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Masked Singer viewers are convinced that Firework is Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle.
They were back for their second performance as the hit ITV show returned for movie week.
They sang Fame because the clues included a pair of ice skates, their “short attention span” and the fact that they always jumped from sport to sport when they were young.
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They said they even won a gold medal once and played games later in life.
Jonathan Ross thought it could be singer Anne Marie, but Rita Ora thought it was Sunita.
Viewers disagreed with them all.
They took to Twitter to say it was in fact retired Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle.
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Alex Grove wrote: “Okay, Firework is Beth Tweddle js #TheMaskedSinger #MaskedSingerUK”
Veritas agrees: “It still looks like Beth Tweddle #TheMaskedSinger”
Jamesy added, “Right now I’m guessing Beth Tweddle.”
Firework performed Jessie J’s “Domino” on the first show.
In their opening VT they said, âI’ve always been a pocket rocket, a powerhouse, but that’s just my style. Maybe it’s because fireworks are designed to make people smile.
In the video, a wooden human model and a dog figurine were shown on a shelf.
Firework added that normally “you find us in the sky, but this one also shed some light on things in another way.”
“I’m lighting the street with a different kind of flash,” they said in a final clue.


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Final year’s Farm Bill very explicitly legalized the cultivation, production, and sale of industrial hemp — look, see, there is Sen. Mitch McConnell waving a hemp pen! — but quite a few hemp farmers and entrepreneurs are suffering the cannabis therapy regardless of dealing with a solution that is legal in 50 states (and advertised for sale on Amazon, and just about everywhere else).
Facebook and Instagram are rejecting hemp businesses’ advertisements. Police and highway patrol are intercepting their interstate shipments. And banks, credit-card businesses, and payroll firms are refusing their organization — not simply because the federal government was threatening monetary-solutions businesses, but (and please bear with us) simply because the federal government wasn’t explicitly saying it was OK to do organization with a legal organization, despite U.S. senators and other bigwigs asking them pretty nicely to say it.
As of Monday, after promising to say, publicly, that hemp organizations are legal and monetary institutions can take their revenue, the feds are saying this.
As Marijuana Moment reported, the National Credit Union Administration, a federal agency that regulates and guarantees the for-profit banking options, issued a press release in which it clarified that credit unions can in truth deliver “certain monetary services” to “lawful hemp organizations.”
Sort of like how they do with each and every other lawful organization!
“Credit unions will be in a position to deliver the customary variety of monetary solutions for organization accounts, like loans, to hemp organizations inside their fields of membership,” according to the agency’s press release.
All a hemp organization wants to do in order to go to the credit union and come away with a loan or a credit union account is stick to the law. All the credit union wants to do is make positive that their potential client is performing so (verifying that the hemp organization is in truth complying with the Farm Bill, for instance) when also complying with federal laws requiring banking institutions to monitor client activity and report suspicious activity to the federal government.
Along with New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Kentucky’s McConnell, Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado and a presidential contender (insofar as he continues to qualify for debates), has been pestering federal agencies to deliver some recommendations for baffled hemp organizations who come across themselves turned down at the bank.
Monday’s guidance is “interim,” which means that it will probably transform after federal agencies like the United States Division of Agriculture problem updated recommendations on hemp production. In essence, saying for a second time, in pretty clear language that will please attorneys and danger-averse executives, that increasing hemp in the U.S. is OK.
Of course, just simply because a credit union can do organization with hemp farmers or producers does not imply that they will. And in other to get the most favorable prices for a loan, hemp entrepreneurs would advantage from competitors — like competitors for their organization from banks, who are nonetheless sitting on the fence, and who Schumer final week vowed he would continue to stress.
As Marijuana Moment reported final week, most monetary institutions will probably wait till Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue concerns clarified guidelines sometime just before subsequent spring.
Why has this been so really hard? Perhaps for the identical purpose why the burgeoning hemp sector has apparently broken the brains and drug-testing kits of police and prosecutors in prohibition-minded locations. Cannabis is apparently confusing.
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When we do finally go and see 'The Muppets', it will be at the El Capitan Theatre. Not only is the theater itself plush and comfortable, but there is a Sing-a-long with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy before each movie. You won't get that at your local multiplex, only a guy in an ill-fitting uniform telling you to turn your cellphone off and to stop talking. So much less fun.
And to add to the Muppet mania, on select days the El Capitan is offering a chance to attend Disney’s Most Sensational Muppet Party before or after the movie at Disney’s Soda Fountain & Studio Store. There's food and cupcake decorating, a special gift and a commemorative photo for each guest. And don't forget that anything you order at the Soda Fountain can be brought into the theater to be enjoyed during the movie. Although, out of respect for Miss Piggy you might want to skip the BLT. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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The seat for District 72 left vacant by Rep. Derwin
Montgomery brings forth two Democratic primary candidates, both of whom have
long-standing ties to Winston-Salem
Rep. Derwin Montgomery’s decision to run for Congress leaves the seat open for two Democratic contenders in District 72. LaShun Huntley and Amber Baker are both first-time political candidates and each have longstanding ties to Winston-Salem.
According to the Forsyth County Board of Elections, the
district has close to 54,000 registered voters, with about 58.4 percent
registered as Democrats and only 15.5 percent as Republican. The district also
has 51.2 percent black voters and 39 percent white.
Starting in the northern parts of downtown Winston-Salem
just above Interstate 40, District 72 radiates out to the northwest to include
Wake Forest University all the way towards Oak Hollow Road and Buffalo Creek.
To the east, the district stretches towards Walkertown, west of Reidsville
For the past decade, the seat has been held by a Democrat,
and it is assumed that will remain the case come this November. Considering the
district’s partisan lean, the winner of the Democratic primary will in all
likelihood be the next representative, but they’ll face Republican Dan Lawlor
in the November general election.
On affordable housing and healthcare
Baker, who has been the principal of Kimberley Park
Elementary for the past 12 years, told
Triad City Beat that she was inspired to run for the district to
build on her experience as an educator. In addition to her position at the
elementary school, Baker was also elected as vice-chair of the Forsyth County
Democratic Party’s African-American Caucus four months ago.
“I’ve been involved in the community by extension through my job
at Kimberley Park,” Baker said. “I’ve worked to help parents get affordable
housing, I’ve advocated at City Hall, I’ve tried to help families obtain
“I wanted to move from the organizing side to the possibility of
making policy,” she continued.
Both affordable housing and funding for public education are two
challenges facing the district according to Baker.
“We have $49 million at the state level for over 100 counties to
create additional low-income and affordable housing,” Baker said. “I would like
to see that number doubled. That would make it a more viable dollar amount.”
When asked how she plans to increase funding for housing projects,
Baker said that she would need to be elected first and see what other funding
streams exist to help fund her goals.
And to do that, she said she would work with her fellow
representatives, both across the aisle as well as within her own party.
“We are really steeped in partisanship,” she said. “We are a
microcosm of what is happening in the nation at large. One of the things that I
pride myself on is working to get to a yes, being able to work with people who
might look at our issue from different perspectives and find some commonality
in that perspective.”
Huntley, who decided to run after getting calls from community
members to do so, said that he has a proven record of working with Republicans
through his capacity as CEO of United Health Services, a network of health
clinics in Winston-Salem.
mentioned how US Sen. Richard Burr and Rep. Virginia Foxx have visited his
health clinics and how he visits Washington DC annually as the board chair of
the NC Community Health Centers Association to talk to representatives about
he said he wants to grow his work of helping those in the community on a
want to be able to represent people on the state level,” he said. “I want to
think about, How can we impact everybody’s life?”
Through his work at United Health Services, Huntley said he sees a
lot of issues with the healthcare system and would work to get Medicaid
expanded if he were elected.
“There are a lot of people who are without healthcare, and they
need it,” Huntley said. “I’ve seen it firsthand with United Health Services.
The majority of people we serve are uninsured.”
When it comes to education, Baker voiced her support for a mandatory African-American studies course, but said that individual school districts should be allowed to design the course curriculums for students to graduate.
“What is hindering this issue is that the state requires the
history courses that must be taken,” she said. “That locks in the number of
courses that students can take and, if you try to require yet another course
for students to take, it makes it more difficult for students to meet the requirements
to apply for college.”
Both Baker and Huntley also expressed the need to recruit and
maintain high-quality teachers in the district. Baker noted an increase in base
salaries for teachers as part of the state’s budget as well as more flexibility
in who can be hired are steps that can be taken to improve education.
She also said she wants to see the quality of public education
mirror that of the state’s universities and colleges.
“When we have top secondary institutions, I want our primary and
our pre-K programs to mirror that,” she said.
Huntley, who worked as a biology and earth science teacher at Parkland
High School in 1993 and 1994, echoed Baker’s calls for increased teacher pay.
“When I was a young teacher with a young family, you couldn’t live
on a teacher’s salary,” Huntley said. “That pushed me out of teaching.”
He said that his experience of working with kids as a teacher, as
well as having his own kids, fostered his passion for helping other people.
“I would love to hear what other people think the district would
need,” Huntley said. “I want to hear what the constituents want to happen.”
Huntley and Baker have spent decades living and working in Winston-Salem.
said she has called Winston-Salem home on and off since 1981. She graduated
from North Forsyth High School before going to Howard University for her
undergraduate degree and then to Ohio State University for a PhD.
the years since she’s lived here, Baker said that Winston-Salem has grown,
creating a new identity around arts and innovation, but that the growth hasn’t
necessarily benefited everyone in the city.
limited access for people who have limited skills,” she said. “We see
communities be reinvigorated and gentrified. We need our communities to be
revitalized but not without a plan for reentry for those residents.”
Baker said she brings a broader perspective, compared to
Huntley — who has always lived in the district — because she’s lived in other
“I have a more global lens when looking at Winston-Salem,”
Huntley on the other hand, pointed to his residency as a
commitment to his community. He grew up in Winston-Salem, going to Carver High
School, then Winston-Salem State University for undergrad before obtaining a
master’s degree from Walden University, an online college.
“I’m from Winston-Salem,” Huntley said. “I grew up in the
community. I have made so many relationships, and I have good relationships
with all of the local officials in town. I’m dedicated. My mom says, ‘There’s
always going to be challenges but there’s always going to be solutions,’ so I’m
dedicated to finding those solutions.”
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their channel have turned into full dooom and gloom propaganda ,throwing
a very dark picture for Russia navy ,even with all the advances they have done..
The core of his IDIOTIC logic ,seems to be,that if Russia don't match American
Aircraft carrier and Destroyers numbers.. that they are out of hope to project power
outside Russia borders..
if Russia wanted to project power lets say in the atlantic.. they can very
get for free a military naval base in Cuba and Venenzuela and from there their their Airforce like
Migs-31 and long range bombers ,armed with Hypersonic missiles ,they can terrorize
any NATO battle field group , since they have no capabilities to intercept hypersonic missiles
,even they say that.. and just one Kinzhal hypersonic missile is enough to erase from the map
an 1-3 Aircraft carrier group with a hundreds of warships ,including destroyers , near the strike
Also Russia can do a preventive surprise strike too ,near US eastern Coast.. in time of "peace" , before the war start.. if they feel the war can't be avoided.. So a decapitation strike with a hypersonic missile
on washington DC.. is completely possible in technical terms ..if Russia wanted to have that option on the table.. And positioning in place many Bombers with Hypersonic missiles.. including submarines positioning , if for example the location of most US Ohio subs is known ..can make the difference between a fast Victory of Russia ,before the enemy organize for a retaliation.
Is not my coincidence that Rand Corporation ,the major experts that Pentagon request help to
simulate wars vs RUssia and CHINA... in all their simulation ,they show US losing that war..
Long RAnge tactical strike Airfoce is where Russia needs to invest more.. Those TU-160s and bombers and backfires ,and mig 31 needs all to be modernized and be able to fire hypersonic missiles.and this will provide Russia with a very serious deterrence against NATO .. combine this
with Russia electromagnetic weapons to destroy NATO satellites in space and it will be a very
convincing deterrence to NOT start a major war against Russia ,not anywhere in the short ,medium or long future.. Contrary to South Front Doom and Gloom analizing ,Russia today have the capabilities to Win in a fight vs NATO in any part of the world.. if use their airforce wisely and the correct weapons..
Russia needs to open a base in Cuba with at least 100 planes and a dozen of them armed with
hypersonic missiles.. and do routine , patrols along the US eastern Coast.. that will scare the shit
of them.. knowing Russia can strike them with a nuke in 2-3 minutes hit their decision centers and they can't stop it . and only thing can do is retaliate.. this will force US navy to mobilize more closer to US borders to follow very closely any Russian plane ..near their borders.


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A 35-year-old virgin finally gets her man, but ‘Miss Lilly’ needs more than that
“Miss Lilly Gets Boned,” having its West Coast premiere at Rogue Machine, is an early play by Bekah Brunstetter, who went on to work as a writer and producer for the hit television series “This Is Us.” Brunstetter’s play “The Cake,” a timely comedy about a North Carolina baker torn between the ties of old friendship and her religious scruples about baking a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, generated a fair degree of press on both coasts.
“Boned” shows the audacity — and the limitations — of a nascent playwright trying to find a mature artistic voice in too many clamorous registers.
The action is split between a Baptist congregation somewhere in the United States and Nigeria, where a rogue elephant is undergoing intensive therapy, apparently to address its killer impulses and to save it from the gallows.
Back in the U.S., we meet Miss Lilly (Larisa Oleynik), a 35-year-old virgin whose chats with the Almighty include frequent exhortations to send her that someone special she’s been saving herself for. The prayer seems answered when Richard (Iman Nazemzadeh) arrives on the scene. Rapturous seduction follows, but Lilly soon realizes that, where Richard is concerned, she has driven her elephants to a very poor market indeed.
“Frozen,” “Harry Potter,” “Anastasia,” “Dear Evan Hansen” — when the tour comes to town, digital scene-setting will have unlocked storytelling options.
The cast includes Kavi Ladnier as the elephant therapist; Justice Quinn, who voices the elephant; Tasha Ames as Lilly’s unregenerately promiscuous sister; and Brady Amaya as Richard’s bereaved son, whose mother was recently killed.
The actors play well to their stereotypes, and Sean Cawelti’s amazing elephant puppet is a design highlight. However, director Robin Larsen cannot quite corral Brunstetter’s thematic irregularities, nor her confusing sampling of styles. The apocalyptic pachyderms echo Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros,” while Lilly is a Candide-esque naïf who is in for a harsh schooling. The action vaults from the twee to the dire, with much of the action cast in such an unlikely context that we are left questioning the time frame, the chronology of events, the motivations of the characters and the point that Brunstetter is trying to make in her imaginative but frustratingly flawed comedy. Or is that drama?
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Released: 29 October 2020
Originally Released: 30 October 1998
Developer: Double Fine Productions
Original Developer: LucasArts
Also Available For: Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
A Brief Background:
Grim Fandango was the brainchild of noted creator Tim Schafer, whose success with Full Throttle (LucasArts, 1995) allowed him to pitch a surreal, Day of the Dead-inspired concept that LucasArts hoped would revitalise the declining graphic adventure game genre. Despite initially being a PC-excusive title, Grim Fandango received widespread critical acclaim. For my part, I had been aware of the game thanks to gaming magazines and its enduring reputation as a much-loved title but it wasn’t until the Remastered version of the game became available on Xbox One that I actually got the chance to play, and finish, it for myself.
Grim Fandango Remastered is a truly unique videogame with an equally unique concept; taking place in the Land of the Dead, players control a Grim Reaper, Manuel “Manny” Calavera, who is actually more like a corporate travel agent who inhabits a very film noir-style version of the afterlife. The game takes a very bare-bones approach to its mechanics and interface; with no heads-up display (HUD) clogging up the screen, the game’s unique graphical style gets a chance to shine front and centre. Like the early Resident Evil titles (Capcom, 1996 to 2000), Grim Fandango utilises 3D models over static, pre-rendered backgrounds that must be interacted with to find objects, acquire clues, or advance the story. Unlike in those games, though, there’s very little in the way of onscreen prompts to point you in the direction you need to go, meaning that you have to interact with non-playable characters (NPCs) to figure out what’s going on.
The world of Grim Fandango is populated by a wide variety of 1940/1950-inspired clichés, such as molls, femme fatales, gangsters, and the like, all of whom are skeletons within the Land of the Dead. When you talk to them, you are given a wide variety of dialogue options and conversations can drag on (…and on) for some time, fleshing out the world and the characters and delivering important exposition that you need to pay attention to or else you’ll end up wandering in circles. Helpfully, you can skip these dialogue sequences with the push of a button to speed things up, which is very useful on replays or if you make a mistake but can easily mean you miss out on vital information (as I did).
Perhaps fittingly, there’s no danger of losing, dying, or getting a game over here; there’s only a handful of moments where Manny takes any kind of damage or gets into a fight so you don’t need to worry about searching for health, power-ups, or extra lives. Unfortunately, a great deal of the game’s focus is on obtuse puzzles, which are solved either by acquiring and using certain items and bringing them to NPCs, performing frustrating time-sensitive tasks, and a lot of experimentation and trial-and-error puzzle. Manny can hold a wide variety of objects in his suit or cloak but the most useful and versatile of these is his scythe, which can be used to hook out of reach objects and interact with the environment. However, I found that, a lot of the time, I was holding objects with no idea of how to use them and questioning whether I would actually have been able to figure out how to progress without a guide.
To be fair, I did complete the game but, to be brutally honest, I didn’t enjoy it all that much and I was forced to turn to a guide soon into my play time. I managed to recruit the demon Glottis as my driver, visit the living world (which was a surrealist nightmare), and get into the office of Manny’s boss using the window but then found myself running around in the lobby and the few rooms available to me trying to figure out what to do with the assortment of balloon animals I had on me. As a result, I turned to a guide and, following it, proceeded to skip and rush though all of the game’s dialogue, story, and sequences in order to earn all of its Achievements. When I first started the game and saw that it was much different to what I expected (I thought it was a noir-style murder mystery but it turned out to be much more about Manny’s existential crisis and misadventures), I wasn’t expecting to actually enjoy or finish the game but, thanks to this approach, was able to blast through it in a day or so.
Of course, the downside was that I largely missed out on the story and the more immersive aspects of the game but I found that it wasn’t really gripping me from the start, to be honest. As impressive as the game looks and as unique as its aesthetic style and concept is, I found the story a bit more convoluted than I expected and I was incredibly put off by some of the more frustrating puzzles. As I mentioned, there are times when it seems impossible to figure out what to do, like when you’re running around in a desolate forest trying to place a road sign in a pixel-perfect spot, or the puzzles were just needlessly annoying, such as lugging a giant axe around in a bathroom or desperately trying to move locks on a safe door or sing along with some literal worker bees.
I went into Grim Fandango Remastered excited to experience this cult classic of a game, was impressed by is visuals and unique concept, but quickly became overwhelmed by the lack of direction and confusing elements. I’m all for being given a lot of leeway with exploration and experimentation but Grim Fandango was a little outside of my comfort zone. I can definitely see what people liked about it and I’m sure that fans of this genre of game were probably well in their element but, for all its impressive voice acting, innovation, and imagination, I can’t say that I was inspired to come back to the game after earning all of the Achievements. Are you a fan of Grim Fandango? How do you feel the Remastered version holds up to the original? What did you think to the game’s unique visual style and concept? Did you also struggle with the puzzles and figuring out what to do or were you fully immersed in the experience? Would you recommend that I revisit the game someday and play it properly to actually get a better idea of the story and characters or did you, too, simply blast through it to grab some easy Achievements? Whatever your thoughts on Grim Fandango, feel free to leave a comment down below.
This is my favourite game of all time. Amazing story and atmosphere.
It definitely had plenty of those, I”ll give it that


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Dr. Dave Chokshi, the commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, will stay on in that role through mid-March, Mayor-elect Eric Adams said Wednesday.
Chokshi will then be replaced by Dr. Ashwin Vasan, a primary care physician and mental health expert.
Chokshi, often referred to as "the city's doctor," became health commissioner in Aug. 2020. He also remains a practicing primary care physician at Bellevue.
Vasan is CEO of Fountain House, a nonprofit that works on healthcare and opportunities for the seriously mentally ill. He is also on the faculty at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health and treats patients at New York-Presbyterian.
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Samsung announced the lower end Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite right before CES 2020, and at the event they have them on display. The devices trade in some of the high end specs of Samsung’s flagships for lower end parts, hopefully aiming at a reasonable price point.
The devices are extremely similar, both sharing a 6.7-inch 2400×1080 Super AMOLED display with a centered hole punch, 6/GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a 4,500 mAh battery, a 32MP front camera, and Android 10. Where they differ is camera setups and a few different features. The Galaxy S10 Lite has a standard 48MP “Super Steady” OIS main camera, 12MP ultrawide, and a 5MP macro. The Galaxy Note 10 Lite has a 12MP Dual Pixel main camera, 12MP ultrawide, and a 12MP 2x telephoto with OIS.
They also differ in processors, with the S10 Lite featuring a Snapdragon 855 and the Note 10 Lite featuring an octa-core Exynos processor. The Note 10 Lite also has a headphone jack and the obligatory S Pen.
Both devices feel smooth and snappy thanks to the flagship processors. Apps stay in memory and multitasking is seamless thanks to the plentiful RAM. The lower resolution screens are a downgrade but are still plenty vivid and bright and benefit from being flat rather than curved, while the beefy batteries are an upgrade over their flagship counterparts. Having the three camera perspectives on the Note 10 is great, but both devices have cameras with some grain and noise. The camera is one of the biggest downgrades here.
It’s a real shame that the S10 Lite didn’t get a headphone jack, but oddly enough the Note 10 Lite did. The S Pen is definitely not the same unit but it feels smooth and responsive.
The software is Samsung’s regular One UI 2.0 on top of Android 10. It was great to see the January security patch already installed on all of the devices, and Samsung is working harder to keep their devices up to date. One UI is nice and functional but there’s plenty of bloat preinstalled. Folders of random games and apps appear in the app drawer, a downside of manufacturer skins.
Both devices are large but fit pretty well in the hand. With the flat screen, you’re not at as much of a risk of pressing the side accidentally while reaching your thumb over. Still, at 1080p you are at under 400 PPI and the screen density isn’t great. However it definitely doesn’t feel budget.
One detail we don’t know is price. Considering the specs, we don’t expect the base S10 Lite to be under $700, with the Note 10 Lite getting a higher price tag. We can’t imagine these devices being a fantastic value, but they’re good phones with some surprisingly solid specs.


We know most of Daredevil's cast, but the story and tone are very much being kept a secret. Though he couldn't reveal too much about the series, Steven S. DeKnight was able to drop a few interesting tidbits of information at tonight's Guardians of the Galaxy premiere. The full interview can be watched in the video below, but perhaps the most revealing detail was what DeKnight had to say about Daredevil's tone. "We're going for a very gritty, 1970's New York feel. We love the idea of beauty in the decay of the city, and Hell's Kitchen being a place that is both horrible and beautiful at the same time. That's why Matt Murdock loves it so much and wants to protect it." That sounds a lot more Frank Miller than Mark Waid, and not too dissimilar to what Joe Carnahan had in store for the Man Without Fear when the character was still at Fox. What do you guys think? We should find out more at Comic-Con, so be sure to stay tuned to CBM!


Today, the Board issued its Final Rule addressing the Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status under the National Labor Relations Act.
Under the new standard, an entity may be considered a joint employer of a group of employees if each entity has an employment relationship with the employees and they share or codetermine one or more of the employees’ essential terms and conditions of employment, which are defined exclusively as: (1) wages, benefits, and other compensation; (2) hours of work and scheduling; (3) the assignment of duties to be performed; (4) the supervision of the performance of duties; (5) work rules and directions governing the manner, means, and methods of the performance of duties and the grounds for discipline; (6) the tenure of employment, including hiring and discharge; and (7) working conditions related to the safety and health of employees.
In adopting this new standard, the final rule rescinds the 2020 final rule that was promulgated by the prior Board. The new final rule more faithfully grounds the joint-employer standard in established common-law agency principles. In particular, the 2023 rule considers the alleged joint employers’ authority to control essential terms and conditions of employment, whether or not such control is exercised, and without regard to whether any such exercise of control is direct or indirect. By contrast, the 2020 rule made it easier for actual joint employers to avoid a finding of joint-employer status because it set a higher threshold that a putative joint employer must “possess and exercise . . . substantial direct and immediate control” over essential terms and conditions of employment, which has no foundation in common law. The new rule also provides extensive guidance to parties regarding their rights and responsibilities in situations where joint-employer status has been established.
“The Board’s new joint-employer standard reflects both a legally correct return to common-law principles and a practical approach to ensuring that the entities effectively exercising control over workers’ critical terms of employment respect their bargaining obligations under the NLRA,” said Chairman Lauren McFerran. “While the final rule establishes a uniform joint-employer standard, the Board will still conduct a fact-specific analysis on a case-by-case basis to determine whether two or more employers meet the standard.”
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was published by the Federal Register on September 6, 2022 and the comment period for initial comments was open until December 7, 2022. The Board received over 13,000 comments that it reviewed and considered in drafting the Final Rule. The effective date of the new rule is December 26, 2023, and the new standard will only be applied to cases filed after the effective date.
Members Prouty and Wilcox joined Chairman McFerran in issuing the Final Rule. Member Kaplan dissented.
View a fact sheet on the new rule.


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It turns out you’re right to live by the five-second rule, eating everything and anything moments after it lands on the floor. If anything, you have even longer.
A new video for a Discovery Science show called The Quick and the Curious – hosted by former NASA engineer Mark Rober – goes into detail, with passersby encouraged to eat a cookie that’s just landed on the ground.
The segment, which is presented by NASA’s Mike Meacham, is as basic as it is fun. It turns out that, far from five seconds being the cut-off point (often followed by blessing your crumbling biscuit), you’re actually golden for half a minute.
Well, half a minute depending on the environment. And, surprisingly, dropping food on a rug actually gives you more time to pick it back up than if you drop it on the lino in your kitchen. This is because rugs have less surface area touching the food.
This gives you time, you see.
“When any food flops on the floor, certain small amounts of bacteria will jump aboard immediately,” explains Rober, who narrates the segment. However, it takes a while before your favourite snack is compromised.
That is because bacteria moves incredibly slowly. But, obviously, time is against you. For example, food with moisture when left for more than 30 seconds on the floor picks up more than 10 times the bacteria than when it is picked up in three seconds or less.
“E-coli, salmonella and listeria love wet environments. They absorb water for the nutrients they need to grow and multiply.”
So 30 seconds is grand, within reason. But it’s probably best to stick to the five-second rule. Other researchers agree.
Dropping food image, via Shutterstock


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Online retailer Think Geek sent us a gift package of items to show off! Jason and I got a pair of awesome Q Figs that totally suit our style and collection, and the little missus is the proud new owner of a vegan leather Pokemon purse! Check out the vid to see what everything looks like up close and to hear our thoughts and opinions. Don’t forget to hit subscribe while you’re there, and leave us a comment letting us know which item you like the most!
I’m a big fan of Q Figs, you guys. I think that Qmx does an AMAZING job creating these smaller-scale, totally affordable little vinyl figures, and if you don’t agree that they’re beautifully well made and tons of fun, you clearly just hate fun. ^_~ Check out our unboxing of Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, Doctor Strange, Deadpool, Star Lord, and Mr Spock, and then check out the links in the description box of the video to pick some awesome Q Figs up for yourself!

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haha~this is my groups' modular stucture project~
wish we can get gred A~
Erm..well..we use alphabet "U" to do a Unicorn~
we felt so excited when we done our unicorn~
WE ARE THE PERFECT GROUP~haha~
well, i'm a perfectionist, my group sure need to be perfect all the time in doing our project~
wow~do tis project really dangerous..
bcs we used hot glue gun to stick the "U" alphabet
=.=n my hot glue gun explode!!!!it make me afraid~
really dangerous work~hahaa..

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(ZIZ)– Popular entertainment spot, The Frigate Bay Strip was the venue for an early morning shooting on St. Kitts.
While details are still sketchy, preliminary discussions with a senior police official suggests that three persons were killed in the incident. ZIZ news also understands that other persons were injured and transported to the hospital.
Meanwhile, last night (Friday) at around 8pm, ZIZ news responded to a report of a shooting at Conaree.
More details will follow.


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Derwent Inktense Pencil Tin 12 pc
The Derwent Inktense Pencils are Derwent's best water-soluble pencil ever with the most brilliant colours. Can be used dry but when mixed with water the colour turns into vibrant ink.
- Round 8mm barrel
- Wide 4mm core
- Once dry the colour is fixed and can be worked over the top of it.
- Due to its permanent feature it’s great for using on fabric such as silk and cotton. (You must make sure that all the pigment has been dissolved in the water to make it permanent. Any dry pigment will be washed out if further water is applied.)


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Trump like Abusive Husband, Americans and Hillary His Victims
KANSAS CITY — This is a traditional battleground area in U.S. Presidential elections, but this cycle there’s a difference.
As usual, commercials bombard voters with the choices, but this year there are no lawn signs promoting either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. In fact, there are few conversations about politics. That’s because people here want the election over because Trump’s antics, semantics image and slurs dominate the airwaves and cannot be tuned out or turned off.
Americans are like abused children in a family in which the father is an unhappy, angry, self-centred bully who is crude, racist and threatens the mother all the time.
That’s why it is hardly surprising that the most revealing poll results so far in this interminable election were those just released by the American Psychological Association: Some 52 per cent of all adults in both parties say the election is a very, or somewhat significant, source of stress in their lives — right up there with worries about the economy, money or their jobs.
This should not surprise. Trump has talked about firing all the generals in the Pentagon and putting in new guys, jailing Clinton if he wins and leading a revolution should he lose because everything – except his success and candidacy – he believes is rigged.
Diane Francis : The only poll that matters is the one on U.S. election day — all other polls are concoctions
Why Donald Trump’s hashtag strategy resonates, no matter how much he boasts, lies and gloats
His de-legitimization of the electoral process should be enough to disqualify him and is “political suicide,” according to radical conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer.
“His task was to stop the slide … to make him less toxic and acceptable as president, and less radical,” Krauthammer said on Fox TV. Americans want change, “but they don’t want a radical that will challenge the foundations of the Republic. Yes, you criticize conditions — you’re going to change Washington, etc. But you don’t challenge the legitimacy of an election and hold up the prospect of actual non-acceptance.”
Not surprising, the anxieties stirred by Trump are shared by the neighbours and the world, too. Trump would scrap NAFTA, NATO, nuclear non-proliferation efforts and cozy up to Putin.
His nihilistic rants about how awful everything and everyone else is both demoralize and depress as does his solution, which is that only he can fix everything. In New York, this idea is laughable — he’s disliked, has questionable partners and has gone bankrupt six times.
So why did this thoroughly unsuitable, discredited man run? Last week, one New York developer offered this explanation.
“He was going to renew his deal with NBC for (The) Apprentice and wanted to increase his profile to get tens of millions more,” he said. “That’s why he knows nothing, wings it and has no organization.”
Unfortunately, he was fired as the host by NBC in June 2015 after he offended all Mexicans.
Then he was propelled to where he is now by a lame TV media; opponents who were insulted off the stage; fraudulent, unaudited polls robotically repeated by a lazy media and a Republican Party that did no due diligence.
Justice is on the ballot, civility is on the ballot, democracy is on the ballot
Trump’s tabloid lifestyle — the women and questionable financing shenanigans — is an open secret in New York. This was why billionaire and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the Democratic National Convention that Trump’s candidacy was a “con.”
Months of tedious trash-talk and irresponsible slander later, the Republicans have a branding nightmare and so does America.
People are weary and, fortunately, he has gone too far with his personality disorders while Clinton has turned it around with her wonky preparedness and poise.
“Clinton’s successful execution of this strategy has been, fittingly, the product of traits that she’s often criticized for: her caution, her over preparation, her blandness,” wrote Ezra Klein with Vox this week after the third debate. “The result has been a political achievement of awesome dimensions, but one that Clinton gets scarce credit for because it looks like something Trump is doing, rather than something she is doing — which is, of course, the point.”
Such a critic is dismissed by Trump as another rigged, Liberal conspirator, but the facts are that Clinton could win a Goldwater-scale landslide. (She never was in peril, in my opinion, because he’s simply tiresome and moronic.)
However, this cannot happen if the voters don’t turn out.
“Justice is on the ballot, civility is on the ballot, democracy is on the ballot,” says President Barack Obama. “Vote.”
Hopefully the message is heeded and the Democrats humiliate Trump, not just beat him because much depends on the quality of the outcome.
If Trump gets 30 per cent or less, he will disappear from screens to battle the IRS, his ego and his demons.
If he gets 35 per cent, he will launch Trump TV.
If he gets 40 per cent, he will lead the Republican Party.
And, if he wins, America loses.
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No. 4: 49ers Head Coach Jim Tomsula
Years Coaching: 2010, 2015
Win-Loss Record: 6-11
Fans were understandably critical of Jim Tomsula during and shortly after his 2015 campaign, although it’s probable critics will look back more favorably on Jimmy T in coming seasons.
True, Tomsula wasn’t equipped to be a head coach at the NFL level. His press conferences were hard enough to watch, and his overly relaxed approach to practices resulted in one of the most ineffective and boring offenses the 49ers put together in recent years.
But one has to remember the mess Tomsula inherited. The 2015 Niners were going through quite the tumult, both in terms of the front office post Jim Harbaugh and on the roster. Standout contributors like linebacker Patrick Willis, defensive end Justin Smith and offensive tackle Anthony Davis all retired. Wide receiver Michael Crabtree, guard Mike Iupati and running back Frank Gore moved on. EDGE Aldon Smith was released during the summer, too.
In some ways, it’s almost miraculous Tomsula managed to get the team to five wins in 2015.
Interestingly enough, Tomsula’s selection managed to overcome a would-be grab of now-New York Jets head coach Adam Gase, who was a 49ers candidate at the time.
Considering Gase’s troubles both with the Jets and Miami Dolphins, maybe the Tomsula hiring was actually a blessing in disguise for San Francisco in a roundabout way.

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I was complaining to Brian about the lackluster inscriptions authors put in their books. If I ever write something and someone wants it signed, I said, I hope I come up with something better than “Best Wishes.” He reached for a book on the shelf and handed it to me, saying Try this on for size.
If you can’t read it, it’s from Matt Hart’s book of poems Wolf Face. It reads,Brian, How weird meeting this way with my wolf face all falling off the boat and you on the verge of something extraordinary. Really, man, it’s amazing that anything exists at all. At all. XO Matt
(That’s more like it.)


text: DeAnn: Thank you for your response. Sometimes a try isn’t good enough. You said that I am looking at a finite point instead of the whole picture. My background is PolSci. I worked in state government. I’m a lawyer. I am looking at the big picture of a broken justice system and how laws meant to capture “superpredators” instead snared low level criminals and criminalized behavior that wasn’t meant to be part of the law. If the superpredators laws worked then my hometown of Chicago shouldn’t have the gang problem it currently has. Even at the height of the crack-cocaine epidemic in the 80s, violence in Chicago was not at the current levels. As the saying goes, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Most everyone now agrees (educators/politicians) that the crime bill did little to stop superpredators, instead put police in schools where officers issue misdemeanors for spitting, farting, or worse yet assault students for things that in my day was designated for detention. Now kids as young as 5 have criminal records that have to be expunged. This is the result of well intentioned policies. People thought there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. When we realized that wasn’t true, you don’t say “my bad.” The big picture is a broken criminal justice system and politicians passing laws to garner votes. I know how a well intentioned system can imprison the innocent because they can’t afford bail only to have the case dismissed months later. Unfortunately, the damage is done. That person has lost employment and God forbid suffered assault/abuse while in prison. I know how prosecutors take cases to court to get win records to get promoted — an abuse of prosecutorial discretion. I grew up on Chicago Police Commissioner Jon Burge who tortured people to confess to crimes after being pulled over for minor traffic violations. I know all too well the big picture. Which is why I am so hard on Mrs. Clinton. Even if they meant well, more harm than good occurred. That is a travesty of justice! Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Even if we do not agree on the subject, we can agree to disagree amicably. That is what I like about Medium readers.

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F-1 Economic Need Work Permission
Definition of Severe Economic Hardship
The USCIS considers severe economic hardship to be situations that are unforeseen and beyond your control. These may include loss of financial aid or on-campus employment that is not your fault; a significant devaluation of your home currency; inordinate increases in tuition; or unexpected changes in the financial condition of your main support.
Student Eligibility Requirement
In order to qualify for Economic Need work permission employment, you must meet the following criteria:
- You have been in F-1 status for one full academic year;
- You must be able to document that the circumstances which led to your economic situation were unexpected and beyond your control. Examples include evidence of unexpected currency fluctuations, or the unexpected loss of employment or unexpected medical expenses incurred by you or your financial sponsor;
- Employment is not available or is insufficient on-campus; and
- You must be capable of continuing full-time studies and maintaining F-1 status while engaged in Economic Need work permission.
You do NOT need a job offer to apply for Economic Need work permission.
Application and Authorization Procedures:
The Office of International Students and Scholars will evaluate your situation to make certain that you meet the eligibility requirement and recommend that you need Economic Need Work Authorization. Once you receive ISS approval, an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) application will have to be submitted to USCIS.
Your complete application packet will include:
- an original SEVIS I-20 from the ISS, with a recommendation for Economic Need work permission.
- photocopies of all I-20s previously issued (even from other schools)
- photocopies of the passport bio and visa pages and photocopy the back and front of the I-94 card
- a check or money order made payable to USCIS in the amount of $380.00
- a completed Form I-765 Application for Employment Authorization
- two photographs (must meet USCIS specifications)
- a letter of explanation from you, addressed to the USCIS
- supporting evidence documenting the unforeseen and unexpected nature of your economic situation
- letters of support from your financial sponsor and academic advisor
USCIS can easily take up to 90 days or more to process this type of application. Approval is NOT guaranteed, and you may not begin employment unless you have received written approval from USCIS.


Looking for an affordable slate, say a 7-inch powered by a 1GHz Cortex-A8 processor with a 1024×600 pixels resolution, a 3 mega pixels rear camera and with Android 2.3 Gingerbread so you wont get headaches for an update?
Your on the right path my friend, Lenovo just showed-off its latest tablet at the IFA 2011, the IdeaPad A1, an affordable 7″ device with WiFi only (there’s no WiFi+3G version), plus comes in three version 8Gb, 16Gb or 32Gb all have sdcard slot to expand memory and weighs only 400 grams.
The price tag for Lenoveo IdeaPad A1 the 8Gb variant is only $199 a very good price if we add in the balance, hardware included.
IdeaPad A1 specs list:
- 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display
- Capacitive touchscreen with support for 2-finger multi-touch input
- 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor
- Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system
- Support for the Android Market and Lenovo’s app store
- GPS which works whether you have an internet connection or not
- Front VGA and rear 3MP cameras
- WiFi and Bluetooth (no 3G)
- Up to 32GB of storage.
- Black, white, pink, and blue color options
- Magnesium alloy case


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A while ago, a friend of mine shared in facebook about his Spotify Game of Thrones character. It is to find out which Game of Thrones character you will listen to music with. If you’re curious, you can try it here.
I tried that and my Game of Thrones match is Joffrey Baratheon. It was because my Spotify playlist was 65% emo. I laughed when I saw the result. After getting the result, I could see “The Honoured Playlist of King Joffrey Baratheon” and I found “Welcome to the Black Parade” by My Chemical Romance. Great.
I actually hoped I shared music taste with the characters I admire, like Tyrion Lannister, Olenna Tyrell, or Podrick Payne. However, considering that Joffrey listened to My Chemical Romance, I don’t mind listening to music with him as long as he doesn’t harm me or my family. Oh well, he won’t because 1) he’s fictional, 2) he has joined the black parade (but not as the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned).
Now let’s play the G note.


In a May 2012 report just released by the Ponemon Institute, 69 percent of organizations find it difficult to restrict user access to sensitive information in IT and business environments. On top of that 66% say their organizations find it difficult to comply with privacy and data protection regulations. So organizations are finding it hard to keep up with new regulation at the same time they are unable to secure data from internal users. It’s no wonder that in this same report 50% say that data has been compromised or stolen by malicious insiders such as privileged users.
What are companies doing about it?
Many have deployed encryption solutions. In the May 2012 report by Ponemon, 67% say they are very familiar or familiar with the use of encryption to protect sensitive data at the record level. And encryption solutions leverage role-based access to enforce data privacy at the application tier where personal information could be otherwise exposed. The challenge with encryption is that it often requires source code changes, meaning (1) potential performance overhead and (2) additional code and maintenance for applications that continue to change. For organizations with homegrown applications or packaged applications like PeopleSoft, Siebel, SAP or Oracle, encryption requires additional code changes their organizations may not want to support. Additionally, because developers would be required to implement the code changes, enforcing segregation of duties becomes more difficult. An ideal solution would allow for data to be protected with minimal (or no) performance or application code impact.
In addition, encryption does not prevent access by standard IT users or when authenticated applications and tools access the databases. In these cases all values are returned “in the clear.” An ideal solution would ensure that access is restricted for DBAs, system administrators, and other privileged users.
So what are organizations missing? Is there a way to augment encryption so that you can:
- Restrict data access for DBAs, system administrators and other users who see data unencrypted, or in the clear?
- Protect data of variable length or in unstructured or semi-structured format?
- Dynamically mask data without impact to the database or application?
- Protect data as the test, QA or training environment is created?
Hear Larry Ponemon discuss the survey results in more detail during a CSOonline.com/Computerworld webinar, Data Privacy Challenges and Solutions: Research Findings with Ponemon Institute, on Wednesday, June 13


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It seems that a human soul has been an object of interest for philosophers from the early dawn of civilization. The greatest minds tried to figure out
humans’ essence, study the character and so on. That’s one of the reasons why Psychology appeared and developed to an independent scientific discipline.
Psychology deals with the most complicated issues concerning behavior, relations, even complexes or attitude to different things surrounding you.
No wonder that so many people choose it like a hobby and spend a lot offree time reading books on Psychology. Actually, it is a very useful hobby regardless of what else you are interested in, where you work etc. As far as you are surrounded by other
living beings, you’ll have to communicate and cooperate with them. There will be bright and pleasant moments, and there will be conflicts and misunderstandings. Neither of them makes you a good or a bad person. This is what life is about.
In the end, there is no ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in psychology. Instead, it reveals general patterns of behavior, so-called games and ways to handle them, and
helps to find approach to any person, problem or situation.
Psychology is also a great way to figure out some personal things. For instance, there are numerous tests on defining character and temperament.
These are the basics, based on which a person can build relationship with others. It may be your colleague, your business partner, client, parent, boyfriend or girlfriend anyone. You have to communicate with each and every one of them. And everyone requires a unique approach, and diving deeper into the world of Psychology helps to find it.
Well, all this psychological stuff we tried to talk about here can give you a real headache. But don’t worry, just click on http://blog.jiji.ng/category/psychology/
and find a lot of interesting and
useful articles on Psychology. Enjoy!.

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Danfoss IXA is placed in Vejle (Denmark), close to the motorway.
Arrival by car
Comming from the north by mortorway E 45 across the Vejlefjord Bridge.Take exit no. 61 – approx. 500 m. Turn left at Fredericiavej approx. 500 m. Turn left at the second traffic lights – along Ulvehavevej – approx. 500 m.
Comming from the south by motorway E 45.Take exit no. 61 – approx. 500 m. Turn right at Fredericiavej approx. 300 m. Turn left at the first traffic lights – along Ulvehavevej – approx. 500 m.
Arrival by plane
Arrival at Billund Airport (www.bll.dk)
we recommend to take a taxi directly to Ulvehavevej. Distance from Billund Airport to Ulvehavevej is approx. 31 km. And travelling time by car is approx. 30 minutes.
Arrvial at Copenhagen Airport (www.cph.dk)
We recommend to take the train to Vejle train station and subsequently a taxi to Ulvehavevej. The train is leaving directly from the air terminal at least every hour all 24 hours – most of the time three departures every hour (www.dsb.dk). Travelling time by train is approx. 2 ½ hour and approx.10 minutes from Vejle train station to Danfoss IXA by taxi.
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Rumba and Conga Charanguera in Bejucal, Havana
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- 12 / 12 / 2009
The event is sponsored by the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC; Spanish acronym) in the province of Havana and has among its presidents of honour a José Luís Quintana (Changuito), Salvador González, Eloy Machado (El Ambia), Gregorio Hernández (Goyo) and Lino A. Neira PhD.
The activities start with a theoretical meeting with the municipality choir of Bejucal, which also includes conferences by Cary Diez, executive of UNEAC and the engineer Enríquez Zayas, a folk specialist and a debate table about the complex of rumba.
The workshop ends with the Peña de la Rumba y la Conga Charanguera with the participation of Alfonso Iyáe and his group Cubaché, Goyo and his group, Rumba Habana, Rumba Morena, and Tambores de Bejucal.
Sunday afternoon, the 10th Festival of the Conga, with the participation of several groups of this municipality, as well as from Quivicán, Santiago de las Vegas, Mariel and Guanajay is foreseen.
Source: ACN and Cubarte


To understand the effect of soot on heat transfer in a combustion furnace, a combined heat transfer analysis in a methane-air diffusion combustion furnace including soot was carried out. Nongray radiative properties of the combustion gas were evaluated using the Exponential Wide-Band Model, which was applied to the gray band model. The Discrete-Ordinates Method was used to solve the radiation transport equation. As the soot concentration increases, the radiative heat flux to the combustion furnace walls increases, whereas the convective heat flux decreases. The temperature in the furnace falls with an increase in the soot concentration, and both peaks of the temperature and the total wall heat flux shift to the upstream. This is because net irradiation of the radiation energy from the combustion gas-soot mixed medium increases with the soot concentration. Since the medium radioactivity decreases with the reduction in temperature accompanying the increase in the soot concentration, the wall surface thermal radiation flux decreases in the downstream of the furnace.


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"Expropriation without compensation" is meant to address the nation's stark inequalities in wealth and land ownership.
- Since the end of apartheid, South Africa has seized private land from citizens but always compensated owners.
- The new proposal is a more radical approach to correcting apartheid-era inequality.
- However, South Africa's constitution still requires the government to compensate land owners, so it's unclear how the government's seizure of private property without pay would play out in courts.
A new report warns about the increasing likelihood of international conflicts over water.
- A study finds that serious conflicts over water are going to arise around the globe.
- The 5 hotspots identified by the paper include areas of the Nile, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus, Tigris-Euphrates, and Colorado rivers.
- It's still possible to change course if we are prepared to address the effects of climate change.
South Africa is no longer the only place on the continent that has urban wealth clusters
- The wealth of Africans is projected to grow by a third over the next decade
- The continent's wealth is agglomerating in a number of urban clusters, in the south, east and west
- Wealth is collected in a few other places - isolated capitals and mini-clusters stretching from Morocco down to Angola
Nigeria, which accounted for more than half of all polio cases in 2012, reported zero new cases of the infectious disease in 2017.
A reappraisal of the Chinese Dali skull suggest a more prominent role for China in early human history.
A nearly complete human skull was found in Dali County of Shaanxi Province, China in 1978. A recent reappraisal of the skull has led some scientists to a hypothesis which, if proven true, turns the accepted history of early Homo sapiens upside-down.
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Five graves were uncovered on May 5 in a remote camp located just one kilometer away from a similar encampment close to the Malaysian border, where forensic teams found 26 bodies. On May 1, a joint military-police taskforce discovered the bodies at an abandoned human trafficking camp in the Sadao district of Songkhla province. According to Human Rights Watch, many were buried in shallow graves, while others were covered with blankets and clothes and left in the open.
Police reports indicate the dead are ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladesh who starved to death or died of disease while held by traffickers who were awaiting payment of ransoms before smuggling them into Malaysia. Traffickers controlling this camp apparently departed into the mountainous jungle, taking surviving Rohingya with them.
Following the discovery, police arrested three Thai officials and a Myanmar citizen believed to have links to the people smuggling network. Last year, Thailand was downgraded to the lowest rank in the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report (TIP), putting it on the same level as Iran, Cuba, Zimbabwe and North Korea.
In a DW interview, Matthew Smith, executive at the rights group Fortify Rights, talks about how Rohingya end up being trafficked in Thailand, and the conditions they and other migrants have to endure in such camps. Smith also accuses Bangkok of only giving the impression of combating trafficking without taking responsibility for protecting these migrants.
DW: Why has Thailand become a hub for human trafficking?
Matthew Smith: The police forces of Myanmar and Bangladesh are driving Rohingya into the hands of traffickers, toward Thailand and Malaysia. An entire population feels their only option is to seek asylum by sea. It's difficult to pinpoint a precise figure of Rohingya trafficked in Thailand but it could be as high as a quarter million since 2012.
These human trafficking syndicates are transnational. They prey on the desperation of Rohingya fleeing systematic abuses and they are capitalizing on the willingness of authorities in Thailand to participate in the trade or at least turn a blind eye. Thailand's policy for years now has been to usher Rohingya onward to Malaysia, and authorities have worked closely with traffickers to do that.
What does the discovery of the mass grave reflect about the fate of Rohingya in Thailand?
Rohingya lack protection everywhere they go, including Thailand. Traffickers in Thailand have been operating in camps that, in some cases, authorities knew existed, and in some cases knew precise locations.
It's been reported that Thai authorities have "rescued" some Rohingya survivors of trafficking. In reality, those rescued are very few in the greater scheme of things, and it's not altogether clear what happens to Rohingya who are brought into Thai custody. We know some have been deported back to Myanmar, where they are at great risk of severe abuses. Others end up back in the hands of traffickers. Many are subject to indefinite detention in Thailand.
Thai authorities tell us they don't like to use the word "detention" with regard to their treatment of Rohingya, but that's exactly what it is. We've visited these places and there is no doubt that detention is the appropriate term. These facilities are largely ill-equipped, and there have been reports of Rohingya dying in these facilities. Several hundred Rohingya are being held indefinitely right now.
How do Rohingya end up in such camps?
Their journey begins in Myanmar or Bangladesh. There are more than 650,000 Rohingya displaced in western Myanmar and Bangladesh combined, and upwards of one million in Myanmar living under intensely abusive conditions. This is a population ripe for human trafficking.
Most typically an onshore broker in Myanmar or Bangladesh deceives Rohingya to think they will be taken directly to Malaysia for the equivalent of $100 to $200. They board ships operated by transnational criminal syndicates, and they are packed in tightly, like cattle. Some people spend weeks at sea before the boat departs, waiting for an occupancy that far exceeds anything that would be considered humane.
Throughout the journey they're denied adequate food, water, and space, and subjected to severe beatings, and sometimes killings. The boats travel to Thai waters where the human cargo is transported to a makeshift jungle camp onshore, where again they're forced to live in cramped conditions.
In some cases, Thai authorities have intercepted these "shipments" and detained the Rohingya, only to later sell them to traffickers. We documented one such case that happened back in 2007, which demonstrates that this is not a new phenomenon.
Why do the authorities fail to provide appropriate protection?
The principal aim of Thai authorities has been to provide a corridor for Rohingya to get to Malaysia. They don't want to take responsibility for a new population of refugees so they turn a blind eye to the traffickers, or in some cases they see it as a lucrative economic opportunity and they participate directly in this modern day slave trade.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been made in the last two years alone. These economic incentives and a deeply flawed refugee policy work in tandem, against the rights of Rohingya.
How many of such human trafficking camps are there in Thailand?
We have reason to believe there have been an enormous number of camps over the last three years. The traffickers who operate these camps are most commonly Rohingya, Thai, Shan, Bangladeshi, or Malay. They torture their captives, sometimes on a daily basis, until they're able to raise money in exchange for "freedom" - passage to Malaysia where they tend to face more abuses. In the jungle camps they're kept in cramped conditions, and denied adequate food and water. These poor conditions are the most common cause of death in the camps.
How come Thai authorities often fail to detect and abolish these camps?
The main problem has been a lack of political will to really combat human trafficking in Thailand. Our research over the last two years indicates Thai officials knew the locations of many camps, or at least the general vicinity, and failed to act.
We recently suggested to Thai authorities that they use mobile phone frequencies to locate camps. Most of these camps are located in remote jungle areas with limited infrastructure, and there are hundreds of phone calls being placed from the camps by traffickers on a daily basis. In theory, this should make locations easily detectable, but acting on that would require political will, and up to now that's been absent.
For the last three years, certain Thai officials have simply wanted the traffickers to move all Rohingya to Malaysia in a timely fashion. If traffickers took too long to move Rohingya to Malaysia, Thai authorities would orchestrate a raid on a camp, but in almost all cases, the traffickers knew about the "raid" in advance and simply moved the camp to a new location or over the border into Malaysia.
This way, Thailand has given the impression it is combating trafficking without having to take responsibility for protecting survivors. It's been a horrendous three years for the Rohingya. Officials continue to say that Thai government policies have only reflected the Rohingya desire to travel to Malaysia, but that's a cop-out. People have died or been killed in shocking numbers as a result of those policies.
What is the Thai government doing to protect the Rohingya?
Thailand still categorizes nearly all Rohingya as "illegal migrants" rather than recognizing their status as survivors of human trafficking, asylum seekers, or stateless persons. In effect, Thailand still denies Rohingya any protection under both Thai law and international law and subjects them to detention and informal deportation.
In many cases, "informal deportation" has meant that authorities have handed Rohingya asylum seekers to trafficking syndicates, who in turn tortured them. The indefinite detention of Rohingya asylum seekers needs to end.
We've heard a lot about recent arrests of human traffickers and government officials. That's a good sign, and we'd commend Thailand on that, but until it results in prosecutions and convictions, it doesn't mean much. In the past, traffickers have been arrested and then were quietly set free, only to resume their operations.
Thailand needs to get serious about investigating and bringing action against human traffickers. While there is increasing recognition of official involvement with the trafficking networks, Thai authorities need to do more to root out traffickers in their own ranks and take action against corrupt and complicit officials.
Matthew Smith is a founder and executive director of Fortify Rights and a 2014 Echoing Green Global Fellow. He previously worked with Human Rights Watch (2011-2013), where he authored several reports on critical rights issues in Myanmar and China.


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The scene feels straight out of the James Bond film Spectre. We’re making our way down darkened alleyways teeming with people — boys in 007-worthy tuxedos and girls in voluminous cotton gowns and lace sheaths in midnight blues and black — toward our destination: a historic bullfighting ring. Snippets of conversations in French, German, and Spanish float by, with the bits I can understand questioning what’s in store for us tonight. Most of us are wearing masks or obscuring our faces with flowery La Calavera Catrina skull makeup, adding an extra-sexy allure to our evening look.
Spectre proclaimed in its opening shot, “The Dead Are Alive.” In this case, they’re ready for some licentious fun.
I’m here for the anniversary party to end all anniversary parties: a two-day extravaganza marking the 10th year of Tequila Casa Dragones at its spiritual home in San Miguel de Allende. Globetrotting CEO and co-founder Bertha González Nieves — the world’s first female Maestra Tequilera — invited 350 friends from around the world to this romantic Spanish-Colonial city in the central highlands of Mexico. Artists, writers, chefs, designers, slender and somber dark-eyed models, and a handful of Schnabels (Cy, Olmo, and Stella) have joined the celebration of Texans.
“I love Texas,” González Nieves enthuses. “I love the people and the generosity of heart in the Texan culture. Plus, Texans are the best hosts.”
In a crowd like this, my weekend romp soon turns into an insider’s experience of a city that has long been a magnet for ex-pats, creative types, and anyone looking for an inspiring weekend getaway just a two-and-a-half-hour flight from DFW. I know I’ll be back soon.
I landed at the quaint Querétaro International Airport at noon — San Miguel doesn’t have its own, so you must fly into either Querétaro or Guanajuato International Airport near León. Both are about an hour’s drive away, but I grabbed a shuttle instead of a rental car, to soak in the small towns and miles of desert tumbleweeds along the way.
San Miguel de Allende, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a hilly, high-altitude city, and I wanted a hotel that was close to the action with oodles of charm. Casa Hoyos, a boutique hotel with only 16 guestrooms, fits the bill with its contemporary Art Deco style and location in the city center, within walking distance of must-see sites such as El Jardin and Parroquia of San Miguel Arcángel.
After checking in, there’s just enough time to spruce up for an impromptu cocktail party thrown by Dallas design guru Michelle Nussbaumer, who keeps a home in San Miguel and makes frequent visits to entertain. Her hacienda is a string of buildings connected by patios and loggias. It was a 10-year labor of love, and the interiors and gardens are so incredibly chic that Architectural Digest ran a feature on it last year. The divine Nussbaumer, as glamorous as Anita Ekberg frolicking in a fountain and wearing one of her signature caftans, whispers in my ear: I need to make my way to some of her favorite stores, many of which can be found in a unique compound of restaurants and retail known as Dôce 18 Concept House.
Then it’s off to Casa Dragones’ kickoff cocktail party on the rooftop of the Rosewood San Miguel de Allende, at the fringe of the city center. Like many boutique properties here, this is a small outpost for the luxury chain with only 67 rooms. The open-air terrace with sweeping views of the city is available to hotel guests or anyone in need of a cocktail. On hand this night are face painters to get us partygoers ready for a parade through the city.
At dinner, I’m fortunate to be with some of the Dallas folks in town — Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Brian Bolke and Faisal Halum, and Suzanne Droese — as well as some fabulous Angelenos, including the charming Andrew Rhoda and gorgeous Priyanka Khanna. We dine at The Garage Dos Casas, an event space with slightly Brutalist interiors, like what a Rick Owens restaurant might look like. Our sumptuous meal, cooked by Olivier Deboise, executive chef at One&Only Resorts, begins with crab in habañero mayonnaise and continues with creamy polenta with wild mushrooms, braised pork jowl in chile de Arbol broth, and more. The tropical dessert with guava, soursop, yuzu, and nougatine makes a fine — and very late —finish with a sip of Casa Dragones tequila.
Alas, I had intended to go to sleep early to make a full day of Saturday, but an after-party on the rooftop of Casa Hoyos is in full swing, and I can’t resist.
Another noon start, this time for lunch at Quince with the Rachofskys and Brian Bolke. The rooftop restaurant has stellar views of San Miguel and seafood that’s legendary among locals and has garnered international acclaim as well. Then it’s on to my favorite pastime, shopping. Home design shops, artisan crafts, exquisitely tailored clothing — San Miguel is a shopper’s paradise. We check out Rachel Horn Interiors, Mixta, and Casa Armida for gorgeous pillows made by artisans famed for their textile techniques.
We browse Juana Cata, KM33, and Méson Hidalgo for apparel from Mexican designer Carla Fernández, serapes in every color of the rainbow, and silver jewelry. But my favorite shop is Recreo San Miguel, owned by ex-pats Lisa and Michael Coleman. Their boutique, in a 250-year- old building just a block from the main square, is a minimal, modern showplace that deftly combines shades of white and cool gray. The men’s and women’s clothing, dramatic leather capes and gauzy day dresses, are constructed in San Miguel. Then it’s back to Casa Hoyos for a massage in the hotel spa — the remedy to a long afternoon walking the city’s cobblestone streets.
The evening begins with cocktails (but of course) at La Casa Dragones — a 17th-century former stable, now transformed into the home of Tequila Casa Dragones. Securing a visit is as easy as reaching out to the brand’s concierge team. Or make your way to the Casa Dragones Tasting Room, a chic six-seat destination for sipping craft cocktails, located in the Dôce 18 compound. My favorite is the spruce and tequila spritz, made from Casa Dragones Blanco, spruce tip cordial, Cocchi Americano, and fresh lemon. After a few sips, I’m ready for the main event: a grand party at the historic Plaza de Toros, a 16th- century bullfighting ring transformed with thousands of vibrant orange flowers, a 10-piece mariachi band, two larger-than-life Mojiganga puppets, and a singer on horseback. We ring through a tunnel, where a dramatic dinner is set beneath a canopy of Mexican papier-mâché lanterns, with a menu cooked by some of the world’s renowned chefs.
Each course is plant-based with peak-of season ingredients sourced from San Miguel and the floating farms called chinampas in Xochimilco, where farming is done using techniques dating to the Aztecs. Elena Reygadas, known for her Italian-influenced cooking at the lovely Rosetta in Mexico City, oversees the pan de miento and the mole de hoja santa. Enrique Olvera, the originator of modern Mexican cuisine at Pujol in Mexico City, and Daniela Soto-Innes, the James Beard Award-winning chef at Cosme in New York City, labored over the other courses, including tamal de calabaza, barbacoa de hongos, and a raspado de Mandarina dessert.
Revelers, in Gucci and Valentino, wear traditional Day of the Dead floral headdresses, handmade masks, and La Calavera Catrina makeup. Among them are designers Naeem Khan, Héctor Esrawe, and Carla Fernández; artists Gabriel Orozco, Danh Vo, and Pedro Reyes; Academy Award-winning writer Stephen Gaghan; and Bob Pittman, Casa Dragones co-founder and CEO of iHeartMedia.
After dinner, the scene transforms into an arena concert as González Nieves welcomes a favorite Mexico City band, Tropikal Forever, whose playlist ranges from Radiohead to The Rolling Stones. Dancing carries on through the wee hours, though I suspect you already knew that.
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i have been working pretty steady on my daughters wedding sampler, they just had there one year anniversary and i want it done soon.
it is on silk gauze 45 count and lets just say it is taking some time. i have redesigned it many times but finally i do love how it is turning out. i will post once it is done.
i had a great time at the North West Sampler Guild retreat this month and came away so inspired and amazed at what all of these beautiful woman create. above is just one of many incredible stitched pieces.
NSG has the best retreats, this year and next will be held in Gold Bar, WA. come join us next year!
a great place to take walks in the wilderness.


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With an accumulative total of 2,944 hours delivered across 32 days through the support of 122 varied organisations, the summer delivery of HAF 2022 has undoubtedly been a success. Through the unique and productive partnership between The Hubb Foundation and Stoke-on-Trent City council, a bespoke offering has materialised for the children in our city who need the help most. Furthermore, there has been consistent praise about the delivery model incorporated in Stoke-on-Trent.
With more than 37,000 invitations to children across the city in summer 2022, we were able to support the 'Transition' programme (funded by the Opportunity Area) supports children on their journey through their transition into secondary school. Operated directly through the high schools across Stoke-on-Trent and in partnership with feeder schools, The Hubb Foundation commissions and coordinates activity and enrichment providers to offer children a fun and engaging experience at their new school prior to term time.
Designed to support families over an eight week period on average, this project gives each family a slow cooker, utensils, and ingredients to make cost-effective meals (ranging from soups to casseroles). Providing over 72,000 meals in the last year, this project helps families to discover how they can prepare and cook hearty, healthy, and hot meals at home for the whole family.
In partnership with the Port Vale Foundation and Synectics Solutions, we helped to provide and deliver more than 350,000 meals to families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through referrals from schools and local organisations, we ensured each family received the support they needed during this critical time.
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In addition to our holiday projects, we support community venues in making their organisations both compliant and sustainable. Through free training sessions to bid writing support, we look to upskill community based organisations to support them in supporting disadvantaged families in Stoke-on-Trent.


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First Settlers in the County
Somerset's first permanent settler was a German, Philip WAGERLINE, who lived near present day Berlin, in Brothers Valley Township. Wagerline arrived in Somerset (then Bedford County) sometime before 1771 when Herman HUSBAND visited his cabin during the summer of 1771. Wagerline was a farmer and was plowing the rich farm lands when Husband first arrived.
Husand, most notable of the early settlers to Somerset County, was heading for a friend's hunting cabin in the nearby mountains. Issac Cox, a former neighbor of Husband's kept a small hunting cabin in Western Pennsylvania and was living there at the time of Husband's visit.
Harmon Husband, a native of Maryland, was living in Orange County, North Carolina at this time. Shortly after the repeal of the Stamp Act, Husband and others from patriotic Orange County formed a small group called the "Regulators". The Regulators banded together to propose opposition to the growing injustice of the courts in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. Husband was a devout Quaker and was against violence of any kind. However, the Regulators were more prone to violent acts against the governing justice system and rioted in the city streets.
Husband, was a well known legislator in Orange County, and tried without success to change the law by peaceable means. However, Husband, was arrested for protesting unjust collection of taxes and later was declared by "ex post facto" an instigator in the Hillborough riots.
The Governor, wanting to try Husband for treason, in the hopes of squelching more riots, jerry-rig a jury and pronouced Husband guilty. The growing tensions between the Governor's forces and the militant Regulators erupted in the Battle of Almance. The Regulator's were severaly defeated and the leaders of the rebellion were executed. Husband was forced to flee pending immediate execution. He left North Carolina and returned to his homeland of Maryland. However, word had been spread about him and the Governor of Maryland gave stern warning to anyone in Maryland and Virginia who had thoughts of harboring any of the fugitives of the Battle of Almance.
Harmon Husband, stayed in Somerset County (then Bedford) and built a cabin six miles from Wagerlines. Husband, fearing the use of his real name, went by the pseudonym of "Tuscape Death" (To Escape Death). Wagerline and Cox, however, preferred to call him the "Old Quaker".
Issac Cox later sold his land to Harmon Husband (known later as BARRON Farm) and moved west. Husband acquired several thousand acres of land, most of present day Somerset. Husband, later became one of the first Assemblymen to the Pennsylvania Legislature from Bedford County following it's organization after the Declaration of Independance.
In 1776 he plotted most of the town of Somerset. In 1790, he presented the petition to the legislature requesting the formation of Somerset County. He died in 1795, following an unjust imprisonment in Philadelphia, only a few months short of seeing Somerset chosen as county seat.
(excerpted from Somerset Past, Vol V, No. 2, pp. 20-21)
For more information on the descendants of Harmon Husband, read Mary Elinor Lazenby's biography of Harmon Husband.
This county is part of the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit genealogical resource web system, and is maintained by April Phillips and Connie Burkett with help and information provided by other volunteers.
Last Revised: December 7, 2006

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