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I usually farm out any computer graphics to the closest millennial, but we’re understaffed. Found an online tool to eliminate the background of the dancer’s photo and used Canva for the rest. Resilient is how we feel after the last 3 years and is an important quality that every dancer needs. I really appreciate how Website Creation Workshop and Graphics Creation Workshop has helped me expand my resilience.
Thanks to learning how to remove a background, I was able to create these images that I had in my mind. I am using them in my website.
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I so love being a part of this team – supported, high vibration, teaching and sharing from heart and beyond those who barely cover what they said was included, and the teachings and resources, well I feel blessed by you.
Inside secret: Christina’s calls with her supporters both live and further behind the scenes, well, they make me purr.
I too have a varied background (which can confuse people who don’t understand that left brain/technology/logic and creative/healer/caring Whole brain/left and right, can be in a single package) and look forward to getting my own act together in into the light of day sharing with the wider world. You all are wonderfully inspiring.”
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The “Inclusive and concerted management of waste in Dolisie” (Gicod) project, led by GRET and the municipality of Dolisie, ended last December after three years of implementation. Funded by the European Union , Syctom and the Fondation SUEZ, the project enabled a waste collection service to be set up in 24 neighbourhoods in the city.
A workshop for sharing experiences was held in Dolisie, in Congo, on 11 December last. This event, organised to mark the end of the Gicod project, brought together the city’s political and administrative authorities, as well as the Chairwoman of the municipal council of the commune of Madingou, the European Union ambassador’s representative, GRET’s representative in Congo, the sanitation managers of the cities of Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Nkayi and Madingou, and all the stakeholders involved in waste management in Dolisie.
Three vectors for intervention
Initiated in December 2015, the Gicod project focused its action on three main components:
- Consolidation of the waste management service, in particular via its extension and its coverage of more than 60 % of the city’s neighbourhoods. In this way, the project made it possible to implement a waste management service with more than 59,000 users, out of an expected 60,000. In parallel, a sorting system was launched with a view to re-using waste.
- Strengthening the capacities of civil society and users of the sanitation service by highlighting their participation in waste management and strongly involving them in the design of solid waste sanitation policy.
- Strengthening the capacities of the commune of Dolisie and operators, in particular regarding coordination and management of the service in order to facilitate capitalisation and dissemination of the experience.
An efficient service that can be replicated elsewhere
At the end of this project, the municipality inherited a waste collection service that operates in tandem: a service by truck serving only hard-surfaced roads and a pre-collection service collecting waste from households in neighbourhoods, conducted by 27 pre-collection operators.
In order to strengthen the efficiency of the pre-collection service, three new household waste transit areas were built, in addition to the existing old area. 4,800 waste bins were also distributed to households with awareness of the collection service and having expressed an interest in subscribing to it.
Lastly, several management tools were developed and provided to the municipality with a view to making the achievements of the project sustainable. Based on its success, the question of exporting the Gicod experience to other secondary cities in Congo was often raised during the seminar. It was clear that the experience generated a lot of attention from participants who had travelled from other Congolese cities.


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Student loan borrowers — in particular, federal student loan borrowers — do have some options for managing student loans during this time of hardship. Start assessing your situation and making a plan of action.
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The key phrase of significant importance is that “Comey…was not fired because of the phony Russia investigation”.
Ok. So, why was he fired, President Trump?
For the reasons I outline below, I affirmatively assert your tweet not only makes no sense, it is false.
As a result of this tweet, I surely don’t suspect Special Counsel Robert Mueller will pack up his investigation of obstruction of justice. In fact, something tells me, he will ratchet it up even more.
Nor do I believe that today’s tweet will compel many of you following the Trump Russia mystery-comedy show to forget what you have heard, read and saw last year after the Comey firing and since. You might remember that immediately after the FBI Director suddenly became the ex-Director, the White House claimed that the sudden discharge was due to Rod Rosenstein’s memo.
That document condemned Comey for his handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation. That was the inquiry that Comey first relieved Clinton of criminal liability but then a mere eleven days before the elections, Comey announced he had reopened it due to new information. That was the Comey investigation that Trump cursed during the summer 2016 when Hillary was vindicated. That was the same Clinton investigation and FBI Director which Trump later praised in late October 2016, once his opponent was against the ropes once again under federal scrutiny.
So, for those who are suffering from whiplash--now that the Trump storyline has abruptly changed once again, trust me, you’re not alone. After all, the White House and Trump have a penchant for reversing their explanations. So, why should a matter of a new flip-flop over Trump’s firing Comey make any difference?
I’m sure you remember the one-eighty from last year both before and immediately after the Comey firing.. A week after the White House said the President had confidence in Comey, Trump’s actions showed otherwise. Then, after claiming that Comey had been canned because of his mishandling Clinton investigation, Trump told the nation via the Lester Holt NBC interview, he had Russia on his mind when he axed Comey.
So before taking anything for your sudden case of Trump Comey firing whiplash, check out the 2017 timeline leading up to and following the firing. I will post my commentary in parenthesis:
--Comey testified at a House hearing that the Trump campaign was under investigation for Russian collusion.
---During a Senate hearing, Comey testified that reopening the Clinton investigation made him “mildly nauseous” that his decision might have influenced the election.
---After the hearing during a daily briefing and after it was reported that Trump was very angry about Comey’s statement, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump "has confidence" in Comey.
---Days shortly after, reports surfaced that that Comey had asked for more resources for the Russian probe.
---Trump tweeted, “The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end?”. The key phrase here is “taxpayer funded charade”.
---The day that will live in Trump infamy causing our continued confusion, CNN reported that “Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling:
---Hours later, Trump fires Comey and cites in his letter, the Rosenstein memo.
---That night, by the White House shrubs, Spicer confirmed the Rosenstein memo as the reason for the firing.
---Trump met the Russian dignitaries and the White House blocked the US media from photographing it. However, a Russian photo did surface.
---At a briefing later that day, Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump had lost confidence in Comey and that he had thought about firing him ever since election day. (Perhaps he did, however, he had praised Comey for reopening the Clinton investigation and even kept him in the Director’s office.
---Sanders also claimed that the FBI had lost confidence in Comey.
---Vice President Mike Pence told reporters that he did not think an independent prosecutor was necessary to investigate potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Pence who reportedly was taking the lead on firing controversy told CNN:
"Let me be very clear that the President's decision to accept the recommendation of the deputy attorney general and the attorney general to remove Director Comey as the head of the FBI was based solely and exclusively on his commitment to the best interests of the American people and to ensuring that the FBI has the trust and confidence of the people this nation,"
---In the same article reporting the interview, CNN stated, “Pence mentioned more than once that Trump's decision was at the recommendation of Rosenstein. A source with knowledge of discussions inside the White House told CNN's Dana Bash that the thinking was that because Democrats were saying precisely what Rosenstein said in a letter explaining the grounds for Comey's dismissal, there would be no backlash”.
---Also, that same day, Trump sat down with Lester Holt for the NBC interview. (Going into that interview, the White House, through the VP Pence was claiming the FBI lost confidence in Comey, Trump considered firing him way back the day of the election, that the reason for the firing was because Rosenstein’s recommendation and that the White House felt there would not be any blowback by the Democrats because they were angry at Comey for reopening the investigation. This strongly appears that they could cite the Rosenstein memo for the firing and the Democrats would not mind the firing. Also, they could claim the memo gave them justification for firing Comey since the FBI was in disarray)
---The acting FBI-Director, Andrew McCabe, during a Congressional hearing testified that “"The majority, the vast majority of FBI employees enjoyed a deep, positive connection to Director Comey," he says.
---The Lester Holt-Donald Trump interview is shown nationally.
Did Donald Trump follow that party-line narrative that he fired Comey because of Rosenstein’s memo? No. Instead, Trump said the decision was his, that he was going to fire Comey regardless of the recommendation, which undercut the White House and VP Pence’s spin that it was the memo that the President had accepted that did Comey in.
Here is the pertinent part of that interview:
So, Trump cleared it up for us all on his now-infamous interview on NBC. With Lester Holt. Let’s go back to last year to May 2017 so we can recall the conversation that really started the obstruction engine in full gear:
Look, he's a showboat. He's a grandstander. The FBI has been in turmoil. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the FBI a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil. Less than a year ago. It hasn't recovered from that.
Monday, you met with the Deputy Attorney General Rob Rosenstein. Did you ask for a recommendation?
What I did is, was I going to fire [James] Comey. My decision. It was not.
You had made the decision before they came over...
I... I was going to fire Comey. There is no good time to do it by the way. They...
Because in your letter you said I... I accepted... I accepted their recommendation. So, you had already made the decision.
Oh, I was going to fire regardless of recommendation
So there [inaudible]
He made a recommendation He is highly respected. Very good guy. Very smart guy. The Democrats like him. The Republicans like him. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact, when I decided to just do it I said to myself, I said, you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats having lost an election that they should have won. And the reason they should have won it is, the electoral college is almost impossible for a Republican to win. Very hard. Because you start off at such a disadvantage. So, everybody was thinking they should have won the election. This was an excuse for having lost an election.
Are you angry with Mr. Comey because of his Russia investigate
I just want somebody that's competent. I am a big fan of the FBI. I love the FBI. I love the people of the FBI. but when you have a land of people taking on that investigation I think that.
But were you a fan of him taking up that investigation?
I think that... about the Hillary Clinton investigation?
No, about the Russia investigation and possible links between.
No, I don't care... look, look, let me tell you. As far as I'm concerned, I want that thing to be absolutely done properly. When I did this now, I said I probably maybe, will confuse people. Maybe I'll expand that, you know, I'll lengthen the time because... it should be over with, it should... in my opinion, it should have been over with a long time ago, because all it is, is an excuse, But, I said to myself I might even lengthen out the investigation, but I have to do the right thing for the American people. He's the wrong man for that position. [Break]
One week after that interview was broadcasted, the New York Times reported that Trump made this statements at the Oval Office meeting with the Russian officials. That meeting occurred one day prior to the actual filming of the NBC interview with Lester Holt, broadcasted the following night, “
"I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to the Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off."
For over one year, Trump’s explanation has been that he fired Comey and he had Russia on his mind and that he was always going to fire Comey. Reported facts indicate that the purpose of obtaining Rosenstein memo was contrived, an excuse or mechanism for the firing. Not only did Trump emphasize Russia being on his mind when firing, Trump emphasized his state of mind when he told the Russians that he fired the head of the FBI, that he faced great pressure because of Russia. “That’s taken off”.
He did not state to the Russians that he fired the “nutjob” Comey because the FBI had lost confidence in the director. Nor did he state that he was relieved that the pressure was taken off of him and that his agency would be back in better force. No. The focus of his statement was he felt great pressure because of Russia (investigation) and that’s been taken off, meaning, the investigation would likely go away.
Now that eleven months has elapsed, now after he’s been “attorneyed-up”, now that it is very clear that even more facts support his continuous effort to disrupt, diminish, berate and even fire the investigator and Rosenstein overseeing that probe, Trump tweets today that he did not fire Comey because of the investigation.
Ok. So, looking back, what are the possible reasons for his firing Comey?
Here is a list:
- Comey mishandled the Clinton investigation as per Rosenstein’s memo and he adopted that memo as the reason for the investigation. WRONG: He specifically said he did not fire Comey because of the memo and that he was going to do it anyway, regardless as to what the memo said.
- Trump was upset that the FBI had fallen into disarray and that there was great dissension among the ranks. POSSIBLY: Although the FBI condition was negated by McCabe the day after the interview, Trump said during the interview that he was concerned about the organization. However, the condition of the FBI was part of the reasoning put forward by Rosenstein in his memo which Trump essentially said was irrelevant as he was going to fire Comey anyway.
- The Russia probe which at that time, Trump believed was investigating his campaign, was likely expanding with more money being requested, which was being led by a man that Trump could not control, FBI Director, James Comey.
Last year, Trump told us that Russia was on his mind and that the investigation was bogus. But let us assume that he truly felt the probe was bogus and that it was bringing down his administration and the country. Let us further assume that he believed and evidence would confirm that he was not a subject or a target, so he was not personally not implicated so his actions were for the good of the country.
Assuming all of this to be true and the firing of Comey to be justified, that absolutely does not equate to not firing Comey because of the Russian investigation. It means that he did.
Thus, despite whiplash, unless provided some other reasonable explanation, I can only assume that Donald Trump fired James Comey because of the Russian investigation.
That is what my eyes and ears, the facts, the timelines, his statements, his reports, and his prior tweets and interviews and later news reporting clearly and unequivocally tells me.
What does it tell you?


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Danza Fragmentada Celebrates Anniversary from the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo
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As part of the festivities, a photo exhibition on the most outstanding moments of Danza Fragmentada's career as a contemporary dance company, was held.
The group also paid tribute to outstanding dancers, organized workshops and lectures on contemporary dance, exhibited audiovisuals works, and held a Meeting on Children's Dance.
Every October, Danza Fragmentada holds these kinds of events to celebrate its anniversary, which is one of the most attractive options to commemorate the Day of Cuban Culture.

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Service Learning in the Master's Degree in Urban Anthropology, Migrations and Social Intervention
- Coordination: Yolanda Bodoque Puerta (yolanda.bodoque(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
- Community organization: Jove Cambra Internacional de Tarragona.
- Summary: This SL experience was undertaken within the framework of the professionalizing practicum of the Master's Degree, during the academic year 2020-21. The objective of the work carried out by the student focused on the impact that the Jove Cambra Internacional de Tarragona has had on the professional field of its female associates. The student compiled a collection of stories from these pioneering women. The intention is that this compilation will have a positive impact in launching the professional careers of women who are just starting out.

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Fears and tempers rise for the second time in a week, as Jewish men were attacked, choked, and threatened with murder in Brooklyn. We have the latest on these crimes. For some New Yorker’s, choosing between buying a meal or getting to work is a way of life. Should our most needy neighbors have their commutes subsidized? Their stories, and the debate over half priced fares ahead. We’re going back in time to old New York, when The Great White Way was once just “Broadway Street.” Find out about its forgotten past. Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement feted as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people of the year tonight. First she’s here.
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Children’s Society Boxes
Thank you to all who gave so generously to the Society through the box collection. £297 -70p has been sent to the Society towards their valuable work with runaway children in the UK.
Every year incredible House Box Holders like you raise over £1.4 million to help vulnerable children in this country.
Thanks to your contribution we were able to support more than 11,000 young people who felt scared and alone last year and campaign to bring changes that help hundreds more.
If you would like a house box please let me know.
The Toddler Group has given £130 towards the work of Mircea Pestean in Romania, funding food parcels to gypsy families who can’t find work in Winter.
The “Everybody Welcome” coffee mornings last year raised £200 accidentally, from people who insisted on leaving some money even though coffee and cake were provided free of charge! This money has been given to Jonathan and Robinah Beesigomwe in Botswana, towards their work with young families.
“Praying you are all well. The money from the Church arrived as $288 from PCC. Please give our grateful thanks for this love gift. Be blessed”


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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its stake in Hub Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUBG) by 3.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,762 shares of the transportation company’s stock after purchasing an additional 858 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company owned 0.08% of Hub Group worth $1,025,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in HUBG. Nuance Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of Hub Group by 229.7% in the 2nd quarter. Nuance Investments LLC now owns 1,517,579 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $58,199,000 after purchasing an additional 1,057,338 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Hub Group by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 5,247,266 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $201,232,000 after purchasing an additional 209,062 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in shares of Hub Group by 42.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 647,808 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $24,843,000 after purchasing an additional 193,994 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can increased its holdings in shares of Hub Group by 345.4% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 235,492 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $9,031,000 after purchasing an additional 182,622 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Hub Group by 7.6% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,518,237 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $96,575,000 after acquiring an additional 177,503 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.51% of the company’s stock.
Several equities analysts have weighed in on HUBG shares. Cowen and Company dropped their target price on shares of Hub Group from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 27th. Barclays PLC dropped their target price on shares of Hub Group from $40.00 to $38.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 27th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Hub Group from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, July 31st. BidaskClub downgraded shares of Hub Group from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 1st. Finally, KeyCorp restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Hub Group in a report on Friday, August 25th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Hub Group presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $45.36.
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Shares of Hub Group, Inc. (HUBG) opened at $43.70 on Monday. Hub Group, Inc. has a 12 month low of $33.17 and a 12 month high of $52.50. The stock has a market cap of $1,490.74, a PE ratio of 25.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33.
Hub Group (NASDAQ:HUBG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 26th. The transportation company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.06. Hub Group had a net margin of 1.39% and a return on equity of 8.87%. The company had revenue of $1.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.03 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.54 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.0% compared to the same quarter last year. sell-side analysts predict that Hub Group, Inc. will post 1.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
In other Hub Group news, Director Charles R. Reaves sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.60, for a total transaction of $225,600.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 67,947 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,554,807.20. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 5.36% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Hub Group Profile
Hub Group, Inc is an asset-light freight transportation management company. The Company offers intermodal, truck brokerage and logistics services. It operates through two business segments: Mode and Hub. The Mode segment markets and operates its freight transportation services, consisting of intermodal, truck brokerage and logistics, primarily through agents entering into contractual arrangements with Mode Transportation, LLC (Mode LLC).
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been hospitalised over a leg injury and is set to undergo a surgical procedure, says his media aide Laolu Akande.
Mr Osinbajo was said to have sustained an injury while playing squash, Mr Akande announced in a tweet on Saturday evening.
“VP Osinbajo is in the hospital today for a surgical procedure on account of a recurrent pain in the leg possibly sustained from an injury while playing squash,” Mr Akande wrote.
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The Indian Secular Front (ISF), led by Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui of Furfura Sharif held a meeting with the state unit of Congress on Sunday, seeking clarity over the seat-sharing deal.
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CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said that the Trinamool Congress has to be defeated first to stop the communal bandwagon of the RSS-BJP, and claimed that the TMC might rejoin the NDA to form the government in West Bengal in case of a hung assembly.
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Firms run by left-wing extremists of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) extorted coal traders, contractors and transports in Jharkhand's Magadh Amrapali coal block area, the ED said.
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Election to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in eight phases. Last time, the assembly elections were conducted in seven phases. Voting for the first phase of the 2021 West Bengal election will be held on March 27 and for the last (eighth phase on April 27).
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Kerala Assembly election is likely to be a hotly contested political battle. Here, we discuss the three factors that are likely to influence the outcome of the Kerala Assembly election.
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In 2016, the assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry brought five different parties to power. Five years later, the Congress and the Left are fighting to stay relevant while the BJP is aiming to claim the last 'political frontiers' it has never won.
Updated : February 26, 2021, 5:04 pm
Senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Pandian passed in Chennai at the age of 89 years on Friday morning.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for failing to 'understand Kerala'.
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Political experts studying the ground situation in Nandigram feel it is an advantageous position for Mamata in Nandigram.
Updated : February 26, 2021, 12:11 am
Eight transport unions in Tamil Nadu have called for an indefinite strike demanding revision of wages and clearance of their dues in the state.
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Experts say the government needs to find a way to rationalise taxes it collects on petrol and diesel to prevent another round of inflation. The inflationary impact due to the rise in fuel costs is already being felt by millions of consumers in the country, numerous sectors and businesses.
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A bomb disposal squad was called and 10 kg of explosive material buried in the ground was found.
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Fracking could cost thousands of votes, warns Lord Howell
Trying to “bribe and cajole” countryside communities into accepting fracking will lose votes on a major scale, a senior Tory peer has warned. Lord Howell, who caused a furore last year when he suggested fracking go ahead in the “desolate” North East, said starting shale exploration in southern England would cause long delays, more hostility and higher costs. Guardian.
Tropical storms migrate toward poles
Tropical storms have been migrating northwards and southwards towards the poles for the past 30 years, a paper in Nature says. People are becoming less likely to face the worst hurricane or typhoon if hey live close to the Equator, and more likely if they live on the edge of the tropics. The researchers believe humans are influencing the changes – with climate change, ozone depletion and aerosols playing a part. BBC.
MoD loses battle to block radioactive waste contamination report
The Ministry of Defence has been forced to abandon attempts to block a report by government advisers warning that radioactive contamination of military sites across the UK could pose a risk to public health. The report reveals concerns about radium contamination at Dalgety Bay, Fife, and at least 25 other sites across the UK. Guardian.
Banks say bonus clawback rules may be unenforceable
Britain’s banking lobby has warned that proposals to clawback bonuses up to 11 years after they have been awarded would be unfair and potentially unenforceable. The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) said some of the suggestions violated “fundamental and long-standing” tenets of British law, and were “going beyond what could be considered as fair and reasonable”. Telegraph.
‘Optimistic’ Pfizer chief won’t rule out Astra break-up
Pfizer chief executive Ian Read is “optimistic” about gaining control of Astra Zeneca, but won’t rule out breaking up the British drug maker if his bid is successful. He said the firm was currently talking to shareholders and it was important that they win over politician and the public. Pfizer is expected to pitch another other direct to the British firm’s investors. Independent.
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Microsoft added that initial reports from retailers worldwide show console sales have more than doubled compared with the weekly average before the launch of “Halo 3.” The company did not provide an exact sales numbers.
"'Halo' is truly a cultural phenomenon, and the launch of ‘Halo 3’ is an important milestone for Xbox 360 and for video games as entertainment and as an art form,” said Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, said in the company statement. “‘Halo 3’ embodies our vision for the future of entertainment, where some of the world’s greatest creative minds will deliver a new generation of interactive storytelling.”
Microsoft has been battling Nintendo on the gaming front since the latter introduced its Wii gaming console last year. In the meantime, gaming console leader Sony indicated it will make price moves in certain instances on its Playstation 3 system in an attempt to win holiday sales.

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With regular interaction and strong efforts Mr. Ghazi became successful to start one center Name Naya Din School for Gypsy Children in their own community in a but on self- help basis.
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Bengimen Polar was the organizer of Global March Against Child labor in Germany on behalf of his organization, visited Pakistan and met Mr. Ghazi and visited Naya Den Schools and was quite impressed by the efforts of Mr. Ghazi. On his way back to Germany he started efforts for funding these centers and after some serious efforts he convinced some of his fellows to fund these centers and adopt these centers.
Women Participation in Local Body Election by Au rat Foundation.
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Education program for Gypsy Children by IVO.
Skill building of Gypsy Women by South Asia Women Fund.
Mobile fun center for DP Camps with MISEREOR.
20 to 20 National Campaign for Child Protection Bill by Save the Children.
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Flood Early Recovery by UNDP.
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In March of 2020, the entire world navigated the unprecedented waves of a global pandemic forced into instant dependence on technology to stay connected with loved ones. Suddenly video communication became a vital tool to maintain any semblance of normalcy. Inmates depend on visitation times to stay connected to loved ones. Many facilities incorporated video message features, video visitations, and tablets for inmates over the last few years. VendEngine, the leader in Video Visitation software, introduced this feature to over 80 facilities across the country, giving inmates the ability to connect with loved ones. With the new era of technology entering facilities nationwide, Video Visitation became a lifeline to inmates and their loved ones during facility visitation closures and all the uncertainties of in-person communication due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Morgan County Jail in Alabama faced these same pandemic challenges. Morgan County Jail is not unlike most facilities, a sizable facility housing +600 inmates with the mission to serve and protect all citizens of their community. However, like many facilities across the country, they encountered a crisis without precedence. With the jail doors closing to the public, Morgan County faced a defining moment in the lives of those they swore to protect.
“Just like the rest of the world, COVID-19 brought an onslaught of challenges, heartbreak, fear, and facing the unknown for facilities. Precautions had to be put into action to protect the staff members and inmates housed in our facility. The number one priority for our facility was to do what we could to prevent the virus from being introduced into our facility. The change that would impact our inmate population the most would be the necessary pause for on-site video visitation. We feared that this would negatively impact our inmate population who rely on staying connected with loved ones. However, in the usual fashion, Vendengine stepped to the plate to provide a solution. Thanks to the off-site video visitation technology, our inmates were able to keep in touch with their family members,” shared Lt. Richard Moats from Morgan Co. Alabama Jail.
“Several of our inmates had family members in the high-risk category and this tool helped those individuals to communicate with family members by more than just a phone call. Though the pandemic brought much sorrow and sadness, thanks to the Vendengine video visitation system, hundreds of people received a small bit of joy from speaking to their loved ones. VendEngine proved to be an invaluable asset, even in the most unpredictable of times,” said Moats.
Staying connected may be something the world took for granted before 2020, but for incarcerated individuals, it can be the only access to the outside world for months or even years. Studies have shown that staying connected to loved ones during incarceration reduces recidivism by maintaining their relationships with their family and friends on the outside. Jails like Morgan Co. have seen how video communication and integrated jail systems can improve morale and inmate success in facilities and the rest of their lives. This direct impact on the lives of thousands of inmates across the country is why VendEngine donated over 40 million free hours of video visitation in 2020 to families affected by pandemic closures. The opportunity technology offers to incarcerated individuals and facility systems are reforming the re-entry process and setting individuals up for success upon release. Continued integration and connectivity can propel inmates and facilities to grow these systems for generations to come.


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The knowledge about this festivity as well as religious values should be introduced to children as early as possible, particularly for those who are still in preschool. One of the ways is to give them craft templates to do. If you look closely, there are differences between regular crafts and preschool ones. Firstly, in terms of color, the ones for toddlers have brighter and softer hues. Many use pink, yellow, blue, green, and white. It is a combination of pastel shades. Secondly, the design of the characters is cuter and friendlier. For example, the face of the rabbits and the baby chicks can be considered tamer and pleasing to the eyes. Lastly, the activities involved are simpler and easy to be done. They consist of coloring, assembling, and matching things and parts. If you want to use one of these images, you need to consider the purpose of the activity with your students so that it matches with the intended result.
One of the best decorations your small child can create is a bunny paper plate. It is particularly easy to do yet the result is outstanding. There are several steps that need to be done. Firstly, gather all the materials. They are a paper plate, a bunny template, cotton balls, googly eyes, craft glue, and scissors. Glue all the cotton balls on the paper plate. Cut the animal’s parts from the template. Stick the ears on the fluffy face. Add the googly eyes, nose, and mouth. Now, you have a finished art by your own hands. You can let your child keep it in his room. Ask them to place it strategically on the table or they can make it as a gift during Easter. Other family members would be so proud and happy to get the paper plate. Of course, educate your child on the meaning of the animal and the gift for loved ones so that they can send the present based on a full understanding of the action. Have a wonderful time!
You want your students to be able to create art during holiday and you want something different and original for them. Doing egg sponge painting could be a great idea. It is easy yet unique since not many people do it. You need to prepare the supplies. They are thick white papers, tempera paints, palettes, scissors, sponges, pencils, brown construction papers, markers, and glue. First of all, using pencils, let your pupils create a picture of a basket on brown paper. Cut them around the edges. Glue the baskets on the white papers. Set them aside. Ask your students to cut the sponges to be in the shape of eggs. Blend the paints on the palettes. Use many different colors. Now, press the sponges that have been dipped on the paint onto the white papers, above the basket. You students may write their names on the bottom of the papers with the markers. They already have made a beautiful work of art. Of course, they can choose to make it as a decoration or they want to store it as important documents. When they move to the next grade, they can look back at the memories of you and them making things together.
One of the most beautiful works of handicrafts is a watercolored picture. As a teacher, you can educate your pupils to have fun and learn about the spirit of the Easter holiday through their hands. Before you start, you can tell a story about Pascha and what it means to the whole class. Use props such as dolls or big pictures. Now, you start the real work. Give them the supplies. They have outlined baby chick illustrations, paint, palettes, brushes, thick white papers, and glitters. First of all, print all the small chicken sketches on white paper. Give to your students one each. Let them start to paint. They can be free in using the brushes and colors. Be as messy as possible. It is to train their motor skills and concentration. If they have finished all the work, ask them to pour glitters on their art. Now, they can exchange their results with their friends or they can bring them home to their parents. Make sure they stay enthusiastic and happy!
You want to teach your kids about pattern awareness during the holiday. One of the ways is to do mosaic art in the spirit of Easter. The materials are black and white egg images, colorful art papers, glue, scissors, and glitters. First of all, cut the art papers into various tiny sizes. Glue them one by one inside the eggs until all are full. For a final touch, pour glitters on the surface. Now, another unique art is made. You can put this in your child’s room.


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Absolute power corrupts absolutely! Bimla Devi is learning the ropes of rajneeti as her pati dearest hustles in jail.
The makers of Dasvi have released a hilarious clip from the film that sees a bumbling Bimla seated on the famous gaddi, trying to understand why a well wisher is seeking her aashirvaad. Looks like the raasta ahead won’t be aasaan for this homemaker!
Will this gharelu biwi be able to govern the pradesh? Got to watch the film to find out!
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On January 16, 1904, in a suburb of south London, a beautiful girl named Dorothy was born to parents of Irish descent. When Dorothy was three years old, while playing in the family home, she fell from the top of the basement stairs, hit her head on the ground, and fell into a coma. The family doctor announced that Dorothy had died and asked that they prepare her for the funeral.
Despite her parents’ shock, Dorothy emerged from her coma naturally and in good health.
Of course, she surprised everyone when she woke up. But this surprise increased when she began speaking with a strong foreign accent and began asking to be “taken home.” It seems that the accident was the beginning of the incredible – the moment of discovery of the ability to remember a past life.
Dorothy grew up in a Christian home and attended church regularly as a child. But one day, during a trip to the British Museum with her parents, she came across a photograph in the exhibition hall of a New Kingdom temple and exclaimed:
“This is my home! But where are the trees? Where are the gardens?”
The temple belonged to Seti I, the father of Ramesses the Great.
She couldn’t understand why there was no vegetation around the temple, but she recognized monuments and other artifacts in the halls of the Egyptian collection. She reverently kissed the feet of the statues, an incident which prompted her father to keep her away from the museum so as not to disturb visitors.
When she was ten years old, she attracted the attention of the famous English archaeologist, Wallis Budge, who noticed her strong passion for Egyptian antiquities. He encouraged her to study the history of Ancient Egypt.
Budge volunteered to teach Dorothy hieroglyphs and he was amazed at the speed with which she learned the complex writing of the land of the pyramids. When he expressed his amazement to her, she said that she simply remembered what she had learned earlier.
Despite his skepticism, she still insisted that the knowledge came from a long time ago and that in her previous life she was part of the court of Pharaoh Seti I. She told him about a dream in which she saw Seti I come to her in dream and begged her… to come home.
She claimed that he made her remember her past life. Over time, she turned more and more to the ancient religion and ceased to feel attached to Christianity.
By 1927 the family had moved to London, allowing Dorothy to indulge her Egyptomania. She went to art school and specialized in ancient art. During this time, she met a young Egyptian named Imam Abdul Majid, who also came to study. The relationship between them developed, and three years later they got married. She gave birth to a boy, whom she decided to name Seti.
This marriage became a ticket to her beloved Egypt, where she became an English teacher.
In 1933, she visited Egypt for the first time with her husband and, as soon as she landed in Port Said, she bent down to the ground and wet the pier with tears.
Later, her husband received an offer to work in Iraq, but she refused to leave her homeland, Egypt, and the couple divorced in 1935. Apparently, the husband took Sethi’s child with him, since all the sources discussing her did not mention a child.
In her unfinished autobiography, Dorothy recounted apparitions of the god Ra-Horahuti, who revealed to her that she had once been an Egyptian woman named Bentreshit (“Harp of Joy”), whose father served in the army and whose mother worked as a vegetable vendor during the reign of King Seti I (1290 -1279 BC). After the death of her mother, her father could not bear the hardships of raising her and sent her to the temple of Abydos to work as a priestess in the service of God.
At the age of 12, Bentreshit declared that she would become a consecrated virgin, but a few years later she met Pharaoh Seti I. They became lovers and Bentreshit became pregnant. Unfortunately, the fate of the lovers was not happy. The high priest of the temple told her that the situation was an insult to the gods and would cause a lot of problems for the pharaoh, so Bentreshit decided to commit suicide.
After the divorce, Dorothy moved to live in the Nazlat al-Samman area, near the Pyramids of Giza. I drew a lot. Surprising many, she performed strange rituals in front of the pyramids.
At that time, the famous archaeologist Dr. Salim Hasan (1868-1961), who was conducting excavations in the Giza region, heard about it. He hired her as an artist for his archaeological group.
Thus, she became the first woman to work in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities. After completing her work with Dr. Hassan’s team, she continued to work with archaeologist Dr. Ahmed Fakhri, in the Dahshur region.
In 1956, she decided to answer the call of her soul and travel to the south of Egypt, namely El Araba El Madfuna, a village near Abydos:
She told local archaeologists that this place was her home but of course, they didn’t believe her. Then she asked them for several recently discovered, not yet translated inscriptions and easily, without a single mistake, translated them. This surprised her and she was called an “eccentric lady.”
The matter was not limited to amazement; Dorothy also faced rejection from the village women, who feared the impact of her beauty on their husbands. More than once they wanted to stone her, but she continued to insist that she was at home, in her homeland and it will stay that way.
Eventually, through the help of Dr. Salim Hasan, she obtained a job at the Temple of Abydos, where she became known as Omm (Umm) Seti.
She built a house near the Pega Gorge. According to ancient beliefs, this gorge contains one of the portals to the Underworld. Omm Sethi believed that she had finally returned home.
Many scientists also believed in her story. Her life in Abydos was full of cooperation with Egyptologists, who, amazed at her knowledge of the area, asked her for help.
She knew the contents of religious papyri even before she read them. Her descriptions of monuments, reliefs and other things she saw in her previous life have been repeatedly confirmed by excavations. She also told other researchers what prayers and rituals looked like. Edie had knowledge that was unavailable to specialists who had worked in Egypt for many years.
She has self-published several books. The most important subject of her work was, of course, the temple of Seti I at Abydos. She helped discover the garden where she believed she first met Seti I. Excavations revealed an area that looked exactly as she described in her memories.
By the way, according to Omm Seti, she knew where Nefertiti’s tomb was located.
“One day I asked His Majesty where it was. He said: Why do you want to know? I said I would like it to be dug up, and he said: “No, you don’t have to.” We don’t want anything else to become known about this family.” But he told me where it was, forbidding me to tell others.
Over the decades, Dorothy has inspired many explorers. Her stories of life and death during Seti I also touched many hearts. Based on her words, many discoveries were made.
Every morning and evening she visited the temple to say prayers. She even turned one of the temple rooms into a personal office, where she did her work and became friends with a cobra, which she regularly fed, to the constant alarm of the guards.
Omm Seti impressed Egyptologists with her knowledge of Ancient Egypt. An archaeologist from the Institute of Oriental Studies commented that “she had visions and worshiped ancient Egyptian gods. But she understood the methods and standards of science, which is not usually the case with nuts.”
Dorothy Eady died at the age of 81 and was buried in the Coptic cemetery at Abydos. She believed that death would allow her to be reunited with her lover. Even now, researchers are still trying to prove that she was a liar who somehow gained access to the latest literature and had excellent acting skills.
Omm Seti may have attracted many because of her past life story, but it was her achievements and knowledge in her current life that made her reincarnation case one of the most compelling.
Whether you’re skeptical or not, the Omm Seti case is a remarkable example of reincarnation. She was highly respected in the highest echelons of the Egyptological community and demonstrated incredible knowledge where the source was not always clear.

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From the eighth to the tenth century A.D., Greek scientific and philosophical works were translated wholesale into Arabic. This activity resulted in the incorporation and reorganization of the classical heritage in the new civilization which, using Arabic, spread with Islam.
A Greek and Arabic Lexicon is the first systematic attempt to present in an analytical and rationalized way our knowledge of the vocabulary of the translations. It is based on the glossaries included in text editions, both published and unpublished, and on other materials gleaned from various sources. The work is published in fascicules of 128 pages of lexical entries plus indexes of the Greek-Arabic correspondences, of Greek proper names and transliterated words, of variant Greek and Arabic passages, and of the Greek authors cited in the context passages. From the second fascicule onwards the indexes will be cumulative.
A Greek and Arabic Lexicon is an indispensable reference tool for the study and understanding of Arabic scientific and philosophical language and literature. It facilitates the preparation of future editions of Arabic texts translated directly from the Greek, as well as of works originally composed in Arabic but based on the translations. It contributes to our knowledge of the vocabulary and syntax of Classical and Middle Arabic, of the thought and methods of the translators and of the nature of the translation activity into Arabic methods of the translators and of the nature of the translation activity into Arabic as a whole, and of the way a new vocabulary may develop in an existing language.
Moreover, the Greek-Arabic glossary in general and the index of variant Greek passages in particular will assist in future editions of the Greek text of the works translated into Arabic. These provide information, in a way that can be used by classical scholars who do not know Arabic, on the readings of the manuscripts which were used by the Arab translators and which antedate by more than two centuries the Greek manuscripts actually extant. The work further contributes to our knowledge of the vocabulary of Classical and Middle Greek and of the reception and reading of classical Greek works in late antiquity and pre-Photian Byzantine literature.
Saluons donc cette entreprise dont la qualité scientifique est indubitable et qui non seulement vient combler un vide mais creé également un nouveau champs de recherche.' Maria Campagnolo-Pothètou,
Journal of Oriental and African Studies, 1994. '
...das Material [ist] mit vorzüglischer Sachkenntnis klar und übersichtlich dargeboten.' M.U.,
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1994. '
The editors must be congratulated both for their original idea and for the methodical and clear way in which they are giving it form.' David Thomas,
Islam & Christian-Muslim Relations., 1994. '
se recommande par toutes les qualités de rigueur, de précision, de richesse, mais aussi de maniabilité, que en feront un incomparable instrument de travail.' Henri Hugonnard-Roche,
Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques, 1993. '
...clear, incisive, and helpful...' M.C. Lyons,
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1994. '
...one continues to be impressed by both the high academic standard of the work and the complexity and scale of the task the editors have undertaken. ...it is already a research tool of great value.' Lawrence I. Conrad,
Medical History, 1995. '
The work is very user-friendly...The usefulness of such a work needs no emphasis, and it is clear that its potential importance extends far beyond the lexicographic, and also beyond those broader aims that the editors outline for themselves. ...[it] will certainly become a standard work of frequent reference...' David J. Wasserstein,
Scripta, 1993. '
Dieses Lexikon wird nicht nur ein unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel für jeden sein, der sich mit der Übersetzungsliterature des 8.-10. Jh.s befaßt, sondern es dokumentiert auch allgemein die Entwickelung der Fachsprache im Mittelhocharabischen jener Epoche.' Manfred Ullman,
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländische Gesellschaft, 1994.


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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Movie ReviewMegaSoulhero As you probably already know, Rogue One comes out in a couple of weeks. I already bought tickets for it by the way! So before it comes out, I'm going to review all the live action Star Wars films in the order they came out! And I will also review Rogue One after I see it. So let's talk about the very first Star Wars film!
This is the movie that started it all! It was a beginning to what would be one of the most memorable franchises of all time! Star Wars was a HUGE success when it came out! Everyone loved it! And I really love it too! This movie is awesome! When I first watched this movie, it totally lived up to my expectations! Just from that beginning scene, I knew this was gonna be awesome! Darth Vader is one of the best villains in cinema history! When he first appears in the movie, it just shows how threatening the guy is! Luke Skywalker is pretty great too! He lives a simple life on Tatooine but wants to be part of the rebellion. Of course we are also introduced to C-3PO and R2-D2! They are two of the best droids in the entire saga! The absolute best character is Han Solo! He is just so awesome! I really hope Alden Ehrenreich doesn't ruin the character! In the Cantina scene, we see him talking to Greedo since apparently Han owes money to Jabba the Hutt. When Greedo threatens to shoot Han, he shoots Greedo. Oh, and by the way, HAN SHOT FIRST!
Honestly, whenever I watch this movie, I feel like they really are in space! It all seems very real! This movie definitely takes sci-fi to a whole new level! The set designs are brilliant! There are moments in this film that make it feel like you are actually in another galaxy! The designs of some of the alien creatures are also pretty cool! And the John Williams music is amazing! The effects used in this movie aren't as impressive these days but for they are still really great for the time this film came out! I really like climax of the film in which they blow up the Death Star! That looks really impressive! There is some really great action! Some of the dialogue can be a little corny but they're not too bad. And like I said before, the characters are really great! I like how we didn't know much about them in this film. It was great to see them develop as the films went on! We wanted to know more about these characters! So I'm glad they didn't tell us too much about them in the first movie!
Overall, Star Wars is an excellent sci-fi film! The characters are great, the action is great, and the scenery is great! This was definitely a great start to what would later be a very successful franchise!
I agree! I love this movie a lot! It's very realistic for a 1977 movie. - visitor
I enjoy the Star Wars movies and I think people need to stop complaining about some of the episodes. I think they all make a great series - Mcgillacuddy
Def. in my top ten for ALL TIME, and not even my favorite one... - ProPanda
9.5/10 There's Almost Nothing Bad About This Movie The Only Negative Is Some Of The Dialogue With Princess Leia But Other Than That It's A Masterpiece - christangrant
Where It All Began - JPK
10/10, the one that started it all. - visitor
Get MegaSoulHero, have seen the original theatrical films or just the altered versions? - Gangem


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The museum and theme park are being developed in a multipurpose complex that will showcase the belongings of Guru Gobind Singh
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With Raimona Reserve Forest and Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary notified as national parks, Assam now has seven national parks, the state with the second highest number of national parks in India. Madhya Pradesh with 11 and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with nine, top the list in the respective categories.
For wildlife tourism lovers here's a good news! Assam now has 2 more national parks in its tally of 5. The two new national parks have got officially notified taking total number in the state to seven. These two national parks are Dihing Patkai and Raimona.#DekhoApnaDesh pic.twitter.com/Sbh13qitYT— Ministry of Tourism (@tourismgoi) June 11, 2021
The announcement of Raimona as a national park was made by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on June 5 while the announcement of the government notification for both Dehing Patkai and Raimona was made by the state’s forest minister Parimal Suklabaidya, on June 9.
Glimpses from Assam's new National Park, Raimona, which is rich in flora and faunaAdvertisement
The National Park falls under Kokrajhar district of BTC & is part of contiguous forest patch of 422 square km covering the northern part of the notified Ripu Reserve Forest
Via @diprassam pic.twitter.com/CIdXlYLxK6— PIB in Assam (@PIB_Guwahati) June 6, 2021
Raimona is located in the Kokrajhar district of Assam, and is bound by Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary of Bhutan, the Buxa Tiger Reserve of West Bengal and the state’s own Manas National Park. According to wildlife experts, the forest is home to the endangered Golden Langur, besides elephants, tiger, over 150 bird species, butterflies, etc.
Assam has now become the state with the second-highest number of National Parks in India!— Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) June 13, 2021
To help conserve biodiversity, flora & fauna and to aid tourism, the 111.942 sq km Dehing Patkai is now notified as a National Park. pic.twitter.com/OJuMBEhJJz
Dehing Patkai is located across Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam. Famous for Assam Valley Tropical Wet Evergreen forests bordering Arunachal Pradesh, it is also part of the Dehing-Patkai Elephant Reserve. There are World War II cemeteries nearby, along with the Stillwell Road and the oldest refinery of Asia in Digboi and ‘open cast’ coal mining at Lido. Last year, the wildlife sanctuary was in the news as environmentalists alleged coal mining was taking place in the protected area.
Read: 5 Lesser Known Wildlife Destinations in Assam
As a national park, Dehing Patkai will now include the wildlife sanctuary as well as additional areas from adjoining reserve forests, according to media reports. Apart from a large number of bird and reptile species, Dehing Patkai also has many mammal species, including Chinese pangolin, Slow loris, various kinds of macaque, Hoolock gibbon, Himalayan black bear, Leopard, Tiger, Sambar, Barking deer, Gaur, Serow, etc. The sanctuary is about 80km by road from Dibrugarh Airport in Mohanbari.
The other five national parks of Assam are Kaziranga, Nameri, Orang, Manas and Dibru-Saikhowa, of which Kaziranga and Manas are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Read: 5 National Parks in Assam for an Unforgettable Experience
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Tower Garden has two models the Tower Garden Flex and the Tower Garden Home. Majority of hydroponic towers are portable, compact, efficient and very easy to use. You can ensure that they arrive free from damage by selecting the Trade Assurance protection search filter.
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Bharti Airtel on Friday said it will acquire 5.2 per cent stake in solar power company Avaada MHBuldhana for Rs 4.55 crore in an all-cash deal.
Bharat Forge on Friday said it has made an additional investment of Rs 2.87 crore to use the remaining 8.20 megawatts (MW) solar power from Avaada SataraMH Pvt Ltd (ASPL).
A total of 42 MoUs, promising investment of around Rs 60,000 crore, were signed in the field of renewable energy, mainly solar power plants.
New Delhi, Jul 25 () Avaada Energy on Thursday said it is implementing 2000 MW solar projects across various states in the country. Till date, Avaada Energy has commissioned over 1800 MW of renewable assets -- solar and wind, the company said in a statement. "Avaada Energy has commissioned over 1.
Mumbai, Apr 1 () Renewable energy firm Avaada Power is in talks with various states governments to set up floating solar projects and expects some large tenders to be floated in the next two months, a top company official said.
Lucknow, Feb 21 () Avaada Power, a clean energy company, today said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore in setting up 1,600 MW solar projects in Uttar Pradesh. The firm signed an MoU with the UP government during Investors Summit 2018, here.
New Delhi, Mar 19 () Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday said it has inked an agreement to invest USD 50 million in solar energy project developer Avaada Energy Pvt Ltd to help the company scale up rapidly.
New Delhi, May 10 () Solar power tariff has dropped to a record low of Rs 2.62 per unit in the auction conducted for Bhadla solar park. The price is even lower than NTPC's average coal-based power tariff of Rs 3.20 per unit. "Bhadla Ph-IV Solar Park results in a historic lowering of tariffs.
Solar power tariffs appear to be on a free fall in India to find a new floor at Rs 2.62 per unit, some 18% lower than the average price of Rs 3.20 charged by India's largest generation utility NTPC for electricity generated by its coal-fired plants.
New Delhi, Feb 28 () Avaada Power Pvt Ltd, India's leading clean energy company, today said it will invest Rs 3,500 crore to set up 500 MW solar projects in Andhra Pradesh. The utility-scale solar projects will generate enough clean energy to sustainably power over 2.


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The box office saw one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars flexed his star power this weekend. Denzel Washington’s latest film, The Equalizer, saw no real competition this weekend as the action film earned $35 million. It wasn’t very close really as Denzel had yet another number 1 hit film. As for the rest of the box office, last weekend’s champ The Maze Runner is in a close race with the other newcomer of the weekend, The Boxtrolls for the number 2 spot. Early estimates have Maze Runner ahead of Boxtrolls but that could change on Monday when final numbers are released.
It seemed that this past summer, star power isn’t always what gets audiences into seats. However, Denzel Washington has shown again how much his star shines. His latest film, The Equalizer debuted to a strong $35 million. That would be the actor’s 3rd largest opening behind Safe House and American Gangster. The Equalizer was sold as a reunion between Washington and Training Day director Antoine Fuqua. The film didn’t receive the praise that Training Day did from critics (only 59% fresh on RT) but audiences gave it an A-, according to CinemaScore. That is a good sign for the film as it likely will earn $100 million if it holds well next weekend.
Last weekend’s champ, The Maze Runner fell down a spot but held its own. Maze Runner earned $17.5 million for the weekend which is good enough for the number 2 spot. The YA film has earned an estimated $58 million. With a sequel already greenlit for next year, expect this adaption to end its run with $95 million.
The other newcomer of the weekend came in the form of The Boxtrolls. The stop-motion animated film earned $17.25 million for the weekend but could jump to the number two spot when the actual numbers are released. The Focus/Laika film earned more than the animated studio’s previous high, Coraline. However Boxtrolls debut in 3,464 theaters to an average of $4,980 while Coraline debuted to 2,299 theaters and an average of $7,329.
Also noteworthy, the hit of the summer Guardians of the Galaxy finally surpassed the total domestic run of the original Iron Man. The space opera earned $3.7 for the weekend and a total of $319.1 million. Marvel’s next film will likely break more records with next summer’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Next weekend will see a close race for the top spot. The beginning of October always means horror films and with no Paranormal Activity, Warner Bros’ Annabelle will try to take advantage. The prequel spin-off of last summer’s box office hit The Conjuring will try to reverse the 2014 horror trend. But Annabelle will go up against the latest from David Fincher, Gone Girl. The Oscar-buzz is pretty big for this one and will likely be the number 2 film but not far behind. For personal reasons, I actually want to see Gone Girl succeed since parts of the film were shot in my hometown in Southern Illinois. However, expect the creepy doll to edge out the Bat-fleck next weekend.
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|2||1||The Maze Runner||Fox||$17,500,000||-46.2%||3,638||+34||$4,810||$58,018,000||$34||2|
|4||3||This is Where I Leave You||WB||$7,010,000||-39.4%||2,868||-||$2,444||$22,557,000||$19.8||2|
|5||5||Dolphin Tale 2||WB||$4,835,000||-45.5%||3,376||-280||$1,432||$33,665,000||$36||3|
|6||4||No Good Deed (2014)||SGem||$4,600,000||-53.0%||2,130||-45||$2,160||$46,623,000||$13.2||3|
|7||2||A Walk Among the Tombstones||Uni.||$4,234,000||-66.8%||2,714||+2||$1,560||$20,871,000||$28||2|
|8||6||Guardians of the Galaxy||BV||$3,789,000||-27.7%||2,451||-395||$1,546||$319,192,000||$170||9|
|9||7||Let’s Be Cops||Fox||$1,515,000||-44.0%||1,534||-778||$988||$79,628,000||$17||7|
|10||8||Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)||Par.||$1,450,000||-45.3%||1,585||-763||$915||$187,182,000||$125||8|

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A new report released today from the national environmental advocacy group Food & Water Watch details how corporate food monopolies drive the U.S. dairy crisis, pushing family farms out of business and slashing on-farm profits.
The report is the third in a series outlining the harsh economic costs to consumers, rural communities and farmers of corporate monopolies throughout the American food system.
In the report — “The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: Dirty Dairy Racket” — Food & Water Watch analyzed changes in the U.S. dairy industry over the past several decades to find how corporate farm policy has led to the expansion of polluting factory farms at the direct expense of sustainable small-scale dairies. Specifically:
- The U.S. lost almost 70 percent of its family-scale commercial dairies between 1997 and 2017. Today, only about 30 percent of all U.S. milk is produced on family-scale farms.
- Since 2000, the average U.S. dairy has managed to turn a profit just twice. Much of that is due to increased production costs and plummeting real milk prices which dropped 20 percent from 2000 to 2021, thanks to the gutting of federal supply management policy.
- 83 percent of milk sales are marketed by three dairy cooperatives (the DFA, Land O’ Lakes, and California Dairies, Inc.). Since 1970, one third of U.S. dairy processors have gone out of business.
- These trends have serious climate implications: From 1990-2020, the shift to larger operations resulted in a doubling of annual methane emissions from dairy manure management, despite the fact that the number of cows remained the same.
Food & Water Watch Food Policy Analyst Rebecca Wolf said:
“Corporate consolidation is at the heart of our food system’s dysfunction. Corporate-directed policy making is throwing America’s dairy industry into crisis. Family-scale dairies are collapsing at an alarming rate, and those that manage to hang on face rising costs, negative returns and mounting debt, while consumers are sold an illusion of pastoral, sustainable milk products. The next Farm Bill is a critical opportunity to reverse course, by restoring supply management and reforming the farm safety net. Passage of the Farm System Reform Act and Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act will help ensure we stop digging a deeper hole by halting consolidation and factory farm proliferation.”
“Dairy farm families, we have our backs against the wall,” said Wisconsin dairy farmer Sarah Lloyd. “We need prices that are fair, covering our cost of production and giving us a return to maintain our businesses and make a living. Overproduction and consolidation in the industry are making this increasingly difficult if not impossible. Powerful agribusiness interests and corporate backed politicians only offer us more exports as a policy response. We can’t export our way out of this problem. We need to manage the growth of dairy supply and we can do this with solid dairy policy that looks out for farm families and rural communities and not corporate profits.”
“Food and Water Watch has done a great job of describing today’s dairy crisis. They are right on target that we need to stop the monopolization of dairy markets, stop the proliferation of unsustainable mega dairies, and implement a supply-control system for dairy production in the U.S. Without supply management, small and mid-size dairies cannot survive,” said Iowa dairy farmer Francis Thicke.
State policies mirror federal action, compounding the dairy crisis from coast to coast. Traditional and new dairy states New York and Oregon, respectively, illustrate the national trends. Since 1997, New York lost more than half its dairy farms, while over the same period, the number of cows raised on Oregon factory farms with more than 500 head quadrupled.
“The current paradigm in our country has enforced a policy of ‘get big or get out’ for dairy farmers in Oregon and across the country,” said Alice Morrison, Co-Director of Oregon-based Friends of Family Farmers. “Pausing the proliferation of factory farms in Oregon is a first step in moving back toward an environment where family farms of all scales had a possibility to thrive in the system. An agricultural system that prioritizes these gigantic facilities over all others drives land prices up and out of reach of small and midsize farmers, uses more than its fair share of water resources through abuse of the stock water exemption in a state suffering from persistent drought, and monopolizes processing infrastructure so there is no way for independent Oregon farmers to legally bring their products to market. This is not about choosing winners or losers in farming based on size, it is about addressing conditions that make it impossible for anyone to win. Not only do we need to protect our natural resources so that Oregonians can farm for generations to come, we need to foster an environment where it is possible to thrive as a small or midsize operation.”
For more on The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies report series from Food & Water Watch, see Grocery Cartels, detailing exploitative retailer monopolies and their impacts on consumers; and Hog Bosses, detailing the rural economic collapse in Iowa farm country at the hands of hog factory farming.
Contact: Phoebe Galt, [email protected]