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Robert Woolfenden, a local solicitor, married Lillie Bell at St Paul's Church, Portwood in 1895. About a year later, they had twins but the daughter, Minnie, died soon after birth. When the Census was taken in 1901, the family was living at 38 Gorton Road, Reddish and Robert's practice was sufficiently successful for them to employ a live-in servant (22 year old Alice Dunn).
Ronald was educated at Stockport Grammar School, Elmfield College in York and, finally, at Manchester University. He then followed in his father's footsteps and became articled to Robert to train for the law. He enlisted in Manchester, in September 1914 and went overseas in the autumn of 1915. BY now the family was living at The Cottage on Reddish Road, Reddish.
On 23 June 1916, the local newspaper reported that he had undertaken an unknown act of bravery for which he as awarded the Military Medal. It would seem that he had been attached to the Royal Engineers at the time and may still have been in August, when he died. Ronald is buried in a Cemetery mainly used by an army field hospital at the time and, presumably, died there. The local newspaper reported that he had died of wounds, but army records published after the War use the designation "died", usually indicating a death from natural causes or accident.

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As an Indian professional working in Singapore and having a largely Indian friends’ circle, I often hear rants about the sterile life in Singapore. The ‘kiasu’ attitude of people and the stark contrast between life here and back in India. I usually jump to the defense of the city-state that in most ways has become home to me.
Undoubtedly Singapore has its fallacies. Most people you come across at a bus stop/MRT are immersed in their smartphones, rarely glancing up at you. Another popular complaint is the lack of empathy projected by the citizens. Accidents don’t cause mass panic, a crowd doesn’t congregate around the mishap site and after a moment of shock, people go on with their lives. As a young state (just 50 years old), the culture is an assimilation rather than indigeneous.
Yet none of this bothers me. As a place where I can get out of the airport well after midnight and hop into a cab, I never worry about reaching home safely. The apparently emotionless young mother melts as soon as she sees you smiling at her 2 year old daughter. The old aunty on the bus flashes a big smile at you when you offer her your seat (never mind that sitting on a reserved seat, you were obliged to do so anyway). The cabbie excitedly suggests great cafes you should visit when you ask for advice.
My first hostel experience, my first experience alone was in this city. I lived in the most scenic of campuses for a year, experiencing ‘uni’ life for the first time. I grew up, made mistakes and learnt to feel gratitude. I set up my own home here.
Don’t get me wrong, being Indian matters to me hugely. Culturally I’m still very Indian. I feel most comfortable talking in Hindi or Indian English to someone from Mumbai. Yet, it is here that I learnt to talk to people from backgrounds different from my own. It was in this neutral environment that my Chinese best friend told me what life is like in her hometown. Singapore offered me the comfort of my own background, yet gave me a plethora of opportunities to discover new cultures. The beauty lies in the fact that so many different cultures flourish so beautifully and independently of one another.
The next time another one of my friends complains about life here, I will refuse to get drawn into an argument and stay content with shaking my head in disbelief.

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The White Rabbit brand of milk candy is not an original Filipino product but of Chinese origin, yet has been widely enjoyed in the Philippines for numerous decades.
This “creamy candy” is white, with a soft, chewy texture, and is formed into cylinders approximately 3 cm long and 1 cm in diameter. The inner white wrapper is edible.
White Rabbit Creamy Candy (大白兔奶糖 / Da Baitu naitang / “Big White Rabbit Milk Candy”) is manufactured by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food Corporation in China.
Chinese saying: “Seven White Rabbit candies equal one cup of milk.”

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Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Burlington.
To restart this debate, members opposite from the third party have called on the government to apologize to families of murder victims. One cannot appreciate nor can one understand what sort of grief and suffering the families of those who have been murdered go through.
At the same time it is a sad commentary if this debate has been raised today simply on the basis of scoring some political points if that is the only motive. There is no reason for this government to apologize. And I do not think there is any reason why the government would want to get involved in all of this to make these people, the families, political pawns.
We know from earlier debate raised by my friend from Rosedale that criminal law is not there just to punish. Punishment is part and parcel of the criminal law but it is not the sole factor. Punishment does not bring back victims. Locking up offenders is not the sole answer and there is a cost factor attached to it. We also believe that while people are incarcerated we should look at rehabilitation with a view that some of these people may be put back into society.
The law requires that those who are convicted of first degree murder must serve a minimum of 15 years. We also know that most people convicted of first degree murder serve a full life sentence. We do know that after 15 years release is only possible after a very thorough review process. This is not just a review by the Minister of Justice or by the courts. Ordinary Canadians have a say as well.
The Criminal Code requires that offenders must serve their full 25 year sentence unless a jury decides that they should be allowed to apply for parole. First they have to serve at least 15 years of their sentence. Then they must go to the jury and if and only if that jury approves can they apply to the parole board in the same way as other inmates. This is not a green light from the beginning and this is not an easy process.
We on this side of the House believe that Canadians are best served by a complete criminal justice system, not by a system that says the only factor in sentencing is punishment. The criminal law has greater width than that and the ultimate purpose of criminal law is to make Canada a safer place.
We have talked about punishment and we have heard about deterrence but we also believe that we are here to protect Canadians from violence and by preventing violence. Every murder that we can prevent means that one less family is victimized. A criminal justice system is not just about deterrence and incarceration. Everything possible must be done to prevent crimes from happening in the first place and to deal with those who commit them so they will not reoffend again.
The safety of Canadians requires that offenders be rehabilitated if possible and if it is not possible then they will not be released. The possibility of release after 15 years instead 25 years is a part of rehabilitation. It offers a reward to those who modify their behaviour. The strict review process ensures that those who do not change will serve out their sentences.
The interests of all Canadians are better served by preventing crime than simply by punishing people. That is why we have brought in legislation to prevent murder and other violent crime.
In Canada one-third of all homicides are committed with firearms. In recent years more Canadians have been killed with a gun than any other type of weapon. We listened to the families of
young women killed at the Montreal University Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 and the families of victims of firearms violence all across Canada. We believe that the families of these victims want more than anything to see that it does not happen to someone else.
That is why the government has enacted new gun control legislation. If someone is shot the whole family is victimized but Canadians are also victimized.
Unfortunately the new decorum in the House means they keep talking but we have to keep the killer in jail. It also costs about $50,000 a year which is over $1 million for every offender. If murders can be prevented from happening everyone benefits. Sadly the members opposite disagree. They voted against gun control. They would rather lock up murderers than prevent people from being killed in the first place.
I ask: who voted against measures that would allow us to identify illegal firearms so that the guns could be seized and those who import and sell them to Canadian criminals could be prosecuted? Who voted against measures that would ensure that police officers could find out whether a gun is in the house before they knock on the door? Who voted against laws that would control imports to ensure that guns that enter Canada are sold only to those who have been screened and have been issued a permit for them? Who voted against measures that would make sure that only those who owned their guns legally and had them registered could go into a store and buy ammunition for them? Where do the members opposite stand?
Earlier in debate today, members talked about accountability. Earlier today they talked about how they stand in solidarity on this issue. Yet they also talked about accountability. We also heard the talk, and it is only talk, of how they are accountable and how they go out, in this infinite wisdom of theirs, and discern how people feel.
However, members opposite know that three of their members voted for the gun legislation. They spent taxpayers' money to do a poll in their ridings. They knew all along that this was a way of preventing victims, of protecting families and of preventing murder.
Does the hon. member and his colleagues opposite, with the three exceptions who spent the money to do a poll, oppose all of these things because they think it will cost too much money? It is okay if it is out of the member's budget. They want to spend money on prisons but not on preventing crime. They are not willing to spend money on saving lives. They also oppose it because it is inconvenient for their supporters. They oppose holding gun owners responsible for gun storage requirements that would help keep guns from being stolen and keep them out of the hands of children.
Some of their supporters object to registering their firearms. They object to the idea that they should have to keep their guns locked up. They think that they should all be allowed to have assault rifles and machine guns. They think they should have the right to have any kind of gun. They would like to see everyone with a loaded gun to protect themselves from criminals. They have adopted the American principle of the right to bear arms. Those are simplistic and unrealistic policies.
The hon. member and his colleagues do not seem to be very concerned that we would also have the kind of homicide rates that would inevitably result from their policies. They would like to repeal gun laws. They say they would do it all if elected. They say they care about the families of those who were shot yesterday but they do not seem to care very much about the families of tomorrow's victims.
One-third of Canadian homicides are committed with guns. That means that one-third of the families about whom the hon. members opposite are so concerned lost their loved ones to gunshot injuries. However, they do not worry about that as long as the killer spends 25 years in jail. In that way their consciences are clear and their supporters are happy. What about the families? They are still victims. Their loved ones are still dead and their lives are still devastated.
I would suggest that the shame is on that side. They should be embarrassed for calling on the government, which is trying to prevent similar killings in the future, to apologize fully to the families of the victims. If anyone should apologize it is those on the other side of the House, not here.

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Well, that certainly took long enough! Talented singer, Toby Grey, has been singing professionally for years and has never had a chance at fame. Now Kizz Daniel has offered her an opportunity of a lifetime - promote her music for free all year long!
After making a shocking revelation about MC Galaxy in her cover of Kizz Daniel's latest song, ‘Fvck You’, Toby Grey got a response from the ‘Madu’ crooner himself.
He took to Instagram to say that he could relate with her pain and promised to work with her throughout the year while promoting her music at no cost.
Actress, Toyin Abraham, who was overjoyed by Kizz Daniel's kind heart, has thanked him profusely. Toby Grey is beyond shocked and grateful, as she didn't believe anyone in the industry would be willing to help her without asking for sex in return. She took to her Instagram page to show profound appreciation to Kizz Daniel and Toyin Abraham.
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I recently went to see Florence and the Machine with my friend Ellie in Hyde park. They have this festival thing each year called British Summer time. Some other really good people were headlining this year too that I would have loved have seen such as, Mumford and Sons ( I’ve seen them at Reading festival a few years ago and they were incredible, and Stevie Wonder because he’s an absolute babe.
The Festival was pretty packed, which sometimes I can’t seem to deal with, but I actually felt ok which was good. It also blimmin tipped it down at one stage, classic British festival, and everyone got soaked but after that one little episode it stayed dry which was cool.
My friend and I managed to get to the front of the second set of barriers so we could see the stage really clearly and see the band etc.
Florence was just such an amazing performer. She made me feel like I was part of some sort os spiritual meeting haha. Her voice was incredible and she had such lovely things to say. She told the crows how this was the end of her long tour and she felt sad but also really happy to be ending it in London with us all. She also asked us all to put our phone away for one song ‘How big, how Blue, how beautiful’ so that we could just connect for that moment and remember it in our memories. It felt really special/ Dweeby haha. I absolutely loved and and would 100% recommend going to see her live!!

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In Cape Town Tintswalo is a magical word. An exclusive destination with a password, or a special connection to be able to dine there. My Parisian friend Aurélie Jullien and I had the pleasure of enjoying our dinner there on Saturday evening, the crowning glory of a fantastic False Bay sightseeing trip.
For our False Bay Trip Aurélie had a special request, and that was to have a drink at sunset at Tintswalo. I phoned, and was told that one cannot go there for drinks. I then asked to book for dinner, but they need 24 hours advance notice. Chef Guy Clark, who worked at Tintswalo until recently, came to the rescue with their Chef Thando, he being able to organise us a table for the same day. We were extremely grateful to both chefs. The main focus of this boutique luxury accommodation is the in-house guests, who have first dining priority.
We could drive along Chapman’s Peak slowly, with beautiful views and little traffic, until we got to the Tintswalo gate. At first the security could not find us on the list, but then let us in without any greeting or instructions. We were collected from the car park, and enjoyed a good hour of sunset. The setting is superb. We were blessed with a whale sighting too. One parks near the gate, and then is driven down to the Lodge.
Canapés are served with the welcome drink, I sticking to tap water and Aurélie enjoying a glass of sparkling wine, the brand not being revealed to her. Chef Thando came to greet us, and to talk through the menu. Dietary requirements were established. The five course dinner offers two or three options per course, and I was allowed to photograph the dishes at the pass, with better light.
To start, a soup is offered, Cauliflower on our menu. When I asked if there was an alternative, the waiter Enoch said that they could do potato and leek too, so I had the latter and Aurélie the former. I liked that my soup bowl had a touch of ash on its rim, giving the dish an extra chic appearance. Bread had preceded the soup, and seemed a boring ‘white bread’ roll topped with sesame seed, Enoch not being able to give it a more descriptive name, despite me pressurising him. The bread course was completed with a basil butter.
Aurélie was very courteous in allowing me to order first. Without discussing our choices to each other before ordering, it was luck that we had a different choice for each course, allowing us to photograph two dishes per course. The menu is commendably detailed as to each item in the dish, making it easy for me as a writer, and giving the chef the opportunity to have the correct details communicated to the patrons.
Our starters offered a choice of fish, springbok, and vegetarian. Aurélie chose the sea bass with burnt cauliflower, eggplant mousse, and Maison mignonette, the latter word not being clear to us, not even to the French-speaking Aurélie. For safety’s sake, it was plated in a separate bowl. I ordered a vegetable-dominant Colombian style arepa, a word I didn’t know, a type of flat cake made with polenta, and served with baby beetroot, ash-cured goat cheese, dukkah spice, zucchini purée, and pea shoots giving the dish a final touch.
It surprised us to have a palate cleanser, or Refresher as per the menu, after the starter, before the main course. Aurélie ordered the papaya and mint, and I had the coconut and lemon, both very refreshing. The coconut and lemon one was less photogenic, a white ball of sorbet on a white plate.
My main course choice was sea trout, a fish type I had not heard of before, offered with onion soubise which I asked to be excluded, veloute of beetroot, zucchini, chopped up asparagus, a pity as it was hard to identify initially without referring to the menu, heirloom carrots, and pea shoots for the final touch. Aurélie’s choice was beef fillet, identified on the menu as originating from ‘Greensfield’ in Napier, and as being grass-fed. To this dish was added a port jus, as well as Gorgonzola cream, the latter dominating the taste of the beef, and an overkill, given the jus on the plate too. Two potato variations were part of the dish, and the dish was finished off with Broccolini.
The desserts were more classical, a choice of pannacotta or chocolate. I selected the vanilla Pannacotta, berry coulis, an unusual topping of mixed nut brittle, and topped with fresh raspberries. Aurélie chose the Variations of Valrhona chocolate, the menu only offering us words: ‘Soft. Hot. Cold. Light. Crisp’. We were not told what was on the plate. I liked the gold dust circle, breaking the dark brown on a beautiful brown textured plate. We were offered a coffee, but declined.
Aurélie very courteously had offered to pay for the dinner, but could not find its cost on the Tintswalo website, nor is it on the menu, nor is one told when booking. At R830 per head all inclusive, other than an annoying R40 extra charge for the tap water, not declared to us, it was superb value, with the beautiful sunset setting, the canapés, the bubbly, and the five course spoiling dinner. On the menu the letter ‘v’ denotes ‘Vegetarian’, but the menu page is folded into a menu holder, and one cannot see this last line on the menu, until one takes it out of the holder, as I did to take it home with me.
We were well looked after, but there were little service irritations. The duty manager asked us once if we were happy with our meal in a way that he assumed that we were, without welcoming any feedback at all. The music belonged in a disco, and not in a fine dining restaurant. The cutlery was laid out for all the courses, very commendable, but when the dessert spoon and fork had to be moved to our sides, it was done so by stretching across us to place the fork, a pet hate.
Tintswalo Atlantic, Chapman’s Peak, Hout Bay, Cape Town. Tel (021) 201-0025. www.tintswalo.com Instagram: @tintswalo_atlantic
Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein Instagram: @Chris_Ulmenstein


The Office of Grants Management at Salem Community College is a resource for the College and assists faculty, staff and administration in identifying and procuring federal, state, county and in some cases foundation grant opportunities that support the strategic plan and advance the mission of the college. The funding obtained from the grants, may be utilized to supplement existing academic, student and college resources, as well as to allow for innovation program development and research.
The role of the Director of Grants Management is to provide assistance and direction for programs funded by federal, state, and private funds.
- Ensure compliance with the rules and regulations administered by the grantor;
- Oversee audits by the grantor;
- Assist with preparation and timely submission of grant applications and reports, development and adjustment of associated budgets, coordination of budged funds, screening and processing requests for expenditures and ensuring the timely application for reimbursement from the state.;
- Serve as the liaison with all departments on issues regarding the grants;
- Monitor interventions and programs funded by grants to ensure compliance and grantor guidelines;
- Assign certain grants and/or related responsibilities to individual budget analysts and coordinate their activities related to the grants assigned;
- Assist in evaluating the fiscal administration of grant programs.
The individual seeking the grant is the proposer/grantseeker. Once a suitable grant is found, the proposer/grantseeker becomes the grant writer. The Director of Grants Management may assist the proposer/grantseeker with the application guidelines, resources, data, budget, etc. However, the proposer/grantseeker is the expert and can develop the proposal with the knowledge and skill needed to tell a compelling story and methodically describe the need.
Anyone seeking grant opportunities should start by answering these questions:
- Does the proposal fit the college mission and vision? Does it align with the Strategic Plan?
- Is there a clear and documented need (community and/or internal)?
- Does the organization have sufficient staff in place to ensure it can deliver on its stated goals and objectives? Can it do what it promises?
- Does the College have the resources – i.e. space, renovations, IT resources, other personnel, partner matching funds, etc. to meet the goals and objectives of the grant request?
- Is the organizational leadership prepared to do what it takes to meet the requirements that come with receiving grant funding, which may include producing quarterly, semiannual, or annual progress reports; conducting ongoing program evaluation; participating in special training; and attending conferences and meetings? Meeting grant expectations might also include expanding its services, increasing office space, and supporting staff expansion.
- Is there a cost sharing or matching? If yes, can the College provide funds, in-kind contributions, or a combination of both, from sources other than funds provided through the grant?
- If applying via Grants.gov, does the proposer/organization have a full understanding how to manipulate the website and complete all necessary forms?
- How will the College effectively sustain the project?
- Are there enough staff to effectively develop a strong and credible proposal. Who will write the proposal?


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Blood Services seeking frequent donors
Acadiana residents who want to start their year off on the right arm can donate blood as early as 8 a.m. Thursday at United Blood Services, 1503 Bertrand Drive.
Gannon Baca, a senior donor-recruitment officer, said blood is especially needed now because donations generally lag at the end of the year and during holidays.
He said UBS is down on its supplies of Type O blood, positive and negative. Type O-negative is the universal blood type, he said, whereas O-positive is the most common blood type at 36 percent.
Baca said although blood donations slip in November and December, blood demand is usually up because of increases in “major accidents, holiday fatalities and holiday recklessness.”
January is National Blood Donor Month, and Baca said United Blood Services is hoping to convince area residents to donate at least three times each this year — hopefully once in January.
To that end, United Blood Services will host a dozen bloodmobile events in January. While supplies last, UBS is giving donors “Resolve to donate” T-shirts at those events.
United Blood Services will maintain these hours this year for walk-in donations: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Donors must be at least 16, weigh at least 110 and be in good health. Donors who are 16 need signed permission from their parent or guardian. Additional weight and height requirements apply to people under 22.
Volunteers can sign up for blood drives at bloodhero.com and can fill out their questionnaire in advance on the day of their donation at unitedbloodservices.og.
Donors must present photo ID.
Bloodmobile events in January:
? 1 to 3:15 p.m. Jan. 5 at The Grand;
? 4 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at Lafayette Lanes;
? 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Walmart on Ambassador Caffery Parkway;
? 10:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Super 1 on Ambassador Caffery Parkway;
? 2:25 to 5 p.m. Jan. 17 at Best Buy;
? 1:45 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18 at Super 1 in Carencro;
? 1:30 to 4 p.m. Jan. 20 at Walmart on West Pinhook Road;
? 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at Cajun Hog-Scott;
? noon to 2:15 p.m. Jan. 26 at Walmart in Broussard;
? 1 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at Duson Elementary.

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More than 50,000 North Koreans forced to work abroad: UN
United Nations, October 29
More than 50,000 North Koreans have been sent to work abroad, mainly in Russia and China, in conditions that a UN rights expert said on Wednesday amounted to forced labour.
UN Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman said Pyongyang was increasingly resorting to exporting its workers to earn hard currency, which he estimated at between $1.2 billion and $2.3 billion per year.
Darusman detailed the plight of North Koreans working abroad in his annual report to the General Assembly, which this year again is set to adopt a resolution condemning Pyongyang’s rights record.
“DPRK nationals have been sent to work in many parts of the world, labouring under conditions that amount to a subjection to forced labour, both by their own and host governments,” Darusman, the UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), told a news conference on Wednesday.
Scaling up UN attention on North Korea’s foreign workers, Darusman warned in his report that companies that hire them ‘become complicit in an unacceptable system of forced labour’. He said the overseas workers are mainly employed in construction, mining, logging and textile industries, and are kept in the dark about their contracts, negotiated by Pyongyang.
The vast majority of North Korean foreign workers are employed in Russia and China, but the rapporteur’s report also listed 15 other countries, including Algeria, Angola, Kuwait and Poland.
A construction company in Qatar this year sent back 90 North Koreans whose supervisors forced them to work more than 12 hours a day and underfed them. One of the workers died from the appalling treatment, said the report, to be discussed at the General Assembly this week.
Overall, there has been no improvement in the dire human rights situation in North Korea, Darusman said.


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Sangareddy: A local court on Monday examined MIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, his younger brother and jailed party MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, besides four party legislators in connection with a 2005 case filed against them for preventing government officials from performing their duties.
Asaduddin and four party legislators attended the court of judicial first class magistrate here, while Akbaruddin, who is lodged in Adilabad district jail in an alleged hate speech case, was produced by the police.
The Owaisi brothers and others, including four party MLAs were booked by Patancheru police in Medak district for allegedly obstructing the then Medak district Collector and other officials from discharging their duties in 2005.
The court questioned the six accused on the allegations mentioned in the charge sheet. Owaisi brothers and four MLAs, however, denied all the allegations and said they wanted to proceed with the trial.
The court, then posted the matter to February 8 for examination of witnesses.
Earlier, NBWs were issued against the Owaisi brothers after they "failed" to appear before the court.
The MIM chief, who is accused number 1 in the case, was remanded to judicial custody by the judicial magistrate on January 21 and dismissed his two bail petitions. Though, a higher court later granted bail to him on January 24.
The case was registered on a complaint by a revenue official that Asaduddin, party MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and others protested demolition of a place of worship at Muttangi village near Patancheru during a road widening work of Hyderabad-Mumbai National Highway.
They had allegedly engaged in heated arguments with the then Medak District Collector AK Singhal and other officers during the protest and Owaisi brothers had allegedly pushed the Collector.
There are 30 accused in this case and trial had earlier begun against 24, while it was yet to commence against Owaisi brothers and the four MLAs, as they had not attended the court proceedings earlier.


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Passive Fire Protection
Fire compartmentation is a crucial part of a building design. It prevents the immediate spread of fire which could trap the occupants of a building. It reduces the chance of a fire growing and thereby limits the damage caused to a building and its contents. The use of compartmentation products allows more flexible design of spaces and can improve the aesthetic appearance of a building.
Using state-of-the-art high-performance fabrics Stöbich produces various textile fire protection solutions for many application fields. They can also supply a wide range of shielding products for almost all kinds of rail-bound conveyor systems.
FSi are a UK manufacturers of fire stopping and compartmentation systems. Their fire products are all tested and accredited by third party agencies. They are also tested and certified to maintain the acoustic and air tightness of building elements.
Fire suppression systems cause changes in pressure in sealed rooms. Pressure relief must be provided to prevent structural damage. Puma are the leading manufacturer of pressure relief vents and extinguishing extract systems in the UK.
Mobiak manufacture fire doors of various fire ratings approved to international standards. Doors can be supplied with a paint finish or a wood effect finish. Doors are suppliued with all necessary furniture such as locks, panic bars and closers.

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Nursing care plans for Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which the level of blood glucose is persistently raised above the normal range. Diabetes mellitus is a syndrome with disordered metabolism and inappropriate hyperglycemia due to either a deficiency of insulin secretion or to a combination of insulin resistance and inadequate insulin secretion to compensate. Diabetes mellitus occurs in two primary forms: type 1, characterized by absolute insufficiency, and the more prevalent type 2, characterized by insulin resistance with varying degrees of insulin secretory defects. Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by elevated levels of glucose in the blood (hyperglycemia) resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both (ADA], Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus, 2003.
Causes for Diabetes Mellitus
The cause of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes remains unknown, although genetic factors may play a role. Diabetes mellitus results from insulin deficiency or resistance. Insulin transports glucose into the cell for use as energy and storage as glycogen. It also stimulates protein synthesis and free fatty acid storage. Insulin deficiency or resistance compromises the body tissues’ access to essential nutrients for fuel and storage. The resulting hyperglycemia can damage many of the body’s organs and tissues.
Type 1 diabetes is due to pancreatic islet B cell destruction predominantly by an autoimmune process, and these patients are prone to ketoacidosis.
Type 2 diabetes is the more prevalent form and results from insulin resistance with a defect in compensatory insulin secretion
Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, controls the level of glucose in the blood by regulating the production and storage of glucose.
Risk Factors For Diabetes Mellitus Include:
- Physiologic or emotional stress, which can cause prolonged elevation of stress hormone levels.
- pregnancy, which causes weight gain and increases levels of estrogen and placental hormones, which antagonize insulin
- metabolic syndrome, which is considered a precursor to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus
- some medications that can antagonize the effects of insulin, including thiazide diuretics, adrenal corticosteroids, and hormonal contraceptives
Classification of Diabetes Mellitus
There are several different types of diabetes mellitus; they may differ in cause, clinical course, and treatment. The major classifications of diabetes are:
- Type 1 diabetes (insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) is caused by B-cell destruction, usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency
a) Immune mediated
- Type 2 diabetes (previously referred to as non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus) ranges from those with predominant insulin resistance associated with relative insulin deficiency, to those with a predominantly insulin secretory defect with insulin resistance
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIABETES
Insulin is secreted by beta cells, which are one of four types of cells in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Insulin is an anabolic, or storage, hormone. When a person eats a meal, insulin secretion increases and moves glucose from the blood into muscle, liver, and fat cells. In those cells, insulin:
• Transports and metabolizes glucose for energy
• Stimulates storage of glucose in the liver and muscle (in the form of glycogen)
• Signals the liver to stop the release of glucose
• Enhances storage of dietary fat in adipose tissue
• Accelerates transport of amino acids (derived from dietary protein) into cells
Insulin also inhibits the breakdown of stored glucose, protein, and fat. During fasting periods (between meals and overnight), the pancreas continuously releases a small amount of insulin (basal insulin); another pancreatic hormone called glucagon (secreted by the alpha cells of the islets of Langerhans) is released when blood glucose levels decrease and stimulate the liver to release stored glucose. The insulin and the glucagon together maintain a constant level of glucose in the blood by stimulating the release of glucose from the liver. Initially, the liver produces glucose through the breakdown of glycogen (glycogenolysis). After 8 to 12 hours without food, the liver forms glucose from the breakdown of noncarbohydrate substances, including amino acids (gluconeogenesis).
Type 1 Diabetes
This form of diabetes is immune-mediated in over 90% of cases and idiopathic in less than 10%. The rate of pancreatic B cell destruction is quite variable, being rapid in some individuals and slow in others. Type 1 diabetes is usually associated with ketosis in its untreated state. It occurs at any age but most commonly arises in children and young adults with a peak incidence before school age and again at around puberty. It is a catabolic disorder in which circulating insulin is virtually absent, plasma glucagon is elevated, and the pancreatic B cells fail to respond to all insulinogenic stimuli. Exogenous insulin is therefore required to reverse the catabolic state, prevent ketosis, reduce the hyperglucagonemia, and reduce blood glucose.
Immune-mediated type 1 diabetes mellitus (type 1A)
Most patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus have circulating antibodies to islet cells (ICA), insulin (IAA), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), and tyrosine phosphatases (IA-2 and IA2-) at the time the diagnosis is made. These antibodies facilitate screening for an autoimmune cause of diabetes, particularly screening siblings of affected children, as well as adults with atypical features of type 2 Diabetes). Antibody levels decline with increasing duration of disease. Also, low levels of anti-insulin antibodies develop in almost all patients once they are treated with insulin.
This theory is referred to as the hygiene hypothesis. None of these factors has so far been confirmed as the culprit. Part of the difficulty is that autoimmune injury undoubtedly starts many years before clinical diabetes mellitus develops.
Idiopathic type 1 diabetes mellitus (type 1B)
Less than 10% of subjects have no evidence of pancreatic B cell autoimmunity to explain their insulinopenia and ketoacidosis. This subgroup has been classified as “idiopathic type 1 diabetes” and designated as “type 1B.” Although only a minority of patients with type 1 diabetes fall into this group, most of these are of Asian or African origin.
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Circulating endogenous insulin is sufficient to prevent ketoacidosis but is inadequate to prevent hyperglycemia in the face of increased needs owing to tissue insensitivity (insulin resistance).
The two main problems related to insulin in type 2 diabetes are insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. Insulin resistance refers to a decreased tissue sensitivity to insulin. Normally, insulin binds to special receptors on cell surfaces and initiates a series of reactions involved in glucose metabolism. In type 2 diabetes, these intracellular reactions are diminished, thus rendering insulin less effective at stimulating glucose uptake by the tissues and at regulating glucose release by the liver.
The exact mechanisms that lead to insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes are unknown, although genetic factors are thought to play a role. Despite the impaired insulin secretion that is characteristic of type 2 diabetes, there is enough insulin present to prevent the breakdown of fat and the accompanying production of ketone bodies. Therefore, DKA does not typically occur in type 2 diabetes.
Prediabetes is an abnormality in glucose values intermediate between normal and overt diabetes.
Impaired Fasting Glucose
- A new category adopted by the American Diabetes Association in 1997 and redefined in 2004.
- Occurs when fasting blood glucose is greater than or equal to 100 but less than 126 mg/dL.
Impaired Glucose Tolerance
- Defined as blood glucose measurement on a glucose tolerance test greater than or equal to 140 mg/dl but less than 200 in the 2-hour sample.
- Asymptomatic; it can progress to type 2 diabetes or remain unchanged.
- May be a risk factor for the development of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and hyperlipidemias.
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
- Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as carbohydrate intolerance occurring during pregnancy.
- Occurs in approximately 4% of pregnancies and usually disappears after delivery.
- Women with GDM are at higher risk for diabetes at a later date.
- GDM is associated with increased risk of fetal morbidity.
- Screening for GDM for all pregnant women other than those at lowest risk (under age 25, of normal body weight, have no family history of diabetes, are not a member of an ethnic group with high prevalence of diabetes) should occur between the 24th and 28th weeks of gestation.
Diabetes Associated with Other Conditions
- Certain drugs can decrease insulin activity resulting in hyperglycemia corticosteroids, thiazide diuretics, estrogen, phenytoin.
- Disease states affecting the pancreas or insulin receptors pancreatitis, cancer of the pancreas, Cushing’s disease or syndrome, acromegaly, pheochromocytoma, muscular dystrophy, Huntington’s chorea.
Clinical manifestations of all types of diabetes include the “three Ps”: polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. Polyuria (increased urination) and polydipsia (increased thirst) occur as a result of the
excess loss of fluid associated with osmotic diuresis. The patient also experiences polyphagia (increased appetite) resulting from the catabolic state induced by insulin deficiency and the breakdown of proteins and fats. Other symptoms include fatigue and weakness, sudden vision changes, tingling or numbness in hands or feet, dry skin, skin lesions or wounds that are slow to heal, and recurrent infections. The onset of type 1 Diabetes may also be associated with sudden weight loss or nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pains, if DKA has developed.
The main goal of diabetes treatment is to normalize insulin activity and blood glucose levels to reduce the development of vascular and neuropathic complications.
Drugs for Treating Hyperglycemia
The drugs for treating type 2 diabetes fall into several categories:
1) Drugs that primarily stimulate insulin secretion by binding to the sulfonylurea receptor. Sulfonylureas remain the most widely prescribed drugs for treating hyperglycemia. The meglitinide analog repaglinide and the D-phenylalanine derivative nateglinide also bind the sulfonylurea receptor and stimulate insulin secretion.
2) Drugs that alter insulin action: Metformin works in the liver. The thiazolidinediones appear to have their main effect on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue.
3) Drugs that principally affect absorption of glucose: The glucosidase inhibitors acarbose and miglitol are such currently available drugs.
4) Drugs that mimic incretin effect or prolong incretin action: Exenatide and DPP 1V inhibitors fall into this category.
5) Other: Pramlintide lowers glucose by suppressing glucagon and slowing gastric emptying.
Insulin is indicated for type 1 diabetes as well as for type 2 diabetic patients with insulinopenia whose hyperglycemia does not respond to diet therapy either alone or combined with other hypoglycemic drugs.
Therefore, the therapeutic goal for diabetes management is to achieve normal blood glucose levels (euglycemia) without hypoglycemia and without seriously disrupting the patient’s usual lifestyle and activity.
There are five components of diabetes management
• Nutritional management
• Pharmacologic therapy
Nursing Process Nursing Care Plans For Diabetes Mellitus
Nursing Assessment Nursing Care Plans For Diabetes Mellitus
- Obtain a history of current problems, family history, and general health history.
- Has the patient experienced polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and any other symptoms?
- Number of years since diagnosis of diabetes
- Family members diagnosed with diabetes, their subsequent treatment, and complications
- Perform a review of systems and physical examination to assess for signs and symptoms of diabetes, general health of patient, and presence of complications.
- General: recent weight loss or gain, increased fatigue, tiredness, anxiety
- Skin: skin lesions, infections, dehydration, evidence of poor wound healing
- Eyes: changes in vision”floaters, halos, blurred vision, dry or burning eyes, cataracts, glaucoma
- Mouth: gingivitis, periodontal disease
- Cardiovascular: orthostatic hypotension, cold extremities, weak pedal pulses, leg claudication
- GI: diarrhea, constipation, early satiety, bloating, increased flatulence, hunger or thirst
- Genitourinary (GU): increased urination, nocturia, impotence, vaginal discharge
- Neurologic: numbness and tingling of the extremities, decreased pain and temperature perception, changes in gait and balance
Nursing Diagnosis Nursing care plans for Diabetes Mellitus
Common nursing diagnosis found in Nursing care plans for Diabetes Mellitus
- Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements related to intake in excess of activity expenditures
- Fear related to insulin injection
- Risk for Injury (hypoglycemia) related to effects of insulin, inability to eat
- Activity Intolerance related to poor glucose control
- Deficient Knowledge related to use of oral hypoglycemic agents
- Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to decreased sensation and circulation to lower extremities
- Ineffective Coping related to chronic disease and complex self-care regimen
Nursing Intervention and Evaluation Nursing care plans for Diabetes Mellitus
|1||Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements related to intake in excess of activity expenditures||Nutrition balance between needs and intake||
||Maintains ideal body weight with body mass index less than 25|
|2||Fear related to insulin injection||Fear less or discrease||
||Demonstrates self-injection of insulin with minimal fear|
|3||Risk for Injury (hypoglycemia) related to effects of insulin, inability to eat||Injury is not appears||
||Hypoglycemia identified and treated appropriately|
|4||Activity Intolerance related to poor glucose control||Normal Activity is appears||
|5||Deficient Knowledge related to use of oral hypoglycemic agents||Knowledge is sufficient||
||Verbalizes appropriate use and action of oral hypoglycemic agents|
|6||Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity related to decreased sensation and circulation to lower extremities||Impaired Skin Integrity is not appears||
||No skin breakdown|
|7||Ineffective Coping related to chronic disease and complex self-care regimen||Effective coping||
||Verbalizes initial strategies for coping with diabetes|
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- Diabetes Mellitus, Patient Teaching Discharge and Home Healthcare Guide Because diabetes mellitus is a lifelong disease, patients, family teaching discharge, and home healthcare guide probably the most important responsibility...
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Today, May 8th, 2018 – Nathan Cummins paid a visit to the Penn Robotics Shop. Mr. Cummins was on the team during Penn’s very first season in 1998 and was a senior on the Finance sub team. Back in 1998, Mr. Cummins went with Penn Robotics to two competitions, the Motorola Midwest Regional in Chicago, Illinois and the National Championship in Orlando, Florida. He came in so that Team 135 could add his unique and rare history to our documentation and to reconnect with the team again.
He was astounded by how much FIRST and Team 135 has grown in the past 21 years. His son, Joel Cummins is in the Penn FTC program, and he cannot wait to hear the stories he will experience once he joins Team 135 in the near future.
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President Plevneliev Calls In Consultations On Financial Situation
Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev calls on Monday consultations on the financial situation in the country, said the President's press office.
In the meeting will take part the parliamentary represented parties, Speaker of Parliament Mihail Mikov, Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski, Finance Minister Petar Chobanov, Vice Prime Minister Zinaida Zlatanova, the Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov, the governor of the Bulgarian National Bank Ivan Iskrov and the sub-governor of BNB Kalin Hristov.
They will discuss the need of legal amendments to be passed by the outgoing Parliament.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (right) tours Domtar Inc. in Plymouth, NC on Friday, Aug. 15, 2013. Domtar produces lignin, a biobased material with the potential to create advanced new products and energy. Domtar is working with a number of partners, including the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, on development of lignin applications that includes fuel additives, solid fuels, high performance adhesives and more.
Did you know USDA is the federal leader in helping to advance the U.S. bioeconomy through the use of renewable agricultural (plant), marine and forestry raw materials? By using agricultural feed stocks to make everyday finished products like biolubricants, bioplastics, construction materials and cleaners these products, we add value to the agricultural industry and up and down supply chains. That is, jobs are not created just on the farm or near the farm gate, but throughout the manufacturing process on sales of these biobased products.
Please join me Thursday, December 12, 2 p.m. eastern, as I host a #MyFarmBill Google+ Hangout about the BioPreferred program. We’ll hear from some of the industry standouts working with USDA to create new markets for biobased products. The Hangout will also include YOUR questions and comments. Read more »
Many of the USDA programs touch almost every American, every day. And as concerns grow about climate change, greenhouse gases and depleting natural resources, USDA continues creating opportunities for farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, public land managers and families in rural communities. These opportunities help these stakeholders generate prosperity in innovative, sustainable ways while conserving the Nation’s natural resources and preventing pollution.
USDA is committed to leading by example through fostering a clean energy economy, improving the environment by conducting operations in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner and complying with environmental laws and regulations. To accomplish this, USDA focuses on the future. The Department recognizes the significance of global climate change and utilizes this knowledge to create and maintain conditions under which people and nature can exist in productive harmony. Read more »
Good risk management tools aid in conservation efforts and help protect beautiful views like this for the next generation. USDA photo.
American producers know that crop insurance is a proven tool for managing the risks of farming. But many folks may not be aware that it also promotes sound practices that encourage environmental sustainability.
One of the primary reasons the Federal crop insurance program is good for conservation is that it requires producers to exercise good farming practices in order to be eligible for coverage. Good farming practices vary from crop to crop and from region to region, but follow the principle that the farming practices carried out are considered prudent and responsible by local extension agents and certified crop consultants. And this means planning for the long-term future, not just the current crop year. Read more »
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Across the nation, Americans from all walks of life are taking steps to reduce the amount of food that goes to waste. Part of the solution lies in finding innovative new ways to use food that would otherwise by wasted. That’s where the Cleveland Browns, Ohio State University, the City of Cleveland, the Dairy Innovation Center and other partners are stepping in to help.
On Sunday, November 24, this new partnership will begin taking waste from FirstEnergy Stadium and turning it into clean, renewable energy. Anaerobic digesters like the one in Cleveland are being built in greater numbers across the nation. In fact, working together with the dairy industry, USDA has provided more than 240 awards since 2009 to construct anaerobic digesters. Read more »
Over the years, Oscar Vizcarra’s vineyard and family farm has become a thriving business. Vizcarra brought his insight and experience to the table as a member of USDA’s Fruit and Vegetable Advisory Industry Committee. Photo courtesy Vizcarra Vineyards.
Growing up on a family farm in New Mexico, I experienced the joys of producing your own food and sharing it with others. For many, the opportunity to own a farm or work in the agriculture industry is a dream come true, one that they can achieve if given the right opportunity.
In my position here at USDA, I take great pride in the work we do to help producers like Oscar Vizcarra—who now has almost 5,000 people come to apple picking and other events at his farm on a regular basis—realize their dreams. One of the ways that we will create similar opportunities for the entire agriculture industry is by passing common sense immigration reform, and addressing critical labor issues that are needed to help the industry continue to thrive. Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a notice in the Federal Register asking the public to comment on how agricultural coexistence in the United States can be strengthened. Comments are due by January 3, 2014.
U.S. farmers in the 21st Century engage in many forms of agriculture, including conventional, organic, identity-preserved, and genetically engineered (GE) crop production. USDA is unequivocal in its supports for all these forms of agriculture. We need all of them to meet our country’s collective needs for food security, energy production, carbon offsets and the economic sustainability of rural communities. Our goal is to promote the coexistence of all these approaches through cooperation and science-based stewardship practices. Read more »

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Shoppers and shop owners on Lincoln high street have said that there is still a long way to go until a sense of normality is reached, following the pandemic.
This comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the ending of all Covid rules for most people from midnight on Thursday, February 24.
There were mixed opinions on whether scrapping the rules is a good thing or not, but one thing people agreed on in Lincoln today was that life has still not returned to normal.
Carol Brown, 67 from Brigg, said that life will never go back to normal and that we should care for others in our community.
She said: "I think you've got to take it on yourself and do what's right.
"The country, unfortunately, can't afford to keep us going with free tests and lockdowns."
She added: "I don't think we will ever go back to what we considered normal two years ago and I don't think we should.
"We should have more of a community sense that there are vulnerable people out there we must look after.
"Let's hope we come out of it with a better sense of what people's real needs are."
Aimee Brown, 30 from Scunthorpe, said that removing isolation rules could be risky but life needs to go on.
She said: "Getting rid of the isolation is a bit ridiculous on some terms because it can still kill the vulnerable.
"Then again, we've got to live with it, it's never going to go away.
"We do need to move forward now, we can't keep living life behind a door or behind a mask."
She added: "The flu kills more people than Covid has and we don't live in fear of that anymore.
"Normality will never be the same again."
Michael Dorsett, 70, from Bassingham said: "I'm quite happy about it really, it looks to me as though the vaccine is working.
"When will it stop if it doesn't stop now.
"If the rules stop and we aren't having to self isolate it should be back to normal but who knows."
Patsy Tobin, 54, from Mablethorpe said: "I'm fine with it, I think people have got enough common sense to stay at home if they're poorly.
"There's still a little way to go [to reach normality], you still can't get in the doctors."
Stephen Kettley, owner of House of Cards said he welcomes the freedom but would still be cautious.
He said: "I welcome the fact that we've got a bit more freedom and choice about it.
"I would still say to my staff if they contract it they shouldn't come to work, but I would leave it to them to make the decision."
In terms of returning to normality, Mr Kettley said: "I don't think we're quite there yet and won't be there for a long time.
"It might never be as it was before."
Denise Christison, bookseller at Lindum Books said: "I don't think they should scrap everything, we're gradually coming out of this and you've still got to be sensible.
"There are still people out there who are inconsiderate and won't put their hand over their mouth."
She added: "If we feel like it gets busy in the shop, I'm still happy to wear a mask.
"I would still test and say if I had Covid."
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Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3.
The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories.
The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.
The story follows overworked office worker Akira (portrayed by Akaso Eiji) who, in the wake of a zombie apocalypse, is more excited at not having to go to work than worried about fending off the undead. He comes up with 100 things to do before turning into a zombie himself and embarks on a journey with Shizuka (Shiraishi Mai) and Kencho (Yanagi Shuntaro) to check off his bucket list.
A new trailer also features the first look at the zombie shark which is one of the fan-favorite elements from the manga.
The film is directed by Ishida Yusuke from a screenplay by Mishima Tatsuro and production by Morii Akira.
Earlier this year Aso told Variety that the Japanese media landscape was over-saturated with zombies, in everything from comics to TV shows and movies, but he still wanted to try a new angle. “I wanted to try a different approach [..] I wrote (the manga) to be a little offbeat, a little silly,” he said. “I’m OK if people see it as ridiculous. But there’s also a message: Do what you want to do, as fully as you can.”
Aso is also the creator of “Alice in Borderland,” a sci-fi-fantasy survival-game comic that was made into a hit 2020 Netflix live-action series that is now in its second season.
“Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” is the latest title in a string of local live-action films from Japan debuting on Netflix in recent months. It follows “Call Me Chihiro” and “Re/member.”
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‘The most relevant poet of his generation’ (Exeunt) ‘Cool poems!’ Patti Smith
Following the unprecedented multi award winning success of his first stage play, the region’s favourite poet Luke Wright returns to his roots in the first half of 2017 with 25 nationwide dates performing poems from his new collection The Toll. The tour opens on home turf at Norwich Arts Centre on 24 January before heading out to all corners of the country.
The poems in The Toll visit the flat-roofed pubs and half bought couches of Brexit Britain as it struggles with doubt, duty and half-cut nights spent shouting impotently at Question Time on TV. Wright’s poetry ranges from the laugh out loud funny to the tear-inducingly poignant and back again, as he effortlessly takes his audience with him on the ride switching emotional gears without missing a beat. Wright makes poetry accessible, normal even.
‘A rip-roaring raconteur, evoking a Larkin-esque sense of commuter belt ennui’ Metro
‘I wrote these poems over the last three years’ says Luke. ‘There’s a range of subject matter including lots of stuff about family, about England, and about heartache. It’s about The Toll that life takes on you, but also about duty and trying to do the right thing. As ever in my work, politics and social issues lurk in the background ready to pounce …’
Spend an evening with a gifted and compelling raconteur at the top of his game, as he spits out visceral, inventive verse that sweats, bleeds and sings. See a video sample of The Toll here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1yWEfUyq9w
The book will be published by Penned In The Margins on 2 February.
‘Quite simply, this is the future of popular poetry’ The Skinny
The Toll follows Luke’s 2013 debut collection Mondeo Man, of which Huffinton Post noted ‘If any contemporary collection is going to convince the unbeliever that poetry can be a riot of cheek, giggles, boobs, tears and Facebook – while keeping its artistic integrity firmly intact – Mondeo Man is it.’
Luke Wright is a poet, theatre maker and broadcaster who has written and starred in eight solo shows of his poetry as well as ‘What I Learned from Johnny Bevan’, the play that sold out a three week run at London’s Soho Theatre and toured extensively. It won a Fringe First award for new writing, The Stage Award For Acting Excellence, The Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show and is currently nominated for an Off West End Award. It was published in both hardback and paperback.
‘Timely, patriotic, touching and consistently funny’ Scotsman
He tours the world each year (as far afield as China and Australia) with his unique brand of poetry and can often be seen opening for John Cooper Clarke. His verse documentaries on Channel 4 have been enjoyed by millions of viewers and his poems can often be heard on BBC Radios 3 & 4 and sometimes further afield. He has been a regular contributor to Sony Award-winning Saturday Live and has numerous main channel TV appearances under his belt. Luke curates the spoken word line-ups at The Latitude Festival, Festival Number 6 and The Edinburgh International Book Festival.
‘Sit-up-and-listen good, a zestful relish for pump-action wordplay with a thoughtful and deeply felt understanding of just how messed up Britain is’ Dominic Cavendish Daily Telegraph
Find more information at lukewright.co.uk
Luke Wright: The Toll – Spend an evening with a raconteur at the absolute top of his game as he spits out visceral, inventive verse that sweats, bleeds and sings
Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedicts Street Norwich, NR2 4PG 01603 660352 www.norwichartscentre.co.uk
Read the review of Luke Wright’s previous show ‘What I Learned From Johnny Bevan’ from our predecessor site Norwich Spy:
“Luke Wright gave a capacity audience at Norwich Arts Centre a show of unmatched passion, power and poignancy in the outstanding performance of the 2016 N&N Festival. ‘What I Learned From Johnny Bevan’ is fast paced, articulate and heartwarming and perfect in execution.
From the breathless start Luke sets a fast relentless pace to the show which underlines the passion and power of his account of a vital and inspirational relationship between two young men who meet as UEA students sharing a delight in poetry and performance. Johnny Bevan comes from a grim tower block and a troubled family background, but guides the young Nick away from his parent’s ambitions to find his own voice through language, literature and performance poetry.
In the way of youthful exuberance the relationship fades after initial intensity and a difficult family encounter, but is rekindled twenty years later when they rediscover each other through the means of social media. Nick has thrived in the shallow delights of the London media world, whereas Johnny has become one of the many in our society who have felt alienated and abandoned by the shallow political consensus of the Blair and Cameron meritocracy.
Luke is a gifted poet and his command of language is assured and effective. Several parts of his show could stand alone as powerful polemic or poetic performance, but Johnny Bevan has a message that we need to hear, and Nick, voiced by Luke, conveys that message with furious eloquence.
Behind Luke is a screen, with delightful monochrome painted images projected to illuminate the context of the narrative, images of London, Norwich and Colchester, the settings for the path that Nick chooses.
There is music too, to enhance but not obscure the power of the text that Luke delivers at a pace few of us could match.
This is a timely piece that reflects the growing dissatisfaction with a democracy that currently seems only to serve the middle classes and the wealthiest in society, and accurately portrays the backlash against Blairite centrist ideology that has found a potent new voice with Corbyn. This show should be mandatory viewing for any MP claiming to be the voice of the dispossessed or disadvantaged in British society. It is no coincidence that Clive Lewis is an advocate for this show, having taken Luke to Westminster to perform it.
Polemic without humour or humanity will soon lose an audience, but Luke Wright shows a dazzling understanding of what makes a performance engaging and captivating. If you get the chance to learn from Johnny Bevan, don’t miss it”.


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Vertical receives payment for 25 delivery slots from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation
Vertical Aerospace has secured a pre-delivery payment for the reservation of aircraft delivery slots from Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation.
Marubeni has reserved aircraft delivery slots for 25 out of its up to 200 conditional pre-orders, becoming Vertical’s first Asia-based customer to make a pre-delivery payment.
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Vertical founder and CEO, said: “We are delighted to have reached the next milestone in our partnership with Marubeni. Japan is a wonderful country which is embracing the promise of eVTOL, as it will connect cities and regions like never before. We look forward to our joint efforts to build the ecosystem for zero-emissions travel in Japan.”
Vertical and Marubeni previously announced the partnership and order in September 2021, including a joint evaluation of the requirements for eVTOL operations in Japan.
Over recent months, Marubeni has conducted proof-of-concept (POC) demonstration trials in preparation for the Osaka World Expo 2025. Tests included flights from Osaka heliport to Wakayama using existing helicopters at future expected AAM service prices.
Satoshi Takechi, general manager, Aviation, Space & Defense Department, said: “I am confident that our continued joint efforts with Vertical Aerospace, such as evaluating the requirements for eVTOL operations and engaging the potential partners under the Joint Working Group, together with this new agreement, will accelerate the development of the AAM market in Japan. Marubeni will further enhance activities to materialise our business, which aims to make air travel more accessible and convenient, while simultaneously contributing to climate change mitigation measures, including low-carbon and decarbonisation initiatives.”


8th Annual Air Barrier Association of America’s conference and trade show.
March 26-27, 2019 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel (777 Waterside Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510)
The Air Barrier Association of America is hosting its 8th annual conference and trade show. The only conference in the world that focuses on air barriers and building airtightness.
Come learn from some of the top minds in Building Science with expertise in building enclosures, moisture management, air barriers, sustainability and enclosure commissioning.
The conference provides two full days of comprehensive learning tracks specific to design professionals, consultants, general contractors, subcontractors and others interested in the air barrier industry.
Exhibitors will include air barrier materials manufacturers, application equipment, testing labs and building enclosure consulting companies.
- Network with the leading experts in building science
- AIA CEU’s (HSW)
- The only conference that provides comprehensive education on air barriers and building airtightness
- Meet the leading air barrier manufacturers and service providers to the industry


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.Multi Step Invisible Snowman
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Multi Step™ Invisible Snowman includes all the components to build your own snowman face. Two different size buttons and coal, a carrot, pipe, small heart, a charcoal smile, scarf and top hat. Plus, eight interchangeable sentiments.
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The sentiments in this set, uses the same type face and coordinates with these other Kitchen Sink Stamp sets:
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In 2009 and for the first time, in Greece, a significant effort for communication –cooperation among aromatic and medicinal plant producers from all over Greece was fulfilled. The idea of this cooperation arised out of the initiative of FARM BIOMA, which the particular producers cooperated with. In 2012, in Zappio House in Athens, the mutual presentation of their producers was made in the context of FOODEX Exhibition.
There were set the initial goals. These concern the cooperation of the producers on trade, biological agriculture and protection of local varieties issues. Two years after the first contact (in Zappio), the producers decided to attribute an official character to this cooperation by means of forming the association of GREEKS PRODUCERS OF AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS.


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Just as an insightful TonyBet casino review can lead you to the best gaming experience, knowing about the latest in filmmaking technology can transform your video production endeavors. The film industry has always been at the forefront of technological advancements.
Today in this article we will learn about the cool technical innovations in the world of shooting equipment. In a constantly evolving world, it will be useful for everyone to know. If you work with such technologies, you will be able to find new solutions for yourself. Well, if you just love technology, then you should definitely know about such developments. Let’s get started!
The Age of Advanced Cameras
Digital Cinema Cameras
Dominating the market are brands like ARRI and RED, known for their high-resolution outputs and dynamic range. The ARRI Alexa LF and RED Monstro 8K VV offer unparalleled image quality, making them a top choice for filmmakers worldwide.
Mirrorless cameras, like the Sony A7S III and the Canon EOS R5, have changed the game. Their compact size, combined with incredible low-light performance, makes them ideal for indie filmmakers and documentarians.
Lighting: Setting the Scene
Modern sets are often illuminated by LED lights like the ARRI SkyPanel or the Aputure 300d Mark II. These offer controllable color temperatures and intensities, ensuring that every shot is perfectly lit.
For on-the-go filmmakers, portable lighting like the Litepanels Astra and the Rotolight NEO 2 provides flexibility and ease of use.
Sound Matters: Crystal Clear Audio
Essential for capturing directional audio, microphones like the Sennheiser MKH416 and the Rode NTG3 are known for their clarity and range, perfect for both studio and field recording.
For interviews and dialogue, lavalier mics, such as the Sennheiser G4 and Rode Wireless Go, offer unobtrusive audio capture.
Stabilizing the Shot: Gimbals and Rigs
DJI Ronin and the Zhiyun Crane series have revolutionized camera stabilization, allowing for smooth movements and tracking shots with minimal effort.
Customizable camera rigs, like those from SmallRig and Zacuto, provide stability and versatility, accommodating various accessories needed for a complex shoot.
Drones: Aerial Cinematography
Drones like the DJI Mavic Pro 2 and the Phantom 4 Pro offer filmmakers a chance to capture stunning aerial shots that were once only possible with expensive helicopter shots.
Always ensure compliance with local aviation regulations when using drones for filming.
Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X remain the top choices for editors, offering extensive features and compatibility with various file formats.
Tools like DaVinci Resolve give filmmakers control over the look and feel of their footage, turning raw footage into visually stunning narratives.
Virtual Reality: The New Frontier
As we step into the realm of Virtual Reality (VR), the way we approach film production and storytelling is undergoing a seismic shift. VR cameras such as the Insta360 Pro and Nokia Ozo are at the forefront of this change, allowing filmmakers to immerse their audiences in a 360-degree cinematic experience.
These cameras capture every angle, creating a virtual world for viewers to explore and interact with. The post-production process for VR films is also evolving rapidly.
With the rise of VR, cameras like the Insta360 Pro and the Nokia Ozo are enabling filmmakers to explore this new and exciting medium.
Post-Production for VR
Software like Adobe Premiere has started integrating VR editing capabilities, making it easier for filmmakers to venture into this space.
Today’s filmmakers have access to an array of advanced tools, from top-tier cameras to state-of-the-art sound equipment. These technologies do more than just improve content quality; they open up a world of creative possibilities, making filmmaking a dynamic and constantly evolving craft. With these powerful tools at your disposal, the only boundary to what you can create is your own imagination.


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Thursday, November 27, 2014
Rate-A-Restaurant #334: Zero Zero (San Francisco)
Restaurant: Zero Zero
Location: 826 Folsom (San Francisco)
Type of restaurant: Pizza
We stipulated: For our last night in New York, we wanted to eat near our hotel, and find something tasty but also kid-friendly. Artisan woodfire pizza: A yes for us. Any pizza at all: A yes for the kids. Win win.
They stipulated: "With Zero Zero, noted chef and certified pizzaiolo Bruce Hill (BIX, Picco, and Pizzeria Picco) offers San Francisco diners a unique venue for his wood-fired pizzas and other Italian offerings. Opened Summer 2010 in the SOMA neighborhood Zero Zero takes its name from the ultra-finely ground flour used in traditional Neapolitan pizza dough and features variations on the pizzas that have developed a devoted following at Hill's Pizzeria Picco in Larkspur, just across from the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. Zero Zero's menu also includes inventive pasta dishes, a range of starters and antipasti, including crudo, house-cured salumi, a changing selection of bruschetta and salads, and, for dessert, Hill's signature soft serve ice cream."
What we ordered: Fillmore pizza (Hen of the Woods Mushrooms, Leeks, Mozzarella, Grana Padano, Pecorino, Fontina, Garlic, Thyme - $17.50); Margherita pizza (Tomato Sauce, Basil, Mozzarella, Grana Padano, De Padova Extra Virgin Olive Oil - $14.50); Radiatore with Braised Short Rib, Lacinato Kale, Marrow Butter and Gremolata ($21.50)
High point: We almost didn't get the radiatore, but I'm glad we did. The short rib made for a nice, hearty dish.
Low point: It's a bit of a scene, so perhaps still not the best place to take the kids. Yet ironically it was the obnoxious couple next to us that forced another couple to move tables.
Overall impression: Great spot if you're in the SOMA area. Pizzas are fantastic, but don't pass up the pasta! I wish I had known about the soft serve, but then again, we over ordered and were stuffed. (The cold pizza made for a good breakfast the next day.)
Will we return: I could see us returning if we were back in SF and once again staying close by.


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Artistic Fabric Mills is one of the leading suppliers of premium denim fabrics and garments in the world. With a large-scale, fully vertical operation based in Karachi, Pakistan, the company has recently expanded its capacity to produce 50 Million meters of fabric and 25 million garments per year along with some of the most innovative products for top Denim brands globally.
Our corporate family has a rich heritage of over 68 years in the textile industry. The company first started operations in 1949, with a small retail shop founded by an enterprising man. With a vision to grow, the company expanded its operations and established multiple garment factories. In the 1990’s, there was tremendous growth and the company used this opportunity to narrow its focus on denim fabric and garments. It led to the creation of a specialized vertical operation and a culture of denim.
Continuing the tradition for growth and innovation, we at AFM believe in consistently moving towards a better product and a better world. We have not only installed several technologies to ensure that we offer our customers a product of superior quality, but also implemented sustainable practices that protect our community and the environment. We find that every day is an opportunity to move forward effectively and responsibly.
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Unforgettable, lyrical cinema, Belle de Jour is an effortless carnival of lust, imagination and mounted shame. Catherine Deneuve is the Parisian “Belle de Jour”, whose nocturnal call for masochistic pleasure transfers into daytime employment at a high-class bordello. A piece of contradiction, scandal and craft, Buñuel’s classic of modern-French cinema is an uproarious journey into the deepest valleys of our passions.
Belle de Jour's reputation may have been let down by its many later imitators, almost all of whom seem to replace its wit & eroticism with exploitation, but it remains one of Bunuel's masterpieces. Deneuve is perfect as the icy, unfulfilled bourgeois wife whose mind drifts into Anais Nin fantasy. The film has a psychological depth and a cynical humour in its more surreal moments, and some beautiful Parisian footage.
One’s liberation can be another one’s torture, or as in the case of Belle du Jour, the wife’s escape from the suffocating life of virtue leads to the castration and humiliation of the boy scout husband. Self-degradation and sexual submittance and eventually a gangster with broken teeth offer the way to freedom from the husband’s sexual desires. Brilliant, brutal, and comic. Love it.
Gorgeousness...however I had to endure the dubbed version as Mubi doesn’t make it clear that you can change the audio to French with subtitles, I had to work that out for myself. Surely the film should be presented as ‘VO’ rather than the terrible dubbed version? Having said that, the dubbed voices are so bad that it kinda adds to the detached surreal nature of the film....
This is a strange, heady brew, making some rather simple points (e.g. about women being judged on their perceived purity, about the danger of bringing fantasies to reality) but doing so with a whole lot of style and wit to keep things from ever being as bleak or torturous as they otherwise could have been.
Catherine Deneuve acts her double-life perfectly. Séverine is such a complex character! Her a seemingly fragile, silent personality allows for the interesting contrast with her sexual, "lost" side. The least extravagant Buñuel I've seen so far, which did require my expectations to switch modes, but a wonderful piece of cinema, no doubt.


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German biathlete Magdalena Neuner came into the Vancouver Olympics with six world championship titles in her pocket – but a history of wildly inconsistent shooting that has also left her with some poor results.
So when the young stand-out won her first of three medals so far at these Olympics – including two of Germany’s six gold medals – she had a simple answer for how she had become so much more consistent this year.
“I worked very hard, especially in the mental training,” she said, a concept she elaborated on later. “One has to understand that physical fitness alone isn't sufficient. My mental training is very complex and it makes me believe in myself…. To control your mind is more difficult than to control your body.”
As individual athletes increasingly come into the Olympic Games with huge expectations on their shoulders – not just for veterans, but for rising stars who have been hyped at home by eager advertisers and Olympic committees looking to cash in on sponsorships – sports psychology has become more mainstream than ever. Athletes from Neuner to Canadian gold medalist Alex Bilodeau to luge athlete and five-time Olympian Mark Grimmette have all talked about the mental techniques they use to achieve top success when it matters most.
“In the 1990s, a lot of coaches saw sports psychology as – well, if an athlete really has trouble or is a choker, then he/she needs to see a sports psychologist,” says Sean McCann, senior sports psychologist with the US Olympic Committee, who says that now “100 percent” of US athletes are using at least some of the mental skills he and his team teach. Those skills include visualization, breathing, body control, energy management, and the use of key words to help an athlete perform at his or her best – which is the key challenge of an event that is more media-intensive than most other competitions.
“At the Olympics it’s not about getting to a new level. The challenge of the Olympics is executing. All these tools are in service of executing your skill. That’s really hard to do at Games,” says Dr. McCann. “There are so many questions, so many thoughts – thoughts like, ‘If I don’t throw my long program [in figure skating], it will be worth millions of dollars to me.' ”
For better or worse, sports psychology has become tightly woven into the fabric of the Games. In Scandinavia, that’s set off a controversy, with Swedes ridiculing their Norwegian neighbors for bringing four full-time sports psychologists to these Games.
"There are only losers who use sports psychologists. My God, when athletes start to scream for psychologists is when we know that they have already lost," wrote columnist Lasse Anrell in the Aftonbladet newspaper, according to a translation on skierpost.com. "The Norwegians have a bit desperately called in an entire army of mumbo-jumbo talk."
Marcus Hellner, who won Sweden’s first gold in men’s cross-country skiing since 1988 on Saturday – beating Norwegian heavyweight Petter Northug – was quoted on skierpost.com before the race as saying that he didn’t need a psychologist. “I have teammates to support me if times are difficult,” he said.
Comedian Stephen Colbert also poked a bit of fun after being named assistant sports psychologist to the US speedskating team. In a live crash course with a real sports psychologist in which he learned that intimidating other athletes could be an effective tool, he suggested that a good tactic would be to tell the guy next to you that the stitching on the back seam of his speed skating suit had come out just before the race started.
But for most athletes, sports psychology is no joke. They rely on it to build their confidence, their belief in their training and their own capabilities, and to climb out of any ruts.
French biathlete Simon Fourcarde, who came into the Olympics as the overall World Cup leader – the biathlete with the most cumulative points in all the World Cups contested so far this season – credits a psychologist for helping him through a tough autumn.
“My mind was in a hole, so I asked [a psychologist] to help me,” he explains, adding that each mental training session lasts about 20 minutes. “We find a program to do step by step, to find confidence again.”
That includes breathing exercises – like yoga, but not, he says – and sessions both with the psychologist and alone.
“Also some visualizing,” he adds. “I try to visualize every possible situation – with wind, with fog, with people around me. Sometimes it stresses me when people are around me, when they pass me very fast.”
Unfortunately, that has been happening a lot at these Games, with Fourcade yet to medal – although his younger brother, Martin, won silver on Sunday.
But US skier Lindsey Vonn, who explained in a conference call before the Olympics that she usually spends an hour's preparation in visualizing her races, and then uses breathing exercises at the start gate to calm down, has had better success – gold and bronze, with more events to come.


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A senior member of the Catholic Church known as the "luxury bishop" has been suspended from his diocese in Germany while the Vatican investigates a house refurbishment that reportedly ran into the millions of dollars.
Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg, who had been under pressure to resign, will leave his diocese for an unspecified period, the Vatican said in a statement on Wednesday. Monsignor Wolfgang Roesch will be in charge of the diocese during the bishop's absence, the Vatican added.
Tebartz-van Elst "cannot presently exercise his episcopal ministry," the statement said.
The Vatican also said it would audit spending on renovations to the bishop's residence, which Germany's Spiegel magazine reported cost up to 31 million euros ($42.70 million).
The move comes as Pope Francis, who has shunned many aspects of past pontiffs' lavish lifestyles, has been calling for simplicity, humbleness and an increased focus on serving the poor.
According to a statement from the diocese, Tebartz-van Elst met with Francis Monday and was "grateful for the very heartening meeting."
German media, which had dubbed Tebartz-van Elst "bishop bling" and the "luxury bishop," reported that his residence had been fitted with expensive items such as a $35,000 conference table and a private chapel that cost almost $4 million.
The bishop has denied any wrongdoing.
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This is a 15thC Northern Thai Buddha of the highest caliber. He has an intense jade green patina with some traces of gilding and lacquer which is still evident around the hair . His face is supremely beautiful in a way which is hard to put in to words. This is simply one of the best Buddhas I have ever owned, and it is certainly the best I have ever offered for sale. It is also the most expensive, although for very good reason. Even in high end auction catalogues you will rarely find Northern Thai Buddhas of this quality (and when you do take a look at their auction estimates). Sits 15.25 inches tall by 10 inches wide at the knees, although he is larger than the dimensions convey. This Buddha (as is also true for many other medium and large high quality Northern Thai Buddhas of this type from this period) does not have the original base- they were removed during an early period during which the bronze was needed to make other Buddha images. On his traditional base this Buddha would sit a good 20 inches high.
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This fundraiser show features a conversation with Dr. Daphne Miller, a Bay Area-based family physician whose second book, Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing, was published on April 16 (the book is available as a thank-you gift for listener supporters in this fund drive). Dr. Miller explains her reasons for visiting the gardens, farms, and ranch she portrays in Farmacology, espousing a hopeful manifesto about the many lessons doctors can learn from farmers whose holistic agricultural practices mimic natural systems. Weaving in insights from forward-thinking biomedical scientists, she presents a potent challenge to the reductionist principles that dominate mainstream medicine. Her journey promises to inspire to anyone interested in “weblike thinking” while on the path to wellness.
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As the Census Bureau waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether to allow a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, the bureau is sending out test questionnaires to measure the possible impact on participation.
After 35 years, a medical transportation service available to the state’s 2.8 million Medicaid subscribers and among the largest of its kind in the nation could change dramatically -- from a county-based model to a regional one.
Communities in South Jersey keep losing residents, while the Pennsylvania collar counties around Philadelphia keep gaining them, according to municipal population numbers the Census Bureau released Thursday.
Blackwell, whose family had represented the district for nearly four decades, didn’t concede or give a speech to supporters at a results-watch party. Instead, she walked out around 11 p.m., after shaking supporters hands and telling a reporter: “I’m going home.”
The 2020 Census presents new challenges, including digital divides as the census moves online and a continuing trend of government mistrust deepened in immigrant communities by the proposed citizenship question.
Will the 2020 Census ask about citizenship? How are census takers hired? What state money is available to ensure an accurate census? New Jersey residents raised these questions at a forum Wednesday in Camden.


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Morena: A youth was killed when he fell from a human pyramid during Janmashtami`s `dahi handi` celebrations at Pahargarh, about 40 km from here, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place at Purana Kila area last night when a group of youths, popularly known as `Govindas` were trying to break the `dahi handi` hanging from a tree, police said today.
The event had been oganised by a local organisation and had announced an award of Rs 1,000 to the winner.
The deceased, identified as Dheeraj Batham, was at the top of the pyramid and when he was trying to break the `dahi handi`, he fell down in the process and suffered serious head injuries, police said.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, they said adding a case has been registered in this regard.