The Apple Watch is a very powerful device for several reasons. First, integration with the entire Apple ecosystem is essential for its proper functioning. But in addition, health promotion could also be within those basic pillars of the device. The big apple periodically launches challenges for watchOS with the aim of encouraging users to complete these challenges and obtain limited edition badges, awards and stickers. These awards may not be tempting enough, but they help keep you active. The next August 8 China celebrates National Sports Day and for the third consecutive year Apple launches a new challenge for the Apple Watch.
30 minutes to complete the challenge of National Sports Day in China
When one is available, you can view special challenges in the Activity app on the Apple Watch or iPhone. These challenges will be available for a limited time. If you don’t get the prize for a specific period of time, it will disappear.
The health and exercise it is a fundamental axis in watchOS. We just have to see the circles whose green circle falls on the exercise. When 30 minutes of exercise are completed the circle is completed. To promote sport and activity among users Apple releases challenges and challenges monthly. However, they are also launched challenges for specific dates worldwide, such as International Women’s Day, World Earth Day or New Year’s Day.
A few years ago Apple took a turn in this regard and began to create Challenges and challenges for the geolocked Apple Watch. In other words, those challenges and insignia could only be achieved from a specific place on the globe. For the third consecutive year, Apple launches badges for the National Sports Day in China. All users of a big apple smart watch will be able to get the special badges that head this article, in addition to a prize and personalized stickers in Messages and FaceTime.
To achieve this they will only have to complete 30 minutes of exercise from any app that stores data in the Health app. It will have to be held, of course, on August 8, the National Day of Sport in China. When the day is over, the challenge will disappear and there will be no way to get the badges in any way.


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Dr Sheahan believes in assessing the infertile couple as a pair. He strives to provide emotional and practical support to patients undergoing fertility treatments.
Dr Sheahan provides an extensive range of fertility treatments including intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), testicular sperm aspiration (TESA) and donor egg, donor embryo, donor sperm cycles. We welcome same sex couples and single parents and surrogate patients are welcomed.
Dr Sheahan is a regular attendee at National and International Conferences. He has taken the forefront of the most up to date surgical techniques and management of fertility and gynaecological conditions. He has a special interest in advanced laparoscopic surgery and offers treatment of endometriosis. He offers sub-urethral sling procedures for incontinence and prolapse surgery.
Surrogacy became lawful from June 1st 2010. Surrogacy occurs when a woman (the birth mother) agrees to become pregnant with a child for another person or couple (the intended parents). This means that altruistic (non commercial) surrogacy is lawful subject to certain conditions imposed in the courts. These include counseling and obtaining independent legal advice and a court order called a parentage order.

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FRIEDLAND, WILLIAM H.; BARTON, AMY E.; THOMAS, ROBERT J.
Title Manufacturing Green Gold: Capital, Labor And Technology In The Lettuce Industry.
Book Condition Softcover. Good condition. The cover is dogeared.
Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1981.
0521285844 / 9780521285841
Seller ID 48360X1
Examining the ways in which social groups interact in the manufacturing of iceberg lettuce in the United States, the authors integrate the analysis of social systems with a broader body of theory and research concerned with agricultural production. Includes an index.
(Key Words: Sociology, Agriculture, William H. Friedland, Economics, Amy E. Barton).

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Back in my high school days, one of my favourite rituals was to sit down for hours at a time, mapping my life goals, visualising all the amazing things I needed to do to materialise my ultimate goal.
Often, I analysed my desires, values, passions and arrived at an impeccably sound-appealing list, crammed with arbitrary goals, such as; being a better version of myself, submitting assignments on time, or reading a book per week. Empowered and energised by these mind-boggling thoughts. Structurally, I was flawless.
Despite this, I would wake up the next day, I would trip, slip, and stumble. It would all commence well but drop gradually, as I decisively submitted assignments a little late with a shrug that it is a one off. By the fall of the week, I would have covered not even half of the book I set out to read. Burning with shame and self-loath, I would remark in anguish, “darn it, I am lazy!”
But over the years, I have come to realise that delaying and pushing things over to the next day did not mean I was lazy. Neither did it imply that I was a bad time manager as I always thought, while I somnolently sought definition for my vile and saddening behaviour. But no, all in vain. This was procrastination.
Procrastination is derived from the verb, “procrastinate”— to put off until tomorrow or later and this is an intentional, voluntary delaying. The absurd bit is that we procrastinate while we are aware, well informed of the bizarre and disheartening outcomes.
Definitely, it is a challenge we have all faced at one point or another. Throughout human history — even in ancient Egypt — humans have been characterised by traits of delaying, avoiding, and procrastinating on paramount issues that imperatively matter to them.
“It’s self-harm” says Dr Piers Steel, author of ‘The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done’.
This sort of trait depends much on the situation, something really awful about a specific task at hand — having to read a whole book on political developments, or doing an assignment where the likelihood of scoring worthwhile grades, in contrast to your efforts is prudently low. And sometimes it can be due to issues of low self-esteem, anxiety, or even self-doubt, where you have to write an essay of 2500 words, gazing at the blank page, more questions start lingering affirming your inadequacy: Am I really smart? But won’t I get it wrong? What if I wait on my classmates and learn (impolitely, cheat) from their work, then do mine?
Inevitably, you will put off a boring assignment and rather watch ‘The Daily Show’, ‘Money Heist’, or scroll through Instagram posts. Who cares! In a moment you feel a flicker of joy knowing that you are free from any tasks and that you will still have it done either way, for you have all the time in the world. Friends often say: “There is no hurry in Africa!” While others say that they will get it done just one to two hours before the submission deadline, for they are good when working under pressure.
After procrastinating, then later being able to accomplish the task, we tend to do it again and again. This confirms the precepts of behaviourism that when we are rewarded for something, we tend to do it again and again.
Over time this evolves into a habit. Piles into chronic stress and low productivity, depression, and we tend to deliver below our own abilities. We become slaves of micro-supervision and immense nerve-wracking pressure.
Realising that procrastination is about emotions, not that we are lazy or poor time managers, we must devise ways of investing more in the management of our own emotions.
Dr Hal Hershfield, a professor of Marketing at U.C.L.A School of Management, suggests that we were never truly designed to think ahead into the future because we needed to focus on providing for ourselves in the here and now.
While Dr Judson Brewer, a physiatrist and neuroscientist at Brown University, concludes that our brains are always looking for relative rewards. If we have a loop around procrastination, but we haven’t found a better reward, our brain is going to keep doing it until we get something better as an alternative.
With human brains that are wired to value immediate rewards more highly than future rewards, we must consider offering better instant rewards to our brains. For instance; if you accomplish this task, you will have an hour on social media or set any other thing that you crave as a reward.
Next, to accept the previous behaviour, desisting from self-accusations and rather focusing and concentrating on the current task could certainly help. If you procrastinated on the last assignment, learn from its effects, and this time around, just get the task done. It sounds odd, right?
Or make a programme with friends that have gotten over procrastination and hold each other accountable. Once you’re amidst four non-procrastinators, you’ll definitely be the fifth.
James Clear’s ‘Atomic Habits’ suggests that focusing on systems, simple and basic steps, rather than end goals, could redefine the situation. We tend to carry many books that we intend to read, and even our brains get teased at the sight of the overwhelming task ahead.
Breaking the big task into tiny, feasible goals and focusing on one at a time. Instead of looking at the innumerable number of pages, countless words you’ve to type to make an essay of 2500 words, or even imagining the toughness of the task, just set all imaginations aside and do a small, tiny act towards achieving the big picture. Type a sentence, read a page, and keep going.
One beautiful thing that all great procrastinators share in common is that they are incredible visionaries. This is an achievement itself. They have big plans for getting everything done. They envision, they define and bask, wallow in a world of dreams. All they need is the nitty-gritty working and getting the work done.
Today, try to focus on the most important and inspiring activity as you arise, as the day starts, and that vigour, that momentum gained, will guide you through the rest of the day, intermittently doing the other activities.
The writer is a public speaking trainer, leadership coach, and student at the African Leadership University

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A group of friends and I headed for Medora, North Dakota this morning where we worshiped with the Badlands Ministries Bible Camp at their Annual Fall Festival and quilt auction. It was a cloudy fall day when we started out but by the time we headed home the sun was shining catching the colors of autumn which are filling the draws and creek bottoms.
Later in the morning after a chicken dinner served with potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans and ice cream. We watched the auction get started. The quilts were from churches all around the area included Baker and Glendive Montana.
As we were getting ready to leave, the "lefse ladies" were serving "hot off the griddle" lefse to Scandinavian ranchers and small town folks who just never get enough.

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The Flagship model of Samsung in particular need no introduction, but if you also you must have stylus, no choice at all.
Galaxy Note traditionally demonstrates the best performance among his contemporaries, a great OLED screen with bright and vivid colors, and very good battery life for such filling. As for performance, after half a year competitors were able to catch up with the first representatives on the platform Tegra K1, for example, Xiaomi Mipad. Galaxy Note 4 when it broke the mark of 50K parrots:
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 LTE version is Samsung Exynos 5433 chip, and on it were tested.
Mipad at the time of commencement of sales of this test showed around 40K, but after the release of a new test and update the firmware, Tegra soared up to 49k with a tail and not reaching up to 50K. Interestingly, the HTML5 test is still leading Xiaomi Mipad typing 11700 points, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 a little behind:
HTML5 test I think is the most important of all specialized, so as to surf the Internet is the main problem of a phone with a large screen. For photos, videos and games the screen is too small even the Note 4, although it as much as the 5.7" and resolution is incredible 1440x2560px, I don't even understand why so many need (pixel density of about 515ppi).
Inside the device is a removable 3220 mAh battery, which is enough for everything for a day of active use of the smartphone when all are included and all used. Under normal usage, the battery lasts for a day and a half, with one side a little, and with another – is not bad for a phone with such a screen and processor.
One of the interesting pieces is a heart rate sensor on the back panel under the camera:
The Sensor works pretty accurately, so it can be used as a simple lie detector There is a sensor ultraviolet radiation, and it is convenient to use if you travel a lot you have sensitive skin in order not to be smeared with cream. Along with a built-in pedometer Galaxy Note 4 is the perfect tool for a healthy lifestyle, however, is a little cumbersome.
On the front panel in button embedded fingerprint sensor. Forced to upset you that this technology has not yet reached the required maturity in order to easily use. The thing is, when you register your fingerprint by swiping repeatedly on the sensor, it works amazingly, but in real conditions, the sensor wouldn't always know. The secret is that the phone you hold is always a little different angle, and this is still causing confusion. Also, if you just soak in the tub, the sensor is also barely recognize you. The same problem in the opposite conditions – when hands are very dry. So use a fingerprint to unlock the device, I would still not recommend, but for private mode, where you can hide from prying eyes private albums, is quite possible. However, the private mode is implemented is not very convenient, and its capabilities are very limited.
On Board the Galaxy Note 4 3GB of RAM and 32GB built-in storage that still does not prevent the original shell Samsung sometimes twitch. Also has a slot for microSD that supports cards of up to 128GB.
Another pleasant like to mention advanced built-in voice recorder. To the music of Rowland and Zooms him far away, of course, but for recording meetings or lectures are acceptable.
Well, as usual, there is a small spoon of tar. It was found that the current firmware in the Google Chrome browser you cannot turn off the sound. That is, you put the phone on silent mode, open the browser something with sound, and he is During the lecture, it will be an unpleasant surprise. Well, another defect is the inability to disable the camera sound when the phone sound, but it is the imprint of Korean law. To get rid of the annoying sound when taking pictures, read instruction.
Also On Board dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, OTG and a great camera. Samsung camera I still believe the best in mobile phones, at least the night discloses just better iPhones:
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The timeless tradition of the candlestick lamp is made over in an embossed, silver-plated finish atop an ebony base. Paired with a hardback empire shade in cream chintz with hand-rolled edges, it makes a stunning focal point in any space.
Blending illumination and artistry, Bradburn Gallery Home is a purveyor of exquisite designer lighting and home furnishings from around the world. After conceptualizing designs, Bradburn designers travel the globe curating various elements from the most skilled artisans in their respective mediums. All lamps are then carefully handcrafted at the factory in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Author: Simon Duffy
This short article relates to another on the same theme that was published in the Guardian. It sets out what went wrong with personalisation and explores its unfulfilled potential.
Personalisation promised much, but today its reputation is tarnished. In theory personalisation gave people the chance to improve how their own needs were met, making better use of entitlements and any professional or community resources available. It was an approach that challenged the assumption that the system always knew best. Put simply, it was about life, not services.
But the implementation of personalisation has been fraught. All systems resist innovation; but innovation can also be undermined by the wrong kind of enthusiasm. Early models of good practice become the new status quo; new systems are created, but old systems remain unchanged. Fundamental questions about power and control don’t get asked.
Today personalisation faces a further challenge. As local government funding for social care is being cut by about 33% it’s natural that some will slip back in to the Poor Law mentality - services mustn’t appear too attractive, only the most critical needs can be met. This then justifies increasing control and monitoring.
This is ironic because the attraction of personalisation to policy-makers had been its efficiency - its ability to deliver improved outcomes at reduced cost. Primarily this efficiency occurs both because people can better determine what really matters to them and also because they can then use all their available resources - not just services - to meet their needs. Put simply, it’s more efficient to treat people like citizens, than as service users.
A second important efficiency is transactional, and this occurs when a partnership with citizens allows the system to make better use of its own limited resources. This kind of efficiency is consistent with high quality and empowering social work - flexible enough to build relationships with those who really need it, but also able to encourage people to do more for themselves.
Today much of this efficiency is untapped; people feel enmeshed in bureaucracy and social workers are under pressure to limit eligibility, cut budgets and process people through the system as quickly as possible. Local leaders who want to move forward and to build on the early successes of personalisation will need to explore what lies at the roots of these innovation and must think more deeply about their own role. For example, systems in social care for setting and managing budgets will need to be redesigned to increase clarity for citizens and professionals.
In the future the most important forms of support will come, not from the system, but from peers. PFG, in Doncaster has demonstrated that mutual support can dwarf anything that can be purchased with a personal budget. Yet this will also raises questions about how local government commissions. Community sourcing, not procurement, will become central to how local government works. The best local leaders will focus on individual rights and local neighbourhoods. It is encouraging to see places like Barnsley rethink their whole system of governance, helping neighbourhoods begin to fix their own problems.
The term personalisation is problematic - it sounds like a process that the services can do for themselves. But the real challenge is to rethink the purpose of our public services and to restore our sense that good local government is fundamentally about supporting citizenship and community self-governance.
Read the Guardian article here.
The publisher is The Centre for Welfare Reform.
What Went Wrong with Personalisation? © Simon Duffy 2014.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this paper may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher except for the quotation of brief passages in reviews.
Written by Chris Howells and Chris Yapp this publication shows commissioners how they can break free from damaging assumptions.
Simon Duffy describes international best practice in self-directed support and personal budgets.
Simon Duffy gives an international perspective on the design of systems of individualised funding for people with disabilities.
Slides on developing a deeper understanding of citizenship and its relevance to defending and redefining the welfare state.
This new report by Chris Yapp and Chris Howells offers an alternative to privatisation and the hollowing out of local government.
A report describing progress in Yorkshire & Humber towards developing a community-based approach to supporting personalisation and self-directed support.
Resource Allocation Systems (RAS) have become too complex. Barnsley and The Centre for Welfare Reform are exploring a radically simplified version of the RAS.
A Resource Allocation System (RAS) is any set of rules that allows fair allocations to be made to people who need extra support.
Simon Duffy explores some of the problems involved in implementing personalisation and the fundamental question of entitlements that remains unresolved in England.
This article explores the challenge of making personalisation effective at supporting people's human rights and delivering real entitlements.
This discussion paper describes how the current cuts that target disabled people reflect deep flaws within the welfare system and sets out the case for more fundamental reforms.
In this paper the authors argue that the broad policy concepts and detailed practice of personalisation are rooted in, and informed by, human rights.
This article explores how the current reforms in social care are rooted in a radically different approach to social justice and welfare to those that preceded them.

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In Star Fox Command
The Atomic Ray was a large, artificial stingray created by the Anglar and used as a weapon on the planet Aquas. The tough armor of the body could deflect laser blasts, but the tail was vulnerable to laser fire. Each segment of the tail could also be locked onto, so a Single Lock would have difficulties locking onto a single segment more than once, but a Multi Lock could be used to lock onto multiple segments. Damage to any of the tail segments would deplete the health bar of the Atomic Ray as a whole, making the use of a Multi Lock much more desirable. The Atomic Ray can defend itself by firing missiles, which can be destroyed to obtain Fuel Cells. The Atomic Ray could also perform loops in an attempt to avoid taking hits. When destroyed, the Atomic Ray released a Core. On the planet Titania, another version called the Atomic Ray-G could be found.
|Leaders||Anglar Emperor • Zako • Zazan • Zoldge • Octoman • Andrew Oikonny|
|Bosses||Arrow Head • Death Crab • Devil Shark • Devil Shark II • Solar Fighter • ZaZanga 9 • Octopod • Octoman's Fighter|
|Air Force||Anglar Commander fighter • Atomic Ray • Atomic Ray-G • Solar Satellite • Biobrain • Dune Worm • Killer Bee (Star Fox Command) • Grunner • Anglar Missile • Anglar Mothership • Elite Fighter • Flash Bomber • Saucerer (Star Fox Command) • Great Saucerer • Splitter • Swarm Fighter • Todora (Star Fox Command)|
|Bioweapons||Monarch Dodora • Bee Fighter • Bee Fighter II • Puffer • Anglar Starfish|


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Quilting is an expensive hobby, with fabric being the easiest to acquire. It seems like a waste for even the smallest scrap to be thrown out, but what to do with them? The larger scraps I keep for scrappy future projects, especially paper piecing. The smaller scraps of weird sizes and the non-printed selvedges get sent to my daughter's school for art projects. That leaves these tiny little scraps, so pretty and so hard to throw out.
Some people, Jenn at A Quarter Inch from the Edge included, snap pictures of the scraps to make it easier to throw out. But I did some research and came up with another solution...suet cages.
|Don't they look pretty?|
Suet cages are meant to feed birds, but the cages can be stuffed with the tiny scraps instead for birds to use to make their nests. Just fill up the cage...
Close it up...
|Stuff them in there!|
And hang it up. Try to pull out a few thin strands so they attract the birds' attention.
|Pretty in the cage, too!|
Of course you need to make sure only appropriate materials goes in there- no plastics or other synthetic materials.
|Pretty even in the woods!|
I've been monitoring the cage and a few birds have been interested for sure. I feel much better knowing that even the beautiful tiny scraps are going to good use!
I never really thought of that! Imagine finding a bird's nest with that rainbow of scraps woven into it. Now that would be an awesome of a scrap project!ReplyDelete
Oh wow - this is such a cute idea!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this! Like you, I can't bear to part with the scraps that I've had since 2009 so I am now using them in paper pieced scrappy pineapple quilt blocks (3 1/2" square). That way I will use up my smallest scraps - 1" squares cut in triangles 😁 I'm having fun though and it makes for a bit of mindless sewing which I sometimes crave for.ReplyDelete

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Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She began her career as a member of the dance troupes Pan's People and Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made her musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she married. She went on to star in several Broadway musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, where she played the role of Christine Daaé.The Original London Cast Album of the musical was released in CD format in 1987 and sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album of all time.
After retiring from the stage and divorcing Lloyd Webber, Brightman resumed her music career with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson, this time as a classical crossover artist. She is among the most prominent performers in the genre, with worldwide sales of more than 30 million records, with over 5 million in album sales in the United States and 2 million DVDs. The Recording Industry Association of America has named her the best-selling female classical artist of the twenty-first century in the United States.
Her duet with the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, "Time To Say Goodbye" became the highest and fastest selling single of all times in Germany with over 3 million copies sold in this country.and subsequently became an international success with 12 million copies worldwide. She has now collected over 180 gold and platinum sales awards in 38 different countries. In her solo world tours One Night In Eden Tour (1998), La Luna World Tour (2000–2001), Harem World Tour (2004–2005) & The Symphony World Tour (2008–2009) played to a combined audience of 2,25 million fans in arenas worldwide and Spanning five continents.
Apart from music, Brightman has begun a film career, making her major debut in Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), a rock opera-musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, And in summer 2009, she completed filming Stephen Evans' "Cosi" or "First Night" in which she plays the role of a conductor, opposite Richard E. Grant. In addition, she recently formed her own production company, Instinct Films, where her first film is in pre-production.
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Bihar Govt Orders Probe Into Police Action Against Galwan Martyr’s Father
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Patna: The Bihar government has ordered a probe into the arrest and alleged mishandling of the father of a soldier killed during the clash between the Army and Chinese troops in Galwan Valleyon June 15-16, 2020, after Opposition members protested in the Assembly on Wednesday.
According to reports, Rajkapoor Singh, the father of Jai Kishore Singh,was beaten and arrested by the local police over a land dispute in Jandaha, Vaishali.
Singh was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act after Dalit villagers accused him of encroaching upon government landand lodged a police complaint.
Singh was reportedly building a memorial for his son on the land of a Dalit identified as Hari Nath Ram and a portion of the government land.
CCTV footage shows the police dragging Singh away. His family alleged that the police beat him.
BJP MLAs disrupted the proceedings and demanded an explanation from the government and strict action against the police.Opposition members holding placards protestedboth inside and outside the Assembly. They also shouted slogans and trooped to the well, disrupted theproceedings and threw chairs meant for reporters despite Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary’sappeal to sit.
Angry BJP MLAs alleged that the state government had humiliated the father of a martyr and the local police booked him for alleged extortion and other Acts.
Soon after thethird day of the ongoing Budget Session resumed, Opposition members demanded a discussion. But the Speaker disallowed it.
Deputy chief minister (CM) Tehashwi Yadav expressed unhappiness over the Opposition’s unruly behaviour and said that the police acted as per the law. The police acted against Singhbased on a complaint that he had encroached a piece of land belonging to a Dalit and government land, he added.
However,after defence minister Rajnath Singh spoke with CM Nitish Kumar about the matter on Wednesday,the state government ordered a probe.
As per the official press release,a high-level team has been constituted to investigate the alleged misbehaviour with Singh. The Bihar Police headquarters said in a press release that a special police team would investigate the matter.
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AFRICANGLOBE - Thug cop Ray Tensing who fatally shot a Samuel Dubose a father of ten children during an illegal traffic stop pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of murder and was ordered jailed on $1 million bail, has posted bond and is now a free man.
AFRICANGLOBE - Indeed, in many ways the police have good reason to view the general public as their enemy, as the police themselves have become the enemy of both freedom and justice. Last night, in Brooklyn, it was obvious that the people did not view those police officers as brave men and women making the community safer. They viewed the cops as what they so often are: a dangerous, unpredictable, violent gang.
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AFRICANGLOBE - The historic small town Harar was established by Sultan Abu Beker Mohammed in 1520. The hilltop surrounded by Savannah and wall, Harar is located in Eastern Ethiopia. The protective barrier walls enclosing the city were built between 13th and 16 centuries housing exceptional interior design which constitute the most spectacular part of Harar’s unique cultural heritages.
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Item description for Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's The Lord of the Rings. A Look at Hollywood's Take on Tolkien's Epic Tale. by Greg Wright & David Bruce...
Overview Wright compiles dozens of essays and lectures that attribute the success of "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy to the power of film itself, the power of director Jackson's artistry, and the original power of Tolkien's literary masterwork.
Publishers Description Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's The Lord of the Rings brings under one cover the dozens of essays and lectures that first began appearing on the website Hollywood Jesus in December of 2001. Since then, author Greg Wright (Tolkien in Perspective: Sifting the Gold from the Glitter, VMI 2003) has analyzed and anticipated the cinematic choices of director Peter Jackson with almost prophetic critical insight. He rightly attributes the success of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King to the power of film itself, the power of Jackson's artistry and the original power of J.R.R. Tolkien's literary masterwork-and in so doing provides an educational, entertaining and respectful look at the process of bringing a much-loved novel to the screen. Like a sculptor of words and ideas, Jackson has pared away pieces of Tolkien's fanstastic epic to reveal both the essence of Tolkien and something entirely new, something uniquely his own. The essays in this volume are an invaluable guide to understanding both Jackson and Tolkien.
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Greg Wright, President and founder of The Wright Track Consulting Co., has traveled the country working with businesses as a motivational speaker, corporate sales coach, human resource analyst and business growth specialist. He and his family live in Austin, Texas.
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Review or religious sermon? May 13, 2007
I bought and read this book and was quite taken aback that although the author did bring out some very interesting insights and reviews about Peter Jackson and the adaptation of Tolkien's works, too many references to Christ and religious revelations supposedly "hidden" in LOTR made it sound more like an Evangelist sermon. I didn't need an editorial how Gandalf's fall at Khazad-dum and later return represented Jesus rising from the grave or Aragorn ushering in the Messianic era, or Sauron representing the anti-Christ. Perhaps the book should have been titled "Peter Jackson in Christian Religious Perspective."
Religious take on Tolkien Feb 14, 2007
Unfortunately, despite the title, there is no "behind" the movies at all. No background as to the making of or powerbrokering of the movies. Furthermore the book is infused with a whole lot of religious mumbo-jumbo - one lot of fairytales trying to compare itself to another lot of fairytales.
Kept in perspective Jan 25, 2005
Perhaps the biggest controversy among J.R.R. Tolkien's fans is: Are Peter Jackson's films masterpieces, or travesties? Greg Wright tackles this question in his second book on Tolkien and Middle-Earth, "Peter Jackson In Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's 'The Lord of the Rings.'" And Wright handles it with remarkable objectivity and grace.
Wright starts with an examination of novels vs. movies -- after all, the flow and content of each is completely different -- and the disastrous past attempts to film "Lord of the Rings." He even tells the story of his first viewing of Ralph Bakshi's infamous rotoscoped cartoon.
He then takes a hard look at what Jackson cut out, what characters are MIA (Tom Bombadil, for good or ill), whether it helps or hurts the story, the presence of love and romance, the way that Jackson filmed the three stories, and compares Jackson's efforts to the Rankin-Bass cartoons. I give you three guesses which Wright declares to be better, and the first two don't count.
And as in his first book "Tolkien in Perspective: Sifting the Gold From the Glitter," Wright gives his analysis a faith bent. For example, when talking about Gandalf's fall into Khazad-dum, he reflects that many have noticed the crucifix-lookalike pose that Gandalf falls in.
Wright doesn't overburden his narrative with rambling or ponderous opinions. Instead he writes like an intelligent pal who's telling you his thoughts on the movies he's seen recently. However, he never loses sight of the important themes in either the movies or books.
What's more, he's able to keep a balanced, calm look at the novels and movies. Although some points can be debated (one can argue that there is some religious presence in the films), his attitude has an objectivity that many fans and authors cannot fully achieve.
""Peter Jackson In Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's 'The Lord of the Rings'" is a solid read for anyone wanting a balanced look at the movies vs. the books.
Book meets movie and expands the mind Dec 10, 2004
The great thing about The Lord of the Rings is what J. R. R. Tolkien called "applicability," or the ability of his myths to speak to everyone who reads them where he or she is. Too often those of us who love his work, and those who write up big explorations of his themes and symbology act as though we have found THE key to understanding Tolkien. That's trying to cram his myth into allegory, which he would have hated passionately. Tolkien's genius is that his myth sustains many of these explanations simultaneously because it is myth and encompasses much more reality than mere fact or truth could. (See On Fairy Stories for an explanation of this.)
Greg Wright has the ability to explore Tolkien's themes and yet not set his explanations in stone. Then he highlights these themes as they did or did not show up in the film. My enjoyment of Tolkien and insights into his work, and the ways in which it was interpreted in the movies directed by Peter Jackson was expanded in Greg's collection of ongoing musings. Greg also has a great gift for keeping it short, sweet, and clearly logical-which means there is more to continue thinking about after he's got you started. He also has a good feel for how literature, image and culture intersect to bring about our engagement with this story in both book and film. If you want an exploration of Tolkien that comes in small bites and opens up new vistas in Middle-earth for you and sends you off on new mental quests, this book is a winner.


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It’s incredible how much little we know about the science when it comes down to the almost everything. A group of very open-minded scientists studying and understanding the spiritual laws and the laws of the universe. learned through various experiments how to capture the essence…
Umbilical cord blood contains haematopoietic (blood) stem cells. These cells are able to make the different types of cell in the blood – red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Haematopoietic stem cells, purified from bone marrow or blood, have long been used in stem cell treatments for leukaemia, blood and bone marrow disorders, cancer (when chemotherapy is used) and immune deficiencies.
Your free donation will be part of a program that is saving lives and supporting research to discover new uses for cord blood stem cells. Units that meet criteria for storage are made available to anyone, anywhere in the world, who needs a stem cell transplant.
Several research teams have reported studies in animals suggesting that cord blood can repair tissues other than blood, in diseases ranging from heart attacks to strokes. These findings are controversial: scientists often cannot reproduce such results and it is not clear HOW cord blood may be having such effects. When beneficial effects are observed they may be very slight and not significant enough to be useful for developing treatments. If there are positive effects, they might be explained not by cord blood cells making nerve or heart cells, but by the cells in the cord blood releasing substances that help the body repair damage.
Donating cord blood to a public cord blood bank involves talking with your doctor or midwife about your decision to donate and then calling a cord blood bank (if donation can be done at your hospital). Upon arriving at the hospital, tell the labor and delivery nurse that you are donating umbilical cord blood.
An additional cost that is borne only by public banks is the “HLA typing” that is used to match donors and patients for transplants. This is an expensive test, running about $75 to $125 per unit. Family banks always defer this test until it is known whether a family member might use the cord blood for therapy.
Life Line Stem Cell asks mothers arriving for delivery to donate all perinatal tissue: cord blood, cord tissue, and the placenta. Cord blood donations that are eligible for transplant are sent to a public cord blood bank; the tissue collections go towards research programs.
In addition to the use of cord blood stem cells for transplantation, cord blood stem cells are currently being investigated for use in stem cell therapy. Cord blood stem cells are multipotent and are believed to have greater plasticity (the ability to form into different stem cell types) than adult hematopoietic stem cells found in bone marrow. HSCs are being investigated for use in autoimmune diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythermatosis (SLE) in order to reprogram or reconstitute the immune system. Additionally, research is being conducted on differentiating HSCs into other tissue types such as skeletal and cardiac muscle, liver cells (hepatocytes), and neurons. HSCs are currently being used in gene therapy, due to their self-renewing properties, as a means of delivering genes to repair damaged cells. HSCs are the only cells currently being used in this manner in clinical gene therapy trials.
Cord blood does not have to be as closely matched as bone marrow or peripheral blood transplants. Bone marrow transplants typically require a 6/6 HLA match. While a closely matched cord blood transplant is preferable, cord blood has been transplanted successfully with as few as 3/6 matches. For patients with uncommon tissue types, cord blood may be an option if a suitable adult donor cannot be found. Since cord blood is cryogenically preserved and stored, it is more readily available than bone marrow or peripheral blood from an unrelated donor, allowing transplants to take place within a shorter period of time. It takes approximately two weeks to locate, transfer, and thaw a preserved cord blood unit. Finding a suitable bone marrow donor typically takes at least two months.
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According to Cord Blood Registry, cord blood is defined as “the blood that remains in your baby’s umbilical cord after the cord has been cut, is a rich source of unique stem cells that can be used in medical treatments.” Cord blood has been shown to help treat over 80 diseases, such as leukemia, other cancers, and blood disorders. This cord blood, which can be safely removed from your newborn’s already-cut umbilical cord, can be privately stored for the purpose of possible use in the future for your child or family member. (It can also be donated to a public bank, but this is not widely available)
The syringe or bag should be pre-labeled with a unique number that identifies your baby. Cord blood may only be collected during the first 15 minutes following the birth and should be processed by the laboratory within 48 hours of collection.
^ Li, T; Xia, M; Gao, Y; Chen, Y; Xu, Y (2015). “Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: an overview of their potential in cell-based therapy”. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 15 (9): 1293–306. doi:10.1517/14712598.2015.1051528. PMID 26067213.
Founded in 1992, CBR has stored more than 600,000 cord blood and cord tissue collections from 3,500 hospitals in over 100 countries and partnered with institutions to establish multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. CBR has helped more than 400 families use their cord blood stem cells for established and experimental medical treatments, more than any other family cord blood bank. CBR’s goal is to expand the potential scope of newborn stem cell therapies that may be available to patients and their families.
When Tracey and Victor Dones’s 4-month-old son was diagnosed with osteopetrosis, a potentially fatal disorder that affects bone formation, the panic-stricken couple was relieved to hear that a stem-cell transplant could save his life. “We’d paid to store Anthony’s umbilical-cord blood in a private bank in case he ever needed it — and I thought we were so smart for having had the foresight to do that,” says Tracey.
There are many “what if” situations that we all consider in our life. One of the most serious is “What if a child or other family member was to become seriously ill?” Cord Blood Banking clinics have been growing exponentially in response to this…
^ a b c American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hematology/Oncology; American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy/Immunology; Lubin, BH; Shearer, WT (January 2007). “Cord blood banking for potential future transplantation”. Pediatrics. 119 (1): 165–70. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-2901. PMID 17200285.
StemCyte is a global cord blood therapeutics company. StemCyte participates in the US network of public cord blood banks operated by Be The Match. In addition, StemCyte operates the National Cord Blood Bank of Taiwan, whose units are also listed with Be The Match.
The stem cells from your baby’s cord blood may also be effective in treating certain diseases or conditions of a parent or sibling. Cord blood stem cells have similar ability to treat disease as bone marrow but with significantly less rejection.
There are some hospitals that have dedicated collections staff who can process mothers at the last minute when they arrive to deliver the baby. However, in the United States that is the exception to the rule.
If a sibling of a child whose cord blood you banked needs a transplant, then your chances of a match will be far higher than turning to the public. However, the safest bet is to bank the cord blood of all your children, safeguarding them against a number of diseases and ensuring a genetic match if necessary.
If you do decide to bank your baby’s cord blood, there’s one more thing to keep in mind: It’s best not to make it a last-minute decision. You should coordinate with the bank before your baby is born so nothing is left to chance.
Dennis Michael Todd, PhD, joined Community Blood Services as its President and CEO in 2000. Community Blood Services operates the NJ Cord Blood Bank and The HLA Registry bone marrow donor center, both of which are affiliated with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). In 2012, the blood center expects to distribute over 85,000 units of red cells and 20,000 platelets to hospitals and medical centers throughout northern NJ and Orange County, NY. Dr. Todd is presently a member of the NMDP Executive Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee. He is a member of the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT), the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), the AABB, the American Association of Bioanalysts, and the New Jersey Society of Blood Bank Professionals.
Private storage of one’s own cord blood is unlawful in Italy and France, and it is also discouraged in some other European countries. The American Medical Association states “Private banking should be considered in the unusual circumstance when there exists a family predisposition to a condition in which umbilical cord stem cells are therapeutically indicated. However, because of its cost, limited likelihood of use, and inaccessibility to others, private banking should not be recommended to low-risk families.” The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists also encourage public cord banking and discourage private cord blood banking. Nearly all cord blood transplantations come from public banks, rather than private banks, partly because most treatable conditions can’t use a person’s own cord blood. The World Marrow Donor Association and European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies states “The possibility of using one’s own cord blood stem cells for regenerative medicine is currently purely hypothetical….It is therefore highly hypothetical that cord blood cells kept for autologous use will be of any value in the future” and “the legitimacy of commercial cord blood banks for autologous use should be questioned as they sell a service which has presently no real use regarding therapeutic options.”
If someone doesn’t have cord blood stored, they will have to rely on stem cells from another source. For that, we can go back to the history of cord blood, which really begins with bone marrow. Bone marrow contains similar although less effective and possibly tainted versions of the same stem cells abundant in cord blood. Scientists performed the first bone marrow stem cell transplant in 1956 between identical twins. It resulted in the complete remission of the one twin’s leukemia.
In addition to the benefits related to transplanting HSCs derived from cord blood, HSCs are relatively easy to isolate, giving them an advantage over other adult stem cell types. Cord blood HSCs are also believed to have greater plasticity than HSCs found in bone marrow or the blood stream. The limits and possibilities of using HSCs to repair tissues and treat non-blood related disorders are currently being studied.
Each cord blood bank has different directions for returning the consent form. Some banks may ask you to mail the consent form along with the health history forms or to bring the original consent form with you to the hospital. Other banks may have you finish the form at the hospital. Follow the directions from your public cord blood bank.
So what are your options? You have three choices. One is to store the cord blood with a private company at a cost to you ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 and an annual storage fee in the ballpark of $125. Secondly, you can donate the cord blood to a public bank, if there is one working with your hospital, and your doctor is on board with the idea. There are also public banks that accept mail-in donations, if you register during your second trimester and your doctor is willing to take a short training class on-line. Zero cost to you. The third option is to do nothing and have the cord blood, umbilical cord, and placenta destroyed as medical waste.
Stem Cell Storage is not included in their price. Viacord and Cord Blood Registry both charge for annual storage. This means that when you pay for your initial cord blood and/or cord tissue storage you will also have to pay annually for storage.
With President Obama’s lifting of the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, scientists had necessary funding for developing medical treatments, in which case with a new Trump’s administration it might be different now. Anyway, the excitement over the embryonic cells comes from…
Generally not. The reason siblings are more likely to match is because they get half of their HLA markers from each parent. Based on the way parents pass on genes, there is a 25 percent chance that two siblings will be a whole match, a 50 percent chance they will be a half match, and a 25 percent chance that they will not be a match at all. It is very rare for a parent to be a match with their own child, and even more rare for a grandparent to be a match.
When a child develops a condition that can be treated with stem cells, they undergo transplant. A doctor infuses stem cells from cord blood or bone marrow into the patient’s bloodstream, where they will turn into cells that fight the disease and repair damaged cells—essentially, they replace and rejuvenate the existing immune system.
Canadian Blood Services acknowledges the funding of provincial, territorial and federal governments. The views expressed in this document are those of Canadian Blood Services and do not necessarily reflect those of governments.
The American Academy of Pediatrics supports efforts to provide information about the potential benefits and limitations of cord blood banking and transplantation so that parents can make an informed decision. In addition, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that if a patient requests information on umbilical cord blood banking, balanced information should be given. Cord blood education is also supported by legislators at the federal and state levels. In 2005, the National Academy of Sciences published an Institute of Medicine (IoM) report titled “Establishing a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program”.
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Generally speaking, public cord blood banks collect, process and store your donated cord blood for free. The cord blood you donate to a public bank may be used for transplants or for research purposes, so you may not be able to access your own cord blood. View a list of public cord blood banks in North America.
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There are some diseases on the list (like neuroblastoma cancer) where a child could use his or her own cord blood. However, most of the diseases on the proven treatment list are inherited genetic diseases. Typically, a child with a genetic disease would require a cord blood unit from a sibling or an unrelated donor.
Donating your baby’s umbilical cord blood may offer a precious resource to a patient in need of a life-saving stem cell transplant. Umbilical cord blood is rich in blood-forming stem cells, which can renew themselves and grow into mature blood cells. After your baby is born, these cord blood cells can be collected, preserved and later used as a source of stem cells for transplantation for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and other life-threatening blood diseases.

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Master’s Research Unpacks Needs of Differently Abled Employees
Research by Master’s in Public Administration graduate, Mr Jerome Thokozani Mkhize, concentrated on the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the national issue of addressing the needs of differently abled employees.
The research was titled: The Assessment of Organisational Inclusion in the Employment of Differently Abled People (DAP) – A Case Study of the South African Social Security Agency in KwaZulu Natal.
The study, supervised by Professor Fayth Ruffin and Dr Sybert Mutereko examines how DAP are accommodated in the economic mainstream.
‘The important finding from this study was that SASSA in KwaZulu-Natal has policies in place but indications are that not all disabled employees are aware of or understand them,’ said Mkhize. ‘Some departments are not explicit when providing annual employment equity reports regarding DAP and I wanted to find out why.’
As a former manager at KwaMashu’s SASSA local office, Mkhize has first-hand experience of the challenges faced by ‘differently abled’ employees and their families.
‘I was appointed as the eThekwini Metro North Central sub-regional Chairperson for Operation Sukuma Sakhe between 2007 and 2011 and that project exposed me further to the challenges experienced by differently abled people and their families,’ said Mkhize.
The study was presented at the UKZN’s 5th Business Management Conference in 2018 and Mkhize and his supervisors are now working on developing it into journal articles.
‘Mkhize excelled in this study,’ said Ruffin. ‘He took full ownership of his research in an innovative manner. Both examiners indicated that the dissertation should be accepted without revisions or corrections, which is very exciting. For him, his dissertation research involved more than obtaining a qualification.
‘I hope that this research will contribute towards the empowerment and employment of DAP so that they can be self-sustainable and support their families as well. I hope to establish a platform to be the voice for these people and proceed with my academic life until departments are also empowered and more is done and the issues of DAP are addressed,’ said Mkhize.
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José Curbelo, Latin Bandleader and Agent, Dies at 95
Discovered Tito Puente and managed top Latin acts
José Curbelo, a Latin music pianist, bandleader and manager who gave the young Tito Puente a break and was instrumental in the rise of the cha-cha-cha, died Sept. 21 of heart failure in Aventura, Fla. He was 95.
Born in Havana in 1917 to an American father who played violin, Curbelo began playing music at age 8 and later played with Los Hermanos Lebartard and flutist Gilberto Valdes. Curbelo co-founded the Orquesta Havana Riverside, but his career took off in the early 1940s after he’d moved to New York. He played in the bands of Xavier Cugat and Juancito Sanabria and formed his own group in 1942, leaning toward the mambo style. Tito Rodriguez, Candido and Tito Puente, then in his teens, were among the later-famous Latin musicians who worked in Curbelo’s orchestra. Curbelo’s group performed in popular nightclubs in New York and Miami as well as resorts in the Catskills.
Among his best known recordings are “Managua, Nicaragua,” “Cha Cha Cha in Blue” and “La Familia.”
After his group broke up, Curbelo went into artist management and booking, and by the 1960s he’d become one of the top promoters of Latin music in the country. Even after he moved to Miami in the ’80s, he continued to book Latin artists.


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The Evil That Men Do – ebook
„The Evil That Men Do” is a classic story of horror and unbelievable cruelty by British writer Matthew Phipps Shiel. This novel of mystery about Hartwell from birth, does he inherit his fathers traits? Do great men have great sons and how much does one’s own life’s experiences cause variance to this question? To the ordinary reader there will seem very little in point of morality to choose between Robert Hartwell and the villainous millionaire whom a strange facial resemblance enables him to impersonate. Mr. Shiel does not, and probably does not aspire to, draw pictures of everyday life as it is. But there is always something ingenious in his situations, and in this book, at any rate, he has contrived to avoid the developments which disfigured at least one of his earlier novels.


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Update: I went back in July of 2020.
You can see the decades of the Twentieth Century pass by as you drive up St. Clair Avenue through East St. Louis out to Fairview Heights, where it changes its name to Lincoln Trail. I drove back on the road from Fairview Heights a couple of years ago, and I wanted to go back and see how it had changed.
Past abandoned grain elevators, and the medium security prison, Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center, the American Bottoms spread out before the visitor.
French Village, now famous for its demolished drive-in, really was an early settlement of French colonists. It is a 1950s crossroads, with a great sign for the motel.
Heading up the bluffs from the river bottom, the 50s and 60s await. This Spanish Revival conference center or restaurant sits abandoned.
The Trailway Motel is still operational, though now offering weekly rates.
Update: The Denny’s was demolished by June of 2020.
This Denny’s is still empty, having ejected its second occupant, which I think was a Chinese restaurant the last time.
It’s interesting to see how suburbia moved its way up the miles of bottomlands and forested bluffs before arriving at the crossroads that became a major shopping center. But just a block off the Lincoln Trail, a bean field remains.

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The Empires of J.G. Ballard: An Imagined Geography offers a sustained and highly convincing analysis of the imperial and post-imperial histories and networks that shape and energise Ballard's fictional and non-fictional writings. To what extent can Ballard be considered an international writer? What happens to our understanding of his post-war science fictions when they are opened up to the langua...
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WMHT’s Barbara Lucas will be @ GPL on Saturday morning, March 14 to teach us all about “woodland wonders” - including deer, raccoons and beaver – and then share a fun craft. Kids in grades pre-K through grade 1 are invited to join us for a morning of fun and literacy. Each child must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Registration required.
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This comes after India has faced a huge increase in coronavirus infections
Emirates airline has today announced that it plans to fly medical supplies from Dubai to nine cities in India, entirely free of charge.
The airline company has set up a humanitarian airbridge between Dubai and India in order to transport urgent medical products and relief items.
This comes after Emirates SkyCargo previously delivered medicines and medical equipment to India on scheduled and charter cargo flights.
India has recorded a total of 22,430,291 cases of coronavirus to date, which has tragically resulted in 243,574 Covid-19 related deaths. India has been hit particularly badly by a second wave of coronavirus infections.
Countries from across the globe, including the UK and the US, have sent life-saving medical equipment, such as ventilators and oxygen equipment to India.
Emirates airline said in a statement that the first shipment being sent to Delhi as part of the Emirates India humanitarian airbridge is a consignment of more than 12 tonnes of multi-purpose tents from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The flight is scheduled to depart from Dubai to Delhi on 13 May, Reuters reported.
Emirates’ Chairman and Chief Executive, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, said: “India and Emirates are deeply connected, since our first flights to India in 1985.
“We stand with the Indian people and will do all we can to help India get back on its feet.”
Emirates has set up a humanitarian airbridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items, to support India in its fight to control the serious COVID-19 situation in the country. https://t.co/KK5h2gVJVm#StayStrongIndia #EmiratesAirline @IHC_UAE pic.twitter.com/AlhNPtRiCs
— Emirates Airline (@emirates) May 9, 2021
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the UK sent much-needed Oxygen cylinders to India to help them in the fight against Covid-19.
On Twitter, Johnson said: “Thanks to the help and generosity of @boconline, last night a delivery of much-needed oxygen cylinders was sent from the UK to India.
“We stand by our friends in India during these difficult times.”
Thanks to the help and generosity of @boconline, last night a delivery of much-needed oxygen cylinders was sent from the UK to India.
We stand by our friends in India during these difficult times. pic.twitter.com/o4b1sikVL6
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) May 3, 2021


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Q. Some of our employees are required to drive our company vehicles from home to various work sites in our area. Are we required to pay them starting from the time they leave home?
A. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers must pay employees for time spent traveling during normal work hours. Generally, however, time spent commuting is not considered work time.
Specifically, time an employee spends traveling from home to work in an employer-provided vehicle or in activities that are incidental to the use of the vehicle for commuting, generally is not “hours worked.” Therefore, it does not have to be paid.
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On March 30, Grammy-nominated Tori Kelly released a new single titled “Help Us To Love” featuring The HamilTones and written and produced by Kirk Franklin.
Kelly performed the new single on this year’s Stellar Awards, which aired on TV One on March 30 at 900 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Kirk Franklin, who is the winner of over 10 Grammys and more than 20 Stellar Awards, also hosted the monumental event in its 33rd year. You can purchase the single on iTunes here.
Franklin took to Twitter to share his excitement
Family! I’m so excited to share a song that I believe truly speaks to the need of our Savior in today’s world. Thank you @ToriKelly for allowing me to write and produce your amazing gift #HelpUsToLove! and catch her TONIGHT singing it live on the @thestellars on @tvonetv pic.twitter.com/7ohzl4WTnr
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A Virginia man made headlines earlier this year following his arrest at a school board meeting during which he attempted to call attention to the alleged sexual assault of his daughter in a school bathroom.
Although Loudon County school board officials initially denied there was any record of the incident, Scott Smith claims that the information was readily available.
Superintendent’s email surfaces
As the Daily Wire reported, the outraged father insisted that his daughter was brutally attacked in a girls’ restroom by a male student.
He subsequently confronted school board members about the county’s policy of allowing transgender students to use the restroom of their choice. In response, officials claimed that they were unaware of any alleged assault.
According to WTOP, Loudon Couty Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler sent an email to board members on the day of the incident, advising: “The purpose of this email is to provide you with information regarding an incident that occurred at Stone Bridge HS.”
His May 28 message explained that “a female student alleged that a male student sexually assaulted her in the restroom” and that the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office was investigating the claim.
County prosecutor Buta Biberaj subsequently confirmed that the 15-year-old student accused of assaulting Smith’s daughter was transferred to another school and was later charged in connection with a separate attack.
“It prioritized misguided policies”
Nevertheless, Biberaj sought to lock Smith up over his outburst at a school board meeting in June — despite his earlier campaign position opposing mass incarceration in the county.
In a statement on the matter, Smith’s attorney noted that Ziegler offered an apology to his client and confirmed what the father already suspected.
“As evidenced by subsequent events and revelations, Loudon Public Schools have been failing the parents who entrusted them to provide a safe environment for their children every day,” attorney Bill Stanley wrote. “Loudoun County Public Schools is in this situation because it prioritized misguided policies of political correctness over student safety.”
Many conservatives have been outspoken in their opposition to such bathroom policies since at least the Obama administration, which sought to provide federal protections for transgender students.
In 2016, Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proclaimed: “We will not sell out our children to the federal government. There is no compromise on this issue.”


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Qualcomm CNSS/GNSS Hardware Customer Engineer in Hyderabad, India
Job Id E1954856
Job Title CNSS/GNSS Hardware Customer Engineer
Post Date 05/18/2017
Company-Division Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
CDMA Technology at http://www.qualcomm.com/about/businesses/qct
Job Area Engineering - Customer Engineering
Location India - Hyderabad
Job Overview The position is for a customer engineering role. The individual will support customers to integrate QCA products into their platforms and support them from design phase to mass production. They will be interacting with marketing teams, product managers, and engineering teams to help resolve customer issues. As a technical member of the team, the candidate needs to ensure successful integration of connectivity products into mobility, PC, consumer electronics products. This role establishes the person as the technical expert for the wireless product lines. Should ensure timely updating of the verification/test plans pre-emptively to ensure much of the issues are caught at very early stages of the project . Must have high technical competence and be able to provide in-depth technical responses to customers and to the company's field application engineers during the pre-sales process. Once engaged with a customer, must be able to map out the technical details of a system integration plan, from project start through mass production. Will work closely with worldwide development engineering, the program management team, software application engineers and field application engineers in overseas offices.
Minimum Qualifications -2-7 years' of professional work experience in the following areas:
-Board level RF/Analog/baseband digital circuit design
Signal Integrity basics with exposure to S-Parameter estimation, Power Integrity etc.,
Overview of floor planning, routing and component placement using appropriate design tools
Working knowledge or Basics of WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/ax, BT LE & any positioning technologies (GPS, GLONASS etc.,)
Working knowledge in UNIX and Embedded kernels like ThreadX etc.,
HAL/PHY layer knowledge for the module and a fair idea of Tx and Rx parametric testing of WLAN, BT & GPS(Optional)
Customer design issue and author white papers and application notes that detail those issues
-Failure analysis and work with customers on identifying design, manufacturing and ATE related issues
-Board level debug and lab skills with a spectrum analyzer, network analyzer, VSA, VSG and protocol Testers
Preferred Qualifications System integration experience with WLAN/Bluetooth/11ad products - Ability to proactively manage customer expectations to influence customer relations and design decisions
Education Requirements Required: Bachelor's, Electrical Engineering
EEO employer: including race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability & veterans status.


text: Amber Knapp innovates state government agencies through the use of smart government and geospatial technologies at Esri. Before joining Esri, Knapp was the GIS director for Cook County where she managed one of the largest GIS enterprises in local government from procurement to staff. Prior to this, Knapp was the GIS manager of Montgomery County, Texas, where some of her duties included providing 24-hour support during Hurricane Ike and the infamous Tri-County Wildfire of 2011. She also worked with law enforcement agencies using GIS to catch criminals and help with the Opioid Crisis. Knapp graduated from Central Michigan University in 2001 with a triple major: geospatial science, Earth science, and environmental analysis land planning. In her spare time, she participates in endurance sports such as hiking 14ers, marathons, and Ironman.


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Chancellor George Osborne is one of the voices debating at a meeting of EU EcoFin ministers today. Talking on proposed bank bail-in rules, the chancellor has warned that special protections for uninsured depositors would mean that senior bondholders would simply switch to deposits. They would be able to game the hierarchy, skewing incentives and allow them to get around the new rules. He noted that nowhere else in the world has this been done successfully.
Osborne also said that building a deposit insurance fund could take decades, if it could even reach the require scale, as a huge sum would be required in the UK. As such his stated preference is for a bank levy in order to make the industry pay.


The downtown Houston skyline looks like it will get an addition in the form of one of its tallest residential buildings.
Hines, a Houston-based developer, is planning a 46-story residential building at 414 Milam Street in the heart of Downtown Houston. Plans for the tower call for 373 units, with an estimated completion date in the summer of 2021, according to Houston Business Journal, which reported the news based on a filing with the state. The filing included a start date for construction of December 1, 2018.
It’s not yet clear whether units in the building will be rentals or condominiums. It will be Hines’ tallest residential building in the city, at least by number of floors, if the project is built as proposed in the filing.
Downtown Houston is becoming an increasingly popular residential neighborhood, crossing the 8,000 resident threshold last year. Plan Downtown, an initiative of Houston Downtown Management District which launched in late 2017, calls for the addition of 12,000 new residential units to support 30,000 new residents in the neighborhood over a 20 year period.
Millennial residents are expected to be a driver of growth in the area. A report by the Kinder Institute last spring noted that the number of millennials aged 25 to 34 grew by 39 percent between 2000 and 2016.


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Once again, David beats Goliath. Well, two of them actually, as the Wii sold 3 million units in the UK and 10.17 million in the US over the last year. In related news, Microsoft’s figures show that the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 by one million in EU and seven million units in the US.
As the brag-about-your-“superior”-console season is apparently on, Microsoft also eagerly pointed out that they spent the most on their console. The company splashed out US$13.2 billion since the Xbox 360 launch, whereas the Wii and PS3 received investments of US$10.8 billion and US$6.1 billion from their companies, respectively.
One can’t help but wonder whether the Wii is ever going to drop from the top-seller position, or if its price will ever drop for that matter.