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Three New Zealanders was a documentary series that looked at the lives of three of NZ's most celebrated writers: Sylvia-Ashton Warner, Janet Frame and Dame Ngaio Marsh. Produced by Endeavour Films (John Barnett), the final chapter of this three-part series centres on internationally acclaimed crime-writer and Shakespearean director Dame Ngaio Marsh. It contains an interview with Marsh in her later years, interspersed with comments from former students and friends, and re-enactments from her novels (with the Blerta crew as players, and John Bach as Hamlet!).
This three-part documentary series was made to mark International Women's Year in 1975; it provides rare and precious interview footage with three of New Zealand's most celebrated writers; Sylvia-Ashton Warner, Janet Frame and Dame Ngaio Marsh; who each reflect on their life and philosophy. In the case of Ashton-Warner and Marsh, these documentaries were filmed in the last decade of their lives. Three New Zealanders was produced by John Barnett for Endeavour Films.
As a showcase history of Christchurch on screen this collection is backwards looking; but the devastation caused by the earthquakes gives it much more than nostalgic poignancy. As Russell Brown reflects in his introduction, the clips are mementos from, "a place whose face has changed". They testify to the buildings, culture and life of a city now lost, but sure to rise.
Long before Ghost Chips, even before "don't use your back like a crane", life in Godzone was fraught with hazards. This collection shows public safety awareness films spanning from the 50s to the 70s. If there's kitsch enjoyment to be had in the looking back (chimps on bikes?!) the lessons remain timeless. Remember: It's better to be safe than sorry.
After countless romances, breakups and revelations — plus the odd psycho and crashing helicopter — Shortland Street turns 25 this month. Made on the run, sold round the globe, the Kiwi soap opera juggernaut has provided a launchpad for dozens of Kiwi actors and behind the scenes talents. Alongside best of clips, the 20th anniversary episode in full, and favourite memories from the cast, Shortland star turned director Angela Bloomfield writes about how the show has changed here, while Mihi Murray backgrounds how it began — and how it reflects New Zealand.
In the theatre world of the 70s and 80s, playwright Mervyn Thompson was an outspoken figure. He wrote, directed, and acted in theatre that presented New Zealand working class history and experience. This doco features a rare interview with Thompson before he died in 1992, as well as footage from his last work Passing Through (1991). Thompson discusses his upbringing on the West Coast of the South Island, his approach to theatre, and alludes to some of the controversies that beset his career.
This collection of 40 classic Kiwi TV series offers up images spanning 50 years. The titles range from Gloss to Gliding On, from Olly Ohlson to Nice One Stu, from Ready to Roll to wrestlers. In this special backgrounder, Stuff's James Croot writes about favourite moments of Kiwi TV. The list is in rough chronological order of when each series debuted.
Auckland's Massive Company began in 1998 as a youth theatre group, committed to developing multi-cultural talent. Sons for the Road records a big moment in their evolution: performing at London's Royal Court Theatre, whose long history includes launching another piece of cross-cultural fertilisation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The play the company is performing is The Sons of Charlie Paora, a tale of rugby players and troubled male identity developed by Massive, and Brit writer/actor Lennie James. The Independent called the play "wonderfully engaging".
This 1978 National Film Unit documentary provides a potted history of non-British settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe. Archive material and narration covers the colonials; then visits are paid to the German-descended Eggers, tobacco growers from Moutere, and newly arrived French bakers and Dutch dairy farmers. Aptly for a film directed by actor and vintner Sam Neill, the film drops in on an Italian play and the Babich family of Dalmatian winemakers. Neill worked at the NFU in his 20s, about the time of his breakout role in Sleeping Dogs (1977).
This National Film Unit film visits Christchurch roughly four years before the main event, to promote the city’s readiness to host the Commonwealth Games. A comical potted history of New Zealand precedes a montage of young women cycling around Canterbury environs and a split screen catalogue of NZ tourist attractions, before getting into a survey of the venues. As the opening demonstrates, “there’s always a traditional welcome awaiting our friends!” In 1973 the NFU completed a second film called Christchurch 74, before covering the games themselves in the feature-length Games 74.


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South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
|South West Surrey|
for the House of Commons
|Electorate||76,495 (December 2010)|
|Major settlements||Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere|
|Member of Parliament||Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)|
|Number of members||One|
South West Surrey is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 2] Since 2005, the seat has been represented by Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, the former Culture Secretary, Health Secretary and Foreign Secretary.
1983–2010: The District of Waverley wards of Alford and Dunsfold, Busbridge, Hambledon and Hascombe, Chiddingfold, Elstead, Peper Harow and Thursley, Farnham Bourne, Farnham Castle, Farnham Hale and Heath End, Farnham Rowledge and Wrecclesham, Farnham Upper Hale, Farnham Waverley, Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea, Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford, Godalming North, Godalming North East and South West, Godalming North West, Godalming South East, Haslemere North and Grayswood, Haslemere South, Hindhead, Milford, Shottermill, and Witley.
2010–present: The Borough of Waverley wards of Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe, Chiddingfold and Dunsfold, Elstead and Thursley, Farnham Bourne, Farnham Castle, Farnham Firgrove, Farnham Hale and Heath End, Farnham Moor Park, Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone, Farnham Upper Hale, Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea, Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge, Frensham, Dockenfield and Tilford, Godalming Binscombe, Godalming Central and Ockford, Godalming Charterhouse, Godalming Farncombe and Catteshall, Godalming Holloway, Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill, Haslemere East and Grayswood, Hindhead, Milford, and Witley and Hambledon.
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
The Boundary Commission's recommendations implemented by Parliament for 2010 saw the realignment of the boundary with Guildford in order to bring it in line with adjustment of local government wards. Guildford's electorate was the largest of the county and this aimed to reduce it. Two wards split between the two constituencies: Bramley; and Busbridge and Hascombe, afterwards entirely in South West Surrey; and the ward 'Alfold, Cranleigh Rural and Ellens Green' was split, so it was consolidated into Guildford for the 2010 general election. The net effect was to increase the number of voters in South West Surrey and reduce the number in Guildford.
A public review was called, dealing primarily with objections to receiving the rest of Bramley. Many petitioned to argue that the village's links, especially transport, were mainly with Guildford rather than the towns of Godalming (or Farnham). The precedent of the previous review was cited, when a proposal to move Bramley out of Guildford and into Mole Valley was rejected after local opposition. However, the review felt that this did not justify splitting the ward (something the Boundary Commission seeks to avoid completely) and that the other parts of the ward had strong links to Godalming. Furthermore, it cited the point that, in the previous review, Bramley Parish Council had stated that if it were to be moved it would prefer to be moved to South West Surrey and thus argued that the previous objection had accommodated a preferred progressive change towards being wholly in South West Surrey if necessary to equalise electorates.
The constituency was created in 1983, largely replacing the former seat of Farnham. It has been consistently won by the Conservative Party, though the majority dropped to a mere 861 votes in 2001, leaving it as the Liberal Democrats' third target constituency by swing required. Since then, the Conservative majority has substantially increased, exceeding 28,000 votes in 2015.
In the 2011 referendum on adopting the Alternative Vote (AV) system, Waverley Borough, which includes the constituency, rejected the proposal by 72.6%. In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, Waverley voted to remain in the European Union by 58.4%.
In the 2017 general election, the Green Party endorsed Dr Louise Irvine, of the National Health Action Party, and did not field its own candidate in an attempt to unseat the incumbent Jeremy Hunt as a result of his controversial record as the Secretary of State for Health. Some local members of the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties also advocated not fielding a candidate for their respective parties. However, the national Labour party declined to withdraw in the seat, saying that it would impose its own candidate if necessary, and Labour party members who publicly supported Dr Irvine were expelled. The Liberal Democrats also declined to withdraw. In 2019, Dr. Irvine declined to stand and endorsed the Liberal Democrat candidate. At the election, the Liberal Democrats polled over 17,000 more votes - an almost 30% vote share increase - compared to 2017, however Hunt retained his seat by 8,817 votes.
Virginia Bottomley, the MP from 1984 to 2005, became the Secretary of State for Health in 1992 (a Privy Council level office). She then served as the Secretary of State for National Heritage from 1995 to 1997.
Jeremy Hunt served as the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012), Secretary of State for Health (2012–2018) and, between 9 July 2018 and 24 July 2019, as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
The constituency includes one end of the Greensand Ridge, including the Devil's Punch Bowl and visitor centre at Hindhead. The area has two railways, a branch line via Farnham, the Alton Line and the Portsmouth Direct Line. The A3 three-lane highway passes through the seat.
Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.
The constituency is sometimes known as Surrey South West.
Members of Parliament
|1984 by-election||Virginia Bottomley||Conservative|
Elections in the 2010s
|Liberal Democrats||Paul Follows||23,374||38.7||+28.8|
|National Health Action||Louise Irvine||12,093||20.0||+11.5|
|Liberal Democrats||Ollie Purkiss||5,967||9.9||+3.6|
|National Health Action||Louise Irvine||4,851||8.5||New|
|Liberal Democrats||Patrick Haveron[n 3]||3,586||6.3||−23.9|
|Something New||Paul Robinson||320||0.6||New|
|Liberal Democrats||Mike Simpson||17,287||30.2||−9.2|
Elections in the 2000s
|Liberal Democrats||Simon Cordon||20,709||39.5||−4.1|
|Liberal Democrats||Simon Cordon||21,601||43.6||+3.8|
Elections in the 1990s
|Liberal Democrats||Neil Sherlock||22,471||39.8||+6.3|
|ProLife Alliance||Josephine Quintavalle||258||0.5||New|
The seat underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus vote share changes are based on a notional calculation.
|Liberal Democrats||Neil Sherlock||20,033||33.5||−0.9|
|Natural Law||Keith Campbell||147||0.3||New|
Elections in the 1980s
|Ind. Conservative||Matthew Green||299||0.5||New|
|Pro-Nuclear Holocaust Masturbation Freedom||Victor Litvin||117||0.3||New|
|Death off Roads: Freight on Rail||Helen Anscomb||82||0.2||New|
|Votes for a full hearing||Peter Smith||29||0.1||New|
|Conservative win (new seat)|
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- After nominations were closed, Haveron was suspended by the Liberal Democrats following allegations that he had falsified council nomination papers. Although his name still appeared on the ballot papers as the Liberal Democrat candidate, the party said he no longer represented them and the treasurer of the local branch encouraged supporters to vote for Louise Irvine instead.
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A hacker has breached the Argentinian government’s IT network & stolen ID card details for the country’s entire population, data that is now being sold in private circles.
The hack, which took place last month, targeted RENAPER, which stands for Registro Nacional de las Personas, translated as National Registry of Persons.
The agency is a crucial cog inside the Argentinian Interior Ministry, where it is tasked with issuing national ID cards to all citizens, data that it also stores in digital format as a database accessible to other government agencies, acting as a backbone for most government queries for citizen’s personal information.
Lionel Messi & Sergio Aguero Data Leaked on Twitter
The 1st evidence that someone breached RENAPER emerged earlier in Oct. on Twitter when a newly registered account named @AnibalLeaks published ID card photos & personal details for 44 Argentinian celebrities.
This included details for the country’s president Alberto Fernández, multiple journalists & political figures, & even data for soccer superstars Lionel Messi & Sergio Aguero.
A day after the images & personal details were published on Twitter, the hacker also posted an ad on a well-known hacking forum, offering to look up the personal details of any Argentinian user.
Faced with a media fallout following the Twitter leaks, the Argentinian government confirmed a security breach 3 days later.
In an Oct. 13 press release, the Ministry of Interior outlined that its security team discovered that a VPN account assigned to the Ministry of Health was used to query the RENAPER database for 19 photos “in the exact moment in which they were published on the social network Twitter.”
Officials added that “the [RENAPER] database did not suffer any data breach or leak,” & authorities are now currently investigating 8 government employees about having a possible role in the leak.
Hacker has a Copy of the Data
In a conversation, the hacker stated they have a copy of the RENAPER data, contradicting the government’s official statement.
The individual proved their statement by providing the personal details, including the highly sensitive Trámite number, of a chosen Argentinian citizen.
“Maybe in a few days I’m going to publish the data of 1m or 2m people,” the RENAPER hacker explained. They also said they plan to continue selling access to this data to all interested buyers.
When a link was shared to the government’s press release in which officials blamed the intrusion on a possibly compromised VPN account, the hacker simply replied, “careless employees yes,” indirectly confirming the point of entry.
Claimed to Have It All
According to a sample provided by the hacker online, the information they have access to now includes full names, home addresses, birth dates, gender info, ID card issuance & expiration dates, labour identification codes, Trámite numbers, citizen numbers, & government photo IDs.
Argentina currently has an estimated population of more than 45m, although it is unclear how many entries are in the database. The hacker claimed to have it all.


LAMPO by Giovanni Lanfranchi
LAMPO started its activities in 1887 at Palazzolo sull’Oglio (Brescia) on the initiative of a dyer’s son, Giovanni Lanfranchi, a visionary who transformed an old spinning mill into an innovative button factory, which later became the epicenter of a disruption.
In 1955, the family sensed the appeal of an accessory used for airplane suits, the zipper, and the conversion was completed with the acquisition of the exclusive rights on the sale in Italy of the patent owned by the German company Ruhrmann.
Today, LAMPO is an international reference player in the fashion industry in the field of zippers with several applications.
In addition to professionalism, excellence, and product engineering, the enhancement of human know-how, the development of creativity, and the protection of the environment are essential for LAMPO.
LAMPO is the identifying mark of an approach that goes far beyond the product. A philosophy, which encapsulates the company's multiple values: sustainability, transparency, tradition, and innovation with a direct influence on the territory, relationships, and the people.
A caring and responsible company that believes in adopting new styles of production, consumption, and life cycle, promoting a shared and future-friendly vision of the world. Always, strictly Made in Italy.
Superlampo T3 Recycled Pinlock is the most innovative product of the Lampo by Giovanni Lanfranchi SS collection, reflecting the concepts of innovation and tradition that the Lampo brand has been pursuing for years.
Tradition because the SL T3 Recycled Pinlock is produced with our classic Superlampo chain where engineering, performance, and aesthetics find the perfect balance with visual and tactile sensations of extreme smoothness.
Tradition and innovation also reside in the slider and puller mounted on Superlampo T3 Recycled Pinlock inspired by a historic and restyled Lampo design featuring a more slender and lighter shape, without altering product performance.
Superlampo T3 Recycled Pinlock is a sustainable product: the tape is made of a GRS-certified recycled material; the yarn is purchased raw and processed in-house by Lampo according to ISO14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certified production equipment.
But that's not all, we process Zero Waste and Green badge metals and use our renewable energy.
Sustainability for Lampo by Giovanni Lanfranchi is embedded in its origins, when, back in 1887, in line with the company’s philosophy a great deal of attention was paid to the enhancement of the territory, and, concerning processes, the company was re-using production scraps.
More recently, in 2015, the company joined the Greenpeace Detox Commitment campaign. In 2021, Lampo by Giovanni Lanfranchi strengthened its commitment to sustainability as a strategic driver of its philosophy.
This approach was not limited to manufacturing but included neighboring, more human, and ethical themes akin to the company.
Superlampo T3 Recycled Pinlock is also available with a natural stainless steel chain, which has hypoallergenic features and high resistance to chemicals without the need for galvanic treatment or protective painting.
As in the imaginary journey of the Tendenze, proposed by Milano Unica for Spring/Summer 2023, the Lampo collection features eco-sustainable and ultralight materials made of certified recycled yarns.
The colors are light, with a strong reference to nature and, the bright finishes refer to the desire for a carefree vacation.
Discover the collection on e-MilanoUnica Connect


- Trust in the ATO is important for ensuring voluntary compliance but has been threatened by a run of bad publicity.
- The outgoing Inspector-General of Taxation Ali Nozoori says tension between his office and the tax commissioner is healthy.
- He suggests changes to tax administration to allow independent oversight and review.
By Garry Shilson-Josling
Now that he’s stepping down from his role as Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT), the very diplomatic Ali Noroozi is loosening up just a little.
Noroozi’s second five-year term finishes on 6 November, and he announced in July that it would be his last. For most of the past decade, his working relationship with Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan has been widely speculated to be tense.
Now that he is on the home stretch, he no longer pretends the relationship is anything else. Instead, he argues for the benefits of a working relationship that keeps everyone on their toes. He quotes former parliamentarian and long-time Australian Taxation Office (ATO) critic Bronwyn Bishop’s comment that his job was “not to have nice cups of tea with the commissioner”. He says “a degree of tension between the scrutineer and the subject of scrutiny is healthy”.
Even so, he is not taking the opportunity to give unsolicited advice to his successor, whomever that may be. “Look, I think one should have the good grace that when one finishes one should keep his nose out of things, just like my predecessor was a complete gentleman and did not dabble in anything I did.”
A degree of tension between the scrutineer and the subject of scrutiny is healthy.
And he remains cautious about taking public pot-shots at the Tax Commissioner, despite the insight gained from the myriad complaints his office has fielded from the ATO’s “clients”. At the same time, he does not shy away from his record of scrutiny and criticism, or from his ideas for change in tax administration. He believes they would improve the ATO and the tax system in general. He argues that confidence and trust are the best motivators for voluntary compliance.
The importance of trust
Noroozi quotes academic research backing his views about the link between compliance and trust. It’s a view shared widely among tax professionals, including Kevin O’Rourke, indirect tax partner at Deloitte. “Even if the ATO does nothing, money still flows in, in enormous quantities,” O’Rourke says. That happens because the ATO is trusted. If the trust weakens too far, “it undermines the voluntary compliance strategy”, he adds.
The ATO has been the subject of some bad press in recent years. Technology is magnifying the effect on its reputation. Perceptions that multinationals don’t pay enough tax have become common. Jordan himself acknowledged the reputational pressure as recently as March, declaring in a Cairns speech that: “I do not underestimate how important it is that people have trust and confidence in me and the ATO”. (You can read the Acuity interview with Jordan in the February/March 2018 edition.)
Trust under pressure
Noroozi acknowledges that trust in the ATO has come under pressure recently, and not just because taxpayers see others getting away with dodging their fiscal duty.
“Look, the ATO has done some really good things under the current commissioner,” he says. “He has done some good things. He really has tried to make the place more user-friendly, so you should get credit for that. But he’s also had some major issues.”
The Inspector-General zeroes in on three areas. One is the highly publicised IT failures of 2016 and 2017 and their long aftermath. “There are continuing irritants for tax professionals with the portal,” Noroozi points out. “I mean, it’s down a lot for maintenance.”
Then there was the fraud case in which the son of former ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston is alleged to have been part of a massive tax fraud conspiracy. It led to the ATO senior executive being charged with improperly accessing restricted information and caused a political uproar, with various political groups expressing deep concern, Noroozi notes. “But ... they all trusted in my office to conduct a review, so all of that heat was taken out of it.”
The review has been completed but because it contains recommendations to the government, the Inspector-General is unable to release it directly. The minister is required by law to publish it within 25 parliamentary sitting days after it goes to the minister – in this case, by late October.
Photographs: Nic Walker/Jessica Hromas/Fairfax Syndication
Then there are the series of stories stemming from a joint investigation by Fairfax Media and ABC’s Four Corners that depicts a heavy-handed approach by the ATO to small business debt collection, in particular by using garnishee notices. Jordan attacked the investigation as “offensive and inaccurate”, taking particular issue with the Four Corners program’s title, A Mongrel Bunch of Bastards.
“In recent years they have had what some may call a series of scandals, of which I think particularly the Four Corners program has really affected their reputation,” Noroozi says.
An unhappy report
Just how badly he thought the ATO’s reputation had suffered was laid out in an Inspector-General’s report to Treasury in April. It was revealed in July when the report was obtained by the Fairfax/Four Corners journalists. When asked for his views on the Four Corners program, Noroozi points to the once-secret report now on the IGT website.
The report is not happy reading. It criticises the ATO for using a media strategy that denies the existence of problems and discredits people raising concerns. It says attempts to use these tactics “have not reflected well” on the ATO, and not only fall short of public expectations, but are increasingly irrelevant. Modern communications technology allows a quick and coordinated response by those who see a divergence between their experience and the ATO’s response. Spin is just not as effective as it used to be.
In this changed environment, the ATO and the IGT have to work together to regain the trust of the Australian people, Noroozi says. Despite a very short turnaround time, his report recommends a range of measures, including legal help for taxpayers in dispute with the ATO, compensation for those hurt by its mistakes, and a genuine response to taxpayer concerns rather than attempts to downplay them.
“Everybody makes mistakes, but it’s how you deal with that mistake that people will judge you by, and I make this point in the submission,” Noroozi says. The report also recommends promoting the IGT’s ombudsman role.
The IGT office was established in 2003 under Noroozi’s predecessor, David Vos. Its original brief was simply to look into systemic issues relating to tax administration and law. But in May 2015, that brief was widened to include handling of complaints about the ATO and Tax Practitioners Board. Those complaints now consume about three-quarters of the IGT’s resources. In the release announcing his departure, Noroozi said his office had already handled more than 7000 complaints.
The flow of new complaints is still rising, both in terms of numbers and complexity, he says. It’s not that the ATO is making more mistakes; rather, the IGT is becoming better known and acquiring more of that precious commodity called trust. Responsibility for that can be assigned in large part to Noroozi’s own efforts to make his office better known, according to Michael Croker, tax leader at CA ANZ. “He’s been out and about, talking to lots of people during his tenure – professional associations, industry associations, individual taxpayers,” Croker says.
With such a volume of disputation, the potential for head-butting between the IGT and the ATO is obviously great, but Noroozi says that in most cases the ATO and IGT come to “some level of agreement”. Fundamental disagreement is rare, which is impressive, given that the IGT has no formal coercive power over the ATO.
When the IGT investigates complaints, its recommendations are not binding on the ATO, but Noroozi insists that they can still pack a persuasive punch when legal daggers are drawn. “Obviously, you know, our findings, people may decide to share that in the court and they might find that it’s not binding but they might find it helpful,” he says.
With his exit looming, Noroozi says he no longer has “skin in the game”, and so feels more comfortable offering suggestions for policymakers. Two, he says, are especially important.
One is for an appeals group in the ATO. The idea was presented in a January 2015 report into how tax disputes are managed and while there has been no action, Noroozi’s enthusiasm for the idea is undiminished.
As it typically does when compiling its reports, Noroozi’s team drew on the experience of other countries – the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland – to form the recommendation. The report found that the degree of separation between the staff making the decisions and the staff reviewing them was smaller than in any other comparable jurisdiction.
The IGT’s proposed alternative would be headed by a new second commissioner. Because second commissioners are appointed by the minister rather than the commissioner, the head of the group would not have a potential conflict between career progression and criticising the boss. As with the suggested appeals group, Noroozi is keen to argue the case for an oversight board to sit above the ATO.
It would have an independent chair and links to the IGT, enabling it to cross-check the information flowing up from within the ATO itself, and it would draw on private sector expertise. Noroozi recommended it in 2011 and it was floated as an idea by the Australian Labor Party when it was last in office, but the proposal currently lies dormant.
The underlying motivation for both the board and the appeals group is the same. Noroozi worries that the ATO simply has too much power, particularly power concentrated in the commissioner. As a result, he sees the need for structures independent of the ATO to provide checks and balances. This focus on independence is a recurring theme with Noroozi. He stresses that to be able to fulfil its role in nurturing trust in tax administration, it must not just be independent but be seen to be independent to nurture the trust it requires to play its part.
Both goals would be easier to reach if the Inspector-General were to be appointed for a non-renewable term of 10 years, in line with the auditor-general, rather than the current renewable five-year terms. And Noroozi wonders whether it is appropriate to have both the Inspector-General of Taxation and the Tax Commissioner reporting to the same minister, the Treasurer. “I couldn’t say this before because they would have thought it was for my own benefit but I am now putting it forward as a good thing for the system,” he says.
Garry Shilson-Josling has been chief economist at both Australian Associated Press and MMS Standard and Poor’s Australia/NZ, and an economist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
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Judge Dolly Gee, a U.S. District Court judge, is making headlines after turning down President Donald Trump’s request to make changes to a decades-old legal settlement that would allow long-term detention of children who entered the U.S. illegally with their parents, Politico reports.
According to Politico, Gee’s order states that some immigrant families could be “detained together if the parents’ consent, but suggests that without that consent, immigration authorities must release the children.”
Here’s what you need to know about Judge Dolly Gee:
1. Gee’s Mother, a Garment Worker, Never Taught Gee to Sew Because She Didn’t Want Her Daughter to Have to “Stitch Clothes for a Living”
Gee was born in Hawthorne, California and is the daughter of Cantonese immigrants from “rural China,” according to Wikipedia. Gee’s father was a World War II veteran and an aerospace engineer who worked on projects like the space shuttle and the Apollo missions. Her mother was a garment worker.
According to the New York Times, during her confirmation hearing in 2009, Barbara Boxer, then a senator from California, said that Judge Gee’s mother, “was a garment worker who never taught Dolly to sew because she did not want her daughter to have to stitch clothes for a living.”
Gee attended school at the University of California, Los Angeles and received her Bachelors of Arts in 1981. She continued her schooling and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1984. She served as a law clerk for Judge Milton Schwartz of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California from 1984 to 1986, according to Wikipedia.
2. Gee is Known as a “Compassionate”Advocate for Immigrants, Minorities & the Working Class, Often Doing Pro Bono Work to Assist the Needy
Gee is known as an advocate for the underdog — immigrants, minorities and the working class, according to the New York Times.
“She’s compassionate,” said Henry M. Willis, a partner at Judge Gee’s former Los Angeles law firm, Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrman & Sommers.“She’s rigorous in the law.”
Gee, 58, had a long career in private practice before joining the bench, according to the New York Times. While living in Los Angeles, she became involved in many social causes, actively working with activists to “end affirmative action, and working pro bono to help victims of the civil unrest in 1992 after the beating of Rodney King by the police,” the New York Times reports.
3. Gee is the First Chinese American Woman to Serve as an Article III Judge in U.S. History
In 1999, former president Bill Clinton nominated Gee as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of Columbia to replace Judge John G. Davies. However, during that time Republicans had control of the U.S. Senate, and Gee’s nomination was “languished,” despite her meeting with Clinton in 2000.
“Gee never received a hearing before the Republican-controlled United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and her nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his presidency. President George W. Bush later successfully nominated John F. Walter to the seat to which Gee had been nominated,” Wikipedia reports.
In 2009, former president Barack Obama nominated Gee to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She was later referred to the full Senate, who unanimously confirmed Gee on December 24, 2009.
Three months later, Gee was inducted to California’s branch of the U.S. District Court, which officially made her the first Chinese American woman to serve as an Article III Judge in U.S. history, according to Wikipedia.
4. Gee Says the Trump Administration is Seeking to “Light a Match” to the Flores Agreement & Denied a Request to Extend Holds on Children in Detention Centers
Gee, who is based out of Los Angeles, dismissed the Trump administrations legal argument to get out of the Flores consent decree that was agreed upon back in 1997, which dictated that children in immigration detention centers cannot be held for more than 20 days.
“Defendants seek to light a match to the Flores Agreement and ask this Court to upend the parties’ agreement by judicial fiat,” wrote Gee. “It is apparent that Defendants’ Application is a cynical attempt…to shift responsibility to the Judiciary for over 20 years of Congressional inaction and ill-considered Executive action that have led to the current stalemate.”
Last year, Gee was also was also critical of family detentions, calling their conditions “deplorable and unsanitary,” and affirmed that Flores prohibits the lengthy detentions of children. She also took a stance against Trump’s restrictions on immigration from Muslim countries, ordering an Iranian man with a valid visa who was being sent to Dubai to be brought back, according to the New York Times.
5. Gee Originally Signed the Decision in the Flores V. Reno Case & Refused the Request to Modify the Ruling in the Agreement
Last month, the Justice Department attempted to modify the Flores v. Reno agreement, stating they were “bound by a prohibition that restricted the detention of immigrant children to 20 days,” according to CNN. The department’s lawyers wanted Gee to modify the ruling to give the president’s administration “maximum flexibility in handling family units.” Gee originally signed the operative decision in the case. Gee refused.
The Trump administration’s goal was to detain the parents of immigrant children until the end of criminal proceedings and beyond, specifically through the end of asylum proceedings. “The administration also wanted relief from provisions in the settlement agreement dictating the type of licensed facilities where minors may be held,” CNN reports.


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What’s the FAA looking for in the screening process to disqualify a potential pilot?
Take a look at FAA 61.15 and disqualification mostly relates to criminal activity surrounding drugs or alcohol. And under 61.18 a person may be disqualified if the TSA deems the pilot candidate ineligible and issued a “Final Notification of a Threat Assessment.”
It makes sense that the FAA is concerned about drugs and alcohol and if a person has been marked as a threat by the TSA to decide if a person can have a pilot’s license, BUT should YOU use the same disqualifications to decide to lease out planes or train student pilots?
More than one in four U.S. adults, about 65 million people, have an arrest or conviction on their record. Close to six million Americans, one in 40 adults, have a current or previous felony conviction. Based on the statistics it makes sense the criminal element is seeping into aviation.
A person wanting to commit a crime may enter the aviation world through a friend or acquaintance and because I find the “aviation circle” is still trusting strangers more than most other high risk industries, a criminal can operate unnoticed.
How do we know this is an issue?
Because we screen student pilots and pilots leasing planes!
Here is a short list of some of the crime we have found: federal fugitive wanted for stealing airplane parts, drug trafficking, airplane explosive offenses, airport trespass, vandalism, counterfeiting, and grand larceny. We also had a person convicted of manslaughter.
Thankfully the cases we find are not found often, but I believe relying on the FAA pilot screening disqualification as a screening tool is a huge mistake for security of your aviation business.
With a background check release form and a small applicant fee, you will know when serious offenders are targeting your business. The alternative way to find out about a person with a criminal history may be devastating to your business.

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Belgium is a cosmopolitan nation at the heart of Europe. It offers you historic cities and a fascinating mix of the old and the modern.
Finnair serves Brussels Airport (BRU) in Belgium. Book flights to Belgium with us and explore the highlights of a deeply historical country situated right in the heart of Europe.
Destinations in Belgium served by Finnair
Brussels is the capital city of Belgium and is the perfect place to begin your visit to the country. In fact, as well as being the national capital, Brussels hosts the administration headquarters for many departments of the European Union. A great place to begin your exploration of the city is the Grand Place/Grote Markt, which is a central gathering place. It’s beautifully lit-up in the evenings and is surrounded by splendid architecture like the City Tower. Road signs are in both French and Flemish, representing the bilingual nature of the country, although you will also find that nearly everyone speaks English and often other languages as well in this international melting pot.
Typical food and drink in Belgium
Without question, Belgium’s most popular food is the delightful combination of fresh and juicy mussels and crunchy, salty French fries that is Moules Frites. And this, of course, is best enjoyed in combination with one of Belgium’s impressive selection of rich and fruity beers, many of which are brewed by Trappist monks.
Practical information about Belgium
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- Time Zones – UTC+01:00
- Tipping – Most restaurants have a service charge included in the bill so only tip to reward exceptional service.
- Electricity – 230 volts or 50 Hz.
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I have had the pleasure of working for a number of established companies and organizations, ranging from world renowned non-profits to start-up companies, as a graphic designer, marketer, and social media manager. Prior to my real world experience, I studied Creative Advertising at Michigan State University where I began discovering who I was and what I wanted to do with the skills I had learned.
My creative approach—no matter the medium—is to find points of symmetry behind the idea I’ve been assigned and a design approach that's enticing visually. I do several iterations on each point and end up refining the one I find most in line with the character of the brand and is aesthetically appealing.
Through my experience, I have found that social media management in partnership with enticing designs is paramount to a successful organization. It not only is a vital tool in brand recognition, but impacts the way your audience views you, relates to you, and interacts with you on a day-to-day basis.
Ultimately, my goal is to help the viewer develop a positive and lasting relationship with your company, brand, or organization.
Passionate about family, perfecting processes and changing my world. Obsessed with efficiency and perfection.
Nik is part of our design team at Created 2 C . He is experienced with graphic design, website designing and gets all the "dirty work" done for the team.

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22 April, 2023 seen 803Hiking from Norio village to Martkopi monastery is about 10km long distance (forth and back), best done in Spring, Summer, or early Autumn. The route is pretty steep, though covered with asphalt, there are parts of the damaged surface and some agility is needed. Update: We originally did this hiking path back in 2017. in 2020 there is a new asphalt road…
Martkopi monastery complex is located some 30km from Tbilisi, Georgia.
This place is best reached by car, but some could get here by hiking too, see: Hiking Route in Georgia - Norio Village - Martkopi Monastery
Filmed with DJI Mavic Mini on September 23, 2020, Post-production in Adobe Premiere PRO
Martkopi monastery complex, located just some 30km from Tbilisi
I was told - they are sheltering some 100 people here. That's the true spirit of Church!
First discovered back in 2017, returned here with a drone in 2020.
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A year and a half of learning at home or partially at school has students has forgotten how to do school. They’ve forgotten the basic rules of walking in the hall, staying in class, and teachers giving them directives to follow. They believe they can call home whenever they want because the teacher told them the word no or asked them to do work.
So if you ask me, how has the pandemic changed the world? The teaching I knew for 20 years has dramatically changed on March 12, 2020.
I’m back in the resource room working with students one on one or in a small group. For a year and a half prior to the pandemic, my job assignment was the resource room. Last year, I did the resource room for writing and the students on my caseload plus inclusion in a classroom. This year I’m back to doing the resource room. What is different is the way I teach the students in my room. Maybe it’s the same but I see it as different. Maybe it’s because I know how precious the time is teaching those students face-to-face. I had lost that drive and passion last year.
So what can I say about how the pandemic changed my life? It changed my teaching. Perhaps it’s made me a better teacher because I know how hard it’s to give special education services over Zoom. I made connections with my students last year even through Zoom., but it’s different sitting with the students and interacting with them while teaching.
Now I’m struggling with teaching phonics or as we know them as a reading foundational skills while wearing a mask because the students don’t see my mouth as I’m saying the sounds or hear me as well as they could. However, we are working through that barrier as best as we can.
Now here’s to hoping we don’t have to go back to virtual teaching. I would be sad if that happened.
One thought on “Pandemic teaching is not for the faint of heart”
It would be so challenging to teach with a mask on! I have a feeling these kids just need a little time to be reminded how things go in class and that there are repercussions when they don’t follow the rules. I’m glad you get to be with them in person again!

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Draw Ocean AnimalsBook - 1994
From initial concept to finished art, the "Learn to Draw" series provides young and beginning artists with practical step-by-step instruction in a warm, friendly voice.
Publisher: [Molalla, Or.] : Peel Productions, c1994
Branch Call Number: j743.6 D853d65
Characteristics: 63 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

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Bus services face cuts to save money
DORSET’S supported bus network is set for a shake-up with some services being scrapped to save money.
Now local bus users are being asked what impact planned changes to Dorset services will have on them.
Among the changes proposed is the scrapping of the X53 Lyme Regis to Weymouth Sunday service in winter.
In Lyme Regis the service 72 summer park and ride would go as well as the Saturday service in the town on the service 71.
Dorset County Council has been examining the routes it subsidises and has announced a revamp in 2014 making savings of £850,000 in its public transport budget.
Residents are invited to have their say on the changes being proposed.
People who use the bus services are being invited to explain what the proposed changes would mean to them – and if there are any local initiatives or ideas that could help provide the transport options they need.
Views are being captured by an online survey, but people can also write in with their views.
Spencer Flower, leader of Dorset County Council, said: “We are keen to understand the individual impacts that the changes will have. We can then look to helping with community initiatives in the highlighted areas that can provide residents with a better, tailored service that fits their needs.
“Many of the rural buses have very little usage and we have had to look at ways of providing a better value for money service by empowering local groups to work together.
“In all parts of Dorset there have been successes with neighbourcar and dial-a-car schemes that offer residents a bespoke service.”
Earlier this year the county council carried out a comprehensive survey of bus users and operators looking at the patterns of usage.
Their findings have informed the changes, which will take effect from January next year.
The new arrangements include withdrawing rural services that costs the county council over £5 per passenger and urban service with subsidies over £3.
Those carrying less than seven passengers per journey and a small number of subsidised summer-only tourist services will also be removed.
There will be no subsidised services during evenings, Saturdays (unless they average 20 passengers per journey or more), Sundays, Bank Holidays unless additional external funding can be sourced.
There will be revisions county-wide including the North Dorset network, Dorchester to Yeovil services and the Dorchester to Poole route. Christchurch services will also be affected.
Simon Thompson from Dorset Community Action said: “We understand why this review is happening but we’re concerned about those in rural areas. We’d like alternatives to be investigated before communities are isolated further.”
Mr Thompson said changes would hit the ‘working poor’.
He also warned against the assumption that voluntary car schemes could replace buses, with an increasing need to find volunteers.
Full details of the proposal and the online form can be found at dorsetforyou.com/bussurvey For residents who don’t have computer facilities local libraries can help you access this information. Comments can also be made through town and parish councils.
The closing date for feedback is September 24, with a decision from Dorset County Council’s cabinet on October 2.


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The Office of Diversity & Inclusion’s Lyceum Speaker Series hosts distinguished scholars to present on current topics related to diversity and inclusion. These events are open to everyone, with the goal of encouraging inclusivity, learning and understanding throughout the Feinberg community.
Previous Topics & Speakers
Thomas Fisher, MD, MPH, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician at The University of Chicago and a venture chair at Redesign Health. In his book The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER, he brings readers into the clinical setting to reveal how society and healthcare shape our bodies and cause unnecessary suffering. For more than 20 years he has been an emergency department physician, serving the same South Side Chicago community where he was raised.
Ulrike Boehmer, PhD, adjunct associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, shared her research investigating differences in quality of life, cancer prevalence, cancer mortality and health-related decision-making while examining disparities due to sexual orientation, gender, race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Boehmer is recognized as a leader in LGBT health, especially in the context of cancer, and she is an associate editor of the journal LGBT Health.
Understanding the Clinician Role in the Resolution of Health Inequities: Black Maternal Health as an Exemplar (Winter 2019) Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, associate professor in the family health care nursing department at the University of California, San Francisco, shared perspectives on understanding the clinician role in the resolution of health inequities, using Black maternal health as an exemplar. McLemore presented evidence and created a sense of urgency for healthcare providers to address the disconnect between what patients want and need and what the current healthcare system provides.
Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, MD, MS, an assistant professor of family medicine and of physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as the director for medical student success in the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan, emphasized that disability doesn’t mean inability and promoted a health system that is more inclusive and accessible for all.
The Price of Recognition: Race & the Making of the Modern University (Fall 2017) Jonathan Holloway, PhD
Jonathan Holloway, PhD, president-elect of Rutgers University and former provost of Northwestern University, provided a historical overview of African Americans in majority-white universities during his address. He also spoke personally of progress and his optimism for the future.
Monica Vela, MD, professor of medicine and associate dean of multicultural affairs at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, engaged the audience in a lively discussion about common language proficiency challenges and opportunities in clinical settings.
Antonia Novello, MD, U.S. surgeon general from 1990-1993, was the first woman and the first Hispanic to hold this office. During her tenure, she was an outspoken champion of diversity and inclusion.
John Rich, MD, MPH, MacArthur fellow and professor of health management and policy at the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, discussed violence through the lens of trauma in young, urban African American men.


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The Scottish Media Group have today announced the sale of the Group's cinema and outdoor advertising businesses, Pearl & Dean and Primesight. The move could be seen as SMG gearing themselves towards a merger with UTV, who would most likely sell non-radio or TV related products aquired through a merger or takeover.
The sale process has been initiated and Hawkpoint Partners Limited has been appointed to act for SMG in connection with these transactions.
SMG's cinema advertising business, Pearl & Dean, generates 25% of cinema advertising revenues in the UK and Ireland, while outdoor advertising division Primesight owns 13,500 advertising panels across the UK.
"SMG's future strategy is firmly based on strong television, radio and online brands, exciting content and close connection with our audiences," Chris Masters, the SMG chairman, said in a statement.
"Having reviewed the group's businesses, the board believes that, while Pearl & Dean and Primesight are excellent advertising businesses, they are no longer core to the group."

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Yesterday was my ninth wedding anniversary, so my husband and I took the day off. We made it a movie day, with SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN in the morning and MEN IN BLACK 3 in the afternoon. We thoroughly enjoyed MIB 3. From the moment the credits came up with the same funky font used in the first movie, it was exactly what we expected. It lived up to MIB (let’s not go into MIB 2), and we’ll definitely add it to our collection.
I’m not so sure about SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. If you haven’t seen the movie and intend to do so, stop reading now because this post has spoilers.
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN had something entirely different to live up to than a previous movie–a fairy tale that was immortalized first by the Brothers Grimm and then Disney. I’m not intimately familiar with either version, but I know them both enough to expect her to get her prince in the end.
But let me back up. I liked many things about the movie–the cinematography, the action, Charlize Theron’s chilling performance. I even like Kristen Stewart. But I expected there to be a love story, and I didn’t buy the one the movie seemed to be selling.
I say “seemed” because it was never resolved. At the beginning, the movie clearly sets up William as Snow White’s prince. They’re best friends with a truly deep connection. When Ravenna’s army attacks, William’s father has to tear him away from her. Later, when William’s father finds out Snow White is still alive, his simple question about where his son is makes it clear that William continues to carry a torch for her, even believing her dead. The movie cuts to a scene of his heroics and I thought, yes, this is her prince. Who cares that the huntsman is in the title? Snow White and William are meant to be together.
Then there’s the huntsman. He’s a drunk widower sent to retrieve her for the queen. When he discovers the queen can’t deliver on her promise to bring his wife back from the dead, he decides to help Snow White instead. When that happened, I leaned over to my husband and said, “I hope they’re not going to put those two together.” He replied, “No, he’s too hung up on his dead wife.” I wish they’d left it at that.
The huntsman (I don’t even remember his name) leaves Snow White with some women, but when Finn, Ravenna’s brother, attacks–with William pretending to be one of them–he finds her just after she has a moment staring at William across the fire. They meet the dwarfs, and after a night of revelry, Finn’s men find them again. This time, William reveals himself, killing off the other men while the huntsman takes on Finn. I expected there to be a bigger reunion with William–at least a hug–but the focus turns to the dwarf who jumped in front of Snow White to save her.
The group travels on together, with Snow White shown between the two men. Then there’s a scene in the snow with just Snow White and William, and I thought, finally we get the reunion scene. They talk about old times, and then there’s a kiss. But. It turns out it’s really the queen in disguise, and she gives Snow White the poisoned apple. When William kisses her, nothing happens. That’s when I knew this story was going somewhere I didn’t want it to go.
They take Snow White back to William’s father’s castle and lay her out as though dead. The huntsman comes in, says her spirit reminds him of his wife, and kisses her. He walks away and doesn’t see her wake up. Cut to William arguing with his father about carrying on Snow White’s legacy. Even here, I still love this guy. When Snow White strides into the crowd with renewed purpose, she goes straight to William and takes his hand. She doesn’t even look for the huntsman, and it’s never clear if she knows he’s the one who woke her up.
They go into battle with William and the huntsman on either side of Snow White. She defeats Ravenna, and the final scene is her being crowned queen. William and his father stand off to the side, along with the water women, and you even see one of the girls whose youth Ravenna drained back to her normal self (I’ll come back to that). Snow White stares at the doors in the back, and I kept wondering what she was waiting for. Then the huntsman steps out and smiles at her from the back of the room. That’s it. The movie’s over.
What?? I really wanted something more here. I think what the filmmakers were going for was more of an empowerment story. Snow White doesn’t need a prince. Ok, but if that’s the case, why did they go to so much trouble to set up two potential men for her? And if the look at the end is supposed to imply that she loves the huntsman, I don’t buy it. That kiss she gave William was real. There was no attitude toward the huntsman that made me think she loved him, more that she came to appreciate him or value him as a friend.
Then there’s the girl going back to normal. If that was the case, where were all the other girls Ravenna drained over the years, including the huntsman’s wife? The interchange between the huntsman and Finn made it clear that’s what happened to her, and based on this other girl, the process didn’t actually kill her. So what really happened to the huntsman’s wife?
After discussing our frustration with the ending, my husband and I decided that maybe the huntsman’s wife was standing behind him in the back and they just didn’t show her. It’s not like Snow White could end up with him anyway. And I wouldn’t want her to. I still think William’s her prince. Oh well, I saw somewhere that they’re thinking about a sequel, so maybe I’ll still get the resolution I want.
I think that’s what it comes down to. I felt cheated out of a solid ending. The story left me hanging, and if I don’t know another one’s coming, that frustrates me. It’s something to remember as I’m writing. Don’t leave readers hanging. It will only leave them unsatisfied and maybe a little angry.
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Overlapping features across different genetic disorders related to autism may lead to similar therapeutic approaches
Neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders can have profound, lifelong effects on learning and memory, but relatively little is known about precisemolecular pathways that cause these diseases.
Now, a team of researchers from McGill University and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, led by psychiatry professor Carl Ernst has discovered that autism spectrum disorders caused by distinct genetic mutations have similar molecular effects on cells — suggesting that similar therapeutic approaches could be effective for conditions ranging from seizures to intellectual disability. The study will be published in the November issue of American Journal of Human Genetics.
“Autism spectrum disorders associated with a specific genetic mutation are rare, and as a result, developing therapeutic intervention options is not efficient,” says Prof. Ernst, who is also a researcher at the Douglas Hospital Research Institute. “There are a lot of genes that have been associated with autism spectrum disorders. Once we fully define the major common pathways involved, targeting these pathways for treatment becomes a viable option that can affect the largest number of people.”
To see if different types of autism spectrum disorders converge, Ernst and his team modeled two genetic syndromes associated with autism in human fetal brain cells. They modeled mutations in transcription factor 4 (TCF4) that cause Pitt-Hopkins syndrome , characterized by intellectual disability and psychiatric problems, and mutations in euchromatic histone methyltransferase 1 (EHMT1), which cause Kleefstra syndrome. About 60% of the clinical profile from these two syndromes overlaps, including behavioral problems, intellectual disability, and facial anomalies.
Ernst and his team found that several features of neural stem cells were similar in the two disease models. DNA methylation, a chemical tag important in cell function, showed similar patterning, as did microRNA – small particles that can drive many important effects, from cell death to differentiation. Cells in both modeled disease states also shared characteristics of normal cells that were more mature, suggesting that a main underlying mechanism of ASDs may be a reduced ability for cells to decide the appropriate time to specialize. Cell specialization in the human brain is fundamental to appropriate brain development and behaviour.
“Our study suggests that one fundamental cause of disease is that neural stem cells choose to become more mature brain cells too early,” Ernst says. “This could affect how they incorporate into cellular networks, for example, leading to the clinical symptoms that we can see in kids with these diseases.”
In the future, Ernst and his team hope to assess whether modeling other genes known to be associated with autism shows similar molecular convergence to the two genes studied here. “I’d really like to see if the regulation and timing of neural stem cell maturation is an underlying feature across autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders,” Ernst says.
This research was supported by the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation, the Banting Foundation of Toronto, and the Canada Research Chairs program.
The first authors of the study were part of the McGill-Brazil scholars program (http://www.mcgill.ca/ipn/prospective/brazil).
Molecular Convergence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Carl Ernst et al will be published in the American Journal of Human Genetics on October 9 at noon. http://www.cell.com/ajhg/abstract/S0002-9297(14)00396-6
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The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.
That's how neuroscientist Meg Younger describes her team's findings about how skeeters hone in on human aromas. And that could lead to better ways to keep us bite- and disease-free.
The vaccine couldn't have come at a more critical time, with a surge in cases and deaths from malaria during the pandemic. But its efficacy — and its schedule — are far from ideal.
At 83, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first democratically elected woman president, is "on the trail." She talks about malaria, her Nobel Peace Prize and the key for women in politics.
Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.
A new report from the World Health Organization contains some encouraging numbers but also cause for concern, with both cases and deaths on the upswing last year. The pandemic is just one reason.
It's also the first vaccine against a parasitic disease in humans. But there are issues to consider, from its rate of effectiveness to the dosage schedule.
Did you even know the U.S. has a malaria czar? Who himself had malaria as a kid? We interview Dr. Raj Panjabi, newly appointed by President Joe Biden.
The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.

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With snow-tipped peaks and glaciers of Mount Kenya to the south and a panorama of mountains and desert to the north, Borana Lodge provides an idyllic setting for any African experience. Borana takes its name from the native Boran cattle farmed on these arid grasslands. Borana Lodge luxury cottages are on their own private ranch in Northern Kenya on the Laikipia plateau. Each cottage is comfortable and cozy with unique stylings featuring fireplaces, private verandas, and view over the Samangua Valley and Lake where elephants love to swim. The sitting and dining rooms are within the main lodge. Log fires, rosewood tables, and snug sofas create the atmosphere for entertaining evenings. A stunning horizon pool is ideal for relaxing around with lunchtime Pimms. Overlooking a waterhole frequented by elephant, buffalo and other herbivores, this is an excellent place to catch a glimpse of the endangered Hunting Dogs otherwise known as the Painted Wolves.
There are eight cottages at Borana. Four have large double beds and four have twin beds - both of which are queen size. Four of the cottages have their own veranda. Two sets of cottages share a veranda, both of which have a phenomenal view over the dam. Each cottage also has an open-fireplace lit every evening by the room stewardess; a basket of firewood is kept in each room. The bathrooms are the epitome of luxury: spacious, clean, and with exceptional views over wildest Africa.
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To open its 75th season, the Evanston Symphony Orchestra welcomed Mayor Biss and Christopher Duquet, Evanston fine jeweler, and Maestro Eckerling to the stage. Christopher Duquet gave the ESO an exquisite jeweled baton, and Mayor Biss gave a proclamation declaring November 7th , 2021, Evanston Symphony Orchestra day. Cook County Commissioner, Larry Suffredin, also gave a beautifully framed proclamation. The music engraved in the baton is the opening measures of Wagner's Die Meistersinger with which we opened our 75th anniversary concert on November 7th, 2021.
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Meet our soloist, Irina Muresanu, at Musical Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the concert program in depth.
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Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.
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Evanston Symphony Orchestra Schedules Four Live Subscription Concerts As It Begins Its Delayed 75th Anniversary Season
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Evanston Symphony Orchestra Schedules Pops Concert At Wilmette’s Gillson Park At 6 P.M. Sunday, Aug. 29
Evanston, IL — The Evanston Symphony Orchestra will resume live performance with a special Pops Concert at Gillson Park’s Wallace Bowl in Wilmette, Ill., Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. The event will begin promptly at 6 p.m. and run for an hour. (Rain date for the event is Aug. 30, beginning at 6:30 p.m.). The program is free to the general public. It is sponsored by Byline Bank. This project is partially supported by a grant from the Evanston Arts Council, a city agency supported by the City of Evanston, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
The Illinois Council of Orchestras is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of its annual awards for excellence in the field of music performance and for support of musical organizations. An awards panel of judges drawn from the Illinois Council of Orchestras Board of Directors and independent professional conductors and musicians reviewed nominations representing orchestras, youth orchestras, and chamber ensembles from throughout Illinois.
…Community Relations of the Year, Evanston Symphony Orchestra
If you have never been to one of our regular concerts and are anxious about the cost, do ask at the main Evanston library for tickets to our concerts that can be 'checked out' at no cost. We hope you enjoy our concerts and come back regularly after that.
BREAKING NEWS: We caught up with Santa at his North Pole workshop, preparing for Christmas. But he was happy to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk to us about this year’s Evanston Symphony Holiday Concert.
“Ho, ho, ho. It’s that time of year again, folks. And one of the great pleasures of the holiday season is the Evanston Symphony’s annual Holiday Concert, which will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 at Evanston Township High School.
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Martin Luther once wrote “as long as we live, there is never enough singing.”
Everyone is sure to find a song they’ll love this holiday season as the talented singers from three choirs join the ESO for a fun-filled family event!
It wouldn’t be the holiday season without Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and this year the talented Evanston Dance Ensemble will be dancing the “Waltz of the Snowflakes,” the piece at the end of the first act of the ballet where the Nutcracker prince leads Clara through the moonlit forest as they travel to his kingdom, the Land of Sweets. The familiar favorite will feature the Evanston Children’s Choir.


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Between five and seven civilians died and up to 40 were wounded in airstrikes in the Al Karab neighbourhood of Al Atareb outside Aleppo, according to local media. While most sources blamed Russia, there was also an allegation against the Syrian regime.
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Alaraby also reported the use of cluster bombs: “Al Atarib City and the town of Mansura were struck by a Russian cluster and phosphorous bombs.”
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The local time of the incident is unknown.
- Zainab Omar Rashid Age unknown killed
- Nawras Abdul Rahman Obaid Age unknown from Kafr Halab killed
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Nairobi based South Sudanese rapper Domination has called out his fellow musician and event organiser MC Ghetto following an incident where the rapper was barred from entering a night club during a South Sudan’s Martyrs’s Day event in Nairobi.
The rapper told Hot in Juba that he was denied entry to the VIP section by the bouncers on Ghetto’s orders despite being one of the performers at the packed event. Dommie as he is commonly known claims he was not accorded VIP treatment he deserved, being one of the celebrities on the perfromance list.
The rapper shortly after the event took to social media where he sent subliminal shots at event organisers and singer MC Ghetto who is known for organising South Sudanese events in Kenya.
“I got a powerful voice n I already proved it. Fuck the party to me it was bullshit. Bt thank God I know their weakness advantage I’m gon use it……ahahah …………….to be honest ’em mc’s fake…..bought a meat n it’s beef
Hope u’ved cook ugali coz my broda we gon eat,rest in peace…..fuck ’em.” Ranted the irritated pin-sized rapper.
The lyricist squarely blames MC Ghetto for the incident. He also decried exploitation by South Sudanese event organisers in Kenya who lure upcoming artists into performing at their shows for free.
“It’s the organisers I was even denied to perform and my fans were waiting for me. In Nairobi artists r selfish…they only use people to gain profit u don’t get paid n still they disrespect you…I promoted their show n was part of it bt I wasn’t allowed into VIP section, I was restricted to ordinary section and that I should stop movement while others walk freely.” He told HIJ when asked.
“In Nairobi artists only get into shows for free…but you are not paid after performances but when you complain, the next time they have a show they don’t involve u. MC ghetto, he’s killing people’s talent in fact he envies every upcoming artist coz he knows nothing about music.” He explained.
Domination popularly known as Dommie is the lead rapper of South Sudanese music crew BOS based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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