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Do you know how to be the most compassionate person you know? If not, read on for some easy tips. By following these simple steps, you can improve your relationships, help others feel better, and even boost your own happiness.
Learn how to be more compassionate.
If you want to be able to be more compassionate in your everyday life, you first need to understand yourself. Start by examining the way you think and feel about various situations. Are you quick to judge others, or do you give them the benefit of the doubt? Are you critical and judgmental, or are you more forgiving? Understanding your personal biases is important in order to empathize with others and put yourself in their shoes.
Additionally, it is important to be compassionate towards yourself. Make sure that you don’t put too much pressure on yourself, and give yourself time to recover from any difficult tasks. Recognize your strengths and weaknesses, and try not to beat yourself up too much. Instead, focus on building on your strengths, and learning from your mistakes.
Practice being compassionate.
To be more compassionate, it is important to start by recognizing and accepting emotions. When we do this, we open up the possibility of connecting with others on a deeper level. By understanding their feelings, we can create a more compassionate and understanding relationship.
However, being compassionate doesn’t just require an emotional openness. It also requires cognitive openness. This means that we must be able to think critically about our emotions and what they mean. Doing so allows us to better empathize with others.
Furthermore, we can increase our compassion by putting ourselves in other people’s shoes. This means understanding how they might feel based on their individual experiences. Doing so can help us understand the world around us in a new way.
Get out of your comfort zone and help others.
There are many ways to help others without stepping out of your comfort zone. One way to help is by providing emotional support. When you put your feelings aside and care for someone, it can feel good both mentally and emotionally. In addition, by lending a listening ear, you can help the person feel understood and supported. Additionally, by being actively helpful, you can alleviate some of the burdens that the person is carrying. By doing this, you not only make them happy, but also yourself.
Another way to help is by providing practical assistance. This could include tasks like carrying groceries or cleaning up after a party. Whatever the task, it is important to remember that doing something for someone else can be a great way to take some of the pressure off of them. Not only that, but it can show that you care about them and value their time.
Finally, sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all. Just being there for someone can be incredibly comforting. When someone is feeling down or lonely, having someone there who cares can be incredibly empowering. Simply being there with a listening ear can make all the difference in the world.
So whether you are looking to lend a listening ear, lend a hand, or just be there with compassionate love, remember: it’s easy to be compassionate when you get out of your comfort zone!
Be happy and compassionate together.
Being happy and compassionate together is one of the best ways to bond with others. It can improve your relationships, make others feel better, and even boost your own happiness. Here are four tips on how to be the happiest and most compassionate person you know.
When it comes to being compassionate, it’s important to first understand what compassion is. According to the Oxford Dictionary, compassion is “the emotion that arises from the understanding and consideration of another’s sufferings”. It is also often referred to as “sympathy” or “ empathy”. It is a deep feeling of care and concern for someone else, which can often be sensed in one’s heart.
When it comes to being happy, compassion is key. Studies have shown that people who are emotionally compassionate are generally happier than those who are not. In fact, research has shown that people who feel compassion for others are also more likely to be happy themselves. One reason for this may be that feeling compassion for others makes us feel connected to them. When we feel connected to others, we tend to be happier and more content with our lives overall.
One way to help you become more compassionate is to learn about the affects of compassion on different areas of your life. For example, research has shown that being compassionate can improve your relationships. Studies have shown that those who care about others are more likely to have positive relationships overall. Furthermore, those who understand and sympathize with their loved ones are more likely to be forgiving and supportive. This type of compassionate communication is vital in building strong relationships.
Another way to increase your compassion quotient is by practicing it regularly. Simply by spending time reflecting on the struggles and joys of other people, you’re able to cultivate a greater sense of empathy for them. This type of empathy is key in being able to connect with others on a deeper level. In addition, practicing compassion daily can help you develop a greater sense of kindness and caring towards others.
Lastly, it’s important to get out of your comfort zone and help others. You don’t have to do something major or risky – just taking the time to help someone out with a small task can go a long way in building goodwill and improving relationships. When you help someone out, not only does it make them feel good, but it also shows that you care about them and want to help them in
Since being compassionate can have such a positive impact on your life, it’s worth learning how to do it well. By following the tips in this article, you’ll be on your way to being a more compassionate person.

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“Send positive energy, positive thoughts. This is how you manifest things.”
Kevin Gates was due for release from jail today, after serving a 180-day battery charge for kicking a woman in the crowd during a show. Instead, he’ll remain in prison, TMZ reports. As authorities were processing his release, they found an outstanding weapons-related warrant, according to TMZ. Show More Summary
Lawyers for Ethan Couch are asking the Texas state Supreme Court to release the "affluenza teen" from jail, NBC DFW reports. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a judge sentenced Couch to 720 days in jail last April after he skipped a probation check-in and ran to Mexico with his...
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The Silver Spring resident, who police said had been yelling “nonsensical statements” when arrested, pleaded not guilty.
Michael Floyd is a free man... kinda! The New England Patriots WR was released from an Arizona jail early Saturday around 5 AM, where he's been locked up since February 16th for his extreme DUI conviction. But he's not entirely a free man --…
NFL wide receiver Michael Floyd is hours away from getting out of the Arizona jail where he's been locked up for almost a month... but he ain't exactly about to be a free man. TMZ Sports has learned Floyd is scheduled to be released on 3/11…
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A U.S. judge cleared the way on Wednesday for the widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, to be released from jail and appeared to throw doubt on the strength of the government's case against her. Show More Summary
The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, may be released from jail as she awaits trial on federal charges accusing her of covering up his plans for the June 2016 attack, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Noor...Show More Summary
The widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people at a Florida nightclub is not a danger to the public and will be released from jail ahead of her trial on charges of aiding the attack, a federal judge in California decided Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu also said there is no evidence...
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Muhiyidin d'Baha is a true patriot and deserves all the accolades.
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Photography and Civic Engagement
The Democratic Lens discussion series examines how images have shaped America’s collective memory and inspired individuals to participate in civic life. Thank you for joining us on November 20, 2022, in person or online, to hear from leading scholars as they discuss how the photograph influenced material culture and the evolving relationship between democracy and civic engagement.
THIS EVENT WILL BE LIVESTREAMED – EVENT RECORDING IS FORTHCOMING
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Charles H. Farnam Professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University
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Photography & Restitution: The Civil Potential of the Image
From its inception in the decades before the Civil War, photography has helped Americans not only to see their families anew, but to imagine newly the communities to which those families belonged. Some have been enhanced; others were dispossessed. This talk will present an array of past and present struggles over the social image unleashed by the photographic age.
Laura Wexler is the Charles H. Farnam Professor of American Studies, and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Yale University, and Acting Co-Chair of the Public Humanities Program at Yale, where she studies the photographic reproduction of race, gender, sexuality, class, and region from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
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Anne Wilkes Tucker
Curator Emerita of Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Empathy As A Perspective
As the war grinds on in Ukraine, what can we learn from conflict photographs made almost two centuries ago? How do James Nachtwey’s recent photographs of Ukrainian battle sites connect with those by Matthew Brady or W. Eugene Smith? Because wars are ever-changing and ever-constant. This lecture will discuss the recurring patterns that are the points of departure for recent searing photographs.
Anne Wilkes Tucker was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she attended public schools. She received undergraduate degrees from Randolph Macon Woman's College and Rochester Institute of Technology and a graduate degree from the Visual Studies Workshop, a division of the State University of New York, which sponsored classes, first at the George Eastman House and then at the V.S.W, studying with Beaumont Newhall and Nathan Lyons.
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Ph.D. Scholar, Curator & Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean of the Yale School of Art, Yale University
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What Can’t Be Unseen: Photography & Activism
Published photos have made a significant impact on the public and lawmakers regarding Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, anti-war efforts, LGBTQ, and Immigrant Rights. This talk surveys the role of some iconic photographs in our country's most transformative political movements for racial, gender, and class equality.
Kymberly Pinder, Ph.D., is a Scholar, Curator and is currently the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean at the Yale School of Art, Yale University. She was a professor and administrator for sixteen years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before coming to New Mexico where she was dean of the College of Fine Arts at UNM from 2012 until 2019.
Photographer & Program Head of Photography, Santa Fe Community College
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Will Wilson’s art projects center around the continuation and transformation of customary indigenous cultural practice. He is a Diné photographer and trans-customary artist who spent his formative years living on the Navajo Nation. Wilson studied photography, sculpture, and art history at the University of New Mexico (MFA, Photography, 2002) and Oberlin College (BA, Studio Art and Art History, 1993). In 2007, Wilson won the Native American Fine Art Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum, in 2010 the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Sculpture, and in 2016 the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Photography. Wilson has held visiting professorships at the Institute of American Indian Arts (1999-2000), Oberlin College (2000-01), and the University of Arizona (2006-08). In 2017, Wilson’s received the NM Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 2020, Wilson was the Doran Artist in Residence at the Yale University Art Gallery. Wilson is Program Head of Photography, Santa Fe Community College.
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— WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Empathy As A Perspective with Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
— What Can’t Be Unseen: Photography and Activism with Kymberly Pinder Ph.D., Dean, Yale School of Art
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Valve are challenging artists to create the CS:GO weapon skins of their dreams. Or someone else's dreams. Any kind of dream or nightmare theme you like, really, so long as you slap it on a CS:GO weapon to enter. They're launching a total $1 million contest tomorrow in which ten creators will win $100,000 and have their CS:GO weapon finishes added to the game. The contest runs through the middle of October, in part to celebrate and support the community of Steam Workshop creators, Valve say.
"We launched the Workshop on Steam almost 10 years ago in the hopes of creating a centralized hub for community created content. Since then, over five million content creators have submitted and published over 20 million new items for a variety of games on Steam, making them available for purchase to millions of gamers around the world. And, as everyone who plays these games knows—including CS players—many of the most iconic in-game items, maps, and more have been authored by members of the community. The Dreams & Nightmares Content Contest is designed to help further support this community."
Seems like a pretty swell contest, really. Importantly, Valve don't own the artwork you submit either. "By submitting an entry you give us non-exclusive license for the artwork to use in CS:GO," they explain. "You keep the rights. Past artists have licensed their successful CS:GO artwork elsewhere."
You'll just need to have a Steam account that's purchased at least $5 of anything, document your artistic process a little bit, and note the winnings split between you and any collaborators you work with. Valve say that the CS:GO development team will choose the ten winners each receiving $100,000.
Submissions open tomororw, July 22 and run through October 21. You can spot the rest of the contest FAQs here and all the other details you'll need.

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Is it just us, or does it seem like fashion designers are incapable of thinking before they speak? Nicola Formichetti, fresh off his last controversy, is at it again. The designer’s latest slip-up was a swipe at the elderly.
In an interview in the July issue of Elle Collection, Gaga‘s stylist and Mugler creative director said, “I think old people should just be old and go away.” Before we go too hard on the guy, we should clarify that we think the remark refers to older designers since Formichetti adds, “It’s not about being in the industry for ten years anymore: it’s about good ideas.” Which, sure, except we’ll happily point to Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood, and Karl Lagerfeld as examples of bona fide senior citizens who continue to kill it in the design field.
It was just a few weeks ago that the designer took some heat for telling W he didn’t want to work with fat people. Formichetti is still claiming he was misquoted, but his defense was a little weak and laced with a few unsavory comments.
Mugler’s top man also gave Elle the scoop on his muse, Gaga, saying the pop star “feels like an outsider” and “doesn’t know she is cool. She knows she is a superstar but the fashion industry is completely different for an outsider. It still has this elitist feeling — it’s really scary.”
Another memorable quote from the interview: Formichetti told Elle, “Me and Gaga, our motto is ‘f*** fashion’ because we love it so much we want to destroy it and start again and keep it fresh.” We don’t really get it but hey, Formichetti sure knows how to keep things interesting.


IMBLER — The race for Position 3 on the Imbler School Board has a distinction — it has the largest candidate field of any school board race in Union County.
Three candidates are vying for the position, one of only four contested school board races in Union County. Those running are Joseph “Joe’’ Fisher Jr., a building official; Tim Phelps, a sales and marketing director and Bud Whitcomb, the owner and operator of a custom body and paint shop. Dan McDonald, the incumbent, did not file for reelection.
Fisher, who lives in Summerville, filed for Position 3 to reach out to his community.
“I want to do what is best for the kids in our school district,’’ said Fisher, who works for the city of La Grande’s building department.
Fisher and his wife Wendi are the parents of a son who is a Imbler High School freshman and a daughter who is an IHS senior.
Fisher is a 1993 graduate of Union High School and has an associates degree in architectural engineering technology from Mount Hood Community College.
He has been a volunteer in the Imbler School District for several years, assisting with its high school FFA program.
Fisher said that the best thing he likes about the school district is how its teachers and the community support the activities students are involved with including FFA, sports and Future Business Leaders of America.
Phelps said he is running because he wants to continue giving back to the community.
“I feel that as a parent of school aged children it is important to be involved in the community,’’ Phelps said.
Community service Phelps has done include serving as a volunteer for youth flag football and Optimist football programs.
Phelps is a 1992 graduate of Imbler High School and earlier attended Eastern Oregon University for three years. He is director of sales and marketing for Barreto Manufacturing.
Phelps and his wife Jenny are the parents of three children, ages six, ten and 12.
The candidate said that one of the things he likes best about the school district and the community is how hard everyone works to help each other.
“It is like a big family,’’ Phelps said.
The Observer was not able to reach Whitcomb for information about his background and candidacy. Union County Clerk’s Office election filing records indicate that
Whitcomb is a graduate of Kamiah High School in Kamiah, Idaho and Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.
The race for Position 3 is one of two contested school board races in the Imbler School
District. A second contested race is for Position 5 between Lavar Bowles, a project manager for a construction company and Jason Beck, a rancher. A story about the Position 3 race appeared in the May 4 edition of The Observer.


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A woman named Suzanne Peirce was minding her own business when, according to the complaint she recently filed, she was attacked by the Phillie Phanatic, who picked her up and threw her into a hotel pool:
Peirce claims she hurt just about everything in the incident, including suffering “severe and permanent injuries to her head, neck, back, body, arms and legs, bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and tissues …” and more. The pool did have water in it, attorney Aaron Denker said, though Peirce was tossed in the shallow end.
The plaintiff says that she has spent a lot of money on medicine and medical attention and that she has suffered from “humiliation and loss of life’s pleasures.”
Her lawyer mentions that she’s a Phillies fan, but after reading the stuff about “humiliation and loss of life’s pleasures,” I figured that went without saying.
- Patrick Corbin diagnosed with “damage” to left UCL 38
- The Yankees were no-hit by the Marlins in Panama 35
- Report: Jose Iglesias could miss most of the 2014 season 45
- Manny Machado dealing with scar tissue in knee, increasingly unlikely for Opening Day 10
- The D-Backs weren’t kidding about the retaliation thing 58
- Red Sox prospect gets arrested, acts like a monumental jackwagon (107)
- Is Barry Bonds really getting a “fair hearing?” (104)
- Keith Olbermann REALLY hates that Barry Bonds is coaching the Giants for a week (102)
- Manny Machado calls $519K salary for 2014 “disappointing” (90)
- Giants players love having Barry Bonds at spring training (90)


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Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp
A judge has tossed out a defamation suit a gay man filed against Bristol Palin after a confrontation between the two aired on her Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp reality TV show. Full Story
Levi Johnston says he wishes his 4-year-old son with reality TV personality Bristol Palin could have been part of his Alaska wedding to Sunny Oglesby.
Bristol Palin apparently isn't raising the bar too high for herself when it comes to competing on Dancing with the Stars her second time around.
A reality show featuring Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has been pulled from its primetime slot.
Bristol Palin says viewers will see her true colors in her new reality show Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp, which will premiere June 19 on Lifetime and also star her three-year-old son Tripp.
Bristol Palin is giving reality TV another shot.
Bristol Palin is putting her new Arizona bachelorette pad up for rent and moving to Los Angeles to film her new reality show.
- Leah Messer reveals she's leaving 'Teen Mom 2' after five seasons
- Danica McKellar weds Scott Sveslosky in Hawaii
- Kim Kardashian reportedly considering a surrogate for next pregnancy to maintain in-shape body
- 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'MasterChef Junior' new season premieres announced by Fox
- 'American Idol' to premiere January 7 on Fox with schedule changes throughout Season 14
- Exclusive: 'Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water' eliminee Jeremy Collins talks (Part 1)
- 'The Bachelorette' couple Desiree Hartsock and Chris Siegfried to marry privately in California in January
- Kourtney Kardashian reveals when her third child is due and how she'll prepare
- 'The Bachelor' creator Mike Fleiss reportedly arrested for harassing Brooke Burke-Charvet and husband
- 'Hell's Kitchen' chef Aaron Lhamon quits the show before seemingly getting fired by Gordon Ramsay
- 'Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water' eliminates Jeremy Collins
- Diem Brown remembered by on-and-off love Chris 'CT' Tamburello
- 'Love & Hip Hop' star Erica Mena and fiance Bow Wow set wedding date
- Dean McDermott: My marriage with Tori Spelling is better and stronger than ever
- Kathy Griffin to reportedly replace the late Joan Rivers on 'Fashion Police'
- Janice Dickinson accuses Bill Cosby of raping her about 30 years ago
- 'The Voice' eliminates Team Pharrell's Sugar Joans and Team Blake's Jessie Pitts, reveals new twist
- Exclusive: 'Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water' eliminee Josh Canfield talks (Part 3)
- Janice Dickinson accuses Bill Cosby of raping her
- 'Dancing with the Stars' eliminee Tommy Chong: I thought I had a shot to win
- Kim Kardashian: I did naked magazine photo spread to feel confident and love the photos
- 'America's Next Top Model' renewed for 22nd season on The CW


South Shades Crest Road rezoning
The Hoover City Council, in a unanimous 7-0 vote, denied a landowner request to rezone 26 acres just off South Shades Crest Road where a developer wanted to build a retail center that included a gasoline station and grocery store.
The vote came after a public hearing in which more than a half-dozen residents of neighborhoods in the Trace Crossings community spoke out against it, citing traffic and safety concerns.
It was a dramatic development after a consultant last week recommended the Hoover City Council approve a proposed rezoning of the 26-acre tract on South Shades Crest Road, provided he meet several stipulations including a study on the potential impact of traffic on the area.
Bob House had told the council during a work session that the project could bring a big retail box, a strip center of small shops and a gasoline station to vacant land near the Trace Crossings community. Landowner USS Real Estate wouldn’t reveal who the proposed developer was nor their plans, but rumors were rampant that a Walmart Neighborhood Market was one of the potential tenants.
USS Real Estate’s original request to rezone the property from industrial to commercial was approved on March 9 in a 7-0 vote by the Hoover Planning and Zoning Commission for consideration by the City Council. During tonight’s board meeting, Justin Armstrong of USS told the council that rezoning to commercial was the best fit for the neighborhood.
But the council chambers were packed with residents who live near the proposed development and were vocal in their opposition. In the end, their voices swayed the council to turn down the request.
The 26 acres of land is south of Interstate 459 near South Shades Crest Road and across from Brock’s Gap Parkway.
Hoover City Councilman John Lyda, who serves on the city planning and zoning commission, made the initial request to deny the rezoning request. All six other members of the council joined him in the 7-0 vote against USS Real Estate’s proposal - Council President Jack Wright, and council members John Natter, Brian Skelton, John Greene, Gene Smith and John Rives.
“We heard a lot of concerns from the public about traffic and safety, and felt it was best to deny the rezoning request,” Lyda said.
H.T. Lanier, who lives in the Creekside subdivision of Trace Crossings, was pleased that the council listened to residents.
“We got what we wanted, so I’m pleased,” he said.
Wright said one issue that many residents brought up was that South Shades Crest Road is in need of repair, and that construction could further damage the road. He said that road is maintained by Jefferson County and he hopes the commission will consider fixing it to improve safety.
“Though we denied the rezoning, if the property owner comes back to us with a plan that is more feasible, we will consider it at a later date,” Wright said.
Armstrong, manager of commercial sales and development at USS Real Estate, said he is not sure what their next step will be.
“We have two options - to not sell the land or to hold onto it, and we prefer to sell it,” he said. “The current industrial zoning is not the best use for the land. If the city wants to buy the land, we’d love to hear from them.”
Lyda said he and several others council members have received emails from residents complaining about the potential adverse impact of traffic from the development. City officials told the council the developer has submitted a traffic study that indicates traffic flow will be heavier in the afternoons when retail shops are open, but shouldn’t affect morning traffic when the stores are closed.
Besides mandating a traffic study, House said city officials will restrict the developer’s proposed gas station to no more than six pumps and limit lighting so that it won’t have a negative impact on surrounding neighborhoods.
Armstrong said in an interview last month that rezoning the 26-acres of land to commercial use will help protect the community. Under the current zoning, the property is restricted for industrial use, primarily because there is a railroad nearby, he said.
Today due to major growth of homes and other development nearby, being rezoned for commercial use is a better fit, Armstrong said. The industrial zoning in place now means any property owner could use the land for auto repair shops, animal clinics or sanitary sewage plants that aren’t good for the community, he said.


EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Border officers are headed to Florida and other parts of the South as Hurricane Dorian comes dangerously close to the U.S. mainland.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is ready to launch rescue teams, including highly-trained teams of aircrews, immediately after Dorian passes.
According to a CBP news release, the Air and Marine Operations teams are from Tucson, Detroit and Puerto Rico, and are staging in Miami.
CBP has also strategically positioned other personnel and assets across parts of the Southeast. A U.S. Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue team, or BORSTAR, for example, is staged in the Florida Panhandle. Despite spending the past week preparing equipment and relocating assets, the BORSTAR team has spent months planning for the busy Atlantic hurricane season.
The agency’s efforts during Hurricane Dorian are being coordinated by CBP’s Emergency Operations Center at CBP Headquarters in Washington D.C.
“Highly trained U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel from Florida and across the region are preparing for Hurricane Dorian response efforts and ready to immediately deploy to impacted areas,” CBP Region IV Lead Field Coordinator Diane J. Sabatino said in a statement. “Our highest priority during a national emergency is the safety of people who are affected and we are committed to fulfilling our frontline responsibilities.”
CBP officers and agents provide support to local, state, and federal agency partners during natural disasters and during the subsequent rescue-and-recovery, relief and security efforts. Some of the personnel who will be contributing to those efforts include aerial and urban search-and-rescue, advanced First Aid, and aviation assets with tracking and detection capabilities.
CBP officials say the highest priorities during a hurricane are to promote life-saving and life-sustaining activities; the safe evacuation of people leaving the impacted area; the maintenance of public order; the prevention of the loss of property to the extent possible; and the speedy recovery of the region.


|Photo from the large forest fire in northern Euboea, last August.
According to the portal 902.gr, the European Union denied to use solidarity and regional funds in order to compensate the- affected by extensive forest fire- residents and retsina producers in northern Euboea, Greece. Replying to a question by the EU Parliament delegation of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the EU tries to downgrade the importance of the damage created by the wildfires. Additionally, from the answer of the EU becomes clear that the Greek government, which bares huge responsibilities for cuts in public spending including in firefighting equipment and personnel, didn't claim any compensation for the victims of the wildfire.
Below, you can read the question submitted by the KKE MEP Konstantinos Papadakis and the reply provided on behalf of the EU by commissioner Ms.Corina Crețu.
Question by KKE MEP Kostas Papadakis, 5 August 2016.
Subject: Immediate compensation for fire damage in northern Euboea
A wildfire raging for four days has wreaked enormous damage in areas of northern Euboea endangering human lives, engulfing 2 500 hectares of pine forest of rare natural beauty and destroying the livelihood of retsina producers over the coming years.
The Syriza-ANEL Government bears criminal responsibility for extending public spending cuts to basic necessities such as firefighting equipment and personnel. This also applies to the EU for ruling that firefighting infrastructures are ineligible for funding, being more concerned with business profitability.
Local residents are now seeking full compensation for the damage sustained, calling for generous payments over the next five years at least, given that retsina producers have lost their livelihood. They are also seeking immediate flood protection and other infrastructures for forest regeneration purposes and to avoid the area being damaged when the first rainfalls occur.
In view of this:
What is the Commission’s position regarding rapid compensation in full for all those affected by the fire in northern Euboea, using appropriations from the EU Solidarity Fund and Regional Funds, with a view to assisting retsina producers and immediately offsetting the chronic lack of up-to-date firefighting equipment, shortages of manpower and absence of adequate infrastructures.
Answer given by Ms. Creţu on behalf of the Commission, 20 September 2016.
Answer given by Ms Creţu
on behalf of the Commission
The mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for the disaster described by the Honourable Member essentially depends on two conditions being met. Firstly, total direct damage must exceed 1.5% of regional Gross Domestic Product. In the case of the North Aegean region, of which Chios is a part, this means that direct damage must exceed EUR 38.2 million. For Central Greece of which Euboea is a part the damage threshold is EUR 116 million. Secondly, the competent national authorities of Greece must present an application for Solidarity Fund assistance to the Commission within 12 weeks of the occurrence of the disaster. So far the Greek authorities have not submitted an application. Solidarity Fund assistance may be used for public emergency and recovery operations. Preventive measures or the compensation of private damage, including in agriculture, is not eligible under the Solidarity Fund.
Through their Rural Development Programmes, Member States may provide support to restore damage to forests and agricultural land and production potential damaged from forest fires, natural disasters and catastrophic events12. Measures may include support to restore damaged buildings and equipment and reconstitution of crop and animal production potential damaged but may not compensate the loss of income or the damages covered under the insurance measures of the Hellenic Organization of Agricultural Insurances.
Finally, EU rules on State aid applicable to the agricultural sector allow Member States to set up national aid schemes to compensate for damage caused by natural disasters. Greece has indeed established such aid schemes in the past.
Article 18 (agricultural and production potential) and Article 24
(forests) of Regulation (EU) 1305/2013.
For forests, support is conditional on the existence of a forest
protection plan and a forest management plan or equivalent
instruments for holdings above a certain size, to be determined by
the Member States.


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“Oh, what’s the trouble with your dog, Mr. Mulligan?”
He raised a questioning eyebrow and put a hand to his ear. I tried again with a full blooded shout.
“What’s the trouble?”
He looked at me doubtfully for a moment. “He’s womitin’, sorr. Womitin’ bad.”
That’s a passage from All Creatures Great and Small by James Harriot, my favorite and the greatest animal care book ever written. It chronicles the adventures of a young country vet with quite a few stories I’ve lived myself as a country farmer in charge of a herd along with a menagerie of dogs and other animals. There’s a lot of talk of herd immunity these days but the accomplishing thereof can be seen nowhere better seen than being in care of a herd, or, a pack in our case today.
What goes around comes around and what’s going around right now is womitin’, er, vomiting. In spite of our rigid, daily sanitizing regiment, when symptoms such as these arise, we go into high gear, doubling our efforts. Long before it became part of everyone’s new normal, our normal normal was buying cases of alcohol, Lysol, hand sanitizer, and cleaning wipes from Costco. I was even accused of panic buying for my regular shopping list!
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You might think I’m being defensive, and I suppose I am. When dogs get sick, daycare seems to be everyone’s favorite easy target. “Dog is sick, dog was at daycare: daycare made dog sick.” It’s easy to become offended and get defensive when we are always on the offensive to defend against pathogens. From our perspective it’s, “dog was sick, dog came to daycare, licked everyone in the
mouth: dog made everyone sick nullifying all of our rigorous efforts.” *sigh*
The nice thing about being in the animal care business as long as we have is that we’ve got friends who’ve been in it just as long. Friends who started out as young and as green James Harriot. Friends you’ve known since before they were in vet school. Friends who have cared for herds and packs and seen it come around and go around. Friends who reassure us it’s not just us, we’re all seeing it together. Friends who point out causes we hadn’t thought of or overlooked due to our offensive.
“We see all the diarrheas after the rain.”
“Aye, womitin’. Womitin’ bad sorr.”
*sigh of relief*
It’s nice to have friends.
If your dog is sick, please keep them home form daycare, consult a vet like ours, scoop, clean and sanitize like we do and know we always do everything we can to keep your dogs safe when they’re with us.
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When Bill Walsh took over coaching duties for the San Francisco 49ers in the late 1970s, the team was arguably the worst in the NFL—and he was stuck trying to shake a rep that he lacked what it took to lead a pro team. Within two years, the 49ers had won the Super Bowl (against Walsh's former employers, the Cincinnati Bengals, no less) and were well on their way to becoming the team of the '80s. Harris's biography is grounded by extensive interviews with Walsh, but the players and others who were there bring nuance to the portrait, revealing that the Genius who was admired for his confident demeanor on game day could also be a brittle, insecure personality off the field. While game highlights do appear, equal attention is paid to Walsh's team-building skills, with lengthy analyses of his selections from the college draft pool—including Joe Montana, an underappreciated college quarterback who became one of the game's all-time greats. Harris clearly knows his football, but the personal drama of Walsh's career is told with such verve that even nonfans will be riveted. (Sept. 2)
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/ Liar's Dice
Number of players: 2 to 6
Bluff / Liar's Dice
A small colourfull gameboard, 6 dicecups and 30 yellow dice, 1 red die.
The goal: As the players take their turn, they raise the previous bid or they question it. The loser has to hand in some dice. The last player to have any dice left, has won the game.
Throwing the dice: All the players throw their dice at the same time, each beneath his own cup. The loser of the last round starts the bidding. He makes a bid on all the dice, but he can only see his own dice. On every dice there are the numbers from 1 to 5 and a star, which acts as a wildcard. The player can bid, for example: "I guess there are at least 5 2's beneath all cups." (This includes all stars too). The next player must make a higher bid, or question the bid.
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CentreVenture's new CEO will be on the hot seat Wednesday, as she faces questioning from Mayor Brian Bowman and his executive policy committee over a downtown hotel deal gone awry.
At Wednesday's EPC meeting, Angela Mathieson will be asked to explain a litany of unanswered questions involving the request to release Stuart Olson, the construction company in charge of the $180-million RBC Convention Centre renovations, from paying out a $16-million holdback after they failed to find a hotel developer for the site at the Carlton Inn.
A $3.75-million settlement for Stuart Olson is on the table, in which CentreVenture, the city's arms-length downtown development agency, would be transferred the money and would take the lead on finding a new developer.
Bowman said Tuesday that for legal reasons, he can't speak to the notion that CentreVenture scuttled Stuart Olson's attempt to find a new hotel developer, after the original developer pulled out in April.
"I absolutely have concerns and council has concerns, what we are trying to do right now is make sure all the facts are on the table so we can determine what steps we need to take," he said.
Published media reports state True North Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Winnipeg Jets, was already in talks with the arms-length agency to build a hotel at 225 Carlton St. and had separate plans for the old Carlton Inn at 220 Carlton St. prior to the settlement deal with Stuart Olson.
On Tuesday, True North said they have no set plans for the site, but they are "constantly investigating or doing due diligence towards possible development plans in the downtown area" which could include the site at 220 Carlton St.
Bowman said he has asked CentreVenture to provide details on Wednesday involving their possible deal with True North and their reported $1.4 million interest-free loan to Canad Inns, which gave the hotelier 11% ownership of both the St. Regis Hotel and the former Carlton Inn.
In response to accusations being levied against them, CentreVenture issued a lengthy statement Tuesday afternoon, stating Stuart Olson tabled a settlement agreement for $3.75 million in April.
"Once the settlement agreement was being pursued between Stuart Olson and The RBC Convention Centre, it was incumbent upon CentreVenture to pursue an alternative development for the site," said part of the statement. "The City of Winnipeg was aware of our efforts in this regard and it was deemed to be the most responsible course of action."
Wednesday's administrative report also includes giving CentreVenture six months to sign a development agreement, but Bowman said he will seek an amendment to the report to see it open to public bid immediately.
CentreVenture's full statement:
CentreVenture was created 15 years ago to stimulate downtown revitalization by creating an environment for private sector businesses and government to work together and to promote the downtown to investors, businesses and residents.
Since that time, the benefits to the people of Winnipeg have been substantial, increasing downtown property taxes by $8.5 million a year. Through the direct efforts of our volunteer board of directors over 73 successful projects including The Bell Hotel, Paterson GlobalFoods Institute, the Avenue Building, Central Park redevelopment and a multitude of new housing and heritage restoration projects have been completed. Young people have new places to study and work, businesses are thriving, families are experiencing the benefits of living downtown, and new attractions are bringing more and more people back to our downtown. This is the grand vision.
From the outset, the interests of the community and the economic future of downtown have been our guiding principles throughout our involvement with the Carlton Inn site and will continue to be as we move forward on this and other initiatives.
For the past five years, CentreVenture has been focused on building the new Sports and Hospitality District (SHED) in downtown Winnipeg. It will be a distinct and dynamic new urban neighbourhood with amenities and attractions for all Winnipeggers. CentreVentureviews the SHED as one of the most important initiatives in downtown Winnipeg and, to that end, wishes to ensure we work collaboratively with all stakeholders towards that larger vision.
The first priority, in doing so, was to purchase two properties in the district that posed safety and security issues - the Carlton Inn and The St. Regis Hotel. This effort was broadly supported by all of our downtown stakeholders. The City and The Province were kept abreast of these transactions, and provided financial support.
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Is f(x)’s Sulli the Reincarnation of a Korean Gisaeng?
Is Sulli from girl group f(x) the reincarnation of a Korean gisaeng from 100 years ago?
(Korean gisaeng were officially sanctioned female entertainers. They appear frequently in historical stories about Korea)
The picture that sparked this topic was uploaded in an internet community with the title “Joseon gisaeng, Lee Nan Hyang.”
Lee Nan Hyang (1900 – 1979) was born in Pyongyang and was a gisaeng known for her beauty and singing. While these days the term “gisaeng” may have some negative connotation, at that time the gisaengs were considered artists similar to the way we view singers today. Lee Nan Hyang studied under the masters of music of that time and was one of the first to record music in Korea. Her albums are displayed in a museum.
Looking at her picture it is easy to see the similarities she shares with Sulli. The charmingly slightly droopy eyes, full lips, and even the face shape are a strong match with the K-Pop singer.
Some Netizens wondered if the picture of Lee Nan Hyang was photo shopped by an f(x) fan but the picture can be found in special exhibitions in museums.

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Yesterday I woke at six fretting about someone who bullied me at work seven years ago.
“You have to let go.” I told myself. “This is eating you up.”
I didn’t like this guy. Let’s call him Len to save his blushes. I didn’t respect him. Every now and then Len would order me into a private office and declare.
“I know what you are doing.”
Clearly someone had overheard me talking about him and reported back. I would try and stare him out and then he would say.
“I have a very sensitive nose – you smell.”
It was hurtful and enraging. I had a shower every day. What more could I do? As I couldn’t think of how to answer, I always remained silent.
Now Len was close to another colleague of mine. I liked and respected this lady but she endlessly went on about problems she had drinking whisky when she was at work in her last job. I never knew how to respond and felt a bit sorry for her. As she mentioned it so often I began to assume that it was a real problem that she was tackling now.
Years later when I’d left that job far behind Len told my closest colleague that I was drinking in the office that we shared. He wouldn’t back down when she vehemently denied this. Unfortunately she made the mistake of telling me. I longed to go round to the office and confront him. And the other lady I liked had been hoodwinked into believing him. Suddenly their comments made sense. I was furious. I was being accused of something that I would never dream of doing.
This has haunted me for years. I’ve tried writing imaginary letters, to Len, to the lady that I liked. I’ve thought of asking him to apologise. I’ve tried pretending that I didn’t mind – I had no respect for the guy so why take his nasty remarks so deeply? I thought of the lady as a friend – why wasn’t she straightforward with me? The matter could have been dealt with in seconds.
But the one thing that I had never considered was to forgive him. Recently I invested in the e-book “The Secret behind The Secret” by Dr. Eric Amidi, a quantum physicist. This book is great for helping you deal with damaging and restricting mental blocks. I’ve been reading a couple of pages a day on and off for the last six weeks. I reckon that it’s a sound read. The Secret is inspirational but it doesn’t really get down to the hard facts of how you actually, practically can get the best out of your life.
I am aiming for a rounded life. I don’t want fast cars, vast mansions and millions in the bank. I would like to live here with Danny and have the freedom to develop my cooking and gardening and have enough cash in the bank to fuel this passion.
This morning I read two pages from Eric’s e-book. The theme was forgiveness. Of yourself and others. I didn’t twig that I had a problem with this. I tested it out and tried to genuinely forgive Len and also myself for hating him. The cage door opened and I flew. Suddenly Len’s lies didn’t matter anymore. I also realised that if Len hadn’t been so mean I might still be working in his company and not here on my own road, forging the life that I always dreamt about. So actually in the end Len did me a favour.
Update: Eventually I found that I hadn’t forgiven Lee Sears – yes that’s his real name – and he now lives in Bath and runs a company similar to the one which I worked for. His bullying played on my mind and many years later I contacted his old partner and the HR person who worked in the company that he and his partner had sold. Old employees that I knew were still employed by the new company. Everyone was shocked by his behaviour and had no idea about what was going on with me and Lee.
Bullies like Lea Sears need to be exposed and vilified. His actions carved out the heart of me. Even though I worked really hard, I could still see him in my head. It’s silly, I know but no one wants to hear that they smell. And there was no one that I could turn too as he was a joint owner of the company.
Incidentally he had worked with the Met and boasted endlessly that he had beaten up drug dealers. He said it was fine as they were trash. I found this really shocking.
What Lee Sears didn’t know was that when I caught a burglar, over 20 years before I met him, the dectectives on the case activly encouraged me to join the force. I did consider it but it was people like Lee Sears that put me off. Back in the 1990s the Met didn’t have a very good reputation,
There’s management training, and there’s really good management training. When it comes to Lee Sears, beware. He might have changed but I doubt it.
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Poonam Pandey: the Indian model who faked her own death
Why Everyone's Talking About The Bollywood star has a reputation for outlandish stunts
When will the world run out of new movies and TV shows?
In Depth Entertainment industry in crisis as coronavirus pandemic brings filming to a halt worldwide
By Arion McNicoll Last updatedIn Depth
Bollywood star Salman Khan guilty of poaching
In Depth Court finds actor guilty of illegally shooting rare blackbuck antelope
By The Week Staff PublishedIn Depth
Bollywood actress Sridevi 'died of accidental drowning'
Speed Read Actor's death no longer being investigated as cardiac arrest
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A recent report by UNAIDS states that during the last two years of COVID and other global crises, progress against HIV prevention has slowed and millions of lives are at risk. In 2021, new HIV infections fell by just 3.6% the smallest drop since 2016. In Asia and the Pacific, new HIV infections are rising where they had been falling for the past 10 years.


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Jack Debartolo got busy imagining the new offices of VSCO in California (Oakland). This company creator of VSCO Cam and VSCO Film owns a minimalist interior with clear lines and natural materials. Jack Debartolo wanted to avoid artificial materials and hightlight the wood, metal, glass and concrete when he thought the decoration. A modern space, warm and comfy at once where the meeting and relaxing rooms are in the center of the office, behind transparent glass.
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Jane Maria Nicholson, also known as Jane Maria Abreo, and PussyGalor91 on Fur Affinity, is a furry fan who lives in Torrance, California, USA. She is locally known as a board member of the SouthBay LGBT Center.
On December 1, 2015, Jane Maria Nicholson was arrested following an investigation of an incident that happened in the summer of 2014, for engaging in sex acts with minors. In that incident, two 13-year-old boys told police they were approached and offered oral sex. Nicholson subsequently performed the sex act on one of the boys, police said.
Nicholson allegedly committed the same crime earlier in 2015 when a 16 year old boy had told police that he was approached and also asked if he was interested in oral sex, according to investigators. Nicholson then engaged in sex acts with the boy, police officials stated. As of December 24, 20154, she is being held on $390,000 bail..
- Jane Maria Nicholson's profile on Twitter. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- "Jane Maria Nicholson & SouthBay LGBT Center" story + video by Torrance City Cable on Gender Identity Watch. Retrieved on December 29, 2015.
- "Merry Matrimony (Episode: 64)" - video on the YouTube channel of The Raccoon's Den. Dated December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- "Transgender Woman Accused Of Performing Sex Acts On Teenage Boys In Torrance" story on CBS Los Angeles Website. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
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Summary: The product was scratched so I boxed it back up to send back. Then I noticed they sent the wrong model. Timing was such that I could not take a replacement so I got a refund. They don't refund the $20+ S&H so I ate that. I do not recommend purchasing from this seller.
Summary: This receiver is barely used in my opinion. I have used it in all purposes with ease. It6 integrates very welln with my Onyko DV-CP706 DVD changer. the trick to optimizing this unit is to use Coaxial and Optical for Audio and HDMI for Video. This unit powers by Bose/Polk audio speakers very well.
Good reciever but HDMI does not allow audio pass through
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Summary: I bought this receiver fully expecting to use HDMI inputs for audio and video connections. As it turns out you have to use a separate audio connection along with the HDMI cable. In other words the HDMi for this unit only handles the Video aspect of the receiver and not the audio.
Summary: I've had this receiver for around 3 months and must say that it is just what I've been wanting in a home theater and music center. I've got a miss-match of speakers that I've had for many years and the 1065 performs perfectly with all of them. It sets up very quickly with the GUI.
Summary: As other reviewers have mentioned, the packaging and the labeling in the store had HDMI all over the box. Buying a "receiver" that indicates HDMI (high definition multimedia interface) led me to believe the receiver "received" multimedia via the HDMI connection. Nope.
Summary: As a standard def audio receiver, it works as it should. For a HDMI capable receiver, it is utterly useless. It has "HDMI Pass-through" which basically means it works an an expensive switch box. It takes the HDMI signal, and forwards it along to the TV. That is it.
Summary: I have spent thousands and thousands of dollars on receivers from Sony, Onkyo, NAD, Carver and a few others, but never considered Yamaha...my new philosophy regarding electronics is not to spend over $200.00 on this type of item and if and when something should go wrong, just toss it and start...
Summary: Works very much as advertised. Probably not the best receiver I've ever had, but perfectly adequate for a small home theater and CD playing application. I haven't gotten around to installing the rear speakers yet, so I can't comment on the surround sound, but it drives two pretty hefty (and old and...


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Location: The small-scale holiday park De Koorn-aar is located on the edge of the Dennenbos. From this chalet you have access to many cycling and hiking trails in the forest including a path where you…Read more
The small-scale holiday park De Koorn-aar is located on the edge of the Dennenbos. From this chalet you have access to many cycling and hiking trails in the forest including a path where you walk through the Scottish Highlanders. In the neighborhood you will find the Shipwreck and Jutters Museum Flora and various restaurants. You can reach the beach in 10 minutes by bike. You will find shops and supermarkets in the village of Den Burg.
The living room has a sitting area with TV and a dining area. The open kitchen is equipped with a dishwasher, fridge with freezer, microwave, kettle and coffee maker. There are two bedrooms, one with a double bed. In the other bedroom there are 2 single beds. The bathroom has a shower and toilet. The chalet has a garden. Garden furniture is available.
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On April 11, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin as chairman of the Russian part of the inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation with Azerbaijan. The news arrived as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Sorin Ducaru was meeting with high-level officials in Baku, including Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. A former Russian ambassador to NATO, Rogozin is now deputy prime minister for the defense and space industry. As part of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, Rogozin was included in the sanctions list signed by President Barack Obama on March 17, the day after a controversial referendum in Crimea served as pretext for its annexation by Russia. The new Russian envoy’s high-level government position was interpreted as a warning to both Azerbaijan and the West as tensions in eastern Ukraine continue (APA New Agency, Trend News Agency, April 11; Business Insider, March 17).
The annexation of Crimea has worried Russia’s neighbors and prompted the North Atlantic Alliance to strengthen ties with partners in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus. On April 1, NATO’s Ministerial Council decided to increase cooperation with and expand its presence in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Although NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Brussels that this was nothing new and the enhanced cooperation will take place within the framework of existing partnerships, Ambassador Ducaru in Baku specified several areas related to the changing security environment in Ukraine and Afghanistan: security, energy security, terrorism and information technologies. The conflict in Ukraine and potential further sanctions against Russia can threaten both Europe’s energy supplies from Russia via Ukraine and NATO’s transportation routes to Afghanistan via Russia. “Azerbaijan’s cooperation with NATO is important in the light of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2014,” Ducaru said in Baku. “Azerbaijan has opened transit opportunities for us” (Trend News Agency, April 11).
Despite active collaboration with NATO within the Partnership for Peace program and recent plans to expand it, the mood in Baku and Tbilisi is not optimistic about possible protection by the West in case of Russian intervention in the region. The experience from the Russia-Georgia war in August 2008 and the muted Western reaction to Russia’s invasion of Crimea in March are indicative that the South Caucasus countries may not rely on help from outside. Russia is treating the South Caucasus as a military polygon with about 5,000 Russian troops stationed at its Gyumri base in Armenia, numerous troops left in Abkhazia and South Ossetia after the 2008 war, and a substantial military presence in the Caspian Sea.
Georgia was unpleasantly surprised by President Obama’s statement in Brussels on May 26 that “neither Ukraine nor Georgia are currently on the path to NATO membership and there have not been any immediate plans for expansion of NATO membership.” Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili commented in an interview with Rustavi 2 TV on March 28: “I would not say it was the statement I was looking forward to and I wanted to hear,” but he stressed that his country will continue efforts to seek security within the Euro-Atlantic space (civil.ge, March 27, 28).
President Obama’s remarks resonated negatively in Azerbaijan as well, although Baku does not have plans to join the Alliance and has maintained a balanced relationship with Russia and the West. But Baku is concerned about the unresolved conflict with Armenia over Karabakh and potential deterioration if Russia attempts to destabilize Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev has pointed out that the West is applying double standards when reacting to the occupation of Crimea with sanctions against Russia, but has never considered sanctions against Armenia for the take-over of Karabakh. His voice was joined by the Conservative member of the British parliament David Davis, who said in a statement that “despite global recognition, Azerbaijan’s position in Nagorno-Karabakh is not supported enough by the Western states.” The statement also indicated that the British company BP is the largest investor in Azerbaijan and has much to lose in case of a resumption of the conflict (Trend News Agency, April 16; Azernews, April 18).
Azerbaijan and Georgia are strategically important for European energy security because of the energy corridors from the Caspian Sea to Europe across their territories. Azerbaijan became the first Caspian littoral state to export oil to European markets via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) is currently expanding the natural gas corridor from the Caspian Sea through Georgia to Turkey and building the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline (TANAP), which will connect with the prospective Trans-Adriatic pipeline on European Union territory. When deliveries of Azeri gas start in early 2019, this will be the first Caspian gas reaching European markets. Although the quantities will be relatively small—from 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) a year as a start to 31 bcm later—they will be an important diversification factor on the European market that currently depends on Russia for up to 25 percent of its gas consumption.
Baku is also working with Ashgabat to ensure a transfer to Europe of much larger quantities of natural gas from Turkmenistan—at least 40 bcm a year. “The Azerbaijani side is always ready to offer its transit opportunities in the case of implementation of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline project,” head of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev told journalists in Baku (Trend News Agency, April 23). Turkmenistan and the EU are currently negotiating the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline project—a 300-kilometer (186-mile) pipeline along the Caspian Sea bed from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan—but Russia objects to the project.
Fears are growing in the region as the Ukrainian crisis unfolds. Azerbaijani political analyst Vafa Quluzada said that Russian military representatives are warning Azerbaijan to stop cooperating with NATO. “They say that if gas and communication grids are directed to the West and if Azerbaijan cooperates with NATO, then there may be a threat to our country,” Quluzada said in an interview with Azadliq newspaper on April 11. The analyst advocated closer military ties with Turkey such as signing a military agreement between Turkey and Azerbaijan and creating a Turkish military base in the country (Azadliq, April 11).
Meanwhile, Georgia received high praise from NATO member states for the progress it achieved during the NATO-Georgia Commission meeting on April 2 in Brussels. Tbilisi is working hard to receive a Membership Action Plan at the NATO summit in Wales in September, or at the very least a declaration that the country has made another step toward NATO membership (Trend News Agency, April 3).


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Director of the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Nepal, Dr Sanduk Ruit, has told The Himalayan Times that research is underway with a Swiss company which may bring state-of-the-art eye surgery to the developing world.
"We have been able to simplify the procedure [for] phacoemulsification cataract
surgery, and slashed the cost of equipment necessary by about half," Dr. Ruit said.
In phacoemulsification cataract surgery, an ultrasonic device (using high frequency sound waves) breaks up and removes the cloudy cataract lens from the eye. This is the most common treatment for cataract in the developed world.
If the cost can be brought down further, the fast-recovery procedure may provide an alternative to manual small incision cataract surgery which is commonly used in developing countries because of its affordability.
The equipment for phacoemulsification currently costs $US50,000 ($AUD48,529) in the international market but Dr Ruit believes it is possible to “slash this price down to $US10,000”. Such a breakthrough would bring this type of surgery, once thought possible only in richer developed countries, within the affordability range of developing countries.
"Our work will benefit people in under-developed countries. As the overhead costs decreases, the procedure will cost less and more people can afford the surgery," he said.
The Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology works in partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation in Nepal
and has a history of pioneering medical breakthroughs in eye health in the developing world.
In the early 1990s, Professor Fred Hollows and Dr Ruit worked together to establish a low cost, high quality intraocular lens (IOL) laboratory
based within what is now called the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology. The lab broke through all the existing price barriers for cataract surgery in the developing world – producing lenses for around $8, rather than hundreds of dollars. It’s one of the main reasons The Foundation can restore sight now for as little as $25.
In the spirit of Fred Hollows, Dr Ruit and his team at Tilganga continue to explore new ways of bringing first-rate eye health services to those less fortunate.
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Now in it’s 3rd year the Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit is moving from London to Brussels and will focused on what’s “really making money and improving patient health outcomes” with an agenda that will be entirely case study driven. Over the 2 days there will be more than 14 CEO presentations and 45 best practice case studies to help give delegates a chance to learn and network with their industry peers.
The full list of speakers from across health, insurance, Government, Technology, Mobile Operator, Design and Devices include:
(TL-BR) David Doherty, Founder, 3G Doctor (Ireland), Alan Portela, CEO, Airstrip (USA), Yossi Bahagon, Director and Founder of eHealth Wing, Clalit Health Services (Israel), Bradley Merril Thompson, Attorney, Epstein Becker Green (USA), David Inns, CEO, GreatCall (USA), Asa Nordgren, CEO, Great Connection (Sweden), Marco Mohwinckel, Healthcare Innovation, Janssen Pharmaceutical (UK), Peteris Zilgalvis, Head of the ICT for Health Unit, European Commission (Belgium), Brian Dolan, Editor, Mobihealthnews (USA), Dr George Crooks, COO, NHS24 (Scotland), Keith Nurcombe, Managing Director, O2 Health (UK), Thierry Zylberberg, EVP Healthcare, FT/Orange (France), Don Jones, VP, Qualcomm Wireless Health (USA), Fredrik Linden, SALAR, Project Coordinator, Smart Open Services for European Patients (Sweden), Adi Codaty, Innovation and R&D Head, United Health Group (India).
As part of my keynote talk I’ll be revealing annonymised details (with full patient consent of course) of an actual 3G Doctor informed mobile video consultation and comparing and contrasting this with a typical telephone consultation with a healthcare professional. You will learn:
> The benefits of enabling a patient to share their important medical history and outline their concerns before meeting with an informed Doctor
> How patients can help their Doctors be more prepared for a consultation
> How 3G Doctor provides patients with documentation of the entire consultation process and the benefits that Patients and Doctors get from this
> How we’ve made remote consulting fit for the 21st century: more effective, more mobile, more timely, more accessible, personable, safer and convenient.
Entry to the event is being made available at a specially reduced rate of €499 (until August 9th) and will include access to the cross-pollinator networking sessions and receptions that have been formalised to ensure delegates leave with tangible business contacts. Click here to register online or call +44 (0)20 7017 5506 / email email@example.com
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Middle East News
Report: Egypt politicians oppose referendum on electoral system
Sep 21, 2011, 13:12 GMT
Cairo - Egypt's major political parties are widely opposed to a proposed referendum on the electoral system and the extension of an emergency law, the semi-official newspaper al-Ahram reported Wednesday.
Among the parties rejecting the proposed referendum are the Freedom and Justice Party - the political arm of the influential Muslim Brotherhood, and an alliance of 35 Islamist and liberal parties.
The referendum is to focus on whether the voting system will be based on party lists or individual candidacy, and situations where the emergency law should be enforced, the report said.
Political parties and movements have sharply criticized a draft election law with a new distribution of electoral constituencies and the division of parliamentary seats between party lists and individual candidacy.
They fear that an individual candidate voting system would allow possible loyalists of former president Hosny Mubarak to run in the parliamentary elections.
Egypt's ruling military council met with representatives from about 40 political groups on Sunday to discuss arrangements for parliamentary elections.
The country has also witnessed mass protests since the military rulers decided to extend the emergency law until June 2011.
'The emergency law must be canceled immediately without any referendum on its implementation or cancellation,' the newspaper quoted the leader of the Islamic Freedom and Justice party, Essam al-Erian, as saying.
Last week, the government said the emergency law would be applied to fight terrorism and anarchy after activists, calling for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled, stormed the Israeli embassy in Cairo on September 9.
The emergency law was imposed following the assassination of president Anwar al-Sadat in October 1981, and was in force until Mubarak was toppled in a popular revolt in February.
The military council had promised in March that the emergency law would be lifted prior to the parliamentary elections.
No specific date has been set for the first post-Mubarak elections, although the military council confirmed that elections will be held in November.
'Holding such a referendum would be a waste of time and state resources,' the paper quoted Safir Nour, the leader of the liberal Wafd Party, as saying.
Many parties do not want to see a delay in elections and are pushing for it to be held on time.
The chairman of the electoral commission, Abdel-Moez Ibrahim, said Sunday that the ruling council will issue a decree next week to set the dates for parliamentary elections.


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On Tuesday, November 3, the race for the next US president and vice president will come to a close. According to the latest polls, the battle will be decided between the incumbent Donald Trump and his vice president Mike Pence, or Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many US citizens including those living in the Czech Republic won’t miss their chance to choose the next president. For whom will those residing in the Czech Republic cast their vote?
Due to the current pandemic situation, many companies are instructing employees to work from home and students are attending online classes. For most of them, working remotely is a new and unusual experience. Therefore, I have some tips for you on how to stay productive even when working from home, avoid procrastinating and remain optimistic.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the restriction on the entry of expats to Czechia if they have no essential reason to enter the country. As they explained, this is a result of the crisis measures issued by the government. As of October 21, it is not possible to travel to the Czech Republic for the purpose of tourism or visiting friends.
Due to the recently implemented lockdown, the Ministry of the Interior in the Czech Republic had to introduce some precautionary measures in their offices as well. These precautions mostly affect appointments and the extent of services they will be providing during the next few weeks. What do you have to remember if you need to visit them?
In the last five years, I have lived in seven different cities/areas in five different countries. In a few of them, I stayed for short periods of time, like one month in Bali, Indonesia; in most of them, I stayed for at least half a year, for example, eight months in Essen, Germany, six months in Pisa, Italy, over a year in Chengdu, China. So the whole move-to-a-new-place thing is really familiar to me.
While some foreigners move to the Czech Republic to study at one of the numerous Czech universities, some arrive for work. The global coronavirus pandemic, however, complicates things for everyone. Sure, almost all Czech embassies have mostly resumed normal operation but that still (unfortunately) doesn’t mean that arriving in the country and starting a new job will be a piece of cake.
Halloween is probably one of the most mysterious and scary holidays in the world. Do you celebrate it in your country? Do you know that in the Czech Republic we have a different holiday similar to Halloween? We would like to tell you more about the history of this Czech holiday that falls on November 2 and share some suggestions on how you could enjoy Halloween vibes during this unusual coronavirus time.
Any big plans for the weekend? Or you have to stay in quarantine because you have met someone who was tested positive for coronavirus? We have several tips for you on how to spend this time in a cheerful mood and stay healthy despite being sort of locked home for working remotely or studying online.


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Investec Bank (Australia) has doubled the size of its asset finance business, with the acquisition on Monday of Alliance Equipment Finance.
Alliance, which was founded by Pat and Peter MacMillan in 1992, is a vendor finance specialist. Its vendor relationships include Konica Minolta, Cisco and document finishing specialist GBC Australia.
The firm has 12,000 customers according to a notice at its website about the takeover.
Investec is seeking to broaden its reach in the asset finance sector. The bank's present strengths in this field are in the medical sector, mainly in...
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