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Saturday, 7 June 2014
Written by Mathew Naismith
I’m having an interesting chat at the moment with a very insightful lass of the name of Anita Stevanović in relation to one of Anita’s posts on Google community on the topic of inner peace.
Most of us, including myself, are at crossroads between old world mentalities and new world mentalities, this crossroad isn’t easy to traverse for most of us. One of the reasons I think this is one is proven and the other not so proven, yes old mentality might be judged as being chaotic but at least it’s proven where’s this new mentality isn’t….well actually that isn’t quite true if we looked back in human history.
Before the Christian crusades, all religious orders were accepted under the protection of the Muslims, most of them lived quite contently and securely together for a few hundred years until the crusades. At times during the crusades, these other religious orders fought alongside of the Muslims to protect their dominions against the Christian crusaders. This wasn’t altogether of this new world mentality, because it was still about destruction and dominance, but it gives us a slight insight of how new world mentality actually works to an extent. So in affect, this new world mentality of constructiveness as opposed to destructiveness has been proven to work even though it was still under a dominance of a Muslim ruler and protector.
There is another big difference between the old and new world mentality, one is dominated by a controlling destructive ego and the other one isn’t. A controlling ego just doesn’t fit within the criteria of this new world mentality, if there is any controlling ego there is no new world mentality, the controlling ego is only of old world mentality I believe because it’s the driving force behind old world mentality .
Now let’s look at our present mentalities, many are at cross roads of the old and new, some are just of the old and some mostly of the new, we have got to expect some kind of discord between these variations of mentality. Recently I have become aware of this within my discussions and disagreements with others, some disagreements with others run smoothly but others are totally conflictive, why the difference?
I realise I’m one of those people at these crossroads, because I don’t judge old mentality as being bad or even negative, I’m too accepting of old world mentality which is obvious because I’m still at the crossroads after many years of being spiritually/scientifically aware. I realised when I’m in a disagreement with people who are more into this new mentality the discussion doesn’t become conflictive. When I’m in a discussion with people who are also at these crossroads, between old and new mentalities, the discussion is more likely to become conflictive however it’s still unlikely that the discussion will turn into name calling and making destructive insinuating remarks towards each other. When in discussion with people who are more into the old world mentality that is when these discussions can turn into something quite unbecoming and destructive which I believe is represented by a controlling ego.
We all have a right to view the world through whatever mentality we accept as we have a right to express this acceptance; the problem is we just don’t understand why we are not accepting of each other’s views when expressed.
It has become quite obvious recently I no longer belong within the old world mentality so I, like many, need to move on from these crossroads. The noticeably wider gap between my old and new world mentality has obviously become too conflictive and harmful to me and others for me to hang onto. I realise it’s no longer productive for me to hang onto any part of this old world mentality any longer no matter how accepting I am of it. The signs are there for all of us to move on; all we have to do is become aware of them.

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Vikki spoke at the TUC "Save Our NHS" Rally a couple of weeks ago and brought the house down. Sadly, since then, the Health and Social Care Bill has passed through parliament with the support of Southwark Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes.
Southwark Labour Leader, Peter John has written again to Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes demanding that he oppose the discredited Health and Social Care Bill. The text of his letter, written today, is below.
I am writing regarding the letter I sent to you on the 13th February concerning your support for the Government's Health and Social Care Bill, to which I am yet to receive a reply.
I note that following my letter you changed your position on the publication of the risk register which outlines the potential damage this Bill will have and which an information rights tribunal has ruled should be published.
Unfortunately, despite your apparent support for its publication, today in the House of Commons you failed to support a motion for the risk register to be debated.
I do not understand why you would not want a debate to be held on something you have said yourself should be made public. All I know is that, despite you sittin…
I recently posted on the outcome of an investigation into leaseholder charging in Southwark. The scrutiny committee which I chair has been investigating possible improvements to the rules and systems used by the council to charge its leaseholders for major works and services. For some time there has been a feeling among the 13,500 leaseholders in the borough that more could be done to provide them with information and to ensure they were getting value for money. Recommendations included new individual online accounts for leaseholders to check what they are being charged for and a new option for leaseholders to pay a fixed service charge (as opposed to a variable service charge). You can see the full report here.
Last night this report went before Southwark's full Overview and Scrutiny Committee to decide whether or not the recommendations should go forward to Southwark's Cabinet. I'm really pleased that the cross party committee unanimously agreed to let the report …


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While bread is known to bring about immense happiness on the table, it is also accompanied by a shorter life expectancy. For those not bothered about your bread growing mold, you might be worried about them becoming stale.
It doesn’t matter if your favorite bread is bought from the store, baked at home, or is bakery fresh, you can extend bread life (ยืด อายุ ขนมปัง, which is the term in Thai) when you choose to keep them in an air-tight plastic container. This is because the staling process is enhanced through circulation.
Know-How Bread’s Shelf Life
Fat is counted as a natural preservative. So, it is inevitable that any food with more fat will freeze and preserve well, besides lasting longer. Bread made of butter and eggs, for instance; banana bread will stale slower than French bread which is leaner. The kind of flour that is used to make bread also contributes to the moisture and fat content. The bread made with almond flour will preserve better than bread made of all-purpose flour, given how the natural nut component is capable of storing a fatter amount.
Storing Fresh Bread for Effective Storage
Divide the Bread LoafCut the bread into thirds, or in whatever proportion you wish to consume it before it turns stale. You can divide them into multiple slices. Cool your bread after baking them, before storing them.
Leave One Portion of the Bread in Normal Temperature
Store the bread in a specific bread box or inside an airtight box. Ensure to consume this freshly baked stored bread within 3-4 days.
Prepare the Remaining Portion for Long-Term Storage
Keep the remaining portion of the bread covered in separate sections and wrap the bread inside a plastic box.
Keep Freezing the Bread Until You Want to Eat Them
Put the bread inside the plastic air-tight containers and keep the same inside the freezer.
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Nothing replaces the power of a good-quality breadbox in storing the bread and increasing their life span. The breadbox is a great method to prolong your longevity. Breadbox is always a better solution than airtight containers because not only are they breathable but also make way for balanced airflow and humidity. This will help you to extend bread life.
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. - Multiple law enforcement agencies worked together on Thursday to capture a man wanted for car theft in Manitou Springs.
Colorado State Patrol along with Colorado Springs police and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office worked together to put the wanted man in the video below in handcuffs.
This all began at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday when State Patrol says a trooper stopped to check on the people in a stopped vehicle on Highway 24 near mile marker 296.
As the trooper was learning that the car had been stolen out of Pueblo, the man took off running.
The identity of the man has not been released.


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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Opening in 1913, the Daisy Theater is one of the best remaining examples of nickelodeon architecture from the early cinema era. Located on the famous Beale Street, the landmark has a grand half dome entrance. In 1941, the New Daisy theater opened across the street. The Old Daisy is listed on the National Register of Historic places as part of the Beale Street Historic District.
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I could not stop reading this book in which two families struggle to understand themselves and their relationships with each other. Set in London, Yasmin Ghorami is a doctor-in-training and her fiancé, Joe Sangster, is a practicing obstetrician. The story begins as Yasmin and Joe bring their parents together for the first time. Yasmin worries about the cultural divide between her parents, Anisah and Shaokat, and Joe’s mother, Harriet, an upper class liberal and outspoken feminist and writer. And Joe can only hope that Harriet will behave around Yasmin’s Muslim parents. Their dinner together unfolds nicely, but soon Harriet has taken over the wedding preparations, with Anisah’s full and enthusiastic approval, and much to Yasmin’s shock at the idea of a now-large and complicated religious ceremony. Readers may think they are settling in for a bit of a romantic comedy, but will soon discover a host of serious and complicated problems. Ali’s characters must undergo important and often painful transformations before they can find happiness.
The first problem: Joe and Yasmin. Joe tells her he wants to settle down, but he has secrets and must work through complex issues about sex and his unusually close relationship with Harriet. Yasmin loves Joe, but is there enough passion? Her limited dating experience is of no help. I like the way the author shows how the couple’s genuine love and affection for each other makes this problem all-the-more painful.
The second problem: Shaokat’s stubborn pride. Yasmin’s father became a doctor against all odds, but at a cost. Now, above everything, he wants Yasmin and her brother, Arif to succeed and his intense expectations work against him. Although Yasmin is on her way, she questions whether she really wants to be a doctor. Arif, unemployed and angry, locks horns with Shaokat who berates him about his lack of motivation. I was incredibly drawn into these simmering conflicts between fathers and their adult children. There are some powerful scenes between Shaokat and his children.
The third problem: Anisah and Shaokat’s marriage. Anisah seems satisfied in her role as wife, mother and homemaker, but when she meets Harriet, she sees a wider world and a chance at happiness she never considered. She shocks her family when she grabs it and Yasmin will learn hard truths about her parents’ early days.
I think the best part of the book is how what seems to be a simple story develops and reveals complex problems within and between its characters. All of Ali’s characters undergo major, often painful transformations. I liked how the author made me feel like I was getting to know the characters, just as if I had met them for the first time, and how my early impressions of them changed over time. Likewise, was my understanding of their relationships with each other, something you don’t understand until you know a person longer. The author does an especially great job portraying the Ghorami family, Arif in particular, and the unique problems they face as Muslims in London. I thought Arif’s transformation was one of the most interesting storylines in the book.
Love Marriage portrays a specific culture and relates it to how everyone experiences similar personal and family conflicts. This is both an entertaining and serious book and I recommend it to all readers who like stories about family and marriage.
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text: A luxurious diamond tennis bracelet crafted of 14k yellow gold (stamped "14k"). Features 197 round chocolate diamonds (1 missing) weighing approximately 2ctw. Accented by 197 tiny round white diamonds. Secures with a slide locking clasp for wear. Measures 7-1/8" long and 1/4" wide. Weighs 14.5 grams.

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28 September 2007
Go Away Closer
By Dayanita Singh
Price: Rs 2500
Go Away Closer, the latest book by Dayanita Singh, one of India’s most celebrated photographers, is a slim volume, the size of a small notebook, with unnumbered pages of thirty-one palm-sized, square, high-quality, uncaptioned black-and-white photographs. Except for the cover, which carries the author’s, the book’s and the publisher’s names, and the fine-print publishing information on the last page, there is no text in the book. Singh laconically informed this reviewer that the publisher’s catalogue describes Go Away Closer as “a novel with no words.”
One could call the whole build up, including the title, a tease: a foolproof marketing device. Another word the book elicits is ‘mysterious’ -- an attribute that, according to Susan Sontag, the aphoristic oracle of photography, makes a photograph more interesting, or less, if the element is absent. Mystery is certainly one of the most recognisable features of Singh’s photographs. But to call what looks like a pricey catalogue a novel seems at first to be an instance of artistic whim.
Singh’s initial journalistic works were more literal: She documented the life of the child-prostitute Meherunissa, and later, photographed the reluctant eunuch Mona Ahmed, ‘the queen bee of Turkman Gate’, for thirteen years before she came up with Myself Mona Ahmed (2001), with text by Mona herself.
Sometime in the 1990s, Singh decided that she didn’t want to live off Indian disasters and exotica, the two staple demands of western editors. It was then that she developed a more personal portfolio that led to the ironically titled Privacy (2001), a series of formal portraits of urban middle- and upper-middle-class Indians along with their possessions and pets -- a peerless record of urban Indian life as lived behind closed doors.
It was with Privacy that a new thread emerged in Singh’s work; more poetical, less literal. Among the lush pictures of dressed-up women posing self-consciously amidst the accretions of lived lives, there were pictures of more spartan settings. Pictures of vacant rooms and spaces, four-poster beds, antique chairs against plain, damp, discoloured walls, chairs in a foyer with light bleeding through the windows, bookshelves bending under the weight of the books they held.
One could see Singh’s growing fascination for absenting the human form. In a set of two photographs (68 and 69) of Barganza House, and Mrs Barganza (Goa, 2000), the reader or viewer can see the artist groping, and finding transcendence: It is the same setting captured with and without Mrs Barganza.
Singh has decided to cull this hide-and-seek motif from her earlier work, and to articulate it precisely, consciously. Like the opening image of Go Away Closer: A girl lying on her side on a bed that hardly seems to be an item of household furniture, rather a part of a museum display. The young girl, her face hidden under a white pillow, her plain school-dress revealing nubile arms and legs, her crumpled socks slack around her ankle, her school shoes still on her feet. A Lolita in distress? Or a schoolgirl who has flounced on the bed in a museum to amuse her friends as the guard looked the other way?
The ambiguity makes this and other self-conscious, mnemonic images in the book ‘writerly’, making demands on the ‘readers’ to come up with their own meaning. But do they form a novel? Perhaps with a bit of imagination; after all, the novel and the short story are still evolving and description-eluding genres. One thing is certain, though: Go Away Closer is certainly literary in its impulses. The book does offer a narrative that -- whatever it is, wherever it is going, however it is paced and plotted, with characters in no rush to develop, if at all -- is as varied and textured as that found in any modernist novel.
Singh’s unsentimental, unromanticised images seem to bounce visual and metaphorical correspondences and contrasts off each other, forming a narrative ‘of sorts’, the kind modern literature embraces.
A new bride clings to her mother (?) as she departs for her new life; an industrial warehouse full of newly manufactured scooters standing in endless rows; grainy stone-laid streets with intriguing play of shade and light. There is a conscious use of contrast, perspective, ‘voices’, and the ‘writer’ makes her hand visible without making her presence overt. There is a restructuring of reality, not just in the individual images, but in the way the images are arranged and juxtaposed in relation to each other: An image of an empty showcase is placed besides one with human-shaped, cocoon-like, pall-covered forms lying on a dormitory floor, playing out the theme of emptiness and fullness, absence or presence.
These literary qualities stem directly from the abstraction and transcendence Singh gained earlier, but did not consciously assert in her work. She seems to have understood at last where the power of her pictures lie, or at least where she wants it to lie.
Singh believes that the best training for any photographer is reading more and more books. Here’s one.

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Almost two years on from the distributor first opening its doors to the trade, Eurobike Ltd has hailed dealer reaction to its developing brand line-up, and in particular the Moda bike range.
Dealers, pro cycle teams and journalists attended Eurobike’s dealer trade shows over September and October this year, followed by an open week at the firm’s Derby HQ.
Moda has proved to be a key draw for dealers to the new distributor, which also stocks American Classic wheels, Hincapie Clothing, Airbone Pumps, Bebop pedals and Ultimate Ceramic Bearings.
“We have been really pleased with the turn out at each of the shows and the enthusiasm shown towards our products has been fantastic,” commented marketing manager James Ryan.
“More than that though is the response and feedback we’ve had on the Moda bike range. You never know when you work on something so closely for so long if it’s going to be well received, but not a bad word was said and a number of dealers expressed their surprise at how much the brand has developed after just one season.”
Eurobike Ltd: 01332 774796

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By Sara-Christine Dallain
“Yes, to answer your question, we are hungry. We are always hungry,” was the response of two women I spoke with today. I was asking some questions about their cooking methods and the food situation of their household. When I specifically inquired about whether they lacked food, they laughed.
They laughed because traditionally it is not custom to talk about being hungry. For these refugees, hunger is widespread. They went on to explain that hunger is not something they need or like to talk about. They don’t see the point. Their hunger is well known. …
Three meals a day is no longer an option according to the households that I interviewed today. And the only meals they are eating are lentils and porridge. Twice a day, with some tea.
Day 1 in refugee camp Touloum.
It’s All We Have
By Gabriel Stauring
“For breakfast, we eat porridge. It’s all we have,” said a refugee mother in response to my question. “How about for lunch?” I asked a bit later, reading from our survey. “Porridge is all we have. It’s all we eat,” she responded, a bit amused that I had not understood her answer earlier.
She explains that the porridge is made from a grain called sorghum. Refugees in camp Touloum receive what she described as a very small amount of lentils for the entire month, and she brought her hands together to show how little.
I continued with my food-related survey, but she also wanted to tell me about the plastic roof on her home, which she received a very long time ago and is now falling apart.
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Big electric vehicle drama on C-SPAN this week, my friends. Big drama.
As the United States secretary of transportation, you’d hope Pete Buttigieg knew a thing or two about cars. This week the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana made headlines for a series of comments on electric vehicles.
It began with gas prices. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but they’re very high right now. The national average at the time of this writing is hovering at $4.47/gallon, according to AAA. Republicans in Congress have been looking to weaponize the pain at the pump against Biden and the Democrats, so perhaps now is a good time to remind everyone that the Executive Branch has virtually no control over the price of gas, regardless of which party occupies the Oval Office. Both parties are guilty of this, but at present, it’s the Democrats who occupy the White House, so it’s the Republicans who get to use gas prices as a political cudgel.
While testifying before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Buttigieg suggested that some of the issues with gas prices could be ameliorated by switching to electric vehicles. "The more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles," Buttigieg said.
Florida’s Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla. jumped on that statement, saying “So you’re saying the more pain we have, the more benefit we’re gonna get?"
Buttigieg, who did not say that, denied the characterization.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz then retweeted a video of the exchange, commenting “The cruelty is the point.” And the usual characters jumped on the bandwagon, accusing the Democrats of using high gas prices to push for green policies.
Perhaps an analogy can help explain what’s going on here. This is like if you fell overboard and someone threw you a life jacket and you responded, “You’re happy that I’m drowning.” Or, even if you erroneously think that President Biden does control the gas prices, this would be like if someone pushed you overboard and then threw you a life jacket, then you got mad at the life jacket instead of the person.
The brutal fact for senators like Ted Cruz, who took more money from oil and gas companies in 2018 than any other senator, is that having an electric car means you do not pay for gas.
Pennsylvania’s Scott Perry chose to hit back by citing the high cost of EVs. And he’s completely right. EVs are too expensive. We need them to be cheaper. However, Representative Perry chose to reference last year’s Kelley Blue Book average of $55,000 for a new EV. I’m sure that’s a legitimate average, but it tells us nothing about the minimum cost of buying an EV to save money on gas. With so few models on the road and so many high-end luxury options available, the average price is dramatically skewed.
Another analogy? Ok. This is like if we included the price of caviar in the average cost of groceries to figure out how much money should be allocated for SNAP or food stamps. We don’t care about caviar. We care about the staples—the cheap, boring, stuff that people buy when they need to feed a family.
Buttigieg is far from the first person to take the mantle of EV myth debunker, and he surely won’t be the last. Watch here as he proceeds to rattle off some very easy-to-find data about the price of Chevy Bolt and reminds Rep. Perry that used cars exist.
How long will this sort of tired myth-busting remain necessary? Probably for as long as oil and gas companies continue to contribute tens of millions of dollars to politicians (like Joe Manchin) every year. Until then check out these resources for how to debunk misinformation. —David Shultz
For Honda's seven city tour, the platform tapped former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller earlier this year to scout what he's calling “the first group to be born on TikTok."
The gamer group/esports team owner/influencer hype house/merchandising company went public today, ringing the opening bell at NASDAQ and prompting many to ask "What's a FaZe Clan?"
Research firm Bot Sentinel found an unusually high number of new Twitter users shared anti-Heard copypasta as part of a cyberbullying campaign during the actress's trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp.
What We’re Reading Elsewhere...
- Anthony Scaramucci's Skybridge Capital is looking to wet its beak with some Web3 and crypto investments.
-Facebook is pivoting yet again, this time away from News to focus on the "creator economy."
-And not a moment too soon, as a new study sees TikTok beating Facebook in influencer marketing by 2024.
- CloudKitchen's new chief revenue officer has some big expansion plans for Travis Kalanick's L.A. food service startup.


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but what happens after that? “Survivorship” can mean many things to different people,
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During treatment, it’s normal to expect side effects. However, many cancer survivors will
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the treatment selected. Examples include:
Surgery. After a lumpectomy or mastectomy, the breast may be scarred and take on a different shape or size. The area around the surgical site may harden. If lymph nodes were removed or affected during treatment, lymphedema (an abnormal buildup of fluid in soft tissue) may be found in the arms, head, neck, belly or legs.
Radiation therapy. Cancer patients may experience breathlessness, a dry cough, or chest pain. Radiation may cause swelling and hardening/thickening of the lungs, known as fibrosis. Treated with steroids, symptoms are similar to pneumonia.
Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy patients have a higher risk of fatigue and memory deficits, and may struggle with their ability to focus. Weight gain and numbness or tingling in the fingers or toes are also potential long-term side effects of chemotherapy.
Hormonal therapy. Women taking tamoxifen should have yearly pelvic exams, as this drug can slightly increase the risk of uterine cancer and blood clots. This risk increases with the duration of administration of the hormonal therapy.
Emotional effects. This entire process can be scary, and it’s normal to experience a slew of overwhelming feelings as your loved one finishes treatment. On one hand, you could feel excited, relieved and joyful; on the other, you could feel tired, sad, or anxious.
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Regional. The cancer has returned in the lymph nodes near the same place the cancer started.
Distant. The cancer has returned but in a different part of the body, some distance from where it started (often the lungs, liver, bone, or brain).
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Namibia to Eradicate Poverty by 2025, President Geingob
“We Africans have good glossy papers, we talk, but implementation is a problem,” said President Hage Geingob. The President was speaking during an interview with Voice of America’s (VOA), Straight Talk Africa host Shaka Ssali on Namibia’s future.
On the topic of poverty, the President stressed that poverty in Namibia must be eradicated by 2025. World leaders adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015 at an historic United Nations summit of which one of the goals is to end all forms of poverty by 2030. President Geingob said that Africans do not have trust in many of their leaders, stressing that the leaders are accountable but not transparent that is why the President earlier this year declared his assets publicly. The Namibian leader also noted that in order to eradicate poverty by 2025 Government will take it step by step as it is an on going struggle.
Meanwhile, Mr. Marcus Betts, UNICEF Deputy Representative to Namibia said the country has made rapid progress in reducing poverty when it’s measured by income poverty. “It stood at 38% in 2001 it has fallen by 27% by 2011,” said Betts.
Is Namibia able to eradicate poverty by 2025, what areas still need improvement and what is being implemented in order to reach this goal? Spotlight News brings you part of President Hage Geingob’s interview with VOA’s Straight Talk Africa host, Shaka Ssali and the views of Mr. Marcus Betts, UNICEF Deputy Representative to Namibia.
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Head injuries in football have recently received a lot of attention and a trial going on now could become a landmark case.
A lawsuit alleges the NCAA failed to protect a former USC football player from head trauma.
The suit filed by Matthew Gee's widow said he died in 2018 at just 49 years old from permanent brain damage.
In the past decade, college football players have brought hundreds of wrongful death and personal-injury lawsuits against the NCAA .
But Gee's case is only the second to go to trial with allegations that hits to the head led to chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.
This case could also be the first to reach a jury.
“As we're understanding more and more about the disease, there appears to be more pushback about the positive agents, positive factors when that's actually become more established,” said Dr. Daniel H. Daneshvar a neuroscientist and brain injury physician.
The NCAA's attorney says there is still no consensus in the medical community on what causes CTE.
But just this week, the National Institutes of Health formally acknowledged publicly for the first time that CTE is caused by repetitive traumatic brain injuries.
“The best indicators for whether someone has CTE after they pass away right now appears to be whether they have problems with memory or problems with thinking, or what's called emotional mobility, which basically, means that have a short fuse,” said Daneshvar.
The NCAA blames Gee's death on heavy drinking, drugs and other health problems.
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Mary Hart, 78, has been attending the Williamsburg Salvation Army-organized holiday lunch for almost a decade.
She was at the annual event again Tuesday, enjoying the candied yams in particular.
"The lunch is fun, something I really enjoy," said Hart, who lives in upper York County.
Sitting at the same table, Hazel Brown, 82, favored the egg roll on her tray.
"It's delicious," said the James City County resident, who also didn't ignore the ham or dressing heaped on her plate.
Kim Maloney, president and chief executive of the Williamsburg Pottery, smiled when she heard the compliment, because she and her co-workers spent hours making 500 egg rolls for the lunch hosted by the pottery for the second year.
"We want this lunch to be ongoing," said Maloney. "A lot of seniors can't get out much, but here they can see and enjoy each other."
About 200 Williamsburg, James City County and upper York County residents ages 55 and older and disabled adults were invited to the midday meal.
Morris Piggott and other pottery personnel prepared four turkeys, four hams, 30 pounds of stuffing, pounds and pounds of green beans, corn and mashed potatoes, 250 dinner rolls, 600 cookies and two double-layered sheet cakes for the occasion.
Seniors also received boxed gifts from the pottery and stockings filled by local community groups.
The holiday lunch is just one way the charitable James Maloney Foundation gives back to the community that the late pottery founder Jimmy Maloney loved so much, said his nephew Charles Crone, a member of the foundation's 12-member advisory board. The foundation annually awards scholarships to Williamsburg-area high school students and is helping the Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Program with its work.
A penny from every $1 in customer sales at the pottery goes toward the foundation's community fund, said Peter Kao, executive vice president.
In 2007, the pottery awarded more than $100,000 toward community projects, including scholarships to high school graduates. This year, the foundation also plans to help the Rita Welsh Adult Literacy Program.
"We use the foundation to honor Jimmy's legacy, and education was very important to him," said Kao, who was an overseas supply vendor when he first met Jimmy in 1985.
State Attorney General Robert McDonnell is also a member of the foundation's advisory board and was at the lunch to don an apron and serve seniors.
"The seniors are our guests of honor," said Kim Maloney. "Jimmy loved everybody, and this is what he would have wanted."
SENIOR ANGEL TREES
The Williamsburg Salvation Army also sponsors Senior Angel Trees for elderly residents.
More than 211 senior citizens' gift wishes - small appliances, warm clothing and linens - are listed on tags hung on special trees located in retail stores and corporate offices in the Williamsburg area.
"A lot of seniors don't have family, their family is far away or they are forgotten," says Salvation Army Capt. Debbie Bowers. "These gifts mean a lot to them."
To participate, call the Salvation Army at 229-6651 or stop by the office and pick up a gift-wish tag at 151 Kristiansand Drive in the Norge area of James City County.


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Description - The Writing of Anxiety by Lyndsey Stonebridge
This study suggests that it was the representation of anxiety, rather than trauma and memory, that emerged most forcefully in mid-century wartime culture. Thinking about anxiety, Lyndsey Stonebridge argues, was a way of imagining how it might be possible to stay within a history that frequently undermined a sense of self and agency.
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LYNDSEY STONEBRIDGE is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her publications include The Destructive Element: British Psychoanalysis and Modernism, Reading Melanie Klein (edited with John Phillips), and British Fiction After Modernism: The Novel at Mid-Century (edited with Marina Mackay).


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One bill came in smaller, another was what we predicted, but the last included hundreds of dollars in back charges
, and we couldn't say what the exact dimensions of the package were.
com, said when customers attempt to claw back charges
banks will typically repay lower amounts, hoping this will settle the dispute.
When we discovered a million electricity users were facing hefty back charges
because meters were not adjusted for price rises, the Sheriff went in with six-shooters blazing.
But Human Rights Watch, in a report released today, said they had found no evidence to back charges
that hundreds of Palestinians were massacred at Jenin.
Without it now, they risk being hit by carriers with back charges
levied on the shipping warehouse.
However, the general contractor may later assert back charges
against the sub or claim that the subcontractor never completed its contract.
Now the council has agreed to pay pounds 145,000 in back charges
which will push next year's estimated council tax bill of pounds 800 for the average Band D property up by about pounds 2 per person.
After an IRS audit, when you add up all the back charges
and penalties IRS can assess, both the contractors and the newspapers can be badly damaged," he added.
Unbilled back charges
can become uncollectible over time.
On election day, California voters enacted Proposition 103, requiring insurers to roll back charges
for automobile and certain property/casualty insurance coverages to the levels prevailing on November 7, 1987, to reduce such premiums an additional 20 percent and to freeze them until November 8, 1989.
But it would be unlikely he would be able to do this even if he does bring back charges
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Firms oppose California bill to disclose policing of labor practices
California companies say they won’t deal with suppliers who use forced labor to dig out gems for jewelry or sew buttons on clothes. But they won’t support legislation that would force them to divulge what they’re doing to monitor their suppliers’ workforce practices.
A bill by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D- Sacramento) would require retailers and manufacturers with annual revenue of at least $100 million to post on the Internet what they’re doing — or not doing — to ensure that no one in their supply chain violates human rights.
The idea is to give shoppers and investors who want to support companies taking anti-slavery stands an opportunity to spend their money in a socially conscious way, proponents such as British actress Julia Ormond have argued.
Many companies, such as Gap Inc. and Nike Inc., voluntarily police suppliers’ labor practices such as mining rare metals in Africa or sewing dresses in East Los Angeles, they said.
But major statewide business groups oppose any state mandate that could make them the target of government enforcement actions and resulting bad press.
“These are the kinds of issues that create great consternation for my companies, which spend a lot of time worrying about their image,” said Dorothy Rothrock, a vice president of the California Manufacturers and Technology Assn.
The bill would require companies to reveal publicly whether they hire outside experts to check suppliers’ labor practices, whether they conduct independent and unannounced audits of suppliers and whether suppliers certify that raw materials are processed in accordance with local and international labor and safety laws.
There’s nothing onerous about the bill, said Steinberg, noting that it would affect only about 3.2% of California businesses. “These requirements seem relatively simple and very doable,” he said.
What’s more, he said, “it’s good business to ensure that workers who make your products are treated with respect and dignity.”
The bill, SB 657, passed the state Assembly and is awaiting a final vote in the Senate this month.
“Business has a vital role to play in using their supply chains as the road map to tackling strategically and impactfully the worst forms of poverty on the planet,” Ormond testified at a recent legislative hearing. “Consumers need to know their level of engagement so they can make informed choices.”
More than 12 million people are subjected to forced labor worldwide, said Ormond, who appeared in the 2008 film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and founded the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking.
But learning what companies might be doing specifically to combat widespread human rights violations is not easy, activists contend.
“It’s difficult for consumers to find out what’s going on. It’s not transparent,” said Lisette Arsuaga, communications director for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking. “This bill is a start to having a clear understanding of the entire supply chain.”
Getting that clear picture could be nearly impossible for many companies, said Marc Burgat, vice president of the California Chamber of Commerce.
Most California companies, he said, are being asked “to do things they are simply unable to do — to assure everything in the product chain down to raw materials is free from slave labor.”
Any retailer or manufacturer that states on its home page that it’s doing little or nothing to check on its suppliers could expect to get bad press, Burgat warned, while companies that fail to report at all could be hit with an injunction from the state attorney general’s office.
“There’s no defense in the eye of the public for being investigated by the AG for slavery and human trafficking in the 21st century,” he said.
Business groups are hoping to alter Steinberg’s bill substantially to make its provisions voluntary or at least to define more specifically which companies would be affected.
If that doesn’t work, they will seek a veto from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The governor, who met with Ormond on June 29 after she testified in favor of the bill, has not taken a public position on the proposal, said spokeswoman Rachel Arrezola.
However, Arrezola said, Schwarzenegger “has long been committed to eliminating the practice of human trafficking and providing protections for victims.” In previous years, he signed into law a number of bills that increase anti-slavery enforcement.
Businesses would be smart “to get ahead” of growing consumer interest in buying slavery-free products, even if it drives up costs, said Al Osborne, senior associate dean at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Such interest is similar to shoppers’ wanting to buy environmentally friendly goods and organic food.
Ideally, Osborne said, businesses should voluntarily tackle forced-labor issues and be subjected to government regulation only if the problem isn’t addressed.
“It seems to me that companies that large would know whether or not they have challenges in their supply chain,” Osborne said. “They’d be incented to try to correct them from a public relations point of view.”


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The New Hampshire DMV may issue a New Hampshire driver license or non-driver identification card to a Non-US citizen who is living in New Hampshire on a temporary basis under a work Visa or student Visa.
To qualify for a license or non-driver identification card, the driver must provide the following original documents which cannot be older than sixty (60) days where applicable:
- A valid, original passport and one of the following:
- Practical Optional Training card (OPT)
- Visa for attending a learning institution.
- Visa for employment, along with a current employment letter including dependent names, dated within sixty (60) days, signed on company letterhead, stating you are currently employed. We will not accept offer of employment letters nor employment contracts.
- Visa including spouse, partner in a civil union or dependent(s) of the above.
- A valid I-94 with at least two months of duration remaining. If your I-94 is in an electronic format, please print it out at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website.
- A valid I-20 for F-1 Visa holders and their dependents.
- A valid 2019 for J-1 Visa holders and their dependents, along with one of the following (must be dated within sixty (60) days from the date of application):
- Current letter from a learning institution or class enrollment letter, including dependent names, signed on official school letterhead; or
- Current employment letter including dependent names, signed on company letterhead, stating you are currently employed. We will not accept offer of employment letters or employment contracts.
- Social Security identification card if you are work authorized or a denial letter if you are not eligible to work.
- Home country or out-of-state driver license. Driver licenses from another state in the US, Canada or France are transferrable without testing as long as the license is valid, or expired less than one year. If you are providing a license from your home country, you will be required to pass a full examination (vision, knowledge and road tests), and provide a copy of your driving record/history from your home country. If you are unable to get an official driving record from your home country, a police, criminal or insurance letter may be provided proving that your home country driver license is not under suspension. A notarized translation is required if these documents are not in English. Please note that an International Driving Permit is not acceptable for this requirement.
- Applicants who cannot provide a valid home country driver license or a valid US driver license, or under the age of 18, will be required to complete an approved New Hampshire Driver Education course.
- Proof of residency. Please see our list of required documents for a list of acceptable residency documents for the type of driver license or non-driver identification card you wish to apply for (REAL ID compliant or non-compliant).
- If you already hold a New Hampshire driver license and have changed your status (OPT to H-1B for example), please remember to bring in a currently dated and signed employment verification letter on company letterhead.
Where to Apply
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With 25% of women currently undecided, women’s votes will swing the next general election
Date Posted: Wednesday 25th October 2023
A quarter of women are currently undecided on how they will vote at the next election compared to only 11% of men according to polling conducted by YouGov for the Women’s Budget Group. The polling also found that women with caring responsibilities were more than twice as likely to name childcare or social care as one of their top three priorities than the average voter.
On voting intentions the poll found that
- 25% of women and 11% of men said that they were undecided about how to vote at the next election.
- Labour had a larger lead among women than among men (14 points compared to 11 points).
- Women are as likely to say they will vote Labour as men, but less likely to say they will vote Conservative (17% of women say they will vote Conservative compared to 20% of men).
- Younger women are most likely to vote Labour (44%) with around one in twenty saying they would vote Conservative (4%) and Lib Dem (5%).
- With increasing age, Labour’s lead decreases, with the Conservatives in the lead in over 65s (27%).
- This is in line with a significant shift in women’s voting patterns. Until recently, women were more likely to vote Conservative than men. But each successive generation of women has been more inclined to vote Labour than their predecessors.
On political priorities the poll found:
- Nearly two thirds of women (64%) and just under half of men (48%) named the NHS as a top priority.
- 52% of women and 47% of men named cost of living/inflation as a top priority.
- Women were more likely than men to name the environment and climate change (30% compared to 26%).
- Men were more likely than women to name the economy (44% of men, 28% of women).
- Women are most likely to trust Labour (23%) to improve gender equality, while the Conservatives rank lowest (4%). A significant percentage remains uncertain (33%) or believes no party would be most likely to tackle gender inequality (29%).
Women with caring responsibilities were more likely to prioritise care and education services.
- Women caring for adults are more than twice as likely than the average voter to name social care as one of their top three priorities.
- Women caring for children are more than three times as likely than the average voter to name childcare as one of their top three priorities.
- Over a third of women caring for children (35%) named education as one of their top three priorities, compared to 14% of voters in general.
Dr Zubaida Haque, Deputy Director and Head of Research at the Women’s Budget Group said,
“With an election likely in the next year, parties need to be thinking about what they can offer to secure support from women’s votes. The NHS is a top priority for nearly two thirds of women voters, the cost of living crisis and inflation for over half of women, but education, social care and childcare are also key priorities, particularly for women with care responsibilities.
Women represent over half of eligible voters. The fact that a quarter of women are currently undecided which way to vote should make parties sit up and notice. While the polling data indicate the continuation of a generational trend of women voters moving away from Conservatives and towards Labour, our polling shows that women’s votes are in no way guaranteed and should not be taken for granted by any political party.”
Notes to editors
- The Women’s Budget Group has today published a briefing summarizing the polling data and insights from their fringe events at Conservative and Labour Party Conferences: Not your average voter? How women will shape the general election
- In the UK, traditionally, the ‘women’s vote’ has tended to lean to the right of the political spectrum. In nearly every general election between 1945 – 2015 the Conservative Party gained more votes from women than men. However, there has been shift in recent years, with Labour winning a significantly larger share of votes from women than the Conservatives in both the 2017 and 2019 general elections. See Cooper, C. and Campbell, R. (2023) What women want: Why women will decide the next general election, Labour Together
- For WBG policies on wealth tax and monetary policy, see: Why taxation of wealth is a feminist issue: A gendered analysis of wealth in Britain and Gender and Monetary Policy
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About the Women’s Budget Group
The UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG) is the UK’s leading feminist economics think tank, providing evidence and analysis on women’s economic position and proposing policy alternatives for a gender-equal economy. We act as a link between academia, the women’s voluntary sector and progressive economic think tanks.

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The UK government supports the European Commission’s decision not to impose mandatory quotas; it favours a self-regulatory national level approach.
Equality between men and women was firmly addressed in Spain by a 2007 act on the effective equality between men and women.
The percentage of women on company boards in the Netherlands has increased. However, women are still under-represented in company boards.
Equal opportunities between men and women is a hot topic. Italy is trying to make a step forward, starting in the boardroom.
The proportion of women on supervisory boards of the 160 companies listed in the German stock exchange currently amounts to only 17.4 per cent.
France has adopted a law compelling French companies to aim for a balanced representation of men and women on boards.
The European Parliament has voted to adopt the European Commission’s proposed directive to increase the number of women on the boards of listed companies.
US tax reform update: House Ways and Means chairman tax reform discussion draft and new building blocks for eventual US tax reform
The last two weeks have seen significant developments in building the blocks for what could eventually form the base of US tax reform.
BIS has announced that the extension of the right to request flexible working to all employees with 26 weeks’ service will be ‘available’ from 30 June this year.
Companies in the federal supply chain have an opportunity to prepare for the expansion of government’s anti-human-trafficking rules
This update highlights the salient aspects of the proposed rules and the requirements that are likely to be of most interest to contractors.
Companies should assess their business operations and relationships in Ukraine.
The EAT had to decide two main issues: had the claimant made a ‘disclosure’? Did he suffer detriment as a result of that?
This guide details the thresholds for a variety of taxes, both personal and business, in South Africa from 1 March 2014 onwards.
New US cybersecurity framework issued: in wake of cyber attacks and lawsuits, how should organisations respond?
This alert summarises the framework’s key elements and suggests practical strategies organisations can use to assess whether and how to use the framework.
SEC provides expanded no-action relief from broker-dealer registration for intermediaries in private M&A transactions
The staff of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets issued a no-action letter on 4 February that provides guidance on how intermediaries may effect securities transactions.
Complex and costly cross-border legal disputes are projected to grow significantly in the years ahead, according to a new survey of multinational corporations.
The LSE has published AIM Notice 38, which announced its consultation on proposed changes to the AIM Rules for Companies and the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers.
A US federal judge declared on 8 January 2014 that Bazaarvoice violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act by acquiring its main rival, Powerreviews.
Hogan Lovells reviews the latest developments in the area of anti-bribery and corruption regulation and enforcement around the world.
On 30 November 2013, the State Council of China issued the Guiding Opinions on the Pilot Launch of Preference Shares.

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Chain link fence is formed by two adjacent wires being linked together (by weaving). And the adjoining wire crossing each other once. Because the weak weaving structure, if the chain link mesh is cut or breaks at any one point, the fence completely breaks down as the links release each other.
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Foodservice operators can now get their hands on Alto-Shaam’s most advanced, user-friendly design
Designed intentionally simple, the latest H Series Vector Multi-Cook Ovens from Alto-Shaam are available to order. The new ovens feature an enhanced user-friendly interface, advanced controls and a sleek design — along with custom exterior color options.
“We’re constantly looking for ways to meet the needs of foodservice operators worldwide,” said Jeff McMahon, senior director of product management. “This is only the beginning of improvements aimed to better serve our customers and align with the latest industry trends.”
Providing unmatched volume and menu variety, the compact and ventless Vector H Series countertop models are designed for foodservice operations with limited space. The new model includes Alto-Shaam’s exclusive Structured Air Technology®, featuring four ovens in one. With independent oven chambers, operators can simultaneously cook a variety of menu items with zero flavor transfer.
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With a simple design and controls, the new Vector H Series Multi-Cook ovens significantly reduce training time. The ovens feature multi-step, programmable recipes to ensure menu consistency in between shift changes. Operators can upload their own images, categorize food items and filter recipes for seamless cooking at their fingertips. Additionally, enhanced diagnostics keep foodservice operations up and running with easily accessible oven status updates and service details.
Combined with ventless operation, the new Vector H Series control and design offers a premium front-of-the-house appeal with its sleek design and customizable color options. Operators are able to adjust oven light intensity and sound levels to fit the needs, look and feel of their business.


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The Ontario Rivers Alliance is strongly supportive of the wires option solutions, rationales and conclusions made in the IESO’s 13 September 2022 presentation.
ORA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
SPEAKER: ADAM SHOALTS – #1 BEST SELLING AUTHOR
Saturday, 22 October 2022
Free – Limited Seats
AGM at 10:00 am – Keynote Speaker at 10:30 am
ADAM SHOALTS: A well-known explorer, adventurer, conservationist and bestselling author. Adam will join us to share stories of his expeditions in Canada’s wilderness and talk about the importance of preserving wild rivers from remote hinterlands to our own backyards.
BIO: Best known for his long solo canoe journeys, including crossing nearly 4,000 km of Canada’s Arctic alone, Adam Shoalts is the Westaway Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a regular guest on television and radio. His national bestselling books include Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic, A History of Canada in 10 Maps, and The Whisper on the Night Wind. A geographer, historian and archaeologist, Shoalts has a PhD in History from McMaster University.
All registrants will receive an Agenda one week before the AGM.
All members wishing to vote at the AGM must renew their membership by 21 October 2022.
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The total amount of GHGs emissions from a hydroelectric facility is dependent upon many factors, including the impounded reservoir, terrain, amount of organic matter, air-water temperature, reservoir depth and size, vegetation (algae and plant/tree litter), pH values, oxygen levels, flow velocity, water level fluctuations, wind speeds, precipitation, wetlands within the impoundment zone, and facility operating strategy (cycling and peaking to maximize power generation). Every hydroelectric facility is unique in its complexity and must be carefully studied and continually assessed and monitored to determine the total daily, seasonal and annual GHG emissions per MWh emanating from the system.
The Coalition for the West Credit River (Coalition) remains very concerned with the potential environmental impact of the Erin Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) and, in particular, the temperature of its treated effluent harming the sensitive coldwater Brook Trout habitat of the West Credit River.
As your Ministry is aware, the approved sewage treatment plant proposes to discharge large flows of sewage effluent into the relatively small flow of the West Credit River. The lack of significant dilution will greatly magnify the thermal impact of warm effluent on this coldwater stream.
As representatives of more than 90 organizations from across Canada, we are writing to urge you to put nature at the centre of Canada’s forthcoming National Adaptation Strategy.
The impacts of climate change are already being felt across the country, and we must all work together to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilient communities and ecosystems.
First, the Coalition for the West Credit River (Coalition) would like to express our deepest appreciation that you and your staff worked with our Technical Team over the last several months to incorporate some of our recommendations into the Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA). However, we are concerned that our key recommendations for improvements to the draft ECA, received by you on 2 May, were not reflected in the ECA approved on 3 May 2022.
The Coalition is very appreciative of your strong support in recommending to the Honourable David Piccini, Minister of Environment, Conservation Parks (MECP) and Mayor Allan Alls, Town of Erin, that our draft Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan be integrated into the Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA). As you are likely aware, the ECA for the Erin Water Resource Recovery Facility was approved on 3 May 2022 by Aziz Ahmed, P.Eng., MECP Manager of Municipal Water & Wastewater Permissions, appointed for the purposes of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act.
Five years ago, in March 2016, 110 groups submitted an application under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) to designate radionuclides as Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs) under Annex 3 of that Agreement. We submitted our nomination in reply to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) call for nominations from the public.
First, it was enlightening to be provided with a clear definition of small and large hydro facilities in the Hydroelectric Program Development and Assessment webinar, as well as a total amount of power generated by these categories. You informed that the definition of small hydro would have a scope of installed capacity of 10 MW and under, with 30 companies representing 50 facilities generating a total of 120 to 150 MW, and large hydro having a scope of installed capacity of over 10 MW, with 3 companies representing 22 facilities producing a total of 1,000 MW.
The increased number of small hydro facilities making such a small contribution to our electricity grid impacts on multiple Ontario riverine ecosystems, whereas the 22 facilities producing 1,000 MW of power on presumably fewer rivers has a much lower trade-off value. Additionally, larger rivers have a greater capacity to buffer some of the worse effects of hydroelectric.
The ORA is in full agreement that Low Impact Development (LID) must be a priority in development planning guidance for stormwater management practices and should include innovative green infrastructure such as rain harvesting, rain gardens, green roofs, urban trees and forests, permeable surfaces, ditches, swales, stormwater catchments, and must emphasize the protection of wetlands.

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Rural public radio promotes and preserves local arts, music, and culture by incorporating local voices on the air and online. Through music programming, local call-in shows, gardening and food shows, and other features of local personalities, public radio stations capture the essence of their community and common interests that bind people together. Public radio music stations support local music and artists not featured or viable on commercial platforms, foster music discovery and education, and enable music preservation. These locally-produced programs play music across all genres — including classical, jazz, bluegrass, Americana, soul, country, blues, Latin, reggae, funk, electronic music, and more. Rural stations also collaborate with local arts institutions, operate performance spaces, and bring the community together for events — from small, intimate performances to festivals.
This cultural programming speaks to the regional interests of the station and the sound of their surrounding community, a unique aspect of public radio that is unique to the local listening audience. The production of this content helps rural radio stations capture and sustain local culture through music, art, and education.


WEST Bromwich Albion manager Tony Mowbray looks set to shelve any plans to dip into the loan transfer market.
Mowbray did consider bringing in at least one signing before next Thursday's deadline but has opted against it as his squad is expected to be boosted by the return of James Morrison, Chris Brunt, Leon Barnett and Sherjill MacDonald over the next two-to-three weeks.
Brunt (hamstring) has resumed training following his hamstring problem, with Morrison (ankle) also due back for next Saturday's game against Colchester.
Barnett (hamstring) is expected to be back in time for the FA Cup semi-final against Portsmouth, although MacDonald faces a race against time to be fit in time for Albion's trip to Wembley as he is due to undergo a minor operation.
"You only look at loan market if there is the right quality available to you and at this moment in time I would suggest it's something we won't be doing," said Mowbray.
"We've looked at it but we won't bring players in just for the sake of adding numbers and not adding quality to the squad."
Carl Hoefkens returns today at Charlton after his recent hamstring problems.
Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Albion will wear their home kit in the FA Cup semi-final against Portsmouth.


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text: William Mueller, Director of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, will provide a view into the world of "aerial insectivores," the birds that capture their insect prey in flight, by exploring their ecology, population changes, and conservation. This group of birds is experiencing major population declines. He'll discuss the factors involved, and how citizens can respond. This program is most appropriate for people over the age of 10 years old. Meet at the Ice Age Visitor Center (located off Hwy 67 half mile west of Dundee).

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Chad Ochocinco eventually found his ideal girlfriend turned fiancee, Sharelle Rosado, from Selling Tampa, after having many ex-girlfriends and getting arrested for domestic violence against his former wife. In 2021, Chad is expecting a child with the Selling Tampa’s cast, however, he has 7 other children from his past relationships. His new girlfriend, Sharelle, who has three kids of her own, is a realtor, and they are currently happy together.
Dedicating most of his life years to football, Chad has eventually reached the extent where football has brought him numerous fans and hefty money. However, the former American footballer takes out his time for love life and relationships as well.
Chad and his girlfriend, Rosado have been dating for a year now, and in their journey of togetherness, Chad as well as his girlfriend, Rosado has made several together moments.
Looking at them, it seems that Chad and his girlfriend have set the standard too high for what a relationship should look like.
Before dating the realtor, Sharelle Rosado from Selling Tampa, Chad had several other relationships, and most of his affairs brought many ups and downs in his life.
Chad Ochocinco: Past Relationships, Ex-Girlfriends & Former Wife
Previously, Chad Ochocinco was engaged to his ex-fiancee, Maya. Maya and Chad got engaged in 2008, however, rather than upgrading their relationship and bolstering it, Chad and Maya ended their relationship in 2010.
Likewise, the year 2012 brought a turning point to Chad Ochocinco’s love life when began dating the American television personality, Evelyn Lozada. Not only was Evelyn his girlfriend, but she was also Chad’s wife as well as they married each other in 2012.
Conversely, it was found that the former American footballer, Chad allegedly head-butted his wife, Evelyn. When he was found guilty, in 2012 itself, Chad was arrested and was sentenced to 12 months probation.
Upon completion of his sentence, Chad Ochocinco began exploring more for love life, and thus in 2013, Chad dated exactly 4 people in the same year.
His ex-girlfriends from 2013 are Barbie Bates, Kimberly Yohman, K. Michelle, and Lauren. After endless breakups and ups and downs in his love, as of today, Chad is in a stable relationship with his new girlfriend, Sharelle Rosado.
Chad Ochocinco’s Girlfriend Turned Fiancee Sharelle Rosado from Selling Tampa
The Selling Tampa‘s cast, Sharelle Rosado has been dating the former American footballer, Chad Ochocinco. Starting their relationship in 2020, they have spent exactly a year together. Moreover, adding more to their love life, Chad and his girlfriend, Rosado got engaged.
Despite seeing their together moments, Sharelle Rosado and Chad Ochocinco’s relationship has created perplexity to myriads of people as Chad was arrested for domestic violence against his ex-wife. Thus, people were concerned about Sharelle, and they even questioned the Selling Tampa’s cast, Rosado on this matter.
Clearing out everyone’s doubts, Sharelle told that everyone makes mistakes, and since she was not present at the time of domestic violence, she can say nothing about the incident. She even added that Chad has been a great person and has been supportive of her.
Furthermore, Chad Ochocinco and his fiancee are expecting their first baby girl in 2021. They got to know about Rosado’s pregnancy during the shoot of Selling Tampa.
Although Chad and his current girlfriend, Sharelle are having their first baby, they both have had children from their past relationships. Chad has 7 kids from his ex-wife and ex-girlfriends while his fiancee, Sharelle has 3 other kids.


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It includes useful tips on how to approach IELTS exam tasks and covers especially tricky areas such as paraphrase and collocation. This book provides a intensive preparation for success in the IELTS reading paper, with a focus on vocabulary development and paraphrase training.
The material is intended for use with students whose current level is around Band 6 and is suitable for both Academic and General Training candidates.
IELTS learners are guided step-by-step through the different stages of the speaking and listening modules, using lively material covering a wide range of the topics that are likely to occur in the IELTS examination. By exploring the test paper by paper, and looking in detail at each task type, the course gradually builds up the skills, language and test techniques students need to approach IELTS with confidence.
The course contains a detailed introduction to the test and a full answer key and is equally suitable for use in the classroom or for self-study. English Collocations in Use To sound like a native speaker, you should check this book out. This books contains 4 complete authentic tests for both General Training and Academic module.
It aims to improve your style of spoken and written English with 60 lessons about a rich variety of topics, each contains 2 pages for the theory and practice exercises with a total of more than 1, collocations. It teaches IELTS learners a range of key strategies for reading effectively and for understanding texts more easily, such as skimming, scanning and speed-reading techniques, helping students to get a better result in the Reading paper.
Written by Cambridge ESOL examiners and material writers with many years of experience preparing IELTS tests, this pack shows candidates how each of the tests is assessed and provides valuable tips. Each book contains four complete tests for Academic module candidates, plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training module candidates.
The three books in the series may be used together as a complete course or may be used to target specific skills. My favorite book in the family of the best-selling vocabulary books is English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate edition.
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Running is one of the most inclusive sports in that all you really need is a pair of running shoes to participate.
But not every runner feels accepted or represented in the community, despite their love for the sport.
Sports equipment company Brooks Running aimed to open up the narrative in a new digital series “Who Is a Runner,” released last month. The series, created in collaboration with Camp4 Collective and directed by Faith Briggs and Tim Kemple, has so far released three episodes, with a fourth in development.
“With the injustice we've seen across the country, we’ve been really focused on diversity,” Melanie Allen, CMO of Brooks Running, told Campaign US. “We want to show the diversity and change [the notion] of what a runner looks like.”
The first episode of the series follows the Prolyfyck Run Crew, who share how they build a safe space for Black runners to feel represented in Charlottesville, Va. Episode two stars Rosalie Fish, an Indigenous student-athlete and activist, who discusses how running helps her honor Indigenous women who are victims of racial and gendered violence.
Episode three focuses on Victoria (Vic) Lo, founder of Chinatown Runners. Lo reflects on how rising anti-Asian discrimination made her feel unsafe while running. In response, Chinatown Runners hosts monthly runs in Chinatowns across the U.S. to build awareness against AAPI hate.
“You get these personal stories, but then you also get the stories around the impact that it's had on the community around them,” said Allen.
The subjects were selected by Camp4 Collective. Brooks Running gave the creative production studio contacts of people they were interested in, both running crews and individuals, and Camp4 Collective took control of the rest.
Brooks Running’s goal was to start a discussion about diversity in running. The sports equipment company didn’t put a lot of media dollars behind the project until they saw the positive response, said Allen.
After the outpouring of interest, Brooks Running invested more money into the series.
Allen is hopeful people will learn that the benefits of running are two-fold: increasing physical and mental well-being, as well as the social initiatives runners have launched to help their communities.
“One run a day changes your day,” said Allen. “You never really regret it. If you do that enough times you can really impact your life. And running communities are coming together and changing the world.”


Rebels Still Not on Board for Talks
The high profile Geneva Conference, a US and Russian-backed peace initiative for Syria, was supposed to be the big game-changer for the month of June. A date still hasn’t been agreed on, officials say, but it definitely won’t be in June.
UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said June was absolutely impossible at this point, because diplomats were unable to come to an agreement on when the talks would take place, or who would be allowed to take part.
The US is pushing for Saudi Arabia’s inclusion, while Russia says Iran should also take part. The US has ruled out allowing Iran to take part under any circumstances.
The biggest obstacle though, is the Syrian rebels, who have repeatedly ruled out taking part in the talks at all, and while the US is trying to spin this as the rebels just “needing more time,” many of them are rejecting talks on general principle, insisting no talks should take place under Syria’s government unilaterally resigns.
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Where are all my Harry Potter fans?
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There are at least 4 bands named D.D.T.
1. DDT(or D.D.T.) was a hardcore punk band from atlanta, georgia that released their "brave new world" ep in 1983 with songs ranging from hardcore, to power pop, to thrash jams. 2. D.D.T. were one of the greatest bulgarian punk bands and also one of the earliest known. In the late '80s, they were the legendary punk band from Sofia. Great lyrics, really wise and punk styled. Lyrically they were sharp and brilliant, full of energy and witty rhymes.