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In this introductory chapter, the scope of the cultures constituting mul- ticulturalism has been explored. The culture of multiculturalism is limited. It is embedded in the civic culture of a city and in the overarching societal culture. The chapter lays out the definitions of basic terms, that is, culture, community, ethnicity, and identity. These definitions will frame further discussions. Chapter 2 is an attempt to clarify and spell out the concepts that underlie the observations and analysis of subsequent chapters. It offers an examination of the concept of multi- culturalism, its various forms, and political and social discourse about diversity and social cohesion. The idea of common ground is examined as the complement of multiple cultures. How these concepts relate to the ideas of citizenship and rights to the city24 forms another theme in this chapter. Chapter 3 explores how immigration lays the basis of multiculturalism and examines its role in implanting cultural diversity. Chapter 4 is an analysis of the spatial structure of multicultural cities. Chapter 5 describes the ethnic contours of the economic organization of multicultural cities in the three cities and explores the phenomenon of ethnic entrepreneurship in urban economies. Chapter 6 analyses the social organization of multicultural cities and their constituent communities. Chapter 7 recapitulates the experience of everyday living in multicultural cities. Chapter 8 is a description of the trends in the political incorporation of ethnic communities. Chapter 9 examines the process of accommodating cultural diversity in the provision of urban services. Chapter 10 analyses the state of planning for multicultural cities and develops an approach to balance cultural diversity and public interest. Finally, chapter 11 sums up the findings of previous chapters and develops a generic model of a multicultural city.
Cultural diversity and its transforming influences on the social, economic, political, and spatial institutions of a city are the focus of this book. Immigrants' settlement and integration are not its primary focus, though their roles as bearers of cultural diversity are analysed.
This book lies at the intersection of two theoretical discourses. It is firmly planted in the discourse on multiculturalism, on the one hand, and in urban theories of the spatial, economic, and social and political/ managerial institutions of cities, on the other. The former discourse will be explored in the next chapter and then the application of multicultur- alism will be examined through the theoretical lenses of the respective topics in subsequent chapters. The focus remains on the infusion of cultural pluralism into urban institutions.
Another point to be clarified is that there are vast and distinct bodies of literature on the spatial, economic, social, political, and policymaking aspects of cities in general, but not on the three cities in particular. I will draw selectively on relevant disciplines, theories, and empirical observations in subsequent chapters, guided by my focus on the infusion of multicultural ethos into each institution. Obviously, the book will not attempt to summarize the vast body of literature on each topic and about each city. Such a task is neither necessary nor feasible. Instead, it will recapitulate those theories and observations that have direct bearing on the objectives of the book.

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Watch President Obama Roast Donald Trump in D.C.
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BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY’S “DREAM BIG” SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF THURSDAY, JUNE 7
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY’S “DREAM BIG” SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF
THURSDAY, JUNE 7
Actress Adrienne Bailon hosting free fun-filled day sponsored by Target
Brooklyn, NY, June 7, 2012 – Brooklyn Public Library's (BPL) annual Summer Reading program kicks off Thursday, June 7, at Grand Army Plaza’s Central Library with a free, all-day family-friendly event, including a special appearance and reading by actress Adrienne Bailon, best known as a member of the musical group The Cheetah Girls and a new reality show on the Style Network. Target, the lead sponsor, will create cozy reading nooks inside the library, where team members from its Brooklyn stores will read to kids and their families throughout the day. Celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Mario Batali, Justin Tuck and others have also shown their support for BPL’s Summer Reading program by offering book lists of their favorite books for children and adults, which can be found on the Library’s website.
“We are thrilled to launch yet another year of our popular Summer Reading program. Through free activities, games, prizes and book lists for readers of all levels, we promote literacy throughout the borough and help make reading a family activity,” said Linda E. Johnson, President and CEO of Brooklyn Public Library. “Most importantly, the program motivates students to read over the summer and helps prepare them for success when they return to school.”
BPL is the fifth largest library system in the country, serving the 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn. Along with all New York State libraries this year, BPL’s Summer Reading program theme is “Dream Big.” The program aims to keep the minds of kids and teens active while school is not in session by offering them book lists, activities and incentives to read throughout the summer.
According to research conducted by various educators and posted on the New York State Education Department’s website, it is estimated that school summer breaks will cause the average student to lose up to one month of instruction, with disadvantaged students being disproportionately affected. This is what many researchers have often referred to as the “summer slide.” The research demonstrates the critical importance that the early development of summer reading habits can play in providing the foundation for later success.
Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income – which today equals more than $3 million a week – to communities. Target is on track to give $1 billion for education, with a focus on reading, by the end of 2015.
"Students returning to school in the fall perform, on average, one month behind where they left in the spring," said Laysha Ward, president, community relations, Target. "As part of our commitment to give $1 billion for education by 2015, we are partnering with New York area library systems to engage families in reading to help prevent summer slide."
BPL also offers a Summer Reading program for adults, which includes author talks, book discussions and an adult Summer Reading book list.
Target is the lead sponsor of BPL’s Summer Reading 2012 program. Barclays/Nets Community Alliance, Astoria Federal Savings, National Grid Foundation and Con Edison have also provided generous sponsorship support. Additional funding is provided by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. In-kind support is provided by Willoughby’s Camera Emporium – Est. 1898.
Summer Reading Kickoff Events
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
10:30 am - CarnegieKids Presents: The Itty Biddies
The rocking Itty Biddies combo will lift you out of your seats from the first note. Their soaring vocals, sweet ukulele, melodic piano, groovy bass and fat drums take the audience on a journey of the imagination through storytelling and song. Kids and adults will be invited to bring to life a magic suitcase as they head to Africa for a safari, travel by boat beneath the stars and explore New York City by way of our beloved subway.The Itty Biddies’ cabaret-pop music will have you singing and dancing all the way home.
11:30 am – Celebrity Reading and Press Conference
Adrienne Bailon of the Cheetah Girls will kick off the Summer Reading program. Linda Johnson, CEO of Brooklyn Public Library, and local elected officials will be in attendance and will also be on-hand for interviews.
12:30 pm – Wildlife Theater - Polar Opposites
Antarctica and the Arctic Circle are two sides of the world that look and feel the same. However, very different types of animals call these icy lands home. Students explore the similarities and differences through two shows: "Polar Bear and the Beat" and "A Penguin State of Mind."
1:30 pm – Magic of Amore…dream big and magical things will happen!
Feel the excitement as you witness colorful handkerchiefs turn to magic canes and objects materialize out of thin air. Visual magic combines with the encouragement of reading in this electrifying show. Never seen before illusions and audience participation make this a show you and your patrons will long remember. If you dream big anything is possible. Ever dream of flying like Peter Pan or passing through Alice’s Looking Glass? Perhaps you dream of performing magic like Harry Potter or becoming the Cat in the Hat! Get ready to become part of a show that will make you dream big and experience edge of your seat fun! From the moment the show begins until the grand finale the children will be mesmerized and mystified by Amore.
2:30–3:30 pm - ZUMBATOMIC
Zumba is a perfect combination of fun & fitness! Everyone will be exposed to international rhythms and learn different dance moves.
12:00–3:30 pm – Other Activities
Target Reading Nooks, Face Painting and Balloon Sculptures
Visit www.bklynlibrary.org/summerreading for more information about BPL’s Summer Reading program.
ABOUT BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY:
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is an independent library system for the 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn. It is the fifth largest library system in the United States with 60 neighborhood libraries located throughout the borough. BPL offers free programs and services for all ages and stages of life, including a large selection of books in more than 30 languages, author talks, literacy programs and public computers. BPL’s eResources, such as eBooks and eVideos, catalog information and free homework help, are available to customers of all ages 24 hours a day at our website: www.bklynlibrary.org.
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,764 stores across the United States and at Target.com. The company plans to open its first stores in Canada in 2013. In addition, the company operates a credit card segment that offers branded proprietary credit card products. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs; today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week. For more information about Target’s commitment to corporate responsibility, visit Target.com/hereforgood.
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Rahul makes her Gen Secy in-charge of East UP for polls
Ending years of speculation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the sister of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday finally plunged into active politics ahead of the Lok Sabha elections to take on the might of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the crucial Hindi heartland that has 80 Lok Sabha seats.
Dubbed as the “brahmastra” of the Congress, Priyanka will debut as the party’s general secretary incharge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh having Modi’s constituency in Varanasi and also UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath bastion in Gorakhpur.
Congress leaders said Priyanka’s entry into active party politics will galvanise the workers, helping them take on the dual challenge posed in the State by the BJP and the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance.
The Congress hopes that Priyanka will be able to turn the projected direct fight between the BJP and SP-BSP alliance into triangular contest where the Congress could benefit on a number of seats due to division of votes.
Congress leaders also feel that while it is too early to assess the impact of a possible Congress revival under Priyanka stewardship on the prospect of the BJP and the SP-BSP alliance, but care may be taken in the selection of candidates to ensure that the BJP suffers most.
Congress list of candidates, sources said, may be dominated by upper castes, since the BJP hopes to capitalise on 10 per cent reservation to general category candidates in educational institutions and employment to woo the upper caste voters. Priyanka can play vital role there in bringing back the traditional upper caste voters to the Congress fold.
Soon after her appointment as an office-bearer in AICC, speculation is rife that she may be fielded as the party candidate from Rae Bareli, the constituency currently being represented by her mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who is not keeping well of late.
Though no reactions came till late evening from Priyanka as she is reportedly in New York and scheduled to return on February 1, Rahul said he is happy that Priyanka will assist him in the Lok Sabha polls.
“I am very happy that my sister Priyanka will assist me in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha polls, she is very capable,” Rahul said at Amethi after making some of the crucial appointments in the party system. The brother-sister duo will formally announce the beginning of Lok Sabha poll campaign in UP on February 4 at a Press conference.
Senior party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia will be on par with Priyanka as AICC general secretary for Uttar Pradesh West region. Rahul added Scindia is a dynamic youth leader. Both Priyanka and Scindia replace Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has been appointed AICC general secretary for Haryana, where the party is facing factionism.
“UP is central to building a new hope fulfilled. The new UP AICC team led by Priyanka and Scindia will herald the dawn of a new kind of politics in the State. We will offer the youth in UP a dynamic new platform to transform the State,” said Rahul.
Husban Robert Vadra congratulated Priyanka on a Facebook post, “Congratulations P… always by your side in every phase of your life.” The BJP has been repeatedly targeting Vadra, a businessman being investigated for allegedly corrupt land deals in Haryana and Rajasthan and is facing probes by the Enforcement Directorate.
The party is not immediately clear on the division of the 80 parliamentary seats between the two new incharges but sources said it could be 40 each. Both Amethi and Rae Bareli, the two Gandhi family bastions, fall in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Priyanka has been extensively campaigning since 2004 in all national and State level elections.
Though the announcement came as a booster for the State unit party workers and reactions poured in from across the country, Priyanka has been always active in decision-making and also played a key role in the alliance with Akhilesh SP in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
She also participated in crucial party meetings, including the recent appointments of Chief Ministers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh where the BJP was dethroned. She was also instrumental in initiating the entry of Manpreet Badal and Navjot Singh Sidhu in the Punjab Congress.
“This is an opportunity for the Congress to strike back in the most crucial state of the country where the organisation had all through been wanting her to plunge into active politics,” said Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Rajiv Bakshi.
“We welcome both Priyankaji and Jyotiraditya Scindia to lead all of us, and look forward for a 40 plus tally for the party in the coming Lok Sabha polls,” Bakshi said adding that Priyanka belongs to Uttar Pradesh and the party needed her and reminded that 47 year old Priyanka is often compared with her grandmother, former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi.
The Congress also appointed KC Venugopal as general secretary, organisation. He replaces Ashok Gehlot, who has since become Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Venugopal will continue to be AICC general secretary for Karnataka, where the party is in power with the Janata Dal Secular.
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Robbie Williams’ You Know Me by Diamond Dogs
Robbie is in Wonderland - and so are the Dogs.
Phil Sansom and Olly Williams aka Diamond Dogs, having spent most of the year working on their new short film, return to promos with a beautifully made, satisfyingly slow burn of comic surrealism for Rob - who makes a utterly charming White Rabbit.
It's proper good stuff - and great to see Phil and Olly at last getting the chance to show what they can do with a decent budget. If only to hear the rigger calling out "Oi Olly, which way do you want your carrot to swing"....
Olly Williams on the making of the video for Robbie Williams' You Know Me
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|Executive Producer||Nicola Doring|
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Will Young's ethereal dance ballad Jealousy gets a tale of unrequited love from Diamond Dogs, beautifully shot by Will Bex. Diamond Dogs:"One of the spectacular joys of music video is that every …
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The Associated Press Aug 25, 2018 09:28:35 IST
Scientists say they’ve found the remains of a prehistoric female whose mother was a Neanderthal and whose father belonged to another extinct group of human relatives known as Denisovans.
The 90,000-year-old bone fragment found in southern Siberia marks the first time a direct offspring of these two groups has been discovered, according to a study published Wednesday, 22 August in the journal Nature.
Both groups disappeared by about 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals lived in Europe and Asia, while fossils of Denisovans are known only from the cave where the fragment was found.
Past genetic studies have shown interbreeding between the two groups, as well as with our own species, which left a trace in the DNA of today’s people.
But the new study is the first to identify a first-generation child with Neanderthal and Denisovan parents.
“It’s fascinating to find direct evidence of this mixing going on,” said Svante Paabo, one of the study’s lead authors.
Paabo said he was surprised by the discovery, given how relatively few remains of our evolutionary relatives have been found around the world.
The cave near Mongolia where the bone was found contains some remains attributed to Neanderthals as well as Denisovans. But finding an actual offspring of the two groups — which are more different from each other than any two present-day human groups — seemed like a rare stroke of luck, Paabo said.
“The fact that we stumbled across this makes you wonder if the mixing wasn’t quite frequent,” said Paabo, a geneticist at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
The finding doesn’t reveal how often such mating occurred and where, said Ron Pinhasi, a physical anthropologist at the University of Vienna who wasn’t involved in the study.
“Had it happened frequently, we would not have such divergence between the Denisovans and Neanderthal genomes,” he said.
The newly-discovered DNA could be interpreted in different ways, said Anders Eriksson, evolutionary population geneticist at King’s College London who wasn’t involved in the study.
“I think they convincingly showed that genetically this individual falls halfway between the Neanderthal and Denisovan fossils found in the same cave,” he said. “But I’m less convinced that it is necessarily a first-generation offspring of a union between Neanderthal and Denisovan.”
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Sammlung Moderne Kunst | Saal 21-26
This large-scale monographic exhibition is initially dedicated to the theme of travel, which was of existential importance to Max Beckmann (1884–1950) in both a biographical and symbolic sense. His life was marked by tragic experiences of war and uprooting, transit and exile, but also by glamorous vacations, the urge for freedom and the longing to travel. Around 70 loans from important private and public Beckmann collections in Europe and the USA, such as the first triptych DEPARTURE from MoMA, show the enormous range of travel-oriented pictorial motifs and concepts and complement the largest European collection of Beckmann paintings from the Modern Art Collection. Through a donation from Max Beckmann's family estate to the Max Beckmann Archive of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) in 2015, numerous previously unknown materials and documents such as photo albums and films are presented for the first time, providing a new and up-to-date view of the artist.
Curated by Oliver Kase and Christiane Zeiller with Sarah Louisa Henn
Ticket Special Exhibition: 10 €, reduced 7 €
Ticket Special Exhibition and entire Museum: 15 €, reduced 10 €
Ticket Special Exhibition for owners of the 12-Euro / 5 Museum Day Ticket: 5 €, reduced 3 €
Readings and concerts will take place in the exhibition as part of an extensive programme of education and events. In cooperation with "Kino der Kunst", a programme cinema will be developed based on Beckmann's own visits to the cinema. Questions of migration and identity will form the thematic "Departure" for a cooperation with YouthNet, an intercultural youth network. Numerous experts from various fields will have their say in the exhibition app newly developed for the Pinakothek der Moderne.
You can find the entire accompanying program at Events
Guided Tours & Art Education
Guided Program (in German)
Ausstellungsführungen: SA 16.00-17.00
Digitale Führungen „30 Minuten, ein Werk“: DO 28.12.2022, 26.01.2023, 23.02.2023 | 18.00-18.30
„30 Minuten, ein Werk“ | in der Ausstellung: DO 12.01., 09.02., 09.03.2023, 18.00-18.30
Themenführungen: FR, 16.30-17.30
Familienführungen: 1 x pro Monat, 2. SO 11.00-12.00
Känguruführungen: 21.12.2022, 18.01., 15.02.2023, 11.00-12.00
Live Chats: 1 x pro Monat, 1. DI 18.00-19.00
Kunstgespräche: 1 x pro Woche, SO, 13.00-16.00
„Eine Stunde mit…“: 1 x pro Monat, 1. DO, 18.30-19.30
Führungen in Kooperation mit der MVHS: FR, 15.00-16.30
ART EDUCATION ROOM IN ROOM 26
In the art education room, visitors can continue to think about and transform Beckmann's visual worlds.
COOPERATION OF THE ART EDUCATION OF THE PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE WITH YOUTHNET
Migration and identity questions form the thematic "Departure" for a cooperation with YouthNet, an interreligious and intercultural network for young people in the city of Munich.
Young people with and without refugee experience will reflect on their personal stories against the background of Max Beckmann's biography. The results will be on display in a small show of works in Room 26 of the exhibition from 24 January 2023.
GROUP VISITS & EXCLUSIVE TOURS
Information on group visits and exclusive tours can be found here.
The exhibition is accompanied by a 350-page catalogue published by Hatje Cantz (German/English), designed by the award-winning Büro Bonbon, Zurich. In addition to illustrations of all the paintings on display and numerous previously unpublished archive materials and objects from the Max Beckmann Archive, the catalogue also contains introductory essays per theme, art-historical texts, and specially commissioned literary pieces by diverse authors such as Jim Arthur, Maria Cecilia Barbetta, Josefine Berkholz, Barbara C. Buenger, Ulrike Draesner, Françoise Forster-Hahn, Maike Grün, Sarah Louisa Henn, Florian Illies, Dževad Karahasan, Oliver Kase, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Patrice Nganang, Nina Peter, Uljana Wolf, Christiane Zeiller and Hanns Zischler.
Max Beckmann. DEPARTURE
Eds. Oliver Kase, Sarah Louisa Henn, Christiane Zeiller
Hatje Cantz, 352 pp., 250 ills.,
German/English, 24.00 x 31.00 cm
45 Euro, ISBN 978-3-7757-5245-9
About the Exhibition
Travel, leave-taking, and departure shaped and punctuated Max Beckmann’s life (1884–1950). Often exhilarating but also often painful, these experiences were fuelled by luxurious holidays, wanderlust, and the desire for freedom, but also war, dislocation, transit, and exile. For the first time, departure and travel as core existential experiences of artists in the first half of the 20th century are the focus of an exhibition on Max Beckmann. The presentation of works of art alongside personal items and documents from the Max Beckmann Estate highlights the enormous range of travel-related imagery in his oeuvre. Beckmann gave his first triptych the ambiguous English title Departure. The theme of travel in art and myth still preoccupied him when he painted Argonauts, his last completed triptych.
The eight exhibition chapters show Beckmann in restless motion—as a tourist visiting fashionable seaside and ski resorts, as a flaneur observing the theatre of life in metropolitan streets, as a guest of bars, hotels, and cinemas, as an exile in Amsterdam during WWII with his freedom of movement severely restricted, and, finally, as a celebrated artist in the United States, where he explored new and unfamiliar landscapes with an eye on geology and mythology. We travel in Beckmann’s footsteps; we follow the private individual to actual places and events on his travels, but we also follow the painter, thinker, and reader into his studio, the site of imaginary, metaphysical, and cosmic journeys. “Departure from the illusions of life towards the essential realities that lie hidden beyond” was the crux of Beckmann’s aesthetic programme. As a result, the actual destinations increasingly dissolved and recoalesced into a painterly vision of passage and departure.
All documents, photographs, books and objects exhibited here are part of the artist’s estate at the Max Beckmann Archive of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen.
THE EXHIBITION IS SUPPORTED BY
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung
PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e.V.
Kulturstiftung der Länder
Rudolf August Oetker-Stiftung
DJE Kapital AG
Planning your visit
Daily 10.00 – 18.00
Thursday 10.00 – 20.00
Barer Straße 40
Sunday admission 1€
Thursday – Saturday 10€
Day pass (Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne, Museum Brandhorst, Sammlung Schack) 12€


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The new GT8 has been developed with input from Aston Martin Racing and closely resembles its track stablemate. Extensive carbon-fibre aero additions include a new front splitter, front wings, sills and rear diffuser, giving the GT8 a wide-body, hunkered down appearance. If you want to go even more extreme a carbon-fibre roof, rear wing, titanium exhaust system and centre-lock magnesium wheels are options.
Just over a year ago, Aston Martin announced the race-inspired Vantage GT12, a limited edition of 100 based upon the racing Vantage GT3. The new Vantage GT8 is its V8-engined equivalent, but the two models are also distinctively different in their body styles.
Inside the cockpit, you’ll find extensive use of carbon fibre on the doors and centre console, while the steering wheel, fascia top roll and seats are all trimmed in Alcantara™. Seats are lightweight carbon fibre sports designs with GT8 embroidery and manual runners.
The 75-100kg weight reduction from all that carbon-fibre (and the lithium-ion battery) should make the Vantage GT8 feel even more agile and responsive, but Aston Martin Racing engineers have also helped to develop new springs, dampers and steering for the ultimate in track-focused handling. And purists will love the potent 440bhp V8 engine, mated to a six-speed manual transmission.
Only 150 models will be made and we’re confident that the track-focused, V8 engined GT8 will find a ready market among track-day enthusiasts and aficionados of the marque. If you’d like to be among their number, please contact our sales team as soon as possible.


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Perched upon sky blue stools that match the wooden square tables and painted archways of this small upstairs café. Hunched over sketchbooks, our backs resting on the propped open balcony doors that overlook the grandiose palace Mohammed Sixth. Men sing funeral hymns below, carrying a small wooden coffin the size of a child. Walking the streets of the medina with their grave load.
One never sees women at these cafes. Last evening this place was so full and warm with bodies, that we almost left, for at first glance, there seemed no place to sit in the three chambered café. Men in the center chamber, crowded around one of the square tables ushered us over, moving aside to show there is space enough for the both of us.
Brushing knees as we pass, sitting down we entered into a serious realm of the game Dominoes. They played in teams of two, four to a game. At various points of the game tension would mount and pieces would be cast down with a loud snap on the table, the pace quickening. One of the players seated facing us had deep-set sullen eyes, with his back to the bar and doorway of the café. All of them were nearly shouting at one another, half in Spanish, half in Arabic. This man spoke with a grave sternness and deep intensity until after several rapid turns and fervent slap down, he spread his long nosed, sullen-eyed face into a wide grin, laughing a deep guttural chuckle of victory.
Behind him, two men small in stature, like gnomes, work at the bar with their beanies towering high on their onion bulb heads. Here a copper urn sits above a cave of coal embers, glowing the color of an African sunset. Tea and coffee bubbles and froths in copper pots resting on the embers. National guards stand uniformed below our balcony, guarding the empty palace infinitely. Apparently, the king comes here for his annual vacation. Today a game of futbol plays on one of two television sets in café. Chelsea vs. Liverpool, Liverpool scores one point in the first minute of the game. On the other television screen a classic Spanish/Arabic drama is broadcasted. Looking around the place, around half the men wear western clothing and the other half, traditional djellabas.
The café is roughly six or seven strides from the entrance of Hotel Africa. Nordine, King of Hotel Africa, speaks French, German, English, Spanish, and Arabic. His frequent vocal outbursts are jovial, resonating profoundly within his throat “Bravo!! Salam alikom!!, Saha.” He sits upon his African throne, a green plastic chair, on the second floor balcony that overlooks the intricate tiled lobby of the hotel. There is a three hundred year old fountain in this lobby, the water sourced from the majestic Rif Mountains. Towering giants in the distance, they provide the skyline of Tetouan.
Two daily meals are served here around 2pm and midnight. Always cooked in a tagine, slow cooked tuna, squash, chicken, sweet potato, couscous, sardines, potatoes, vegetables, everything beautifully spiced and frequently served with hot peppers and lime. Flat bread serves as cutlery. 10-12 people sit around a four-person card table covered with clear plastic that also serves as a lobby desk where paperwork is filed and passports handed over. Everyone sat comfortably round this small squat plastic table, the green chairs moved down from the balcony for the meal. We all eat from the same tagine, respectful in portions and execution of fitting a mouthful onto a small piece of flat bread, torn for the occasion of each bite. The men in the cafes seem to be permanent fixtures and they get to know us well.
As unmoving as the blue back dropped photo realistic representations of daises in vases framed and hung on the café wall. And what of the dead child? Why is it only men carrying the body, walking the streets singing? A man wearing a grey djellaba helps another smaller man, wearing a beanie, stuff a small television into a peach plastic bag while the beanie man holds the remote in his left hand. The operation is complete and he sets it down on a stool in the cafe, it is unclear why. I admire the way death is met by the living here. Harmonic cries in the ancient knowledge of song, everyone falling into natural harmonies. Drawn to the sound, I stumble upon a small room above a hotel nearby. Banging on tabletops in furious rhythmic beating, a room full of young teenage men boys, raucously singing and banging beats of death in an air of mourning but not of great sadness, passionate creation of remembrance.
About the Author: Californian musician artist vagabond, this piece was written in Tetouan after spending 10 days hitching from Berlin to Morocco. Living in each moment, simply and freely.
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I love your description of the meal…I can smell the tagine. Wonderful. Good luck Francesca


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Charlotte To Host 2019 NBA All-Star Game After ‘Bathroom Bill’ Repeal
The NBA announced Wednesday that Charlotte has been chosen as the host city for the 2019 All-Star Game.
Charlotte Will Host 2019 NBA All-Star Game
The event will be held at the Hornets’ Spectrum Center the weekend of February 15-17, 2019.
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) May 24, 2017
Charlotte was originally set to host this year’s All-Star Game, but was pulled in July due to North Carolina’s controversial HB2 law. This so-called “bathroom bill” dictated people to use public restrooms that match the gender listed on their birth certificate. However, that law has now been repealed, even though many LGBT people (transgender especially) say this repeal did not “go far enough,” as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.
“For three decades, the NBA has had a home in Charlotte. Generations of families have attended games there, and fans from many different walks of life have come together to share a passion for a team that is an anchor in the community,” Silver’s statement read. “We have decided to award NBA All-Star 2019 to Charlotte based on this deep connection and the belief that we can honor our shared values of equality and inclusion, and we are excited to bring the All-Star Game back to Charlotte for the first time in 28 years.”
The statement continued by addressing the bathroom bill: “While we understand the concerns of those who say the repeal of HB2 did not go far enough, we believe the recent legislation eliminates the most egregious aspects of the prior law. Additionally, it allows us to work with the leadership of the Hornets organization to apply a set of equality principles to ensure that every All-Star event will proceed with open access and anti-discrimination policies. All venues, hotels and businesses we work with during All-Star will adhere to these policies as well.”
Silver added that he is confident Charlotte will prove to be a great city to help the NBA promote unity.
“Sports have a long history of helping to change attitudes around important social issues. We believe holding our All-Star activities in Charlotte will be a powerful way for the NBA to continue this tradition.”
The event in Charlotte in 2019 will mark the first time the NBA All-Star Game has been played in the North Carolina city in 28 years.
The NCAA also took heat in April — shortly after UNC won the national basketball championship — for lifting its ban on hosting tournaments in North Carolina following the state’s repeal of the discriminatory bill. Activists from the LGBT community also cited the repeal was insufficient.
New Orleans hosted the 2017 NBA All-Star Game in February.
CHARLOTTE, NC – MARCH 11: Nicolas Batum #5 of the Charlotte Hornets reacts after a call during their game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Spectrum Center on March 11, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Set in 55 lush acres on a delightful two-mile beach called Baie Longue, one of the most secluded and pristine in the Caribbean. All the beautifully-appointed guest rooms, suites and villas boast a patio or covered terrace and sea views; many also come with plunge pools, Jacuzzis or step directly onto the beach. Its villas feature fully equipped kitchens, generous living quarters and oversized private terraces, palatial yet comfortable and laid back.
As at all Belmond hotels, dining out is a real occasion, with wines from the state-of- the-art cellar. And no description could fail to mention the world-class Spa where a vast range of therapies are available to soothe away your cares.
St Martin's, 15 minutes transfer from Princess Juliana International Airport.
30 min ferry ride to Anguilla; 1.5 hour ferry ride to St. Barths; 15 min to Marigot (capital of French Side); 30 min to ferry dock
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How far will a mother journey to find a lost son? Just about as far as is conceivable in the case of Pari, the compliant Iranian wife of Farrokh. They fly to Athens where son Babak is living, but from whom they have not heard for some time. “There, he is waving at you” says Farrokh as the plane descends towards the airport, but Pari can’t really enjoy the joke. Needless to say, Babak’s not waiting to greet them. Athens turns out to be an anarchic hell-hole in which an ongoing student uprising brings chaos and violence onto the streets. The bewildered and increasingly desperate couple are well out of their depth in the terrifying and culturally alien city, but it is Pari (‘winged being’ or ‘fairy’ in Farsi) who rises to the challenge – doggedly pursuing the few shreds of evidence that suggest their son was ever there and casting off another layer of patriarchal oppression with each step. “You’re just like him… you have this thing in you” says Farrokh, as the spirit of rebellion at large starts to liberate his wife, and as the quest to find her son also becomes an odyssey of self-discovery.
In writer-director Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature, Melika Foroutan puts in a memorable lead performance as the hijab-clad muslin wife, slowly stripping away layers of physical and mental inhibition as she ventures into ever darker territory. Impressive cinematography and location work build a palpable atmosphere, painting modern Athens as a graffiti-strewn inferno inhabited by menacing characters (one or two, intrigued by this woman’s resolve, are happy to offer guidance) and an enigmatic dog, possibly a guiding spirit, who shadows Pari. As the quest draws nearer to its conclusion the tone becomes more mystical as Pari effectively re-invents herself, and the words of Sufi poet Rumi, heard intoned by Pari as prologue to the film, take on their full significance – “I am thirsty for my own blood”.
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A quick weekend build of JPG Productions' new Galaxy Quest 1:72 Scale Surface Shuttle. A simple kit with 13 cast resin parts, the largest being the base. The Shuttle parts are nicely cast and quite thin. The 6 main shuttle parts go together well with only a small amount of filler needed. So after about 2-3 hours of work over the weekend I ended up with this. Thanks for looking.
Jimi at JPG Productions has been busy over the last few months and has brought out a number of new kits which I will be getting into stock in a couple of weeks. First up is Chopper from Star Wars Rebels, 1:12 resin kit to match with the Bandai droids. £25 plus P+P. Mastered by Stephen Husser with 13 resin parts. Next up also from Star Wars is a Bespin Cloud City base for the 1:350 box scale Falcon. 15 resin parts (plus 33 landing lights!) £35 plus P+P. From the extended SW universe there is a 1:144 kit of the Mold
I was putting off starting this build as I thought I would be daunted with it. Turns out I should not have worried. Never Give Up! Never Surrender! Not too many bits Huge locating pins Quick assembly Cool stand So it turns out this is more of a snap together kit, which is great as I currently have a huge bought of AMS happening with my other builds. I hit some parts with paint so I don't have to worry about too much masking and started to install some of the clear parts So the fit is pretty good ( for a snap fit). I will have to attend to a few seams with putty. The buil

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Although the trip-hop genre of the mid-1990s was perceived as predominantly Bristol-based due to the high profile of Massive Attack, Tricky and Portishead, similar acts were also emerging elsewhere in the UK during the same period. Leeds resident George Evelyn, better known as Nightmares On Wax, was one such musician and in its own way, his 1995 album Smokers Delight, with its addictive, sun dappled blend of electro, soul and hip hop, was every bit as representative of its time as Dummy or Maxinquaye.
Evelyn’s output over the years since has been fitful, with 1999’s Carboot Soul continuing where Smokers Delight left off before a series of underwhelming records during the following decade left little impression other than with a devoted handful of long term acolytes.
It’s a pleasant surprise then to listen to Feelin’ Good, the first Nightmares On Wax album proper in five years, and to be greeted by their most coherent, enjoyable music since the peak years at the end of the last century. Recorded with the help of European musicians ranging from Jazzanova arranger Stefan Studzinsky and London soul singer Mozez to German jazz percussionist Wolfgang Haffner, it has all the ingredients we have come to expect from Nightmares On Wax; simultaneously mellow, rhythmic and playful, like all the band’s best work.
Feelin’ Good kicks off with So We Are, which boasts a smooth, languorous groove and dreamy brass and strings that are quintessentially Evelyn, conjuring up blissful images of its creator sitting watching the waves lap on the shore at his Ibiza home. Be, I Do opens with a child singing to itself before breaking into an irresistible shuffling beat that it’s impossible not to tap your toe to, while Master Plan is a deliciously hypnotic, slow-burning ballad that recalls the cream of the chillout scene of the early 2000s. With these three tracks alone, Nightmares On Wax prove they are back at the top of their game.
The quality control does drop slightly with the somewhat shapeless jazzy noodling of Luna 2, and Now Is The Time’s Jamaican dub and dancehall vibes arguably up the tempo of proceedings a little too much. Worries of a mid-album dip are soon dispelled though, as Give Thx is quite possibly the standout track on the entire record. Featuring Mozez in fine honey-voiced form, it sounds like the kind of song Marvin Gaye might have come up with had he relocated to the Balearics at some point during his heyday.
Feelin’ Good ends on a high with two classic Nightmares On Wax tracks. There 4u, with its crackling reggae undercurrent and alternating whispered male/female voices, is the kind of graceful comedown tune Evelyn has always specialised in delivering. Om Sweet H(Om)e is even more beatific, all softly shimmering chords and peaceful, hazy ambience, slowly coming to a halt half way through before elegantly stirring back into life again. Music has moved on since Nightmares On Wax first emerged, yet there is little here that suggests the sounds of 2013 have any influence on Evelyn’s vision. No matter – while it may not be 1995 any more, few listening will care when the nostalgia is this expertly crafted.


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Congress leader Kamal Nath (72) was sworn in as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal on Monday.
Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to him.
On Friday, the Governor invited Mr. Nath to form a government.
The Congress on Thursday named Mr. Nath , the nine-time Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara, to head the State Congress Legislature Party, after hours of hectic parleys held by party president Rahul Gandhi with senior party leaders.
Mr. Nath, who has held several portfolios in the Union Cabinet, was appointed the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee president on April 26 and was at the forefront in steering the party to a win in the November 28 Assembly polls.
The results were declared on December 11.
The Congress, which won 114 seats, has the support of one Samajwadi Party legislator, two Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs and four independents, to cross the majority mark of 116 seats in the 230-member Assembly.
The BJP, which ruled the State for 15 years, got 109 seats in this elections. Its Shivraj Singh Chouhan was the State’s longest serving Chief Minister since taking charge in 2005.
Those present at the swearing-in ceremony included Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, AICC general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his deputy Sachin Pilot, MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s M.K. Stalin, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav and Mr. Chouhan were also present.


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PGS is blazing a trail for the biotechnology industry with its application for marketing approval for its transgenic oilseed rape. Although Member States and the European Commission have already approved a few applications for commercial release - including that of a genetically engineered tobacco crop - PGS's rape is the first transgenic crop likely to be grown on a large scale in several EC countries. As Such, it is running the gauntlet of scientists and environmental groups who remain unconvinced that trials of the PGS crop to date have yielded sufficiently reassuring data about its safety for man or the environment.
The plant breeding industry has hailed the arrival of genetic engineering techniques as a quantam leap forward from traditional, hit and miss, crossing techniques to a speedier and more predictable process. PGS's Regulatory Affairs Manager, Patrick Ruddlesheim, points to estimates of increased yields of 20-25% for other transgenic oilseed rape hybrids, but says it is too early to give specific estimates for PGS's own crop.
The company intends its modified rape to be used for the same range of applications as conventional rape, which include use in margarine, vegetable oil, animal feed, industrial feedstock and, more recently, as a biofuel. Proponents of biodiesel have been eagerly awaiting the new modified rape as it could boost the economic attractions of the plant as a fuel.
PGS says that its product will offer seed companies a "100% guaranteed" method of growing only the required hybrid plant. The system is designed to prevent self-pollination of plants, which leads to reduced vigour of crops in successive generations. This is achieved by crossing two genetically engineered lines, one of which is male sterile.
The genes introduced in the two lines come from four species of bacteria and two other plants - tobacco and a herbaceous plant, arabidopsis. "Guarantees" are built into the system in the form of two "marker genes" which have been widely used in transgenic crops. One of these makes the seeds resistant to an antibiotic, kanamycin, enabling in vitro selection of successfully engineered cells by treating them with the antibiotic. The second makes the seeds tolerant to herbicides based on phosphinothricin, a property intended to be used during the very early stages of shoot formation to select only the required hybrid plants.
The controversy over PGS's product centres on the presence of the two marker genes. PGS addressed some of the arguments in a summary of its application placed on the public register last April when it was considered by the Government's Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE).
One aspect considered by PGS was that its transgenic oilseed rape may become more invasive or weedy than ordinary oilseed rape because of the protection afforded by its herbicide tolerance gene. This would exacerbate the growth of oilseed rape as a weed in hedgerows, roadsides and wastelands.
Herbicide resistance implications
PGS concluded that its product would only have a competitive advantage over other species in the presence of the herbicide. Otherwise, it said, "there has been no intended or unintended change in the basic biology of the crop plant making it more 'weedy'." In wild areas, where phosphinothricin is not applied, there is unlikely to be competitive advantage. PGS ruled out the possibility of unintentional exposure to the herbicide through dispersion via water or wind on the grounds that the chemical has a relatively short lifetime.
In managed situations, where oilseed rate is grown as a crop, PGS says that "since products based on phosphinothricin are not used today for the control of "volunteer" oilseed rape in subsequent cropping, no particular problems are anticipated." Volunteer plants are those from previous growing seasons which grow amongst different crops subsequently planted in the same field. Dr Ruddlesheim said he was sure that companies selling such products would not get approval for spraying it on the herbicide-resistant rape as a method of weed control. He also said the PGS would label the seed to warn farmers that it was resistant to phosphinothricin.
PGS points out that it has carried out more than 40 field trials over three years and these have not found the modified oilseed rape to be any more invasive than ordinary rape. It therefore concludes that the likelihood of this in reality will be "negligible". Still, it observes somewhat blithely that if its product did cause a weed problem, this could be dealt with by herbicides or some form of mechanical control.
Another outcome considered in PGS's risk assessment was the likelihood of the novel genes in its plants being transferred to wild relatives of oilseed rape such as hoary mustard and linseed, both of which are found near oilseed rape plantations in the UK. PGS's application says that on the basis of "models" it has used to judge the likelihood of this happening, it considers the probability to be "extremely low" and the likely consequences of such an occurrence as "negligible".
Taking a somewhat less conservative line, PGS's Dr Ruddlesheim told ENDS: "No-one is arguing about the fact that the genes will be transferred. But we will argue about the extent to which they will be transferred and what the consequences of this will be." Again, he contended that such an event would only pose a problem if phosphinothricin herbicides were used in unmanaged areas.
Greenpeace contested PGS's conclusions in a letter to the chairman of ACRE. The group said that the company was wrong to dismiss the possibility of phosphinothricin herbicides being used to control volunteer oilseed rape. It pointed out that the active ingredient is already licensed for use in the UK to control weeds growing amongst potato and french bean crops - including volunteer plants such as oilseed rape.
The group also points to a more ominous development. The German chemical firm Hoechst has recently conducted trials with modified oilseed rape. Their apparent purpose was to support the registration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) of the use of its phosphinothricin herbicide, Challenge, on the transformed rape. Greenpeace is concerned that a proliferation of crops engineered for resistance to particular herbicides will lead to increased use of chemical means of control and to the spread of herbicide tolerance.
The group takes a purist view of the likelihood of the "foreign" genes in PGS's oilseed rape being transferred to wild relatives. It describes this as "genetic pollution" because the genes would not have been transferred by natural means, and says the consequent damage will be "fundamental and irreversible".
Greenpeace was also critical of PGS's statement that even if a weed problem did arise, other control mechanisms could be used. "If susceptibility to some herbicide or other alone were the determining factor in weed control, weeds would not be the problem they are...It may take a considerable period of time to recognise that there has either been transfer of the herbicide resistance gene to weedy relatives or that the oilseed rape has become a problem itself." Several different herbicides may be applied in the interim with potentially damaging consequences for other plants and surface and groundwaters, it warned.
Greenpeace also gave voice to a concern raised by several scientific bodies over the last two years - that field trials of transgenic crops yield only limited information because safeguards are put in place to contain potential risks and because their duration is often limited to one generation.
For instance, a recent OECD report summarising the knowledge gleaned from over 1,000 field trials of transgenic crops since 1986 states: "The requirement for reproductive isolation [for small-scale field trials] has significantly limited the amount of biosafety information that can be gathered from releases which have taken place to-date and which can be used in establishing biosafety measures in relation to scale-up."1 Greenpeace sums up: "Although the estimated frequency of a harmful event happening is low, the potential scale of the release is enormous. Therefore rare events will occur."
In April, ACRE approved PGS's oilseed rape for marketing, essentially accepting the company's risk assessment. However, there was one dissenting voice among its 12 members. Julie Hill, Director of the Green Alliance, objected on the grounds of the uncertainty about the degree to which modified genes may be transferred to wild species, and whether this will enable them to resist weed control methods and result in contamination of the gene pool.
Speaking in her capacity as Director of the Green Alliance, Ms Hill has since pointed out that there are other issues that need to be addressed. Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the objective of the approval system for releases is to prevent or minimise "harm" to living organisms, but the term has not been defined in a way which would guide ACRE or other regulators in considering whether it matters that novel genes will escape into the environment.
Ms Hill has also recently voiced other general concerns about the regulatory process based on four years' experience as a member of ACRE. She notes that even though ACRE is the body advising on whether marketing approval should be given to crops, the wider implications, such as the impact on herbicide use, are considered to be outside its remit.
Similarly, when ACRE considers applications for permission to carry out field trials, it is restricted to commenting solely on that application, and cannot raise concerns about potential impacts if the modification in question was to be applied on a commercial scale. In a briefing document published in November, the Green Alliance proposed the creation of a non-governmental national Biotechnology Commission comprising consumer, environmental and industry groups which could debate the wider issues raised by genetic engineering and feed their views to the relevant Government Departments.2Fingers point to MAFF as the body responsible for assessing these wider issues. MAFF's thinking on the implications of the release of herbicide resistant crops was outlined in a paper published last year by the Director of Policy at its Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), Dr John Bainton.3According to Dr Bainton, "the development of herbicide resistant crops may have both benefits and disbenefits for agriculture, the environment generally and possibly for the health and safety of people and of animals who may be exposed to those crops. However, herbicide resistant crops do no form a uniform group with similar properties or implications. Each one will have to be assessed on its merits for the foreseeable future."
"Subject to the safety requirements being met," Dr Bainton added, "the assessment of the value of the benefits is for the market to decide. However, where farmers seek advice on these crops, it would be advisable to draw attention to their potential disbenefits to farmers as well as their advantages."
Over 97% of arable crops in the UK were treated with herbicides in 1990. But Dr Bainton argued that it is unwise to speculate whether the development of herbicide-resistant crops will lead to increased herbicide applications because usage already fluctuates from year to year and from crop to crop. "It is consequently not possible to predict accurately how levels of herbicide usage would change following the introduction of new resistant crops. There is, however, no evidence which would suggest that herbicide use would increase."
"Although foreseeable risks to health and the environment can be prevented there remains the possibility of unforeseen problems arising," he concluded. "Thus there will be a need to monitor, to be alert for any unforeseen problems, and to take appropriate action."
However, one of the other issues raised by Ms Hill is that the regulatory system places no duty upon companies to monitor the environmental impacts of their crops once they have been cleared for marketing. They are simply required to inform the authorities if any new evidence of damage comes to light.
ENDS understands that the Department of the Environment is commissioning a one-off study to monitor the environmental impacts of crops grown on a commercial scale, with the PGS crop a likely candidate. But this does not address the general problem.
A further issue raised by the Green Alliance is the need for more effective means of public consultation before approval is given for field trials of GMOs. At present, companies are obliged to advertise in local newspapers in advance of releases and a summary of their application is placed on the public register. But Ms Hill points out that new fast track procedures for applications introduced in the last year have curtailed the time available for public comment on releases.
To facilitate public participation, she proposes a new mechanism to enable interested parties to request public hearings at short notice where a planned release raises important principles or new concerns. The DoE has taken note of this problem. In a discussion paper issued in December, it proposed increasing the time available for public comment where applications are made under fast-track procedures.4EC dispute
PGS applied for marketing approval in the UK because it intends to sell its product first here. However, under the EC Directive on deliberate release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), approval in any one country paves the way for EC-wide marketing authorisation. If any country objects to the authorisation, then the final decision is taken on the basis of a qualified majority vote. Denmark is understood to have objected to the authorisation for PGS's crop. In December, Member States were voting on the application through a written procedure.
Denmark's objections are understood to rest on two concerns: that the implications of marketing herbicide-resistant plants on the level and pattern of use of herbicides are not taken into account at the time the crop is authorised, and that there is still uncertainty over the degree to which genes will be transferred to wild relatives. Denmark's Danish Environment Minister raised the issue at the EC Environment Council in December. However, other Ministers simply took note of his statement and said it would be taken up by the appropriate experts.
The same objection was raised earlier this year when Member States considered an application to market a genetically engineered tobacco plant which is resistant to the herbicide bromoxynil. Approval was finally given but the text of the Commission's decision states that the authorisation of chemical herbicides applied to plants and assessment of the impact of their use on the environment falls within the scope of another item of legislation - the 1991 EC Directive on pesticide authorisation - and not within the scope of the Directive on deliberate release of GMOs under which the tobacco was assessed for marketing approval.5Green members of the European Parliament were outraged by this development and are planning to challenge the Commission's ruling on tobacco early next year. They contend that it was based on a false premise inasmuch as the pesticide authorisation Directive does not authorise regulators to assess the likelihood of increased herbicide use where genetically modified resistant crops are grown.
Another aspect of the PGS product that has raised concern is its resistance to the antibiotic kanamycin. This is recommended as a treatment for infections in humans where resistance to other antibiotics has developed. It is also recommended for treatment of a variety of infections, including tuberculosis, in animals. The worry is that by ingesting foods containing the antibiotic-resistance gene the trait may be transferred to bacteria in humans or animals and render them resistant to treatment.
ACRE made it clear when it approved PGS's oilseed rape that it had no authority to sanction its sale for human food or animal feed purposes, and that separate approval would have to be obtained for these uses. PGS duly applied voluntarily to MAFF's Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP), which was due to give its advice to Ministers on the application in December.
ENDS understands that the ACNFP is minded to approve PGS's crop for human consumption. However, it is not clear whether any conditions will be attached to its use because both the ACNFP's deliberations and its final advice to Ministers are confidential. A MAFF spokesman also told ENDS that it is up to the company to make details of its application public because MAFF would presume it was commercially sensitive.
The ACNFP published a report in July assessing in general the potential for spreading antibiotic resistance genes through novel organisms.6 It concluded that the most likely danger is the possibility of transferring marker genes to gut micro-organisms which would subsequently express the same trait. The greatest likelihood of this happening would be if live, genetically modified food bacteria were to be ingested.
The risk from genetically modified plant material eaten raw or from uncooked seeds would be "far less likely", and that from highly processed food bacteria or plant material "least likely of all". Nevertheless, the ACNFP recommended that "the use of antibiotic resistance marker genes in foods from genetically modified plants and from non-viable genetically modified micro-organisms should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis". In each case, the clinical use of the antibiotic, the likelihood of transfer of the gene into gut micro-organisms and the toxicity of the gene product should be considered. It further recommended that "researchers developing food GMOs should be encouraged to develop and use alternatives to antibiotic resistance markers and/or methods to jettison those used."
A major point of concern from a human health standpoint is that companies are not obliged to submit their products to the ACNFP for approval, although the Government has long promised to make this mandatory. A MAFF spokesman told ENDS that "if companies are spending time and money on researching a new product, it is in their own interest to get this kind of approval...If they do not then Ministers might in the future ban it or recommend it is taken off the shelves." Just how this would address the spread of antibiotic resistance once it had occurred remains open to question.
Moreover, the Genetics Forum, a London-based group funded by several environmental organisations and institutions, says the damage may be caused while the crop is in the field. For example, it suggests that genes may be spread along the food chain if the oilseed rape is eaten by slugs which are then eaten by higher animals such as badgers. Tuberculosis already poses a major threat to the UK's badger population and their resistance to kanamycin could prove an unhelpful development.
As for the use of the rape as an animal fat, MAFF's Veterinary Medicines Division (VMD) told ENDS that at present there is no statutory process for approving material for this purpose, although one is being developed at EC level. In the meantime, a new body - the Inter-departmental Group on New Food Materials - has recently been established to prepare guidelines for manufacturers who have requested an official stamp of approval for their products.
The VMD says the SCNFP recommendations echo its own view - that it would prefer companies not to use antibiotic resistance markers. It says that alternatives are now being developed and that theoretically there is no reason why companies cannot remove markers from plants once they have served their purpose. However, it points out that in the case of oilseed rape its use as an animal feed should place it in a low risk category because it would be processed once to remove oils for human consumption and again to create the feed.
PGS's rapeseed is a harbinger of the challenges that regulators will face as they seek to ensure that no new risks are posed to humans or the environment by these novel crops. Regulators, scientists, the public and, despite their protestations to the contrary, industrialists, are entering uncharted waters.
The wide-scale growth of a large number of crops, sometimes in close proximity, each of which may be deliberately engineered in different ways to be resistant to a variety of herbicides, is a new phenomenon. The spread of antibiotic resistance is no less formidable a prospect. These concerns led support to the arguments of those calling for a body to given responsibility for assessing the wider implications of such releases in the long term - as well as the closure of the gaps which are already apparent in regulatory system.

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Musings of an Ex-Tomboy...All Grown Up
Do you remember us? We’d cry in movies and punch you in the arm if you made fun of us for doing so. Maybe not verse or prose, but we always said something really funny. No one knew until much later how good we gave head as it was never really a consideration. Like getting head from your sister. We laughed, we ran, we played just as hard as you. We didn't do girly stuff... didn't fuss with our hair or clothes. Wouldn't play house or pretend to be moms... we might not have cooked anything, but we’d split whatever we had down the middle with you, and understood you better than almost anyone you ever knew.
We were ‘one of the guys’.
Quick to smile, tell a dirty joke or laugh heartily at one told to us. No one thought about our sexual proclivities. You had no idea how much we wanted... you.
We were one of the buds. We smuggled tequila into band camp and snuck out to drink it with you in the woods. We weren’t afraid of bugs or getting dirty and we played footbal in your front yard with you until we were hot and sweaty and out of breath. We didn’t get breasts until after high school. We probably helped introduce you to that cute girl you lusted after or the girl you ended up marrying, and swallowed hard when you kissed her in front of us.
We never forgot you.
So flash forward to now and you run into one of us... We’re older, womanly, confident, brave, independent... Quick to smile, grab a drink and relive the old days a bit and then disappear into whatever we ended up doing with our lives. Trying to ignore your offhand comment of ‘Wow, you sure turned out pretty!’
You never considered why you didn’t go for us back then.
Ex-Tomboys. We never forgot you.
And every now and then, when no one is around, we allow ourselves to ponder “What if?”
And a tear will well up in our eye. But we will refuse to let it fall.

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VIDEO: 'Leave! Leave!' - Protesters demonstrate against Egyptian government
Sporadic demonstrations broke out across Egypt on Monday, following a call for protests from anti-government groups, with hundreds arrested including numerous journalists.
Security forces used tear gas to disperse a gathering of several hundred anti-government demonstrators who congregated in al-Mesaha Square in Dokki, a district of Giza city in Greater Cairo, after the original location of the demonstration was blocked.
Protesters chanted “Leave leave leave!” and “Down with military rule!” against the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who seized power in a military coup in July 2013 as well as in protest against the decision earlier this month to cede control to Saudi Arabia of the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, near South Sinai.
Scores of people were arrested after the protest was suppressed, around 10 minutes after it began.


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Shallow Cuts - Storm Watch 7" - Yellow Vinyl (/100)
No Idea (2014)
As soon as this was being sold with the tag line 'featuring members of Dear Landlord' I was immediately on the No Idea website adding this 7" to my cart. I love 2009's Dear Landlord record Dream Homes and have been waiting and waiting for a new album. 5 years on I get the feeling that's probably not happening, but if this 7" sounds anything like they did, it's a smart purchase.
Well, it's a mixed bag. It's definitely very good, gruff, melodic punk rock. It's has some of the darker elements of Dear Landlord, but it's just not quite in the same league. If anything, Storm Watch is the victim of unrealistic expectations and when viewed as it's own release without trying to compare if to another band, it holds up pretty good.
It's 4 solid songs, but the best one is definitely "Calamine." This is where the band really ramps things up energy wise. It's got a fast poppy verse that blasts into a really hooky chorus. But what really makes the song is the singalong breakdown right at the end. Not taking away anything from the other 3, but if this song is any indication of what the band could achieve over the course of a full length, I'm almost as excited about it happening as I would be a new Dear Landlord.
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If you've ever been to Universal Studios in Hollywood then you may have seen the original Bates Motel and house that was used in Psycho. The A&E series does not film there, though. The motel and house were recreated in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Does the Bates House really exist?
The set still stands on the Universal backlot fifty years later, although modified and twice relocated over the years. The original Bates Motel set no longer exists, but a reconstructed version of the motel has accompanied the home on the backlot and as a part of the studio tour for decades.
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1 online resource (viii, 561 pages) : genealogical table
Comanche Indian captive Eli McCullough must carve a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong -- a journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that reverberates in the lives of his progeny.
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Print version: Meyer, Philipp, 1974- Son. 1st ed. New York, New York : Ecco Press, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,  9780062120397 (OCoLC)834159090
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This Town themed wooden toy playscene is perfect for children aged 3 years and above. Featuring popular high street shops and services; Toy shop, Sweet shop, Cafe, Pet shop, Hairdressers, Chemist, Book shop, Supermarket, Bus Station and Museum, this toy world brings the hustle and bustle of a town centre to life. Your child will love playing and discovering the shops, arriving at the bus station and visiting the Museum of Dinosaurs.
Use Lanka Kade characters, animals, playsets and push alongs to Set A Scene! Pair this playscene with Lanka Kade Community characters who can explore what this town has to offer, haunt the streets and alleyways with our Mythical range, add our Town Set to learn about road safety and so much more!
Beautifully handcrafted from sustainably sourced rubber wood, this natural wood toy world is assembled from two parts which can be easily dismantled for easy storage.
This Town toy world:
- is made from two parts which slot together to assemble four distinctive quarters which include; Toy shop, Sweet shop, Cafe, Pet shop, Hairdressers, Chemist, Book shop, Supermarket, Bus Station and Museum
- is not provided with any characters, animals or push alongs - these are sold separately
- is a chunky size - the pieces are 15mm thick
- is made from sustainably sourced rubber wood and non toxic paints
- is supplied in an informative box (an easy shape to wrap if a gift!)
- is compatible with our range of wooden toys
This fair trade Town toy world is handcrafted by skilled artisans in Sri Lanka from sustainably sourced rubber wood and non toxic paints. Blemishes should be expected, these are part of the beauty of a natural wood product.
Toy Town World
Made of rubber wood
Dimensions: 280mm (H) x 620mm (W) x 15mm (D) assembled size
We recommend a play age of 3-8 years
Colours, sizes and contents may vary slightly from those shown
Age suitability: 3 years +
WARNING! Not suitable for children under three years, choking hazard due to small parts
Wipe clean only with a damp cloth
Wipe away any excess moisture and leave to air dry (avoid direct sunlight)


Teeter Finds Relief Using Contivio’s Call Center Software
Since 1981, Teeter has been committed to helping individuals relieve their back pain. Teeter is best known for their high quality inversion tables and products that help relieve back pain naturally.
”We’ve seen massive improvements since bringing Contivio on over a year ago. We’ve experienced better call quality, and the NetSuite integration is always reliable, which is a big bonus for us. Contivio really makes an impact for our agents on every phone call.
Experienced poor connection quality
Had limited access to call recordings
Inconsistent NetSuite updates added manual work
For decades, Teeter’s mission has been to set an example for safety within the fitness industry, and to strive for excellence in product quality, support and service. Since their history of loyal, satisfied customers has helped to establish Teeter as one of the most trusted names in fitness, Teeter relies on a fully functioning Call Center to continually go above & beyond for their customers.
When Teeter went live with NetSuite in 2013, they knew they wanted a Contact Center with seamless CRM integration to better service their customers. They decided to implement an industry-leading Cloud Contact Center solution, but quickly learned that their choice was not living up to expectations. Their new vendor’s customer support team was slow to respond, they experienced poor connection quality, and their NetSuite integration didn’t work 100% of the time. When call logs failed to sync with NetSuite, Teeter found that their agents were wasting valuable time by manually inputting information into NetSuite, or simply not entering any notes at all. This inconsistency led to a lot of internal confusion, as agents are goaled based on number of calls handled.
In addition to the issues they were experiencing, Teeter was also looking for an easier and more secure way to store their call recordings. Their old software was not able to store the call recording URLs in NetSuite automatically, and the recordings could only be accessed by an administrator, which added a lot of work for the Business Process & Systems Manager, Janie Ott. Once they found out Contivio had all of the integrations their current vendor had, plus the ability to store call recording URLs in NetSuite, they knew they met their match.


Looking at the Volvo V70.
The Volvo V70 is an executive car manufactured and marketed by Volvo Cars from 1996 to 2016 across three generations. The name Volvo V70 combines the letter V, standing for versatility, and 70, denoting relative platform size (e.g., a V70 is a larger car than a V40, but smaller than a V90).
The first generation (1996–2000) debuted in November 1996 as the estate variant of the Volvo S70. Both cars were essentially redesigned Volvo 850s which had itself been available in saloon and estate configurations. The V70 was available as a front and all-wheel drive estate, the latter marketed as the V70 AWD. In 1997, a special AWD version called Volvo V70 Cross Country, badged as V70 XC, was presented and went on sale for model year 1998.
The second generation (2000–2007) shared styling by Peter Horbury as well as major mechanical commonality with the Volvo S60 saloon and was based on the P2 platform. With a 4 cm increase in width and height, a 5 cm longer wheelbase, a slightly shorter overall length than its predecessor, and a slightly increased interior cargo volume it went on sale in early 2000. As with its predecessor, the second generation was also offered as an all-wheel drive variant which was marketed as the Volvo V70 AWD and as a special version called Volvo V70 XC, which for model year 2003 was renamed to XC70 .
The third generation (2007–2016) was based on the Volvo P3 platform, sharing general styling and much of the interior in front of the b-pillar with the second generation Volvo S80. It has been marketed since 2007 as the V70 and the XC70, a crossover model. Production of the V70 ended on the 25th of April 2016, with the XC70 model continuing until May 2016. The V90 II will replace the third generation when it comes to market in late 2016


Dabangg is a classic no-sense Bollywood movie franchise that stars Salman Khan in the lead role as the top cop. The actor who’s done two Dabangg movie before is busy shooting for the third one. As per the latest reports, Salman is eyeing Alizeh for Dabangg 3, and he completed the Maheshwar schedule of the movie.
Salman Khan is no stranger to launching new faces on Bollywood; most of them come from influential movie backgrounds/connections. Bollywood is a deeply nepotistic industry that barely gives chances to outsiders. So this time, Salman Khan Salman will be launching his niece Alizeh Agnihotri in the third sequel of Dabangg 3. She is the daughter of Salman’s sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri and filmmaker Atul Agnihotri.
Another casting rumor doing rounds is that Salman Khan will launch actor Mahesh Manjrekar’s daughter Ashwami in Dabangg 3. Ashwami won’t be playing Salman’s love interest but will play a girl who’s rescued by cop Salman in the movie. Salman Khan is currently shooting for Dabangg 3 in Mumbai. Sonakshi Sinha who made her debut with the movie will reprise the role of Rajjo in this film as well. Directed by Prabhudheva, Dabangg 3 will hit the screens in December 2019.
There has been no casting confirmation on Alizeh or Ashwami for Dabangg 3. As of now, Salman’s Bharat is out on June 5, 2019, alongside Katrina Kaif and Disha Patani. Ali Abbas Zafar will direct Dabangg.


After Ajax signed Mike Van Der Hoorn is Toby Alderweireld now available for Premier League suitors?
Former Liverpool and Aston Villa forward Milan Baros has signed a deal with Antalyaspor.
It is reported that Gonzalo Higuain is likely to stay with Real Madrid ... but on June 1st he said he was leaving the club.
As Pep Guardiola reveals his interest in Thiago Alcantara, could United be left disappointed for the second successive summer?
A lack of star signings at Arsenal so far this summer makes the biggest curiosity on their pre-season tour a much-touted 16-year-old.
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A round-up of news and views relating to Chelsea over the past 24 hours.
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All of the latest news and transfer rumours connected to Tottenham Hotspur.
All of the latest news and transfer stories about Liverpool.
David Stockdale has been linked with a move from Birmingham City to Leeds United.
Did Liverpool fans put new rivalry with Tottenham aside?
Aston Villa star Jack Grealish was pleased to see Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane score twice for England.
Steven Gerrard’s Glasgow Rangers reportedly want Liverpool striker Dominic Solanke at Ibrox.
Martinez joined Real Valladolid in January from West Ham on loan.
Arsenal veteran defends new signing from criticism.
Leeds fans may have seen a familiar name in action for Mexico yesterday.
West Ham United boss Manuel Pellegrini is said to be keen to snap up Nikola Kalinic.
Glasgow Rangers midfielder Jason Holt has reportedly left Ibrox to join former Gers teammate Joey Barton, although Steven Gerrard wanted him to stay.
Tottenham Hotspur are said to want Anthony Martial from Manchester United, but the deal seems too expensive at the moment.
New players at Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Southampton, Fulham and Norwich City feature on the list, which looks at the best of the early business in the Premier League.
Ashton Agar wrote himself into Ashes folklore with a stunning 98 on debut to stun the cricketing world.
As Mark Schwarzer arrives for nothing we look at the previous freebies picked up by Jose Mourinho.


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At Noyelles-sur-Mer in the Somme, crop growth is more marked over ancient rubble. The aerial photograph reveals subcirculaire lines that correspond to moated enclosures from the Bronze Age.
Noyelles-sur-Mer (Somme), on the ground.
Crops that tell a story...
We speak of anomalies in crop growth (or phytographics clues) when there is a difference in the height and color of growing crops. Henri Delétang (1999) expressed it very well when he said that "the plants speak". In general, crop growth is more vigorous and more rapid over the site of ancient rubble, which is damper and more fertile. On the other hand, crops have a tendency to grow poorly over buried foundations. Nevertheless, under very exceptional atmospheric and meteorological conditions, the exact opposite can occur.
Drought is particularly favorable for these anomalies, especially when it occurs when the plants need water, i.e. when crops really start to push up vigorously.
Differences in crop growth
Under normal climatic conditions, crops, and grain crops in particular, provide the aerial archaeologist with good observation conditions, at a time when they are growing the fastest — and before there has been too much spreading of selective weedkillers and fertilizers, which quickly eliminate almost every difference.
At Noyelles-sur-Mer in the Somme, crop growth is more marked over ancient rubble. The aerial photograph reveals subcirculaire lines that correspond to moated enclosures from the Bronze Age. These ditches, which have slowly filled in over the years, make for more fertile soil. This explains why crops grow more vigorously in these areas. This is confirmed here by core samples. When arable soil is taken away, we can better understand that grain crops grow with difficulty in these clayish soils, although they grow much better over the site of the ancient ditch.
On the other hand, crops grow less well over the site of buried foundations, like at Remiencourt (Somme), where they are less well-developed over the chalk foundations of a small, Gallo-Roman temple. This can be seen when examining the soil: the crops are shorter and one can see white stones thrown up by the plow.
Remiencourt (Somme), discovery of the foundations of a small, leveled-off Gallo-Roman temple.
Remiencourt (Somme), ground-level view.


Microsoft Surface Pro 4 displayÂ driverÂ issue solved thanks to firmware update
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 seems to have finally got a major fix that had afflicted its performance for some people. The software giant has come out with a display driver fix not just for Surface Pro 4 but also its sibling and the companyâ€™s first laptop, Surface Book.
There have been reports of both the pricey machines suffering from near-constant display driver crashes. The users of both the machines were complaining about this aspect despite being simply very impressed with the product.
Nonetheless there are some people who believe that the firmware update may not succeed as the Redmond giant doesnâ€™t has a good record when it comes to fixing thing. Microsoft is yet to comment anything on Surface.com about the update, but looking at Device Manager on my Surface Book, it looks like the Intel HD Graphics 520 driver – which is the problem – has been updated to version 188.8.131.5226.
Microsoft claims that the HD Graphics 520 driver update (v184.108.40.20626) improves driver stability. On the other hand Surface Display Calibration driver update (v1.1.381.0) supports compatibility with the updated graphics driver.