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PLS and LawRight have jointly written a submission to KPMG in relation to the independent review being conducted into Parole Board Queensland. PLS and LawRight have raised concerns about unprecedented delays in parole decisions, proposing potential solutions to address this administrative and social crisis.
The letter outlines the substantial human and financial costs associated with these delays. Delayed parole decisions result in people who do not pose a risk to the community being kept in prison at an estimated cost to the State of $3.9M each month. This does not even take into account costs relating to delayed decision making in relation to parole suspensions, which are unascertainable given the lack of statutory timeframe.
It is the view of PLS and LawRight, that streamlined Board processes and targeted representation through oral hearings would be key in addressing the current crisis, and optimising the parole system to avoid such a crisis in future.
A copy of our letter can be accessed here.


Thermionic Power Convertor is a static device that converts heat energy into electrical energy by means of the heating metal electrode from a hot emitter surface (approx 1800 K) across a small inter-electrode gap(< 0.5 mm) to a cooler collector surface(approx 1000 K).
Thermionic generators can be operated from any primary heat source.
For low power levels (3 kW or less) solar energy can be used.
For high power levels, (50 kW or more) nuclear heat sources can be used.
The arrangement of the Thermionic Generator is shown below,
- All Metals and some oxides have free electrons which are released on heating.
- In a thermionic converter, electrons act as the working fluid in place of a vapor or gas.
- In this device, electrons are emitted from the surface of heated metal or electrodes.
- The energy required to extract an electron from the metal is known as work function and expressed in electron volts (eV).
- The work function depends upon the nature of metal and its surface condition.
- Two electrodes are placed in a container containing an ionized gas or cesium vapor to reduce the space charge.
- The cathode is heated by concentrating the rays on it.
- On heating of cathode, the electrons are emitted from it and travel to anode.
- The cathode and anode are connected externally through the load circuit.


Donna returns to school us in the news media, politics, the Supreme Court, and more! You might know Donna as the WMMS deejay who introduced my favorite band Rush to American audiences. She’s also a college professor, a media historian, the author of six books, and she runs a blog called Dialogue and Discourse. Follow her on Twitter here. Meantime, don’t forget to subscribe to our bonus shows on our Patreon page at bobcescashow.com.
Donna’s back to school us in the news media, politics, the Supreme Court, and more!


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Extension of the BPR Review Programme
At the 100th meeting of the Biocide competent authorities (CA) in June 2023, it was decided to extend the extension of the review programme under the BPR (Regulation No. 528/2012) until December 31, 2030. Subsequent meetings in September and December 2023 discussed proposed actions for member states (MS) to ensure the successful completion of the RP within the new deadline. The European Commission is currently working on a proposal for a Delegated Regulation on this matter. Originally set to conclude by the end of 2024, the RP’s extension became inevitable, given that only 47% of the programme has been completed. The EU’s plan includes actions such as resource allocation in MS, governance in application assessments for approval, and additional measures to facilitate the review process.
MS are urged to allocate adequate resources and review financing mechanisms to establish a full-recovery system if required. Additionally, specific actions to address backlog active substance reports from certain MS are required, mandating their conclusion by December 31, 2025, to ensure timely availability of corresponding BPC opinions. Concerning rules and procedures, an emphasis is placed on improved compliance, while new technical document guidance agreed after January 1, 2024 will not be applied to ongoing RP applications.
Each MS is required to provide information to ECHA on the status of the endocrine disruption (ED) assessment for each active substance in the review programme, with a maximum deadline of December 31, 2026 to submit missing information.
One of the more important actions outlined in the CA meeting reports is the encouragement for MS to prioritise finalising RP evaluations over active substance renewals, except for specific cases. This reprioritisation is suspected to impact ongoing renewals by introducing delays. Additionally, proposals for refining practices and managing applications have been set forth.
By addressing key challenges and implementing these comprehensive actions, the EU aims to achieve its revised goal of concluding the review programme by December 2030. MS are invited to collaborate in implementing these actions, indicating a concerted effort towards a more sustainable and secure regulatory framework for biocides in the EU.
For those interested in viewing the full report and comprehensive actions outlined, the CA reports are published on CIRCABC https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/e947a950-8032-4df9-a3f0-f61eefd3d81b/library/889239de-ec46-4af1-9865-4be95dc0bb6c/details
If you need support with the authorisation or support of biocidal products across Europe, please do not hesitate to contact Kerona at firstname.lastname@example.org or call the office at +353 (0)1 849 5284.

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Rising Nigerian musician Ace Word has just unveiled his latest musical masterpiece, “Wifey,” a captivating love song that encapsulates deep affection and portrays an intimate connection between two souls. With tender melodies and poetic lyrics, Ace Word creates a musical embrace that beautifully captures the essence of their romance.
Hailing from a vibrant fusion of Swedish and Nigerian roots, Ace Word is a multifaceted musical talent. As a dynamic Afrobeat star, singer, and songwriter, he effortlessly navigates across genres, including Afrobeats, Afro-pop, Afro-R&B, Afro-fusion, Afro-gospel, and Afro-rap.
“Wifey” showcases Ace Word’s ability to blend lyrical depth with stylish sounds, creating music that resonates with both the youth and seasoned listeners. His music not only entertains but also aims to inspire and make a positive impact through meaningful and engaging lyrical content.
The song’s tender melodies serve as a backdrop to Ace Word’s poetic confession of love. Every note is an intimate caress, expressing the depth of emotions experienced in a romantic relationship. With his distinctive and soulful voice, Ace Word brings the lyrics to life, creating an enchanting musical experience for listeners.
Ace Word’s unique blend of musical influences and cultural backgrounds adds a rich and diverse flavor to his sound. Through his music, he aims to bridge gaps and connect people from different walks of life, spreading messages of love, unity, and positivity.
“Wifey” is a testament to Ace Word’s artistic versatility and ability to create music that transcends boundaries. It captivates listeners with its heartfelt lyrics, soulful melodies, and infectious rhythms, making it a standout addition to Ace Word’s growing discography.
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What do you start from when initiating a project?
How do you work with the other people involved in the project?
How do you use the time of the creation?
What are the phases in the creation of a performance?
How do you consider the spectators’ experience when preparing a performance?
Which skills do you use?
Which conventions do you use?
Which modes of representation do you use?
How do you position yourself in relation to the object/topic/discourse of your work?
When does the discourse of your work become clear to you?
Which habits do you recognise in your way of working?
Co-Lecture means collective lecture, also written "collecture".
This game is a collaborative "lecture", which starts from a clear and personal point of interest as a suggestion to share and develop this content through the different perspectives of the lecture-participants.
On wabi sabi
1) The Wabi Sabi is the beauty of things unfinished, temporary and imperfect
2) Imperfection not as a priori , but as aesthetic possibilities
3)The imperfection is not caused, the imperfection happens
4) The occurrence is the result of a dynamic creative vitality and openness to different possibilities
5) The openness causes doubts and asymmetric ways of work
6) To enable this is necessary a clear initial conceptual intent
7) These requirements allow the questioning of the proceeding, causing new needs
8) Once the needs are determined the shape define itself by itself
everybodys performance scores is a collection of performance scores that aims to give an overview on the current state within the performing arts. Addressing questions of notation, reproduction/interpretation, documentation, history and score independence, the collection seeks to reveal different models and approaches to work. The contributors were invited to submit works in the following categories:
- performance scores ready to be performed
- scores to document, reflect and share thoughts behind performance works
- new scores yet to be actualized
The Delta Ensemble's European Project / Opera, musical theatre, creative music and electronics arts
A New Musical Joint Adventure
Boosted with the benefit of an original, musical, technical and human know-how, enliven with an immoderate taste for meetings, sharing and collective achievements, the Delta Ensemble launches into a new creative adventure.
Jean-Paul G Noguès, who is a composer and a software developer specialized in computer assisted music and multi-media, has conceived this project.
Fifteen theses on contemporary art
1. Art is not the sublime descent of the infinite into the finite abjection of the body and sexuality. On the contrary, it is the production of an infinite subjective series, through the finite means of a material subtraction.
2. Art cannot merely be the expression of a particularity (be it ethnic or personal). Art is the impersonal production of a truth that is addressed to everyone.
by Milan Markovic, June 10th 2010
People active in the independent scene should:
1. try to intervene in wider social contexts, connecting with other groups and networks on the social scene
2. use imagination, not only for their art and works but also to think of new forms of production, process, cooperation and ways to fund...
3. not be bound by their field of work; there is a great danger in feeling secure in our own position of professionals
there are 2 basic functions that need activation during the whole performance:
- describing the fictional performance (FP)
- asking for questions
other functions can be used as support / variations:
- conceptualising the FP
- describing the process
- conceptualising the process
- making an ideological statement
- telling an anecdote
- getting personal
- keeping silent
- telling the collective’s history
- showing (speaking or gesturing)
- showing the process
- showing a reference
- define the role of each performer in the FP
- not knowing
> «yeah, that’s it»
> thighs clapping
> postures («listening» / «relaxing»)
> «Oh, interesting» : shift forward
> “education”: change position
> "An angel passed by": a sudden group stillness and silence
> Momentum: a very busy physical activity
- canons (repeat each other in a chain)
- to get affected by somebody else tic or physical attitude
- ‘Roi Jean’ («I didn’t do that, he did / no, I didn’t do that, she did» etc.)
- false starts

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Ray Girvan sent me a link to this YouTube video, drawing my attention to the fantastic view of St. Paul’s, the Houses of Parliament, and Westminster Clock Tower at the end:
I’m unclear whether this is an official promotional video for the game or a fan effort. It looks official enough, but I can’t find a source for it online that confirms this impression. If it’s a fan machinima, it’s an interesting mashup1 of game footage and Finnish metal track (a German-language version of David Bowie’s Heroes).
The video is action-packed and it doesn’t look as though there’s much time for the thoughtful contemplation of the decline and fall of civilizations among the hail of bullets and mobs of demons from another dimension. The IGN review backs up this impression:
There is no shortage of combat in Hellgate: London, so from the instant you step into your first level, you’ll be fighting against a range of zombies, flying brains, gun-toting demons and pale ladies with electric tentacles. Every place you go is packed full of enemies who have nothing better to do that to sit around all day waiting for you to show up and kill them. In fact, you can barely walk twenty feet through London without being confronted with some sort of hellspawn that you can hone your skills on.
I’ll tactfully say nothing on the subject of footwear most appropriate for exploring ruins — much less performing acrobatics. And let’s stay of steer clear of discussions of the form-hugging properties of high-tech body armour. Still, it’s artfully constructed. It’s also utterly convincing as a metal promo video, for reasons that I can’t quite put my finger on. Maybe it’s something as simple as putting the song title and performers’ names at the beginning and end of the video. I have to admit (rather guiltily) that it brings out my inner metalhead.
A quick search using a Famous Unnamed Search EngineTM turned up some other promotional footage for the game. Gametrailers.com hosts a large collection of trailers and fan videos. Here’s one trailer showing some ruins around Covent Garden:2
This time, there’s no narrative holding these scenes together and the aim of the video seems to be simply to showcase the game’s locations, characters, and monsters. Oddly enough, in its presentation of these locations and their inhabitants, I think it has more in common with the ways in which, historically, we have viewed ruins of contemporary cities. The lack of action leaves us more room to reflect on the changes in places that we might know (e.g. “Oh! That’s Covent Garden Market. And that’s Covent Garden tube station. I met a friend there, once”).
Unfortunately, many (if not all) of the locations are apparently randomly generated and populated so as to make replay more rewarding. For me, as both someone interested in imaginary ruined London and a former Londoner, this is disappointing. I can’t re-visit and explore the places that I’m acquainted with.
But is this really a problem? How geographically accurate does a representation have to be, in order to communicate a sense of place? And do we expect geographical accuracy in other media? Anyone who lives in a city that is the setting for a blockbuster movie might have a good idea of what I mean. For instance, one can have endless fun comparing a famous city’s places as they’re arranged in a film with how they’re actually laid out.3 Does strict geographical and architectural verisimilitude actually matter?
Definitely, something that I’ll have to ponder …
1 If using only one video and one music source can count as a mashup. I’m more vague on my terminology than I should be, here.
2 I’m linking to a YouTube version of the video, so that I can embed it in the blog post more easily.
3 For instance, San Francisco residents might remember the short time that Harry Callahan has to run from ‘phone booth to ‘phone booth in Dirty Harry — and the remarkable distance that he actually had to cover in that time, if one locates the various landmarks on a map.


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Golden Triangle with Tigers
Trip Highlights :-Delhi | Jaipur | Ranthambore | Agra | Delhi |
Tour duration : 07 Nights / 08 Days
Delhi : On the path of rapid growth and progress today, Delhi has evolved from the fabled “seven cities” established between the 13th and 17th centuries. The haunting Landmarks of yesteryears co-exist with the modern marvels of today. Ancient Forts, Mughal Architecture is juxtaposed with the state of the art architecture, modern residential projects, sky scrapers and commercial hubs of today. City boasts of some of the finest museums and centers of art and excellence. The shopping centers here offer rich heritage of traditional Indian craft as well as rich, fashionable and contemporary ensemble of products.
Jaipur : Capital of Rajasthan - the 'Pink City'. Jaipur means "the city of victory" & was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II and designed by architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya in accordance with the principles of town planning set down in "Shilp Shastra" an epochal treatise on the Hindu architecture. This colorful city is enriched with royal tradition & culture, attractive monuments, Forts, Palaces like the Magnificent City Palace, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Amer, Nahargarh and Jaigarh fort which are some of the most exquisite blend of Hindu architecture. The whole city was painted pink to welcome the visit of Prince Albert in 1853. City today has a population of more than 5 million residents. Presently, Jaipur is a major business and tourist centre with all the requisites of a metropolitan city.
Ranthambore : Ranthambore lies on the easternmost spur of the Aravalis, located near Sawai Madhopur which is 12 kms away. Ranthambore was a private Tiger reserve of the Maharajas of Jaipur. It is studded with Pavilions and Watch Towers. The main attractions here are the National Park and Ranthambore Fort. The Fort also houses the Temple of Lord Ganesha, where annual fair is held on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi in September. The famous ruler of Ranthambore was Rao Hammir Deo Chauhan who fought against Allauddin Khilji in 1301 AD. Many battles were fought and many rulers won and lost. In the middle of 15th century, Rana Kumbha captured the fort and later handed over to his son. Thereafter, the Hada Chauhans of Bundi and the Mughal Emperors Akbar and Aurangzeb occupied this fort. When Aurangzeb died, the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam gifted it to Sawai Madho Singh I of Jaipur in 1754 and since then it was maintained as the private hunting reserve of the Maharajas of Jaipur. Among the more famous who were part of these hunting parties were Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. This national park is one of the finest Tiger reserve in the country under the project Tiger. Apart from Tiger this park is a haven to wild animals and birds. Some of the animal species found here are Leopards, Jungle Cats, Sloth Bears, Indian mole Rats, Indian Fox, Toddy Cats, Five striped Palm Squirrels, small Indian Mongoose and in Reptiles - Rat Snakes, Indian Chameleon, North Indian flap shelled Turtles, Indian Pythons and more.
Agra : Agra is a major tourist attraction as it contains one of the Seven Wonders of the World - Taj Mahal. Agra is an ancient city situated on the river Yamuna within the state of Uttar Pradesh. The city has been described as Agraba in the epic Mahabharata. The city was capital of Lodhi Kingdom and later on served the same for Mughals. During 16th and 17th century the city was developed as art, culture, commerce and learning center by Mughal Emperors like Akbar, Jehangir and Shah Jahan. Some wonderful buildings were erected in Agra City by the Mughal’s. Agra city is famous for monuments and crafts. The monuments and crafts have preserved the cultural heritage for centuries.
Arrival in India (New Delhi) traditional welcome by our representative at airport, transfer assistance to hotel. Check-in at hotel, before you proceed to your room/s, our representative will hand-over the travel documents and brief you about the tour programme. Overnight stay at hotel.
Breakfast at hotel. This morning explore India’s capital city by touring its magnificent monuments, start your tour by visiting - Old Delhi: An ancient walled city earlier known as Shahjahanabad. Take a photo stop at Red Fort: the most opulent red sandstone fort and palace of the Mughal Empire (1639-1648 built by Shah Jahan the 5th Mughal Emperor of India and the builder of the Taj Mahal in Agra), visit Jama Masjid, Largest mosque in India, the foundation of the historic Jama Masjid was laid on a hillock in Shahjahanabad by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1650 AD, this mosque was the result of the efforts of over 6,000 workers, over a period of six years (1650-1656 AD). The cost of the construction in those times was 1 million rupees. This Mosque has three great gates, four towers and two 40 m-high minarets constructed of strips of red sandstone and white marble. About 25,000 people can pray here at a time. The mosque has a vast paved rectangular courtyard, which is nearly 75 m by 66 m. The whole of the western chamber is a big hall standing on 260 pillars.
Visit Chandni Chowk, the bustling and colorful market of the old city, designed by Emperor Shah Jahan’s daughter Jahanara Begum. Jahanara laid the foundation of Chandni Chowk, which is the largest trading center of Delhi as well as India. At present the street is a busy thoroughfare and is really congested. This area is renowned for 'Kuchas and Katras' also known as Alleys. These alleys house traditional Havelis, places of worship: Temples, Mosques, Church and Gurudwara, popular specialised markets and century-old eating joints. Enjoy a cycle-rickshaw ride.
Visit the Raj Ghat, the memorial site of Mahatma Gandhi - Father of Nation.
Later visit New Delhi designed and built by the British in the 1920's it's a city of wide boulevards impressive Government buildings, green parks and gardens. First drive past Connaught Place, the heart and main shopping district of the capital, then drive to Rajpath (King’s Way), India Gate - the 42mt high stone ‘Arch of Triumph’, erected in the memory of Indian soldiers who died in First World War. Drive past Rashtrapati Bhawan (President Palace) and Parliament House.
Sightseeing will also include drive past the elegant Lodhi Garden and Safdarjung's tomb.
Visit the exquisite Humayun’s Tomb, built in 1570 is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb in the Indian subcontinent, the structure was built inspired by Persian Architecture, it’s architect was Mirak Mirza Ghiyath. This memorial of Emperor Humayun, second Mughal ruler of India was built by his widow, Hajji Begum 14 years after his death.
Later visit Qutab Minar 12th century minaret built by Qutub-ud-din Aibek of the Slave Dynasty - this building complex dates back to the onset of Muslim rule in India and is fine example of Afghan architecture which is graceful and well sculptured and stands 75 mt. Also visit the Baha’i Temple (Lotus Temple) Lotus being a symbol of peace and prosperity all around the world, the shape of the temple personifies the purpose for which the foundation of this marvelous man-made architectural was laid. Lotus temple is made of pristine marble blocks, cement, dolomite and sand and the entire ascetic value is coddled by the group of nine pools filled with crystal clear water. In accord with the mores of Baha'i religion, the temple is open to everyone from anywhere in the world who is looking for inner peace & tranquility.
Return to hotel for overnight stay.
Breakfast at hotel and later check-out and drive to Jaipur in the morning. On the way to Jaipur deviate from the main-highway to visit Samode Palace located in Samode at a distance of 42 Kms before Jaipur city, to have your lunch at this heritage hotel, which was earlier a palace of one the noblemen of Royal Jaipur state.
After the lunch, continue your drive to Jaipur, the picturesque capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur is colour washed in Pink - the colour associated with hospitality in Rajput culture. Arrive and check-in at hotel, relax for sometime in your room/s.
During the day time visit the Albert Hall Museum - supposed to be the oldest museum in Rajasthan. It was designed by Colonel Swinton Jacob in 1876 to welcome King Edward VII as Prince of Wales on his visit to Jaipur. It was brought to life by Thomas Holbein Hendley. The collection that he put together is a valuable inheritance today: Arms and Armour, Sculptures, International Art, Pottery, Stone work, Wood work, Ivory, Jewellery, Clay models, Musical Instruments, Coins and Seals, Carpets, colourful Crystal work and Miniature Paintings. It is also home to the rare Persian Garden Carpet and also an Egyptian Mummy. Initially Maharaja Ram Singh II wanted this building to be a town hall, but his successor, Sawai Madho Singh II, decided it should be a museum for the art of Jaipur and included as part of the new Ram Nivas Garden.
In the evening visit the Birla Temple, to learn more about the fascinating religious life of Jaipur. Built recently in 1985, houses ornate statues including one of Lakshmi (Goddess of Wealth and Beauty) and Narayan dressed in gaudy robes, representing a Hindu vision of heavenly luxury. Witness the Aarti Ceremony (Prayer ceremony) which involves oil lamps being lit and waved, in order to awake and invoke the deity.
Return to hotel for overnight stay
After your breakfast at hotel, embark for an excursion to Amber Fort in the morning, situated outside the city, it is perhaps the most beautiful example of Rajput forts, this complex stands amidst wooded hills, with its threatening battlements reflected in the motionless waters of the Maota Lake below. You can have the unique experience of riding on a decorated elephant to the top of the hill. One of the premium examples of Rajput architecture, it was the ancient capital of the Kachhawaha rulers. The original palace was built by Raja Man Singh and additions were made later by Sawai Jai Singh. Here are the personal chambers of the Queens with windows having latticed screens so that the ladies could look at the events of the Royal court in privacy. There is also the Jai Mandir or the "Temple of Victory", with its well-known Sheesh Mahal, the sparkling "Hall of Mirrors". Within the Palace are the Diwan-e-Aam or the "Hall of Public Audience", the Diwan-e-Khas or the "Hall of Private Audience" and the Sukh Niwas where a cool breeze blows across channels of water for the purpose of air-conditioning.
Return to city and visit City Palace complex, located in the heart of Jaipur known for its blend of Rajput and Mughal architecture, the museum houses the rare and rich collection of Ornaments, 15th century Arms & Weapons, Royal Costumes, Carpets, Sanganeri block prints, Kashmiri Pashmina Shawls, folk embroideries and Decorative Art objects of traditional Rajasthani and Mughal art and architecture. Complex has several palatial structures like the Chandra Mahal, Mubarak Mahal, Badal Mahal, Shri Govind Dev Ji Temple and the City Palace Museum and is divided into two parts- One part Sawai Man Singh Museum and other is still the Residential Palace of the former Maharaja.
Next we visit the Jantar Mantar, a solar observatory - It is the largest of the five astronomical observatories built by Sawai Jai Singh-I, the founder ruler of Jaipur. It is an astronomical treasure house, with solar device that give accurate predictions till date, it is classified as a world heritage site.
Photo-stop at Hawa Mahal or the Palace of Winds, a four storied façade of pink sandstone and one of the most picturesque landmarks with semi-octagonal and delicately honeycombed windows overlooking the main street of the old city. It was built in 1799 so that veiled royal women could see the royal processions through its 593 stone screens without being seen by the outsiders.
Return to hotel for overnight stay.
Early breakfast and check-out. This morning leave Jaipur and head towards Ranthambhore. Upon arrival check in at hotel. Enjoy a safari in the park and see the majestic Tiger in the dense scrub jungle of Ranthambhore. During the game drive at national park, you may encounter variety of animals, birds and reptiles. Primarily the population consists of Tigers, Leopards, Striped Hyenas, Deers, Chital, Nilgai, Common Langurs, Macaques, Jackals, Jungle Cats & Crocodiles. Return to hotel for overnight stay.
Breakfast at hotel. This morning proceed for the game drive to explore the unexplored parts of the region and enjoy the wildlife. Also visit Ranthambhore Fort overlooking the lush Park and Ganesha Temple. Thereafter return to the hotel and relax. Overnight stay at hotel.
Breakfast and check-out from hotel in the morning, later drive to Agra. En-route visit Fatehpur Sikri.
Fatehpur Sikri : Built in 1571, it is a synthesis of the flourishing styles of the Persian courts and the prevailing Hindu Islamic trends. It was planned as a great town by Emperor Akbar with great care and planning, but it had to be abandoned after fifteen years due to scarcity of water in the town. Constructed mainly as a tribute to the great Sufi Saint Shaikh Salim Chisti who had blessed Akbar with a son. His son was named after the Saint as Salim and he succeeded the Emperor Akbar and was known as Emperor Jehangir. The town was originally named Sikri after the village, where it was founded but its twin city Fatehpur (Victory Town) was erected to celebrate Akbar's conquest of Gujarat. However, ruins of the temple dating back to 12th century suggest the reign of Rajputs in the area long before Mughals took over the area. The two mosques in the village of Sikri have inscriptions, which announce their conception in 1314 under Mohd. Khilji. There have been records that Babur renamed the village 'Sikri' as 'Shukri', meaning 'thanks to the god'. It was also the famous dwelling place and Khanqah of Shiekh Salim Chishti, the famous Sufi saint whom Akbar revered for blessing him with child. Built in Red Sandstone, an example of robust stability combined with originality each important edifice here represents a type by itself. Notable among them is the Buland Darwaza, Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chisti, Jama Masjid, Diwan-e-Aam, Diwan-e-Khas, Panch Mahal, Palace of Jodha Bai, Birbal Bhawan, Miriam’s Palace, Karawan Serai and Hiran Minar. After the visit continue your drive to Agra, upon arrival proceed to hotel for check-in.
In the evening visit Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, along with the main building, the structure consists of numerous outbuildings and gardens. Tomb of Mirza Ghiyas Beg - A Wazir (Chief Minister) in the court of Mughal Emperor Jehangir. Ghiyas Beg was honored with the title of Itmad-ud-Daulah or the Pillar of the State. Emperor Jehangir married her beautiful widowed daughter Mehr-un-Nissa, she was later christened Noor Jahan and went down in the history as one of the most beautiful and artistically gifted women in the world. After the death of Mirza Ghiyas Beg in 1622, Noor Jahan undertook the project to build his mausoleum, which took six years to get complete. It is entirely made of white marble. This tomb represents the transition between the first phase of monumental Mughal architecture - primarily built from red sandstone with marble decorations with mosaic and lattice. Return to hotel for overnight stay.
Visit the Taj Mahal early in the morning at the time of Sunrise, Taj Mahal - One of the Seven Wonders of the World, a pristine monument of undying love, built by Emperor Shah Jahan to enshrine the body of his beloved wife Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal) after she died in 1631 at Burhanpur. The Taj has continued to be a mark of love since ever. This monument took 22 years to be completed and was designed, and planned by Persian architect Ustad Isa. The construction started in 1632 and was completed in 1653. The workforce of some 20,000 and 1,000 elephants, included Masons, Stonecutters, Inlayers, Carvers, Calligraphers, Dome-builders and other artisans were requisitioned from the empire and also from Italy, Central Asia and Persia. In accordance with Islamic tradition, verses from the Quran were inscribed in calligraphy on the arched entrances to the mausoleum, in addition to numerous other sections of the complex. Apart from its stunning design balance and perfect symmetry, the Taj is also noted particularly for its elegant domes, intricately carved screens and some of the best inlay work ever seen. Witness the white marble reflect the nuances of the changing light from the Sun. Taj Mahal symbolize the richness of art and architecture of the Mughal period. Return to hotel for breakfast and check-out. Afterwards, visit Agra Fort which retains the irregular outline of the demolished mud-wall fort of the Lodhis. It is a World Heritage Site, located near to the Taj Mahal gardens on the banks of River Yamuna. The real specimen of architectural marvel, this fortress was constructed in the 15th century. The construction of this mammoth structure started during 1565 during the reign of Emperor Akbar and continued the developments up to the period of Emperor Shah Jahan. The fort, in a length of 2.5 km marvelous enclosure walls, was built in red sandstones and encloses many monuments which are real architectural wonders. Many exquisite palaces such as the Jehangiri Mahal, Shah Jahani Mahal, the Khas Mahal, Diwan-i-Aam - which was used as a communications ground between the public and the aristocracy and once housed the Peacock Throne, Diwan-i-Khas - a hall of private audience, it was used to welcome Kings and dignitaries and Mussaman Burj - a large, octagonal tower with a balcony facing the Taj Mahal are enclosed in the Fortress. Other monuments include the Fish Pavilion, the Nagina Masjid, Garden of Grapes and the Pearl Mosque. Views of the Taj Mahal from the Fort are amazing. After the tour drive to Delhi by Yamuna Express way [02½ hrs drive], upon arrival, transfer to local restaurant for farewell dinner. Later transfer to international airport to board return journey flight.

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The Right Care Right Place campaign has new stakeholder assets available.
New 'Brush Up' campaign resources now available including explainer videos, price lists and translated/accessible formats.
Additional resources have been added to the 'Don't Let Your Protection Fade' Winter Vaccines Campaign.
Stay Well Signage has been refreshed to support you this Winter!
The ‘Brush Up’ campaign has been designed to increase awareness of the Reform and key patient rights which support the public in understanding what they are entitled to.
Updated campaign resources are now available for all eligible groups.
The Right Care Right Place campaign has relaunched this week with new campaign assets available for stakeholders.
Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week launched today and is running until Sunday 8 October. This year has kicked off with a campaign film featuring Footballer Leanne Crichton, a Scotland International Player with 72 caps, who encourages all women and girls to get involved.
This years' Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week takes place from Monday 2 October - Sunday 8 October, and we're inviting every single woman and girl in Scotland to get involved.
A national advertising campaign consisting of TV, radio, digital and social media advertising is now live to 19 November, encouraging eligible audiences to get their winter vaccines.
The Detect Cancer Earlier campaign ‘Be the Early Bird’ will be running from 18 September – 22 October 2023 and updated resources are now available.
The Respect Campaign originally launched in February 2022 and was designed to help reduce levels of violent and abusive behaviour being experienced by health and social care workers following increased demands on health and social care services during the Coronavirus pandemic, and which still continues to be felt.


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Robert Johnson, The Founder of BET, first revealed his plan on CNBC’s Squawkbox.
“Wealth transfer is what’s needed,” Roberts said. “Think about this. Since 200-plus-years or so of slavery, labor taken with no compensation, is a wealth transfer. Denial of access to education, which is a primary driver of accumulation of income and wealth, is a wealth transfer.”
His reparations plan would work out as a one-time cash payment of around $350,767, with over 42 million black Americans that would be eligible for the payout. The specific calculation would be based on income, education, savings and home-ownership.
Johnson then defended his plan to Bret Smith on Fox News.
“As in always, the people who pay for revenue investments that this country needs are us, the taxpayers. And the taxpayers will pay for this, because for two reasons, particularly,” Roberts argued. “One, it is an atonement for 200-plus years of slavery… segregation, Jim Crowism, and a denial of equal opportunity rights. But the result of that payment would be to bring African-Americans equal to white Americans in terms of opportunity, wealth and income.”
Johnson then claimed that white America should not look at the reparations plan as a payment, but “as an investment in 40 million African-Americans, who deserve equal treatment and equal opportunity.”
Johnson provided no details as to who would be responsible to pay, or how it would be paid.
A paper published by Social Science Quarterly estimated cash reparations could cost between $5.9 trillion and $14.2 trillion. So who exactly would pay this $14 trillion debt? Would ancestors of the more than 642,000 Union soldiers who died to abolish slavery be exempt? What about the 2 million men who risked their lives during the war?
The United States became home to more immigrants in the three decades after the Civil War than during the previous three centuries combined. They and their ancestors had nothing to do with slavery. By 1907 1.3 million people had entered the country through Ellis Island alone. Again, they and their ancestors had nothing to do with slavery. More than 50 million more people immigrated here over the next four decades. They and their ancestors had nothing to do with slavery. Would we exclude these innocents from paying reparations?

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In the case of The Markup v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs., 2023-Ohio-623, a special master held that most records relating to how the agency’s unemployment insurance fraud prediction system worked were infrastructure records under R.C. 149.433 and were exempt from disclosure under R.C. 149.43.
In this case, the requester argued that the system was not critical because the fraud prediction system only needed to operate at a moderate level baseline and that the agency had lost hundreds of millions of dollars to fraud despite using the system. In response, the agency argued that the system was an important component to prevent, detect, and mitigate fraud, and that substantially more money would be lost to fraud without the system. The special master agreed with the agency.
In support of its decision in favor of the agency, the special master explained that “past and continuing loss of funds does not make the program’s design and purpose any less ‘critical.’” 2023-Ohio-623 at ¶ 13. The special master further explained that “[t]he combination of factors, flags, weights, and thresholds developed for [the agency] is unique to the agency’s particular implementation of the fraud-detecting Dashboard.” Id. at ¶ 18.
To read this case, click here.
Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
Note: This blog entry does not constitute – nor does it contain – legal advice. Legal jurisprudence is like the always-changing Midwestern weather. As a result, this single blog entry cannot substitute for consultation with a McGown & Markling attorney. If legal advice is needed with respect to a specific factual situation, please feel free to contact a McGown & Markling attorney.


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It looks like an açai bowl but it rreally is a Black Berry and Mint Ice Cream. The recipe is not of mine, but I would like to keep it and share it with you. It is very refreshing for a hot day. Actually, i did it because spring days in Puerto Rico are very hot. This ice cream consist of two frozen bananas and 1cup forzen black berries blended with 1/2tsp of mint extract. You can also use 1 cup of fresh mint leaves instead of the peppermint extract. I blend it with water and added coconut oil (and for the first time i saw how it turns form liquid to solid state!).
yield: 2cups ice cream
2 frozen bananas (3oz)
100g black berries
1/2tsp peppermint extract or 1 cup mint leaves
1-Blend all the ingredients in a foor processor or blender until ice cream consistency
2-. Store the ice cream in the refrigerator or serve inmediatly in a glass.
3- Drizzle 2tsp of coconut oil if desire.

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HACKNEY jazz singer Cleveland Watkiss brings the winter sunshine to the National Centre for Early Music in York on Thursday when presenting his Great Jamaican Songbook concert.
Marking his 60th year with a joyous show, Watkiss revives some of the greatest songs written by Jamaican legends Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown and Delroy Wilson et al as he presents a personal project exploring music that connects him to his Jamaican roots.
Watkiss will be delving into Jamaica’s long history of pioneering musical sounds, from Mento and Ska to Reggae, Dub and Roots, as well as highlighting record labels and producers such as Studio One, Coxsone Dodd, TuffGong, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, and King Tubby.
His 7.30pm set list takes in the work of Don Drummond; Ernest Ranglin; the Barrett Brothers; Jackie Mittoo; Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace; Alton Ellis; Ken Booth; The Wailers; Millie Small; Marcia Griffith; Dawn Penn; Dennis Brown; Gregory Isaacs; Burnin’ Spear and Johnny Osbourne, many of whom graduated from The Alpha Boys School under the tutelage of Sister Mary Ignatius Davis, alias “The Nun”.
Thursday night’s musical guests are drawn from Watkiss’s collaborators old and new: Orphy Robinson, on keyboards and percussion; Ray Carless, saxophones; Byron Wallen, trumpet; Delroy Murray, bass; Brandon Murray, guitars; Dan Barnett, drums, and Phil Ramocon, keyboards.
Tickets cost £18, concessions £16, on 01904 658338 or at tickets.ncem.co.uk.


(L-R): Dr. Corley Holbrook, USDA-ARS, Tifton; Dr. Steve Brown, Executive Director of the Peanut Research Foundation; Bob Parker, National Peanut Board; Dr. Peggy Ozias-Akins, University of Georgia, Tifton.
By: Lindsay Stevens
There’s a quote that goes, “many hands make light work.” When we think teamwork, rarely is the first image in our mind research. But the collaboration being done by Dr. Corley Holbrook, a USDA supervisory research geneticist, has brought new meaning to this old phrase. Through his work with collaborators like Dr. Peggy Ozias-Akins and Dr. Ye (Juliet) Chen, Holbrook estimated they annually genotype over 15,000 seeds using genetic markers. This work has and will continue to lead to scientific breakthroughs, including Dr. Holbrook’s latest advancement. Recently, a peanut variety was developed using genetic markers resistant to leaf spot. This development could lead to reduced or eliminated spraying for leaf spot.
NPB: What made you interested in this type of research?
When I first started my position in Tifton, I decided a large part of my research would be directed toward breeding peanuts for disease resistance. I screened most of the U.S. germplasm collection for leaf-spot resistance in field studies, and for peanut root-knot nematode resistance in greenhouse trials. Unfortunately, the collection of cultivated species only contains moderate levels of resistance to these pathogens. More recently, we got access to genes for resistance from related wild species and this has been a game-changer. For example, Dr. Charles Simpson introgressed genes for near immunity to the peanut root-knot nematode, and in the past 15 years, we have used those genes to develop four peanut varieties that are nearly immune to this nematode. More recently, we have begun to use genes for leaf-spot resistance from wild species. We plan to release varieties with high levels of resistance to leaf spot this year.
NPB: You are known for collaborating with other researchers at other institutions. How did that come about?
I greatly enjoy doing peanut breeding and genetic research. I had excellent mentors early in my career that showed me the more I cooperated with other scientists, the more research I could be involved in. Therefore, I have tried to surround myself with as many collaborative scientists as I could find. This has been a huge win for me. I try to also make sure it is a win for each of them. Usually, it works out that way.
NPB: What have been the benefits of collaborating with other researchers?
I will answer this question with a real-life example. Dr. Peggy Ozias-Akins started her career in Tifton a few years after I had started. Part of her research assignment was molecular-genetic research in peanut. We have been seeking opportunities to collaborate since her start, and for several years, these opportunities were limited due to the primitive (relative to other crops) state of genetic technology in peanut. In 2008, Dr. Ozias-Akins made research breakthroughs that enabled us to begin using marker-assisted selection (MAS) in the breeding program. Our research progress was also greatly facilitated by the addition of Dr. Ye (Juliet) Chu to our team. We all were active in the Peanut Genomic Initiative, and that research has also greatly impacted our breeding program. Because of the advances in technology, and our collaborative team approach, we annually genotype over 15,000 seeds using genetic markers for several traits. This provides over 50,000 data points and has had a tremendous impact on our breeding program.
NPB: How did you go about discovering the trait and getting it into a breeding line?
Leaf-spot resistance was first introgressed into the cultivated species by Dr. Tom Stalker at North Caroline State University several decades ago. This germplasm traveled around the globe and recently made it into some breeding lines in Brazil. I was cooperating with the peanut breeder in Brazil, and we exchanged some breeding lines in a cooperative research project looking at resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Drs. David Bertioli and Soraya Leal-Bertioli alerted me that one of these breeding lines may have the introgressions from Tom Stalker’s material. We checked and it did have three introgressed genetic regions. A graduate student (Samuele Lamon) did a study to document the importance of each of these regions on leaf-spot resistance. We also began an accelerated backcross breeding program using MAS to develop leaf-spot resistant varieties.
NPB: What does this new leaf-spot-resistant variety mean to farmers?
If we are successful, this leaf-spot resistance will mean fewer trips across the field for farmers and reduce the use of fungicides. This will save time and money and, hopefully, increase profits.
NPB: Will farmers have to give up yield or other traits for this leaf-spot resistance?
All our currently available data indicates that they will not. We have several breeding lines with excellent resistance to leaf spot along with yield and grade that is at least as good as commonly grown varieties. We are working with Dr. Marshall Lamb at the National Peanut Research Laboratory to conduct an economic analysis to determine which combinations of variety and fungicide input will result in maximum profitability.
A successful peanut variety must also meet a range of quality attributes. We are currently gathering data on those attributes to ensure that these varieties will maintain the high quality that the U.S. peanut crop is known for.
The National Peanut Board (NPB) has allocated more than $45.4 million toward state and industry production research projects, including work led by Dr. Holbrook. For a searchable database of NPB-funded projects, visit PeanutResearch.org.
 Introgression is the transfer of genetic material from one species into the gene pool by repeated breeding of a specific hybrid with one of its parent species. In this case, the trait was bred in from wild species.
Genotyping is a DNA analysis to determine the genes present in a plant to determine if the plant is a suitable parent for future breeding.


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About صور تدليك كس
صور تدليك كس Like in the previous series Dragonball, Dragon Ball Z has many naming conventions/jokes. Being able to find invisible enemies is a standard Ninja skill that Snake Eyes always had, but now it is Spirit Iron Knife that is has all the special tracking and fighting skills.
I logged out and signed in again and the mail solution gave me the same message. Watching DBE i can immediately tell the directors and everyone else involved have not watched more than a few episodes of the entire Dragonball series. صور نيك شواذ a retelling and animating of stuff that 90% of fans have already read and the other ten percent can look up on the Web as opposed to American-drawn shows like `Justice League,` which stayed true to most of the characters without just retelling story lines from the comic books.
Vice City was also the first game to introduce fully functional flying vehicles that could be used by the player, such as sea planes and helicopters. صورسكس جامد After the success of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was also released in 2002. Movies like final fantasy have a high budget and talent behind them. صور تدليك كس `This is not a movie for the fans or anyone who has never seen the anime.
even though the manga went through brief phases where it was slow. صور نيك شواذ Their counterparts are not also Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas respectively.
صور تدليك كس Vice City was also the first game to introduce fully functional flying vehicles that could be used by the player, such as sea planes and helicopters.

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Special trucks exported to West Africa
Good news, the batch of special trucks exported to West African countries had been finished. Look, there are cargo trucks, tractors, semi-trailers, etc. The batch of trucks is manufactured by Chengli Special Automobile Co., Ltd. Special Trucks Workhouse. Workers of Chengli Special Trucks workhouse manufactured them day by day, and succeed in doing them in time.
Look, the customer from West Africa is checking them carefully, then giving a big smile. He is very satisfacted with this batch of trucks, and promised there will be more and more orders placing afterwards. He just wanted to cooperated with Chengli Special Automobile Co., Ltd. for a long term.
Recently, Chengli Special Automobile Co., Ltd. has been cooperated with African customers more and more. CHENGLIWEI Brand is much more popular among African countries. We think the cooperation with African countries is bright in the future.


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ROME (Apr. 9)
Jews held a silent demonstration outside the Polish embassy here this week to protest a march by skinheads at Auschwitz.
“The demonstration took place in absolute silence,” Riccardo Pacifici, a member of the council of the Rome Jewish community, said in an interview.
Demonstrators carried banners reading “No to Revisionism,” “We Will Not Forget,” and “Polish Church, Where Are You?”
They were protesting against a march Sunday at Auschwitz by some 100 extreme nationalists, who rallied to protest a ban on building a mini-mall across the street from the former death camp.
Construction was halted late last month in the wake of criticism from Jewish leaders and the Polish government over the plan to sell food and other services to visitors to Auschwitz.
“It’s not so much that skinheads marched,” he said. “There are skinheads all over Europe, including ltaly. What is serious is that they were allowed to go inside Auschwitz, they were allowed to violate the sanctity of Auschwitz.”
Pacifici said he also was concerned that the Polish church and the Vatican did not issue open denunciations of the affair.
“What’s serious is the indifference of public opinion,” he said. “This could lead to the acceptance of revisionism.”
Scores of people, most of them young, took part in the protest Monday evening, which was organized by the Union of Young Jews in Italy, an umbrella group representing Jewish youth organizations.
Four demonstrators — two youths and two survivors of Nazi concentration camps — entered the embassy and met with an embassy official.
They presented him with a letter protesting the skinhead march.
“To allow a group, even a small one, of nationalist neo-Nazis to profane the place that is the symbol of the extermination of the Jews and to provocatively put into doubt the very atrocities that were commited there, provokes dismay in all who look with hope at the construction of a united Europe in which Poland too aspires to participate,” the letter stated.
The demonstration took place less than a day after unknown assailants threw two firebombs at the Polish embassy’s commercial offices. No damage was caused and no one claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police were investigating the matter, but there was no indication whether the attempted firebombing had anything to do with the skinhead march at Auschwitz.
Polish embassy official Tomasz Bartoszewicz said the incident was being regarded as vandalism. But he angered some Jews by saying that he was convinced that Jews had nothing to do with the incident and hoped that the Jewish community would condemn it.
“We do not like it that he just asked the Jewish community to condemn this, and not society as a whole,” Pacifici said.
In another development, police were also investigating an incident late Sunday night in which two wreaths attached to a plaque in downtown Rome memorializing the victims of the Ardeatine Caves Massacre were set on fire.
An anonymous caller told the Italian news agency Ansa that the attack was carried out as a response to “Zionist propaganda” honoring the anti-fascist resistance fighters who helped liberate Italy from fascism at the end of World War II.
Former Nazi SS Capt. Erich Priebke, who has admitted taking part in the massacre of 335 civilian men and boys at the Ardeatine Caves in 1944, was indicted by a military court last week.

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The 10 Essential Public Health Services provide a framework for public health. They describe activities that are important to the health of all communities throughout the United States. Each of these services is important for all people to access and experience. If you’re in a community and are not aware of the 10 essential public health services, you’ll want to take a look at them. They may surprise you. Read on to learn more. Once you’ve read the article, you’ll be able to recognize them in your own community.
Among the Essential Public Health Services is surveillance. The process of monitoring health conditions throughout the community can help identify health problems and potential interventions. Public health surveillance involves systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. It is performed in collaboration with health benefit plans and private providers. Essential Public Health Services foster collaboration and innovation across sectors to improve community health. And it doesn’t stop there. It also supports research. These services are vital for identifying problems and developing solutions for them.
The ten Essential Public Health Services were first recognized in the early 1990s, along with the debate about healthcare reform. Public health leaders already recognized three “core functions” but wanted to give policymakers a more specific guide for the work they do. So the 10 Essential Public Health Services were created. Each of the 10 services described below is important, but they shouldn’t be separated into separate categories. Regardless of the overlapping functions, they all serve the public health mission.
In 2011, the movie “Contagion” followed an epidemic that spread across the globe and public health officials raced to prevent the epidemic from spreading. This scenario is not far from reality, as public health professionals follow epidemics around the world every day. But they’re not necessarily glamorous. As you can see, there are many jobs in public health that aren’t glamorous. These professionals are essential, but not always glamorous. And they’re also among the 10 Essential Public Health Services.
The 10 Essential Public Health Services framework emphasizes equitable resource allocation and organizational structures. Agency leaders should evaluate the people and initiatives they work with through the lens of equity. They must consider their own internal biases, as well as whether their actions promote an equitable culture. This is because systemic change in communities begins within agencies. The Futures Initiative was launched by the de Beaumont Foundation and the PHAB. It engages the public health community and is working to improve the framework.
The framework also emphasizes the importance of addressing social determinants of health. The national accrediting body PHAB has created standards for the accreditation of nearly 300 health departments nationwide. This framework is a cornerstone of the National Association of County and City Health Officials and is an important piece of the PHAB process. Many Idaho health departments have already adopted the framework, and it is an integral part of its program.


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This week, President Trump’s first solo news conference since taking the presidency was fodder for late-night television. But that’s just an extension of what we’ve seen since he took office. Under Trump and press secretary Sean Spicer, the near-daily White House news briefings have changed from routine interactions with a professional press corps to a high-profile […]
Remember when the Donald Trump transition team asked the outgoing Barack Obama Energy Department for a list of the staffers working on Obama’s global warming – oops, I mean climate change – alarmist agenda? And the Left and the media (please pardon the redundancy) absolutely freaked out about them asking? And the Obama Energy Department refused to comply with the (very reasonable) request? Team Trump | Read More »
The post NY’s Government Assault on Exxon: Coordinated in Advance with Leftist Groups appeared first on RedState.
President Donald Trump continues to wage his self-proclaimed “running war with the media.” During yesterday’s press conference, he evaded inquiries about his campaign’s contact with Russian officials by ignoring mainstream media reporters, only taking questions from those working for conservative news outlets. This is becoming a pattern in the president’s press conferences. Before his inauguration, Trump shouted down […]
Early this morning I previewed for you a major First Amendment case that was argued in the Supreme Court today: Lee v. Tam. The Court will decide whether the government can deny trademark protection to trademarks (like the band name “The Slants” or the team name “The Redskins”) which it finds to be disparaging. I’ve now had a chance to read through the oral argument, | Read More »
The post What Does Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument Mean for the First Amendment? appeared first on RedState.
Well, isn’t he just a darling ball of sunshine? Brown-nose in Trumpjitsu, Sean Hannity, is feeling the power of being one of Trump’s special boys, as he proclaimed in a radio interview with Matt Boyle that President-elect Trump didn’t need a press office. “It is the most underreported story out there,” Hannity said, as reported by Breitbart. “They’re not going to cover the fact that they | Read More »
The post Sean Hannity Suggests Shutting Out the Press and Letting Trump Tweet Govt News appeared first on RedState.
Guess who else wanted there to be penalties for burning the American flag? Hillary Clinton, as a senator back in 2006. Clinton, then a senator from New York, reportedly opposed a constitutional amendment that would criminalize the desecration of the flag, but introduced legislation in 2005 and backed a second bill in 2006 that would criminalize flag burning. More than half of Democrats in the Senate | Read More »
For the past year and half, one of the big concerns of genuine conservatives, in their observations of Donald Trump, has been his perceived contempt for the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It’s one thing for an individual to object to, and aggressively condemn speech that they believe is… CONTINUE
It’s how this country became the economic light of the world. Talented people – free to do amazing things. They become fabulously wealthy – and make all our lives better and richer. Your computer, your phone, your car, your home’s television, heater and air conditioner and millions of other life-bettering things – created by talented people availing themselves of the free market opportunities this nation | Read More »
The post Those Who Can – Do. Those Who Can’t – Regulate Those Who Can appeared first on RedState.
If you’re the type of person who decides a newspaper’s endorsement warrants picking up the phone or waking up the computer to construct a death threat to send to the editors and owners publication, then you should examine your priorities. The Arizona Republic has never endorsed a Democrat for President in its 125+ year existence. That changed this year. Mi-Ai Parrish, president of Republic Media that | Read More »
The post The Arizona Republic’s Response To Death Threats After Endorsing Hillary Is Just Perfect appeared first on RedState.
If you want justice, equal protection before the law and prosecutorial humility – New York Democrat Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ain’t your guy. If you want partisan, selective persecution and ideological witch hunts – you can not do any better than AG Schneiderman. The Clinton Foundation is located on Avenue of the Americas in New York City – the heart of AG Schneiderman’s purview. It | Read More »
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- L293D Motor Driver Module is a medium power motor driver perfect for driving DC Motors and Stepper Motors. It uses the popular L293 motor driver IC. It can drive 4 DC motors on and off, or drive 2 DC motors with directional and speed control.
- The driver greatly simplifies and increases the ease with which you may control motors, relays, etc from micro-controllers. It can drive motors up to 36V with a total DC current of up to 600mA.
- You can connect the two channels in parallel to double the maximum current or in series to double the maximum input voltage. This motor driver is perfect for robotics and mechatronics projects for controlling motors from microcontrollers, switches, relays, etc. Perfect for driving DC and Stepper motors for micro-mouse, line-following robots, robot arms, etc.
- Wide supply voltage: 4.5 V to 36 V.
- Max supply current: 600 mA per motor.
- The driver two holes of 3 mm dia.
- Male burg-stick connectors for supply, ground, and input connection.
- Screw terminal connectors for easy motor connection.
- High noise immunity inputs.
1 x L293D motor driver module
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(aka) ZAED Special Management Area (SMA) Assessment
The purpose of the Special Management Area Assessment is to regulate any use, activity or operation that qualifies as a "Development". The assessment provides a means to preserve, protect, and where possible, restore the natural resources of the Coastal Zone of Hawaii
by establishing special controls on development within the area along the shoreline.
How To Apply:
If required, a Flood Development Permit
application may also be submitted via MAPPS
. The Flood Development Permit must be issued prior to an SMA Exemption or Minor permit approval.
Contact Information:Department of Planning
2200 Main Street
Wailuku, HI 96793
Ph: (808) 270-7735
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New York Times bestselling author M.J. Rose grew up in New York City exploring the labyrinthine galleries of the Metropolitan Museum and the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park. She is the author of more than a dozen novels, the founder of the first marketing company for authors, AuthorBuzz.com and cofounder of 1001DarkNights.com She lives in Connecticut. Visit her online at MJRose.com.
Sandrine Salome flees New York for her grandmother's Paris mansion to escape her dangerous husband. The house, famous for its lavish art collection and elegant salons, is mysteriously closed up. Although her grandmother insists it's dangerous for Sandrine...[SEE MORE]


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By James Hirsen
Ice-T initially secured fame by being one of the early practitioners of a form of rap music known as gangsta’ rap. After co-founding the band Body Count, the urban music artist became even more famous for a public controversy that eventually ensued over his “Cop Killer” track, which glamorized the murder of police officers.
The storm surrounding “Cop Killer” reached its zenith in July of 1992, at an annual shareholders’ meeting for Time-Warner, the parent company of Ice-T’s record label. It would be here that Hollywood giant Charlton Heston would take to a stage of a different sort.
Heston had been given the opportunity to address the Time-Warner group because he himself owned shares in the media company. During his presentation, the legendary actor recited in dramatic fashion the lyrics from the “Cop Killer” tune, leaving the owners of the company in a stupefied state. The publicity that would follow would ultimately cause Time Warner Music to cancel the release of Ice-T’s then-upcoming album.
Ice-T, the very same rap artist that Heston had so vociferously opposed, would undergo a professional conversion of his own that would transform him into the current TV and film A-list star that he is today. He, like his former adversary, has become a persuasive voice for the Second Amendment in helping to move forward Heston’s legacy issue. [more...]


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The Premier League has always had its fair share of African stars over the years, but that also means that clubs will have to do without some of their best players when the AFCON comes around.
The tournament is set to be played in January 2022 so it’s right in the middle of the Premier League schedule, and it appears the release date of December 27 could be a tough one for Liverpool to take:
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) October 21, 2021
The FA Cup game may not be as much of an issue as it’s likely that Jurgen Klopp would rotate his team for that game anyway, but the clash with Chelsea could be pivotal in the title race and being without Mane, Salah and Keita would be a blow for Liverpool.
Thomas Tuchel will also miss a couple of players with Hakim Ziyech and Edouard Mendy likely to play in the tournament too – Mendy in particular will be a huge miss if it’s Kepa who’s given a run of games as his replacement.
It’s possible that negotiations will take place between club and country to see if the players can slightly delay their departure to play in an extra club game or two, while the length of their absence will depend on how deep their country goes into the tournament.
You always want to see your players excel on the international stage, but Liverpool fans may not shed too many tears if Egypt were to find themselves eliminated early…

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Neon Union drops brand new single titled “American Dirt," which marks the first release of the band’s upcoming EP Double Wide Castle Sessions, out 7.21.
Red Street Records country duo Neon Union drops brand new single titled “American Dirt” (listen HERE), which marks the first release of the band’s upcoming EP Double Wide Castle Sessions. “American Dirt” showcases a new side for the duo, comprised of vocalists Andrew Millsaps and Leo Brooks, following their charted radio single, “Bout Damn Time” (listen HERE). The soulful ballad sings of a sentimental, patriotic appreciation for the small-town upbringing that have shaped both Millsaps’ and Brooks’ journeys. Brooks shares his real-life inspiration behind the song by explaining, “For me, this is about being a first-generation American fighting for the dream my parents worked so hard for. They fought for a better life by bringing us to the United States from Roatan, Honduras in hopes of achieving the ‘American Dream’ right here on this American dirt.”
Produced by GRAMMY-nominated, ACM and CMA-winner Dann Huff and co-written by Brooks, Millsaps, Brandon Hood and Bob DiPiero, “American Dirt” blends together powerhouse musicianship with the smooth vocal pairing of an incredibly talented duo. The track opens with a heartfelt visual that sings, “This is for the middle of nowhere / Tall corn grows there / In rows that go for miles / This is for first generation / Dreams in the makin’ / Chasin’ a chance for a better life.” Huff, who’s worked with musical legends like Taylor Swift, Kenny Rogers, Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill and countless others inspired the idea of the Double Wide Castle Sessions alongside Red Street CEO Jay DeMarcus. Huff describes working with the duo by sharing, “..it’s like a concert. It doesn’t feel like a studio performance where everything’s dry and scripted. These guys actually sing together, and that’s special.”
“American Dirt” marks the kick-off release of Neon Union’s upcoming EP titled, Double Wide Castle Sessions, available July 21st of this year. Check out the studio video filmed at the Castle Recording Studios HERE, and stream “American Dirt” everywhere today (HERE).


Up-and-coming recording artist Sam Cruz recently released her debut single “Train Of Thought” under Universal Records. Her upcoming pop single narrates how having feelings for someone can make you lose yourself. She described her debut song as “…basically about love and how this girl talks about how a guy makes her feel something special”. The official music video co-starring Leon Barretto has also been released.
Known to be a member of a celebrity clan, Sam Cruz aspires to pave her own career path and continues to explore songs that would highlight her vocal strengths. Leaning towards R&B and pop music, Sam shared that her musical inspiration comes from Ariana Grande and Julie Anne San Jose among many others. With her undoubted talent, potential and charisma, Sam Cruz is definitely one of the promising artists to watch out for this year.
One Music PH recently had a one-on-one interview with her recently…
One Music PH: Hi! (Takes note of Nirvana shirt) Nice shirt! You a Nirvana fan?
Sam Cruz: Yes! And I also have a poster there (points at Nirvana poster behind her)!
One Music PH: You have a particular favorite song or album from them?
Sam Cruz: For me, my favorite songs are “Heart-Shaped Box” and “Lithium”. I used to listen to them when I was little because my Dad used to play their songs in the guitar.
One Music PH: How much of the creative process behind “Train of Thought” was you? I mean, you’re the one singing it clearly, but you have a team of good songwriters and producers behind you…
Sam Cruz: I am very hands-on kasi I’ve been singing ever since I was younger and now that I have the opportunity to make my own music. I’ve already written some songs on my own that I would be sharing really soon. For my debut single, I’m very lucky for it to be written for me and now I feel it is up to me as an artist to really make it my own even though somebody wrote it, I can add my own adlibs and I can spice it up further to make it my own song.
One Music PH: So could you please tell us the message of “Train of Thought” and why it was chosen as your first single?
Sam Cruz: First time I heard this song, I fell in love with it kaagad kasi anganda ng tunog and it’s something I would listen to myself and super chill vibes lang siya, perfect for any weather, kahit sa road trip lang siya or sa rainy days and I like the meaning to the song as well. Sobrang nakaka-relate, lalo na to people my age, dahil maraming tao na may mga crush and nakikilig and uses their train of thought when they see the person they like.
One Music PH: Your sister Angelina has had a number of singles under her belt and started her recording career well before you did. Did she give you any pointers?
Sam Cruz: Yes. Actually my family has been a big help to me as a singer. Ever since we were young, kami-kami (magkakapatid) ang magkakasama nagka-karaoke, jamming sa ukulele or guitar. I feel that we’re really a team helping each other finding our own sound and what we would love to put out there talaga. Kasi sobrang mahilig kaming lahat kumanta. My sister Angelina, she’s been there with me to help me along the way. We’re also under the same label, she already knows the gist.
One Music PH: Your sisters and your mom are particularly active on social media. One thing I’ve admired with the four of you (Angelina, mom Sunshine, and sister Chesca) is that you’ve been brave and forthcoming about calling out foul comments from trolls and bashers…


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"As millions of Americans await their turn to receive the critical COVID-19 vaccine, the entire healthcare industry is working diligently to ensure effective communications between providers and patients surrounding distribution," said Michael Morgan, president, Updox
DUBLIN, Ohio (PRWEB) January 11, 2021
Updox, a complete healthcare communication platform for in-person and virtual care, today announced the results of a new study designed to better understand the public’s view on the COVID-19 vaccine. The survey underscores the strong need for more frequent communications between healthcare providers and patients and demonstrates the critical role technology plays in ensuring an effective vaccine rollout, with information such as vaccine education, eligibility and scheduling. The survey was conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Updox among 2,057 U.S. adults aged 18+.
Notably, 87% of Americans say they want to receive information from their healthcare provider on COVID-19 vaccine related news/updates, with their healthcare providers cited as the most trusted source on the topic (34%) -- behind health protection agencies (32%), government entities (9%), and the biotechnology companies developing the vaccines (4%). When it comes to means of communication with their healthcare provider, consumers’ preferred method for receiving COVID-19 vaccine news and updates is by email (46%), followed by phone call (34%) and text message (33%).
“As millions of Americans await their turn to receive the critical COVID-19 vaccine, the entire healthcare industry is working diligently to ensure effective communications between providers and patients surrounding distribution, while simultaneously facilitating safe, efficient delivery of immunizations,” said Michael Morgan, president, Updox. “But these efforts must be taken a step further. Nearly 2 in 5 Americans would like to hear from their healthcare provider weekly or more often about the vaccine, demonstrating that even if providers are not the ones physically distributing the vaccine, patients rely on them for insights and information. Physicians play a role more vital than ever before as trusted resources for their patients in today’s healthcare environment. Consistent communications both inside and out of the office is key.”
Additional survey findings include:
- Americans ages 55-64 are more likely than those ages 18-34 and 65+ to say they would like to ask questions or receive communications from their healthcare provider regarding vaccine-related news and updates via their patient portal (34% vs. 17% and 24%)
- 28% of Americans would like to hear from their pharmacist about COVID-19 vaccine-related news and updates weekly or more often
- Males are more likely than females (44% vs. 33%) to say they would like to receive vaccine-related news and updates from their healthcare provider weekly or more often
The survey findings follow the recent launch of Updox’s COVID-19 Vaccine Response Package, which includes Secure Text, Broadcast Messaging and Electronic Forms to enable providers to quickly and easily communicate updates on vaccine availability and appointment details, answer patient questions, encourage adoption, support documentation and keep patients and staff safe through contactless check-ins and digital intake forms.
Updox’s COVID-19 Vaccine Response Package improves communications between providers and patients. For more information on implementing the suite of solutions into your practice, visit info.updox.com/covid-19-vaccine-delivery-solutions or tune into Updox’s webinar, “Vaccine Communication Workflows” on Jan. 13, at noon EST, to learn new strategies for how healthcare organizations can use virtual care solutions to simplify the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.
This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Updox from December 28-30, 2020 among 2,057 U.S. adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
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After the successful flash sales of their Mi 3 devices, Xiaomi today announced another smartphone in the Indian market, the Redmi 1S. The 4.7-inch smartphone, with a 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor and an 8 megapixel rear camera will cost only Rs 5999 and will also follow the Mi 3 flash sale model. Registration for the Redmi 1S smartphone will begin today at 6 on Flipkart and sales will open on 2 September.
Given that this is a smartphone which is priced for just Rs 5999 and is offering quality specs in its price range, it’s evident that Xiaomi’s latest device will also see good response from customers. If you want to know whether to go for this over Moto E or Zenfone 4, read our comparison on the same here.
Xiaomi officially announced the launch at an event in Delhi where Xiaomi’s Global VP Hugo Barra and Xiaomi’s India head Manu Jain were present to interact with the press. Both Barra and Jain were there to help build the brand and talk about the phenomenal response that Mi 3 has got and also discuss the concerns that users have faced.
According to Barra, the company managed to sell over 90,000 Mi 3 smartphones is just over the one month since the launch, (Xiaomi’s sixth sale saw the phone get sold out in mere seconds once again). For a phone that was officially launched in July, this is a pretty big number and clearly Xiaomi as a brand has managed to gain some serious attention in the Indian market. And now Barra and co, intend to build on this.
In an interaction with Tech2, Barra said that despite criticism the flash sales are here to stay, at least for some time. Also don’t expect an offline Xiaomi store in India as the company firmly sees itself as an online one. “We’ve continued with this because we’re not aiming for volume right now. Our focus right now is on providing service and good customer experience. Even with the Mi 3, we’ve had users complain about issues such as those with the SIM tray. We could have gone ahead and sold say a 100,000 phones in one go. However we still have to educate our users about Mi3 and with these flash sales, its easier for us to reach people,” Barra said.
In fact after discovering the SIM tray issue, Xiaomi even put out a video on Facebook explaining to users about how to open the SIM tray. The company has also ensured that now micro-SIM adapters will be shipped with the Redmi 1S devices in the coming weeks, so that if you have a micro-SIM, you can use it on the Redmi 1S which has a Mini-SIM tray (aka the size regular SIM).
For now, e-commerce will continue to be a big focus for Xiaomi.
“We’re pretty stubborn in that sense that we are an e-commerce company. What we’re trying to do here, we plan to build our own website, have our own e-commerce store. We want to have a dedicated Mi store for that, because we think that’s the best way for users to experience our products. We will double down and triple down on e-commerce before we even open our minds to think about offline stuff,” said Barra. As far as retail distribution is concerned, he said that Xiaomi was in talks with other firms to help with this as well.
And it’s not just online sales, Xiaomi doesn’t plan to stick with traditional advertising in India either. This means no full page newspaper ads, or TVCs. Barra told us, “In China we do, one media buy a year. It’s a TV spot during the Chinese New Year.” So should we expect one during Diwali?
“Certainly not in India and not this year. If we ever do anything here, it wouldn’t come out like that. Our media plan is to focus on social media and reinvest what you would spend in advertising into making the devices more accessible,” said the Xiaomi VP of global operations.
Xiaomi’s other big focus is customer service and after sales support in India. While initially they had announced exclusive service centres only in Delhi and Bangalore, new ones will also be coming up in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Gurgaon.
According to Barra, the initial plan was to have three exclusive service centres by the end of summer but that’s already been doubled to six. The reason for this: “We saw how different the experience is if you want to walk into a Mi 3 exclusive store, which addresses the concerns of customers. Sure we have tied up with other service centres as well but we need to give our customers the unique Mi experience,” he said.
On the difference between India and China, Barra said that in China “a lot of people are accessing the Internet on laptops as laptops are insanely popular” in the country. For India, he said, “Internet is still a mobile phenomena in India. People are discovering the Internet via mobile because they don’t have desktop computers or laptops. Everyone is experiencing the Internet through their own phones. So I think that that’s a leading indicator and I expect it (mobile penetration) to grow faster than in China. That’s how we’re thinking,” he said.
Barra added that, “India as a market has a lot of potential for smartphones, but it will probably take a couple of years for it to reach this potential. It’s like quarter of a size of China’s smartphone market or maybe even a fifth, so obviously there’s a long way to go.”
Where expectations with the India market are concerned, Barra refused to give any number but said that “given that kind of device that Redmi 1S is, and that it’s priced for 6k, we expect that it will be far more popular than Mi 3.” He also acknowledged that given the level of competition in India “everyone is a competitor, from local guys like Micromax to Samsung.”
We also asked Xiaomi about the issue that some customers faced on Flipkart when they found that their orders were cancelled by the online store. According to Manu Jain, the India Head for Xiaomi, one of the reasons for this could have been that the customer ordered the devices from a multiple number of devices with the same IP. “Flipkart does have its own methods and if it feels that a particular customer is just trying to buy the phone to resell it, then they would have cancelled it,” he said. He also said that Xiaomi had spoken to OLX, eBay, other websites where people who bought the Mi3 have been offering to sell the phone for a higher price and added that while in some cases the ads were taken down, legally there is nothing wrong with the ads.
Both Barra and Jain admitted that where the response was concerned, it has exceeded their expectations. And now it’s time to capitalise on the hype.


John McAfee no Longer Interested in Unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto
John McAfee, the eccentric British-American cryptocurrency evangelist and computer programmer that founded McAfee Associates, one of the earliest software firms in the world, has suspended his plans of unmasking the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, reports Bloomberg on April 23, 2019.
Per sources close to the development, John McAfee, the crypto big whale who used to promote initial coin offering (ICO) projects via his official Twitter handle for a fee of $100,000 per tweet, has suspended his plans of revealing the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto to the the public, claiming the move could hurt his entire struggle against an impending extradition to the United States from his current hide out in the Bahamas.
For those unaware, earlier in January 2019, McAfee announced he had fled the United States due to tax fraud charges by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The 2020 U.S. presidential “aspirant” also claimed he was charged for using bitcoin and altcoins to facilitate his criminal activities by a Tennessee court.
According to Bloomberg, McAfee who previously pledged to expose Satoshi Nakamoto within just one week has revealed via a phone interview from the Bahamas that he had spoken with the real Satoshi and “he is not a happy camper about my attempt to oust him.”
While the identity of Satoshi remains a mystery to date, with several “faketoshis” claiming to be the almighty creator of bitcoin, McAfee has made it clear that being one of the best technologists on earth makes unraveling the mysteries behind Satoshi Nakamoto quite an easy task for him.
However, McAfee has claimed that his extradition lawyer has advised him to desist from making such a move, as it would be detrimental to his well being, since it could potentially make him the target of lawsuits, forcing him to defend himself “on many fronts.”
Interestingly, McAfee took to his official Twitter handle to post a letter from his lawyer, in a bid to back his claims up.
“The U.S. extradition request to the Bahamas is imminent. I met with Mario Gray, my extradition lawyer, and it is now clear that releasing the identity of Satoshi at this time could influence the trial and risk my extradition. I cannot risk that. I’ll wait,” McAfee tweeted.


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Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives at the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Liverpool, Britain December 12, 2021. Jon Super/Pool via REUTERS
January 3, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Washington on Wednesday, where she will discuss topics including the Russia-Ukraine conflict with her U.S. counterpart, Antony Blinken, and other politicians, a ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
Other topics on Baerbock’s first official visit to the United States will include future dialogue with Russia, climate, foreign policy and strengthening democracies, the spokesperson said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s foreign policy advisor will also meet his Russian and French counterparts this week, government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit told a regular news conference.
(Reporting by Zuzanna Szymanska, Editing by Miranda Murray)


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Between brilliant Prothonotary Warblers, splashing otters, and endemic map turtles, the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point, Mississippi, sees its fair share of amazing wildlife. Legend has it that dolphins and even a shark have wandered into the rich, aquatic ecosystem on its 70,000-acre grounds. Last week, the center received a few more special visitors: a female West Indian manatee swimming through Rhodes Bayou with her two adork-able babies.
The dramatic sighting occurred on June 21, the first day of Pascagoula's water-science summer camp. A crew of middle school students and staff were out on the boardwalk when one of the kids spotted three amorphous figures floating under the murky water, turned dark by decomposing plants. At first she thought it was a group of otters—that is, until a gray muzzle poked through the surface. A volunteer standing on the Dantzler Street bridge captured the scene on video.
After wintering in Florida, manatees migrate to the warm, coastal waters of Alabama and Mississippi, munching on vegetation along the way. But they’re not often seen in the rivers and lakes around Moss Point. The Rhodes Bayou sighting, which lasted for about 20 minutes, was a first for the students and Audubon staff.
Erin Parker, Pascagoula’s education and outreach manager, promptly reported the incident to Dauphin Island Sea Lab’s (DISL) Mobile Manatees Sighting Network, which tracks the whereabouts of the giant mammals for research purposes. To her surprise, DISL’s head manager instantly recognized the adult by the scars on her body, which were likely sustained by injuries from a motor boat—the leading cause of human-related injuries and deaths in manatees. This was further confirmed by a “belt” on her tail, indicating the former presence of a geo-locator tag. The mommy manatee, they learned, is a ripe 40 years old—the typical lifespan in the wild ranges from 40 to 60 years—and had lost her tag about 18 months ago. Parkers says the researchers were ecstatic to get an update on an animal they thought had fallen off their radar.
“That’s really the power of citizen science. We don’t have to be PhDs, scientists, or ornithologists,” says Parker. Seeing the manatees, she adds, was a nice touch to the camp's lessons on why water quality is important. Poor water quality, for instance, can trigger toxic algal blooms that can not only poison manatees, but also kill the sea grass they feed on.
Known for their lumbering movements, giant appetites, and gentle demeanor, West Indian manatees have been federally protected as an endangered species since 1972. Decades of conservation efforts and legislation led to mandates on boating speed limits and waterfront developments, resulting in a recent upswing in populations. In January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed reclassifying the species from endangered to threatened.
Parker advises locals to be on the lookout for the mammals along their summer-migration routes. The center will continue educating the public on the topic: Next month, it's hosting an event that teaches participants how to protect and identify manatees. For more details, go to the Pascagoula Audubon website.


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|Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Cambodia 02-04-2012|
At the invitation of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China paid a state visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia from 30 March to 2 April 2012.
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United Nations does not issue any Visa to Cambodia.
How to apply for Visa to Cambodia:
Visit the website of Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the United States in Washington, D.C.
Address: 4530 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011


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New Delhi: After giving stirring biopics on Paan Singh Tomar, Milkha Singh and Mary Kom in recent years, Bollywood is now gearing up with as many as six more biopics on athletes, actors and singers in 2015. Here is the list of the upcoming biopics we will get to see next year.
MS Dhoni: The first look of the biopic over the cricketing sensation Mahendra Singh Dhoni is already out and Sushant Singh Rajput who displayed the sports spirit in Kai Po Che looks completely transformed into Dhoni's avatar.
To be helmed by Special Chabbis and upcoming Baby director Neeraj Pandey, the flick is also reported to have Alia Bhatt as Dhoni's wife Sakshi. This clearly is one of the most awaited movies as it's been just few years and Dhoni's remarkable journey is fresh in one's wit.
Mohammad Azharuddin- To be directed by Kunal Deshmukh, the biopic on India's former cricket captain will feature Emraan Hashmi in the lead role. According to a leading daily, Emraan will have three different looks for this biopic which will go on floors from January 2015.
Dhyan Chand- The life of the three-time Olympic gold medalist hockey legend Dhyan Chand will be painted on big screen. Producer Karan Johar has taken over the rights to make the biopic and while Shah Rukh Khan has turned down the rumours of playing the athlete in the movie, Ranbir Kapoor is the most probable actor being looked forward for the lead role.
Kishore Kumar- The multi-talented Kishore Da's biopic will be helmed by Anurag Basu and once again it is going to be the Kapoor scion Ranbir to essay the role. Expressing the joy over it, Ranbir Kapoor in an interview to a leading daily said, "Everyone knows Kishore Kumar was a great singer and an actor. It's a great opportunity to do a biopic on him. But at the same time it is my duty as an actor to do full justice to my role and the film. It is a huge responsibility.”
MS Subbulakshmi- Vidya Balan, who created sensation by playing the sexy siren Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture, has been roped in to portray the legendary Carnatic singer MS Subbulakshmi onscreen. The movie will be directed by noted cinematographer and Tamil film-maker, Rajiv Menon.
Sanjay Dutt- The actor's life is filled with numerous controversies and watching it on big screen would be as interesting. His favorite director Rajkumar Hirani has taken up the responsibility to narrate his tale and once again Ranbir Kapoor is the first choice of the director.