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- Mounting hardware and barrel nut wrench included
- Handguard: 6061-T6 Aluminum
- Barrel Nut: 4140 Steel
- Finish: Mil-Spec Type III Hardcoat Anodized
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- 12.625-inch: 10.1 oz.
- 14-inch: 10.58 oz.
- 15-inch: 11.57 oz.
- Inner Diameter: 1.3"
- Height: 1.97"
- Width: 1.5"
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*Not for use on gas piston AR's.
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After learning the much-loved Hare and Tortoise clock is in storage the Advertiser explored its archives to learn more about the clock's history.
The Advertiser discovered the clock, which has been removed from Rugby's shopping centre as part of a refurbishment, has an interesting history involving Coronation Street star Barbara Knox (who plays Rita Sullivan), a six-year-old boy from Rugby and two clowns.
The clock, which depicts a hare and tortoise following each other around the clock face, was installed on February 20 1995 as part of the launch of Clock Towers shopping centre.
Here is the article written by Arryn Buggins and published in the Advertiser on February 23, 1995:
The crowds came out to welcome Coronation Street star Barbara Knox to Rugby on Monday.
The actress who plays Rita Sullivan was in town to officially open the Clock Towers shopping centre.
She was led by the Delta New Orleans Brass Band and dancers through the streets of the town in a horse-drawn coach before cutting the ribbon at the Market Mall entrance.
The crowds were two or three deep around the town centre and hundreds more in the centre, clamouring to talk to Barbara and ask for her autograph.
Three hopeful young men each presented the Street star with a red rose.
Five shops in the centre gave her presents to take back to fellow Street characters, including budgie seed for Mavis from Wilkinsons and a box of chocolates from Thornton's for herself.
Barbara - who gave a rendition of Oh You Beautiful Doll - said: "I thought it was absolutely charming. You could not buy a reception like that!
"It's very heartening to know that people stand there waiting in the cold and are so pleased to meet you. They all ask about Mavis wherever I go."
Centre manager Mike Hirons said: "I am delighted to say that the refurbishment of the Clock Towers shopping centre has been well received by tenants of the shops within the centre and the people of Rugby. Many complimentary remarks have been made."
Two huge themed clocks were unveiled by six-year-old Ben Fawcett from Westfield First School.
One harks back to Rugby's history as a major railway centre with railway sounds, lights and whistle.
The second depicts the story of a race between the hare and the tortoise.
The celebrations continue until Saturday with clowns Manjy and Mo performing daily and a spot the clocks contest.
The £2 million refit in the three malls where there are 38 shops, includes new glass-sided lifts, toilets, baby changing room, access and facilities for the disabled, glass roof and new entrances from Market Place and North Street.
The Chapel Street exit has been closed to allow more shopping space.


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To help bring our readers more of the latest news to stay safe, we’ve reached out to security experts focused on digital safety and identity theft. EZShield and IdentityForce joined forces to create Sontiq to focus on maximizing digital protection.
And online safety during this time is becoming more pertinent than ever. The Coronavirus pandemic has led to more of our day-to-day activities happening online security is key. Sontiq Chief Marketing Officer, Donna Parent, along with Chief Information Security Officer Steve Turner, shared their thoughts in a recent Q & A.
As families spend more time online, what scams should people be most aware of?
Parent: There are a number of heightened social scams happening too right now. Just as we are all spending more time online, so too, are the scammers. These bad actors will work to take advantage of social networking sites by pretending to be someone you already know and may even send messages to you about cures for COVID-19. Or, perhaps they will start fundraising for what seems to be a “good cause,” or you might even see them send you “deals” on items like Clorox wipes, toilet papers, or facial masks. Be vigilant and ensure that you contact this friend outside of the social network to confirm your suspicions!
There’s also a newer scam that involves pets or adoption of pets. This is when the scammer tries to tell you that you have to pay extra money for a crate or insurance to have your pet shipped because of the pandemic. Additionally, the fraudster may ask for payment in the forms of gift cards – something that was not agreed to initially. Consider these as more red flags for a fraudster who does not have the pet they are attempting to sell to you and your family.
What tips do you have for families downloading more apps and shopping online? How do they know what they’re doing is safe?
Parent: Let’s start with families downloading more apps. You want to avoid third-party apps, which often bypass security measures. You also want to look at app reviews and the date the app was released – ensure it makes sense. For example, if you are downloading a banking app and the publish date is a few months ago, look for an “updated on” date to ensure you are downloading the correct app. Also, see if there are spelling and grammatical errors, another key indicator of a scam. And, finally, remember if the offer or promotional around the app is “too good to be true,” stay away!
When online shopping, especially from your mobile device, before you make a purchase through an ad on Instagram or Facebook, or even downloading a coupon, do this one thing first! Perform an Internet search about the ad you received for words like “complaint” or “reviews” and you may uncover a scam related to the promotional offer. It’s worth your search time.
Another tip around your mobile shopping is to only use shopping apps that you download from a trusted source – including the Amazon App Store, Android Market, and Apple App Store. Also, carefully review the access permissions of each app on your device. For instance, do you really need to give a shopping app access to your list of contacts? Probably not.
And, finally, consider identity theft protection with a mobile security app that performs comprehensive mobile device scanning for rogue applications, spyware, unsecured Wi-Fi connections and fake networks, to further enhance your safety when shopping online. These make shopping apps on your phones and tablets much safer.
Encourage your family to use strong passwords, keep their devices locked, ignore strange or “too good to be true” emails, and keep a watchful eye on your credit card statements.
What tips do you have for families relying on online classrooms? We’ve all heard about inappropriate comments and images. How can we avoid these?
Parent: We’ve seen more of this with the popularity of online conference tools being used for public and educational consumption, as “Zoom-bombings” have opened up a gateway to hackers. However, as long as educators are putting passwords in place for these meetings, or making the links to these meetings impossible to guess, while also being able to mute participants, the risk of inappropriate comments or unwanted participants is greatly reduced.
Let’s talk about basic online security. What should everyone do regularly to protect themselves online?
- Use a different password for every account and use a password manager to keep track of them.
- Keep the operating system and applications up to date. Install patches as they become available.
- Install anti-virus and anti-ransomware software. Keep it up to date.
Be very skeptical of emails that offer free gifts, ask for personal information or threaten to suspend your account.
How are people being targeted online?
Turner: It is so cheap and easy to launch a scam campaign that people are not being “targeted” as such. Once a bad guy has your email address, you are added to one or more lists which are sold cheaply to multiple bad guys.
How are people putting themselves in danger online without realizing? What are some common actions that could lead to being scammed?
Turner: Here are a few tips to keep in mind:
- Failing to keep their software up to date.
- Using the same password in multiple accounts or using a simple or common password.
- Reacting too quickly to a scam in an email without checking to see if it really came from the company it claims to come from.
- Being too trusting, too fearful, or too greedy.
Let’s talk about what businesses need to watch out for. How do you think digital conferencing has changed since the pandemic? What security issues should businesses and employees be on the lookout for?
Turner: Digital conferencing if available from more free sources than before (Facebook and Google most recently)
Digital conferencing is being used by people who are not familiar with it. They ignore security options such as password-protecting a conference, which allows others to join uninvited.
What haven’t we asked about that’s important? And what’s the most important takeaway?
Parent: Keep in mind, that while online activities rise, so does cyberbullying, predator threats, and unsafe use of social media and gaming apps.
Popular social media applications, like TikTok and Facebook, require more parental involvement at the peak of COVID-19. Obviously, we are now seeing an exponential increase in these social media apps. Not to mention the predator nature of what’s going on, but additionally, if one of these apps were to expose any personal information of its users through a data breach, a child’s identity may end up for sale on the Dark Web – putting them at risk for synthetic identity theft.
In addition to being vigilant about scams targeting your immediate family, also keep in mind that fraudsters are still very much interested in seniors. Scammers are targeting the elderly with phone call scams claiming to be fake charities, health organizations offering vaccines, or house cleaning services to help sanitize against the coronavirus.
Remind your loved ones that they should never give our personal, financial, or medical information over the phone. Legitimate government agencies are not calling individuals to “reserve” a COVID-19 vaccine, and they are not offering a check or direct transfer of money as a fiscal stimulus.

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Guideline on the clinical development of medicinal products intended for the treatment of pain
This Guideline is intended to provide guidance on the clinical development of new medicinal products for the treatment of pain. It replaces and updates the separate guidelines on neuropathic (CPMP/EWP/252/03) and nociceptive pain (CPMP/EWP/612/00). Pain syndromes have traditionally been divided into the aforementioned two categories of neuropathic and nociceptive pain, based on what seemed to be a clear mechanistic distinction. Many pain conditions can still be defined in such terms but in other cases, for chronic pain in particular, the distinction is not clear and this needs to be reflected in diagnostic, therapeutic and regulatory approaches.

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Elliott Single-Stage Centrifugal Compressors
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Single Stage Centrifugal Compressors
A History of innovAtion And success
Since 1910, Elliott Group has earned a reputation for providing innovative solutions, unmatched expertise and first-class service to the global turbomachinery market. Elliott has designed, manufactured, tested and installed some of the industrys most rugged and dependable equipment. Throughout our history, weve been on the cutting edge of technology, consistently delivering performance improvements in aerodynamics, rotor dynamics, process simulation and metallurgy. Elliott is committed to providing new approaches, processes and technology while maintaining the quality and reliability our customers expect.
Elliott has been manufacturing single stage centrifugal compressors for over 90 years. They are designed for long life, low maintenance and continuous service in dirty and corrosive applications such as petrochemical plants, refineries, natural gas processing, coal gasification and power stations. We are ISO 9001:2008 certified.
unrivAled PerformAnce And reliAbility
feAtures And benefits
High efficiency design reduces operating costs.
Elliotts impeller design ensures smooth gas passage with greater accuracy. Efficiencies up to 90 percent have been proven in production performance tests.
Ease of maintenance minimizes down time.
Elliott single stage compressors are designed for ease of maintenance. Simple, rigid construction for lower maintenance requirements and less time required to replace parts.
Smooth operation ensures reliable performance.
Tilting-pad bearings effectively prevent the oil whirl often associated with lightly-loaded high-speed bearings.
Design simplicity streamlines gas flow.
Elimination of stagnation points ensures minimum fouling during gas entrainment.
Standardization enables quick design response.
Standardization ensures that drawings are readily available, allowing quick selection and design of foundations and structures.
Flexible design supports application-specific aerodynamics.
A variety of impellers within standard frame sizes meets a wide range of head and flow requirements.
Designed for high temperature applications.
Experience with inlet temperatures above 500 F.
Elliott single stage compressors feature a sophisticated design that meets API specifications for handling demanding applications.
The casing is center-line supported to maintain correct alignment under variable ambient and operating temperatures. Casing nozzles are designed to meet API specifications, incorporating a minimum 1.85 safety factor on allowable forces and moments. The casing is hydro-tested at 1.5 times the design pressure.
Elliott high-efficiency impellers have an enclosed backward lean design.
Elliott single stage compressors meet API specifications for demanding applications. Components are carefully selected in accordance with design specifications.
Impeller Seal (for enclosed impeller)
To minimize internal recirculation, a variety of impeller seals are available. Special consideration is given to gases which contain particles.
The shaft is machined from a forging and subjected to ultrasonic and magnetic particle inspections. The thrust collar is replaceable.
Elliott offers a wide variety of seal options including: Dry gas seals Iso carbon / Oil film seals Labyrinth seals
Performance and Capacity Controls
Elliott single stage centrifugal compressors operate in a wide range of conditions due to the standardized impeller design and the vaneless diffuser.
There are four ways to provide capacity control: Suction throttling Discharge throttling Adjustable inlet guide vanes Speed variation
Steel-backed, babbitted tilting-pad journal bearings ensure rotor stability. This type of bearing eliminates the potential for oil whirl and other associated vibration problems. The thrust bearings are double acting and self-equalizing.
Bearing Housing The bearing housing is separate from the compressor casing and is horizontally split for the oil-lubricated design. The bearings can be inspected and serviced without removing the coupling hub or breaking the casing joint.
Inlet Guide Vanes (Optional)
On some models, inlet guide vanes can be installed to improve performance at partial load conditions. The inlet guide vane assembly is flanged to the casing cover.
APPlicAtion rAngeThe chart below shows the flow rate and pressure ranges covered by standard Elliott single stage centrifugal compressors.
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Elliott Group is a global leader in the design, manufacture and service of technically advanced centrifugal com-pressors, steam turbines, power recov-er expanders and axial compressors used in the petrochemical, refining, oil & gas and process industries, as well as in power applications. Elliott Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ebara Cor-poration, a major industrial conglomer-ate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.


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Historical Food Fortnightly Challenge #4
Foreign Foods (Part 1)
The Challenge: Foreign Foods
The Recipe: German Chocolate Pudding
By The First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio: Oliver Crook, c1873
The Date/Year and Region: 1873, Ohio
How Did You Make It:I grated unsweetened chocolate and a bit of American Heritage Chocolate until I had about 2 T. While I was grating, I melted some sweet butter on the electric stove. Then added the flour, egg yolks, low fat milk (all I had on hand) and eggs. Then I realized I had added to many eggs to scrambled to add more of the other ingredients, which was probably a bigger mistake. Then I put it in the fridge to cool for half an hour. I beat the egg white until fluffy but couldn't get them stiff. I put the chocolate mixture back on the stove to warm it a bit and added the egg whites and sugar, buttered my mom's flan pan and poured it all in. The batter was lumpy and whisking didn't help. I didn't know what temperature to bake it at and a search for a modern recipe yielded nothing. I found a custard recipe that baked at 425 so I tried that. I baked for about an hour before removing from the oven. I refrigerated overnight and then tried to cook it again for about 40 more minutes the next day. The outside got crusty and the bottom stuck to the pan. The middle remained stubbornly wet but better than it was.
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Total Cost:I had all the ingredients on hand at the time.
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Not very successful. It didn't cook in the middle. After an hour, it finally puffed up but when I took it out of the oven it deflated. The middle was very soupy. It tasted very eggy and not very sweet. I think my eggs cooked in the mixture on the stove. I should have used my heritage chocolate, but I don't have much left. My dad declared it was not the best thing I've made and no one has touched it since. It tastes much better with the raspberry sauce I made for challenge 2.
How Accurate Is It?: (fess up to your modifications and make-dos here)

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Fabulous Fashion Week - Day 5
Les Georgettes - Autumn Winter Collection and styling sessions
Exclusive UK launch of the new necklace collection at our Leamington Stores!
We were joined in our fabulous Leamington store by Mark Faulkner, from French brand Les Georgettes, to give us an overview of the Les Georgettes brand, and talk us through the new Autumn Winter collection.
Mark also showed us how to style our Les Georgettes pieces for both day an night, using new collection necklaces, rings and bracelets along with leather inserts available in several colors.
Watch the videos below for the highlights!
More info visit www.fabulouscollections.co.uk/FabulousFashionWeek.
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Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich;
law for patent attorneys at the Open University of Hagen
Radiochemistry, hydro-, aerial- and soil chemistry, biochemistry, photometry, trace analysis, spectroscopy, environmental analysis, chemical engineering, medical and implant technology, irrigation and drainage technology, packaging technology
Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Lunz has successfully handled more than 100 reinstatement proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the European Patent Office for law firms and service providers. Mr. Lunz has extensive experience in the field of reviving and restoring IP rights that have lapsed accidentally (restitutio in integrum). Furthermore, he supervises and assesses restoration proceedings and, in particularly critical cases, also prepares second opinions with respect to the best way of rescuing inadvertently expired IP rights.

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Ben Harper will play the Fillmore Detroit on Sept. 8.
Eschewing high-tech equipment and aiming for a low-key mood, adult-alternative rocker Ben Harper and his band knocked this album out in barely a week at a less than state-of-the-art studio in Paris. "Lifeline" was recorded immediately after the band completed a nine-month tour, so they might have been a bit tired. But they certainly had an almost telepathic sense of unity from so much time on the road.
"Fight Outta You" and "In the Colors" are quiet, warm and intimate, but Harper heats things up a bit on the more dynamic "Needed You Tonight" and "Say You Will." Built around a delicate piano riff played by Innocent Criminal keyboardist Jason Yates, the soulful "Younger Than Today" is utterly beautiful, as is "Paris Sunrise #7," an exquisite, improvised Weissenborn guitar solo played by Harper.
There's a relaxed but confident quality to this acoustic-based record and it's a nice change of pace for the California native, whose work has been consistently strong ever since his 1994 debut "Welcome to the Cruel World."
By Martin Bandyke,
Free Press special writer
In stores Tuesday.
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 8 at the Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward. $29.50-$49.50.


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This place is very expensive (~40 USD) compared to other hotels in the area, I would advise looking somewhere else before staying here. The location is good, but there is no breakfast and the wi-fi internet is very flaky, only working now and then. At one stage we asked for an extra blanket, but we were told it was not possible as there was a 'one blanket per room' policy. The beds were also very hard and uncomfortable. We ended up moving to a more comfortable hotel around the corner on the river for 15 USD per night.
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Mitra acuminatais a mostly abundant species usually found under rocks on intertidal, lagoon, pinnacle and seaward reefs, usually in shallow water of 0 to 10m.
Several shells with an egg mass
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Several shells with an egg mass on the underside of a rock.
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"We have a gift for him. I guess it is no surprise that it is a tool kit."
Also on the consent calendar, the council approved the purchase of a chopper pump for the operation of the SuperOxygenation System installed at the Laguna SOCWA Lift Station.
The Chopper pump will replace the current pump which cannot handle the increase in discarded wipes and disposable mop covers.
Dave Shissler, city director of water quality, reported that the situation is so dire, wastewater agencies are seeking legislative help, but for immediate relief the chopper pumps are needed.
The pump will cost $14,000. An appropriation of $22,000 was approved to cover the cost of the pump and its installation.
With each election, council representation on organizations and committees is reviewed and some are changed — principally those permanently assigned to the mayor or mayor pro tem.
As mayor, Toni Iseman automatically will represent the council on the Business Improvement District, Festival of Arts Board of Directors, the Orange County Division of the League of California Cities, the county City Selection Committee, the Southern California Assn. of Governments and the South Orange County Assn. of Mayors.
She also will continue to partner with Pearson in efforts to improve water quality in Aliso Creek, the Village Entrance and the Long Term Business Assistance Task Force.
Iseman added representation on the League of Coastal Cities Coalition to her other duties, but relinquished her assignment as liaison to the Housing and Human Services Committee to Councilwoman Verna Rollinger.
Rollinger also volunteered to fill the request by the Laguna Canyon Foundation for an alternate and joined Mayor Pro Tem Jane Egly on the Complete Streets Act Task Force.


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“The nice thing about talking to undergrads is that they are not stressed out yet about publication…Their love is still pure, and it’s very energizing.” For Lithub, R.O. Kwon talks to Maris Kreizman about book tours at colleges, losing religion, and her novel, The Incendiaries, now out in paperback. Pair with Kwon’s excellent Year in Reading entry from a couple years back.
Booksellers across the country have loaded up dollies with towers of boxes and carted them to the front of the store. Amazon has broken into its super-secret, double-locked, chain-link fence. Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol is here. Understandably, other publishers have ceded this Tuesday almost entirely to the Dan Brown hype machine, but those looking for something (very) different can today find Joyce Carol Oates doing the zombie thing (not really) and the latest from Tao Lin.
“An appeal for the revival of the negative book review, then, is a remonstration against forced and foppish praise, where everything is good and so nothing at all is good.” In The Baffler, Rafia Zakaria writes in praise of negative book reviews and decries the “enfeebling of literary criticism.” From our archives: our own Emily St. John Mandel writes about bad book reviews.
Duncan Murrell has a new essay up on the Harper’s Magazine blog about how difficult it is for journalists to speak to their sources through interpreters. “I became concerned that my interpreters were not delivering my words in the way I delivered them and in precisely the way I meant them,” he writes.
Translating is notoriously difficult work, and translating Proust even more so. The Boston Review has published a very thoughtful piece about the history of In Search of Lost Time in English, the trouble with annotations, and the general “tension in translation between the spirit and the letter.” We highly recommend you take the time to read it, even if you don’t have time for Proust just yet.
“In addition to fearing, as a young person, that I lacked sophistication, I also feared that I lacked courage. It was hard for me to say something even mildly tough about someone else or their work; hard for me, generally, to be critical. Mary McCarthy had no such trouble.” Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings, writes about her literary idol for the LA Times.
“Love / is the only fortress / strong enough to trust to.” Mary-Kay Wilmers for the London Review of Books reviews Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore. In the book, Moore’s slightly-bizarre domestic life is examined with fairness and honesty alongside her impressive body of work. If poetry is your thing, check out our On Poetry column for more.


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Another Christmas is in the books. This week, a lot of Americans will likely be boxing up all the lights and ornaments and getting rid of the tree. Also getting tossed: all those poinsettias — however you pronounce it.
Putting poinsettias in a shopping cart feels like Christmas for a lot of people. But the truth is, they don’t make anyone much money. Charlie Hall, a professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the Texas A&M University, said the prices today often don’t match labor costs.
“I saw one mass merchandiser this winter selling for 99 cents,” he said. “There’s no way those growers were making a profit.”
According to the USDA, poinsettias accounted for $241 million in sales for 2014. But Hall explained the sale isn’t why they’re still being planted. It’s not about cheer either.
“They’re simply wanting to keep their workforce employed,” he said. “And they’re growing poinsettias so that they make some contribution to margin.”
All right, economics aside, let’s get down to business: Hall pronounced it, “poin-sett-ee-uh.”
Some say “poinsett-uh.” Mark Liberman, a linguist at the University of Pennsylvania, said both are right … or wrong.
“I say poinsettia myself, but that’s just cause it was how I learned it,” he said. “If I said poinsettia, I’d feel perfectly comfortable going on talking that way.”
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A BNP candidate has been displaying highly offensive material that advocates violence against members of a Muslim organisation on her Facebook site. Politicians from mainstream parties have condemned Susan Harwood, a BNP candidate in Torfaen at next week’s National Assembly election.
The material, which uses abusive four-letter language about a group called Muslims Against Crusades, was featured on Ms Harwood’s Facebook site, but has since been removed. The Conservative candidate in Torfaen is Natasha Asghar, a Muslim.
Labour’s Lynne Neagle, who has represented the seat since the Assembly was formed and is seeking re-election, said: “This is outrageous behaviour by someone who pretends to be a respectable candidate in a democratic election. It’s one thing to oppose an organisation’s views, but her actions go far beyond legitimate criticism.
“It is totally unacceptable that BNP candidates continue to behave like this. People across Wales should know that a vote for the BNP is a vote for thugs and racists of the worst sort. If the BNP had a shred of decency, they would drop Susan Harwood as a candidate.”
Welsh Conservative candidate for North Wales and vice-president of the anti-fascist group Searchlight Cymru, Mark Isherwood said: “These appalling and offensive comments show the BNP in their true colours. People across Wales will deplore these racist and bigoted comments … and I am confident that the BNP will be defeated at the ballot box.”
Ian Titherington, director of elections for Plaid Cymru, said: “The BNP is struggling for candidates and scraping the barrel.”

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NEW YORK – Two new studies show, once again, the magnitude of the inequality problem plaguing the United States. The first, the US Census Bureau’s annual income and poverty report, shows that, despite the economy’s supposed recovery from the Great Recession, ordinary Americans’ incomes continue to stagnate. Median household income, adjusted for inflation, remains below its level a quarter-century ago.
It used to be thought that America’s greatest strength was not its military power, but an economic system that was the envy of the world. But why would others seek to emulate an economic model by which a large proportion – even a majority – of the population has seen their income stagnate while incomes at the top have soared?
A second study, the United Nations Development Program’s Human Development Report 2014, corroborates these findings. Every year, the UNDP publishes a ranking of countries by their Human Development Index (HDI), which incorporates other dimensions of wellbeing besides income, including health and education.
America ranks fifth according to HDI, below Norway, Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. But when its score is adjusted for inequality, it drops 23 spots – among the largest such declines for any highly developed country. Indeed, the US falls below Greece and Slovakia, countries that people do not typically regard as role models or as competitors with the US at the top of the league tables.
The UNDP report emphasizes another aspect of societal performance: vulnerability. It points out that while many countries succeeded in moving people out of poverty, the lives of many are still precarious. A small event – say, an illness in the family – can push them back into destitution. Downward mobility is a real threat, while upward mobility is limited.
In the US, upward mobility is more myth than reality, whereas downward mobility and vulnerability is a widely shared experience. This is partly because of America’s health-care system, which still leaves poor Americans in a precarious position, despite President Barack Obama’s reforms.
Those at the bottom are only a short step away from bankruptcy with all that that entails. Illness, divorce, or the loss of a job often is enough to push them over the brink.
To continue reading go here: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economic-failure-individual-insecurity-by-joseph-e--stiglitz-2014-10


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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Because we can't be together in person to celebrate, we are offering a fun game to win prizes and celebrate together - but separately. Download our BINGO card with directions from the link below. Find some squares you'd like to fill out and tag us on Instagram with #cwruearthday2020. Turn in your completed BINGO card to us at email@example.com by May 1 to win prizes. Five in a row means BINGO! All squares have active links to more information and the second page has a list of the links.
On May 1, all Instagram posts with our hashtag will be entered into a drawing to win one of ten prizes. Those that email us with a completed BINGO card will be entered into a drawing for three grand prizes.
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Le Place de la République, Paris A Story of ChangeAssembled by Guy Dauncey (www.earthfuture.com), from www.placedelarepublique.paris.fr TVK and other sources Thanks to Brian Pirolli at www.smartplanet.com for the heads-up!
1759: Authorization of buskers and small theaters brings the Boulevard du Temple. It becomes ”The Boulevard of Crime".
August 1811, a fountain is opened on the square.
In 1865, Haussmann built a large rectangular square. In 1867, the old fountain is replaced by a fountain.
July 14, 1883, the statue of the Republic isinaugurated, symbol of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
La Fête a Place de la République, Paris Christa Kieffer
Le Place de la Republique is an urban creation of the nineteenth century.Over the decades, it has built a strong symbolic value. However, traffic hasbecome paramount at the expense of urban quality and a diversity of uses.In 2008 Paris City Hall launched an ambitious project for itsredevelopment, around three objectives:1. To reaffirm the republican symbol and enhance the historical heritage2. To integrate the new mobility and create a better sharing of the publicspace3. To enhance the usability of the site and create a gathering placeDeveloped in consultation with local residents, users, traders and, morebroadly, the citizens of Paris, the project aims to restore Parisian charmand friendliness.After a contest, the prime contract was entrusted to the architecturalplanners Trévelo & Viger-Kohler (TVK).
2011: The City of Paris unveils plans to create a convivial space www.placedelarepublique.paris.fr


Greg Osby Biography (BBC)
Born in St. Louis, Osby is a musician who grew up in that city's blues tradition. He studied in Washington D.C. and at Berklee College of Music in Boston, during which he developed into a determinedly modern-jazz player, and an accomplished composer.
Arriving in New York in the early 1980s, he worked with Dizzy Gillespie and John Faddis, but his first major exposure came as a member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition from 1985-91. During that time, Osby hooked up with Steve Coleman and members of the M-Base collective, experimenting in creating an angular, abrasive style of jazz that included rap and hip-hop components.
He is firmly committed to finding methods of improvisation that are contemporary in context and style. In 1990, he signed with Blue Note, and began making a series of discs that incorporated his edgy, urban style of playing, with titles such as Man Talk For Moderns, Vol X. Osby also worked with some of the most experimental figures in jazz, such as the pianist Andrew Hill (who later played on some of Osby's discs).
In the late 1990s, Osby became a central figure in Blue Note's group of young signings, and worked regularly on disc and on tour with pianist Jason Moran and vibes player Stefon Harris. With this coterie of players, Osby worked in a more conventional acoustic jazz environment, and his playing blossomed. Some of his finest, most inspired soloing unites the angular lines and edgy rhythms of his earlier days with the flowing swing of bebop, and his informal 'Banned in New York' disc catches him in top form in a club setting.
Greg Osby Biography (Wikipedia)
Greg Osby (born August 3, 1960) is an American jazz saxophonist who plays mainly in the free jazz, free funk and M-Base idioms.
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11 February 2016
More Changes At PokerStars
PokerStars has announced that it will be replacing regular heads-up cash games with its Zoom variant from tomorrow as it continues efforts to become more amateur-friendly.
partypoker Looking To Expand
The online casino at partypoker is reportedly considering re-entering 21 ‘grey-area’ markets in Europe and South America such as Brazil and Poland over the coming weeks.
10 February 2016
FiDPA Travel Launches
The Federation Internationale De Poker Association (FiDPA) has joined forces with MainEventTravel.com to launch a new service catering specifically to those looking to travel the live poker tournament circuit.
Sunday Million Marks Milestone
PokerStars is set to celebrate the upcoming tenth anniversary of its flagship Sunday Million online poker tournament by offering a special $10 million prize pool.
09 February 2016
Eliot Hirn Triumphs In Austria
French poker player Eliot Hirn has won the main event of the year’s first stop of the 888Live Local tour to pocket $9,717.
Amaya Appoints Advisors
Amaya Incorporated has announced that it has appointed Barclays Capital Canada and Toronto-based law firm Blake, Cassels And Graydon to evaluate any potential takeover offers.
Win TK Poker Tour Seats
Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are offering online poker players the chance to take part in the main event of the upcoming St Maarten stop of the TK Poker Tour for as little as $1.10.
08 February 2016
FTOPS XXIX On Its Way
Following a one-year absence, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is returning later this month with 46 individual events promising to dish out $1 million in total cash.
Chris Leong Wins Winter Poker Open
An impressive 1,171 runners took part in the Winter Poker Open from the World Poker Tour (WPT) last week with New York native Chris Leong ultimately emerging victorious to claim $816,246 in cash.
05 February 2016
partypoker Debuts Powerfest
The online poker room at partypoker has revamped its tournament schedule following the creation of the new $5 million guaranteed Powerfest series.


the Asus announced this Thursday (28) the Zenfone 9latest model of their cell phones with Top-of-the-line specifications and compact size. As has become a tradition for the company, in addition to the high performance specifications, the Zenfone 9 tries to offer a lot of camera quality as its differential, including bringing a “hybrid gimbal” for image stabilization.
Despite its small size, the Zenfone 9 incorporates a gimbal that uses both optical (OIS) and digital (EIS) stabilization to try to deliver better images, especially when filming. This is accompanied by a 50 MP main camera and a 12 MP ultrawide camera on the back of the device. The selfie camera has 12 MP of resolution, and all sensors are manufactured by Sony.
The smartphone comes with a 5.9” AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution (2400 x 1080p), with a 20:9 aspect ratio and up to 120 Hz refresh rate. The datasheet features a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, which also guarantees compatibility with a 5G connection for the Zenfone 9.
The new Asus phone offers options with 6GB, 8GB or 16GB of RAM (LPDDR5), and the choice between 128GB or 256GB of storage (UFS 3.1). All this powered by a 4,300 mAh battery with a 30W charger.
The Zenfone 9 does not yet have an official launch date in Brazil, but in Europe it has already been announced at a suggested price of €799, which is around R$4,200 at the current price.
Zenfone 9 details
Available in Midnight Black (black), Moonlight White (white), Sunset Red (red) and Starry Blue (blue), the Zenfone 9 incorporates technologies such as Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC and stereo sound outputs. It also features the 3.5mm jack (P2) for headphones and supports up to two carrier chips, but does not have expansion via microSD.
Zenfone 9 arrives with four different colors to the market.
The device also has Android 12 from the factory and the ZenUI 9 interface. The phone’s body is built with Gorilla Glass Victus on the screen and aluminum on the sides, but the back is made of plastic. On the other hand, the Zenfone 9 is IP68 certified for water and dust resistance.


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Yesterday I made a second pillow for the couch. Similar scraps and patchwork to the first, but this time I used the quilt-as-you-go method. I didn’t want the edges to be solid strips, so I pieced those before sewing them on and quilting them. I also experimented in some of the sections, changing the direction of the quilted lines, adding some angles and a maze-like pattern in the largest dark piece. It was fun, but slower than the previous pillow where I did the overall quilting after making the pillow top.
Now it has joined its fraternal twin in the living room. And once again, a cat guards the quilting.
A long desired goal was met today with the addition of two solatube skylights to my living room and the connected hall. These have always been the darkest parts of our main floor, and adding the solatubes has been on my wish list since we moved in two years ago. And today they were installed!
It makes such a difference – I don’t feel like I need the lamps on in the middle of the day.
One more improvement was made to the room. I used some scrap fabric from my prints and neutrals bins and made a pillow for the couch. For the prints I mostly used little bits from the flying geese quilt so they’d coordinate. The neutrals tie it into the other couch quilt, so it works with both of them.
It is now on the couch, with a guardian cat to make sure no children spill food on it.
We came back to Oregon just in time for a major heat wave! It is supposed to be in the low 100s today and has been in the 90s for several days. And the ten day forecast shows the same level of temps for the foreseeable future! In a house without air conditioning, this is not fun. I’m used to maybe a week or two of weather this hot in August, so we are not enjoying it. Wilting children are lying about moaning, and the parents and grandparent aren’t much better.
How do people on the eastern part of the state cope with this so regularly?!
My post trip plans were all about quilting, but the sewing room is upstairs, which is a good 20 degrees warmer than the basement. So I’ve done a little sewing in the morning before things get too warm, and then abandon the machine for more portable projects.
I finished assembling the blocks for the Scrapitude quilt and got the narrow and widest of the borders on. There will be one more medium width dark blue one to finish off the top, but that will have to be done on another cooler morning. A lot more ironing needed as well, but that additional heat was what drove me out of the room.
I’ve also added a few circles to my second running stitch pillow cover, and I’m making some progress on the Hedgerow sock that I had for plane knitting on the trip.
But I’m frustrated because I want to be finishing quilts!
My niece’s initials are HK, and my sister, an ardent thrift store addict, found a t-shirt with those initials and asked me to make a pillow out of it for my niece’s birthday. It has been sitting around waiting for my fickle attention, and today I finally looked at the calendar and counted the days until the birthday and realized I’d better get cracking.
No progress pics because it went so quickly I didn’t pause to think to take them. To stabilize the knit fabric I fused to a square from a sheet that was another thrift store purchase once upon a time. The picture isn’t quite centered due to needing to cut away the neck ribbing.
For the back I made two hemmed red pieces to overlap to make the pillow removeable for washing. A quick seam around the edges, clipped corners, flipped right side out and stuffed, and a pillow is born.


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On-Demand Holistic Clinical Reasoning
Kim Barthel & Shelley Mannell
Originally Recorded on October 7th, October 21st, November 4th and November 18th, 2021
CEUs: 8 Contact Hours (.8 AOTA CEUs)
Check out this 2-minute video introduction to the course
OT, PT, SLP, and interested others
There are so many layers that can contribute to the difficulties our children experience. Sensory processing, postural control, attachment, motor control, emotional regulation and cognition; all of these factors can play a part. When looking at the big picture, what are the clues that lead us to effective assessment and treatment?
Join Kim Barthel, OTR and Shelley Mannell, PT for a unique series of live online learning. Participants will be invited to submit a video of a client for analysis and with the ones that are selected, participants will have the opportunity to clinically reason together with the instructors. Video analysis will allow the group to collectively view (and review) the diverse needs of the children observed. What do we notice that is working for the child functionally? What points towards an area of challenge? How might clinicians know which lens to use when watching a child interact with their environment?
Shelley and Kim have worked and taught together for over 25 years. Their interaction around supporting children is a partnership, a working conversation that serves as a model for considering multiple factors in assessment and treatment. The highlight is their collaboration, deepening the understanding around how all these factors can come together in forming a cohesive plan for any
Participants will be able to:
Identify and explain a dynamic systems model of postural control and its connection to functional skills.
Identify and explain sensory processing contributions to the development of functional skills.
Identify and explain affective and relational contributions to the development of functional skills.
Identify and explain potential cortical processing and cognitive contributions to the development of functional skills.
Differentiate these models during the assessment of clients (videotape analysis) with different presentations/diagnoses.
Examine the interconnections between the systems in these models and how these apply to each client.
Discuss treatment plans to address functional skills for children with different sensory and motor diagnoses.
Identify pre-test/post-test measures to determine effectiveness of treatment and in support of the creation of short-term and long-term functional goals.
The course will be split into (4) 2-hour sessions. Each session will follow this format:
Pre and post-test measures
Short- and long-term goals
The speakers will be using video case studies, large group discussion/question-answer recorded from the live webinar.
Following completion of the entire course including a passing score of 80% on the post-course quiz, the participant will be issued a course completion certificate.
8 Contact Hour (.8 AOTA CEUs) awarded if course requirements are met. Integrative Education is an AOTA Approved Provider, number 11607, for Distance Learning - Interactive, Distance Learning - Independent Self-Study, and Blended/Hybrid courses that include both interactive and independent study aspects. Course approval number: 02658. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. For additional continuing education information for PT, SLP, and social work, click here to access our CEU policy information.

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Whether you dog likes them Shaken or Stirred, your pup will ready for any party and will want to belly up to the bar in this darling "I love Yappy Hour" sweater.
These sweaters come in sizes 6"-16". They were designed to be a vest rather than a full length sweater so they are great for cool weather. Black, 100% soft acrylic, they machine wash and dry beautifully.
To determine size, measure from the base of the neck to the base of the tail. For dogs with a little more weight or fluff, go up a size.

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Dr. David Hiranaka and his staff take pride in being accredited by the Joint Commission. As a Harvard trained and Board Certified Facial Cosmetic and Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon, Dr. Hiranaka is committed to providing the highest quality of care. A well-trained, professional and courteous staff will assist you through all phases of your treatment and surgery.
Even though Dr. Hiranaka already runs an incredibly tight ship, when the pandemic hit he put additional safety measures in place to keep you safe.
- Accreditation by The Joint Commission is considered the gold standard in health care. Having earned Joint Commission accreditation, Dr. Hiranaka ensures accountability, responsibility and compliance with standards set by the accrediting body.
- Each patient is provided with a safe environment for their care in our state-of-the-art surgery center.
- Dr. Hiranaka ensures that his clinical staff are trained as anesthesia assistants through the American Association of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS). In addition, they are certified in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), CPR and first aid. He provides opportunities for continuing education throughout the year for all staff members.
- If full anesthesia is warranted, Dr. Hiranaka works with fully credentialed anesthesiologists.
- Our surgical, dental and anesthesia services meet and exceed all accreditation standards.
- HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) and HIOSH (Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health) standards are strictly adhered to, protecting your rights and safety.
- As a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, his office undergoes onsite anesthesia and emergency preparedness evaluations.
- We maintain our standards by conducting daily, weekly, and monthly safety checks throughout all aspects of the practice.
- Proper hygiene, safe surgery checklist, proper sterilization techniques, and equipment checks are among the many criterion used in order to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.
- An active quality improvement program is integrated throughout the practice. Clinical records are accurately maintained and include regular audits, peer review and evaluations.
Dr. Hiranaka’s training, experience and attention to safety creates an environment of quality his patients can trust.
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It wouldn’t be all that much of a stretch to say that when we first met Nicki Minaj, she felt like what we’d all been waiting for: immeasurably creative and unapologetically self-confident, like a profanity-spewing antidote to every other paint-by-numbers pop star, or maybe just the second coming of Missy at her peak. And from the first track on Reloaded, the rapper makes good on her potential: “Roman Holiday” is delivered mostly in Minaj’s winsomely terrible English accent, over marching-band drumbeats and lasery synths, with a ghostlike rendition of “O Come, All Ye Faithful” shoehorned in for fun. It’s Minaj at her most unhinged, utterly thrilling in its weirdness, and so it goes: “Beez in the Trap” pairs an absurdist, staccato, schoolyard taunt with a spare burble of a bass line, while “HOV Lane” contains some of Minaj’s most addictive and intelligent rhymes ever.
But something happens around track six, and for those of us who fell in love with Minaj off of her early mixtapes or her ferocious, name-making verse on Kanye West’s “Monster,” the album’s second half, larded with milquetoast pop ballads and club jammers, feels like that much more of a disappointment now that we know what she’s capable of. At best, it’s complacent, and at worst, it’s cynical: “Sex in the Lounge,” while earning points for candor, swiftly fades into KMEL after-hours unlistenability; and even though “Starships” is as good as anything you’ll find on the latest NOW incarnation, it’s nowhere near what we know Nicki to be when she’s cut fully loose. We can be confident that Minaj will find her way back at some point, but in the meantime, let’s just chalk that second half up to a youthful mistake. (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal)


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Sex dating in king cove alaska
Through the building of the bell tower, the local faithful hope to promote the importance of historic and cultural preservation in a part of rural Alaska in which many visible signs of Russian influence have disappeared.
By dedicating the bell tower to the community’s elders, the parish seeks to honor and thank them.
i would like to become a nurse one day and help the world of sick people.
Aleut bell ringer at Belkofski’s Holy Resurrection Church, 1938/ Credit: Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, Evelyn Butler and George Dale, Photographs, 1932–1982; George Allan Dale, ASL-P306-0021.
Originally the bells were housed in Holy Resurrection Church in Belkofski, AK — a once-thriving Aleut village with a richly adorned Orthodox church.
Gradually the residents of Belkofski moved to nearby villages which offered them new economic opportunities.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier grain
farmers are relieved that repair work on a critical lock and dam on the Ohio River will continue with the approval of the federal
As part of the budget agreement, Congress included a provision
that allows work on the Ohio River’s Olmsted
Lock and Dam to continue by raising the caps on what can be set aside to fund
Olmsted is Indiana’s access point to the Mississippi River, these
locks are important to not only Indiana agriculture, but also many other industries
that rely on the river system to move goods.
The Indiana Corn Growers Association and the Indiana Soybean Alliance
Membership and Policy Committee believe the congressional action will benefit Indiana farmers and the
state’s economy by ensuring the project continues to move forward and that 400
workers stay on the job.
Many of the country’s locks and dams have far exceeded their
50-year usable lifespan, and the Olmsted project replaces two of these that
fall into that category — Locks 52 and 53 on the Ohio River.
“Our research shows that if either of these locks failed and
stayed closed for a year, it could cost Indiana
farmers nearly $20 million,” said Joe Steinkamp, chair of ISA’s policy
committee and a farmer from Evansville.
“Grain only accounts for 5 percent of the volume on the Ohio
River, so just think what a closure could mean for other
industries who rely on the river much more than we do.”
senators, Republican Dan Coats and Democrat Joe Donnelly, voted for the Senate
bill that was then agreed upon by the House. Reps. Susan Brooks, R-Ind.; Andre
Carson, D-Ind.; Pete Visclosky, D-Ind.; and Todd Young, R-Ind., voted in support
of the bill.
“We appreciate the bipartisan support of our Indiana
delegation in supporting this bill,” said Herb Ringel, ICGA president and
farmer from Wabash. “We hope they continue to
support legislation that works to modernize our inland waterways system,
including the Water Resources Reform Development Act, which is expected to go
to the House floor this week.”
For more information on the importance of the inland waterways
system to Indiana
corn and soybean farmers, visit www.indianasoybean.com/rivertour.


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Amanda Lepore’s Record Release Concert at Highline Ballroom
Celebrating the launch of her self titled new album, Legendary icon Amanda Lepore gave her first full concert Saturday night in New York City. Throngs of her admirers, fans, and friends filled the Highline Ballroom for an â€œI was thereâ€ For the history books occasion produced by nightlife impresarios such as Daniel Nardicio, Suzanne Bartsch, and Peace Biscuit Records
The show which was hosted by Joey Arias and opened by The One’s; featured a remarkable performance by Cazwell, of his hits like â€œGet My Money Backâ€ was received by an exceptionally enthusiastic response from the crowd. Performers like Deluka and Neon Hitch are ones to watch, Deluka dropped serious drum and bass vocal driven beats on the crowd while wearing a massive Klaus Nomi like bow ensemble. Neon Hitch entered the stage with sound and fury and at one point in her show took a boy as her dog slave.
Soon after famed Photographer David La Chappelle (who watched the show from VIP with Courtney Love) took to the stage for a touching prologue based on his long history with Amanda. And then the moment, Amanda emerged onto stage carried by several tux-topped-pantsless men. Energy levels and anticipation through the roof â€“ She wasted no time bringing the crowd through her entire catalog and even shared the stage for covers of The Scissor Sisters â€œTits on the radioâ€ with one of the bands lead singers Ana-Matronic and twisted version of â€œI Know What Boys Likeâ€ with the nights host, Joey Arias. Singing one her biggest hits â€œChampagneâ€ Amanda was joined by more than a few peacock-feather laden show girls while bubbles drifted from the venues rafters, She also donned a pink latex bowed frock and glittered blonde coif for â€œMy Hair looks fierceâ€œ and it really did.
Seen in throughout the crowd was a veritable who’s who in nightlife Jon Jon Battles, Johnny Dynell, Michael T, Joey Arias, Sahara Davenport, Michael Formika Jones, Joey Israel, Sequinette, Johnny Sanford, Eric Miclette, Tyler Stone, Courtney Love, David La Chappelle, Kenny Kenny, Suzanne Bartsch, Paul Alexander, Mila Jam, Roxy Cottontail, Patrick Mc Donald, Los Angeles’ Glamorous Monique and Miami’s Wild Child.
Amanda’s Cd is now Available on iTunes

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Slideshow: 1.Alumna Meridith Rentz of MedShare. 2.Student Logan Kirsch with mentor Nancy Paris at Georgia CORE; 3.Alumna Lenette Golding (center) with students Bill MacWright and Alina Shaw at CARE (left). Student and Carter Center staff member Adam Weiss (right); 4.Samantha Collado, Kristen McLean, and Amanda Gurin, student interns with Mental Health America of Georgia; 5. Kate Huber, a Kaiser Permanente intern researching the Atlanta BeltLine.
Stories by Pam Auchmutey, Patrick Adams 09MPH, and Sylvia Wrobel
In his first year at Rollins, Logan Kirsch 13MPH has already made an indelible mark on Georgia. Kirsch provided the skills and man-hours to launch a new website for Georgia CORE (Center for Oncology Research and Education). It is the state’s first comprehensive cancer information website, designed to support the agency’s mission of improving cancer care quality through research and education.
Nancy Paris, president of Georgia CORE and a member of the RSPH Dean’s Council, has worked with a number of Rollins students. In search of someone to help develop the website, she gave her wish list to the school’s Office of Career Services.
Paris didn’t have long to wait. “Here comes Logan, who had established a nonprofit to support young adult cancer patients after a friend was diagnosed with cancer in his teens,” says Paris. “He was exactly the kind of person we need. He is committed to addressing cancer-related issues and recognizes the value of research.”
Atlanta health agencies often rely on Rollins students to fill their staffing needs. Kirsch is one of more than 400 students hired through the RSPH Practical Experience Program, which matches students with paid work opportunities at local nonprofit agencies and businesses and also at Emory and CDC. Through these partners, students gain valuable experience, often from alumni leaders in the Atlanta workforce.
Students offer much in return by sharing their knowledge and skills with agencies that often lack the human resources they need to accomplish their goals. Just as important, students serve the community by promoting health in different ways.
Kirsch came to Rollins after graduating from the University of Michigan to pursue his interests in science, medicine, and social justice. The school’s emphasis on community engagement was of prime interest.
Before starting class last fall, Kirsch joined new and returning students for Rollinsteer Day, an annual day of service in Atlanta. He volunteered at Covenant House Georgia, which provides shelter and services for homeless and runaway youth.
“It was a great day from the beginning,” says Kirsch. “It showed me how Rollins is engaged in the community to help people with the greatest need.”—PA
Julie Straw developed a weekly after-school program to encourage healthy relationships for teens who live near Good Samaritan Health Center in West Atlanta.
Grooming Teen Ambasadors for Health
Julie Straw 12MPH has sought to reduce health disparities for most of her life. During her formative years in Michigan, she went on mission trips to Bolivia and Uganda and worked with inner-city youth in Detroit. In college, she taught hiv modules to orphaned teens in South Africa.
At Rollins, her interests spawned the Community Health Ambassador (CHA) program to train local teens as peer health educators. Straw partnered with the Good Samaritan Health Center in West Atlanta to create the program under the auspices of the Emory Public Health Training Center. Established in 2010, the center is a learning community that builds competence in the domestic public health workforce, in part by enabling students to work in underserved areas. Straw was the first RSPH student awarded a summer field placement in Georgia by the center. Drawn to Good Samaritan at a Rollins career fair, she developed the CHA program to fill a need for encouraging healthy relationships among teens.
Straw worked with community members to organize the CHA program and cover topics identified by teens and their parents: dating violence, healthy eating, HIV prevention and stigma, safe sex, mental illness and suicide, substance abuse, and peer and gang violence. Students graduated from the program after eight weeks.
“Julie took on an incredibly complex task of developing and executing a mentorship program,” says William Warren 79M, president and founder of Good Samaritan. “The teens who participated truly seemed to enjoy their experience. If they enjoy it, then they likely will remember what they were taught and carry these lessons through life.”—PA
Lenette Golding (center) is mentor to Bill MacWright and Alina Shaw at CARE headquarters in Atlanta.
Taking Care in Training Future Leaders
Like many a college graduate, Bill MacWright 12MPH didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life. A professor at Rutgers urged him to travel to figure it out.
That advice eventually led MacWright to the slums of Nairobi, where he established a microfinance project to help hiv-positive Kenyans start small businesses to provide income for food and medicine. The successful project brought him to Atlanta and RSPH.
“I realized I didn’t know how to measure the impact of the project on health, which was my main concern,” says MacWright. “Just because the people seemed healthier and their bank accounts were more full wasn’t enough for me.”
For the past year, MacWright has interned with CARE's Window of Opportunity program, which promotes optimal infant and child feeding practices in five countries. Lenette Golding 03MPH, senior communications adviser, mentors MacWright and three other Rollins students. To enrich their work, she stresses public health competencies in the field and requires students to publish their research.
This spring, Alina Shaw 12MPH is presenting research conducted with care Peru at three conferences and looking to publish her research after graduation.
“Lenette is a fantastic force in encouraging us to pursue our interests and figure out what we want to do,” says Shaw, who is leaning toward a PhD in medical anthropology. “She created this amazing experience for us to see every level of CARE.”
Golding gains much in return. “I really enjoy working with students,” she says. “I get satisfaction in knowing they’ve been able to rise to the challenge, and they usually exceed my expectations.”—PA
MPH student Momoko Kitami is working on an Atlanta study looking at pregnancy risks for women over 40.
Building Health Capital Locally
For the past few years, residents living in Atlanta’s historic Fourth Ward district have seen quite a bit of change in their neighborhood thanks to the Atlanta BeltLine, a redevelopment initiative to create more green space and connect neighborhoods along a former railroad corridor.
Kate Huber 12MPH spent time at a new skate park talking with residents to gather information for a survey conducted by the Georgia Tech Center for Quality Growth and Kaiser Permanente. Huber’s questions to residents focused on social capital—how people in communities help each other.
The Atlanta BeltLine survey is one of several projects led by Michele Marcus, professor of epidemiology, at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research.
Momoko Kitami 13MPH, a Woodruff Scholar and physician from Japan, is working with Marcus and Atlanta obstetrician Annette Miles on a study looking at pregnancy complications and outcomes for women over 40. The research will provide valuable data to better inform these women about potential risks.
“Dr. Marcus is helping me learn how to form research questions, analyze data, and consider all of the details and processes that go into research,” says Kitami, who was paired with her mentor through Rollins’ Scholars in Action program. “Dr. Miles has come to see certain patterns among her patients, but it’s hard for her to take the time to conduct the research. We’re helping her answer those questions.”—PA
Moses Katabarwa (left) and Adam Weiss are health leaders at the Carter Center, one of Rollins’ public health partners in the Atlanta community.
Moving Mountains to Prevent Disease
Adam Weiss 13CMPH brings a wealth of field experience to his first-year class at Rollins because of his full-time job: assistant director of Guinea worm eradication programs at the Carter Center.
Weiss first learned of the disease in 2003 as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Ghana. By his second year, he’d become the Peace Corps’ Guinea worm coordinator for the nation. When his Peace Corps service ended, he remained in Ghana five more years as a Carter Center consultant, helping design and implement interventions that resulted in disease eradication. After serving for a year in Ethiopia—and likely witnessing the last case there as well—Weiss returned stateside to pursue his mph and join the Carter Center team in Atlanta. Like dozens of Rollins students before him, he is learning from leading experts in health, human rights, and conflict resolution.
One of those colleagues is medical epidemi-ologist Moses Katabarwa 97MPH, who joined the Carter Center in his native Uganda to map the prevalence of river blindness, the second leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. He also directed a WHO/TDR-sponsored program to control the disease using a community-based “kinship model” of health delivery that he tailored to fit his nation’s context.
That program’s success—more than 90% of communities achieved treatment coverage of 90% or greater annually—led to a senior post in Atlanta with the Carter Center’s programs in river blindness, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis.
Although they work on different diseases, Katabarwa has much to teach a young colleague. “Adam and I often chat away about dealing with government ministries and how to, let’s say, get a car imported into the country,” he says. “Most people don’t think of these things as public health. But it can be very challenging. And you can’t succeed in public health unless you know who can move mountains.”—Patrick Adams 09MPH
Meridith Rentz is CEO of MedShare, an Atlanta nonprofit that ships surplus medical supplies to underserved nations.
Sharing an Abundance of Medical Supplies
The staff and volunteers at MedShare hate to see anything go to waste. Each year, Rollins students and alumni are among the 10,000 Atlanta volunteers who sort and pack surplus medical supplies for shipment to hospitals and clinics in underserved countries. The organization’s mission speaks volumes to Meridith Rentz 97MBA 97 MPH, who joined MedShare as ceo last year.
“It was too good to be true,” says Rentz of the opportunity that draws on her expertise in business and health.
When MedShare began 14 years ago, founder A.B. Short sought advice from public health pioneer William Foege on how best to operate the organization. Foege advised him only to ship supplies that hospitals need. Thus MedShare created an online inventory that hospitals use to place orders. Since 1998, the organization has shipped $93 million in supplies and equipment to 88 countries to save lives and preserve the environment.
“We want every U.S. hospital to have a responsible, high-quality way to recover surplus supplies and avoid sending them to landfills,” says Rentz.
Since graduating from Emory, she has applied her dual skill set as a senior manager in health care strategy with Deloitte Consulting and as administrative vice chair with Emory’s Department of Medicine. She subsquently became chief operating officer with the Points of Light Institute, which combines volunteerism and civic engagement to build a healthy society.
Today at MedShare, Rentz oversees staff and operations at warehouse facilities in Atlanta and California with an eye toward expanding to New York and Florida. She often travels to the countries that MedShare serves. At every location, Rentz ensures that the nonprofit works effectively at the nexus of business and health.
“The intersection of both provides powerful solutions for people in need in the United States and other parts of the world,” she says.—PA
Colleagues Eric Pevzner and Brigette Ulin, who met as students at Rollins, have enjoyed successful careers with CDC.
Making Healthy Living Easier
Brigette Ulin 97MPH and Eric Pevzner 98MPH have much in common. A week apart in age, the CDC colleagues became friends as students at Rollins. When Ulin won a highly competitive Presidential Management Fellowship, she encouraged Pevzner to apply. Both of their fellowships led to successful careers with CDC and their continued involvement with students from Rollins.
Last June, Ulin was in Washington, D.C., when the National Prevention Council released the first ever National Prevention Strategy. Created under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the strategy’s overarching goal is to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life.
Then deputy director in the National Prevention Strategy Unit of CDC’s Office of the Associate Director for Policy (OADP), Ulin worked closely with U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and the National Prevention Council to develop the strategy. Working with Ulin on the project were Lauren Gase 08MPH, a health scientist in OADP, and Kristina Robinson and Nicole Levidow, second-year students at Rollins.
Levidow’s work at CDC—which includes creating materials to educate people about the National Prevention Strategy and coordinating communication with the National Prevention Council—is especially relevant, given her plans to attend law school. “The strategy includes public health prevention through federal law,” says Levidow. “We’ve never had prevention legislation like this before. It’s an exciting time for public health.”
Last fall, Ulin became a senior adviser with CDC's Division of Community Health to implement the Community Transformation Grants (CTG) Program, funded by the Affordable Care Act. CTG communities seek to improve health and wellness by implementing strategies included within the National Prevention Strategy. Examples include promoting healthy eating by developing small grocery stores where families live and protecting people from secondhand smoke exposure.
“The CTG awards bring the National Prevention Strategy to life by empowering communities to work across sectors to make healthy living easier for all Americans,” says Ulin, who eventually will return to her position with OADP.
Pevzner too has worn different hats at CDC, where he currently serves as TB/HIV team leader for the International Research and Programs Branch within the Division of TB Elimination.
In recent months, five Rollins students have worked with Pevzner to fine-tune U.S. guidance for providing integrated services for prevention of infectious diseases among persons who use drugs illicitly. Students are spreading out across Atlanta to meet with local and state health experts to solicit their feedback to make the guidance more relevant.
“The students are working to design some additional practical guidance to help state and local programs use it effectively,” says Pevzner. “Because the students come from different disciplines—behavioral sciences, epidemiology, and health policy—they challenge us to look at our work from different perspectives.”
That’s one reason he remains committed to Rollins, whether teaching a class, mentoring a student, or serving with the RSPH Alumni Association Board and Career Advisory Network like Ulin before him.
“I had an incredible experience as a student at Rollins and benefited from several great mentors,” Pevzner adds. “I enjoy working with bright students who challenge me with their ideas and questions. They allow me to give back to Rollins and provide me with many rewarding experiences.”—PA
Alumna Marianne Chung (left) serves as associate director of the Center for Pan Asian Community Services.
Nurturing Strong Communities
In 1980, the Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) was formed to meet the basic health needs of Atlanta’s Korean population. Today, the agency provides that and much more, says associate director Marianne Chung 00C 02MPH.
Formerly run by volunteers, CPACS has 10 departments and 100 full- and part-time staff who provide health and social services, primarily for Asian and Pacific Islander refugees and immigrants, to build strong communities.
“I came in as the health programs director, but very soon I learned in nonprofit work you have to be a jack-of- all-trades and know about everything,” says Chung. “I started doing more than health work and saw how health is connected to everything.”
Rollins students often assist Chung, who exposes them to the center’s multiple facets. Last summer, Phillippa Chadd 12MPH, one of the first students placed in Georgia through the Emory Public Health Training Center, worked on Project Grow to involve youth in community gardening.
The contributions of students like Chadd are invaluable to CPACS, also home to the Institute for Asian American Community Research. Advancing research is high on CPACS’ wish list.
CDC is working with CPACS to evaluate its breast care program for uninsured women and develop an evidence-based model. The program has several pluses: a visible presence in a diverse community, strong partnerships, and a cache of self-collected data.
“I love what I do. But as a community-based organization, we can only go so far without sound data and best practice models,” says Chung. “We need documentation and new models of evaluation to prove this is a novel area of practice.”—PA
Brianna Keefe-Oates is one of five graduate students who gathered data to update the health status of Latinos in Georgia.
Driving Latino Research
Georgia has the country’s third fastest-growing Latino population, but the last report on their health status largely was based on 2000 census data and did not account for the impact of the economic recession or Georgia’s strict immigration law. It was time, the Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia (HHCGA) decided, to provide updated health information on the state’s Latinos.
Coalition leaders needed an experienced research partner. After just one call to Emory’s Office of University-Community Partnerships, a committee of health experts helped HHCGA write a successful grant proposal. The Healthcare Georgia Foundation provided $150,000 to hhcga to update
Its Report on the Health Status of Latinos in Georgia in collaboration with Rollins.
Project director Karen Andes, assistant professor of global health, has studied Latino health issues for more than 25 years. Under her guidance, five Emory graduate students conducted the research, with each student responsible for specific health issues such as maternal and child health or chronic illness. Brianna Keefe-Oates 13MPH sought data from the 2010 census; reports, databases, and websites; and journal articles to research hiv/aids and domestic violence.
“I’ve learned a lot about the specific health needs and challenges that Latinos in Georgia face,” says Keefe-Oates, who is from California. “A lot of services that exist in California aren’t available in Georgia, where the Latino population is fairly new.”
All of the students are working with Andes to prepare a report that will debut at the Latino Health Summit, organized by Emory’s Urban Health Initiative and being held at Rollins in June.
Heidy Guzman, HHCGA executive director, welcomes the students’ contributions. “They are helping describe and improve the health status for a growing segment of Georgia’s population.”—Sylvia Wrobel
Samantha Collado (left), Kristen McLean, and Amanda Gurin join mentor Susan Schwartz (center) for Mental Health Day at the Georgia State Capitol.
Advancing Mental Health for Georgians
From its office in downtown Atlanta, Mental Health America (MHA) of Georgia reaches out to partners, practitioners, consumers, and families across the state. That’s a big task for a small nonprofit that relies on Rollins students to advance its work in education, outreach, and advocacy.
First-year students Amanda Gurin and Samantha Collado fill different roles at the agency. Collado writes grant proposals and markets various programs, including Mental Health First Aid, which teaches college students, faith group members, employees, and the general public how best to help someone in the early stages of mental illness or in a mental health crises. Gurin, who serves as the agency’s communications and outreach coordinator, is responsible for all social media and writes a monthly newsletter for mental health professionals and consumers throughout Georgia.
Kristen McLean, a second-year student, is a veteran of MHA of Georgia, which she joined in fall 2010. She primarily serves as project manager for the RESPECT Seminars, a training program for state health care employees that emphasizes respect from the patient’s perspective in the health care setting. McLean also supports Kids on the Block, a puppetry program that teaches elementary and middle school students about mental health.
In February, the students joined Sarah Schwartz, executive director of MHA of Georgia, at the state Capitol for an annual rally on Mental Health Day. Schwartz began partnering with Rollins after she spoke to students attending the school’s monthly Mental Health Concentration lecture.
Following her talk, a student asked her about interning at MHA of Georgia.
“It’s been a terrific partnership. I’ve been thrilled with the students I’ve had from Rollins,” says Schwartz, the agency’s only full-time staff member. “Some of our programs would not be as far along as they are if it weren’t for our students. They provide resources that allow us to move forward and take our programs to new levels.”—PA
Raymond Kotwicki has helped define the field of community psychiatry.
Living the Definition of Community
Raymond Kotwicki 04MPH knew quickly that a Boston residency in internal medicine wasn’t for him. There wasn’t time to fully learn why a patient needed his insulin dosage adjusted or why another stopped taking her blood pressure medication. What about the patient’s social support system, income source, and where he or she lived?
“I realized that what I enjoyed most about the practice of medicine was talking to people and listening to their stories,” says Kotwicki. “So I switched to psychiatry.”
His decision ultimately led him to a postdoctoral fellowship in community psychiatry and public health at Emory. One of 11 such programs in the nation, Emory’s program stands out as the only one that requires completion of an MPH degree.
During his two-year fellowship, Kotwicki divided his time between the sidewalks of downtown Atlanta, sharing coffee and conversation with the homeless, and the halls of the state Capitol, shaking hands with legislators to advocate for the indigent mentally ill.
“We want to train leaders in community psychiatry—leaders who not only can treat people, but who also can change and improve the mental health establishment,” says Kotwicki, who now directs the fellowship program. Nine fellows have completed the program since it began in 2001.
After his own fellowship, Kotwicki served on the Emory faculty and continued seeing patients at Grady Memorial Hospital, where he put together an “assertive community treatment team” that combed Atlanta by van to treat mentally ill people on the street and refer them to services for treatment, food, and clothing.
His efforts did not go unnoticed. In 2007, Kotwicki was recruited to serve as medical director and vice president for clinical affairs at Skyland Trail, an Atlanta-based psychiatric treatment center for adults. Under his guidance, Skyland Trail staff developed a successful clinical model known as “recovery communities.” In this model, small groups of patients with similar backgrounds and diagnoses are treated individually while supporting one another in their recovery.
“We know from research studies that having good support and identifying people they can trust and count on helps someone with mental illness get better,” says Kotwicki. “That’s the most visceral sense of what community is—people who are there to help one another because they care for each other.”—PA
At Safe States Alliance, epidemiology major Amirah Patterson analyzes data to build capacity among alliance members and partner agencies concerned with injury prevention and control.
Shaping the Path to Safety
Amirah Patterson 12MPH is helping make the United States a safer place to live. Sometimes that’s a daunting task.
When Safe States Alliance was in need of a student who could analyze data, Patterson was hired by the professional association, which serves injury and violence prevention experts in U.S. states and territories. Her first assignment was to analyze survey results from state programs that receive CDC funding, requiring Patterson to sort through answers to more than 100 questions from each of the 50 states and compare the results with data from two other surveys. “It was a lot to analyze on the first go-round,” she admits.
She is now immersed in number of analyses and policy inventories to inform Safe States’ efforts to raise awareness and build capacity in the field.
“We work closely with the CDC to make sure professionals have access to the information they need,” says Patterson. “ We also want to make sure they are communicating and distributing that information.”
In May, hundreds of Safe State and partner agency members will arrive in Atlanta for an annual meeting co-sponsored with CDC. This year’s theme, “Shaping the Path to Safety,” resonates with Patterson.
“If someone is able to say that a report I produced helped them or was used in some way, then I am contributing to the injury and violence prevention field,” she says.—PA
967 master’s degree-seeking students
134 Career MPH distance-learning students
137 doctoral students
32 Masters International students who will enter the Peace Corps after graduation; 40 MPH students are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
24 MD/MPH students
43 dual-degree students – medicine, nursing, business, law, theology, physician assistant, and physical therapy
114 international students
More than 5,900 alumni in more than 110 countries
More than 2,800 alumni in Georgia
More than 400 alumni at CDC
175 full-time faculty; more than 600 faculty and staff
421 adjunct faculty, including more than 200 from CDC
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Chinese express freight company SF Express began running China-Europe freight trains for the first time on Sunday.
A train loaded with 41 containers of Finland pine worth $ 0.7 million left Finland for the South China port of Ganzhou in Jiangxi province.
Photo: People's Daily app/Ren Jianghua
Another freight train loaded with 41 containers worth $ 3.6 million departed Ganzhou for Moscow.
China is the biggest export market for Finland's timber industry.
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I was off sick one day last week, cuddled up under a quilt on the couch, just waiting for it to pass. I picked up C.C. Benison's latest book Twelve Drummers Drumming to spend the day with me. What a perfect choice this cozy little mystery was!
The Reverend Tom Christmas takes a new posting in the village of Thornford Regis after his wife was murdered in the city. He hopes this English village will offer a place to heal and and a chance to move on for both himself and his nine year old daughter Miranda. But the new vicar is not long into his new posting when one of his young parishioners turns up dead - stuffed in a large drum at the local May Fayre. Father Tom's natural curiosity has him quietly asking questions and discovering that this sleepy little village is not as idyllic as he had hoped.
Father Tom is a great character - very likable and real. He's struggling with coming to terms with his grief and trying to move on. Yes, he's a vicar, but the book never gets overly 'preachy' at all. I enjoyed his honest and thoughtful observations on life and people. The village is populated with many, many characters - a 'who's who' list is at the front of the book. Quirky, suspicious, friendly, nosy, secretive, helpful - there's no lack of suspects in this parish! The whodunit has many possibilities.
There are actually a few mysteries tucked into the pages of Twelve Drummers Drumming. The plot kept me engaged and I enjoyed following the vicar as he pieced together the clues.
But the real strength of this book is in the village, the inhabitants and this great new protagonist. I look forward to seeing what happens next in Thornford and seeing the residents again. Benison has nicely set up the framework for future books in this new series featuring Father Christmas. Care to garner a guess on what the next one is called?!
Read an excerpt of Twelve Drummers Drumming. You can find Benison on Facebook.
I haven't read this series but I like copy mysteries set in England, the original home of the cozy, I think. I always think of England first when I think of cozy...
This sounds like a great book to read this holiday. Most holiday books are kind of sappy, so a mystery would be rather refreshing.
There's a great scene on the 12 Days of Christmas in Helen MacInnes' Double Image.
Twelve Drummers Drumming is the only C.C. Benison book my library has (on order).
I didn't realize this book was part of a series! Wonderful review! I plan to read this toward the end of November as part of a Christmas theme of posts.
I have this one on my to-be-read shelf. It sounds really good. I hope to get to it before Christmas!
Harvee - I think you're right - the best "cozies" seem to be set in England!
Kathy - it is a cold outside kind of read
Liz - Twelve Drummers is the first in the series. Next up? Starts with Eleven...
Shirley - I look forward to your thoughts!
Marie - I hope you enjoy it as well!
This one sounds like something I´d enjoy. As I am married to a vicar, I am sooo annoyed when writers use vicars in books just because they need a gutless wimp ;)
Dorte: He was a great character, not a wimp or spineless. Lots of integrity, curiousity and humanity.
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Galleries: Award winning & favourite Photographs
A selection of different galleries from wedding photographs to portrait photographs.
|A selection of my best wedding photographs & engagement photography. Covering natural to stylistic photographs around Scotland & UK|
|Portrait photography from Derek Dunlop. Showcasing award winning portraits, family and magazine quality images.|
|A Selection of headshot photograph taken of businesses, corporate and event occasions|
|A gallery of my work from the years working with models and clients. International published photographer with a keen eye for detail.|
|Showcasing event photography with collaborations with business people for events and corporate headshots.|

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