation of his son, Asura. And that Sasuke is the reincarnation of Indra. The fates that Asura and Indra shares are similar to of Madara and Hashirama Senju. Hopefully Naruto and Sasuke can have a different ending and finally end the cycle of hatred and war.
One of the most badass episodes in the show, the soundtrack to this episode was on point also, this was when Naruto had a more natural feel and character development, Shippuden in its entirety could never capture the emotion that this episode had. - alleninchains


Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook e-reader by Barnes & Noble has been launched at a price of 9.99 in the US. (Source: Samsung)
Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook e-reader by Barnes & Noble has been launched at a price of $139.99 in the US. The new budget e-reader is available on the Barnes & Noble website for purchase. The first generation of the tab was launched in 2014, and was called the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook – also featuring a 7-inch display. The company launched two new Nook tabs in 2015 – the Galaxy Tab S2 Nook (8-inch display) and the Galaxy Tab E Nook (9.6-inch display).
Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook will run on Android 4.4 Kitkat, has a 7-inch display with 1280×800 pixels, and features 8GB of internal memory (expandable to 200GB). In addition to this extra storage space, all Nook purchases are stored for free in the Nook Cloud.
The tab provides connect…
Asus Zenbook 3 is the latest slim and lightweight notebook to launch in Indian market priced at Rs 1,47,990 (Source: Shruti Dhapola)
Asus has officially launched its MacBook competitor, Zenbook 3 in India. The laptop is the latest in the series of Windows 10-powered notebooks that are trying to be as light as MacBook and as powerful as the MacBook Air.
For long, Windows OEMs have been trying to better the MacBook Air’s design, and now they are going after Cupertino’s lightest notebook: the MacBook. However, Asus Zenbook 3’s competition is not just the Apple MacBook, but also the world’s thinnest notebook from HP. HP’s latest offering Spectre 13 is an engineering marvel in itself, featuring an extremely slim profile of just 10.4mm. Asus Zenbook 3 will also compete against the likes of Dell XPS 13 and Apple’s most reliable noteb…
Apple Watch will cellular connectivity will be delayed till 2017, says a new report.
Apple Watch with cellular connectivity is likely to be delayed till the next generation, although new versions of the Watch will come with GPS-tracking, says a report on Bloomberg.
The Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman says Apple has been in talks with major cellular networks in US and Europe, but there are concerns chips with LTE will consume too much battery. The report adds this will reduce “the product’s effectiveness,” and thus affect user appeal, and there’s a good chance this particular feature will be pushed back to the next generation.
However, Apple will introduce GPS-tracking in the new watch, says the report quoting people who are familiar with the plan. The reason Apple is looking at cellular connectivity is to free the Watch from it…
Apple Watch 2 is rumoured to have a faster TSMC built processor and features like GPS and a barometer (Image for representation)
Apple Watch 2 will launch in two versions in 2016, and both of them will feature some improvements over the first generation device. The report comes from KGI Securities’ well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who issued a new note to investors with a detailed timeline for Apple watches in the coming six months. According to Kuo, Apple is planning to launch two new smartwatches in 2016.
According to reports on MacRumors and AppleInsider, the Apple Watch 2 will have a faster TSMC built processor, features like GPS, greater waterproofing, higher capacity battery and a barometer. The size of the device is not expected to be slimmer though, claims the note. He also believes the second generation Apple Wat…
Nikon KeyMission 360 4K action camera will take on GoPro.
Nikon’s next big innovation with be the KeyMission 360 degree camera, which it is certain will change the action camera industry now dominated by GoPro. Expected to launch this year, this 4K camera will be dust, water and shockproof.
Nikon India managing director Kazuo Ninomiya says this “premium camera” will offer an “awesome experience” to users, and will be superior than existing action cameras. “This 360-degree format will be really new for everyone. It will be aimed at consumers, but professionals will use it too,” says Ninomiya, adding that platforms where 360-degree video will be used are still evolving.
While there has been a lot of talk about how smartphones are eating into the camera segment, Ninomiya is optimistic. He says the smartphone segment is good for…
Intel’s drone platform combines compute, storage, communications and flexible I/O in a form factor the size of a standard playing card
At IDF 2016, Intel has announced a new platform for unmanned aerial vehicles powered by Atom quad-core processor. The platform combines compute, storage, communications and flexible I/O in a form factor the size of a standard playing card.
Intel says matching the platform with an optional vision accessory kit, developers can launch sophisticated drone applications. Intel also showcased a new Aero Ready to Fly drone, a fully-assembled quadcopter with compute board and an integrated depth and vision sensing thanks to onboard Intel RealSense cameras. The Aero Ready To Fly Drone also supports several plug and play options, including a flight controller with Dronecode PX4 software. Intel…
Wondering what gadget to gift your brother or sister on Raksha Bandhan? We have you covered.
Raksha Bandhan is here, and if you haven’t come up with something to gift, we’re here to help. There are selfie smartphone for sisters who love their selfies, fitness trackers for those like to hit the gym, headphones for music buffs, and of course laptops. Here’s our list of gifts this Raksha Bandhan that you can consider this, and we’ve based them around product categories. So if you’re a generous brother or a sister, who wants to give their sibling something special this year, you can choose from the options below.
• Fitbit Alta
Fitbit Alta makes up for a great choice, especially for women, thanks to its sleek design. The fitness tracker is exclusive to Amazon in India. Fitbit Alta has a stainless steel body, and interch…
Nikon D3400 is an entry level DSLR with support for ISO upto 25600 and Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity (Source: Nikon)
Nikon has announced D3400, its newest entry level DSLR in the D3000 series. Nikon D3400 features a 24.2MP image sensor capable of shooting both in RAW and JPEG formats.
Nikon D3400’s large format image has a resolution of 6000 x 4000 while the smaller format image comes with 2992 x 2000 pixels resolution. The D3400 supports DCF 2.0, EXIF 2.3 and PictBridge file system and is compatible with SD and UHS-I compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards.
Nikon D3400 comes with an eye-level pentamirror SLR viewfinder with an approximately 0.85x magnification. Nikon D3400 comes with electronically controlled focal plane shutter with vertical-travel. The shutter speed available for users range from 1/4000 of a second to 30 secon…
Intel’s Project Alloy headset, which was unveiled at Intel Developer Forum 2016 in San Francisco.
Intel Project Alloy, a new all-in-one virtual reality solution with the company’s RealSense Technology has been unveiled at the ongoing Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich unveiled Project Alloy, and the company will offer this as an open platform in 2017.
In case of Project Alloy, the computing device and sensors are directly integrated into the VR headset. The company claims a user can go totally wireless on Alloy; it does not need to a computer or other sensors for the user to experience ‘merged reality’. In case of Alloy, the computing power is “located in the Alloy Head-Mounted Device (HMD),” says a statement from the company.
According to Intel, this will ensure “free range of motion with 6 degre…
Ford President and CEO Mark Fields said that Ford Motor Company will have a fully autonomous vehicle ready to provide ride-hailing or ride-sharing services by 2021. (Source: AP)
Ford Motor Comapany intends to have a fully driverless vehicle on the road within five years. The car will initially be used for commercial ride-hailing or ride-sharing services, with sales to consumers coming later.
“This is a transformational moment in our industry and it is a transformational moment for our company,” said CEO Mark Fields, as he announced the plan on Tuesday, at Ford’s Silicon Valley campus in Palo Alto, California.
Ford’s approach to the autonomous car breaks from many other companies, like Mercedes-Benz and Tesla Motors, which plan to gradually add self-driving capability to traditional cars. Just last month, BMW AG, Intel…


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The first minimally-invasive Anatomical Lobectomy (major lung surgery) was performed at the American Hospital using state-of-the-art capabilities including 3-D high-definition visualization of the chest cavity. Precise, flexible surgical tools used to make minimal incisions were also used to remove a lung cancer tumor from a Dubai resident in his 50’s. Strategic investments in digitization have boosted the ability of American Hospital Dubai’s healthcare professionals to better understand patient needs and provide better feedback, guidance, and support for maintaining one's health.
"Minimally-invasive and robotic surgeries are improving the gold standard of traditional open surgery," said Dr. Ali Al Dameh, Consultant Oncology Surgeon. "Unlike a thoracotomy (traditional lung surgery), which requires a long incision and often a long recovery, surgery using the VATS minimally-invasive technique is performed with three small incisions so spreading of the patient's ribs to access the lung is avoided. The end result is a more delicate and precise surgical procedure with smaller incisions, less post-operative pain and a shorter hospital stay for most patients. American Hospital Dubai is committed to adopting the latest technologies and continues to deliver several industry-first procedures "
Dr. Ali Al Dameh’s success in performing the first VATS lobectomy is a tremendous milestone for American Hospital Dubai - not only for the hospital's growing minimally invasive program but also for lung surgery techniques used across the UAE, in line with the Dubai Government’s vision to become the most attractive destination for medical tourism in the region.
Traditional surgery in the chest cavity can be debilitating and often very painful. Surgeons must cut between the ribs in order to access the lung, leaving patients with a large incision on the side of their chest as well as a long and painful post-operative recovery. Lobectomies using high-definition minimally-invasive techniques enabled Dr. Ali Al Dameh to remove a centralized tumor from the patient’s right upper lung and dissecting major vessels from the beating heart without the need for large incisions or spreading of the ribs.
The procedure was completed in approximately four hours and the patient was discharged from the hospital just five days after being admitted with no post-operative pain. As a disruptor of the traditional view of medical care, American hospital Dubai aims to support the community with the highest levels of patient-centric care.

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Salmon documented in streams on top of Pebble prospect
April 27th, 2011 | Margaret Bauman
A new fisheries research report documents the presence of wild salmon in streams on top of a major Southwest Alaska mine prospect and calls for further studies into potential impacts groundwater contamination could have on salmon populations.
"Combined stream survey data for 2008-2010 indicated salmon presence in 3 of every 4 headwater steams of less than 10 percent gradient draining to an anadromous river, including streams on top of the Pebble prospect, said authors Carol Ann Woody, a fisheries research scientist in Anchorage, and Sarah O'Neal, a biologist with the Wild Salmon Center in Portland, Ore.
"Rearing salmon were documented above dry stream reaches and in waters disconnected from rivers suggesting salmon access such sites during annual floods or via subsurface groundwater channels, the authors said.
The report, "Fish Surveys in Headwater Streams of the Nushagak and Kvichak River Drainages, Bristol Bay, Alaska 2008-2010, was prepared for The Nature Conservency. It was completed in December, and released in late April.
"We were the first to document salmon in streams on top of the ore deposit," Woody said. "We caught salmon in spring fed pools that weren't connected to any visible streams. "We found salmon in 3 of every 4 streams we surveyed, and fish important to subsistence, like Dolly Varden in 98 percent of the streams we looked at."
While the persistence of North American wild salmon in the Lower 48 and Canada is uncertain due primarily to habitat loss and degradation, millions of salmon continue to return every year to Alaska's Bristol Bay - some 42 million wild salmon in 2010 alone.
Commercial fishermen, in what was the 126th consecutive year of harvesting, brought in more than 30 million salmon.
Alaska Natives harvested over 100,000 salmon, preparing them for winter subsistence, as they have done for thousands of years. Sport anglers also came from around the world to fish the rivers of Bristol Bay for salmon, trout and char, Woody and O'Neal noted.
While Bristol Bay is the most valuable commercial salmon fishery in the nation, the contiguous mining claims now staked on the watershed divide of the bay's largest salmon producers - the Nushagak and Kvichak river drainages- pose both direct and indirect impacts on fish habitat and ecosystem function, they said.
Small headwater streams are often assumed not to be important salmon producing habitats in Alaska, although collectively they produce millions of salmon and determine water flow and chemistry of larger rivers, the authors said.
As illustrated by this and numerous other studies, headwaters comprise a significant proportion of essential spawning and rearing habitat for salmon and non-salmon species all of which are important to subsistence users in the region, they said.
The study also notes a lack of information on salmon use of ephemeral habitats and the critical role of groundwater , which the authors said warrants further investigation.
The Nature Conservancy, an international not-for-profit organization with a mission to preserve the biodiversity of the planet, began in the late 1990s to develop partnerships with local organizations to protect the long term viability of salmon resources in Bristol Bay. The partnership includes the Curyung Tribe of Dillingham, the Bristol Bay Native Association and the Nushagak-Mulchatna Watershed Council.
While development of the Pebble prospect is uncertain, the Nature Conservancy and its partners, nevertheless, determined the possibility of a large mining effort in the watersheds of Bristol Bay's largest rivers raised a significant threat to wild salmon habitat, said Tim Troll, Southwest Alaska program director for the Conservancy, in a preface to the report.
Troll also notes that the Anadromous Fish Act, the state's statutory protection for freshwater habitats of fish in Alaska, requires the state Department of Fish and Game to specify various state waterways that are important to spawning, rearing or migration of anadromous fishes. When one of these waterways is included in the state's Catalog of Waters Important for the Spawning, Rearing or Migration of Anadromous Fishes, nobody may use, divert, obstruct, pollute or change the natural flow of that water body without a permit from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
The results of the surveys in 2008, 2009 and 20120 strongly suggest that unambiguous observation of salmon will be made in almost any headwater stream within the Pebble prospect and nearby mining claims, Troll said.
Accordingly, Troll said, the Conservancy makes two recommendations.
The first is that exhaustive fish distribution surveys should be undertaken by the state to document all anadromous waters within the Pebble prospect and adjacent leased areas that may become economically viable to develop if the mine is permitted.
The second is that fish distribution surveys should also include any stream that will be crossed by an access road or potentially affected by any other projected related infrastructure, he said.
Margaret Bauman can be reached at email@example.com, or by phone at 907-348-2438


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Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 Emerging SMEswere treated to an amazing time on 14th December 2018, at the Union Bank Stallion Plaza, 36 Marina, Lagos.
Each entrepreneur received a Certificate of Achievement award from Connect Nigeria, in recognition of their laudable efforts in making it to the Top 100.
The gala was a huge opportunity for the entrepreneurs to network — make new friends, and forge productive business alliances that could significantly better their businesses.
The Head of SME Business Segment, Union Bank, Oriyomi Bernard, reemphasized the bank’s position in fostering the development of the Top 100 SMEs. At the same time, introducing business owners present to a number of mouth-watering loan deals specially designed for the SMEs by the financial giant.
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A few days ago, it became known that Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, was going to purchase the shares of Transaero, a large privately-owned airline, for the symbolic price of only one ruble. Why is Transaero losing its business? Pravda.Ru conducted an interview on the subject of the domestic market of air carriers with the head of analytical department of Aviaport Company, Oleg Panteleyev.
"Russia's No.1 air carrier is purchasing No. 2 carrier for the symbolic price of one ruble. How will the deal affect the state of affairs on the Russian aviation market?"
"Indeed, there was a very serious meeting on September 1 devoted to the problems of Transaero. The airline has accumulated large debts both to banks and service providers. Both the creditors and the government are highly concerned about the situation.
For the government, there are three important issues. First and foremost, the airline has sold about two million tickets, and one needs to ensure that every customer receives the service, for which the money has already been paid.
Secondly, Transaero employs more than 11,000 highly qualified specialists, and all of those people should keep their jobs. Finally, there are large creditors among banks that do not want to suffer losses, should Transaero stop working as a company.
Therefore, one of the solutions was to sell Transaero shares to Aeroflot: 75 percent plus one share for the symbolic price of 1 ruble. In a nutshell, if problems of the air carrier go under the control of Aeroflot, financial institutions will be willing to discuss issues of refinancing the debt."
"Was Aeroflot interested in the deal? What are the pros and cons of the deal for Aeroflot?"
"The cons for Aeroflot are quite obvious: the financial position of the airline will worsen considerably as soon as the deal is signed. The management of Aeroflot is facing very complicated objectives for the integration of new assets into business. A positive aspect of the deal is that Aeroflot is losing a major competitor. As a result, Aeroflot may raise the efficiency of the whole industry.
"For example, Aeroflot, in the person of its CEO, advocates to legalize the practice of overbooking. Overbooking is the practice of over-limit ticket sales - a method of increasing the profitability of airlines. According to statistics, up to seven percent of passengers either do not appear for the flight or refuse from the trip at the last moment. As a result, an airplane flies with empty seats. In Russia, many are opposed to this practice to protect the interests of passengers."
"Is it possible that Aeroflot will become the undisputed monopoly in Russia as a result of the deal?"
"A monopoly may materialize only if there is only one air carrier operating on one particular line. For the time being, there is no line on the Russian market, where Aeroflot is the only company. After the deal, if it takes place, Aeroflot may become the only airline to fly to the Far East from Moscow, for example. Still, there will be an alternative to fly other airlines, even though the down side of it would be interchange flights."
"What are the big players that create the face of the Russian market of air carriers?"
"In the first place, there is Aeroflot, a group of companies that includes Aeroflot, Russia airline, Orenburg Airlines, Donavia that flies from Rostov-on-Don, Aurora Airline in the Far East, and our low-cost airline Pobeda.
"This is a large group of airlines that controls a little less than 50 percent of the passenger market in Russia. The second place belongs to Transaero with more than 14 percent of the market. The list continues with S7 Group that includes S7 Airlines, Globus, UTair and Ural Airlines."
"What is happening to passenger traffic now?"
"We can see that domestic traffic has been increasing to over 55%. This is largely because of the declining rate of the Russian ruble. Many of those, who preferred to fly to Turkey, Egypt or Europe, now prefer to fly to the Caucasus and the Crimea. Passenger traffic on international flights has collapsed. Some airlines refuse from international flights and prefer to fly more inside Russia, thus creating a bigger competition. As a result, the total losses of all Russian airlines for the first three months of this year amounted to 19 billion rubles because of domestic routes."
"Do we have to expect more bankruptcies?"
"Obviously, the market will need to learn to develop reactions. One can either lease excessive aircraft or engage into predatory pricing."
Interview conducted by Leyla Mamedova
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