· Although more than 100 countries plant cotton, both production and trade are relatively concentrated in a few countries.
· World cotton production increased by 62 percent since 1970 for three major reasons: the emergence of new producers, expansion by existing producers, and increase in yields.
· Some major producers such as Australia emerged since 1970.
· Others such as China, India and Brazil saw their yield nearly double.
· In 2001/02, two major producers, the United States and China accounted for 43 percent of total output in the world.
· Nearly 90 percent of world production was from 9 countries.
· Adoption of transgenic cotton and significant extension of the area under cotton in Brazil and Turkey may have significant effect on world production in future.
· The adoption of biotech cotton reached 16 percent of world total production area in 2001 and production costs in some of these new areas are believed to be lower than the current world market price.
· World cotton exports currently about 6 million tonnes, 30 percent of world production.
· The United States, Former USSR, Australia and EC account for nearly 65 percent of world exports.
· EC, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Former USSR, Turkey, Thailand and Korean Republic account for 62 percent of world imports.
· Trade in textiles is the major force driving cotton imports and exports.
· Developed countries are the major cotton exporters.
· Countries in Asia accounted for more than one-third of world imports in 2001/02.
Production, exports and food security
· Cotton production generates cash income for millions of rural households.
· More than 20 million rural households in China and 10 million in India and Pakistan produce cotton.
· Cotton textiles contribute to employment, food imports and trade balance in many developing countries.
Trade restrictions, domestic supports and world prices
· There are no significant restrictions in trade in raw cotton.
· Domestic support and export subsidies in major producing and exporting countries affect production and trade, and contributed to the lower world price over recent years.
· In 2000, world cotton prices dropped to a record low of about US$0.45 per pound (A Index).
· Domestic support policies, advances in technology including bio-tech cotton, weak demand, emergence of low cost producers and competition from man-made fibres, are responsible for the low prices.
Deflated Cotton Prices Indices 1970-2001
Cotton Exports Quantity by Major Exporters
Cotton Production by Major Producers
Cotton Exports Values by Major Exporters
Cotton Consumption by Major Consumers
· Developing countries are major producers and exporters while developed countries are importers.
· Production is highly concentrated in a very few countries.
· Production is labour intensive.
· Production has grown steadily from around 3 million tonnes in early 1970s to 7 million tonnes in 2001.
· Six countries account for nearly 84 percent of world output.
· The growth in world average yield was less than 50 percent during past 30 years but some countries saw their yield rising very substantially.
· Production has shifted to the low cost producing countries.
· Emerging new producers include Thailand, Vietnam and some African countries.
· Malaysia, the worlds largest producing country in 1970s and 1980s, now produces one third of former level.
· World trade accounts for more than 70 percent of global production.
· Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia account for 80 percent of exports.
· A large proportion of natural rubber is used for tyres.
· Demand for vehicles induced by economic growth is major driving force for imports.
· Sixty-nine percent of imports go to the United States, China, Japan, Korea Republic, Germany, and France.
Exports and food security
· Export revenue from natural rubber contributes significantly to total agricultural export revenue in producing countries.
· As a result, revenue from rubber exports were the important source of cash income for millions of rural household in these countries.
· In 1999, the share of rubber in total agricultural export revenue was 93 percent in Liberia 77 percent in Cambodia, 17 percent in Indonesia, 16 percent in Thailand, 8 percent in Malaysia, 10 percent in Vietnam and 16 percent in Nigeria.
Trade restrictions, domestic supports and world prices
· There are no significant trade restrictions on rubber.
· However, tariffs on automobiles have indirect effects on rubber trade.
· The International Natural Rubber Organisation supported stable and higher prices to exporting countries using a buffer stock.
· The agreement collapsed in 2000 in the face of changes in comparative advantage among producing countries, exchange rate fluctuations and sharp decline in world prices.
· Over the past few decades, the world price of rubber has weakened.
· Countries with higher production costs have reduced their production and shifted to other cash crops.
· To combat the low prices, several major producing countries, including Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, recently agreed to control both production and export.
Deflated Natural Rubber Prices 1970-2001. London RSS1 cif
Rubber Consumption by Major Consumers
Exports Value of Natural Rubber by Major Exporters
Production of Natural Rubber by Major Producers
Exports Quantity of Natural Rubber by Major Exporters
· Jute ranks next to cotton as the most important renewable natural fibre in terms of volume of production.
· The commonest item manufactured is the gunny bag.
· Jute in the form of closely woven hessian is made into deck covers, hammocks, tarpaulins, and upholstery fabric, and is used as underlay of linoleum and carpets.
· Uses are being diversified in making varieties of products like fashionable carrier bags, kit bags, rucksacks and hand bags. Jute laminated or mixed with plastic is being used to produce products as substitutes for wood. It can also be used to produce paper pulp.
Pattern of production
· World raw jute production averaged 3.4 million tonnes a year during the 1970 to 2000 period. it is produced mainly in the Asian region with Bangladesh and India accounting for over 95 percent.
· In the major producing countries jute remains a major cash crop and it is grown by 10 to 12 million small and marginal, providing employment to hundreds of thousands of other people in the processing, manufacturing, trading and transportation of jute and jute products.
· Jute-based agriculture is highly labour intensive.
Pattern of consumption and trade
· World consumption of jute averaged approximately 3.4 million tonnes during the period 1970 to 2000.
· Over the last 30 years, the growth in jute consumption slowed substantially because of the introduction of bulk handling of goods in transportation and storage and the development of synthetic substitutes.
· Trade in both fibre and products contracted sharply over the last 30 years following concentration of consumption in the major producing countries.
· Exports of jute in the form of fibres and products have fallen to about 1.1 million tonnes at present against about 2.0 million tonnes in early 1970s.
· Only about 35 percent of the world production of jute now enters the world trade which generates some US$500 000 per year.
· Main export market for raw jute is Pakistan and that of products is the European Union followed by the Near East countries.
Economic and institutional structure
· Use of jute has been mandatory for some uses in some producing countries.
· Some countries allow price support for its production.
· Jute and hard fibres and products are covered under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, not under the AoA.
Production of Jute - '000 tonnes
JUTE - Deflated Price (US$ = 1990)
Year 2000 - Jute: Export Value (Million US $)
Jute Apparent Consumption - '000 tonnes
· Hides and skins are produced as by-products of the meat industry.
· Value is secondary to meat, and the income accrues more to processors than to farmers.
· Considerable employment is generated in processing and manufacturing.
· Their output is virtually totally inelastic to changes in demand.
· This commodity group is characterized by its extreme heterogeneity.
· Further magnified by the existence of numerous intermediate processing stages.
· Raw and processed hides and skins enter international trade in a variety of forms from air dried pelts to finished leather.
Production and trade patterns
· In past two decades, world output of bovine hides and skins rose by about 1 percent per annum.
· Output of raw hides has grown strongly in developing countries, while it contracted in most developed regions..
· Developing countries account for more than 50 percent of the world production of bovine hides.
· The four largest producers account for more than 40 percent of the world total.
· The Far East now produces more than any other region.
· Developing countries became net importers of raw bovine hides and skins in the early seventies, having previously been net exporter, their tanning and leather manufacturing expanded.
· Some major producers of hides and skins, such as India, Pakistan and Thailand, also import considerable volumes of raw hides to produce leather.
· Developed countries in aggregate changed from net importer to net exporter of cattlehides in 1970s.
· International prices of most types of hides and skins reached a low in 1999 as a result of weakened demand, recovered in 2000 and 2001 as demand for leather and leather products strengthened in major consuming countries.
· A major trade issue is the existence of export restrictions in many countries seeking to protect domestic tanning industries.
· Thus supply to potential importing/processing countries is reduced.
· Tanning industry can be highly polluting.
· The cost of meeting environmental standards is one reason for shift of activity from developed to developing countries.
· Discussion of a proposal for an industry-wide international ecolabelling scheme has not borne fruit.
· These products and leather are covered under the general provisions of the GATT.
· AoA has indirect implications for the sector through its implications for meat and dairy policies.
· No import tariffs are applied to raw hides and skins.
· Tariff escalation is an issue for leather and leather products - finished leather, leather bags, leather shoes etc. carry high tariffs in some countries.
· Trade-weighted average tariffs in developed countries are around 5 percent for leather and around 8 percent for leather products, although in some cases tariffs on footwear have been as high as 80 percent.
· Direct export subsidies/refunds are little used in the sector.
· Export prohibitions and taxes are used in a number of developing countries.
· Restrictions on export of raw hides and skin, wet blue and crust, are typically imposed in order to protect domestic industries, but reduce the incentive to supply good quality raw material.
Real Price Indices 1992-2001. Hides and Skins
Hides and Skins Exports Values by Major Exporters Average 1997-99
Bovine Hides and Skins Production by Major Producers
Bovine Hides and Skins Availability by Major Consumers
Sheepskins Production by Major Producers
Sheepskins Availability by Major Consumers
Goatskins Production by Major Producers
Goatskins Availability by Major Consumers
· There are three major hard fibres - sisal and henequen, abaca, coir - and a number of minor hard fibres.
· Sisal is used primarily for harvest twine, but other uses are becoming relatively more important.
· Abacas main market is for specialty papers.
· Coir is used for floor coverings, rubberized pads for upholstery, car seats, etc, and mattresses.
· African countries account for 30 percent of the world's sisal production, essentially on single crop estates.
· In Brazil farmers produce sisal as part of a mixed agricultural system.
· Abaca is grown largely in the Philippines as a secondary crop.
· Coir is produced by processors as a by-product of oil, copra, desiccated coconut, etc.
· These fibres provide significant economic support to the population in certain impoverished and least-developed areas of a number of producing countries, and exports provide income vital for food purchases by people who, in many cases, are among the poorest.
Production and trade patterns
· Total export values of fibre and products in 2000 amounted to US$310 million,
· of which sisal amounted to US$108 million, abaca US$96 million, and coir US$105 million;
· Exports, excluding re-exports, are entirely from developing countries, and largely to developed countries.
· Major exporters are:
Sisal: Brazil, Kenya, Tanzania
Abaca: Philippines, Ecuador
Coir: Sri Lanka, India
· Hard fibres are generally traded through networks of private and some governmental traders. None is sold in a centralised market.
· Trade in fibres is generally unhindered by trade policy, and any tariffs on manufactured goods are low.
· The Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres is the only relevant international body.
· Hard fibres and products are covered under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, not under the Agreement on Agriculture. Other general provisions of the GATT apply to these products.
· Fibres are generally traded freely, but some countries apply tariffs on processed fibre products.
· There are generally no export restrictions.
· Fibre producers and processors have suffered from reduced levels of employment and incomes as a result of the weakening of the market for hard fibres in recent decades. In response industries are seeking alternative new outlets for fibres.
· Sisal and coir, still largely dependant on traditional applications, are moving towards use in geotextiles, in pulping applications, and in use in various composite materials used particularly in automobile manufacturing.
· Abaca, once used almost entirely for cordage, now has a strong market for pulping for various speciality papers.
Production of Sisal/Henequen - 000 tonnes
Production of Abaca - 000 tonnes
Production of Coir - 000 tonnes
Year 2000 - Sisal: Export Value
Year 2000 - Abaca: Export Value
Year 2000 - Coir: Export Value
SISAL - Deflated Prices (US$ = 1990)
ABACA - Deflated Prices (US$ = 1990)
Imports of Sisal - Year 2000
Imports of Abaca - Year 2000
Imports of Coir - Year 2000


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No dumping allowed Corner lot is owned, maintained by Norwalk Land Trust
By LORRAINE DOWDEY
Special to The Hour
Some motorists believe it's a dumping site. The truth is, that stretch of land located at the southwest corner intersection of New Canaan Avenue and Nursery Street is a lush overgrown wetland and is owned by the Norwalk Land Trust (NLT).
The Nursery Street property is thickly covered with native brambles, small trees, poison ivy and ferns. Unfortunately, the typical invasive plants are also plentiful, which includes multiflora rose, barberry, euonymus and garlic mustard. The property is home to a massive oak about 75 years old as well as cherry and other typical local trees.
In the spring, trillium, jack-in-the-pulpit, trout lily and skunk cabbage plants permeate the location. Walking on the site is difficult due to the dense vegetation. The property is deeded for a perpetual wild state and there is no trail for public access.
A brook stretches from the western end to the intersection and disappears into a culvert running under New Canaan Avenue. It's also not unusual to see wild turkeys roaming the landscape.
Approximately 100 feet wide and on a 45 degree angle, the Nursery Street property is positioned on the backside of homes on the west side of New Canaan Avenue and on the south side of Nursery Street. Illegally dumped trash thrown from cars is continuous at this location.
The property is stewarded by Norwalk Land Trust directors Lorraine Dowdey and Kate Davies. Recently, the two stewards, along with a small group of volunteers, conducted a site clean up, which resulted in the removal of trash that filled eight large bags. Two rubber tires were also removed (a third was left behind as it had wildflowers growing in it). An automobile license was found and turned in to the police. Some old and rusty metal railings were hauled from the property. In addition, a partial deer skeleton of a three-point buck was found and left behind.
The Land Trust acquired the property through a builder who wanted to do a conservation development, which mandates 50 percent open space. The Nursery Street wetland is one of more than 25 properties throughout Norwalk protected and preserved by NLT. Norwalk Land Trust recognizes the need to balance nature and development. Acquiring and preserving land protects nature and benefits Norwalk's present and future generations. Norwalk Land Trust is a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserve open space in Norwalk. For more information go to norwalklandtrust.org.
The author is a board member of the Norwalk Land Trust.

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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Thursday morning that LA Swift, a primarily federally funded bus service between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that was initiated after Hurricane Katrina, will be extended until July 31. According to the DOTD, this extension is to allow local municipalities the opportunity to formalize a plan for their takeover of this local transit service.
"The program was created as a temporary option for affected citizens to travel between New Orleans and Baton Rouge as they recovered from Hurricane Katrina, and was slated for closure on June 30, 2013, as the 100% federal funding for the program ends," according to a DOTD news release.
DOTD will use under-run funds to extend service for the additional month.
The state says keeping the bus service afloat would require $750,000 per year from local funds to match the decreased federal fund contribution. “At this time, local entities have not identified funding to subsidize the service,” the release says.
LA Swift Service began on Oct. 31, 2005. The service was previously run with a combination of funding through a Federal Transit Association grant and a $5 passenger charge per one-way trip.
Nearly 200 individuals utilize LA SWIFT on a daily basis, the DOTD says.
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For this gig we were seated in the VIP area (D1, Row E) and while lots of things have been said about the ticket sales it has to be added that the VIP experience was pretty pleasant. We had a good chat with a couple from Wales. There were plenty of couches, food and drinks in the lounge and the concert seats themselves were excellent. You cannot fully enjoy the lighting effects of the stage from the D1 section but you do get an excellent stage overview and you are being very close to the stage. Anyway, we had a great evening at those seats and also the sound was very good in this area.
The crowd however was lousy as hell. It is true what is being said about Saturday night crowds. Far too many people were far too drunk and kept running out to buy more beers during the concert. Some of them were too drunk to stand on their feet at the end of the gig. It was rather obvious that many of the people in the VIP area must have gotten their tickets for free or very cheap.
The concert itself was good. I felt that it was somewhat better than Friday. But I have to admit that the view from our seats and the sound quality may have some influence there. Unfortunately we had to watch the entire "fans"-dancing-on-stage-karaoke-funky-music-shit again. This time they even added a rather long horn section at the end completely loosing any momentum of the gig what-so-ever. Good thing is that they got back on track after this "break". Like Friday they didn't play anything from the new album "Planet Earth", but they played a lot of great older tracks, so it didn't matter that much. I would like to say that C.C. Dunham is "Not bad...for a girl" on the drums! "Shhh" kicks ass live.
The top highlight of the show was a synth/piano section were Prince managed to play billions of songs playing bits and pieces and rhythms from songs like "Alphabet St.", "DMSR", "When Doves Cry", "Erotic City", "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "Nasty Girl", "Sign O The Times", "Pop Life"... It was entertaining as hell!
After the arena gig we headed for the Indigo2 to look out for a possible aftershow.
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- Raspberry Beret (Full Band), Sometimes It Snows In April (Solo Prince on electric guitar)
- Prince Synth Sample set: Alphabet street, DMSR, When Doves Cry, Erotic City, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Nasty Girl, Sign O The Times, Pop Life
- Prince on Piano: The Beautiful Ones, Diamonds and Pearls, Jam, Strange Relationship
- Full Band: Do Me Baby, I Wanna Be Your Lover (outro), Sexy Dancer / Le Freak (Shelby and Marva King share lead vocals), A Love Bizarre (instrumental with chorus chants)


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MURSITPINAR, Turkey (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The U.S.-led coalition has launched several airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in Syria, mainly in and around the town of Kobani near Turkey, where Kurdish fighters captured a strategic hill and brought down the jihadists’ black flag, activists and a Kurdish official said Tuesday.
In a press release, the Pentagon said it had conducted 22 airstrikes in Syria, all but one of them in and around Kobani. Among the Kobani-related targets were ISIS vehicles, supply depots, staging points, and military positions.
The one non-Kobani target was “a modular oil refinery and initial indications are that this strike was successful,” the press release stated. U.S.-led coalition airstrikes have targeted ISIS-held oil refineries previously as they are a major revenue source for the terrorist group.
While the targets chosen may indicate a rush to save Kobani, a Pentagon official told CBS News correspondent David Martin the U.S. is not necessarily currently committed to saving the city.
Intelligence estimates are still not optimistic, the official said, adding that the U.S. aim is to make sure that if ISIS does take Kobani they will have paid a high price. Still, there is no denying that Kobani is a tactical diversion from the overall strategy of airstrikes, in Syria which is to degrade ISIS’ ability to support its operations in Iraq.
The battle for Kobani is still raging despite more than two weeks of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, raising concerns over whether the air campaign will be enough to degrade and eventually destroy the extremist group, which controls vast swaths of Iraq and Syria.
“Over the past night there have been very intense airstrikes by the coalition that targeted several Daesh positions in and near Kobani,” said Idriss Nassan, deputy head of Kobani’s foreign relations committee, using an Arabic acronym to refer to the Islamic State group.
One of the airstrikes targeted the Tel Shair hill that overlooks parts of Kobani, Nassan said, and Kurdish fighters later captured the hill and brought down the black flag of the Islamic State group. The extremist group still controls more than a third of the predominantly Kurdish town.
An Associated Press journalist on the Turkish side of the border confirmed that the ISIS flag was not flying Tuesday afternoon on the hill.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists across Syria, said there were at least five airstrikes since Monday night targeting ISIS positions.
Despite the airstrikes against ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, the extremist group is gaining ground, reports CBS News correspondent Holly Williams.
The fighting in and around Kobani has forced more than 200,000 people to flee across the border into Turkey and killed more than 500 people, mostly fighters from both sides.
The U.N. refugee agency said an increasing number of Syrian Kurds from Kobani are seeking shelter in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk after crossing the border from Turkey. It said that on Friday, Kurdish authorities in Iraq opened a crossing near the Iraqi town of Zakho, easing the journey for the steady stream of people who last week had to pay smugglers $250 each to cross.
UNHCR said some 5,400 Syrians from Kobani have now entered Iraq, including 3,600 people in the last three days. Another 10,000 to 15,000 people are expected to cross in the coming days, it said.
Also in Iraq, Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim Mohammed, who heads the Democratic Union Party, or PYD, arrived in the Kurdish region to meet with local officials, said party spokesman Nawaf Khalil. He said Mohammed will be mostly talking to Iraqi Kurdish officials about Kobani.
In the town of Suruc on the Turkish side of the border, dozens of Kurds from Kobani who are held by Turkish authorities at a sports stadium have gone on a hunger strike to protest their detention, activist Mustafa Bani said by telephone.
Nearly 200 people, including women and children, from Kobani have been held in Turkey since last week shortly after they crossed the border, Bani said.
“Until now we don’t know why we are being detained,” he said, adding that the hunger strike, which began days ago, is to pressure Turkish authorities to explain why they are being held.
Turkey is concerned about the tide of refugees and wary of the People’s Protection Units, the Syrian Kurdish militia defending Kobani. Ankara views the group as an extension of the Kurdish PKK, which waged a long and bloody insurgency in southeastern Turkey. On Tuesday, Turkish jets bombed PKK positions near its border with Iraq.
The Observatory and the Local Coordination Committees, a group of Syrian activists, said that in addition to targeting militants in Kobani, the coalition also struck the eastern town of Mayadeen in the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province. The Observatory said the airstrikes hit oil refineries near Mayadeen, sparking a huge fire.
The airstrikes in Syria by U.S. and coalition forces began on Sept. 23.
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The Cottage on Sunshine Beach: An utterly gorgeous feel good romantic comedy by Holly Martin
The stunning new summer story from the bestselling author of Summer at Buttercup Beach. Step into the delightful seaside village of Sandcastle Bay, where you'll discover golden sand, welcoming smiles and an unforgettable romance...
Melody Rosewood loves her new home in idyllic Sandcastle Bay. The beautiful little cottage on the edge of Sunshine Beach, with its bright yellow door and view of the sea has captured her heart. And she loves being close by to her family and best friend Tori Graham.
Life by the sea is pretty much perfect, there's just one thing missing...
Gorgeous Jamie Jackson, with his cheeky grin and adorable puppy, works as a sculptor opposite Melody's jewellery shop. From the moment he and Melody meet sparks fly. But despite their instant attraction, a past heartache is holding Jamie back.
As Melody starts to make a life for herself in the close-knit, quirky seaside community, she realises Jamie could be the one for her. But as the two of them take a chance on romance, it's one dating disaster after another. Are they destined to always be just good friends?
Or will Melody finally find her happily-ever-after in Sandcastle Bay?
A perfect, feel-good summer read that will make you want to escape to the beach for a romantic day in the sun. If you enjoy reading Sarah Morgan, Jenny Oliver and Lucy Diamond this book is for you.
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Thomas Kingston, the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent’s daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, has died suddenly aged 45, Buckingham Palace has announced.
Mr Kingston, a financier and former hostage negotiator, was found dead at an address in Gloucestershire on Sunday evening by
emergency services who were called to the property shortly after 6pm.
i understands there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Kingston, who was a financier, and no other people were involved.
The King and Queen have sent their “most heartfelt thoughts and prayers” to Lady Gabriella and Mr Kingston’s family, the Palace said.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “The King and the Queen have been informed of Thomas’s death and join Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and all those who knew him in grieving a much-loved member of the family.
“In particular, Their Majesties send their most heartfelt thoughts and prayers to Gabriella and to all the Kingston family.”
Lady Gabriella paid tribute to her husband in a joint statement with his family, in which she described him as an “exceptional man who lit up the lives of all who knew him”, adding “his death has come as a great shock to the whole family and we ask you to respect our privacy as we mourn his passing”.
The statement continued: “It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the death of Thomas Kingston, our beloved husband, son and brother.
Mr Kingston worked for the Diplomatic Missions Unit of the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office.
He also worked as a project officer in Baghdad for the Iraqi Institute of Peace – a role which saw him mediate conflicts in Iraq and negotiate the release of hostages, The Telegraph reports.
Mr Kingston later worked in finance – first as an equity analyst for global asset management firm Schroders and then as managing director of Voltan Capital Management, until April 2017.
Lady Gabriella and Mr Kingston had been dating for a number of years when he proposed while they were on the island of Sark in August 2018.
The pair were married in May 2019 in a noon ceremony at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
Their wedding at the 15th-century venue came less than a year after the star-studded nuptials of Duke and Duchess of Sussex in May 2018 and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in October the same year.
In attendance were the late Queen and late Duke of Edinburgh, with Harry leaving wife Meghan and then newborn son Archie at home to attend the ceremony.
Among the guests at the service were the Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, designer Nicky Haslam and the family of the Princess of Wales, her parents Carole and Michael Middleton and siblings Pippa and James, who were joined by their partners.
The wedding reception was held at Frogmore House, where Meghan and Harry staged their wedding dinner
Additional reporting by Press Association.

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Since the pandemic hit, six pop-up shelters for the unhoused have emerged in St Louis city and county. This major endeavor to move hundreds of people off the streets has created safe shelter, and amplified needs for health services. Incarnate Word Foundation has provided funding to the Build Missouri Health coalition, through the region’s COVID-19 response team, to underwrite the costs of electronic tablets, hotspots, and other systems to connect shelter staff to telehealth support systems.
Foundation’s support of health services outreach to the unhoused in the City of St. Louis.
By Martha A. Kirk.

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The time will come when you will consider Wheel Spacers for your Porsche. I tried to put together some of the Pros and Cons for you to consider before you take the plunge.
Wheel spacers are round metal spacers that go between your Porsche’s wheel rim & hub. Wheel Spacers will move your wheels further away from the Porsche’s body. Reasons for using wheel spacers include fitment, performance, and appearance.
When adding this option to your car you will need to purchase both the spacers and new longer lug bolts. It is recommended that you purchase a kit from a single supplier that is highly recommended,
On my 2009 987.2, I opted to install the 15mm spacers on the rear and the 7mm spacers on the front tires. I definitely noticed the Porsche hugging the curves on track days.
As a result, I also can notice the look of Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires as they meet the curve of my rear fenders. I doubt anyone else has noticed.
Below are some reasons to consider before installing this option.
Wheel spacers are most commonly used to ensure that a particular set of rims will fit properly on a vehicle if the wheels have the incorrect offset. If wheels interfere with suspension components or bodywork in the inner wheel arches, then installing a set of wheel spacers may solve this problem by locating the wheels further away from the bodywork. On the other hand, wheel spacers can potentially cause interference issues since they may locate the wheels closer to the fender lips and bodywork around the fender openings.
Another reason for using wheel spacers is to increase the handling of your vehicle. Wheel spacers are installed between the hub and the wheel and push the wheel further away from the chassis, widening the track. This is turn increases the amount of grip that your vehicle has in corners, allowing faster cornering. Spacers can also change the balance of your car’s handling. For instance, if you install spacers in the back but not the front, then you will get more grip in the rear. This, in turn, will cause your car to understeer, where the front goes towards the outside of the corner, during cornering, because of the increased grip from the rear.
CON: Component Wear
Wheel spacers can potentially cause accelerated wear on suspension and hub components because of the added stress that they place on parts that were designed to certain tolerances by the manufacturer. Because the wheels are further from the hub, more stress is placed on the wheel bearing, hubs and/or axles. This potentially can cause parts to fail prematurely.
CON: Heavier Steering
Depending on the size of the wheel spacers, the steering will potentially become heavier. The wider track means that more effort is needed to turn the wheels, which can make it more difficult to turn the steering wheel. Again, this is dependent on the width of the spacer. A 7mm width spacer will not have as much effect as a 15mm or 20mm spacer.
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A cruise ship set sail on Saturday from Chongqing's Chaotianmen Port to Yichang, Hubei province, marking the restart of cruise tours on the Yangtze River.
Cruises had been suspended since early August because of the pandemic.
On Saturday afternoon, tourists from across the country boarded the Yangtze Gold 6 of Chongqing Yangtze Gold Cruises and started a tour of Three Gorges Scenic Area.
The company said the route is one of its most popular, taking four days and three nights from Chongqing to Yichang. The return trip takes five days and four nights. The tour passes scenic spots such as Fengdu Ghost City, White Emperor City, the Small Three Gorges Scenic Area and the Three Gorges Dam.
According to a report by Shangyou News in Chongqing, cruise tickets for the Yangtze Gold 6 sold out a week in advance. It is expected that the cruise companies will resume all normal operations by mid-July.
"This is a good news for the whole industry," said Cai Yi, an operating director with Chongqing Changjiang Shipping Co, a major cruise operator on the Yangtze.
He said his company's cruise ship Yangtze 1 will sail again on Saturday, and its Yangtze 2 is expected to resume operations on July 14, both back and forth from Chongqing's Chaotianmen Port to Yichang's Maoping Port.
Cai said that with the Zhengzhou-Chongqing high-speed rail line started operation on Monday, travel in the Three Gorges area jumped, so the company is considering promoting new routes — a Wanzhou-Wushan tour and a Wanzhou-Zigui tour, for example.
The Yangtze, which is the longest river in China and the third-longest in the world, is known for its Three Gorges section, with its series of natural and cultural attractions between Chongqing and Yichang. Many cruise tours operate on this route.
Before the pandemic, it attracted millions of tourists from home and abroad annually.
Cai said the cruise companies must comply with the epidemic prevention requirement that ships operate at no more than 50 percent of passenger capacity.


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Call Number: MS265
Overview Charles Elliott Hatch (1892-1976) was a Professor of Dental Anatomy and Operative Technic, Operative Dentistry, and Dental History at Tufts from 1916-1941 and 1949-1963. His papers document his teaching and scholarly activities, and include correspondence, reports, scholarly publications, photographs, awards, and certificates.
Dates: 1916 -- 1977; Majority of material found within circa 1920s -- 1940s
Call Number: MS045
Scope and Contents This collection includes books, photos, personal records, drawings and a tooth molding kit from Crowell's time as a dental student at Tufts.
Dates: 1924 -- 1960
Call Number: MS087
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Shira's time at Tufts as well as his career before and after serving the university. Shira spent most of his early career (1938-1971) as a dentist in the United States military, working for the U.S. Army Dental Corps and the Walter Reed General Hospital. In 1972, Shira joined Tufts University as Dean of the School of Dental Medicine at Tufts (1972-1978). Later he served as Senior Vice President and Provost of...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1971 -- 1981; 1941 -- 1981
- Subject: School of Dental Medicine X

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Homestyle Potato Soup
A warming, low-fat way to satisfy your hunger and your taste buds.
4 cupsNourish Broth, prepared
3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into large pieces
2 cups milk, heated
1 tbsp French Onion Dip Mix
Sea Salt (Grinder), to taste
Black Pepper (Grinder), to taste
- In a Multipurpose Pot, bring Nourish Broth and potatoes to a boil over high heat. Reduce temperature and simmer for 15 minutes until potatoes are tender.
- Using a potato masher, break potatoes into smaller pieces. Soup should still be 'lumpy'.
- Stir in hot milk and French Onion Dip Mix.
- Season to taste with Salt and Pepper. Reheat until hot. To prevent curdling, do not boil.
Per serving: Calories 200, Fat 2.5 g (Saturated 1.5 g, Trans 0.1 g), Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 210 mg, Carbohydrate 36 g (Fibre 4 g, Sugars 2 g), Protein 9 g.
There are unlimited options when flavouring potato soup. Try Epicure Herb & Garlic Dip Mix, or Epicure CCB Dip Mix.


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Spacious, comfortable, beautiful villa on a Pacific coast of Mexico - luxury in paradise
Casa Dos Puentes is an elegant and luxurious 20,000 square-foot villa (15,000 sq.ft. roofed and 5,000 sq.ft. terraces) featuring five bedrooms (all en-suite) overlooking the Pacific. Built on a Peninsula facing the spectacular Santiago Bay and the Pacific, this villa is oriented west, to maximise sunny afternoons, cool breezes and stunning sunsets. The property located in the exclusive gated community of La Punta on Peninsula Santiago, Manzanillo, only 35 minutes from Manzanillo International Airport, only 2h30min flight from Houston/USA and 40min flight from Mexico City.
Magnificent views and ocean sunsets are visible from every room (each room has its own terrace or two) and decks of this elegant villa. All bedrooms have high ceilings, AC, en-suite bathrooms, walk-in closets and sitting areas. This villa is decorated in a sophisticated, modern style. Among the five bedrooms, there is a large master bedroom suite with separate sleeping and sitting areas, a terrace, dressing room and Jacuzzi; and a separate studio apartment (1,000 sq.ft) with a living area and small kitchenette, which can be used as a separate family apartment and is great for families with children.
The spacious open living and dining room areas overlook the infinity pool and the Pacific, there is also an additional kids pool/jacuzzi connected by circulated water. For additional entertainment there is a spacious indoor (air-conditioned) family room with a large-screen TV, built-in Netflix, a game table, a piano.
Villa has a newly renovated heated swimming pool (39.5' x 16' x [3’ - 5’] depth) and adjacent jacuzzi that also serves a children’s pool.
Villa has a dedicated high speed internet connection.
A gym with a beautiful view equipped with a stair-master machine, treadmill, stationary bicycle, rowing machine and free weighs.
The magnificent open-air living room is approximately 40 feet by 20 feet, not including the bar area and the dining room are open, facing the terrace, the Pacific, the westerly breeze and the setting sun. A 40-foot swimming pool and outdoor Jacuzzi grace the terrace adjoining the living room. The terrace has BBQ, breakfast table, pool beds. Two furnished rooftop terraces are perfect for private sunbathing.
A fully equipped modern kitchen with brand new American appliances and a full-time staff of 3, including a chef.
Daily maid service is included.
This exclusive villa is located in the gated community of La Punta which offers a private beach, clubhouse and tennis courts.
Access to the facilities of Las Hadas Hotel is open to guests of La Punta. Las Hadas has its own 18-hole championships golf course, private marina, water sports, fishing boats, restaurants, piano bar, boutiques and shops.
Weekly rental rates (Sat-Sat or Sun-Sun during high season and holiday periods)
Refundable Security deposit: $ 2,000
* Includes: Daily maid service.
Optional: cook - $50/day; use of Suburban van (9 passengers) - $50/day.
Check In Time: 3 PM | Check Out Time: 12 PM
Handicap Access: No
Policies: Staff does the shopping, cleaning and cooking
Children Allowed: Yes
Bedding: 2 King, 3 Queens, 2 Sofa Sleepers (in studio)
Maid Service: Yes
Staff: Chef, Bartender/Butler, Manager, Security, Gardener, Driver (Maid: 7x/wk)
12 (10 adults + 2 children) Note: there are 2 additional large sofas in the family room
SqFt (int): 15,000, SqFt (ext): 5000
Pool - 39.5' x 16' x 3' - 5'
A/C - Bedrooms
Internet - Dedicated Fast Speed Line
flat screen TV, built-in Netflix
Baby cribs, Masseuse, Babysitter, In-House Aesthetician/Stylist, Rollaways/Cots for Children, Additional Bedroom Area Available in Detached Studio/Apartment Office, Transportation to/from AirportEvent Planning
Distance to Beach: 5 min, La Punta
Distance to Town: 5 min, Manzanillo
Distance to Airport: 35 min, Manzanillo (ZLO)
Golf: Yes - 5 minutes: Las Hadas

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THE JEFFERSON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE
MICROSCOPES - TELESCOPES - FOSSILS - PRAIRIE
I give talks to local school groups about fossils in
Wisconsin. I recently gave a talk for youngsters
for the summer programs at the public library in
Jefferson, WI, (halfway between Madison and Milwaukee.)
I encourage them to bring rocks for identification. Someone brought a mystery fossil from the local Ordovician outside nearby Lake Mills. Thumb included for scale. I was a bit stumped!
Click image for larger view
At first I thought I was looking at an external mold of the carapace of a large trilobite. The lower end is suggestive of a worn pygidium, and the sides as the curving of spined pleural lobes, and it is so symmetrical! But other clues say it's not a trilobite: the pleural lobes are too narrow, and it probably has too many segments in the thorax...
Cephalopods of this diameter are of course common around here, but it doesn't seem to be a part of one. The center lobe is definitely concave, but what would be the pleural lobes are arguably convex up from the surface of the rock. In some ways, it reminded me of a present-day cuttlefish's "bone". Certainly a cephalopod is symmetrical, but I'd never found a preserved part of their body that wasn't a tube.
Paul Mayer, the Geology Collections Manager of the Milwaukee Public Museum, sent the picture below of a fossil in their collection. This is an example of Gonioceras kayi from the Platteville Fm. in Grant County, Wis. with centimeters for scale.
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This University of Texas-Arlington Mollusca page shows this illustration from Fenton & Fenton, The Fossil Book, 1958, Doubleday & co., p.182, that includes an artist's conception of Gonioceras, as (1) at bottom:
|1. Gonioceras (Ordovician) - Actinocerida, 2 Heracloceras (Devonian) Barrandeocerida,
3. a very implausible Cyrtoceras (Silurian) Oncocerida (it is possible that ancestral Plectronocerids did still retain a snail like locomotion), 4. Michelinoceras (Silurian) - Orthocerida,
5. Mandaloceras (Silurian) Discosorida,
But I'm having a hard time pairing the morphology of this fossil to the critter in the picture. Was Gonioceras a very flat cephalopod? Is the fossil just the upper part, and there was no tube?
Both are indeed Gonioceras sp(p). Gonioceras is a flattened orthocone... in cross-section the shall has a flattened venter; the dorsum is convex centrally and the edges are tapered to sharp edges, with concave sulci running along either side. These beasties have been called "nautiloids", but have incredibly complex siphuncles, unlike the simple siphuncles of true nautiloids. I collected Gonioceras in western Newfoundland in 1990.
I attach jpeg images of Gonioceras scanned from Treatise K . One is an outline in anterior view, with position of siphuncle marked. One is a photo of a fragment in ventral view, showing the sinuous septa. The other is a drawing of a complete shell, with a group of septa and section of siphuncle included.
The venter is slightly convex but fairly close to flat, and the shell may well have rested on the sea bottom. The dorsal surface is compressed, with a thicker section in the center, where the head of the animal was located. At full adulthood thew aperture became constricted.
Your specimen, like the illustated one here, is a steinkern or internal cast, with the septal walls preserved; the camerae (chambers) are infilled with matrix; the shell walls are broken away, probably still adhering to the external mold (which is presumably still attached to the countryside somewhere).
Calling this an orthocone ("straight cone") is strictly correct but most orthocones are cylindrical in section. Gonioceras is very compressed dorsoventrally.
Return to the Jefferson Museum Of Science And Nature or the Jefferson Computer Museum.
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The towering greeter at the State Fair of Texas has been set up for next week's opening of the annual expo in Dallas.
Crews using a crane on Friday lifted the 55-foot Big Tex character into place, complete with his 95-gallon hat, at Fair Park.
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Big Tex last year got a new outfit, with a navy blue shirt featuring patches of red on the chest and shoulders and white stars.
A behind-the-scenes operator is responsible for the booming voice of Big Tex, known for his famous "Howdy folks" friendly welcome.
Last season was a good year for Big Tex, who received a new outfit and was voted "Quirkiest Landmark in America" by USA Today and 10Best.
The State Fair of Texas opens Sept. 25 and runs through Oct. 18 in Fair Park.
The latest news from around North Texas.


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Janoush presented an update on the Grammy Museum to members of the board.
"When the museum opens, we will be the most technologically advance museum in the United States. There is still a good bit of dirt work that needs to be done before we start putting in the piping and then laying the foundation," said Janoush.
"The original project was going to be 20,000 square feet but with a few adjustments that we have made, it is now going to be 27,000 square feet. The project will be done in four phases and we are just about complete with phase two," she added.
Janoush also said the fundraising efforts for the museum had far exceeded their expectations.
"Our fundraising has been going extremely well. Our original goal was to raise $15 million and we are already over $15 million and our new goal is $18 million," she said.
During her presentation, Janoush displayed several pictures of the museum and many of its potential components.
"We will have an outdoor concert venue out front for anyone who may want to do a concert. We are almost complete with the exhibit design and 20 percent of our exhibit will be dedicated to Mississippi," said Janoush.
Cleveland Mayor Billy Nowell said he is grateful to have Janoush lead this project.
"She is the backbone of this entire project and she has been doing a wonderful job to really put Cleveland on the map," said Nowell.
After Janoush's presentation, Bob Eley, Bolivar County engineer, gave an update on the wastewater treatment plant task order.
"We are preparing plans for a new waste water treatment plant and we have been reviewing and studying various permits. We did a technical investigation on the design and primary electrical service. We also did a preliminary design for the plant," said Eley.
"We have been doing a thorough survey for the site of the plant and its boundaries, about 95 percent of this phase has been completed," he added.
Several members of the community appeared before the board to discuss zoning.
"When we looked at our map, we saw that there were some properties that should have been labeled differently according to their purpose such as commercial property or housing units," said board attorney Jamie Jacks."
Thomas Morris of Cleveland said he had a few discrepancies with the way in which the zoning map had labeled his property.
"I am concerned about the property surrounding my office on the corner of Cross and Chrisman Street. I own property on each one of those corners and I have used them for commercial purposes for over 40 years," said Morris.
"I would prefer to have my property remain labeled or zoned as commercial properties," he added.
After much debate, members of the board approved Morris's request.
Members of the community also went before the board to discuss nuisances that had been issued concerning various things such as grass cutting and debris.
"We have about 40 pages of nuisances for various things but they are all primarily related to grass cutting," said Jacks.
After zoning matters and grass cutting were discussed and resolved, Cleveland Police Chief Buster Bingham presented the police department's report and made a request to purchase five handguns.
"We have officers retiring and in the past, we have allowed our retiring officers to purchase their handguns for $1; therefore, we are going to need more handguns. I have found a company that will allow us to purchase five handguns for $1,400," said Bingham.
His request was approved.


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Sportspeople, media personalities, celebrities and ‘insta’ influencers beware. The ATO has taken a U-turn on how fame and image should be taxed. – Taxing fame: The ATO’s U-turn.
It’s that time of year again – what to do for the Christmas party for the team, customers and gifts of appreciation. Here are our top tips for a generous and tax effective Christmas season. – Avoiding the FBT Christmas Grinch!
This article illustrates how keeping good tax records can save time and money, and ultimately contribute to the profitability of the business. It outlines the various benefits to small business and reminds your readers that the ATO is not lenient when it comes to mistakes. – Good records save small businesses.
This article looks at whether the 2022-23 Federal Budget will amend or repeal tax cuts legislated to commence on 1 July 2024. – Tax cuts: To cut or not to cut?
This article outlines the former Government’s announcement regarding the introduction of measures to provide certain business taxpayers with bonus tax deductions for expenditure relating to training employees or improving digital operations. – Revival of the training and technology boost measures.


Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
79 Lihue, Kauai
80 Honolulu, Oahu
83 Kahului, Maui
82 Kona, Hawaii
80 Hilo, Hawaii
Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops on Maui and the Big Island…as of 743pm Sunday evening:
Kailua Kona – 78
Hana, Maui – 70
Haleakala Summit – 39 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 30 (13,000+ feet on the Big Island)
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon shining down during the night at times. Plus, during the nights you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise and sunset too… depending upon weather conditions. Here’s the Haleakala Crater webcam on Maui – if it’s working.
Trade winds picking up in strength again today onwards
A few showers, some of which may be locally heavy on
Maui and the Big Island…windward showers
Small Craft Wind Advisory…windiest coastal and channel
waters around Maui County and the Big Island
The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Sunday evening:
12 Poipu, Kauai – NE
20 Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
18 Molokai – NNE
21 Lanai – ENE
17 Kahoolawe – NE
21 Kapalua, Maui – NE
20 Upolu airport, Big Island – NE
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Sunday evening:
1.43 N Wailua ditch, Kauai
0.53 Kunia substation, Oahu
1.83 Ulupalakua, Maui
0.37 Kawainui Stream, Big Island
We can use the following links to see what’s going on in our area of the north central Pacific Ocean. Here’s the latest NOAA satellite picture – the latest looping satellite image… and finally the latest looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands.
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
Light breezes will prevail today…picking up again during the day Monday. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the Pacific Ocean. We find a near 1030 millibar high pressure system far to the northeast of the state, with the tail-end of its associated ridge extending southwest…well to the northeast of Hawaii. There’s also a second high pressure cell to the north of our islands, moving northeastward. At the same time we see a gale low pressure system far north, in the Gulf of Alaska, with an associated cold front draping down, with its tail-end just just north of Kauai. ~~~ Our local winds were quite light today, with daytime sea breezes locally. This softening of the winds was due to the close proximity of this cold front, which will pull up to our north Monday. As the cold front leaves our area, and the ridge strengthens…we’ll find rebounding trade winds then through most of the rest of the new work week.
We’ll find some showers at times, a few of which will be locally quite generous…especially over the Big Island and Maui County. Satellite imagery shows deep clouds, with towering cumulus and cumulonimbus over the ocean not far to the northeast and east of the state. This area of unsettled weather is looming close by, and whether it will edge closer, is still a question at the moment. Here’s the looping radar image, showing that despite these showers offshore, that there are just a few showers falling over the islands at the moment. There were however some heavy showers during the afternoon hours on the slopes of the Haleakala Crater on Maui. An upper level low pressure system, with its cold air aloft, is helping to trigger these heavier showers. As the trade winds begin blowing Monday, we could see some of these showers to our east…being blown onto our north and eastern windward coasts and slopes.
As we move into the upcoming new week, our weather will be dominated by gusty trade winds…and their associated windward showers at times. As we push into the new week, it appears that a more typical, early winter trade wind weather pattern will return. However, there may be more than the normal amount of passing showers over the Big Island and Maui late tonight into Monday. It’s still looking like Christmas Day may have favorably inclined weather conditions. Looking even further ahead, the models continue showing another cold front approaching the state later Friday into next weekend, with more unsettled weather arriving then…stay tuned. We’re into our winter season now, which typically has more rapid weather changes, along with twists and turns along the way. I’ll be back early Monday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise, I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
Atlantic Ocean: The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. Here’s the 2013 hurricane season summary
Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico:
Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico.
Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)
Eastern Pacific: The Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15th through November 30th. Here’s the 2013 hurricane season summary
Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.
Central Pacific Ocean: The Central Pacific hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. Here’s the 2013 hurricane season summary
Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)
Western Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
North and South Indian Oceans: Tropical cyclone 03S (Amara) remains active in the South Indian Ocean. Here’s a JTWC graphical track map…along with a satellite image.
Tropical cyclone 04S (Bruce) remains active in the South Indian Ocean. Here’s a JTWC graphical track map…along with a satellite image.
Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
Interesting: Climate change and livestock – Climate change, and man’s role in it is being extensively studied by universities and government agencies around the world. The impact of ruminant livestock has been studied, but the effects of livestock emissions may have been underestimated.
A team of international scientists, including Oregon State University Professor William Ripple concludes that while climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gases associated with livestock, according to an analysis by an international research team.
A reduction in non-CO2 greenhouse gases will be required to abate climate change, the researchers said. Cutting releases of methane and nitrous oxide, two gases that pound-for-pound trap more heat than does CO2, should be considered alongside the challenge of reducing fossil fuel use.
William Ripple, a professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, and co-authors from Scotland, Austria, Australia and the United States, reached their conclusions on the basis of a synthesis of scientific knowledge on greenhouse gases, climate change and food and environmental issues. They drew from a variety of sources including the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and recent peer-reviewed publications.
“Because the Earth’s climate may be near a tipping point to major climate change, multiple approaches are needed for mitigation,” said Ripple. “We clearly need to reduce the burning of fossil fuels to cut CO2 emissions. But that addresses only part of the problem. We also need to reduce non-CO2 greenhouse gases to lessen the likelihood of us crossing this climatic threshold.”
Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas, and a recent report estimated that in the United States methane releases from all sources could be much higher than previously thought. Among the largest human-related sources of methane are ruminant animals (cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo) and fossil fuel extraction and combustion.


The Children’s Place is setting sights on international expansion, and the retailer’s first stop is India. The pure-play children’s apparel retailer has entered into a franchise agreement with Arvind Lifestyle Brands Limited to open stores up to 50 stores, starting in the Fall of 2015.
“We are excited to be partnering with Arvind, which has a proven track record of operating successful apparel brands in India,” said Jane Elfers, President and CEO of The Children’s Place. “We are making significant strides in our International franchise business, and we remain focused on providing great fashion and value for kids around the world.”
As part of the partnership, Arvind Lifestyle Brands Limited will help The Children’s Place be a “first of its kind children’s retail format in India,” noted Sanjay Lalbhai, Chairman and Managing Director of Arvind Limited. “It will be a one stop shop for children sizes 0 to 14, and we are delighted to bring The Children’s Place to India.”


Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s friendship is perhaps the purest, most precious thing in the music industry (or, anywhere, really). Whenever the duo teams up, you know you’re in for a jazzy good time. But if you need more proof, look no further than their latest collaboration, “Love For Sale.”
Bennett and Gaga unveiled their cover of the Cole Porter classic on Friday, along with a music video that captures them passionately singing in the studio with a live band. “Love for sale / Appetizing young love for sale,” Bennett croons. “Appetizing young love for sale / Love that’s fresh and still unspoiled / Love that’s only slightly soiled.” Gaga then gets in the mix, belting, “Let the poets pipe of love / In their childish way / I know every type of love / Better far than they.”
The 1930 track, which has been covered by the likes of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Boney M., and Elvis Costello, will be included on Bennett and Gaga’s forthcoming collaborative album, Love For Sale — a highly anticipated sequel to their first joint project, 2014’s Cheek to Cheek. The two first showcased their charming chemistry on their cover of “The Lady is a Tramp” in 2011.
On Monday, Gaga announced a live stream concert taking place on Sept. 30 in celebration of Love For Sale, which arrives on Oct. 1. According to a press release, per Billboard, the event will be held online and in-person, namely at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles and Westfield Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. Fan zones set up for the event will “host fans in an intimate pop-up jazz theater.” Those who are attending in person — an offering available to fans in 21 cities in the U.K., U.S., and France, as well as Prague and Barcelona — will also get to enjoy an “exclusive experience that includes premium viewing of Lady Gaga’s performance, food, beverages, and limited edition merchandise — all free of charge.”


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It is a timeless joke. What goes down, but never goes up? Medicaid rates!
Having a Medicaid card is as useful as holding a lottery ticket. Sure, maybe you’ll hit the jackpot and find a quality health care provider with whom you share some common connection, but, most likely, you will receive nothing but false hope. 10% of nothing is nothing.
For health care providers that do accept Medicaid – how many of you are accepting new patients? Or maybe the better question is – how many of you are profitable from your Medicaid patients?
Because we live in a society in which we need money to live, if Medicaid pays less than the cost, health care providers will not accept Medicaid. And you cannot blame them. It’s happening all over the country. In Utah, dentists are un-enrolling in Medicaid, i.e., refusing their Medicaid patients. See article. Pennsylvania has a shortage of psychiatrists..even more so who accept Medicaid. See article. “Some 55% of doctors in major metropolitan areas refuse to take new Medicaid patients, according to a 2014 report by Merritt Hawkins. The Department of Health and Human Services reported that same year that 56% of Medicaid primary-care doctors and 43% of specialists weren’t available to new patients.” See article.
Medicaid is failing our most vulnerable and many more. Medicaid, as it exists now, fails every taxpayer, every health care provider who accepts it, and every family member of a developmentally disabled person who is dependent on Medicaid.
The cost of the Medicaid program is expected to rise from $500 billion to $890 billion by 2024, according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Yet – throwing more money at a dysfunctional program does not equate to Medicaid recipients gaining access to quality care. The increased money is not going to the services for Medicaid recipients. The ballooned Medicaid budget is not earmarked to elevate the current, inadequate Medicaid reimbursements, which would induce more health care providers to accept Medicaid. The higher the cost of Medicaid, the more the government slashes the reimbursement rates. Yet our government is willing to throw Medicaid dollars at managed care organizations (MCOs) to release the burden of managing such shortfalls and turn a blind eye when our taxpayers’ money is not used to provide Medicaid medically necessary services to recipients, but to compensate CEOs $400,000 or allow alleged extortion.
For example, in obstetrics, if the national Medicaid reimbursement rate for ob/gyn visits is $1.00, here, in NC, Medicaid reimburses ob/gyns 88¢. Which is why only 34% of North Carolina ob/gyns accept Medicaid.
If it is imperative for the Medicaid reimbursements to increase (to, at the very least, cost, if not a slight profit), then how do we accomplish such an insurmountable task?
There are two options: (1) lobbying (which, obviously, has not been successful thus far); and (2) litigation.
Section 30(A) of the Medicaid Act requires that a state provide Medicaid reimbursement rates at a level to “assure that payments are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers so that care and services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services are available to the general population…”
In an article entitled “Nurse Staffing Levels and Medicaid Reimbursement Rates in Nursing Facilities,” written by Charlene Harrington, James H. Swan, and Helen Carrillo, the authors found that the Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rates were linked to quality of care, as to both RN hours and total nursing hours.
“Resident case mix was a positive predictor of RN hours and a negative predictor of total nursing hours. Higher state minimum RN staffing standards was a positive predictor of RN and total nursing hours while for-profit facilities and the percent of Medicaid residents were negative predictors.” Id.
Numerous other articles have been published in the last few years that cite the direct correlation between reimbursement rates and quality of care.
How do we stop Medicaid reimbursement rates from dropping and the executives of those companies charged with managing Medicaid funds from lining their own pockets?
According to the Supreme Court, suing under the Supremacy Clause is not the answer.
In Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Services, providers of habilitative Medicaid services sued the State of Idaho for Medicaid reimbursements rates being too low as to violate Section 30(A) of the Medicaid Act.
In the Armstrong decision from last year, the Supreme Court, Scalia found that, in enacting §1902(a)(30)(A) Congress had empowered the HHS Secretary to withhold all Federal funds from states that violate federal law. According to Armstrong, this “express provision of an administrative remedy” shows that Congress intended that the Secretary be the enforcer – not the courts. In other words, the Supreme Court held that
“The sole remedy Congress provided for a State’s failure to comply with Medicaid’s requirements—for the State’s “breach” of the Spending Clause contract—is the withholding of Medicaid funds by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.” Armstrong.
In other words, according to Armstrong, the sole remedy for health care providers who demand higher Medicaid reimbursement rates, will be for the Secretary of HHS to withhold Medicaid funds from the state. Such a drastic measure would undoubtedly cause the state such a budgetary shortfall that the state would soon be in a position in which it could not reimburse health care providers at all. Therefore, the providers go from receiving woefully low reimbursement rates to receiving none at all. That seems hardly the situation that the Supreme Court would want.
There are still litigation options for health care providers to sue in order to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate. Just not through the Supremacy Clause.
I have a joke: What goes down, but never goes up?
This is a copy of an article written by William Baude on SCOTUSblog.
In the article, William analyzes the oral arguments for Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, a very important Supreme Court case heard by the Justices January 20, 2015. If you don’t recall the lawsuit, see my blog: “Low Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Violate the Supremacy Clause?!… The Supreme Court to Weigh In!”
Here is the analysis:
The Supreme Court has heard a lot of preemption suits, but Tuesday’s arguments in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center suggest that the Court has not yet agreed on what exactly the formal underpinnings of those suits are.
The case features a debate about the intersection of two lines of precedent. One line restricts the availability of a federal statutory cause of action unless Congress has deliberately included one. The other line makes a cause of action broadly available when the plaintiff seeks an injunction to enforce a constitutional provision. At issue in this case is whether suits to enforce the preemptive effect of a federal statute are more like constitutional injunctions or statutory suits.
Both lines of precedent were on full display at yesterday’s argument. Shortly after his argument started the state’s counsel, Carl Withroe, was pressed with questions about the many prior preemption cases the Court had heard. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg adverted to a list of fifty-seven cases attached to the Medicaid recipients’ brief that are alleged to fail under the state’s theory. Withroe made several different attempts to distinguish those cases, although he did not seem to fully satisfy the Court. Towards the end of Withroe’s argument, Justice Anthony Kennedy asked “Did I miss something? … I thought you were going to give us a principled way to say why this case is different from our other preemption cases.”
Deputy Solicitor General Ed Kneedler took the podium next, attempting to supply that principled basis. He argued that Spending Clause legislation, and Medicaid specifically, was different from the usual preemption case for reasons rooted in the history of equity practice. Traditional equitable remedies, he said, could vindicate a person’s “liberty,” “property,” or “business,” but Medicaid was none of those things because it was a spending program created by a cooperative agreement with the state. Once again, Justice Kennedy chimed in at the end of Kneedler’s time to question whether his theory really distinguished one of the Court’s prior cases, American Trucking Associations v. City of Los Angeles.
Representing the Medicaid recipients, attorney James Piotrowski also faced skepticism about the implications of his position, and seemed to embrace them more than to distinguish them. He openly conceded that his clients would not have a right to sue under the Court’s statutory cause of action cases or under Section 1983. But the Supremacy Clause suit, he stressed, would seek only the narrow remedy of an injunction.
Justice Samuel Alito asked Piotrowksi whether his argument implied that someone could challenge a state’s decision to legalize marijuana as preempted by federal drug laws. Yes, Piotrowksi agreed, so long as Article III standing was satisfied, there would indeed be a cause of action. (Though Justice Alito did not specifically mention a suit by a state, the question might have been inspired by the recent marijuana preemption lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction by two states — Oklahoma and Nebraska.)
And when Chief Justice John Roberts suggested to Piotrowski that his position would open “the courthouse door to everybody who says that federal law was not followed,” Piotrowski agreed: “Yes, your honor, that’s right. We open the courthouse doors.”
At the same time, Piotrowski also conceded that Congress could expressly preclude a preemption suit if it spoke clearly. The key, he argued, is that Congress’s decision not to create a statutory cause of action was not the same as a congressional decision to prohibit a cause of action that came from other background legal principles. Justice Kennedy did not ask Piotrowski any questions.
Lest this abbreviated summary make it seem like argument followed a clear path, I should say that there were also plenty of side points raised throughout. There were questions about how the state’s reimbursement rates related to its formula, a question from Justice Elena Kagan about why nobody from the federal Department of Health and Human Services had signed the federal government’s amicus brief, a response from Chief Justice Roberts about whether DHS was just trying to help the health-care sector “get a bigger chunk of the federal budget,” and a series of questions from Justice Stephen Breyer about the doctrine of “primary jurisdiction,” including a nostalgic reminiscence about the Civil Aeronautics Board “of blessed memory.” But the Justices also constantly reminded one another that the question was whether the suit could be brought, not whether it should prevail.
Four Justices have already answered that question in their dissent three years ago in Douglas v. Independent Living Center. Over the next few months, we will see if they have persuaded any of their colleagues to join them.


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Brandis and Broun on North Carolina Evidence has long been recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative source on North Carolina evidence law. The new Sixth Edition presents updated analysis of recent case law, statutory, and rules developments that affect the introduction of evidence in North Carolina courts. Author Kenneth S. Broun, Henry Brandis Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina, continues the authoritative tradition of evidence law expertise that Brandis and Stansbury established over the past five decades.
Following the organization of the Rules of Evidence, to make your research faster and more efficient, this two volume set provides commentary and analysis of all recent cases dealing with evidentiary rules and issues decided by the North Carolina Supreme Court and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. It also includes United States Supreme Court cases that affect North Carolina evidence law and references to pertinent law review articles.
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Chapter 1 Introduction, General Provisions and Miscellaneous Topics
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The Slow Food movement is picking up pace here in Charleston. Ten local supporters of the movement were recently selected as delegates for Terra Madre, a bi-annual event in Torino, Italy. Those chosen from among thousands of applicants include Elizabeth Beak and Tecoria Jones of Lowcountry First, Chef Craig Deihl of Cypress, Chef Mike Lata of FIG, Ann Caldwell of the Magnolia Singers, educational consultant Dena Davis, Darlena Goodwin of the Children’s Garden Project, Gullah performer Sharon Murray, farmer Gra Moore, and Alluette Jones-Smalls of Alluette’s Café. Additionally, local farmers Joseph and Helen Fields were chosen to attend through the Slow Food Savannah chapter.
Slow Food Charleston is able to fund the travel expenses of all of Charleston’s representatives thanks to a recent donation of $22,500 from the BB&T Charleston Wine and Food Festival. For five days starting Oct. 21, Terra Madre attendees will attend seminars, field trips, and presentations that examine the future of sustainable agriculture.


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ROCHESTER, NY - The St. Thomas Aquinas College men's tennis team won a pivotal East Cost Conference match against Roberts Wesleyan College on Friday at the beautiful Midtown Athletic Club. The 5-2 victory clinched a 2-seed for the Spartans in the upcoming East Coast Conference tournament, and marks the highest conference tournament seed in program history.
Continuing their strong doubles play, the Spartans again took the doubles point with wins at 2nd and 3rd doubles, while dropping a nail biter at the first position. Paul Voigt '21 (Cologne, Germany) and Enej Hasicevic '20 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) teamed at the second slot to earn a 6-2 victory - their eleventh triumph of the year. The Dutch pairing of Tim Fleerkamp '20 (Waalre, Netherlands) and Gijs Offringa '22 (Hollandsche Rading, Netherlands) were relentless at the net to pull out a 6-3 win and earn the Spartans the doubles point. Freshmen Marcel Volz '22 (Iffezheim, Germany) and Mitchell Harrison '22 (Brisbane, Australia) battled back from 4-1 to force the lead Redhawk duo to grind out a 7-5 win.
After the Redhawks evened up the scoring with a win at second singles, Volz put the Spartans back on top with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at first singles. He currently leads the team in singles victories with thirteen, and is a perfect 4-0 in ECC play to date.
Similar to his results on Wednesday, Voigt dropped his first set only to bounce back to win in the third set at third singles. The sophomore kept the pressure on his opponent and was able to rip several blistering winners down the line for the win.
The clincher role switched to sixth singles this match, with Luke Taplin '20 (Aukland, New Zealand) taking a 7-5, 6-2 straight set win to seal the deal for the Spartans. Up 40-15 in the final game, Taplin went supersonic with a second serve ace to move STAC to 3-1 overall in conference play. Hasicevic rounded out the scoring with a third set super tie break win.
St. Thomas Aquinas is next in action on Saturday as they travel westward to take on Daemen College in their final ECC match of the season at Miller Tennis Center. First serve is set for 7:30 PM.
St. Thomas Aquinas 5, Roberts Wesleyan 2


A “Cracked” video highlights four examples of irresponsible, cruel and disrespectful conduct that have been widely cheered on the internet. It is spot on. See for yourself:
The one that most interest me is the first: the Burger King customer who was annoyed at the child whining about wanting an apple pie behind him, so he bought out all of the pies in the store and ate one in front of the kid to teach him a lesson. On a Consumerist poll, less than five percent of respondents thought the guy was wrong.
Game, set, match, “Cracked”:
1. It’s not a bystander’s job to discipline someone else’s child.
2. The guy left the mother to cope with the now thoroughly upset kid, as he walked of with the pies.
3. There might well have been several other customers who wanted one of those pies. Ah, yes, the old shotgun approach, and collateral damage to innocents be damned…
4. This was gratuitous cruelty, excessive for the transgression. What a jerk.
Of course, the story was related on Reddit, and is likely fake. Never mind: the web shouldn’t be applauding unethical conduct. That was Cracked’s point, and also mine.
What I want to know is how I missed this story, which is almost two months old. Or did I just miss one of the e-mail alerts from my invaluable scouts, Alexander and Fred? If so, I’m sorry guys. If not: how did you miss this? You catch almost everything else!
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Title: Fixed-size schemes for certification of large quantum systemsSpeaker: Laura Mancinska Affiliation: QMATH, University of Copenhagen Location: MC 5501 or please contact Emma Watson for Zoom link
In this talk I will introduce the concept of self-testing which aims to answer the fundamental question of how do we certify proper functioning of black-box quantum devices. We will see that there is a close link between self-testing and representations of algebraic relations. We will leverage this link to propose a family of protocols capable of certifying quantum states and measurements of arbitrarily large dimension with just four binary-outcome measurements.
This is a joint work with Chris Schafhauser and Jitendra Prakash.