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In this blog entry, I seek to contextualize female leadership during the civil rights movement. It is needless to say that, of course, the civil rights movement’s main goal was to achieve racial equality. During this process, however, patriarchal hierarchies were prevalent in most organizations fighting for racial equality. While the majority of leadership figures were male, there were also women with highly influential roles during the civil rights movement. The female leadership exercised by Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer will be under scrutiny for the purpose of this blog entry.
Ella Baker, born in 1903 in Virginia, was an activist who worked in numerous organizations for the cause of the civil rights movement. In terms of leadership, her role at the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) was of great importance. She was hired as the first permanent staff member, in order to organize the Crusade for Citizenship in 1958. For the lack of a better candidate, she became the executive director of SCLC. However, she was not satisfied with the organizational structures within the SCLC. According to Barbara Ransby, Baker regarded the SCLC as “an extension of the church, [thus] a patriarchal ethos took over. […] no[n] of the women who had sacrificed so much to ensure the Montgomery bus boycott’s success were invited to play a leadership role in the new organization” (175-6). Such organizational structures, that made the active participation of women difficult, were highly criticized by Baker.
Historically, Baker is regarded as a grassroots activist. This is of particular importance, when taking into consideration the distinction between grassroots activists and charismatic leaders; while charismatic leaders mobilize the masses for big events, grassroots activists organize communities to gain empowerment (cf Ransby 172). Thus, the leadership role of Ella Baker was carried out in the background. It is debatable whether or not her own opinion on leadership were shaped by her own experiences as a woman. There are many accounts of her complaining for not being taken seriously as a woman. Especially with regard to Martin Luther King Jr, and his not integrating her into his trusted goup of advisors she stated “After all, who was I? I was female, I was old, I didn’t have a PhD” (Ransby 173). This statement demonstrates the difficulties she faced for being a woman within patriarchal structures. The organizational structures within the SCLC did not allow for a woman to take on the role of a charismatic leader.
It was with the rise of the SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), that Ella Baker was able to strive from her full capacities. Her view of leadership was that “the most effective leaders were ones who emerged directly out of struggle” (Ransby 171). Therefore, non hierarchal structures were needed in order to escape gendered power relations. According to Belinda Robnett, the SNCC with its non centralized leadership “empowered women even in the absence of an explicit feminist doctrine” (131). Baker’s understanding of leadership, that “strong movements don’t need strong leaders” (Robnett 132) shaped the organization and functioning of the SNCC. Everyone was allowed to participate.
Fannie Lou Hamer, born in 1917, was another important figure at the SNCC. She was a central figure in organizing the Mississippi Freedom Summer. It was the organizational structure of SNCC, that allowed for her to take on such a detrimental role, besides her eloquence and determination to serve the cause of equality. As a former sharecropper, she experienced violence not only during her time as a worker, but also after that during her time as an activist. She survived a brutal beating after attempting to register in Winona in 1963 (cf Kai Lee 151).
“Whitihn The SNCC, the combination of an emphasis on grassroots leadership and the decentralization of decision-making created an atmosphere where women could lead as long as the position was untitled” (Robnett 134). The role of women such as Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer in the civil right movement, was that of grassroots activists. Of course, the ideas of today’s feminism are not applicable to that time. However, these women are examples of female leadership and how proper organizational structures allowed for theri voices to be heard.
Kai Lee, Channa “Anger, Memory, and Personal Power: Fannie Lou Hamer and Civil Rights Leadership” Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights – Black Power Movement. Eds Bettye Collier-Thomas and V.P. Franklin. New York: New York UP, 2001. 139-71. Print
Ransby, Barbara. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 2003. Print
Robnett, Belinda “Women in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee: Ideology Organizational Structure and Leadership” Gender and the Civil Rights Movement. Eds. Peter J. Ling and Sharon Monteith. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1999. 131-42. Print
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Pop's Garage in Shrewsbury
Article in the AP Press. Slated to open this Friday:
Is it me or are new "Mexican" (i.e., tacos, etc) restaurants becoming the new Italian restaurants (in other words, everywhere you look)?
There has been a large increase in the number of Mexican places, especially in areas like Red Bank, Long Branch and Asbury Park as a result of the expansion of local Pueblan Mexican communities. Fortunately, a large percentage of these places are family run, quite good and deserve the label "authentic." Unlike most of the ubiquitous Italian restaurants, these establishments are focused largely on the local community, and often English is a distant second language. There are also an increasing number of Tex Mex / Cal Mex and Caribbean Mex places of varying quality.
Ate at this place today. We were in the same plaza for a storytime at Jackrabbit Toys (I THINK that's what it was). Anyway, with a hungry tired baby who does not adjust well to having the clocks turned back an hour, we meandered over to Pop's Garage. We were the only customers there, but I was still surprised and pleased at how fast the food came out. I had two tacos.. carne asade and carnitas. Both were good, and served with a slice of lime. Also had a chicken empanada for an appetizer.. this was fantastic and the best thing I had. They had Boylan's soda on tap, which was a nice touch.. I had black cherry. Wife had a cheese quesadilla, baby had mac n' cheese. Casual atmosphere.. I bet myself I would hear a Grateful Dead song before we left.. and I was right.

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Kippreport gets the scoop from Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO of Emax, and Nadeem Khanzadah, head of omnichannel retail at Jumbo GroupSeptember 2, 2015 5:24
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November 22, 2010 12:21 by Reuters
The Iraq State Foodstuff Trading Company has issued an international tender to purchase at least 30,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, European traders said on Monday.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
After a slow buildup over a couple of months, my obsession with analog synths grew until I decided I just HAD to buy one (well, I got an analog modelling synthesizer, the Novation X-Station... I'm not made of, uh, money), and that it couldn't be that hard to teach myself. Let me remind you, I don't play piano, nor have I ever in the past, and in fact, can only play drums and occasionally more exotic percussion, so this will involve teaching myself 1)General music theory, basic things like intervals, what notes sound like together, etc. 2)Specific keyboard playing technique, and 3)The principles of sound synthesis. Maybe this was a bad idea. Does anyone want to give me free lessons? Cmon, be a dude.
Oh, and this record rules and is one of the things that made me want a synth so badly.

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Lewis & Clark biology Professor Paulette Bierzychudek was cycling her usual route to work a few months back -- through the River View Natural Area, contiguous to her campus -- when she saw a team of Portland Parks and Recreation workers spraying herbicide to remove invasive plants.
“They were doing a wholesale removal,” she said, getting rid of the curtains of ivy that festooned every tree and carpeted the forest floor, killing laurel, holly, blackberry and other non-native colonizers.
She and colleague Peter Kennedy, also a biology professor, started to wonder about how, or even if, a forest recovers after plant intruders have been removed.
“No one has investigated what happens after you get rid of all the invasives,” Bierzychudek said.
But after a chance encounter at the site with Kendra Petersen-Morgan, the city’s natural resources ecologist for the west side, a plan for a collaborative study was born. It's an effort that brings together the research community with city land managers, allowing both parties to learn more about the ecological dynamics in play on land being actively managed for the first time in more than 100 years.
River View Natural Area was purchased last year from River View Cemetery for $11.5 million. It was acquired jointly by the Bureau of Environmental Services, Portland Parks and Recreation, Metro and the Trust for Public Land.
“This property was identified as a priority for acquisition and management,” Petersen-Morgan said by email. The 146 acres are home to seven streams, which play a role in reducing water temperatures in the Willamette River, and it provides critical habitat for wildlife.
So how exactly will the Lewis & Clark College ecologists go about tracking the forest’s progress after the initial removal of invasives?
By doing annual surveys -- observing how the abundance of plant species changes over time.
On a recent morning, intern Laura Bogar and student volunteer Sabina Blizzard were hard at work in the biology lab constructing a quadrat out of plastic piping.
The square frame, further divided into smaller squares, is used to isolate a portion of forest floor and count the plants within it.
Jessica Nelson, another intern working on the study, was nearby at a computer, making maps of the natural area.
She was plotting random geographic points so researchers can head into the forest and, using handheld GPS devices, place their quadrats at pre-determined observation areas.
The women and their professors were also working on putting together an exhaustive vegetation log -- printed on rainproof paper -- so they can count and identify plants found.
They’ve done some initial observation of natives on the land -- a long list that includes trillium, vine maple, grand fir, salmonberry, sweet cicely and others.
Their annual survey plan would identify and count plants in the study areas every May for the next three to five years, and perhaps beyond.
In addition to the study sites within River View, control sites will be established on contiguous Lewis & Clark forest land still clogged with ivy and other invasives.
As well as this forest recovery study, Lewis & Clark students will conduct other wildlife research on the River View land, looking at bird, mammal and insect life.
“Students here do original research from the start,” Kennedy said. "They get to follow up on their own interests, and we help them design a study.”
Results of the forest recovery and other studies will eventually be available on a public website.
The Parks Bureau will also benefit from the additional data on changing habitat and vegetation conditions. It is, Petersen-Morgan said, “a more complicated and diverse suite of studies than we have the staffing capacity to address.”
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Did any one help but notice how the St. Catharines Standard’s competition in the Niagara market slammed them in a story about the NHS?
On July 25, 2008, Doug Draper of Niagara This Week wrote in his column about a Standard story (written by Matthew Van Dongen, July 19, 2008) titled “Oh baby! Health plan delivers for Garden City”. Draper wrote that this headline came across making the Standard look like a “public relations agent for the NHS since it announced its selection of the west St. Catharines site for the hospital some five years ago.
That newspaper’s panting over the possibility of the Garden City becoming “the baby capital of Niagara” notwithstanding, what the rest of us ought to remember is that this is the same NHS that, almost every time groups of doctors in our health system or others put forth a case for a more centrally located regional or “super” hospital for Niagara, responds with an out-worn line that it is committed, instead, to “community-based hospitals.””
Draper used to work at the Standard years ago as the token environment reporter. Maybe Draper’s kinda jealous of Van Dongen, seeing that he’s now the Standard’s ‘greenie’ guy, however, the Standard’s spin on this NHS plan was smugly self-satisfied, that’s certain. Spinning that St. Catharines will become the baby capital really hides the greater fact that other Niagara cities will be losing what they had before.
I agree with Draper that the NHS decision to move to the greenfields near Lincoln was an asinine move, but the Hotel Dieu property has already been sold off to developers.
Let’s recall St. Catharines Liberal MPP Jim Bradley’s bellicose blusterings when he was in Opposition, like this gem about hospital restructuring from the Legislature (Sept 25, 1996):
“Mr James J. Bradley (St Catharines): I have the following petition:
"Whereas the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario promised to cut not one cent from health care; and
"Whereas the Mike Harris government has proceeded to cut over $1 billion of much-needed dollars from the community hospitals; and
"Whereas the broken health care promise means that St Catharines General Hospital can no longer afford to employ 20% of its workforce resulting in 220 people paying the price for the funding shortfall from the provincial government; and
"Whereas the people of St Catharines have come to rely upon the caring professional service provided by health caregivers at the general hospital, the Shaver Hospital and the Hotel Dieu Hospital and who view this betrayal by the Mike Harris government as an attack on quality health care services in the Niagara region; and
"Whereas the only area where the government has experienced any success in the field of health has been in its ability to threaten institutions and organizations who have been cut off at the knees by drastic cuts that they will be cut even further or closed should they not cooperate;
"We, the undersigned, petition the Legislature of Ontario as follows:
"That the Ontario government keep their election promise and restore health care spending to the level at which they promised during the last election campaign so that the general hospital and other hospitals in St Catharines are able to keep the valuable services of all of their employees."
I affix my signature as I'm in complete agreement with this petition.”
It’s such a trip to the sepia-toned land of blissful Liberalism at its most defiant, its most poignantly hypocritical, isn’t it? Let’s not forget how Bradley blustered in opposition about ‘Harris closing the Hotel Dieu’ hospital in St. Catharines – but, it was actually sold off under Bradley’s government! Did you read the part above about Bradley’s allegations about ‘threatened closures if institutions don’t cooperate’?? This is what is happening under Bradley’s own Liberal government today!! (See the St. Catharines Standard, July 26, 2008, editorial further below)
The St Catharines Standard (Oct. 28, 1998) described a holier-than-thou Bradley blustering that “it was the "height of hypocrisy" for the premier to be extolling the virtues of restructuring when community hospitals are being closed.
"We have the most elderly population in this province," he said. "On all too frequent a basis, we have a crisis in emergency care. Yet Mike Harris's destruction commission has put the boots to the religious hospitallers of St. Joseph and those who have worked for that health-care facility and its patients for 50 years."
Wow, Jim – yet now, who’s denying the Ombudsman to investigate their health monopoly? Whose pathetic treatment of “the most elderly population in this province” has become the limited focus of another Ombudsman investigation…you bet – it’s Jimmy’s Liberals!!
And doncha jus’ love Jimbo’s use of the phrase “destruction commission”?! Precious!! That's the Good Ole Jimmy we miss today - that smug, B.S. spouting, big-mouthed monopoly-pushin’ Grit hypocrite!
Today - Bradley's Liberal healthcare system is proposing ‘putting the boots’ to and destroying half of Niagara’s health care facilities – and Jimmy’s nowhere to be found!!! His boots now are made for walkin’, so that’s what Jimmy’s gone and done!
Remember how the St. Catharines Standard (May 29, 1999) reported:
“"We have to put money back into the hospitals and other aspects of health care," said Jim Bradley, the Liberal incumbent running in St. Catharines riding.
Those funds could be found in the existing government budget through measures such as cutting multimillion-dollar consultants' contracts or advertising bills, Bradley said.
And Bradley, who has found health care is the issue voters most want to talk about, has a long list of government decisions over the past four years which must be reviewed, including everything from the final report of the restructuring commission to delisting drugs some seniors can no longer afford to buy.
"I don't believe St. Catharines can easily get by with one active- treatment hospital," said Bradley, alluding to the commission's decision Hotel Dieu will become and ambulatory-care centre and not have acute-care beds. In the Garden City, only St. Catharines General Hospital will have acute-care beds.”
“Put money back”, eh, Jim? But now, where’s your multi-billion-dollar Health-Tax money gone, Jim?
‘Long list of decisions to review’, eh, Jim? Let’s review what you and your Liberal government knew about C. Diff and the high patient mortality-rate in St. Catharines General hospital, Jim.
You ‘don’t believe St. Catharines can get by with one hospital’, eh, Jim? But that’s what you went ahead and did, Jim! One hospital in St. Catharines!! Not only did your government do that, but it looks like your Liberals are going to force the entire region of Niagara to get by on one hospital!! Pretty soon, the ONLY Niagara acute-care beds will be in St. Catharines … (until those eventually get consolidated to Hamilton …to save medicare, of course)
I’ve previously written that the new hospital’s site should have been in downtown St. Catharines, according to the Harris government’s sensible “Smart Growth” development philosophy. Yet, the NHS, under the Liberals, made the decision to move to the exurbs, and no one, provincially, federally, municipally, or regionally, did anything to convince them otherwise. Draper moaning now about changing the site is really, I believe, almost too late, short of some shocking intervention by the new Liberal Health Minister, David Caplan.
The greater problem everyone seems to forget is the perspective that all of this restructuring is occurring in a MONOPOLY system. These problems have festered and come to roost because Ontario’s bloated system has been protected and coddled from competition and accountability, by all stripes of single-tier-health-care-ideology-addicted politicians. Socialists want even more disastrous medicare, over and above the demonstrably disastrous system we have now. Yet no one wants to talk about the kind of opportunities that would come from a private-parallel system.
The problem is with the Canada Health Act and the Liberal Commitment To the Future of Medicare Act. These two legislations have ultimately conspired to enable the NHS to close facilities in order to ‘save’ medicare!
Remember Kathleen Tod (Toronto Star , Mar.17, 1997) writing “As St. Catharines MPP Jim Bradley succinctly put it at a public meeting protesting recommended closing of four Niagara hospitals: “The committee appears to concede that we must cut off our leg at the knee for fear the provincial government will cut it off at the hip.”"
Ah, yes…how can we forget Smug Ole Jim Bradley’s role in the mess that is the NHS. Ten years ago, in opposition, Jim was blabbing homilies about cutting your leg off at the knee, so as the government won’t cut it off at the hip later – how clever!! Gosh darn, the Star ate that stuff up!
(Oddly, that VERY SAME quote (“As St. Catharines MPP Jim Bradley succinctly put it at a public meeting protesting recommended closing of four Niagara hospitals: “The committee appears to concede that we must cut off our leg at the knee for fear the provincial government will cut it off at the hip.''”) was used again, this time by Janet Davison in a St. Catharines Standard, on May 29, 1999 – over a year later!!
Smug quotes from Jim Bradley, the Oracle of Secord Dr., are apparently timeless classics, recyclable at any time that some additional Liberal health care duplicity is in order.
Yet today, a not-very-succinct Bradley is nowhere to be found WHEN HIS OWN LIBERAL HEALTH SYSTEM is actually doing what Bradley once accused that Mike Harris would do!
Is Draper onto something when he notes that the Standard has in a way become the voice of the NHS ‘status-quo’?
A case can be made that Good Ole Jimmy has for too long been getting an overly easy ride from the local press. There have been more than enough Standard health care stories and editorials where Jim Bradley’s comments, or a scrutiny of Jim Bradley’s influence upon the situation being written about, is simply not mentioned. No mention either whether Bradley had even been contacted for a response, but didn’t respond. It’s like Bradley is being protected from scrutiny.
So when Draper talks about The Standard as being, well, NHS friendly, is that like then acknowledging that the Standard is pretty much Liberal Bradley friendly, also?
Take a look at the Standard’s editorial today July 26, 2008, and ask yourself who (as Bradley once said of Harris) is now ‘extolling the virtues of restructuring when facilities are being closed’!
You just have to wonder how happily supportive of these restructuring proposals the Standard would be if Harris was in power!! You can bet that this very same proposal, had the NHS made it during Harris’s term, would have sent Smug Ole Jimmy Bradley into a flicking fit of political and rhetorical apoplexy. Now, the Standard endorses it and the local Liberal is nowhere to be found – no quotes in the local paper, no mention of Jim Bradley in the following editorial at all:
So here is the St. Catharines Standard editorial from July 26, 2008: (my comments are in italics)
“The NHS lays a solid plan for the future.
Get past the hysteria, and what you will see is a solid plan for the future operation of Niagara's hospitals. (yes…in a monopoly system. What happens if the McCreith/Holmes constitutional charter challenge ends up unfavourably for the McGuinty Liberal government?)
The Niagara Health System's Hospital Improvement Plan is being largely panned beyond the borders of St. Catharines.
(that’s because the rest of Niagara will be losing what they thought and expected was the healthcare promised to them by the Liberals. They are being short changed with a McGuinty bait and switch health-care routine – cutting nearby facilities and forcing people to go further for shrinking services. If this happened to St. Catharines, and the new super hospital was, say in Fort Erie, the Standard surely wouldn’t be singing this tune. Conversely, maybe the super hospital should be built, say, in Smithville – that’s pretty fairly central to everyone too, isn’t it? Would the Standard gloat about that option?)
There are concerns about closing emergency rooms in Port Colborne and Fort Erie. Welland and Niagara Falls face losing their maternity wards. (and they are valid concerns: were Niagarans aware of Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal Healthcare Duplicity, when they voted in Oct. 2007!? We were assured by the Liberals that health care was fine, there were no problems!)
But the NHS is in a tough spot. The services it currently provides cost more than the money coming in. (the Standard fails to ask whether the Liberal’s monopolist Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act has anything to do with this – since the only legal payer for medical services is the Liberal government itself, why aren’t the services properly funded??? I mean, that’s what the lefties MUST DO since they have taken away our own right to pay for our own health care!)
It has major staffing shortfalls. Emergency rooms are crowded. (so how will closing facilities ease staffing? How will that ease emergency room overcrowding, when more patients will be trekking to fewer available facilities. Will patient volume somehow miraculously decline?)
The local health system needs to be modernized. (competition by its nature strives to improve and modernize its facilities and practices…something the Liberal’s health care monopoly is cosily protected from. Why should they 'modernize' (whatever that actually means) anyway? They don’t have to!! It’s not like they won’t get paid at the end of the day no matter how poorly they provide a service…in a no-choice, non-competitive monopoly, there is no real incentive to reinvest. The NHS facilities are oddly all sort of stopped in time in the 1960’s – when Tommy Douglas’s Great Leap Forward occurred, major local hospital redevelopment stopped.)
In an effort to address these issues, in particular the inability of the NHS to balance its budget, (why…it’s not because the Liberals funding model was faulty, was it?!)
the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network requested the HIP. (that’s an interesting spin, that the LHIN, in their designated role in this health-care soap-opera as the ‘bad-guys’, “requested” this – but wasn’t it AFTER KIM CRAITOR started making noises about the NHS?
And wasn’t that AFTER the now-conveniently forgotten 2007 Ontario auditor’s report, which slammed the Liberal’s health system?
And didn’t Craitor begin to seriously start making theses noises back in early Dec. 2007 – only several days AFTER the Liberals were embarrassed by the revelation at the end of Nov. 2007 (conveniently for the Liberals, after the election!) that that the NHS hospital in St. Catharines had the third highest death-rate in Canada??
Wasn’t this when the NHS circus of ‘reviewing the reviews’ began, and former Liberal health minister Smitherman at the time hemmed-and-hawed about whether he even wanted to bother to do anything, anyway?
The same Smitherman who said that the NHS was in some kind of spending “free-for-all”? And Good Ole Jim Bradley – from St. Catharines – said SWEET FLICK ALL about the high mortality rate in his own riding!
Jimmy didn’t bother to call for any investigation!!
Jimmy even downplayed that a “review” was only “routine stuff’, anyway – nothing to see here, folks…move on!!
Let’s not pretend and spin it that somehow the LHIN initiated this HIP - there were many earlier underlying signs that the NHS was in serious trouble.
But it is crucial to note, that Jim Bradley to this day has not provided an explanation for the high death-rate in his own riding’s hospital.
The Liberals out and out denied that there was any funding link problem related to the high death-rate – and suddenly from that – we’ve got a major Niagara hospital consolidation plan!?! How are these things connected?? The Standard claims it’s because the NHS needs to balance its budget – but that doesn’t explain the death rate. Will the death-rate go up if the NHS cuts its spending?)
The result is a good blueprint prepared by Niagara doctors and nurses expected to shave $31.9 million off NHS expenditures, and turn a $17.9-million deficit last year into a $1.5-million surplus by 2013.
The deficit for this year is projected at $16.1 million. (Oh yay…more financial smoke and mirrors: again, what is “extra”, in a closed monopoly system, funded solely by the whim of the Liberal government?
It’s not “extra” at all, it’s just spin – it’s really an acknowledgement of lack of planning and of initial budgetary underfunding, isn’t it?! These “extras” are happily ‘topped up’ by politicians at convenient photo-ops.
Also, how - and why - would the NHS operate with a future surplus, for cryin’ out loud?! Similarly – how can a “surplus” exist in this same closed system – that also is a sign of inefficient capital deployment. There is no correlation between costs and expenses and services and efficiencies in Ontario’s closed, single-payer, central-planning-managed health care monopoly.
The ‘normal’ forces of a market have been purposefully skewed by socialist health-care economic policies. The concept of deficits and surpluses is an artificial construct within the monopoly, governed at the whim of the controlling majority Liberal government through their Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act.
‘Saving money’ by consolidating health services within a monopoly construct does not benefit the patient – it’s for strengthening the monopoly. These two goals are mutually exclusive – as the charade of the NHS plan is showing itself to be. We are told to accept the cuts, because we have to save some socialist system – which breeds more cuts.)
What is needed to calm the hysteria is some understanding about what is being proposed.
When you tell someone the emergency room in their community hospital is closing, it's understandable that they will get a little anxious, if not panic-stricken.
What many don't seem to know is that the emergency departments at Douglas Memorial Hospital in Fort Erie and Port Colborne General will be converted to prompt care centres.
This could be where the NHS needs to improve its message. (the message of bait and switch?)
There are two main differences between prompt care centres and emergency rooms. One, ambulances don't drop patients off at prompt care centres. Two, prompt care centres close overnight.
If the HIP is accepted and adopted, Douglas Memorial and Port Colborne General will effectively have fully-functioning emergency rooms -- open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. NHS senior staff say that will cover 97 per cent of the patients who currently frequent emergency services in those facilities. (so folks, make sure you don’t have an accident during the hours that your no-choice healthcare monopoly is closed! The reason it is closed is because we need to save the system, not necessarily YOU!
Man, I hope Michael Sicko Moore can use this comedy material for his next propaganda film)
As for obstetrics, maternity services will still be available in Niagara. But the field of medicine will be specialized and improved in the new St. Catharines hospital. It's a bit a drive for some, but it's not onerous. Many people in this province, both urban and rural, live a 30-minute drive, or more, from their closest hospital. (hey look – the beginnings of the 100-mile health care diet! It’s not onerous for you to drive/walk/crawl/be carried further to save Tommy Douglas’s reputation, is it?)
Absent the HIP prepared by the NHS, reforms could be imposed on the local health system from above.
(oh … you mean, just like Good Ole Jimmy Bradley threatened and fearmongered that Harris would do?! Such as that Harris “would threaten institutions and organizations who have been cut off at the knees by drastic cuts that they will be cut even further or closed should they not cooperate” - as Jim Bradley said in the Legislature (noted earlier) on Sept. 25, 1996?!!
"If the ministry feels a hospital is not dealing with issues appropriately, it has the authority to send in an supervisor," NHS CEO Debbie Sevenpifer told an editorial board of Osprey Media's Niagara newspapers Thursday.
That supervisor would have the power to draft a reform plan and impose it on the local hospital system, and there are no guarantees it would be change that is for the best in Niagara. (if the ministry had sent in a supervisor, then the Ombudsman could legally investigate the NHS!!
Why didn’t the Standard’s editorial board ask the NHS whether they think that step would be preferable – for patient well-being?
Why didn’t the Standard also ask the NHS at the time to explain the reasons for their having the hospital with the third-highest mortality rate in Canada?
Why not ask the NHS how much information was provided about this situation to local MPP Jim Bradley’s Liberal government prior to his Oct.2007 re-election?
Was the Liberal’s funding model in any way related to the high mortality rate found by CIHI in Nov.2007?)
"We have all these services and programs in Niagara, but the ministry could dictate moving services out of the region," said Dr. Jeff Cranford, NHS chief of surgery. "If the LHIN wants to move services to Hamilton, there is nothing we can do about it. (yikes … who’s spreading the alarmism now?
“Nothing we can do about it”?! That’s a telling attitude, and it contains a crucial insight: Patients can do NOTHING, because by Liberal law, we are trapped in their health care monopoly.
This is exactly what the McCreith/Holmes constitutional health-care challenge against McGuinty’s health system is all about.
We are forced to believe doomsday scenarios that “There is nothing we can do” because we are forced into this bind by the Liberals.
We are then fooled into believing that some stinking Liberals will then magically solve the problems, which they themselves were instrumental in creating.
Of course we can do something about it – we can ban Liberal healthcare monopolies. We can have patient-payer choices. We can have a private-parallel health system. Or, we can just close down more Niagara hospitals.)
"That is partly why it is important this plan be sensible, doable and hard for them to reject." (once again, roll over for the Liberals, eh? Once again, kow-tow to please the Liberal monopolist masters!)
The HIP plan is solid, will help the NHS get out of the red and was made in Niagara by Niagara health-care professionals. (again, why is the NHS in the red, and, why is that some kind of problem? Has it been proven that the NHS somehow squandered funds not for patient care? Has anyone actually investigated? Why isn’t the Liberal’s monopolist funding model - you know, the one Liberals adamantly kept saying is fine – not the focus of attention?)
It is a change, yes. But it is not change to fear. In the end, this plan will make health care in Niagara better, stronger and more efficient.” (hopeful conjecture)
If one re-reads the St. Catharines Standard’s editorial of Dec.4, 2007 (see: Ontario's broken health system cure: a big box of Band-Aids), and compares it to their July 26, 2008 Liberal-friendly apologist editorial above, it’s hard to believe that they are now writing about the same health care system!!
It’s hard to believe that within seven months, the Standard’s “new approach” to a “broken health care system” would really only amount to tinkering with closures and consolidations, and of acquiescing to the disease of 'status-quo' Liberal health care duplicity. (ie, the Liberal ass-kissing continues unabated...)


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MSD IT and the Fashion Design studio at UMPRUM (the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague) have struck up a collaboration within the context of a two-semester research & experimental project on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which seeks a marriage between creativity and technology in the spirit of innovation and humanism. The project examines AI as a phenomenon from the vantage point of the millennials – the first native-born digital generation, with its natural urge to become personally engaged, to assume responsibility, and to take a sustainable approach to production and consumption. Areas of interest comprise healthcare, digital therapy, gaming, well-being, social mapping, big data, deep learning, augmented and mixed reality. Projects by individual students showcase unique creative visions, bolstered by relevant visual project descriptions that include original methods, techniques, and applications. The cream of the crop will be presented in the form of a multimedia exhibition at the prestigious Ars Electronica in Linz (Austria) in September 2018 and at the Designblok exhibition in Prague in October 2018.
The collaboration itself was centered around two lectures on the topic Digital Health/Wearable (Josef Holý), two Design Thinking workshops (Bob Marvan, Klára Sedláková, Inka Pavelka) – which covered original projects by students as well as a group project on a specific assignment: the redesign of a shirt capable of real-time ECG readings (in collaboration with the Žilina-based textile research institute VÚTECH-CHEMITEX and the department of biomedical engineering UNIZA Žilina) – and an excursion to the international WEAR IT festival in Berlin which brings together tech and creativity.
All these activities (lectures and workshops) have shown that it is possible to foster interplay between the industry (MSD) and a highly creative field of study (Fashion Design at UPRUM) by drawing upon a shared methodology for the creation of interactive, digital, user-centric products and services (Design Thinking) with the potential to impact (directly or tangentially) the lifestyle of individuals (i.e., patients) and thus to improve their health.
The groundwork has thus been laid for further mutual cooperation in future semesters which ought to produce concepts and quite possibly commercially viable products for real-life use.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Sunflowers are blooming in South Knoxville!
It's time to start planning your trip for those summery photoshoots in a truly Instagrammable spot.
The flowers typically bloom in July and start to wither in August so there's no time to waste.
The fields are at the Forks of the River Wildlife Management Area near the Ijams Nature Center.
If you are traveling south towards Ijams, continue heading south on Island Home Road. When you arrive at the intersection of Island Home Road and McClure Road, turn left. At the end of McClure Road, there is a yellow gate, just beyond it is the sunflower field. Parking is in the gravel lot on your left when you reach the gate.
There are multiple fields so make sure you don't stop at the first one along the trail.
What you'll see along the way:
It is important to note that while the trails are well-marked, they are not ADA compliant. Please use caution when you venture out.
These sunflowers are for much more than our enjoyment.
They're some of the different crops the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has planted for the wildlife over the years. The sunflowers were meant to attract doves, bees and butterflies.
TWRA only plants the flowers every other year to give the soil time to regenerate.
Here are some things to keep in mind before you snap those Instagram-worthy summer pics:
- Don't pick the sunflowers.
- Try your best not to crush the sunflowers. There are natural paths through the rows.
- Bees and other bugs love sunflowers. Just leave them be and they won't bother you.
- You'll have to walk to the fields. Make sure you wear comfortable shoes.
- Be kind to those around you. We all love the sunflowers so just be patient.

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Hi guys, new to the forum. I just inherited this shotgun from my dad and know very little about it. It has two interchangeable barrels one 8.7mm/16g and one with 16g/16g. My grandfather brought it back from ww2. Curious to find out more about it. Thanks in advance!
Wow...you have a very nice example of a German combination gun with an extra set of double gun barrels. Proofed and probably made in Suhl, Thuringia and retailed by L. Damm Barmen who is quite possibly not the maker. Made "for the trade" meaning Barmen possibly ordered it from a maker in Suhl. Witten Excelsior is the steel from which the barrels are made, good stuff. 16 is the bore and the circled 16 indicates 2 1/2 in. chambers rather than the more modern 2 3/4 and the W on the left barrel simply indicates that it was choked but it's never mentioned what the choke is. 2 1/2 in. ammo is available from RST and others.
The right barrel of the set that is a rifle appears to be for the 9.3 X 72R Deutsche cartridge, a very popular cartridge of the era for combination guns and drillings. Sellier & Belloit still make ammunition for it that may fit and as the rifle is Nitro proofed it should be safe to fire but should be checked by a gunsmith competent in old German firearms. I can't quite make out the stamps on the side of the rifle barrel but that is the bullet weight and type for which the rifle was proofed. In 9.3 X 72R it is generally a bullet of about 200 grs. weight and in your case was a steel bullet. The combination gun barrels have the typical for the era claw type scope mounts. It also has the Greener crossbolt, that extension with the hole in it that extends from the rear of the barrels and the corresponding bolt in the top of the receiver. It also has the side clips, those extensions on the sides of the bosses. Very strong.
As there is no date code stamped, that I can see, I'm fairly certain that puts it pre-1921. Yours is somewhat rare in that it has two sets of barrels. All that is left to complete the ensemble is the claw rings and a period scope to go in them. The rings can be made but unfortunately they are pricey. The gun is a fine example of German craftsmanship of the era and, even today. You didn't mention it so my hope is that you are not thinking of having it re-finished. Please don't. If you do you will remove approximately 1/2 the value and the world will suffer the loss of yet another fine, original German firearm. I'm certain you're quite proud to own it, you should be. First of all for the men it came from, your Dad and Grandfather, and secondly for what it is. Again....Wow!!! Very nice!!!!! Congrats!!!
Very nice German "Büchsflinte" with interchangeable SxS 16/65 shotgun barrels.
L. Damm was the retailer in Barmen, since 1929 belonging to Wuppertal. This special gun was manufactured between 1912 and 1925 in Suhl /Germany. The gunmaker is not shown, probably the sign of a dolphin under 9,3 x 72 d belongs to him. The barrels for rifle /shotgun combination are made from "Krupp Flusstahl Essen" (Krupp fluid steel), caliber is 9,3 x 72 R d. The d means "Dornheim", the strongest cartridge of this caliber with 685m/s muzzle velocity. The barrel was proofed with 2,35g (36,266gr) G.B.P. ("Gewehrblättchenpulver", special powder before nitro), also proofed with nitro powder past 1912 (crown over N). The bore of the rifle barrel is 8,7mm. 23847 is the serial number. Between 1912 and 1925 the proof date of Suhl was not shown.
The Barrels of the shotgun 16/65mm were made from special fluid steel "Witten Excelsior", another famous gun steel maker in Witten/Ruhr.
Wow! Thanks for the info guys! I'm stoked to have a peice of family history so I have no intentions of selling it but would be interested to now an approximate value for insurance purposes. Is that something a gunsmith would do? Can anybody suggest a good gunsmith in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area by chance for these types of guns? Would really like to get it looked over as my dad never used it and doesn't recall his father ever using it either.
I have to stand corrected. I thought the "d" was Deutsche but as soon as I saw Dornheim I recognized my error. Thanks Marble! I missed the hints at Krupp also, good catch Marble, I really had to look for it but I did find it!!!
Br, I have no idea the exchange rate between Canada and the US so take that into consideration. From me, down here, a loose estimate would be around $2,000.00. You see some for less but not much and usually higher for one in the condition that one appears to be in. I do believe the two sets of barrels worth a premium but I'm sorry I don't know how much to add....and I'd be hunting with that gun!!!!


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It remains anyone’s guess as to when interest rates will rise, but consumers who are planning to use unsecured credit are being urged to take action now.
The average rate for mid-sized loans has nearly halved since the start of the year, and this news comes as providers continue to fight amongst themselves to provide the most competitive credit-card deals, too.
“It’s good news all round for many borrowers at the moment,” said Kevin Mountford, of Moneysupermarket.com, which carried out the analysis.
“Providers are vying to be top dog in the credit-card and loan markets, meaning that deals are being extended and rates are being reduced in order to attract customers.
“However, with Bank of England governor Mark Carney recently signalling that base rate will rise sooner rather than later, the era of cheap borrowing may be coming to an end. Consumers should act now to make the most of the current deals before they disappear.”
People looking to borrow £7,500 over five years were being offered an average interest rate of 10.16% in January, but since then the average rate has plummeted to just over 5.5%. Meanwhile, the average rate for loans of £5,000 was just shy of 15% at the start of 2014, but it has since fallen to about 8%.
Just because rates are low, it doesn’t mean you should borrow if you don’t need to. Never forget that anything you borrow will need to be paid back regardless of the interest rate – low rates don’t mean “no rates”.
It’s also worth remembering that the best rates are usually available only for borrowers with good credit histories. If your record is not spotless, you should expect to be offered a higher rate.


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Published on: 11/3/2023
The acromioclavicular (AC) joint is the joint in the shoulder formed by the junction of the acromion, a bony projection of the scapula (shoulder blade) that overlies the shoulder, and the clavicle (collar bone). Overall, the AC joint has limited motion in comparison to many joints, but it does slightly aid in range of motion of the shoulder joint. The AC joint and surrounding ligaments also helps stabilize the shoulder by limiting both vertical and horizontal motion. Injury to the AC joint, also known as a shoulder separation, is typically an injury to the joint itself and surrounding ligaments, which can lead to pain and visual deformity of the shoulder.
Causes of AC joint injury
AC joint injury or a “shoulder separation” is commonly sports or trauma related and involves disruption of the AC joint ligaments or the nearby coracoclavicular (CC) ligaments. These ligaments are typically injured by a direct blow to the shoulder, often the result of a fall onto the shoulder when playing football and other contact sports. This video shows when University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young injured his AC joint. Dr. Momaya was invited to 3 Man Front on JOX Radio to discuss the injury. Injury to the AC joint is also quite common in traumatic events such as car and motorcycle wrecks or falling from elevated surfaces.
Symptoms of AC joint injury
The two most common symptoms of AC joint injury include pain and visual deformity of the shoulder (Figure 1). Pain is usually located directly over the AC joint with both tenderness to palpation and shoulder movement. Depending on the severity of injury, the shoulder can appear similar to the other side or can have abnormal contouring.
Diagnosis of AC joint injury
AC joint injuries are diagnosed through a combination of the history of injury, physical exam, and radiographic (x-ray) findings (Figure 2). Notice the elevated clavicle in relation to the coracoid. Symptoms consistent with those mentioned above, in combination with abnormal x-ray findings, are typically all that is required to make the diagnosis of AC joint injury.
Treatment of AC joint injuries
Injuries can often be classified into two major categories, those that can be treated conservatively and those that require surgery. This determination is most classically based off the amount of displacement or shift of the bones on the injured side when compared to the uninjured side on x-ray. Although multiple factors are weighed into each individual’s treatment plan, most AC joint injuries with less than 100%, or complete, displacement are treated non-operatively. Conservative treatment commonly involves a combination of brief immobilization in a sling, rest, ice, and physical therapy. Depending on the severity of injury, most people can return to normal activity by 2-3 months.
On the other hand, AC joint injuries with greater than 100% displacement or those with ongoing severe pain following conservative treatment often require surgical treatment in order to restore function and reduce pain in the injured shoulder. Surgery typically involves using a tissue graft, usually from a donor (allograft), to reconstruct the injured CC (coracoclavicular ligament). Strong synthetic suture is often used to augment the reconstruction. Figure 3 shows a picture after ligament reconstruction. Notice the reduced clavicle. After surgery and a few weeks in a sling, physical therapy is initiated with the goal of increasing shoulder range of motion and strengthening the muscles around the shoulder.

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The Vertiflex procedure is a treatment option offered for patients with spinal stenosis who have failed to manage their pain with conservative treatments and medications. A confirmatory MRI and X-ray will be needed to visualize the patient’s stenosis. Patients with spinal stenosis typically have increased back pain when straightening out their back, such as when they are sleeping or standing/sitting up straight for extended periods of time. The Vertiflex works to restrict spinal extension (straightening), while preserving lateral and rotation movement. A small implant is placed between vertebral spinous processes. These implants widen interlaminar spaces without creating rigidity. Studies show long-term sustained clinical benefit compared to traditional laminectomies, and the Vertiflex procedure is less invasive for those who do not want to undergo major surgery for their pain. This procedure is performed with the patient under sedation, while being carefully monitored by our anesthesia providers to ensure minimum complications.
What conditions can this treat?
Lumbar spinal stenosis can be caused by many conditions other than aging wear and tear:
- Anatomical birth conditions, such as scoliosis
- Spinal tumors compressing the cord
- Injuries or chronic micro-trauma
- Paget’s disease of bone
- Ligamentous excess calcium deposits


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Find Out Which Brands Still Use Toxic BPA-Lined Cans (And Which Don't)
In a survey of more than 250 brands of canned food, researchers found that more than 44 percent use bisphenol-A (BPA) lined cans for some or all of their products.
With 109 brands not responding or providing enough information, that number could be a lot higher.
The survey, released yesterday by Environmental Working Group (EWG), found that 78 brands use BPA-lined cans for all of their products, 34 brands use BPA-lined cans for some of their products and 31 use BPA-free cans for all of their products. The survey was conducted between January and August of 2014.
BPA is used to make polycarbonate plastics and is found in some canned foods and beverages, paper receipts and dental sealants. Studies show that just about everyone has traces of the chemical in their body, and researchers believe diet is the major exposure route. The compound can leach out of can linings and into the food.
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Last week Environmental Health News reported on new research that found even after people metabolize BPA, the resulting compound may still spur obesity. Exposure is a concern as BPA has been linked to a host of health impacts including reproductive and developmental problems, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. The compound mimics estrogen hormones and can disrupt people's endocrine systems.
Some of the more popular brands that EWG found to be completely BPA-free were Amy's Kitchen, Annie's Homegrown and Sprouts Farmers Market, while BPA users included Target's Market Pantry, Bush's, Carnation, Dinty Moore and Eagle Brand.
See the full report here.
Federal regulations do not require canned goods to disclose BPA-based linings. EWG researchers had to rely on data from LabelINSIGHT, a company that gathers U.S. supermarket information.
“The biggest problem is that people have no reliable way of knowing whether they are buying food that is laced with this toxic chemical,” said Samara Geller, an EWG database analyst, in a statement. “By releasing this analysis, we hope to arm people with the critical information they need to avoid BPA and make smarter shopping decisions.”
According to the report, "companies that said they had eliminated BPA or were in the process of doing so did not disclose the substitutes they were using," so it's unclear if the BPA-free products were using compounds similar to BPA, such as bisphenol-S, which has been shown to exhibit similar health impacts to BPA.
Researchers, however, have mostly found BPS in receipt paper.
BPA is no longer used in baby bottles and sippy cups in the U.S., but the federal Food and Drug Administration has maintained the levels that may leach from canned goods into food do not pose a risk to human health.
EWG's director of research, Renee Sharp, said a national standard is necessary to protect people's health.
“Many people on tight budgets or with little access to fresh food rely on canned food as a source of nutrients,” Sharp said in a statement. “That’s why we need to get this right. We need a clear national standard that limits the use of BPA in canned food and improves transparency so that people can know when and if they are ingesting this harmful chemical.”
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Wisdom the mōlī, or Laysan albatross, is the oldest wild bird known to science at the age of at least 70. She is also, as of February 1, a new mother.

🚨Cute baby alert! Wisdom's chick has hatched!!! 🐣😍 Wisdom, a mōlī (Laysan albatross) and world’s oldest known, ban… https://t.co/Nco050ztBA
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Winter is supposed to be the best season for wind power – the winds are stronger, and since air density increases as the temperature drops, more force is pushing on the blades. But winter also comes with a problem: freezing weather.
Comparing rime ice and glaze ice shows how each changes the texture of the blade. Gao, Liu and Hu, 2021, CC BY-ND
Ice buildup changes air flow around the turbine blade, which can slow it down. The top photos show ice forming after 10 minutes at different temperatures in the Wind Research Tunnel. The lower measurements show airflow separation as ice accumulates. Icing Research Tunnel of Iowa State University, CC BY-ND
While traditional investment in the ocean technology sector has been tentative, growth in Israeli maritime innovations has been exponential in the last few years, and environmental concern has come to the forefront.
theDOCK aims to innovate the Israeli maritime sector. Pexels
The UN hopes that new investments in ocean science and technology will help turn the tide for the oceans. As such, this year kicked off the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) to galvanize massive support for the blue economy.

According to the World Bank, the blue economy is the "sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving the health of ocean ecosystem," Science Direct reported. It represents this new sector for investments and innovations that work in tandem with the oceans rather than in exploitation of them.

As recently as Aug. 2020, Reuters noted that ESG Investors, those looking to invest in opportunities that have a positive impact in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, have been interested in "blue finance" but slow to invest.

"It is a hugely under-invested economic opportunity that is crucial to the way we have to address living on one planet," Simon Dent, director of blue investments at Mirova Natural Capital, told Reuters.

Even with slow investment, the blue economy is still expected to expand at twice the rate of the mainstream economy by 2030, Reuters reported. It already contributes $2.5tn a year in economic output, the report noted.

Current, upward shifts in blue economy investments are being driven by innovation, a trend the UN hopes will continue globally for the benefit of all oceans and people.

In Israel, this push has successfully translated into investment in and innovation of global ports, shipping, logistics and offshore sectors. The "Startup Nation," as Israel is often called, has seen its maritime tech ecosystem grow "significantly" in recent years and expects that growth to "accelerate dramatically," iTrade reported.

Driving this wave of momentum has been rising Israeli venture capital hub theDOCK. Founded by Israeli Navy veterans in 2017, theDOCK works with early-stage companies in the maritime space to bring their solutions to market. The hub's pioneering efforts ignited Israel's maritime technology sector, and now, with their new fund, theDOCK is motivating these high-tech solutions to also address ESG criteria.

"While ESG has always been on theDOCK's agenda, this theme has become even more of a priority," Nir Gartzman, theDOCK's managing partner, told EcoWatch. "80 percent of the startups in our portfolio (for theDOCK's Navigator II fund) will have a primary or secondary contribution to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria."

In a company presentation, theDOCK called contribution to the ESG agenda a "hot discussion topic" for traditional players in the space and their boards, many of whom are looking to adopt new technologies with a positive impact on the planet. The focus is on reducing carbon emissions and protecting the environment, the presentation outlines. As such, theDOCK also explicitly screens candidate investments by ESG criteria as well.

Within the maritime space, environmental innovations could include measures like increased fuel and energy efficiency, better monitoring of potential pollution sources, improved waste and air emissions management and processing of marine debris/trash into reusable materials, theDOCK's presentation noted.

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theDOCK's own portfolio includes companies like Orca AI, which uses an intelligent collision avoidance system to reduce the probability of oil or fuel spills, AiDock, which eliminates the use of paper by automating the customs clearance process, and DockTech, which uses depth "crowdsourcing" data to map riverbeds in real-time and optimize cargo loading, thereby reducing trips and fuel usage while also avoiding groundings.

"Oceans are a big opportunity primarily because they are just that – big!" theDOCK's Chief Marketing Officer Noa Schuman summarized. "As such, the magnitude of their criticality to the global ecosystem, the magnitude of pollution risk and the steps needed to overcome those challenges – are all huge."

There is hope that this wave of interest and investment in environmentally-positive maritime technologies will accelerate the blue economy and ESG investing even further, in Israel and beyond.

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Ohkay so, the production of Wajahat Rauf, direction of Zeeshan Ali & the writing of Mohsin Ali, Yaar e Bewafa commenced last night & I must say it most certainly had a great start. From writing in terms of introduction to the characters & their scenarios, to direction, everything was spot on & what I actually enjoyed the most about the first episode of this drama was how the director kept things simple, minimal & realistic. While watching this episode I never once felt that I needed to know more about the characters because everything that was important was given out perfectly without making it too obvious that they were trying hard to let us know who the characters are & what they’re are going through. I liked the effortless approach of the director in the first episode & I hope that he has given this sort of treatment to the rest of the drama as well.
So, in the very first episode, the two couples & their stories got introduced. The first couple of Zaid (Imran Abbas) & Fizza (Arij Fatima) & the other one of Amna (Sara Khan) & Saleem (Saleem Mairaj). Zaid & Fizza’s family consists of Zaid’s mother (Samina Ahmed) & their son & they are trying hard to make the ends meet. At first, when you get an insight into Fizza’s character, you feel she is eager & desperate because being a mother, she wants to give her son a better life but as you get to know more about her, you find out about the baggage that she is carrying. Fizza is a school teacher & Zaid is an employee in a firm but as much as they both earn, it goes into the household expenditures. Fizza & Zaid also have a future plan that they both are working on, which is for Zaid to settle in Australia so that he can provide better lifestyle for his family. Fizza & Zaid both have the same vision & believe in achieving their goals together with each other’s support.
Things get tougher for both Zaid & Fizza when the immigration agent Rashid tells them to arrange a good amount of money to pay for a semester fee of the university so that Zaid can get his visa. Even though Zaid’s friend tries to warn him of the frauds that tend to happen in this industry, Zaid still blindly trusts his agent as he guarantees him the visa which puts Zaid’s heart to ease. Also, the fact that Fizza happens to be so adamant on this plan pushes Zaid to such an extreme that he doesn’t even consider the possibility of things going wrong.
Amna is married to Saleem, a factory worker who keeps on getting into trouble because of his temperament. Amna tries to support her husband & stand by him through thick & thin but it seems he doesn’t really appreciate what she does for his sake. Amna & Saleem also have a son. It looks like Amna has accepted her fate with a husband like Saleem & that is why even when her Aunt tries to knock some sense into her, Amna denies everything & assures her that she is happy with her husband because he loves her a lot. The fact that Saleem shuns the hassle that Amna goes through to arrange his bail highlights the fact that he really doesn’t care much for her but Amna tries to tweak with the reality in order to present a decent picture of her life in front of people.
I must say I actually enjoyed seeing Fizza’s character & how her background story was revealed, it’s like you can’t be sure of her & she can be a grey character which I liked. At first I thought she was doing everything & pushing her husband so much because she wanted a better & secure future for her son & rightly so because like she said, every single day through different channels she got a reminder of all those luxuries that were missing from her son’s life but as I got to know more about her, I understood where she was coming from & everything she wanted was not only because of her son. At first when Fizza compared her life with the richer, it did make me feel that she was a bit too desperate but just a single visit to her parent’s house changed my perspective of her. At this point, I am not forming an opinion whether Fizza’s fixation with ‘better & secure future’ is right but seeing how she comes from a wealthy family showed that she did have her reasons.
Fizza left every single thing for Zaid’s sake & she settled for a very humble lifestyle because she loved him & just because she got desperate & visited her parents to ask for some financial help, she was reminded of all those claims that she made. Fizza’s father Kamal Wasif (Tahir Jatoi) a wealthy businessman, didn’t take a second to remind his daughter of what she said when she decided to get married to Zaid, obviously being in love did cloud Fizza’s judgment at that point & she actually thought that she’d be able to live happily ever after even in the most desperate situations but now when she has been married to Zaid for 5 years, she actually has realized that things aren’t as easy as she thought they’d be. The fact that Fizza comes from an affluent background & how she has settled for such a different lifestyle does justify her wants & needs because first off, she was used to all the luxuries & then comes the main reason, which is to prove her father wrong. All this while I thought Fizza was just someone who didn’t mind complaining but seeing how much effort she has put into this relationship & how much she has also sacrificed for this relationship, shows that she is keen on a better future as she wants to prove to her father that her decision was right. Fizza’s verdict saying ‘wo jeet gaye’ showed that she actually was striving so hard to make the most of this golden opportunity in order to tell her father that getting married to Zaid was not a wrong decision that she made & that Zaid was capable enough to provide a decent lifestyle for her.
Overall, the first episode of Yaar e Bewafa was really nice & I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Zaid’s mother got to make a very little contribution in the episode but her presence was felt & I liked seeing her. The fact that Zaid wanted to keep her free from all the worries & seeing how decided to help Zaid only to see a smile on her son’s face was heart-warming. I do have a feeling that Zaid’s mother might be suffering from some sort of mental illness because the fact that she forgets things a bit too easily was highlighted subtly in this episode. I liked all the characters but I actually am interested to see more of Fizza because where she does come across as reasonable most of the times, she does give an irrational vibe at times too & I think that was balanced out by the writer beautifully because that is what made her character real. Imran Abbas, Sara Khan & Arij Fatima, all did a fantastic job because it looked like they all had such a great understanding of their characters that they actually owned them, like not even for a second I felt that one of them was struggling to fit into his or her character & may be that’s why I found everything quite effortless & realistic. Definitely impressed & definitely looking forward to the next episode. Please share your thoughts about the very first episode of Yaar e Bewafa.

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Celebrities regularly adopt children from all over the globe, but we rarely hear about the other side of the adoption story. Recently, after hearing about Steve Jobs and his personal adoption story, I became curious about who else in the spotlight was adopted as a child. The results were mesmerizing, to say the least. Some of our nation’s greatest voices, athletes, and icons are on the list. Let’s take a gander!


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MODERATOR: A coin toss has determined that the first question goes to Senator Bradley.
QUESTIONER: Many Americans were very happy to hear Senator McCain condemn the Christian far-right leadership for their derisive effects on American politics. Would you each be willing to echo what the Senator said about that and even take it a step farther?
BILL BRADLEY: let me say to you I think that we have a country where there is freedom of religion, and I think there should be freedom of religion. I think that the far right has gone too far, time after time after time on social issues, and has tried to dominate this country with their particular viewpoint. I think it's important to resist that. I have always resisted that as a United States Senator. I've never voted in ways that they wanted, and I would be very emphatic in saying that religion should not be a part of politics.
AL GORE: You know, I thought that Senator McCain's speech made a very powerful point, but I think his speech illustrated that the Republican Party today is in the midst of an identity crisis. They are trying to figure out who they are. And frankly, he was introduced by Gary Bauer for that speech. Both he and Governor Bush are for taking away a woman's right to choose. Neither had the guts to speak out against the confederate flag flying above the state capitol building in South Carolina. Both are in the hip pocket of the NRA so I agreed with the speech, as far as it went.
QUESTIONER: You've spoken out about Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, neither of whom, I think it fair to say, were likely to support either of you anyway. But both of you have met with Reverend Al Sharpton, a person who has repeatedly used very inflammatory language about whites and other ethnic groups. Now, I'm asking, if the Republican candidates have an obligation to forcefully, unambiguously condemn extremists on their side, don't you have an obligation to be equally forthright in condemning such language by people who tend to be more on the Democratic side of things?
AL GORE: Well, I do condemn the language that he used. I think that in America, we believe in redemption and the capacity of all of our people to transcend limitations that they have made evident in their lives in the past. I did not meet with Reverend Sharpton publicly, I met with him privately. And I talked with him about some of the concerns that I have. I will not violate the privacy of that conversation, but these subjects were discussed. And I will point you toward a couple of facts. Number one, he received something like, I think, 131,000 votes in the last New York City election. He is undeniably a person to whom some people in the city look as a spokesperson. And you know, there is a racial divide in the way people in different races perceive certain events. I would not be so quick to completely dismiss what he has to say about some of these issues.
BILL BRADLEY: Yes, I went to the House of Justice in Harlem last summer for a community meeting that Reverend Sharpton invited me to attend. The last time a primary candidate for President had a large public meeting in Harlem was Robert Kennedy in 1968. I went in order to hear the concerns firsthand of the 600 people that came to share them with me. That was a legitimate thing to do. I don't agree with everything Reverend Sharpton has said or done, but I think that he has grown. We have to allow people the right to grow. We have to allow people the right to evolve. And in the process, he has in many cases kept the lid on otherwise dangerous situations that were beginning to develop.
MODERATOR: Vice President Gore, the next question is for you.
AL GORE: Okay.
QUESTIONER: My question is in your life, what mistake have you learned the most from?
AL GORE: (Laughs) Claiming that I created the Internet. No. (Laughter) I think that early in my career in public service, I fell prey to what a lot people who get into the workforce and get excited about their work do. And they get drawn into it so much that they don't balance their lives enough by enriching their life with joy and fun and family interaction, and as I got a little bit older, I came to understand the overriding importance of balancing work and home and finding time for yourself. You've got to make time for your spouse, your kids, and yourself.
BILL BRADLEY: I think that the mistake that I learned the most from-- it was really a mistake to believe that you never fail -- in other words, coming to terms with failure. And it took me a while to do that. I remember when I was a rookie in the NBA. I was thought to be the white hope. It got pretty rough, because the fans thought I was. People spit on me, people threw coins at me, people stopped me in the street. That meant I worked harder in order to achieve things. It also meant I began to see that life is not all good, not all bad, that individuals are not all good or all bad, but we have each in both of us, and that's what makes us human.
MODERATOR: Senator Bradley, the next question is for you.
QUESTIONER: There's an elephant in this room, and I don't think it serves any purpose not to recognize it. You haven't won a contest, Washington State went badly, and unless there's a miracle, it seems that this journey will end on Tuesday. The simplest way I can ask this question is, how do you think you got here?
BILL BRADLEY: Well, I'm not prepared to buy the premise of your question, because to date, the delegate count is 41 to 27. Only 250,000 people have voted in this presidential election for delegates. On next Tuesday, eight and a half million people will vote, and about a third of the delegates will be selected. That is the day that we will have a national primary, and that's the day that I think that you have to take off. And so I'm looking at next Tuesday as the takeoff day for me. I also know that in this race that I'm in it to change the political process, I'm in it because of an open commitment to idealism, to get beyond the interest group politics of Washington, where you try to stuff groups with money, but instead appeal to individuals as Americans and as human beings.
BILL BRADLEY: That's what I'll continue to do through the duration.
AL GORE: I think one of the things that Senator Bradley and I agree on, and probably a lot of others running for President agree on, is that we prefer to get questions about substance rather than process. I respect your question. But let me say that I believe that there are many purposes in a presidential campaign. One that tends to dominate is to give the American people an opportunity to choose who will lead this country for the next four years. But the purpose of a campaign is also for us to define who we are as a people and as a nation, and to have an ennobling, educating, revealing discussion about all the challenges that we face, review some of the proposed solutions. Now, we've been doing that in this campaign, and I believe very deeply that once this dialogue is over with, those who agree with...
AL GORE: ...the common values that we have expressed are going to want to see them enacted in the general election.

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An update in regards to the musics
So what have I been up to? Well I recently finished recording a new record that will be out this year. The record which will be brought to you by myself and my London team slash family Earnest Endeavours is called Sleeves. I think it’s my strongest collection of music to date. I’ve been mentioning this record on my twitter and Facebook profiles for a while now, but it’s finally coming. I got some guest appearances coming as well. I along with my homie Doc Illingsworth appear on the big homie Sweatson Klank/Take’s new record that drops this year. On the more immediate tip, I feature along with my homies Detroit Cydi of which Illingsworth is a member of, on the new Kool A.D. mixtape that drops on the seventh of this month. You’re probably very familiar with Kool A.D. from his work with his former group Das Racist. Very cool fersure. Shot outs to my bro’s Rufio, Sean Uppercut, Doc Illingsorth and the big homie Kool A.D. What else hmmm I’ve started working on the next records. I’m in the writing phases right now, but what I can say is that expect some smaller projects to pop up throughout the year. Also being in the writing phases of the next projects I can safely say I’ve started penning the first lyrics for what will be material that will show up on my album. Yup, I’m finally getting around to starting that LP of mine. I got to admit I feel kind of excited about where this music thing is going. I’m feeling good. I’m Kevin Sorbo.


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• Cardboard Box Derby 11 am
• Pond Skim Competition ~ 1:30pm
- Live Music
- HUGE giveaways
- Delicious BBQ & Drinks
- Fun and Games
- Twinkie Bonfire Roasting
- Free Admission!
Temp -6° Base 66" Wind 4mph
12 HRS 0"24 HRS 0"
Registration: 9:00 am. Event Starts: 11 am
Prizes awarded for:
Fastest Box – 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Rules and Information: (event limited to 15 racers)
“Vehicles” may be constructed with only cardboard, paint, tape, glue, rope or twine, and plastic wire-ties.
The sliding surface must be either uncoated cardboard or cardboard covered with tape.
No other substance may be on the sliding surface.
Wood, plastic or metal may not be used for anything but decorations
(which are encouraged!)
Decorations must not pose a hazard to participants or spectators.
For safety, pre-existing metal staples in cardboard must be removed or covered with duct tape on both sides.
Following the race – all boxes and extraneous materials must be removed from the premises!
Box entries will be inspected during registration. Decisions of the judges will be final.
Participants must be able to push or pull their “vehicle” to the top of the track.
Helmets are recommended.
All racers must have a SIGNED INDIVIDUAL WAIVER to race in a box. (Available during registration)
Please arrive early to allow enough time to get organized for the event.
BRING CAMERAS, GOGGLES AND A SENSE OF HUMOR!
1:00pm-1:30pm: All participants at the pond / checked in at registration, in costume.
1:45pm: Competitors meeting
Awards just after the final skim (about 3:30pm)
Event Format and Rules
Round #1 – Everyone will try to skim across the pond. Those who make it across will advance to the next round.
Round #2 – Remaining skimmers must enter the pond switch! Farthest skimmer is the winner.
Rules (yes it does have rules)
-Participants must have skis or snowboards appropriately worn (normally mounted).
-Costumes are required and will be judged in a category by itself. See below for costumes.
-Skimmers must start in the order determined by the starter.
-The Pond Skim is open to all competitors.
-No one visibly drunk will be allowed to participate.
To be held at the pond a few minutes after last skim at the pond.
This is one of the most important parts of the event. Each competitor must wear one. Just a wig does not count! A silly t-shirt does not count. You need to wear a costume. Anyone looking…normal……need not compete.

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Pelvic health is such an important component of a healthy body.
Unfortunately, due to the embarrassing nature of the topic, issues are often ignored or asking for help put off. Most pelvic health issues can be easily helped with some education and exercise, which leads to a much more comfortable and stress-free life. Pia has had a special interest in this area since university, and is more than happy to consult with individuals respectfully and discreetly. However, Pia does not have a postgraduate qualification in this area and will refer you in the right direction if your needs exceed her qualification.
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Bladder leakage is extremely common, however it does not have to be lived with long-term. The pelvic floor is a muscle like any other and can be trained in the same way. Often with a better understanding of and connection to your pelvic floor strengthening is fast and easy.
Men’s Pelvic Health
Men often don’t understand the role of their pelvic floor and problems are less common than women. The most common need for pelvic floor training in men is pre- and post- prostate surgery. Leakage after prostate surgery is very common and pelvic floor exercises can help with recovery. It is recommended to seek physiotherapy prior to surgery, so to prepare the pelvic floor and gain understanding as to how to use the muscles prior to surgery for a faster recovery post-surgery.
Pregnancy is a precious time for women, which shouldn’t be stressed with issues such as: pelvic girdle pain, pelvic floor problems and stomach muscle separation.
Exercising is encouraged during pregnancy, and it is said that what ever you were doing prior to pregnancy to continue as you feel comfortable or until your doctor advises otherwise. If you would like to work on an appropriate exercise program that can be individualised and changed as your body changes then Aspire can help develop the right, gentle balance to keep you moving right into pregnancy.
Pelvic girdle pain can occur due to the hormonal changes and the weight of the baby in preparation for giving birth. However, physiotherapy treatment, such as massage, mobilisation and bracing, can help relieve discomfort.
Pregnancy and birth are the number one cause for pelvic floor issues in women, addressing these early, prior to having a baby to care for can decrease your chance of problems later and increase your chance of bouncing back.
Rectus Abdominus (the outer layer of abdominal muscles) is designed to separate during pregnancy to allow for the growth of your baby. However, continuing deep core (tranverse abdominus) exercises during pregnancy can decrease this separation for a swifter recovery after birth as well as decreasing pelvic girdle pain and pelvic floor issues. If you are concerned then physiotherapists at Aspire Physiotherapy Bunbury can check your abdominals and assist in advice and exercises for recovery.
Having a new baby should be an exciting time, although often sleep deprived. At Aspire Physiotherapy Bunbury we would like to make this time easier if any small problems arise.
Mastitis is a painful and debilitating condition that can unsettle both mother and baby. If caught early ultrasound can be extremely effective at reducing blockages and decrease the chance of infection.
Perineal tears, episiotomies and haemorrhoids can occur after a natural birth, and ultrasound can be very helpful in decreasing the inflammation and irritation during recovery.
Pelvic floor muscles can be disturbed during pregnancy and birth, so starting early with pelvic floor strengthening is the number one way of combating problems. However, this can be difficult with a new baby, having a 6-week check post-partum is a great way to keep on track with how your body s recovering and what could help to strengthen your body further.
Abdominal Diastasis (abdominal separation) is normal but we want this to be kept to a minimal for optimal recovery and decrease chance of issues later. If you are concerned come into Aspire Physiotherapy Bunbury and we can check your abdominals and assist in advice and exercises for recovery.

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The first episode of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 will be released on July 6, 2023. The beloved Anime Studio MAPPA will release exclusive weekly episodes every Thursday on Crunchyroll.
What time does Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 release?
Here’s a list of the specific opening times for the new season, depending on your time zone:
Pacific Time (PT): 8am Mountain Time (MST): 9am Central Time (CST): 10am Eastern Time (EST): 11am UK Time (BST): 4 pm European Time (CEST): 5 pm India Time (IST): 8:30 pm
The long-awaited return of Jujutsu Kaisen has been hotly anticipated since Season 2 was confirmed in February 2022. This upcoming anime season will adapt a multi-part adaptation of the influential manga series. big. The first of these, “Gojo’s Past,” will delve into the history of fan-favorite Jujutsu wizard Satoru Gojo. It will explore his relationship with his friend turned villain Suguru Geto. Clips from this season were featured in the Season 2 trailer for the upcoming project, which also features a preview of the new opening theme, “Ao no Sumika,” performed by Tatsuya Kitani. Season 2 will also bring the infamous “Shibuya Incident” to the screen, as confirmed by Yuji’s voice actor, Junya Enoki.
The previous season, consisting of 24 episodes, follows Yuji Itadori after he eats the finger of a powerful Curse named Ryomen Sukuna. He was later forced by Gojo to join Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School, where he formed close relationships with his students Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushigiro. The anime became widely popular and helped Gege Akutami’s manga, which is currently on a hiatus coming to an end, become one of the media’s best sellers. It was also named a member of the “Dark Shonen Trio”, along with Hell’s Paradise and Chainsaw Man. Here is the complete synopsis of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 for those who need a refresher.
Jujutsu Kaisen’s most recent content is the prequel film Jujutsu Kaisen 0. This critically acclaimed and commercially successful project takes place before the events of the first season and focuses on the character. Yuta Okkotsu, a young student becomes a sorcerer in an attempt to control the Cursed Soul of his childhood friend. Yuta is scheduled to debut for the anime’s TV series in the upcoming season. The film also stars the previously mentioned Suguru Geto as the villain.
The episode will be available on July 6, 2023, on Crunchyroll. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 and Jujutsu Kaisen 0 are also available on the platform.


Hi. I would like to suggest the ability for a more precise sight adjustement for the grenade launchers leaf sight, with selectable graduations (page up/down keys for ex) allowing to zero the leaf sights from 50m to 400m.
the view/world models dimensions inaccuracies are another problem. the main problem here is the mag round capacity.
Many company such as Magpul, Promag, C-products...etc make 40 rounds mags :
but none released 35 rounds mags.
Please add 40 rounders extended mags for both sides.
I'm ok to balance the game, but it must be done using realistics features. 40 rounds AR15 mags must be balanced by adding 40 rounds AK magazines (which really exist). Staying with realistics stuffs is the philosophy of the game since 2007. it must stay like this.
exact. the footsteps are too fast compared to the upper body movements. especially when sprinting.
@cyoce in my opinion these are a good values :
7.62x51 vs heavy armor to kill : : 1-2 AP bullets / 4-5 standard bullets.
7.62x39 : 2-3 Ap bullet / 5-6 standards
5.56x45 / 5.45x39 : 3-4 AP / 6-7 standards
you say "if the 7.62x51 doesn't do enough damage it becomes useless". I would answer "if the heavy armor doesn't give at least these degrees of protection then they become useless too".
let's rememeber this would only concerns plates hitzones areas which are 10x12" sized for front and back plates and 6x9" sized for side plates. all the rest of the body zones would need 50% less bullets to kill and the head/neck/throat would be insta kill whatever the rifle caliber bullet type.
IRL with standard 7.62x51 ammo against a level 3 armor plate (ar500) (heavy armor) there is no penetration at all even after 15 rounds fired. i'm not sure how the game is managing it. the one shot kill with this caliber should be only possible without armor or with light armor.
i think the player with heavy armor should manage to wisthstand at least 4-5 standard 7.62x51 bullets to chest/back/sides (corresponding to the armor plates hitzones) before passing out/dying. with armor piercing round 1 or 2 bullets.


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