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Envoys from nearly 200 nations gathered in Poland's southern city of Katowice, a day earlier than originally planned because of the large number of issues that need to be resolved by December 14. The world is working to implement the commitments made under the Paris Agreement but is still far off track from preventing catastrophic levels of warming.
The Paris deal saw nations agree to limit global temperature rises to below two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) and under 1.5C if possible. "Since 2012, we have been waiting for a national plan for the climate which implies a strategy, in the short and long term".
"The good news is that we do know a lot of what we need to be able to do to get there", said David Waskow of the World Resources Institute. "But this ambition also needs to be realised at the Belgian level".
In a rare intervention, presidents of previous United Nations climate summits issued a joint statement as the talks got under way, calling on states to take "decisive action.to tackle these urgent threats".
To maximize the chances of success, technical talks began on Sunday, a day earlier than planned, with delegates from almost 200 nations haggling over how to implement the broad promises of the Paris deal on moving away from fossil fuel.
The Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris agreement - though not yet in effect - has left a leadership void that others are scrambling to fill and expanded the opportunity for China to shape global policy.
"As a outcome, access to water, food, the conditions for stability, peace and prosperity are more than ever under threat; and if the emissions gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the 2°C temperature goal, let alone the 1.5°C, can still be reached", they warned.
They called for ambitious decisions which are sufficiently detailed and comprehensive to enable the effective operation of the Paris Agreement, secured three years ago in the French capital to curb global warming.
Sri Lanka political crisis: Rajapaksa calls for fresh elections
The court gave Rajapakse until December 12 to prove to its judges his legitimacy to lead and the authority of his cabinet. The Supreme Court overturned Sirisena's decision to dissolve Parliament and halted the preparations for snap polls.
He later told reporters that realities of global climate changes are "worse than expected, but the political will is relatively faded after Paris" and is not matching the current challenges.
And he added: "The world's people have spoken, their message is clear, time is running out, they want you, the decision-makers, to act now".
Brazil's strongman president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, for one, has promised to follow the American lead during his campaign. "For many people, regions, even countries, this is already a matter of life or death".
"We have no time for limitless negotiations..."
If the world is to truly prevent climate change-and the extreme weather disasters and rising seas that accompanies it-the attendees of the United Nations climate conference will have to disagree with Duda.
"We need serious solutions from serious leaders, not unsafe schemes and political tricks aimed to keep big polluters polluting", she said.
Last week, 20 leaders responsible for 85 percent of the world's economy and two-thirds of the population gathered at the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires.
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The Drake Center, a rehab hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced an agreement with Nexstim, a company out of Helsinki, Finland, to initiate clinical trial of the firm’s eXimia NBS system for patients recovering from stroke. The device features Navigated Brain Stimulation technology, which utilizes transcranial magnetic stimulation to stimulate electric signals between different portions of the brain. By mapping how well the signals are transferred, it should be possible to effectively determine how well the brains of stroke patients are adjusting to therapy.
From the press release:
Nexstim’s NBS device is a non-invasive method to gently stimulate precise areas of the human cortex of the brain while simultaneously measuring the effect of stimuli on the central nervous system and the peripheral nerves responsible for movement. Stimuli are given by a small electromagnetic coil which is guided over the head very much like driving a car with GPS. Simply by loading the system with a standard MRI brain scan, an operator can precisely locate the area to stimulate. Best of all, the patient need do nothing more than sit in a comfortable reclining chair wearing a special pair of optically-tracked glasses. No patient effort is required, and brain mapping generally takes less than an hour.
Nexstim has been used for research in Europe and Asia for five years. However, Drake Center will be the first inpatient rehabilitation hospital to use the device for clinical research. There are only two other research labs in the United States with the Nexstim device, including the National Institutes of Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
Because the device does not currently have FDA approval, it will be used exclusively for research at this time. This will be the first time the Nexstim device is used to study the potential of translating research results into clinical use.
Press release: Navigated Brain Stimulation in Stroke Recovery
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Zoya Akhtar and Ranveer Singh have worked in two films together while Shah Rukh Khan has starred in Excel Entertainment’s Don and Don 2. Ranveer Singh is on career high, thanks to the success of his films, Simmba and Gully Boy. A report in Mumbai Mirror had said that Ranveer may replace Shah Rukh Khan in Zoya Akhtar’s Don 3. The Gully Boy director has responded to the rumour, rubbishing all such talk, reports Hindustan Times.
Replying to a query, Zoya told “No, no. That’s absolute nonsense.” Shah Rukh worked in Don and Don 2 but speculation said he had pulled out of Don 3 as well as Rakesh Sharma biopic after Zero setback. However, neither Shah Rukh nor film’s director Farhan Akhtar has commented on the issue.Ranveer has worked with Zoya twice, first in Dil Dhadakne Do and now in Gully Boy. Ranveer was appreciated for his work as a rap artist, who emerges from slums of Mumbai to be a bold, new voice of the streets in Gully Boy. Ranveer is currently busy shooting for his next film, 83, based on India’s World Cup win in 1983. The actor and the rest of the film’s cast are in Dharamshala for preparation for the film and its shoot.
Shah Rukh was suppose to begin work on Rakesh Sharma biopic but reportedly backed out of the project at the last minute and reports suggest that Vicky Kaushal will step into his shoes. However, nothing has been confirmed yet.
Zoya is enjoying the success of two of recent projects, Gully Boy as well as Amazon Prime web series Made in Heaven, the latter was created by Reema Kagti and her.


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INTERLUDES FROM MELANCHOLY FALLS: VOL 1 is a collection of 16 short stories set in the universe of Return Home. It explores the nooks and crannies of the town that are often not seen on the show, as well of detailing the backstories of some fan favorite characters. It is available on Amazon.
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The current regulatory regime makes BSA/AML compliance daunting for community financial institutions like credit unions, Faith Anderson of American Airlines FCU told a House Financial Services subcommittee on behalf of CUNA Wednesday.
CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle said CUNA would push to remove language placing NCUA under the appropriations process from the House FSGG appropriations bill, and called for engagement to restore the CDFI Fund and CDRLF, which saw cuts.
CUNA and 2 other organizations jointly filed an amicus brief Wednesday in defense of NCUA's revised field-of-membership rule. The brief supports NCUA's cross-motion for summary judgement against the suit brought by the American Bankers Association.
CFPB seeks comments on proposed changes to its prepaid rule, which is scheduled to take effect April 1, 2018. The rule subjects prepaid accounts that access certain overdraft services or credit features to Regulation Z requirements by defining them as “credit cards.”
CUNA wrote in support of a Senate bill that would provide regulatory relief from HMDA reporting requirements Wednesday, a bill that would raise the threshold for reporting requirements to 500 closed-end and 500-open end mortgages.
The Fed announced Wednesday it will raise the Federal Funds interest rate target. CUNA Vice President of Research and Policy Analysis Mike Schenk says credit unions can expect an economic environment supportive of member engagement and favorable operating results.
The FHA should lower mortgage insurance premiums if the Mutual Mortgage Insurance fund shows continued strength, CUNA wrote to HUD in response to a request for information on executive orders relating to housing regulations.
Consumers suffer when credit unions are forced to curtail communications with member-owners, as they cannot receive the information they need, CUNA wrote for a House subcommittee hearing on lawsuit abuse and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
The Treasury’s report on financial reform reflects a number of areas highlighted by CUNA and credit unions during meetings and follow-up letters. The report, released Monday, is the first of 4 expected released from the Treasury.
The Department of the Treasury released a report Monday outlining more than 100 changes to financial regulations. CUNA is analyzing the report. The majority of the changes would be made at the regulatory level, not through legislation.
CUNA supports the VA review of its regulation involving VA-Guaranteed Home Loans, but urges the VA to ensure it has conducted adequate outreach prior to making any changes in this area. CUNA responded to an ANPR on possible revisions.
Both chambers of Congress are in Washington, D.C. this week, which means CUNA is engaged with hearings and meetings throughout the week. Scheduled hearings include a look at the TCPA, flood insurance and more.


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In a candid reflection on the current state of the film industry, acclaimed director Christopher Nolan shares insights into the phenomenal success of his latest masterpiece, 'Oppenheimer', and his views on the evolving cinema landscape.
Nolan's 'Oppenheimer', a riveting biopic of scientist Robert Oppenheimer, has astonishingly garnered over $951 million globally, setting a new benchmark in his illustrious career. This financial feat is particularly notable given the film's bold artistic choices: a three-hour runtime, an R rating, and significant portions presented in black-and-white.
Nolan expressed his awe and satisfaction in a recent interview with Empire magazine, stating, "I've just made a three-hour film about Robert Oppenheimer... and it made a billion dollars. It's literally the most successful film I've ever made."
Nolan's UK Triumph
Reflecting on his two-decade-long journey in the industry, Nolan highlighted the film's exceptional performance in the United Kingdom, marking it as his highest-grossing film in the region.
This achievement not only cements his confidence in the vitality of the movie business but also reinforces his belief in the audience's readiness to embrace diverse cinematic experiences. Nolan's commentary extends beyond his personal triumphs, touching on broader industry trends.
Known for his influential work in the superhero genre with The Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan offers a balanced perspective on Hollywood's current reliance on this genre. In an interview with the Associated Press, he emphasized the importance of a diverse cinematic ecosystem, stating, "There's always a balance in Hollywood between established titles that can ensure a return audience and giving people more of what they want." His view underscores the symbiotic relationship between blockbuster hits and the production and distribution of varied film genres.
Nolan advocates for a harmonious blend of commercial and artistic cinema, suggesting that this balance is crucial for the industry's sustainability and growth. Nolan's insights not only highlight his remarkable achievement with 'Oppenheimer' but also shed light on the dynamic and ever-changing world of cinema.
His perspective serves as a testament to the resilience and adaptability of the film industry in the face of evolving audience preferences and market trends.

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BROMSBERROW PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting
held in the Bromsberrow Village Hall
at 7.30pm on Wednesday 31st May 2017
Present: Councillors: D Morgan Chairman, Y Fortey, J Rann, J Stephens, N Terry
Also Present D Baldwin Clerk to the Council
1. Apologies -: Apologies were received and accepted for Councillors D Hunter and E Wilson.
2 Chairman’s Report
Councillor Doug Morgan presented his report on the activities of the Parish Council during the year 2016-2017 with some of the main points being:
The Co-option of Councillor Yvonne Fortey.
The repainting of the telephone box.
The ongoing issue with Bromsberrow Quarry using the site to store materials not listed on the license.
The shop held a fun day including dog show, which h was well attended although the weather was challenging. The Parish Council manned a stall with information on the legalities of cleaning up after your dog and informing the parish that dog waste bags, provide by the Council, are available free of charge at the village shop.
The sterling work carried out by Councillor Stephens and Hunter on the upkeep of the War Memorial
The cutting back and edging of the grass area in at the Dyke House Lane layby to stop the erosion caused by Lorries turning. An excellent job by AMEY Gloucestershire.
3 District and County Councillors
Neither the County nor District Councillors were available to address the meeting.
4 Estimates of Income and Expenditure for 2017-2018
In the absence of the Responsible Financial Officer the Clerk presented the budget for 2016-2017 as agreed at the meeting on the 17th January 2017. The precept was set at £6100 showing an increase from the previous year of 5.1%.
5. Questions from the Public – There were no members of the public present.


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Falcon Pools are flying high in the awards stakes but rather than rest on our laurels with the eight accolades taken at the Master Pools Guild Excellence Awards in March last year, we have simply raised the bar.
The 2014 Master Pools Guild Awards Ceremony was held in Fort Worth Dallas in March and each year, the Guild chooses one swimming pool design to receive the Ocean Home Grand International Excellence Award, their highest honour. Falcon Pools were thrilled to become recipients of the 2014 Award for our indoor pool design at an exclusive new property in Virginia Water, Surrey.
Beating off stiff competition from American and International pool specialists, Falcon Pools’ Managing Director, Ian Storr was a very proud man on accepting the top prize at the event. “It’s just fantastic to take the trophy to England,” he said. “There’s so much talent in the pool industry in the United States and overseas and this a real achievement for us.”
The winning pool contains approximately 20,000 gallons of water and is accompanied by a luxurious sauna and steam room area. It was designed and built for a property developer in Surrey and features beautiful mosaic tiling with gold fleck glass. Ian describes this as his favourite aspect of the pool design due to the beautiful effect that it creates. He said, “our main goal was to build something out of the ordinary.”
This impressive pool also won the UK Pool and Spa Award for the ‘Residential Indoor Pool of the Year’.
And that wasn’t all, as Falcon Pools also bagged three ‘traditional pools’ awards! These included Boars Hill in Oxford (GOLD), Furzefield Road (SILVER) and Furzefield Road (GOLD), both in Oxshott.
Pool at Furzefield Road, Oxshott – winner of a GOLD traditional pools award
We are extremely proud of our talented team who all contribute to our success, so well done to everyone for your outstanding efforts. Having raised the bar, we will continue to look for new ways to improve year on year. Here’s to another great year!
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Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias stressed the significance of International Law and International Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a stable framework at Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
Dendias met with counterparts on the sidelines of the 55th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers’ meeting (July 29-Aug. 5) held in Cambodia.
In a statement during his participation at the conference, Dendias pointed out “the need to have a stable framework which safeguards free navigation, as well as safety and cooperation in the maritime environment.”
The Greek minister also signed a Treaty of Friendship & Cooperation with ASEAN.
On Tuesday, Dendias also met with the second Foreign Minister of Brunei Erywan Yusof, and with Foreign Minister of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan. He also met with the conference host and Foreign Minister of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn, and with ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi.
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October 21 saw the launch of our latest study, the Truth About Fans. Early this year, we found that 70% of people globally were looking forward to the games in Brazil, and we at McCann Truth Central were no exception, especially since it presented us with a prime opportunity to study sports fans. We all know that with the advent of technology and social media, fan behavior has changed drastically in the last few years, but we wanted to delve deeper into these changes, and reach the heart of what it means for brands.
The launch event took the form of a joint presentation between Truth Central and Octagon, the sports marketing agency within the IPG family. Truth Central presented some of the broader cultural shifts that we’re seeing among fans including:
The New Language of Fandom – In keeping with the movement of the Internet towards a visual web, fans have invented a new spontaneous, witty and highly visual language of fandom in the form of memes and GIFs. These bit-sized pieces of content are mash-ups of sports with virtually every other aspect of pop-culture, from TV to religion, and they serve the function on online repartee among a global network of fans. Whether to jeer rival fans or congratulate favorite players, this is fans’ new lingua franca. Brands need to learn to speak this language in order to best engage with fans.
Social media backlash – However, all this content creation is not necessarily welcome among all fans. Some fans say that social media is detracting from the experience of watching the game. In the words of one fan from Colombia “Social media has made the experience of watching football worse, in the sense that many people don’t pay attention to the match because they are checking their social networks.” For brands, this means that content creation is not the only way to get involved in the conversation. As the quantity and pace of social media content creation increases, there will be a greater need for a more curated sports web. Brands have an opportunity to help fans centralize and curate all their online activity for a more fulfilling sports-viewing experience.
Goodbye to Animal Psychics – With initiatives like the NFL’s Next Generation Statistics and the NBA’s STATS, Big Data is finally coming to sports. This could herald a new democratic era, enabling fans to play manager and coach to their favorite team, as they use hard stats to lobby for all sorts of decisions heretofore left to ‘insider’ experts and gurus. However, it could also lead to a sports dystopia as every match becomes infinitely dissectible, even predictable, and as fans argue over obscure statistics instead of focusing on the moments of sporting heroism and unexpected brilliance that are so crucial to making sports the magical and deeply human activity it is.
Following the Truth Central presentation, Octagon presented a fascinating segmentation of fan behavior based on fan interactivity. While traditional segmentations have relied on self-reported avidity, Octagon’s research found that in fact, real interactivity was a much better predictor of brand love than avidity. So a fan who might describe himself as die-hard, but is less active on social media, is less likely to engage with a brand as a result of sports sponsorship than a less avid fan who is more plugged in to social media. This is a key learning for any brand interested in targeting modern sports fans.
The event ended with a conversation between Steve Zaroff, CSO of McCann New York, and Mike McCarthy, who as columnist at ESPN, Sports Illustrated and a number of other distinguished publications provided a true insider perspective on the world of sports. They elaborated on the theme of empowered sports fans by mentioning how some fans operate very much in the mindset of manager and coach thanks to fantasy football. These bespoke teams are sometimes more important to fans than their real-life teams. Mike amused the audience with an anecdote about how the sports stars he speaks with have begun to complain about fans approaching them in the street and chastising them for ruining their fantasy football scores!
According to Mike, as fans develop this intimate relationship with players, either online (through social media) or virtual reality (through video games and fantasy football), it’s real-life access to their favorite sports starts that they’re seeking. While once upon a time, the dream for fans was to be in the luxury box and enjoy the view from the best seats in the stadium, they now want to be out on the pitch and in the locker rooms.
As fans gain this insider status, they’re also beginning to question traditional experts. Mike joked about how he has to be more careful than ever about what he’s saying as the Internet has proved so called experts are only right in their predictions half of the time, at best. Fans are quick to eviscerate you for the slightest misstep, he joked.
For brands, talking to these new fans may sound daunting, but one thing about them hasn’t changed: fans are the most likely to vocalize their passion, evangelize it to others and ultimately, spend more than non-fans. Once brands adjust to the more complex environment in which fans operate, and understand the rules of engagement, they stand to reap the rich rewards of their advocacy and loyal custom.
Methodology: The Truth About Fans is based on qualitative interviews with people watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup in 24 markets globally. Quantitative data was supplied by the Truth About Globalization study, which was fielded in 29 markets early in 2014. Lastly, a focus group was conducted with American teenage soccer fans to understand young fans’ evolving attitudes and behaviors.

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"China and Socialism" discussions and debates
YAN Hairong <firstname.lastname@example.org>
Sun, 2 Oct 2005 01:47:17 -0500
Many of you probably already know this, but just in case some
may not, the Taiwan-based leftist journal _Pipan yu zaizao_
has published a series of very serious discussions that have
specifically and critically engaged Matin Hart-Landsburg and
Burkett's _China and Socialism_. The Chinese translation of
_China and Socialism_ was published serially in the same
journal (No. 10, 11, 12 and 15).
At the end of this message I provide the reference info. for
these essays, my rough translation of their titles, and
specific webpages I found for them. The webpage for the
journal Pipan yu zaizao is
I have learned a great deal from these productive and rich
discussions and hope there will soon be English translations
of these Chinese essays. Maybe this is something that Monthly
Review can organize. It'd be wonderful to see these
All of these essays can be accessed through the jiantizi
(simplified characters) version of the journal page, but the
fantizi (classical characters) page doesn't seem to make
everything available. Perhaps it's an affirmative action for
jiantizi readers. In case any of the webpage below doesn't
work, you can search for the articles in the jiantizi page
under the category "socialism."
By the way, this monthly (print) journal has a great number of
interesting articles, including Han Yuhai's "Contemporary
Chinese Socialist Legacy and Related Issues" (serially
published in no. 12-15), and Yuan Yuhua's "Another
Voice--Letters of Political Debate with a Right-Wing Friend"
(in No. 22, 23), as well as an essay on the recent struggles
of Thai migrant workers in Taiwan (no. 23), etc. etc. The
annual subscription fee is US$50. I suppose the subscription
info can be found on the journal's home page. In case it's not
there, here is the address of the press (she zhi): 台北市羅斯
福路三段２８４巷１２號, Pay to Wei Yi-Min. If you have any
questions, here is the journal's e-mail address:
I have just recently subscribed to the journal and think it's
really worth supporting.
"We should Correctly Evaluate China's Cultural Revolution and
its Capitalist Reform--A Commentary on _China and Socialism_
Ching Pao-yu (Jin Baoyu) (No. 23)
"A Reflection from the Perspective of Class Relations on
China's 'Capitalist Restoration.'"
Wu Yiching (No. 21)
"Chinese People Should Not Hesitate to Move Forward for Fear
of Making Mistakes."
Chen Yinzhen (No. 20)
"Socialism Died in China, Long Live Chinese Socialism!"
Li Minqi (No. 17)
"Why was 'Deng Xiaoping' Process possible."
Lao Tian (no. 15)

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Attachment 15 Section 1231 gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from U.S. Gains from U.S. Form 4684, 6781, or 2821. Attachment 16 Section 1231 gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from long-lived assets of a like-kind exchange. Attachment 15 Section 1231 gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from real property and qualified small business corporation (HSBC) qualified assets (defined below) on a 1031 exchange. Attachments (a) to (c). You must file Form 8824 for all real property and qualified small business assets transferred during the year and at any time from the date of formation (the date the real estate is transferred) to the date of filing the return, even if you did not realize gain or loss. However, real property or qualified small business assets that you must include on line 1 and the disposition date (not the transfer date) on line 2, and you have filed for a prior taxable year, are treated as transferable for all 1031 exchanges. Thus, you can report such property on line 1 of Form 8824 and include it on line 21(c)(2)(A), and attach a statement by the date of the return (the date after the date of formation or transfer) for each disposition date you reported for each taxable year. However, you should check with an experienced tax preparer or auditor familiar with Form 2553 to determine whether your property is excluded from section 1231 gain and should be treated as transferred in a prior year. How to Complete Form 8824 for 1031 Exchanges From Like-Kind Property from Real Property. For properties with any of the following characteristics, make certain corrections in Part III: Any gain or loss from a like-kind exchange for a like-kind property is reported on Part I of Form 8824. For a like-kind property, a real property that is also the basis of an interest in the like-kind property, such as shares of our common stock with underlying real estate, is described on line 3 on Form 8824. See Example: 1031 Exchange Between C Corporation and Partnership. Example (1): A is the owner of a single-family home. A buys a home in January 2016, and a short sale in June 2016. In December 2016, a like-kind exchange occurs, that brings the property back into the ownership of A.
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What is Ketchup Party?
A ketchup party is a name given to a young persons swingers party.
Involving most of the people there being drunk. Various activities take place like at regular parties but everyone, seems to kiss one another no matter the gender or relationship status. No sex occurs at these parties but
the reason for it being called a ketchup party is unknown, but may have referance to the event being
Bill- Hey Loz you got to invite me to a ketchup party, I want to practice my kissing
Loz- But Bill you don't even drink
Bill- Yeah but the girls that go do ^^)

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Closed-door meeting set on Rock Run natural gas drilling
A meeting being held Thursday by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources about natural gas drilling in Loyalsock State Forest is being kept closed to the general public and media.
Only certain elected officials and a pair of environmental groups are being invited to participate in a discussion with DCNR about Anadarko Petroleum’s proposal to drill for natural gas on nearly 25,000 acres in the Rock Run area of McIntyre Township.
Environmental groups say drilling in the forest will spoil pristine forests, wetland and streams inside the Pennsylvania Wilds.
But the opportunity to provide input to DCNR on the process from citizens and environmental groups has fallen on deaf ears, they say.
That will continue Thursday, as about 30 invited “stakeholders” – including Lycoming County commissioners, a number of township supervisors, the state chapter of the Sierra Club and the Responsible Drilling Alliance meet at the closed-door session, according to a previous report from National Public Radio’s StateImpact website.
While DCNR is not subject to the state’s Sunshine Law that provides for open access to meetings, a quorum of elected officials from any municipality at the meeting could constitute the need to hold an open meeting, according to Melissa Melewsky, media law counsel for the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association in Harrisburg.
“They’ve invited public officials,” Melewsky said. “The problem, at this point, is we don’t know who is going to attend. Who shows up is the real question.”
She said the public’s right to know what takes place at a meeting held by a government agency is circumvented in cases such as this.
“I don’t know if I agree with that, certainly, in light of the public interest in this issue. This is obviously a critical issue for residents and taxpayers,” Melewsky said.
According to Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Law, “Official action and deliberations by a quorum of the members of an agency shall take place at a meeting open to the public unless closed … ” under certain exceptions.
One of those exceptions is for agency conferences, but no deliberation of agency business may take place, according to the law.
“Reporters will not be able to sit in on the meeting, but we will make our DCNR folks available to talk after the meeting,” said Christine Novak, DCNR press secretary.


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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
Would you like to be happy for the rest of your life? Then follow that one simple idea by Lao Tzu. It’s truly that simple. Yet …
We’ve been resisting change literally since birth! Born into a cold, loud world, we start our lives crying and in shock.
And change continues to happen so rapidly. And we fight it every step of the way … even before we learn to actually articulate the word, “No!”
It continues through childhood. Resisting the rules and expectations first from our parents then our teachers and society at large.
Do I even have to mention teenage rebelliousness here?
And finally as adults … we continue to resist! Yes, one side of us strives to fulfill our social duties, obligations and expectations in exchange for acceptance from our family, friends and colleagues. But the other side of us craves to revolt against every belief, dogma and standard that has ever been forced down our throats! We long to throw caution to the wind and live with our own rules and experience freedom.
Just think of how you react when you show up to yoga and your favorite teacher had to sub out class last minute. Or you open up an app you use every day and it’s been completely updated and it’s super hard to navigate. We simply don’t like change. Which makes us resistant. Annoyed. Inconvenienced. Not happy.
And this is just the little stuff, right?
Some big stuff has happened in my life lately, and I’m struggling to accept and go with the flow. So much easier said than done. A friend of mine who I’ve known for nearly thirty years – my best friend during my rebellious and exploratory, toeing the line 20s – was placed on life support recently. I’m still reeling from the shock of it. Disbelief. Regret. So much inner resistance.
Other stuff too. No need for details. You get it. We are all struggling and battling with our own inner turmoil each day.
So how do I deal with this huge curveball that life has thrown at me?
Each time my feelings and thoughts overwhelm me, I just breathe deeply and allow myself to experience whatever bubbled up.
I then direct my awareness to so many fond memories and I feel grateful for all the time we had together. And I dedicate my efforts to her throughout the day. Doing things on her behalf that she may not ever do again. Or truth be told, she would never do anyway. I could never get that girl on a yoga mat!
And I remember that despite the lie we all whisper to ourselves, that there is enough time, life is fragile and amazing and each moment is a blessing. Each breath truly a gift.
My work is non-resistance. To open and accept and laugh and love as much as I can for as long as I am able.
Let’s stop wasting time complaining about the weather or other things we cannot change. Let’s live with purpose and joy and acceptance.
Something magical will happen to you today! I feel it coming. Best. Monday. Ever. 🙏🏾


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Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time is an adventure-based Wii game with a quirky plot that takes you on a wild and comical time-traveling adventure. The game features Doc Clock, a mad scientist with an obsession for sandwiches, who builds a time machine to go back in time and retrieve different sandwich ingredients. The game is an absolute gem, featuring an enjoyable soundtrack, innovative gameplay mechanics, and vibrant graphics that make everything come to life. In this post, we will be giving you an overview of what to expect when playing Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time ROM, and why you should add it to your Wii gaming library.
Explore the wonderfully imaginative world of Doc Clock’s laboratory
When you first boot up Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time on your Wii, you’ll notice the game has some quirky side-scrolling mechanics that take you through the mad scientist’s laboratory. Throughout the game, you’ll be tasked with retrieving various sandwich ingredients from different time periods by traveling through time in your trusty time machine. The game features 40 levels in total, with puzzles of varying difficulties that will put your problem-solving skills to the test.
An engaging gameplay experience
The puzzles in Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time are challenging and incredibly fun to solve. They will require you to manipulate different objects to get to your desired sandwich ingredients. You’ll also need to use your time machine to travel to different eras, depending on what ingredients you need. One exciting factor about the puzzles is they don’t have a set solution; you need to experiment with different items, and this makes the gameplay experience quite engaging.
A colorful and dynamic world
The game’s graphics are colorful, vibrant, and well-detailed, making Doc Clock’s world come alive. The laboratory is especially beautiful, with vivid colors and detailed graphics that make you feel you are in the mad scientist’s world. You’ll also notice that various elements of the game are in a cartoonish art style, giving Doc Clock a unique and cozy feel. The soundtrack is fantastic, and the sounds of the different machines give you the sense that you are truly in a laboratory.
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time has its share of replay value. After completing the game, you’ll unlock the sandbox mode, which allows you to create and solve puzzles. You can also replay the initial levels to improve your gameplay experience or even take on some of the more challenging puzzles to master your skills.
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time ROM is an incredibly entertaining Wii game that will take you on an adventure through time and the mad scientist’s laboratory. It features lovely graphics and a fantastic soundtrack, along with innovative gameplay mechanics that will keep you engaged for hours on end. What’s more, the puzzles’ varying difficulties and the sandbox mode give you countless hours of replay value, making it an excellent addition to any Wii gaming collection. In conclusion, Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time is an excellent choice for any gamer, whether you’re looking for a game to play alone or want to enjoy it with friends. It’s an absolute must-play, and we recommend you give it a try and enjoy its quirky and comical story.

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The liberal governance of the nineteenth-century state and city depended on the “rule of freedom”. As a form of rule it relied on the production of certain kinds of citizens and patterns of social life, which in turn depended on transforming both the material form of the city (its layout, architecture, infrastructure) and the ways it was inhabited and imagined by its leaders, citizens and custodians.
Focusing mainly on London and Manchester, but with reference also to Glasgow, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, colonial India, and even contemporary Los Angeles, Patrick Joyce creatively and originally develops Foucauldian approaches to historiography to reflect on the nature of modern liberal society. His consideration of such “artifacts” as maps and censuses, sewers and markets, public libraries and parks, and of civic governments and city planning, are intertwined with theoretical interpretations to examine both the impersonal, often invisible forms of social direction and control built into the infrastructure of modern life and the ways in which these mechanisms both shape culture and social life and engender popular resistance.
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Patrick Joyce has become known, through books including Visions of the People, Democratic Subjects and The Oxford Reader on Class, as a leading social and cultural historian, as well as one of the chief exponents of postmodernist thought in history. He is Professor of Modern History at Manchester University.Review:
“In his remarkable new book, Patrick Joyce confirms his position as amongst the most inventive and rigorous social historians writing today. Creatively employing and developing Foucault’s conceptions of governmentality, he uses a wealth of fascinating material to show how the nineteenth-century city and its citizens were made governable in the name of freedom. ... This book will become a standard reference for all those interested in the history of the liberal city, and a major conceptual contribution for all those seeking to understand the relations of power and freedom in contemporary society.”—Nikolas Rose, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
“There is no one writing whose feet are so firmly in the streets of the past and whose head is so creatively engaged with ways of theorising it. A joy to read.”—David Vincent, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social History, Keele University
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Astonished police who busted a busy brothel in Moscow found that many of the sex workers were actually immigrant transvestites.
The truth emerged after Russian police raided the “very high demand” venue on 26th October when a disgruntled customer tipped them off.
Local media reported that most of the prostitutes were Uzbek and Kyrgyzstani migrants.
And many of the ‘girls’ on offer, they say, turned out to be transvestites.
It is not known if punters were told they were seeing a transvestite or if they were kept in the dark.
A police video of the raid shows officers talking to three of the sex workers all dressed as women but with very deep voices.
The people behind the brothel could now face up to five years in prison.
It is unclear what penalties the transvestites and other call girls face but police will be checking whether they have legal immigration documents.
LGBT rights in Russia have been subjected to a harsh crackdown over the last few years.
Local polls show the majority of Russians support tough laws discriminating against homosexuals and other members of the LGBT community.
Prostitution is illegal in Russia, with sex workers facing fines and pimps facing prison time if caught.


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Clawson resident Kimberley Reynolds is determined to raise awareness about Down syndrome.
Reynolds' 8-year-old daughter, Amber, was born with the condition and she wants the public to understand that people with Down syndrome still can live normal lives.
"Amber is in a typical classroom at (Elementary)," Reynolds said. "She can do everything that other kids can do."
Down syndrome is a genetic condition where a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21. Symptoms include delayed cognitive ability and common physical signs such as a flattened nose, excessive skin in the neck area and separated joints between the bones of the skull.
Reynolds aims to raise $5,000 for Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast Michigan, an organization that provides support for individuals who have the condition and their families. The group is hosting "Step UP for Down Syndrome Walk" – its biggest annual fundraiser – on Sept. 29 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The nonprofit organization offers scholarships, yoga classes and dances, as well as doctor recommendations for people with Down syndrome. The Reynolds family got involved with the Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast Michigan when Amber was four weeks old.
"They have been such huge support for us," Reynolds said. "I don’t know what I would do without them."
Reynold has formed a team of family and friends for the walk, with the name "Amber's Angels." So far, the team has collected $1,060 in online donations.
More than one-thousand people show up each year to support the "Step UP for Down Syndrome Walk." The event raised $100,000 for the Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast Michigan last year.
Teams will have a chance to walk around the outside of the Palace and there will be youth presentations, face painting, a moonwalk, clowns, karaoke and more. The event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
If you would like to donate to Amber's Angels, visit the website and click 'Donate.' If you want to participate, you can register to walk or join a team. For more information visit the Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast Michigan website.


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Nagpur: While the Union environment ministry is still in the dark, the coal ministry is set to issue a notification soon to withdraw auction of Bander in Chandrapur and four more coal blocks in Chhattisgarh from the national list of 41 that was announced on June 18.
Bander coal block, which lies in the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, is escaping the auctioneer’s hammer for the third time. Earlier, permission for coal mining was rejected in 1999 and 2011.
August 18 is the last date for submitting bids. “Before the bid process on August 18, the ministry will issue a notification to remove them from the list,” top coal ministry officials told TOI on Tuesday.
Talking to TOI, Pralhad Joshi, Union minister for mines, coal and parliamentary affairs, said, “Bander blocks are being removed from the list on the request from Maharashtra government. Four blocks — Sayang, Madanpur (North), Morga (South) and Morga-II — in Hasdeo Aranya area have been removed from the auction list on the request from Chhattisgarh government. No blocks have been removed from Jharkhand’s list.”
On June 19, TOI had reported that Bandar coal block, falling in the wildlife tiger corridor, was released for auction. The issue raised a storm and former environment minister Jairam Ramesh and state environment minister Aaditya Thackeray wrote to Union minister Prakash Javadekar to have a rethink.
Thackeray told TOI that the state is yet to receive a “formal communication”. “But this is great news. Not just me, state forest minister (Sanjay Rathod) and chief minister (Uddhav Thackeray) too had written to Javadekar on Bander,” he added.
However, Javadekar said, “I am not aware about the development.”
Ramesh had reminded Javadekar and the coal ministry about how Bander and Lohara coal blocks (south of Tadoba) were put in ‘no go’ zone when he was minister in 2010-11.
Angry green activists had warned of launching a stir. City social worker Pramod Junghare filed a PIL and the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had sought replies from the ministers and governments.
The total mining lease area on offer in Bander was 1,643.67 hectare (257ha for open cast mine and 913.16ha for underground mining), of which 1,170.16 hectare is thick forest land. The total land is as big as the meteorite-hit Lonar crater and the sanctuary around it, in Buldhana district.
Based on camera trapping exercises conducted over several years, the proposed Bander block area is a well-established corridor which is used by tigers to move towards sanctuaries in Bor (Wadha), Umred Karhandla and Pench (Nagpur) and Melghat (Amravati). It also has resident tigers.
In his letter to Javadekar, Chhattisgarh forest minister Mohammad Akbar said, “In the coal block between Hasdeo Aranya and Mand river area proposed for auction by the Union government there has been an increase in the numbers of wild elephants which has led to a spike in human-elephant conflict. For providing habitat for wild elephants, 1,995 sq km of forest area around Hasdeo river has been declared as Lemru elephant reserve. The process of issuing notification for the same is under process. It is necessary to stop mining in that region to prevent loss of human lives and control on man-elephant conflict.”
The Jharkhand government has challenged the Centre’s decision to put up coal block in the state in the Supreme Court.
WHY BANDER IS IMPORTANT
* Falls in high density forest, will block wildlife corridor towards Umred-Karhandla, Bor, Melghat
* Part of the block touches buffer of Tadoba, is in eco sensitive zone
* As per the ESZ notification, mining not allowed
* Coal mining will bring miseries for villages
* Mining will flare up man-animal conflict
* Ecological damage will be irreparable


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EU-funded regional seminar to help modernise Southern countries public administration
October 12, 2020
In the framework of the EU-funded South Programme IV, the Venice Commission is organising the 11th UniDem Med Regional Seminar entitled “Towards a user-oriented administration” in co-operation with the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Public Administration Reform of the Kingdom of Morocco. This seminar will take place as a videoconference from 13 to 15 October 2020.
It will bring together around 60 senior international experts and public officials from seven Southern Mediterranean beneficiaries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia) with the aim to exchange best practices on modern user-centered public administration based on rule of law and democracy principles. Participants will discuss among others: access to public information and transparency, data protection, quality management, e-government initiatives and civil service ethics.
The main objective of the UniDem Med Campus (University for Democracy) is to contribute through peer-to-peer exchanges to the modernisation of the administration in the Southern Mediterranean by enforcing law and consolidating institutions. The project aims to strengthen the legal capacities of senior civil servants in areas related to good governance, rule of law and human rights, as well as to strengthen the links between the public administrations from the region.
South Programme IV continues assisting Southern Mediterranean countries in building a common legal space together with the EU, with a focus on reforming Southern Mediterranean countries’ legislation and reinforcing their democratic governance institutions as well as accompanying reform processes. Good governance building, strengthening rule of law and respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights are strong pillars of the South Programme.


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As automation sweeps across industries, restaurant businesses are taking note. Food delivery giant DoorDash acquired food robotics company Chowbotics earlier this year, Sweetgreen acquired robotic restaurant Spyce, and companies promising to automate labor-intensive kitchen processes are bringing in funds by the tens of millions. Where once the idea of a robot preparing the food may have been an off-putting one to many restaurant customers, now the rise in digital ordering has set consumers at a remove from what is happening in the kitchen, allowing automation to take hold.
Related news: DoorDash Acquires Robotic Food Prep Company
“Consumers want good food at a good price, and the reason cloud kitchens have become popular is, they don’t really know where the food is coming from,” Nipun Sharma, CEO at SJW Robotics, told PYMNTS in an interview. “People want food delivery. People want value … As long as people are ordering food delivery and takeout, they’re ready for [this technology].”
SJW Robotics is working on creating a fully robotic restaurant, which is set to debut in the fall with a pre-commercial demonstration, slated for its commercial launch in the early months of 2022. The company’s “Rowok” system will prepare stir-fried wok meals, able to complete 75 orders in an hour. Meals will be available for delivery or for self-serve ordering at restaurant kiosks on-site.
Making More out of Less
The demand for kitchen automation is especially pronounced now, as operators struggle to staff their restaurants. Sharma noted the labor challenge in his previous restaurant project back in early 2019.
“I started contacting all these companies in the food tech space and robotics and tried to see if there was doing something that I could use,” he recalled. “After a good search and talking to dozens of companies all over the world, we reached the conclusion that there was nothing viable, at least in terms of my needs, out there.”
The Rowok system will both create meals and clean itself, eliminating a huge amount of the work required to operate a restaurant. Human operators refill ingredients and do some light maintenance, but for the most part the equipment will be remotely monitored.
SJW’s solution will have the advantage of saving on real estate in addition to labor. Since it is a self-contained unit with a footprint of around 100 square feet, it is an order of magnitude smaller than the average restaurant kitchen. Sharma envisions these kiosks in airports, universities, and other locations where one would typically find grab-and-go food kiosks.
Ghost Kitchen vs Robo-Kitchen
While SJW’s kiosks can function as ghost kitchens, removed from consumers, Sharma argues that the company has an advantage over many of the major ghost kitchen companies, whose models involve placing kitchens in low-trafficked areas, straining delivery radii.
“We can be very close to consumers,” he said. “We are really optimized for delivery in terms of our manufacturing costs our occupational costs and employee costs are pretty much zero. That means we have a wide berth of margin to do deliveries.”
He added that, even when the company’s system is not stationed to be viewed by consumers, it can be right in the buildings — he cited hospitals and universities as possible locations — in which consumers are ordering.
Piece by Piece or All at Once
Sharma believes that the savings on real estate and the fact that the machine completes every step of the cooking process sets SJW’s technology apart from other robotic solutions gaining in popularity, most of which are meant to be integrated into restaurants’ existing kitchens.
“A lot of companies will focus on robotic arms, and what have you, and that’s really good-looking, fun project, but it serves no purpose in an actual restaurant where we have to do multitasking,” he said. I don’t think a kitchen like flippy is a serving a real need, or some of these pizza robotics companies that came out of performing a very limited function, but I think almost all of them are heading in the right direction that certain elements can be automated.”
There is a case to be made that solutions which can be utilized right now or in the near future serve a vital role that technology such as SJW’s, which is still in the earlier stages. Spyce, for one, has been preparing meals for years. Given the longer timeframe on which SJW is operating, the company has had a harder time raising funds than some of the solutions that are more ready to go to market.
“It was difficult to raise capital,” Sharma said. “We didn’t have a simple robotic cam to show people, and people didn’t fully understand the complexity of the machine we were creating so a lot of VCs said, ‘Well, let’s wait till the prototype before we invest.’”
He added that it took the company longer than expected to raise the million dollars it needed to create the prototype, though now the company is “back on track” to complete its pre-commercial unit.

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Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin didn’t board the flight to the United Kingdom after testing positive for COVID-19, a BCCI source confirmed. Ashwin was scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom along with his teammates for the one-off Test but couldn’t after testing positive for COVID-19.
Ashwin is currently in quarantine and will only join the squad after returning negative for the virus. Notably, the Indian team had left for UK on June 16, while Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Rahul Dravid boarded the flight on Monday after the conclusion of the SA series.
“Ashwin hasn’t travelled with the squad to UK as he has tested positive for Covid 19 before departure. But we are hopeful that he will recover well in time before the Test match starts on July 1,” a BCCI source told a news agency.
The veteran spinner is likely to miss the practice match against Leicestershire.
Meanwhile, the squad for the Ireland series will leave for Dublin on either June 23 or 24 as the team members have been given a three-day rest. VVS Laxman will serve as head coach for the tour, while Hardik Pandya will lead the side for the T20I series.


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For two hundred years the Marino and the Amante families have been at war. Since their ancestors started to fight over territories at the Sicilian border, peace between the two families were nonexistent. Fifty years later, the two families came to an agreement, the youngest Marino son will marry the youngest Amante daughter.


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Deputy Mayor of Merton, Councillor John Sargeant, recognised the achievements of schools across Mitcham at a ‘Celebration of Success’ event held at St Mark’s Academy this week.
Cocum restaurant in Raynes Park was crowned winner of the Curry Chef Competition 2014.
Two young sporting heroes from Merton were presented with trophies at this week’s full council meeting after winning the first ever Sophie Hosking Legacy award.
Merton Council’s Local Land Charges team has been nominated for a prestigious industry award from the national Land Data Awards for Excellence for their achievements and outstanding work in providing local land […]
Merton’s Young Advisors were honoured at a special ceremony last night.
Councillor Stephen Alambritis, Merton’s Leader, has been shortlisted as ‘Leader of the Year’ in the C’llr Achievement Awards.
Merton has been shortlisted in two categories at the national local government awards. The South London Legal Partnership has been selected as a finalist in the team of the year […]
Thirteen young people from Merton received their gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards at a special presentation ceremony in the palatial surroundings of St James’s Palace.
Merton’s adventure playground at the Acacia Centre, Mitcham, has been awarded the playground with the most variety at the London Play awards.
Merton Council’s leisure and culture manager, Christine Parsloe, has won the national Guardian’s Public Servant of the Year award.


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Raising capital in the Biotech and Health Sector
Biotech and health companies form a key part of the ASX and are focused on developing the next generation of medicine and pharmaceuticals. These businesses may range from early stage developers seeking to validate their discovery, through to large multi-nationals with a portfolio of proven therapies and products.
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Pre-clinical biotech in 2020
For many early stage or pre-clinical biotech/health companies, investor capital would go towards preliminary studies around safety, synthesis among other ex vitro tests. The goal here is to provide all the necessary data and information to support an eventual clinical trial.
Clinical and post-clinical biotech in 2020
Once a company has an adequate level of confidence and data for their drug candidate, they may choose to advance to clinical trials. These clinical trials typically consist of 3 phases, each increasing in regulatory, safety, and technical requirements. These may involve both human, and non-human test subjects and can take last several years to complete. This is commonly the riskiest part of the biotech development cycle, but successful results may lead to favorable corporate activity.
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there has been substantial interest in developing related treatments and vaccines. This has seen a substantial number of companies either develop new drugs or re-purpose existing treatments for potential coronavirus applications.
When a company successfully trails their product, they will then move to seek regulatory approval and ultimately marketing. This completes the company’s transition to a revenue generating business. At this step, the company may choose to conduct post-marketing surveillance, commonly known as stage 4 trails to monitor for long term effects.


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Bitcoin (BTC) has reclaimed the $23,000 place after performing as a serious resistance hurdle lately. Because the asset makes an attempt to construct on its upward trajectory, traders are questioning if this new place alerts a sustained rally or is only a short-term bull run.
On this line, crypto dealer and analyst by the Twitter pseudonym of Thescalpingpro, on January 26 stated that Bitcoin hitting $28,000 stays in play, however the virtual asset faces heavy resistance forward.
Following the rally, the analyst urged that Bitcoin bears stay in disbelief as they proceed to brief the virtual currency. Nonetheless, he identified that the zone of $23,500 and $24,500 stay key areas to look at, as he believes breaching this space will push Bitcoin to $28,100.
“Bitcoin price is near the range high, the entire $23.5k ~ $24.5k is a heavy resistance area. Bears are still shorting it and are in disbelief, won’t be surprised if it breaks out & it goes straight to $28.1k (without any HTF pullback),” he stated.
What subsequent for Bitcoin?
Though Bitcoin has primarily traded within the inexperienced zone, the asset and the general market proceed to face uncertainty, because the sector is working in nearly related situations that characterised the 2022 bear part.
When it comes to Bitcoin’s present pattern, some analysts have identified that bullish sentiments may be prevailing for the maiden crypto. A Brokers report signifies that the asset is poised to comprehend the golden cross formation template. Below this template, Bitcoin’s 50-day shifting common (MA) approaches crossing above the 200-day MA.
On the identical time, analysts have additionally identified that Bitcoin is looking at a potential first-ever demise cross on the one week chart, which spells a bearish sentiment. Curiously, Thescalpingpro had noticed that Bitcoin’s present worth motion mirrors the 2015 trajectory, the place BTC pumped 214% simply earlier than a demise cross was about to be realized.
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By media time, Bitcoin was valued at $23,154, having rallied over 11% within the ultimate seven days.
With Bitcoin remaining a couple of the greatest gainers of the 12 months, the asset has witnessed sustained shopping for strain, culminating in a market value of about $444.10 billion.
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Eating out is one of the great pleasures in life. It’s also one of the joys of travel. There’s nothing like a new city, new restaurants and new culinary experiences. For a city the size of Belfast the choice of places to eat is surprising. We offer everything from fine dining, brasseries and bistros to gastro pubs, cafes, coffee shops and some of the best fish & chips around. Have we whet your appetite? Good. Dig in!
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Tap Room Restaurant at Hilden Brewery
A working brewery with a licensed restaurant. Enjoy a beer or two over a relaxed lunch or dinner in the converted stables of Hilden House.
Enjoy River Lagan views from the floor-to-ceiling windows of this spacious and modern Belfast restaurant.
Berts Jazz Bar & Restaurant
Berts encapsulates the sleek elegance of the art-deco era, complemented by live jazz, fabulous cocktails and mouth watering food.
Scalini is an Italian family run pizzeria restaurant in the heart of South Belfast and within walking distance of Queen's University.
Ryan's Bar & Restaurant
Yummy food, great drinks, friendly staff and fun times in south Belfast.
Souls Restaurant on Belfast's busy Dublin Road boasts a fusion menu with a great selection of craft beers and international wines.
A Japanese inspired, pan-asian noodle restaurant where you will experience the most free-spirited, expressive and adventurous menu.
Cave is a wine bar next door to Ox Restaurant, where you can indulge in light bites, charcuterie and world wines.
Buba is an exciting restaurant, bringing the tastes and rich cultural mix of the Eastern Mediterranean.
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With some of the best value local food and drink in Belfast you can't afford to miss The Bridge House Wetherspoons.
The Cloth Ear is the five-star Merchant Hotel's cosy public bar in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.
Red-bricked and 'flat-iron' in shape, Bittles is a wonderful example of a traditional Victorian Bar.
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The SQ Bar & Grill, Cathedral Quarter's best kept secret! Relax with a drink and a bite to eat in an informal and friendly atmosphere.
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Wellie Bar & Grill
From romantic dinners, special occasions, business lunches to a hen's nights or family friendly meal, call into the Wellie Bar & Grill.
EDŌ brings you a relaxed dining experience with tapas style sharing dishes, robust meat and fish dishes and charcoal oven cooked steaks.
Villa Italia is a family run pizzeria restaurant established in 1988, just a stone's throw from Queen's University
A converted church in the heart of Belfast, The Empire hosts regular Music Hall gigs and comedians from the UK and international comedy circuit.
Sakura Sushi Japanese Restaurant
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The Restaurant at The Fitzwilliam Hotel, what an unusual room, with communal tables and stunning high-backed chairs, you know your experience will be very good.
Located on Bradbury Place, in the heart of Belfast's Queen's Quarter, Alibi offers the very best in liquor, food and music.
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text: EDWARDSVILLE \u2014 Madison County\u2019s investment income is expected to more than double between 2016 and 2018, according to Treasurer Chris Slusser in his report to the County Board\u2019s Finance & Government Operations Committee Wednesday morning. The county received slightly more than $1 million investment income in fiscal year 2016. That increased to $1.4 million in fiscal year 2017, and is expected to reach $2.3 million in fiscal year 2018. He said the reason for the increase is diversification and a more hands-on approach to investing county money. Slusser said that he anticipates the county will receive approximately $4 million per year once his office is finished reinvesting all of the county\u2019s money. As of Dec. 31 the county had $152,823,253 million to invest and was receiving an average yield of 1.52 percent. A year earlier the county had $149.3 million and was receiving 1.04 percent return. Part of this is general fund money, but much of it is in special funds or accounts. Public funds can only be placed in \u201csafer\u201d types of investments, meaning the rate of return is often lower than other investments. Slusser said the three most important issues are safety, liquidity (the ability to convert the investments to usable cash) and return. Approximately 32 percent, or $48.5 million, is invested in CD\u2019s; another 14 percent, or $22 million, in money market accounts; 32 percent, or $49.9 million, in federal agency bonds; and 22 percent, or $33.2 million, in municipal bonds. Slusser said the biggest change was placing more money in municipal bonds, and negotiating higher interest rates for money market and CD funds. In addition to a more aggressive approach, Slusser said he consulted with County Auditor Rick Faccin to make sure money was available, especially for larger capital projects like the upcoming jail renovation. \u201cTogether we determined appropriate cash flow needs, based on previous years, and projected future needs,\u201d Slusser said. \u201cThis allowed us to determine the appropriate amount of liquidity in the portfolio.\u201d Faccin praised Slusser\u2019s efforts, saying the bottom line was it provided more money for county services. \u201cHe\u2019s creating revenue without raising taxes,\u201d Faccin said. In other business the committee approved a revised resolution to purchase audio-visual upgrades for the Madison County Courthouse. The revision was necessary because of a $100 difference between the previous resolution and the actual cost. Also approved was an intergovernmental agreement covering a police services contract between the Madison County Sheriff\u2019s Department and the village of Godfrey. Both must still be approved by the full County Board. The committee also heard from Recorder Amy Meyer, who has been attending numerous committee meetings this week after eliminating her position and consolidating the Recorder\u2019s Office with the County Clerk\u2019s Office. Meyer talked about the historical significance of her office, which dates back to 1812, before Illinois was a state. She also said that if there is discussion about eliminating her office, it should be a broader discussion involving more offices. Reach reporter Scott Cousins at 618-208-6447.


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First, the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign tried to work with the city to change the traffic calming project now going on along East Wesley Road in Buckhead. After all, cyclists claim, East Wesley is a city-designated bicycle route and the traffic calming project underway has resulted in removal of the bike lanes.
Next, the bicycle group filed an emergency petition with the Superior Court for an injunction to halt the project.
The result was that the city moved hastily forward to complete the project while it filed a lengthy response to the bicycle group’s petition.
Feeling the prognosis for a favorable outcome was dim, Dennis Hoffarth, executive director of the Atlanta Bicycle Campaign, called for a protest ride along East Wesley on Saturday, April 21, sporting signs reading “I’d rather be in a bike lane,” “bike lanes now,” and “stop East Wesley bad design.”
The group paused long enough at the project sign near Peachtree Road on East Wesley to attach an “Earth Day Award” to the City of Atlanta for a project they say is harmful to the environment.


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Switzerland is hopeful that a way can be found to put global trade liberalisation talks back on track by the end of the month.This content was published on July 19, 2004 - 08:15
World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations collapsed last September amid disagreement over agricultural subsidies.
Developing countries want Europe and the United States to drop subsidies worth some $350 billion (SFr435 billion) a year to farmers, so they can compete on a level playing field.
But Switzerland’s farmers have called on the government to defend their interests and not to bow to international pressure to relax import tariffs.
Senior Swiss trade official Luzius Wasescha believes the obstacles to an agreement on a framework accord are not insurmountable.
“There are a certain number of alarm signals, but being an optimist I would say that we will finally get somewhere by the end of the month,” Wasescha told swissinfo.
The Geneva-based WTO is keen to make some progress with the talks before the US presidential election in November and the transition to a new administration at the European Commission in Brussels.
Subsidies and support
The talks on agriculture cover export subsidies, domestic support for farmers and market access.
Wealthy countries such as Switzerland and Japan, as well as developing nations with large but inefficient farming sectors, are reluctant to open their markets too far for fear of putting their own farmers out of business.
Wasescha concedes that Switzerland – which has come under increasing pressure to liberalise its agricultural sector - has a “reputation for being protectionist”.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development recently noted that Swiss farmers were “heavily subsidised”, while “stiff foreign trade barriers” hindered competition from abroad.
But the country’s chief negotiator at the WTO is quick to defend the government’s position on agriculture.
“Switzerland, with 7.5 million inhabitants, is 11th in the world when it comes to imports of agricultural products… so I invite all the critics to look at the figures and the reality,” he said.
“It is clear that the high costs of production in a country like Switzerland explain the very high tariffs we have.”
Not a special case
But Petros Mavroidis, a legal expert at Neuchâtel University who has written extensively on the WTO, said Switzerland could not consider itself to be a special case.
“You can find idiosyncrasies in each and every WTO member,” he said.
“The question is not what each WTO member thinks of itself. The question is what provisions the WTO contract makes for special cases - and it doesn’t do that for anyone except developing countries.”
The Swiss government is nonetheless under pressure not to make concessions which would bring an end to subsidies for the country’s farmers.
Figures from the Federal Agriculture Office suggest that Swiss farmers could lose as much as SFr2.5 billion ($2 billion) in annual revenues.
Wasescha said the challenge for WTO members was to come up with a fair system which would offer a “flexible approach” to the lowering of tariffs.
“We are absolutely convinced that a one-size-fits-all approach will not be a success,” he said.
“We think that the sharing of the burden has to be devised in a way that those who are taking advantage of export opportunities should pay more than those who are just net importers.”
Mavroidis is sceptical that agreement can be reached by the end of July.
“Don’t forget, there are only two weeks left,” he said, adding that failure to make progress did not mean that a global trade pact was out of the question.
“I’m not one who believes that [last September's WTO ministerial conference in] Cancun was a huge failure, and I think the negotiations don’t have to finish between now and the end of the year.
“They could go on for two, three or even four years. Quite frankly, I just don’t think this is a huge problem.”
Trade officials, however, fear that if the WTO misses the July deadline, it could be months or even years before talks resume, with the risk that commercial tensions will mount between the world's leading economic powers.
swissinfo, Robert Brookes
The WTO has set itself an end-of-July deadline to hammer out an agreement aimed at restarting trade liberalisation negotiations.
Senior Swiss trade official Luzius Wasescha is optimistic that some agreement can be reached.
But Swiss farmers have called on the government not to bow to international pressure to abandon agricultural subsidies.
The Swiss agricultural sector accounts for roughly 1.5 per cent of GDP and employs about three per cent of the working population.
Swiss agricultural export subsidies currently stand at SFr200 million a year.
The OECD said in its last report that the government’s support for agriculture in Switzerland was “still very high”.
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HENGELO, OVERIJSSEL, NETHERLANDS -- European defense giant Thales has reentered the merchant PCB market, opening its shop here to outside customers.
Thales has owned the fabrication operations, which date to the 1960s, since 1990, when it was acquired by Thomson-CSF, the precusor to Thales. It uses the plant for internal PCB manufacturing development and to supplement the OEM's externals bare board suppliers. A company spokesman told local media that its procurement contracts with outside suppliers would not change, but that capacity was sufficient to begin supplying for external customers.
The shop specializes in lower volume, high-end fabrication, such as 10m flex circuits and mil-certified boards. (It has MIL- PRF-31032 and MIL-PRF-55110 certifications.) It also recently acquired a 3D printer.


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U.S. Representative Peter King of Long Island says efforts by House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump are a “rush to judgment.”
The Long Island Republican says that he has not seen any impeachable conduct on the part of the President, and criticizes the Democrats’ process.
“The fact that they won’t even set up a formal inquiry is denying the President and Republican Party due process. In the Nixon impeachment and the Clinton impeachment, there was legislation passed setting the parameters allowing both sides to have subpoena power. That’s not here now, and to me it’s a rush to judgment.”
King’s sentiments echo a White House letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which claims the President does not have to comply with the inquiry since there hasn’t been an official vote.
“It should be done in an orderly way, not having six different committees looking at it, and all issuing different subpoenas for different purposes.”
King calls impeachment “the most serious thing Congress can do.” He voted in 1998 against the impeachment of then-president Bill Clinton.


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(The Center Square) – Less than a year after the death of George Floyd in police custody, a jury found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
(The Center Square) – Nearly three times as many people died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020 than from the coronavirus, preliminary data released by the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reveals.
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf received his first dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine Monday as state officials grapple with lingering hesitancy among residents.
WARRINGTON, Pa., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqCM: WINT) ("Windtree" or the "Company"), a biotechnology and medical device company focused on advancing multiple late-stage interventions for acute cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders, today announced it has filed a Track One prioritized application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a patent stemming from an application it filed previously under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Under this USPTO program, the new istaroxime patent is expected to receive examination and final disposition within one year of priority status being granted, rather than the customary three years of examination anticipated by the USPTO for non-prioritized examinations.
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(The Center Square) – The Department of Health said Thursday a 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman is among those hospitalized for a rare blood clot after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
RADNOR, Pa., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ: FGEN) ("FibroGen") on behalf of those who purchased or acquired FibroGen securities and/or sold put options from November 8, 2019 through April 6, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period").
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) Oncology Research Program (ORP) today announced that three projects have been selected to study oral decitabine (35 mg) and cedazuridine (100 mg). The NCCN ORP convened a Scientific Review Committee to review, evaluate, and select awardees and will provide oversight for the two-year studies—which will commence later in 2021. Research funding will be provided by a grant from Taiho Oncology, who will also supply the decitabine and cedazuridine tablet.
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Ottoman influence is still alive in Eastern Europe’s cultures. Luxury train tours make stops in many Eastern European countries such as Slovakia, Hungary, and Turkey. Sights like the Chain Bridge in Budapest and the Blue Mosque in Istanbul are common on these tours as you delve into the heart of Eastern Europe. Along your journey, step into the calming waters of famous Turkish baths and immerse yourself in the colorful, long rows of local bazaars, filled with spices, rugs, and foods, and become a part of their centuries-old histories. Amenities aboard these trains include entertainment, fine dining, private cabins, and exceptional staff service. Many of these journeys venture into Western Europe, so you can experience both sides of Europe’s grandeur.
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I hope you’re living a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
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Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.
—Louis de Bernieres
At the temple there is a poem called ‘Loss’ carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it.
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I’ve been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I’ve come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.
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When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.


What Everybody Ought to Know About Prop 16
When we hit the voting booth on June 8th, we'll be faced with a handful of props. One of those you've probably seen commercials for on TV already -- you know, the ones that have the slogan "Protect Your Right to Vote." It's about letting the people decide if government or private businesses give new areas electricity service. Considering the recent LADWP drama, many in L.A. might want to side with the private sector, but the "right to vote" angle might not be what it's about. LA Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik this weekend took a look at a number of corporate sponsored ballot items, including Prop 16 (Yes/No), which he calls the "Immunize PG&E from Competition" initiative. Pacific Gas & Electric is a Northern California investor owned utility that has spent $28.5 million already funding the initiative.