The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering Disaster Unemployment Assistance to eligible survivors who lost their jobs or businesses as a result of the recent floods in South Carolina.
The deadline to file a claim is Wednesday, November 4, for Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Horry, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland, and Williamsburg Counties. The deadline is November 5 for Berkeley, Clarendon, and Sumer Counties; and Friday, November 6 for Calhoun, Darlington, Florence, Kershaw, and Lee Counties.
Saturday, November 7 is the deadline for Bamberg, Colleton, and Greenwood Counties; Thursday, November 12 is the deadline for Newberry County, and Thursday, November 19, for Fairfield and Marion Counties.
To apply for assistance, call Disaster Unemployment Assistance at 866-831-1724, or apply at mybenefits.dew.sc.gov. For more information, call 888-834-5890.
The South Carolina Emergency Management Division also has a list of agencies and organizations offering help for flood recovery here.


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President Trump said Tuesday that he would nominate Barbara Barrett, a former diplomat and aerospace research executive, to be the next Air Force secretary, a move that came as Mr. Trump ratchets up plans to increase the military’s focus on threats in space.
Mr. Trump announced his plans on Twitter, more than two months after the current Air Force secretary, Heather A. Wilson, said she would resign. Ms. Wilson had spent two years reining in plans for the United States Space Force, successfully working to ensure that the Space Force would be a part of the Air Force instead of a separate military branch amid concerns over cost and bureaucracy.
Mr. Trump provided few details on Tuesday about why he had selected Ms. Barrett. The White House did not return an email request for comment, and Ms. Barrett could not immediately be reached.
But in his tweet, Mr. Trump cited Ms. Barrett’s almost five-year tenure as chairwoman of the Aerospace Corporation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that receives federal funds to research national security and military space systems.
If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Barrett could oversee multiple air campaigns in the Middle East.
It was not clear on Tuesday when a possible vote on her confirmation could be scheduled. A battle already looms in the Senate over the confirmation of Patrick M. Shanahan for defense secretary; some lawmakers and Defense Department officials think he does not have enough foreign policy experience.
Ms. Wilson had a tense relationship with Mr. Shanahan, who supports the Space Force, according to Defense Department officials.
Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, chairman of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee, said in a tweet Tuesday that Ms. Barrett’s “extensive government, business and diplomatic experience — not to mention her background as a trained pilot and astronaut — makes her well suited for the job.”
Ms. Barrett’s “appreciation for governmental leadership began in 1972 as an intern at the Arizona State Legislature,” according to an archived biography on the State Department’s website. She holds a law degree from Arizona State University.
In the 1980s, Ms. Barrett was vice chairwoman of the United States Civil Aeronautics Board, a now defunct federal agency. She was also a deputy administrator in the Federal Aviation Administration.
In 1994, Ms. Barrett poured $1 million of her own money into a campaign to become Arizona’s governor, but she was defeated in the Republican primary by Fife Symington, the incumbent.
Ms. Barrett was elected to the Aerospace Corporation’s board in 2006, according to the organization’s website. She served until she was appointed as the United States ambassador to Finland in 2008, and she returned to the board in 2010 after her stint in diplomacy. She was chairwoman of the board from 2013 to 2017.
Ms. Barrett is a trained pilot and was the first civilian woman to land an F-18 Hornet on an aircraft carrier, according to information provided by her chief of staff.
In 2009, Ms. Barrett trained to be an astronaut in Kazakhstan and at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.
Ms. Barrett, who lives in Arizona, serves on the governing boards of the RAND Corporation, the Smithsonian Institution, Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Lasker Foundation.

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Located at Mall Road, Gaiety Heritage Cultural Complex is a tourist hot spot. This historic cultural center was designed by Henry Irwin. The architecture of this building is Gothic style and a representation of Victorian artistry. Once a five story building, it was later demolished partially as it was structurally unsafe. The Gaiety theater exists till date.


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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) says he believes it is constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a president after they have left office. Actually, it’s not and Romney doing this out of pure spite, jealousy and hatred for President Trump, knows that.
Face it, Mitt Romney will never get over the fact that Donald Trump won a presidential election while he lost one. Why else would he participate in this farce, esp. after already showing his ass when he was the only GOP Senator that voted to impeach Trump the first time a year ago…over a freaking phone call. There is nothing in the Constitution that says you can impeach a private citizen. And if this ‘impeachment’ was so legit as the Democrats and the still-bitter Never Trumpers tell you it is, then why did Nancy Pelosi take her sweet time sending over the articles till only a few days ago, much less why does Justice John Roberts refuse to even preside over it? Because it’s nothing but a political stunt. Sure, every person who participated in the Capital riots should be tried and convicted to the highest degree. But the idea that President Trump ‘incited’ those rioters is pure BS and there are facts to back that up.


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One in eight teenage boys (13 per cent) are regular gamblers with some admitting they are addicted, according to study for Britain’s biggest gambling charity (GambleAware).
By the age of 20, the proportion of young men gambling at least once a week has risen to one in five (20 per cent), according to the Bristol University study which has tracked more than 3,000 young people from the age of 17 to 24.
By the age of 24, it had dropped slightly to 17 per cent who were regular gamblers, betting on scratchcards, online gambling sites, placing private bets with friends or on the lottery.
About six to seven per cent of these regular gamblers were classed as having a problem or addiction with poor mental health, involvement with crime or potentially harmful levels of drug or alcohol use.
"To protect these vulnerable young people from gambling harm requires a combination of education, legislation and appropriate treatment services," said Alan Emond, emeritus professor of child health at the Centre for Academic Child Health at Bristol Medical School.
Overall more than half (54 per cent) of 17 year olds said they had gambled in the past year, increasing to almost seven in ten (68 per cent) for 20 year olds, and (66 per cent) of 24 year olds.
The gambling habits of parents, along with social media use, were found to influence a young person's gambling activity.
Regular gamblers had lower wellbeing scores and were twice as likely to smoke cigarettes daily and drink alcohol weekly.
Data for the research came from Bristol Children of the 90s, a longitudinal study based at the University of Bristol, and featured more than 3,500 people per age group as well as surveys and interviews with parents.
The study found that as the young people got older, there was a significant increase in online betting activity among men. This rose from nine per cent at age 17 to 35 per cent at age 20, and 47 per cent at 24.
There was also an increase among women, from 0.8 per cent at age 17 to four per cent at age 20, and 11 per cent at 24.
Marc Etches, chief executive of GambleAware, said: “We are concerned to protect children and young people who are growing up in a world where technology makes gambling, and gambling-like activity, much more accessible.
"One in eight 11 to 16-year-olds are reported as following gambling businesses on social media, for example.”
A spokesman for the Betting and Gaming Council, the UK gambling industry's trade association, said: "Rigorous age verification checks introduced by our members mean that it is now virtually impossible for anyone under the age of 18 to gamble online."


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If you’re hoping to discover what it is actually like to be an Italian, Pizza Tower is the perfect way to discover the trials and tribulations of this particular portly platforming icon. As you work on saving your Pizzaria from the horrifying Pizza Face, you’ll need to move at rapid velocities to ensure that you’ll always be one step ahead of the competition. But, will you have the chance to play this exciting platformer on anything other than Steam, or are you locked to the PC platform for Pizza Tower?
Is Pizza Tower Coming To PlayStation Or Xbox?
It’s hard to say right now, as the viral popularity of Pizza Tower has been nothing less than extreme. However, since its release, there hasn’t been any news of any ports, including the Nintendo Switch. While it seems like it would be the perfect fit for just about any console, Tour de Pizza and their — frankly hilarious social media feed — have made no announcements for any ports of this excellent platformer that gives other mascots a run for their money.
Related: Can You Stream The Pizza Tower Soundtrack Online?
Thankfully, Pizza Tower is not a graphically intense game, meaning that just about anybody with a PC can launch and play this game. If you want to ensure that your PC can run it, give the demo a try before you buy. As it continues to grow in popularity, there is a chance that players on a console will have a chance to take this highly decorated platformer for a spin, and experience one of the best platformers released in the past decade.
There are a few things that may need to be tweaked to make them work properly, including the Peppino Jump Scare, but we can only hope to see Pizza Tower make its way to about every platform under the sun, as players deserve to earn the P Ranks on any platform they choose.
- This article was updated on March 16th, 2023

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To celebrate the partnership with Alinghi Red Bull Racing, TUDOR presents two new Pelagos FXD models inspired by sailing competitions, one of which has a chronograph function. Featuring carbon composite, titanium and stainless steel cases and Manufacture Calibers, these watches reflect the daring spirit of those who dare to embark on the most competitive sailing race in history.
In the Pelagos FXD “Alinghi Red Bull Racing Edition” models, various innovations for TUDOR converge and not only from a purely watchmaking point of view. In 2022, TUDOR and Alinghi Red Bull Racing entered into a long-term partnership: for the first time, the watch brand is venturing into the world of sailing competitions. In this centenary discipline, victory goes to those who know how to combine a decidedly audacious spirit with the latest technological advances. The result of this philosophy, the new watches combine a hi-tech carbon composite – a new material for TUDOR – with titanium and stainless steel, just like the monohulls with hydrofoil AC75 (America’s Cup 75).
Furthermore, for the first time, TUDOR integrates a chronograph Caliber in a case with fixed bars for attaching the strap. More than ever, the bold and innovative approach that distinguishes the brand takes shape in the new Pelagos FXD and Pelagos FXD Chrono. Models imbued with the spirit of TUDOR and Alinghi Red Bull Racing, two distinct entities sharing the same vision: to push back the boundaries of tradition.


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For the last several months, the various “Occupy” (OWS) protests have gotten enormous media attention. While their many expressed grievances cover the waterfront, the one that has received the most fame is that they’ve been lured into very expensive college debts—debts they can’t pay because they don’t have jobs.
Coverage of the protest has enabled many tell the rest of the world about their plight. One handwritten sign I saw a few days ago read:
I graduate college in 7 months with a “useless”
degree in Classical Studies. I have worked very hard
and am on track to graduate with highest Latin honors.
I am in a Greek organization with many volunteer hours
under my belt.
MY JOB PROSPECTS?
That is plaintive.
What’s plaintive about it, though, is not the fact that this young woman worked hard in her college classes and now calls her classical studies degree “useless.” Nor is it plaintive because she is probably going to have a hard time paying off her college loans.
No, what’s plaintive about this is the student’s assumption that college graduates are supposed to have good job prospects. Why on Earth should anyone, much less an apparently intelligent woman, think that good job prospects should automatically be chasing after anyone who has gone to college?
Answer: Politicians and higher education leaders have been suggesting exactly that.
They have been doing so for decades and have convinced large numbers of Americans that going to college, no matter how much it costs, is a “no brainer.” That’s because having a college degree improves your skills and knowledge, leading to good, high-paying jobs.
Unfortunately, as the protesters will tell anyone who walks by, it simply isn’t true. Having a college degree gives you no assurance of a good job—or of any job at all.
The OWS protesters aren’t hesitant about assigning blame for the bad conditions they perceive, although they mostly get it wrong. (“Greed” and “capitalism” don’t really explain anything.) Americans who think that it’s bad for the country to have a great many un- or under-employed young people overwhelmed by debt should not hesitate to assign blame either.
Instead of pinning the blame on a person or group, let’s start by pinning it on an idea. The mistaken idea behind America’s higher education mania is this: Education is always good. Stated more precisely: People always make a wise decision when they continue their formal education.
For a while, at least, those ideas seemed to be true. As college enrollments steadily increased in the 1960s, ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, most of those who graduated found employment that paid much better than average, thus giving rise to the idea that there was a large “college earnings premium.”
Higher education boosters like the College Board trumpeted the correlation between college completion and higher lifetime earnings, settling on the impressive figure of about $1 million as the average payoff for going to college. Federal websites conveyed the same idea that going to college was a sure-thing “investment” that led to higher incomes. The Lumina Foundation told people that America’s economic and social challenges could best be met by greatly increasing the number of people with “high quality degrees and credentials.”
More education is good.
Naturally, politicians could not resist telling voters that higher education (which they generously supported, of course, with taxpayer money) was a tremendous benefit to each individual and to the country as a whole. Michigan’s governor Jennifer Granholm declared in 2003 that higher education was “like jet fuel for the economy.” Hillary Clinton, during her campaign for the Democratic nomination, told an audience at Plymouth State University that higher education “has never been more important” and pointed to that additional $1 million that four-year college graduates supposedly earn over their careers.
Speaking at the University of Texas last August, President Obama declared that “America has to have the highest share of graduates compared to every other nation” because other nations would out-compete us if we don’t. His secretary of education, Arne Duncan, testified before a Senate committee on June 28 that higher education “is an economic growth engine and a ticket to a middle-class lifestyle.”
The message to young Americans was loud and clear. As the president stated in February 2009 speech, if a student doesn’t continue education beyond high school, “It’s not just quitting on yourself, it’s quitting on your country.”
Conversely, you search in vain for any statement by a prominent official or education leader that going to college might be a bad idea. Questioning the benefits of more education was just as unthinkable as questioning the benefits of home ownership. All that Americans ever heard was: More education is good.
Almost everyone believed it. Even students who had finished high school with mediocre-to-poor records were encouraged to go to college so they wouldn’t miss out on that “ticket to a middle-class lifestyle.” Crucially, federal grants and loans were available to nearly everyone to help defray the cost. No reason for any student to pass up the wonderful advantages of college over a mundane cost/benefit analysis.
Several years ago, Nike’s advertising slogan was “Just Do It!” That’s exactly how most Americans looked at their college decision. College grads get good jobs and make lots of money, so Just Do It.
That attitude led to stories like that of Kelli Space with her sociology degree and huge student loan debts. It led to OWS protesters like the one holding the sign above.
The closest thing to a coherent demand from the protesters has been that their student loans should be forgiven. It does not speak well of the education they have received that they can’t see how forgiving their loans would encourage more irresponsible student debt in the future.
Encouraging students to go to college at public expense was just as irresistible to politicians as encouraging people to buy houses they couldn’t afford. The Pope Center’s Jane Shaw noted the similarities between housing bubble and the higher ed bubble back in 2009. The question is how we escape from that mistake.
Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s policy is not to escape at all, but rather to dig in deeper. (Many writers have made that point and Andrew Gillen’s essay is especially cogent.) If we want to avoid more college grads with large debts and no job, we have to abandon the policies that treat college graduation as something like our national Holy Grail.

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One of the items that has been on our Christmas wish list for years is to see Massachusetts join those states that permit direct shipment of wine from out-of-state vineyards to oenophiles who happen to reside here.
We realize that direct wine shipment is hardly among the most pressing issues on the legislative agenda. It amounts, in fact, to what folks today wittily refer to as a “First World problem.”
On the other hand, there aren’t a lot of issues that have received this level of judicial attention and still seek a legislative remedy.
It was five years ago that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that bar consumers from ordering wine from out-of-state and having it shipped directly to their homes. It took four years for the Legislature to get around to crafting a law that complied with the Court’s ruling — only to have that law invalidated because lawmakers included unconstitutional provisions that tried to protect local wineries from competition.
Allowing consumers to order their favorite vintages from New York or California doesn’t mean they’ll boycott the local package store or vineyard. Wine is a growing industry, and liberalizing the laws pertaining to its sale and distribution is good news for everyone.
Gov. Deval Patrick said last week he’s ready to sign a direct wine shipment bill into law. It’s long past time the Legislature gave him one.


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This year people all over the world celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Sri Lankan tea industry which has introduced a very special gift to the world - Ceylon tea.
In the framework of the global celebrations, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation organized the Global Tea Party on July 6, 2017. The event was jointly organized by the Embassy, Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Colombo Traders Association under the guidance of Hon. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka.
The Global Tea Party in Moscow was attended by more than 60 invitees among whom were representatives of the Russian tea and business sectors, officials from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and other prominent guests.
The welcome address of the event was made by H. E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, who stated that the two countries shared a lot of common history in the tea industry and pointed out the importance of mutual cooperation between Russia and Sri Lankan tea companies, as strengthening of bilateral relations in the private sector will lead to further development of trade and economic cooperation between Sri Lanka and Russia on the whole.
The event was elegantly organized and a demonstration of Ceylon tea drinks preparation was conducted by Mr. Ustinya Kosterkina, a professional tea master and the winner of the Tea Master Cup Championship 2016, which made the Global Tea Party even more fascinating.
Besides the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow, on July 6, 2017 other Sri Lankan Diplomatic Missions all over the world organized the same Global Tea Party as a part of the global celebrations of 150 years of Ceylon tea. In addition to these events, the Sri Lankan Tea Board and other Sri Lankan authorities will hold a Colombo International Tea Convention on August 8-11, 2017 and other international exhibitions to contribute to further development of the Sri Lankan tea industry and all business connections established with other countries all over the globe.
Extract from the speech given by H.E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia:
"Sri Lanka is the world's largest exporter of orthodox black tea and Ceylon Tea has delighted tea drinkers in almost 150 countries.
For many years Russia has continued to rely on Ceylon tea and Sri Lanka has become the most important supplier to the market. So we can confidently say that Russia's association with Ceylon Tea is almost as long as the 150 year history of the industry."
US presidential candidate Donald Trump believes that Ukraine is losing the conflict with the Russian Federation and Kyiv must therefore cede territories in order to maintain statehood

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We look forward to hosting a fabulous Preview Party and opening night festivities with you on Friday, November 10, Preview, 4-5pm and Reception, 4-7pm!

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Who Is 'Rock of Ages' For?
It's really hard to pin down the ideal demographic for this nostalgic yet Glee-esque take on a seedy recent-ish era. So we're going to tackle its one big question: who is this movie for exactly?
The ridiculous new hair metal jukebox musical Rock of Ages opens this week, and while we'll have a full review of it tomorrow, we wanted to take some time today to discuss one big question we have about the movie. Namely, who is this movie for exactly? It's really hard to pin down the ideal demographic for this nostalgic yet Glee-esque take on a seedy recent-ish era. But let's try to pin down anyway, with a little demographic profile.
The fan of Rock of Ages is someone who is old enough to have an actual emotional or sense-memory connection to 1980s hair metal, but young enough to be into triple-threat robot Julianne Hough and dreamy mop-topped rent boy Diego Boneta. They are somewhere in their 30s, probably? It is hard to say. That is the murkiest part. Let's say if you talked to the fan of Rock of Ages online they would seem 22. If you talked to them in person they would seem past 40. They are neither. While we're on the topic of age, the fan of Rock of Ages is mature enough to be cool with the movie's strange and oftentimes lewd sexuality while innocent enough to be genuinely moved to a chill or shiver by an ending involving the Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'." Don't take your kids but don't take your parents either! Take yourself, you perfect Rock of Ages viewer you.
The fan of Rock of Ages moved out of their parents' place and into the second story of a house on a quiet street near a busy area with two roommates, maybe a couple. A couple that's really private and is just renting the spare room to make ends meet, they don't really want a roommate. So this person, the fan of Rock of Ages, has roommates but they're not close. Sometimes the three of them will watch a movie together but that's basically it. The fan of Rock of Ages has a younger sister they don't talk to much because she "can be such a bitch" and has a fiancée that this person doesn't like and anyway it's hard to get into the city. The fan of Rock of Ages has seen musicals, and likes musicals, but really loves cheap nostalgia best. That's really what gets them going, so something about Rock of Ages appeals to that. This person is single and often dreams of simple romance like you see in the movies, but it's hard to find love when you spend all your time driving around Montclair in a ratty old Volkswagen and hanging out in a booth at the Willowbrook Mall Ruby Tuesday's. This person goes there with their friends — a lumpy mixture of gay men and straight women — and they laugh and think they're being silly and ironic about this whole thing, about this tacky chain restaurant, but when it's time to order they are very particular and serious about it, ordering everything by its full, proper name and maneuvering the menu like a pro. ("I'll have the Baja Chicken Tacos but no chili lime sauce. Can I get the mango salsa from the Chicken Three Ways instead?") This person plays bar trivia with a giddy intensity, a veneer of "Isn't this fun?" barely masking a deep and urgent need to win.
The fan of Rock of Ages isn't a virgin, no they got that done in college, but sex is not the most comfortable topic for them. They think it's no big deal, or rather they act like it isn't, making comments about characters from TV shows and the like, people safely faraway or not even real. Sex jokes are fine, totally fine, so long as they're not made about themselves. This person isn't "a music person," but they know what they like. Back to the cheap nostalgia, there is a lot of '90s stuff on their mp3 player (it is not an iPod). They sing "Livin' On a Prayer" loudly with their friends if it comes on at a bar, on the slightly rare occasion that they are in a bar, this person liking for a brief second the thrill of being loud and inviting attention. This person has said "awesomesauce" within the last six months. They've quoted How I Met Your Mother within the last three. This person still thinks that Alec Baldwin's "renaissance" or whatever you want to call it is something worth talking about. Again, this person goes to theater but never manages to see the right thing. A few weeks ago they gave a somewhat halfhearted standing ovation to Leap of Faith. On the ride home they said to their friend that someone more famous in the lead role would have been more interesting.
The fan of Rock of Ages, the very person for whom the move was made, sometimes smokes cigarettes when they drink (juicy mixed drinks or Amstel Lights) but they smoke "wrong," holding all their fingers up when they bring the cigarette to their mouth. The smoking feels cool and conspiratorial. They've never bought their own pack. The fan of Rock of Ages is planning to go to Rock of Ages with their friends for the ostensible reason of hearing "awesome," "hilarious" '80s tunes and making fun of Tom Cruise, but throughout the movie something else will hum with resonance within this person. Something about Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta gazing damply at each other. Something about Cruise waving around like a dying boa constrictor. Something about the movie will burrow inside them, filling their head with a whisper, saying, "This is all for you." And it will be.


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Longfellow Terraces is an example of what the “missing middle” could look like in Brisbane. The project is a sustainable infill development designed to support sensitive densification of an inner city suburb.
The design is inspired by ancient people and their use of trees as protection from the elements. The project interprets this through connecting the living floor to the landscape with the inclusion of sheltered and unobstructed spaces that are exposed to nature.
Another point of inspiration was Sydney terrace houses, which meet many objectives of the “missing middle”. These structures are typically two or three storeys in height and offer flexible and efficient floor plans that can cater for varied uses.
With Longfellow Terraces, the three-storey dwellings use the sloping land to completely conceal the garages and driveway. Instead, the houses feature entry sequences similar to traditional Queenslanders with the arrival of visitors at landscaped front yards, stairs and verandas.
Indeed, with their combination of solid and lightweight construction, these dwellings fuse qualities of the traditional terrace house with the Queenslander.
Locally-sourced face brick has been used in the party walls, while the floors and external walls are timber framed and clad with a combination of compressed and standard fibre cement sheeting. The use of timber battens for balustrades, screens and cover for sheeting complements the structure’s contemporary shape while referencing the Queenslander vernacular.


text: Context: The mucocutaneous vulvar tissue is more susceptible than exposed skin due to the differences in structure, hydration, occlusion and susceptibility to friction. In addition, any decrease in estrogen levels could cause tissue atrophy and dryness, which are often accompanied by pruritus, and increases susceptibility to mechanical injury and chemical irritation. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a moisturizing vulvar gel containing borage oil, bisabolol and protective polymers (MVG). Methods: Open label, prospective study. Patients: Thirty-one women between 40 and 70 years of age with xerosis and pruritus in the vulvar area. Interventions: Women were requested to apply the product twice daily for 4 weeks (28 days). A gynecological evaluation was performed before and after treatment. Main Outcome measures: Vulvar itching intensity was evaluated at day (D) 0, 1, 3 and 7 with a pruritus visual analogue scale (PVAS) (from 0=low intensity to 10=high intensity). In addition, the efficacy and cosmetic qualities of the product were evaluated by subjects with a questionnaire at D28. Tolerance was evaluated at D28 by a gynecologist through a visual examination of the treated area and the analysis of the vulvar reactions reported by subjects in a diary card during the entire study. Results: A statistically significant (p< 0.05) decrease in vulvar itching intensity was reported at D1, D3 and D7 versus D0. In addition, a statistically significant percentage of patients reported being satisfied with the product for: relief of discomfort related to vaginal dryness and a general comfortable feeling (97%); moisturizing the vulvar area and helping to relieve vulvar itching (94%); and relief of feeling of irritation (90%). Tolerance was considered good by the gynecologist. Conclusion: The Vulvar Moisturizing Gel containing borage oil, bisabolol and protective polymers has been shown to relieve vulvar pruritus intensity from the first day of use, and to improve dryness and irritation after 28 days of use in women with itching and dryness in the vulvar area.


Conte had been mired in scrutiny for months over his economic plan and how his government responded to the health crisis. Significant opposition led to a fractured governing coalition.
Conte submitted his resignation Tuesday to Italian President Sergio Mattarella after a high-level meeting of administration officials.
Conte's immediate plan to resign was reported late on Monday.
Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had removed his Italia Viva Party from the ruling coalition after he said Conte failed to satisfy his concerns about the government's economic recovery strategy.
Mattarella will begin discussions Wednesday with political leaders about replacing Conte, which will be atypical because the former prime minister didn't belong to any political party.
Conte formed a majority coalition two years ago, which initially had support from Italy's Democratic Party and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.


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- Six natural gas storage facilities with total capacity of 115 Bcf across Louisiana and Mississippi
- Highly contracted business with diverse customer base including investment-grade utilities, interstate pipelines, LNG terminals and natural gas marketers
- Strategically located to take advantage of strong LNG and power demand fundamentals that are forecasted to drive earnings growth
Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a portfolio of natural gas storage assets from an affiliate of Hartree Partners LP for $1.95 billion. The transaction includes six underground natural gas storage facilities located in Louisiana and Mississippi with total capacity of 115 billion cubic feet (Bcf), as well as 230 miles of gas transmission pipeline and 30 pipeline interconnects to attractive markets, including LNG markets, and connections to Transco, the nation’s largest natural gas transmission pipeline. The acquisition price represents an approximate 10x estimated 2024 EBITDA multiple.
“This premier natural gas storage platform on the Gulf Coast fits squarely within our strategy to own and operate the best assets connected to the best markets to serve growing demand driven by LNG exports and power generation,” said Williams President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Armstrong. “These assets better position Williams’ natural gas storage operations to serve Gulf Coast LNG demand and growing electrification loads from data centers along the Transco corridor. Importantly, this storage will also allow us to provide value to customers in markets with growing renewables adoption as daily peaks for natural gas increases the need for storage. Since 2010, U.S. demand for natural gas has grown by 56% while gas storage capacity has only increased 12%. We expect the increasing demand for high deliverability storage to drive significant earnings growth across these assets.”
The six natural gas storage facilities include four salt domes with combined capacity of 92 Bcf and two depleted reservoirs with combined capacity of 23 Bcf. The facilities have injection capacity of 5 Bcf/d and withdrawal capacity of 7.9 Bcf/d, among the highest of any natural gas storage platform in the United States. Two of the facilities, Pine Prairie and Southern Pines, are directly connected with Transco and are well positioned for expansions.
The transaction is expected to close in January 2024, following satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
BofA Securities served as financial advisor to Williams; Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP served as legal advisor to Williams. Evercore served as lead financial advisor and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC served as financial advisor to Hartree; Milbank LLP served as legal advisor to Hartree.
Williams (NYSE: WMB) is a trusted energy industry leader committed to safely, reliably, and responsibly meeting growing energy demand. We use our 33,000-mile pipeline infrastructure to move a third of the nation’s natural gas to where it's needed most, supplying the energy used to heat our homes, cook our food and generate low-carbon electricity. For over a century, we’ve been driven by a passion for doing things the right way. Today, our team of problem solvers is leading the charge into the clean energy future – by powering the global economy while delivering immediate emissions reductions within our natural gas network and investing in new energy technologies. Learn more at www.williams.com.
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Toast to the firework with these Patriotic Margaritas.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 ounce of silver tequila
- 1 ounce of orange-flavored liqueur
- 1 tablespoon simple syrup
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Lemon wedge
- Colored sugar
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 70mins
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To make simple syrup, mix sugar and water in 1-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool, about 1 hour. Pour syrup into glass jar, cover jar and refrigerate until needed. 1 1/4 cups (use 1 tablespoon per margarita).
To prepare cocktail, add cranberry juice, tequila, orange-flavored liqueur, simple syrup and lemon juice to cocktail shaker filled with ice. Cover and shake. Rub rim of martini glass with lemon wedge; dip in sugar. Strain cocktail into glass.
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Despite falling oil prices, the cost of paving with asphalt continues to rise across the U.S. A recent analysis from the Portland Cement Association shows that asphalt prices have reached record highs during the last six months.
Oil prices declined 44 percent in the second half of 2014, and during the same period asphalt prices increased 1.5 percent. A decline in asphalt prices has yet to materialize given six months of data since the beginning of the oil price decline, the normal lag period between the two commodities.
Historically, rising oil prices have been highly linked with rising asphalt prices. “During the last ten years, asphalt prices rose seven percent for every 10 percent increase in oil prices,” said Edward J. Sullivan, chief economist and group vice-president at PCA. “In contrast, concrete prices have not increased anywhere near that pace. As a result, concrete paved roads held both an initial and life-cycle cost advantage when compared to many types of roadways.”
Given the depressed level of oil prices, asphalt roads should have regained their competitive advantage over concrete in both initial costs and life-cycle costs. Instead, although PCA estimates that falling oil prices will lead to stronger economic activity and job creation in most states, departments of transportation will not see any price break. Analysis points the increased use of cokers at oil refineries that reduce the amount of liquid asphalt from each barrel of oil, and this decrease in supply occurring at the time when demand is increasing.
Headquartered in Skokie, Illinois with offices in Washington, DC, PCA represents America's cement manufacturers, serving. As a powerful and vocal advocate for sustainability, jobs creation, economic growth, sound infrastructure investment, and overall innovation and excellence in construction throughout the U.S. More information on PCA is available at www.cement.org.


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NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) - The death of a one-year-old New York City girl last October has been determined to be a homicide, according to police. The girl's mother is expected to face new charges.
The NYPD responded to a 911 call to a home on Ashby Avenue in East Flushing, Queens on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 just before 10 p.m. When they got there they found Elaina Torabi unconscious and unresponsive with severe trauma to her body. Fox 5 News reported that she had lacerations on her body. Her twin brother was also found with severe trauma.
The girl was rushed to Flushing Hospital but it was too late to save her. The boy was taken to Cohen Children's Medical Center. Fox 5 News reported that the boy had severe bruises and broken ribs.
The Tina Torabi, 30, was charged with felony assault but the charges were expected to be upgraded after the autopsy results were released by the medical examiner's office.
Fox 5 News reported that the mother has three other daughters, ages 2, 4, and 5. They are now in protective custody.


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Alexander Crawford was born 24 May 1891 in Coleshill, Warwickshire. His family moved to Nottinghamshire and he was educated at Nottingham Boys High School and Oundle School before studying law and setting up his own practice in Lincolnshire.
A right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he appeared in four matches for Notts 2nd XI in 1909 and 1910 before playing First-Class cricket at Warwickshire in 1911 where he made his debut against the Indian tourists. After seven matches for the county of his birth he moved to Notts and played eleven times in the 1912 season, including fixtures against the MCC, Australia and South Africa. His highest score for Notts was, in fact, the 51 he made against the Aussies at Trent Bridge, his only First-Class fifty; his best bowling of the 21 First-Class wickets he claimed, was 4-55 v Surrey.
Crawford also played rugby for Notts RFC, making 58 appearances and contributing 111 points - which in cricketing superstitions would be a challenging figure to finish on!
At the outbreak of war, he joined the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment but in early 1915 he was commissioned into the Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) before transferring to the 17th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of Captain and sent to France in February 1916. Crawford had been in France for just over three months and was 24 years old when he was killed in action on 10 May. His Divisional Commander wrote to his parents that he ‘was if anything, too brave’; he is buried at St Vaast Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais.
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"I feel there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
My favorite artist, vincent van gogh.
I am so pleased to be a recipient of a 2012 Lackawanna County Arts and Culture Grant. Last night I attended the ceremony held at the and I felt so pleased and proud to be among so many prolific, talented people.
I love art. I love supporting First Friday in Scranton and talented artist friends. I didn't use to consider myself an artist because I cannot paint or draw but then I realized that I was being way too narrow in my view of what art is. I'm sure that people's ideas and opinions on what is art or who is an artist varies. I think a simple definition of art is anything that is put forth as a form of individual expression. I would add that art also has the amazing and special ability to captivate people's attention, to engage their minds, hearts and souls. Art is the focus of conversation, controversy, arguments, battles and often the centerpiece of love and pain.
I now think of myself as an artist. I write. I write comedy. I perform comedy. I express my creativity in very colorful, fun ways. I have vision. I connect dots to bring things to life. I balance business and creativity and that, I am quickly learning, is an art in and of itself!
As a recipient of one of the grants awarded by Lackawanna County this year, I will write a children's story called "Wartz and All." I will reunite with Clarks Summit artist Mindy Mendicino, who illustrated my first book "He's Not Prince Charming When..." to share my vision with her and direct her in illustrating the characters for Wartz and All - the story of animals living near a swamp - a setting inspired by a real swamp along a Lackawanna trail in Archbald. Together, Mindy and I will create a book that is intended to spread the message of acceptance - accepting one's own "warts" or flaws and accepting others' so we can get along, respect one another and form valuable relationships. Once the book is finished I will give copies to each of the County's 10 locations and I will do two public readings. The first reading is planned for National Trails Day on June 2 on the trail in Archbald and the second is scheduled to take place in November - a time recognized for Anti-bullying events - at the Nancy K Holmes Library in the Green Ridge section of Scranton.
The book will be aimed at children ages 5 - 8 and will allow them to put their own mark on it by coloring the characters and engaging in some other fun activities included. I hope that children and adults enjoy the story and remember the message that we all have warts but we can still love each other "Warts and All."
“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”
“In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire”
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”


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Great Britain is tightening its entry rules from today due to the Omikron variant. The hospitals in the Netherlands are receiving military support again. All developments in the live blog.
Because of the Omikron variant: Great Britain tightened entry rules
From today, travelers to the UK must have a negative corona test before coming into the country. The regulation applies to all adults as well as children and adolescents from the age of twelve. The PCR or antigen test must not be older than 48 hours. The measure is intended to slow the spread of the omicron variant of the corona virus, as the British Ministry of Health announced. The government had previously made a post-arrival PCR test mandatory for all travelers. A quarantine obligation applies until a negative result is received. The government in London has also imposed a ten-day hotel quarantine on people arriving from several African countries, including South Africa and Nigeria, at their own expense.
Military support for Dutch hospitals because of Corona
In the Netherlands, the army is again providing support in expanding hospital capacities due to the increasing number of infections with the coronavirus. “The military is trying to support the Dutch hospitals to ensure that no hospital has to refuse patients,” said military representative Martin van Dijk of the AFP. As the head of operations, he coordinates the construction of an additional corona station in the Utrecht hospital. The Corona station can be operated thanks to 50 military personnel with medical training, said van Dijk. “What we are trying to do here is to increase the number of beds available for Covid patients.” It is about relieving the burden on the health system in the entire region. The Dutch military had already been deployed in hospitals from October 2020 to June because of the pandemic.


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Exclusive: Freedom of Information data shows that the cases reported to Met Police have increased by 44 percent over the past year.
Today, a NetPol report reveals allegations of discrimination against disabled people, unjustifiable force and one officer "playing with a protester's hair".
The Met announced they'll be licensing their logo for a new line of merch, but we simply couldn't wait to see what they'll come up with – so we've served up a few looks ourselves.
Surprise, surprise: Met Police "use force more often" against black people.
They're refusing to back the introduction of a scheme that's been shown to work.
There are some good recommendations. The question is whether they'll ever get implemented.
It's part of the "informal" crack down on rough sleeping.
The events of mid-June hung over celebrations, but many saw Carnival as a prime opportunity to reclaim the streets around the tower and memorialise victims.
The authorities' record when it comes to deaths in custody speaks for itself.
Knife attacks and killings are up almost 25 percent, so we spoke to the head of the Met's task force about the plan to get the issue under control.
“Basically it’s saying, ‘we aren’t going to protect you—we’re going to treat you all like suspects’."
For the first time, London's new top cop is a woman.


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Sutton Trust Chief Executive James Turner outlines why social mobility and social justice are not a zero sum game.
Familiarity breeds contempt. Rewind 20 years and few outside academia would recognise the term ‘social mobility’. But now the phrase seems to pepper every other government press release and a number of organisations, the Sutton Trust included, defines its work in this way.
Much of this interest can be attributed to the seminal 2005 study by LSE, which the Trust funded, which looked at low mobility in the UK compared to other countries.
But to what extent is the term still helpful to describe the sort of society we want to live in, especially in light of Jeremy Corbyn’s announcement today that Labour would replace the Social Mobility Commission with a body looking at social justice?
Critics argues two main points: that social mobility excuses inequality and those left behind by a properly-functioning meritocracy; and that it focuses the debate on a small group of bright low income youngsters who ‘escape’ their roots for something better.
Firstly, we have always believed that social mobility is not just about what might loosely be described as the ‘top end’. It needs to encompass inequalities in access to early years provision, primary and secondary schooling, technical education and further and higher education, as well as access to the workplace.
And of course opportunities are not just influenced by education, but by a complex web of policy issues, including tax, welfare, housing, transport and the labour market.
It is also the case that social mobility and inequality are closely linked. Those countries which tend to be more socially mobile, are also those where the gap between the bottom and the top is smaller. So social mobility doesn’t sit in isolation – if it does, any policy prescription is destined to fail.
We are very clear: social mobility should always be about more than who goes to top universities and gets well paid and influential jobs.
But we do low income young people a huge disservice if we do not strive to offer them the same opportunities as their better off peers. And we do society a disservice if we are content with the upper echelons being the reserve of the most privileged.
The dominance of the better off in our top universities and highest-performing schools is well documented. The high representation of the privately educated in the media, in law, medicine, business, finance and politics is also no secret.
And all this matters, not just in terms of individual opportunity, but because it matters to society who our leaders are and what experience they bring to their roles. They influence what we see and hear, and what policies are enacted and priorities determined.
None of this should mean of course that other areas of educational inequality should not be tackled. It is not a zero sum game. We should also care passionately about those whose talents lie elsewhere, or who are struggling with the basics at age 11, or worried about leaving school with no qualifications at age 16.
And nor should individual success be defined solely in terms of wealth or influence or collecting a stash of elite educational credentials. Health, happiness and well-being are critical, as is due recognition of those that go into noble professions like teaching, nursing or charity work.
But if an opportunity exists, it should be equally available to those from poor homes as those from affluent backgrounds. And all young people should have the chance to make an informed choice about their own futures, whether that lies in the law courts of London or in a factory in their home town.
If social mobility is a term that galvanises action on this broad front, then surely it remains a useful rallying cry? It is right that we should critically examine what work will make the most difference to the poorest in our society, but what exactly would be the difference between a set of policies focussed on social justice, compared to those focussed on social mobility? And if there is a difference, are they genuinely mutually exclusive?
The danger of losing faith with ‘social mobility’ is that it allows the status quo – the hugely unfair and unequal status quo – to continue. Or worse, it provides a space for the chasm in opportunities to grow yet wider.


AGRA, India—Revered, street-roaming cows, stray peacocks, feral monkeys, goats, bicycles, mangy dogs, pedicabs, sheep, mule-yoked carts, not to mention pedestrians, are only some of the obstacles on India's roads. Due to millions of sauntering cows, it is likely that India has the world's greatest number of moving road impediments, and little sits between these roaming dangers and the many people on the country's roads.
Hollywood and Bollywood depictions of India routinely feature comical transport situations involving tok-toks, assorted quadrupeds and buses packed like freeze-dried coffee.
While there is truth in humor, mounds of corpses from India's road accidents are devastating, not at all funny.
The Indian government's estimate of 130,000 traffic-related deaths per year makes the country a near-world leader in road fatalities, just behind China, but the World Health Organization (WHO) puts the figure closer to 231,000—a number equal to the population of Orlando, Fla.
India's population of 1.2 billion represents 16.9 percent of the world's population, but an annual death toll of 231,000 would represent 19.3 percent of the annual global death toll of 1.24 million, according to WHO.
“I would put the death figure somewhere between the official Indian estimate and the WHO figures,” said Mugdhal Topdiya, internal medicine physician at Delhi’s private Fortis Hospital. “We have multiple dead bodies from traffic accidents at this hospital every day.”
Accurate numbers are hard to come by. “A death certificate is necessary to have a proper Hindu burial on a flaming pyre," said Pravin K. Verma, an emergency and trauma care doctor at Medanta Medical Center in Delhi, "but the cause of death is often not listed due to poor [reporting] infrastructure.”
Why are road casualty figures so high in India?
There are fines for not wearing a seatbelt, but enforcement and compliance are lax to nonexistent. Only about 27 percent of drivers use seatbelts, according to one study. A national drunk driving law is also rarely enforced.
And in a country where motorcycles and three-wheeled vehicles outnumber cars by a 5 to 1 ratio, the law requiring drivers and passengers on motorcycles to wear helmets is widely ignored. Less than half of all drivers and only 10 percent of motorcycles passengers bother with a helmet, according to a national study.
Meanwhile, the streets of major cities are trails of heavy moving parts and human bodies unprotected from unforgiving collisions. As the population grows, and the cost of a small motorcycle becomes affordable for members of India's ever-expanding middle class, the death toll continues to rise.
The free-roaming and untouchable cows do not help.
At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, a public hospital in Delhi, there were multiple critical patients receiving care for traffic accidents. Trauma surgeons at the hospital were too busy to grant an interview, saying only that the hospital shrouds numerous traffic victims everyday.


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The White House and Congress will soon be consumed by three looming fiscal deadlines. And the president has also pledged to tackle comprehensive immigration reform early this year, another effort that will require Republicans' support and one in which Obama may be more likely to get their backing.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has warned the White House that it will be at least three months before the Senate considers gun legislation. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has said immigration, not gun control, is at the top of his priority list after the fiscal fights.
House Republican leaders are expected to wait for any action by the Senate before deciding how — or whether — to proceed with any gun measure.


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Dhule still under curfew, death toll rises to sevenOctober 8th, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhule, Oct 8 (IANS) Curfew continued in most parts of this town in north Maharashtra for the fourth day Wednesday as the death toll in Sunday’s communal clashes rose to seven.However, despite stray incidents of violence in a couple of small but sensitive pockets in Dhule, around 500 km from the Maharashtra capital Mumbai, the situation was “under control”, said Special Inspector General of Police (Nashik) S.P. Gupta.
Gupta told IANS that although peace returned to Dhule Monday, simmering discontent led to another conflagration Tuesday evening.
“In order to ensure complete return to normalcy, we have to keep most parts of the town under curfew,” he said.
Minor incidents of violence continued in mainly the old city area and Bhadag Chawl, Azad Nagar, Bhangar Bazaar, Mogulai Gurudwara and Ekveera Devi Chowk.
On Sunday morning, some people allegedly took objection to and tore off posters and banners put up by the Hindu Raksha Samiti, inviting people to a public meeting in the Ram Mandir Chowk in the evening.
Following the violent reactions, the police resorted to caning, bursting teargas shells, firing and imposed the curfew.
In the ensuing free for fall, four persons lost their lives and another 122 were injured till Monday. Among those injured were district additional collector M.Y. Patil, Special IGP Gupta, Dhule Superintendent of Police S.P. Kolhe and Azad Nagar Police Station officer Rajput.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator from Dhule Rajvardhan Kadambande said differences over the putting up of posters and banners led to clashes which anti-social elements exploited.
Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is visiting the riot-hit town Wednesday, two days after deputy chief minister R.R. Patil, who holds the home portfolio, visited the place Monday for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation.


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Nassau County Deputy Presiding Officer Roger Corbin (D-Westbury) is working to educate all residents about how to battle the West Nile Virus. The County's Departments of Public Works and Health are working together throughout the summer to trap adult mosquitoes on at least 40 sites around the county to identify species and determine if there are areas of infestation.
The traps are set two and a half miles apart, emptied on a regular basis by the Nassau County Department of Health (NCDOH) Laboratory and species are sent to the New York State Department of Health for viral testing. The NCDOH also follows closely all cases of suspected or confirmed encephalitis, including West Nile virus.
Úquot;We must be proactive and all county residents will have to play their parts by staying vigilant and cautious,Úquot; said Corbin.
Some key tips to controlling mosquitoes:
* Remove standing water from the following places in which they breed, including old tires, garbage cans, pails or buckets, children's toys and all other objects that can hold water
* Chlorinate swimming pools
* Unclog gutters
* Change water in bird baths
* Report all sightings of dead birds to the toll-free state hotline at 1-866-537-2473
Ways to prevent infection:
* Avoid areas with high mosquito populations
* Use yellow Úquot;bugÚquot; lights
* Install screens on all windows and doors
* Use mosquito repellent
* Don't use bug zappers - they kill beneficial insects
Mosquitoes are most active from dusk to dawn and if infected by a WNV-carrying mosquito, symptoms usually occur 5-15 days after the bite. Most people have no symptoms or display slight fever or headache. Severe infections, to which the elderly are most susceptible, result in high fever, headache, confusion, muscle aches, weakness, seizures or paralysis.
Last year, there were 11 cases of West Nile in Nassau County.
For more information on Nassau County's West Nile precautions, contact Nassau County Mosquito Control at 571-8707. More information on the West Nile virus can be found on the county website at www.co.nassau.ny.us or by calling the West Nile virus information hotline at 571-2500.

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A lovely concert hall with good views of the stage, high-quality musical performances and a lively acoustic.
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One and a half hours on this tour flew by! From the grand entrance foyer, through the beautiful main hall, into the courtroom where you follow the steps of the guilty down into the cells and then finally up 200 steps onto the roof (weather permitting) for great views over the city of Leeds. The guide had a great delivery,... 更多
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A good venue for a concert whatever your tastes are . The refurbished seating is good and the acoustics excellent . The cafe could do with a bit more seating and rearrangement but I suppose it constrained by the size of the room . There seemed to be general refurbishment of the building going on when I was there last... 更多
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We'd been to a concert here, loved the architecture so returned for the once a month tour, which we booked online in advance. I'd say there were 20 on the tour which are usually held on Saturday mornings. The tour guide was really knowledgeable and explained about why when and how it was built. We visited the court room the... 更多
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Unusual place to visit. Lots of history, great views from the top. Unusual café in the basement. Lots of steps only for fit people.
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The town hall is an imposing victorian era Neo Classical building, so different from Manchester's gothic style for example. As me and Sally Anne are both classical music fans the opportunity to take in a gig here during our stay in Leeds was irresistible. The European Union Chamber Orchestra had an interesting programme with the marvellous Jennifer Pike playing Mozart.... 更多
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While Mondays are not usually ideal days to visit city art galleries, museums etc, especially in winter months when such are often closed, we fortunately were advised by the Leeds visitor centre to try out the Monday lunch time concert at the Leeds Town Hall. Apparently this hall is not usually open to visitors though there are occasionally guided tours.... 更多
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I had a wonderful night last night at the Banff Mountain Film Festival tour in Leeds. The show was fantastic and the venue was great. The main hall in which the screening took place is beautiful.
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What a great location for a civil wedding! Beautiful high-ceilinged room for the ceremony. Two very friendly and helpful ladies officiated. We were a very large crowd of family & friends. Things could not have gone better: Bride and groom both agreed: Best dayof their lives!
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SYDNEY, 8 February 2017 – Trend Micro Incorporated today announced the upcoming availability of Trend Micro Deep Security 10, powered by XGen™ Security. XGen™ Security is a blend of cross-generational threat defence techniques fueled by market leading threat intelligence, and powers all Trend Micro security solutions.
With this release, Deep Security continues its industry leadership protecting physical, virtual and cloud servers across leading environments such as VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, adding multiple new security techniques that have been optimised for maximum performance, operational efficiency and response to newly discovered threats.
The increasing adoption of virtualisation and cloud is driving organisations to change and simplify their approach to security, stepping back from traditional approaches and embracing modern solutions. Trend Micro believes leading analyst firm Gartner's recommendation for securing cloud workloads reinforces this: "Don't assume end-user endpoint protection platform solutions are best-suited to protect cloud server workloads, which have vastly different protection requirements."1 In the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Trend Micro is positioned the highest and furthest in the Leaders quadrant for its ability to execute and completeness of vision.2 Deep Security is one of the Trend Micro products evaluated in the Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.2
"Bulletproof's key enterprise customers need assurance that their assets across private and public clouds are protected to meet their compliance needs. We've found the powerful differentiation that the Deep Security adds to our offering is a strong attractor for clients as they partner with us on their cloud transformation journey," said Bulletproof Co-founder and CEO, Anthony Woodward.
Broad range of protection techniques
Deep Security includes a smart blend of cross generational threat defence techniques for protecting servers from known bad threats, including anti-malware and intrusion prevention (IPS) to detect and stop sophisticated attacks. As a part of the XGen™ Security strategy, Deep Security 10 adds multiple new security techniques, including the prevention of unauthorised software changes with application control. Reimagined for the hybrid cloud, the new application control feature can protect servers from sophisticated attacks such as ransomware, even when applications are constantly changing and elastic workloads are distributed across virtual and cloud environments.
Focused on further enhancing the ability to detect unknown threats, Deep Security 10 supports sandbox integration with Trend Micro Deep Discovery, and will also soon add machine learning to its ever-growing list of advanced threat defence techniques.
Continuing a different approach to hybrid cloud security management
Deep Security is optimised for VMware, AWS and Microsoft Azure deployments, delivering full visibility that enables automated discovery and protection of servers. This new release adds many integration and management enhancements, including faster connection and time to protection for AWS and Azure workloads, along with support for the latest Azure account format, Azure Resource Manager v2 (ARM). It also expands beyond server workloads to protect Docker containers, leveraging proven techniques like anti-malware, IPS and application control to protect dynamic container deployments.
"Multiple techniques are essential to defend against the sophistication of today's threats. But companies need to conduct security at the speed of business, and security must support the agility and flexibility of modern architectures that include virtualisation and cloud," said Duncan Brown, associate vice president, security practice for IDC. "With the introduction of Deep Security 10, Trend Micro delivers a continually growing number of security techniques that have been optimised for protecting workloads across the hybrid cloud, combined with visibility that clearly reflects their position as the market-share leader for server security."
"In addition to embracing and helping our customers with important new infrastructure changes like Docker containers, Deep Security 10 also addresses the need to purchase security differently," said Indi Siriniwasa, enterprise sales and channel director for Trend Micro Australia and New Zealand. "Deep Security is available as software, as-a-service, and through the AWS and Azure marketplaces, giving organisations unparalleled purchasing flexibility, including per hour pricing matched to the cloud."
Deep Security 10 will be available in March 2017. For more information about Deep Security and security for the hybrid cloud, please visit here.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organisation and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered security for data centres, cloud environments, networks and endpoints. All our products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a connected threat defence with centralised visibility and control, enabling better, faster protection. With more than 5,000 employees in more than 50 countries and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro enables organisations to secure their journey to the cloud. For more information, visit www.trendmicro.co.nz
1 Gartner “Market Guide for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms” by Neil MacDonald, Peter Firstbrook, 3 March, 2016
2 Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms” by Eric Ouellet, Ian McShane, Avivah Litan, 30 January, 2017


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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-4422-3032-3 • eBook • June 2015 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
Julia F. Hastings, MSW, PhD, is assistant professor in the Schools of Public Health and Social Welfare at the University at Albany, SUNY. Her research focuses on the interrelationships between race, mental health outcomes, health conditions, risk and protective factors, and poverty. Hastings has published on culturally competent research methods within African American communities, welfare participation, depression, and body weight. She is a nationally recognized researcher and leads two research projects on diabetes and depression service utilization among African Americans.
Lani V. Jones, MSW,PhD, is an associate professor at the University at Albany, SUNY in the School of Social Welfare. Jones’s research has focused on the use of group work in enhancing psychosocial competence among Black women. She is the author and co-author of several articles and book chapters, including Culturally responsive group work with black women (2011) and A group experimental investigation of psychosocial competence among black college women (2009). She is also leading two research projects on Health and mental health outcomes among Black women. Jones is a nationally recognized speaker on mental health practice interventions and has served on numerous national, state and local health, human, and social service boards towards the advancement of social justice for Black women and their families.
Pamela P. Martin, PhD, is the associate dean in the College of Juvenile Justice and Psychology and pofessor in the Department of Psychology at Prairie View A&M University. She served as the Department of Psychology at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Before working at NCCU, she was a tenured associate professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Dr. Martin was the first African American female tenured in the Department of Psychology at NCSU in 2009. For her outreach efforts in the Raleigh-Durham areas in 2008, Dr. Martin was inducted into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension and Engagement at NCSU.
1: Understanding the Signs of Depression
2: Permission to He
3: Dealing with Mental Illness: Community Interventions and Innovative Programs for African Americans
4: Paying for Treatment: United States Health and Mental Health Policy
5: Concluding Remarks
6: Clinical Depression Resources for African Americans
African Americans and Depression will help aid the reader to better understand depression within the Black family, and how and where to find help. At a time when many are screaming that #BlackLivesMatter a book like African Americans and Depression helps build the foundation for solving some of the deep-rooted issues within the African American household.
— Make a Statement Entertainment
This book will help readers follow practical steps in their journey to triumph over the “blues” and mental health despair. Beautifully written, it also sensitizes clergy, health, and mental health providers to develop more culturally competent understanding of and practice with African Americans with depression. This book is destined to be a treasured resource for hope and assistance.
— Katharine Briar-Lawson, University at Albany
This is the book that I have been waiting for! African Americans and Depression combines the best of a self-help book, a resource for therapist, and the social, political and economic context for depression which is essential for African Americans living with clinical depression. Accessible, informative and challenging, African Americans and Depression invites clinicians to widen our lens and track the external forces which trigger and maintain depressive states in our clients. A client once told me that her challenge was dealing with her oppression and her depression. This book provides crucial information to address clinical depression in the context of oppression.
— Vanessa Jackson, LCSW, author of In Our Own Voice: African American Stories of Oppression, Survival and Recovery in Mental Health Systems; Therapist in Private Practice, Atlanta, GA


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Raising Exceptional Children:
Our children will grow up. And we will pass on. So parents, here is a question for you. How many positive relationships have you nurtured that will see them through their lives?
Our primary goal in raising children is not to teach them how to behave, but to enable them to think for themselves. When we remove distractions from their environment and create pockets of deep focus and deliberate purpose, children begin to raise the standards of excellence they set for themselves.
When they begin to work towards enhancing their extraordinary potential, they understand what makes them different. When they realize that unique value proposition, they strive to live a life of service than of the self.
Life Skills For Life:
It is the responsibility of parents, educators and our society to teach our children how to cope with “real life” by showing them how to create their own definitions for success and happiness. If we help our children understand the value in communication, collaboration and contribution, they will strive to live meaningful lives. This is more important, especially now in our digital age, where we are more connected than ever before and far more disconnected from each other in real life.
One of the most essential life skills for our modern world requires people to come together bringing their individual cognitive strengths and social & cultural competencies to the table.
It also happens to be one of the top 3 skills that colleges and companies look for. That’s the skill of Collaborative Problem Solving that can solve world problems whether its tackling climate change, technological disruption or building human resilience towards mental health issues.
Inspiring The Collaborative Spirit:
And that’s why it forms the framework of our programs at FutureSTRONG Academy.
How do we do it? We engage children in strength finder questions so each one on the team knows what everyone else is good at including themselves. That way we avoid the risk of over collaboration – where it’s a time waste for everyone involved, or under collaboration – where everyone’s so challenged, in the end, no work gets done.
Our motto as coaches is “I’m because, we are.” As coaches, these are the words we want to instill in our children to show them that we are all products of someone else’s kindness on top of our own hard work and effort.
The ability to see potential in networking and thrive in teamwork comes from the belief that we’re all gifted with unique abilities. Inspite of our differences, we’re all connected with singular goal of making a difference in the lives we touch.
Before they end up in colleges, our children must learn how to:
~ Learn How to Anticipate Others’ Reactions: Emotional Agility
~ Persuade and Negotiate
~ Promote a Culture of Hope and Empathy
~ Build Relationship skills and Foster Social Engagement
~ Work Towards Mutual Understanding and Cooperation
~ Respect Uniqueness and Become a Global Citizen
Love Binds And Unites:
Oxytocin, the love hormone, is produced when we interact with others in mutual good faith. Our brain changes with every interaction we make with others socially. From professional settings to social gatherings, effective communication and collaboration is the difference between standing out and being invisible.
Children these days are spending their time differently than just they did a few years ago. How many children are still being engaged in doing chores around the house, on unstructured physical play and outdoor time? How many teens are doing paid work and socializing outside of their smart screens?
As often as we can, let’s lean into the joy, the beauty and the uniqueness each one of us has to offer to grow and learn from one another. By creating an awareness of their unique purpose and mission, we can increase collaboration and community engagement among children from a very young age.
When we stand together, we can share the load of pain, heart break and struggle. When we stand together, we are not alone. When we stand as one, we heal faster.
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When Hayden Carpenter moved to Mudgee, he had hopes of winning the Peter McDonald Premiership and now he is just one game away from a title.
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In his first season with the Dragons, Carpenter has made a big impression in Mudgee, helping lead the side to a comeback win against Orange Hawks on Saturday.
Firing on the right side, Carpenter set up a handful of tries in the second half which sparked the comeback win.
Having spent time in the Illawarra first grade competition, the Mudgee playmaker confirmed he is settled in at his new home.
"I love it, I brought the family out here," he said.
"It's really good, we are thinking about moving anywhere."
With the likes of livewire halfback Pacey Stockton, crafty hooker Jack Beasley and former NRL player Jack Littlejohn joining Carpenter in the spine, it's no secret why the Dragons are in the midst of another deep finals run.
Just a few months ago, Beasley commented on Carpenter's impact to the side and it showed on Saturday.
"We'd make a break and then everyone wanted to do something but when he's out there it's a level head and we get back to our points," he said at the time.
The Dragons went close to winning the inaugural Peter McDonald Premiership (PMP) last season, only to be defeated by Dubbo CYMS in the preliminary final.
Following Saturday's match, Carpenter was unaware which team out of CYMS and Parkes he would face in the decider.
"To be honest, I didn't play the game against Dubbo CYMS," he said on Saturday.
"So I'd like to play them, just to see how they go. It's only my first year out here."
This year's grand finalists have met just twice in the past two years, with Dubbo CYMS winning both matches.
Earlier this season, CYMS defeated Mudgee 18-12 at Glen Willow Stadium, a game Carpenter missed through injury.
Sunday's grand final will be played at Apex Oval in Dubbo.
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According to Oil Minister Javad Owji, the volume of crude oil exports in the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21, 2022, increased by 83 million barrels compared to the previous year. The figure represents an outstanding increase of 190 million more barrels than two years ago.
Moreover, gas exports surged by 15% in 2022-23, compared to the previous Iranian year, indicating significant growth in Iran’s energy sector.
Owji attributed the spike in exports to Iran’s resourceful approach, effective marketing, and modified contracts.
Despite the growing pressure of US sanctions on Iran’s energy sector, crude oil exports from the country are expected to increase in the coming months, as Owji had previously stated earlier this month. Iran has managed to supply increased volumes of oil to private buyers in China and other markets in recent months, despite US sanctions that prohibit the purchase of the country’s oil shipments.
In January, figures by international tanker tracking services showed that oil exports from Iran in late 2022 reached record levels not seen since the country came under US sanctions five years ago. The data suggests that Iran pumped over 1.2 million barrels per day of oil for export markets in late 2022, with higher exports to China and Venezuela in early 2023.
The Iranian government’s commitment to increasing crude oil exports comes amid rising geopolitical tensions and growing demand for fossil fuels, signaling the country’s determination to maximize its hydrocarbon reserves’ commercial potential.