Today's climate and energy headlines:
- US Treasury secretary Mnuchin launches attack on Greta Thunberg
- Australian bushfires to contribute to huge annual increase in global CO2
- Revealed: UK financing millions of tonnes of carbon emissions overseas
- David Attenborough to appear at citizens' climate assembly
- Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds to midnight, the symbolic hour of the apocalypse
- Big business says it will tackle climate change, but not how or when
- Prince Charles sees climate change urgency – unlike Trump
- Distorted Pacific–North American teleconnection at the Last Glacial Maximum
- An investigation of the ocean’s role in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability
US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin criticised Greta Thunberg yesterday, challenging the economic impact of the climate activist’s call for investors to divest completely from fossil fuels, reports the Financial Times. “Who is she? The chief economist?” Mnuchin asked a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “After she goes and studies economics in college she can come back and explain that to us.” Mnuchin said many economies were moving towards more efficient and cleaner forms of energy without pressure from investors, the FT reports. “For people that call for divestment, there are significant economic issues; issues with jobs,” he said. Mnuchin later told CNBC he did not believe there were just a few years left to prevent a climate catastrophe, reports Reuters. “There are a lot of other important issues” threatening civilisation, he said, citing health and nuclear proliferation. “The youth needs to understand: climate is one issue that needs to be put in contexts with lots of other things.” Thunberg responded by tweeting: “My gap year ends in August, but it doesn’t take a college degree in economics to realise that our remaining 1.5C carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and investments don’t add up,” reports the Hill. She included a video of a Carbon Brief chart showing how quickly emissions need to fall to meet the 1.5C limit. The Washington Post spoke to economist Gernot Wagner at New York University, who told the paper that Thunberg did not need to go much further than Economics 101 to make her case. And Vox asks Mnuchin and other Republican Party policymakers: “Why don’t you listen to what economists have to say about climate change, if you think Thunberg’s ideas are too economically destructive?” An Axios piece on the media coverage of Davos concludes that “Thunberg’s presence at Davos was great for the conference’s optics. But Trump (and his daughter) effortlessly topped the conference hierarchy”.
Meanwhile, elsewhere at the World Economic Forum, the Guardian reports that “hopes of using Davos to forge a new international consensus to tackle poverty and the climate crisis have been thwarted by the decision of the World Bank president, David Malpass, to boycott the event”. The paper continues: “To the surprise of the other multilateral institutions, Malpass turned down his invitation to attend despite being in Europe this week for the UK government’s Africa investment summit in London.” Another Axios piece says that “Big Oil often takes centre stage, but big finance is having its climate moment this year, between the 2020 presidential elections and events at Davos”. Bloomberg notes that “it took 50 years for climate change to top the Davos agenda”.
Australia’s bushfires are expected to contribute up to 2% of what scientists forecast will be one of the largest annual increases in atmospheric CO2 on record, the Guardian reports. The UK Met Office projects that atmospheric CO2 will average 414.2 parts per million (ppm) for 2020, peaking at 417ppm in May, the Guardian adds, adding that this year will likely see “a 2.74ppm increase above the 2019 average”. The paper notes: “Emissions from bushfires are usually considered to be climate neutral in carbon accounting, based on the assumption that forest regrowth absorbs a similar amount of CO2 as was released. But scientists increasingly warn this is likely to be optimistic as many burned areas never recovered to their pre-fire state.” Bloomberg says that estimates suggest the bushfires “will release about 900m metric tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere – about the same emitted by all commercial aircraft in 2018”. A Met Office statement says: “A forecast of the atmospheric concentration of CO2e shows that 2020 will witness one of the largest annual rises in concentration since measurements began at Mauna Loa, in Hawaii, 1958,” reports Reuters. The Evening Standard notes that “levels are set to remain above 410ppm throughout the year for the first time.
An investigation by Greenpeace’s Unearthed in conjunction with BBC’s Newsnight programme reveals that “a little-known UK government agency is helping to finance projects overseas that will emit 69m tonnes of greenhouse gases per year”. The UK Export Finance (UKEF), which offers loans and financial guarantees to UK companies involved in major projects around the world, is supporting “overseas fossil fuel projects it is supporting will emit greenhouse gases equivalent to 17 coal plants”, Unearthed says. It continues: “According to figures collated by Unearthed, the government could be on the hook for up to £6bn invested in fossil fuel projects around the world. UKEF has helped to fund schemes from oil wells off the coast of Brazil to oil refineries in Bahrain and Oman.” A UKEF source “defended its investments in the oil and gas sector by saying that they had helped to sustain UK jobs in a time of low oil prices”, says Unearthed. “They added that the industry is vital to the UK’s economy and energy. In the last three months, UKEF has provided £230m of support for a windfarm off the coast of Taiwan and £47.6m for two solar plants in Spain, the spokesperson added.” The investigation also uncovered evidence that “the government has explored the possibility of UKEF supporting a vast coal-powered mine in Mongolia”, Unearthed says. BBC News also has its own write-up of the story. The Independent notes that “This [69m tonnes] figure – which is said to be a ‘worst case scenario’ – is equivalent to the amount emitted by a country the size of Portugal”. The Guardian leads with another angle, saying: “More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals struck at this week’s UK-Africa investment summit were for fossil fuels, despite a government commitment to ‘support African countries in their transition to cleaner energy’.”
Sir David Attenborough will address members of the public who are taking part in the UK’s first climate assembly this weekend, reports the Guardian. It continues: “The TV presenter and naturalist will appear in Birmingham, where the 110 members are meeting to address how to reduce emissions to zero by 2050, to thank them for taking part.” The assembly, which was selected to be a representative sample of the population after a mail-out to 30,000 people chosen at random, will will meet for four weekends this spring, the paper says, noting: “On the third weekend it will begin making decisions about ways to meet the net-zero target.” Sir David Attenborough has urged politicians and the public to “listen closely” to their recommendations, says the Press Association. Speaking ahead of his appearance at the assembly, Sir David said: “These people have been picked to represent our population as a whole, they come from all walks of life, and together they will deliberate carefully on behalf of us all.“
Elsewhere, the Press Association also reports that “almost three-quarters of special natural areas cared for by the National Trust are under threat from climate change”. The Daily Telegraph reports that the RSPB says Britain’s smallest birds have been boosted by the mild winter this year. The Daily Telegraph also reports that the government “has been warned” that “burning wood from forests for energy could be worse for the climate than coal”. It continues: “The Committee on Climate Change [CCC] called for subsidies to support the expansion of forest cover across the UK as part of its plan to meet its legally binding net zero target…It said some of the forests could be used ‘sustainably for combustion and carbon sequestration in the energy sector’.” However, Duncan Brack, an energy specialist at thinktank Chatham House, told the paper that while “expanding forest cover is undoubtedly a good thing, if you’re leaving them standing”, cutting down forests for renewable energy was “almost certainly counterproductive”. In a related Daily Telegraph comment piece, journalist, farmer and self-confessed “lukewarm climate change believer” James Blackett writes: “We have planted a large number of trees over the years on our farm. But looking at them standing alongside our fields, I can’t be sure that they are growing any more organic matter each year than the grass.” Carbon Brief has an in-depth summary of the CCC’s report on the UK’s land and farming sector.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is moving its “Doomsday Clock” up by 20 seconds to 100 seconds to midnight, reports the Washington Post. It is the first time the clock – a metaphor for the end of the world – has passed the two-minute mark in more than 70 years of existence, the paper notes. The group says the change is due to the dual threats of nuclear war and climate change, reports MailOnline. Bulletin president Rachel Bronson said in a statement that “we are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds – not hours, or even minutes…We now face a true emergency – an absolutely unacceptable state of world affairs that has eliminated any margin for error or further delay”, reports CNN. Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson said “the world needs to wake up. Our planet faces two simultaneous existential threats”, reports the Guardian. Robinson added that countries that do not aim to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and instead exploit fossil fuels are issuing “a death sentence for humanity”. The Hill, Sky News, Axios and Time also have the story, while the Independent carries a comment piece from former secretary-general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, who says the advancing clock highlights that “the climate crisis poses an equally grave existential challenge to humanity” as the threat of nuclear war. He adds: “The devastating fires in Australia only the latest example of the risks posed to human health and safety by global warming and extreme weather events.”
“Business titans who for decades brushed off warnings about climate change arrived at the annual World Economic Forum this week ready to show their newfound enthusiasm for the cause,” say New York Times reporters David Gelles and Somini Sengupta. However, while “finance leaders and company chiefs conspicuously rallied around a consensus that accelerating global temperatures pose a significant risk to society – and to business”, what was missing was “a clear answer to the question of what exactly they would do about it and how quickly”, they write. The new climate pledges “were the latest in a string of climate-related announcements in recent weeks”, yet “few companies and investors provided details at Davos on how they would rapidly transition away from an economy based on fossil fuels. Just a fraction of global businesses currently disclose the financial risks posed by climate change. Even fewer have set their own targets and timetables to do what the science demands: Reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by half over the next decade.” New York Times contributing opinion writer Tim Yu puts it pithily: “Woke capitalism, in short, was the dominant motif at Davos 2020.”
Writing in the Financial Times, Jean-Marc Ollagnier – group chief executive of the resources operating group at the professional services company Accenture – says that the World Economic Forum “is a fresh opportunity for businesses to take the lead in developing a new energy system”. While Gillian Tett – chair of the editorial board and US editor-at-large of the FT – says that the repeated mentions of a carbon tax at this week’s World Economic Forum “shows a rising level of interest”. Talking about a carbon tax now “helps make clear to companies the looming costs to them if governments get serious about climate change”, says Tett, adding: “Discussing carbon prices now has a second benefit: it helps us think about the financial transfers which could or should be used to help specific populations or entire countries adjust to a climate shock. When economists outline schemes for carbon taxes, they usually assume that the cash taken in will be redistributed. Setting a price would make it easier to model future economic scenarios and help politicians communicate the looming choices to voters long before a carbon tax system is actually put in place.”
Also in the FT, “undercover economist” Tim Harford has a piece explaining how climate change is “the most pressing example today” of a “prisoner’s dilemma” – “the most famous problem in game theory”. He adds: “Every nation and every individual benefits if others restrain their pollution, but we all prefer not to have to restrain our own.” And in a fourth FT piece, columnist John Dizard looks at how “infrastructure funds have become a way around decarbonisation targets”.
Commenting on Prince Charles’ climate change speech at Davos, a Daily Mirror editorial says that while some will see it as “another example of meddling…this is an issue close to his heart and he speaks with the authority of someone who has long championed the need for greater environmental protections”. It continues: “Unlike Donald Trump, who refuses to accept the danger of global warming, the Prince of Wales put forward a serious plan to tackle the greatest challenge of our lifetime. He balanced his call for higher taxes on polluters with an appeal to business to do more to limit the impact of climate change.” The paper concludes: “Prince Charles gets the need to act. Now we need the politicians to get it too.” Sun executive editor Dan Wootton is less impressed: “The time has come for this man to step up and save the monarchy, not continue with his overtly political passion projects.” After “blatantly political statements” from Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg, “our future king was doing the same thing”, says Wootton: “Whenever will he learn? His family is currently in the midst of its biggest crisis since Princess Diana’s death.” Times columnist David Aaronovitch picks up on the “Trump v Thunberg battle” at Davos, writing that it provides “an exemplar of how polarisation may be driving us mad”. And, finally, an editorial in the Daily Telegraph says that the new coronavirus in China is “a reminder that amid all the current doom-mongering about climate change, this is not the greatest threat to humanity which has, after all, survived ice ages and warmer weather in the past”.
The Pacific–North American (PNA) teleconnection is one of the most important climate modes today and it enables climate variations in the tropical Pacific to influence North America. This paper shows that the PNA teleconnection was largely distorted or broken during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in climate models. The distorted PNA is caused by a split in the westerly jet stream, which is ultimately forced by the large, thick Laurentide ice sheet that was present at the LGM. The distorted PNA suggests that climate variability in the tropical Pacific, notably El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), would have little direct impact on North American climate during the LGM.
Better understanding Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV) will aid regional and global climate predictions. Though ocean dynamics have long been invoked to explain the AMV, recent studies have cast doubt on its influence. This paper evaluates the necessity of ocean dynamics for the AMV using an observationally-based idealized model that isolates the contribution of atmospheric forcing to the AMV. By demonstrating that this model underestimates the observed sea surface temperature variability in the extratropical North Atlantic, the authors infer that ocean dynamics contributes significantly to the AMV in this region. Ocean heat transport convergence is needed to explain the sea surface temperature variability.
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BAROMETER. Asia-Europe freight rates since the end of October make it look more likely that the shipping companies are heading for a runway overrun than a soft landing.
Under the combined effect of excessive stocks and weak consumption, Western economies have reduced their new orders from Asia.
The reaction of the shipping companies
The shipping companies have responded to the slowdown by cancelling and delaying departures from Asian loading ports in line with a now, well-established strategy.
They would certainly have liked to surf a little longer on the "super profit" wave, but the time has now come for them to secure earnings which have returned to more normal levels for the foreseeable future.
If demand remains insufficient, they have four ways of limiting the capacity at their disposal. They can:
- Cancel departures: the three big alliances have already started doing this and have even suspended entire services.
- Take out of their fleets as much heavy carbon-emitting capacity as possible at the end of 2022.
- Delay the introduction of new ships into their fleets.
- Slow vessel speeds even more than they already have.
The improved financial position of the shipping companies allows them to use all these methods, at least temporarily. The current heavy erosion of their margins per unit is encouraging them naturally to make use of their biggest ships, even if it means waiting some time to fill them before they leave Asian loading ports.
The impact on supply chains
The first conclusion to be drawn is that these policies are not going to facilitate the restoration of supply chain regularity. Quality of service, which seems to have markedly improved since the end of the second quarter looks like deteriorating again in the fourth quarter as things stand.
The second conclusion is that the current strategy of the shipping companies recalls the one they introduced in April 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. They decided then in a certain sense to turn off the engine and wait for shippers to start fighting for space on ships. It was the only way to ensure they survived at a time when their finances were extremely precarious. Today, however, the situation is more complex. In the first half of 2020, there was space in the warehouses and logistics costs were minimal, which is far from being the case today. The market dynamic has changed, therefore.
Asia-Europe freight rates have fallen by €1,000 per container since the summer and we risk shortly coming close to the companies' break-even point (...)

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Planting starts in southwest Iowa
Corn planting is underway for a southwest Iowa farmer.
Duane Aistrope says a string of 70-to-80 degree days has provided an excellent planting window.
“This year our conditions are very favorable because we are really dry down here,” he said. “I’m planting in moist dirt, but if you go down very far it’s pretty dry down below where I’m planting the seed.”
He tells Brownfield it will be critical to have a good 2023 crop year. “If these markets do drop, which I’m thinking they very well could, it’s going to cut into our bottom line.”
Aistrope says fertilizer prices have been lower, but seed costs have gone up.

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In an age of computers, devices, gizmos, cell phones, and electronics everyone needs to be the first to produce, own, or buy the newest expertise. Not one of the firms that met with Samsung officials supplied any statements on these discussions, however then again, the trade restrictions come at a time when a number of of them are preparing for the launch of recent-era merchandise. Lots of people shun handsets operating Windows Mobile and Samsung will, little question, lose some business due to it. However, with version 6.5 of Microsoft’s mobile platform on the way, the Omnia II could also …
With all of its recent licensed characters, which includes everyone from Sarah Connor to The Mandalorian, the virtual battlefield of Fortnite is starting to resemble a playground full of action figures. When you think about it like that, a collaboration with G.I. Joe makes a lot of sense. With that in mind, Epic and Hasbro announced that iconic character Snake Eyes will be available as part of the Fortnite universe starting today — both in-game and as a physical toy.
The new version of the character is called Snake Eyes: Zero Point edition, an allusion to a key part
The latest app to catch an illogical ban from the Google Play Store is Element, an open-source, end-to-end encrypted messaging client for the federated Matrix chat protocol. Google banned Element late Friday night, a ban which Element said “is due to abusive content somewhere on Matrix.” Matrix has millions of users, and as a federated chat protocol, Element does not control the content on Matrix, so this is a bit like banning a web browser for displaying web content. Element says it is working with Google to “explain how Element works and get the situation resolved.”
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We might solely realise how essential our devices are to our lives when something goes improper. Yes we are ‘here’ and these are definitely occasions filled with mistrust, fears and agitation. If all people of good will perceive our situation collectively, we stand an opportunity of emerging from this social miasma. Thank you very much for taking out your time to read the article above and provides me a optimistic feedback. I will carry on making an attempt to do good for all man, thanks again. Ultrasn0w unlock is a software hack to unlock iPhone four, 3GS and 3G with …
Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service has launched for the Chrome web browser and M1 Macs in beta (via XDA-Developers), bringing resource intensive games to laptops and other devices that might not have been powerful to run them on their own. We just tested out the Chrome browser version on a Mac and a Windows 10 PC, and it seems to be running smoothly.
GeForce Now already had applications for Windows 10 and Android devices, but expanded to an even wider audience with a beta launch for Chromebooks in August of 2020, and followed it up by beating Stadia

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The global oil price is below $40, the new policy under this administration is yet to provide enough forex for marketers; These are reasons Nigerians are battling with the current fuel crises.
However, hawkers and secondary sellers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on streets (otherwise known as Black market) have populated the city.
Black market operators are people who buy fuel at a regular price then in turn sell it to consumers at an outrageously inflated price.
Fuel scarcity has been a boom for black market, most of them often record up to 100% profit on sales.
The danger behind this business idea cannot be over emphasized; the city of Lagos alone has witnessed several explosion as a result volatile movement of petroleum.
The House of Reps in March ordered that Black market should quit the street.
However, some citizens disagree with reps’ order, many believe black market have been a helpful source in conquering the fuel crisis.
Adeoye Martha, a hair stylist who makes use of petrol throughout the day said “I don’t think black market should be eradicated because I cannot withstand the queue at the fuel station. My customers come in and they want their hair done as soon as possible so how am I supposed to stand in queue at fuel station and still come back and service my customer. Black market saves me the stress.”
Most Petrol stations around the city has a huge crowd of grieving customers.
Gbolahan a commercial driver said “I had to wake up as early as 5’o clock to get fuel in my bus before starting my business for the day. This is the only way I can get fuel at the regular price (85 naira). A particular day fuel finished in my bus and my conductor had to patronise the black market and he bought 5 litres of fuel for one 1500 naira. Black market extort but they save stress”
Chinedu said “since the fuel situation I have been unable to put on my generator at home. The bus fare is now a double of what we pay before and whenever am lucky to get the fare at a reasonable price, the seating arrangement in the bus is choking”.
Mr Joaseph Bamidele a civil servant said “the fuel situation is critical. Before the crisis became so arduous, I either wake up early or home really late in order to queue up at the fuel station to buy fuel at the regular price, even though some still inflate the price. But on the long run, I had to switch to the black market sellers because queuing up at fuel station is painstaking. If the black market sellers had not been there, the queue at ful station will be larger.
The Minister of state for petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu had earlier said the fuel crisis would not end until may before withdrawing his statement to settle for the 7th of April.
According to the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari, Oil revenues are expected to contribute N820 billion this year as Buhari propose to diversify the economy and invest fully in agriculture.
The black market has created an easier bit expensive way to purchase fuel without dealing with hours on a long queue.
The order by the National Assembly might not have much hold as the people still prefer the quick access to petrol.
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58s are 58s only.Originally posted by maddogg20/20@Nov 14 2007, 05:18 PM~9228923
G'luck finding one of those.
Might have to buy a new/reproduction bow assembly for a tri-five Chevy, that is if it's the same....
Since they started making the new '57 bodys I think they now manufacture the entire folding top racks.
I've seen where they were being sold on carsinc.com (I think), but they never listed a price, so........ :0


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Max Brod and Franz Kafka. | SWR/SAGI BORNSTEIN/DR
The City of New York has settled with Occupy Wall Street over a lawsuit resulting from the destruction of an OWS library during a police raid last year. According to papers filed by the OWS Library Working Group, the city seized 3,600 books last November, and only returned 1,003 of them. The city has agreed to pay the movement $47,000, and will cover $186,350 in attorney fees.
Todd Field, director of Little Children and In the Bedroom, is adapting Jess Walter’s latest novel, Beautiful Ruins.
Deborah Copaken Kogan contributes a brave and frequently shocking essay to The Nation about her “so-called post-feminist life in arts and letters.”
Bernardo Bertolucci’s latest feature is an adaptation of a novel by Italian writer NiccolÚ Ammaniti. The 73-year-old director is best known for Last Tango in Paris, The Conformist, and most recently, The Dreamers. Me and You doesn’t have a distributor yet—and early reviews at Cannes were far from glowing—but we want to see it anyway.
The Huffington Post excerpts Amazon engineer Jason Merkowski’s forthcoming book about the development of the Kindle: “When thinking about how ebooks are created, it’s best to envision a sausage factory. Meat goes in one end, machinery packages it, and a neatly bundled sausage comes out the other. At the ebook factory, you start in the front with books from publishers. They’re chopped up, reassembled and packaged, and finally made available for sale in digital form.”
Here is a rare photo of Kafka smiling. (h/t Richard Brody).

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Automated vehicles (AVs) already
navigate highways of many nations worldwide. They provide a safer, more convenient method of transportation and allow passengers to spend their time more efficiently.
It is clear that the future is autonomous.
My project is aimed at envisioning the future of the MINI brand by coming up with new innovations while maintaining MINI’s unique character, proportions and design language in the autonomous era. As a compact mobility concept, this projects demonstrates minimalism, comfort, spaciousness and uniqueness.
Dimensions: 3400 mm x 1900 mm x 1270mm

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The practice of mindful living should be joyful and pleasant. If you breathe in and out and feel joy and peace, that is Right Diligence. If you suppress yourself, if you suffer during your practice, it probably is not Right Diligence. Examine your practice. See what brings you joy and happiness of a sustained kind.
Thich Nhat Hanh
from the book The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Read a random quote or see all quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Further quotes from the book The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching:
- Fully alive and fully aware
- Anxiety is the illness of our age
- Being really there
- The Middle Way between existent and nonexistent
- The only condition for happiness
- Truly free
- Allow yourself to be happy now
- Right Speech
- Just be
- Call for help
- Beyond birth and death

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Relief for mixed land use residents
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will sanction building plans for residential, mixed land use and commercial areas on 2,538 streets from next week, after a delay of one-and-a-half years.delhi Updated: Jan 20, 2009 22:53 IST
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will sanction building plans for residential, mixed land use and commercial areas on 2,538 streets from next week, after a delay of one-and-a-half years.
“At least 30 per cent people residing in mixed land use properties were unable to get building plans sanctioned because of a lack of clarity on the issue. We will pass a resolution spelling out its on Wednesday.... We will also... notify 44 pedestrian shopping streets, commercial streets and mixed use streets under mixed use regulations,” standing committee chairman Vijendra Gupta said.
On mixed land use streets, commercial use has been restricted to the ground floor, after paying a conversion charge. Basements can be used for retail purposes on both mixed land use and commercial streets after paying conversion charge for additional floor area ratio (FAR).
On non-notified stretches, basements can be used for business only by professionals like lawyers, doctors and CAs.
A residential plot on commercial land can be used for business after paying conversion charge.


Susan Boyle says she's ready to tour, and she's looking for a man in her life.
"I want to find a man but it's hard with all the travelling I do," she told the Scottish Sun
. "I really want to start going on dates and I've asked my friends to set me up with a good man -- if they can find one. I'd like to settle down one day."
Boyle came to fame after her appearance on "Britain's Got Talent," when the plain-looking, middle-aged woman wowed the judges with her strong performance of "I Dreamed a Dream," from "Les Miserables."
Boyle's first album, "I Dreamed a Dream," released in November 2009, became Amazon.com
's best-selling album in pre-sales nearly three months before the scheduled release. In November 2010, Boyle became one of only three acts ever to top both the UK and U.S. album charts twice in the same year, with her Christmas album, "The Gift."
Now the singer once known as the "woman with the big voice who's never been kissed" has crossed that threshhold.
She recently shot "The Christmas Candle" and described her first on-screen kiss as "lovely."
Her first live tour is set to begin this week in the U.K. and is expected to sell out, said ABC News
Boyle, 52, was originally only meant to perform on the film's soundtrack but was asked if she wanted to make a cameo. Producers were so impressed with her acting ability they gave her the bigger role of church warden's wife Eleanor Hopewell, reports The Sun
In it, she has her first kiss, onscreen with movie-husband James Cosmo.
"I have my very first husband -- which is very exciting," she told The Sun. "It's been a long wait. I had to kiss him, too, as we had a kissing scene. It was my first on-screen kiss. It was lovely.
"I didn't know about the kissing scene when I signed up, but I wasn't complaining. I won't take this any further in case I embarrass him."


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This is the first of two cards as Guest for Fab 'n' Funky Challenges and the theme this week is
Wedding or Tying the Knot (to coincide with the Royal Wedding)
All of this card is made from my 'bit' box. I've had this delightful couple coloured and ready to use for ages, the doily has been gilded with Pentouch.
A closer look
I'd also like to enter this for
Crafty Cardmakers #44 - a royal wedding
Thank you for stopping by
Cheers me dears


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GRS Price Today
The live Groestlcoin price today is $0.35020965 with a 24-hour trading volume of $16,005.15. Groestlcoin is -2.74% in the last 24 hours.The current MyToken ranking is #--,with a live market cap of $28,945,403.55. It has a circulating supply of 82,651,379 GRS and a max supply of 105,000,000 GRS.
What Is Groestlcoin?
GRS coin, the full English name of GroestlCoin, was launched on March 22, 2014. It is a cryptocurrency based on POW, which fully embodies the nature of fair distribution and dispersion: anyone can effectively mine this token with minimal resource consumption. It also focuses on technological advances, with an innovative algorithm to make the network consume less power and be fast to access while maintaining currency security.
What are some of the most popular cryptocurrencies?
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Rainbow Bingo Western Style
Friday, May 12, 2017, 6 - 9 PM
This rootin' tootin' fundraiser welcomes anyone (21 and over) for a night of games, pandemonium, prizes and entertainment by Sylvia O'Stayformore, plus the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Black N' Blue Band. Price includes 12 Bingo Games. Dinner and drinks available separately. Wheelchair accessible. Reserve a table of 6 for you and your friends.
Tickets: $20 per person in advance, $25 at the door on May 12.

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NEU Cymru, Unite, and GMB have concerns that a mental health crisis exists within the education sector, with multiple factors contributing to the stress and anxiety felt by education workers. To get a true and accurate picture of the mental health landscape within education, they have today launched a mental health and wellbeing survey which is open to anyone who works within the education sector in Wales.
The survey will run for 3 working weeks and will be open from Monday the 5th until Friday 23rd July.
Sue Da’Casto, Regional Learning Organiser for Unite Cymru WULF project, said:
“The Unite Cymru WULF project welcomes this opportunity to work in partnership with NEU Cymru and GMB to focus attention on mental health support in Wales, and to work with employers and members in the education sector to address this crisis.
“As we return to normal business, the impact the pandemic has had on the mental health of our members will still be felt. Trade Unions have a clear role to play in the implementation of mental health friendly policies across all workplaces.”
Michael Wilson, GMB WULF Project Manager said:
“The GMB welcomes this opportunity to work with NEU Cymru and Unite on this very important issue within the education sector. It is vital that we find out exactly how serious an issue this is so that we can support our members and raise our concerns with employers, local authorities, and the Welsh Government.
“We urge all our members who work within the education sector to engage with this survey.”
Stuart Williams, Wales Policy Officer of the National Education Union Cymru, said:
“The past 18 months has been a very stressful time with education staff having to adapt to new ways of working very quickly, and in some cases learn to deal with a high level of risk in their everyday lives.
“If you add preparation for the new curriculum, ALN reform, and funding issues which has resulted in fewer teaching assistants and teachers over the last few years, this has exacerbated workload issues leading to a marked increase in stress and mental health issues in education staff.
“We’d like to get an accurate picture of the mental health landscape within education and every response to this survey will inform further discussions with Welsh Government and help guide the work the unions are undertaking to combat the mental health crisis in Wales.”
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Link to English medium survey - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/neu-cymru-mh
Link to Welsh medium survey - https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/neu-cymru-im
Contact: Stuart Williams – Wales Policy Officer – National Education Union, Tŷ Sinnott, 18 Neptune Court, Vanguard Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ. Mob: 07795 295355.

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Godwin crooner, Korede Bello rocked the stage yesterday to the delight of his fans at the Glo Slide and Bounce tour.
The stylish singer kept all eyes glued to him as he bounced around on the stage in pictured yesterday in a pair Led Light sneakers.
Korede paired his shining shoes with a floral Tshirt and white jeans.
This sneakers are certainly perfect for the stage. As for wearing them out and about, not so sure.
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Today in Kentucky was Special Olympics State Bowling Competition held in Louisville, Kentucky. Over 1,500 athletes from all over the state came together at two different bowling alleys to compete for a gold medal.
As the National Anthem played I glanced around the bowling alley and witnessed something special. Bowlers were on their feet some rocking to the music, some singing along loudly, some saluting, and then some holding their hands over their hearts! They stood in that moment with pride and we the spectators in awe of their confidence and excitement.
I overheard a bowler say to another bowler, “I couldn’t sleep last night. I was excited to try to win me a medal!” Then he giggled at himself.
As they waited to start their first game of 2, I heard another bowler say, “I am going to get me a strike”, with such matter of fact confidence.
I observed smiling volunteers give high-fives, fist bumps, and thumbs up as they cheered on each athlete. Afterwards I spoke with volunteer who was a high school junior, who shared this was her first time volunteering for Special Olympics. She mentioned she had to get in volunteer hours for school, so she decided to volunteer today. I asked her if she enjoyed it and if she would do it again. She responded with a smile, “My favorite part was cheering them on and seeing their excitement after bowling a strike. I most definitely will do it again, and before today I had no idea how awesome it would be.” It makes my heart want to explode that she will be changed from this experience. She is now aware, she is now an advocate, and she is now more willing to share that with her friends.
In that Kingpin Bowling Alley you could hear rumbles of clapping, cheering, and excitement. Those who sat in the seats watching were parents, volunteers, caretakers (me), friends and family. We sat and enjoyed and embraced the moment. The moment of joy that each athlete gets in their few hours of fame. The moment where we sit to just to witness the presence of pride and independence within them. We celebrated and reflected on the people who volunteer and donate to support Special Olympics in order to make a day like today possible. We in the stands know the story behind each athlete. We can embrace and are aware of the true meaning of the victories today, so we celebrate and cheer together.
Some people in society might be hesitant to support Special Olympics, because it is a sport in which segregates those with disabilities. Meaning all those with disabilities come together and bowl with one another, and no one can bowl with them who don’t have disabilities. Although I am a huge advocate for inclusion and providing opportunities for integration among those with and without disabilities, I am reminded today how much value comes from Special Olympics. The value that comes with seeing them be among friends of all abilities, who can relate to them. The value that comes from the empowerment within the environment itself. The value of having a moment where their differences are not noticed, but celebrated. The value of competing and loving a sport that brings them joy.
As a sister to an older brother with a disability, I have spent many years being in the cheering section of various Special Olympics sports my brother competed in. One of my favorite memories was when he played basketball. When he became tired, even if it was in the middle of the game, he sat to rest. The coach would scurry to find an athlete to send in his place, because he knew my brother needed a minute. As a young kid, Special Olympic events were the first experiences I had being around others with disabilities. It was where my love and compassion for others with disabilities started to grow. When watching them participate in a sport, I was intrigued by each of their stories.
Each athlete has their own story. Their disabilities impact them in various ways. Getting to the bowling alley today maybe caused anxiety and many pre-planning tactics on their family to just get them there. And like my brother, some athletes might not have been able to make it at all for the state games due to circumstances that exist from their disability. Some bowlers looked to the volunteers for encouragement, because their family members weren’t sitting in the cheering section. And some bowlers had families there with phones out capturing pictures, cheering loudly, and smiling every time they walked to the line with their bowling ball.
Today didn’t matter that they had a disability, because no one saw it. Today didn’t matter that on some days they might struggle, because today they soared! The only thing that mattered today was that they were among friends and playing a sport they love!
Today I saw some of the best sportsmanship among athletes. Today I saw how abilities outweigh disabilities. Today I saw my young children watch and absorb the environment like I use too. Today I saw volunteers develop an awareness to become a future advocate. Today I saw athletes not giving up when most of us would feel defeated. Today I saw athletes overcome fear and worries as they held their ball and walked to the line. Today I saw what I strong athlete looks like. Today I saw the mission of Special Olympics come alive in that Kentucky bowling alley.
During opening ceremonies I heard an athlete recite the Special Olympics oath over the intercom, “Let me win. But if I cannot win let me be brave in the attempt”. Today I saw more than just bravery, I saw an unspoken story of each athlete that built strength and perseverance!

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A few years ago, approaching 30, I had my own ‘Eat Pray Love’ quit everything and find yourself type trips. All romanticism and shiny Instagram quotes aside, honestly, that is exactly what happened.
I spent four months away from the UK volunteering on a remote horse ranch in Mexico, on a yoga retreat on the West Coast in Costa Rica before finishing up on a tourist horse ranch on the Caribbean Coast.
I left the UK with the sole intention; to get to know myself again.
The time, space and intention of that trip gave me the clarity I needed and the intentions that came from this clarity have now manifested and shaped what I do for work now, how I feel in myself and what my life consists of today.
But it’s not quite as easy or quaint as it sounds; travelling to find purpose requires work, dedication and commitment – often things we don’t associate with travelling are the exact things we want to leave behind when we go on holiday. But I can promise you, hand on heart; it will be the most rewarding, difficult, life-changing ‘work’ you will ever do. Here is how to get the most out of it:
When we’re on holiday on an extended trip, it’s probably true for many that we read more. Lazing on the beach, in a hammock in the shade, or on a balmy, warm evening under the stars - reading is an activity we seem to prioritise in itself.
So if you’re embarking on a soul-searching trip, use this brain space wisely. If you’ve set the intention to get to know yourself, then arm yourself with the literature to support that.
My suggestions include; A Road Less Travelled, The Artists Way, A New Earth, The Deepest Acceptance, The Inside Out Revolution, The Lotus and The Lily… to name but a few.
An extra tip, take note of any parts of your reading and self-study that touch nerves, that you disagree with, that sit uncomfortably with you. Explore those part fully because often, that’s where you’ll learn your greatest lessons.
2. Stay in one place and add meaning to that stay
Backpack on, an open road and not knowing where I’ll be staying that night. How I LOVE making a trip up as I go along. There is so much to learn about life, yourself and the country you’re travelling when you open yourself up to going wherever the road takes you.
But if you’re on a deeper mission, my advice would be to stick around in the same place for a while. Get to know a place, become a local, use the space and time to stay put allows you to prioritise your self-study.
Volunteering, working and having a purpose to your day helps you learn new skills or simply remember old ones. It can offer travellers on a shoestring a thrifty way to get around.
I volunteered through a website helpx.net working 6 hours a day, five days a week. In exchange I received lodgings and food and using my afternoons to read, ride horses and explore. That work gave me purpose. It allowed me to reconnect with a childhood passion – horse riding, and learn a new one – meditation and yoga.
I have a magical memory of a simple moment cycling the 10k jungle road from the horse ranch where I was volunteering in Costal Rica to the yoga school that became my local.
I remember one day in the late afternoon cycling to class and passing the wild and vibrant café worker who served me my daily coffee in my favourite cafe. She was sat on the front handle bars of her boyfriend's bike on the opposite side of the road as they cycled along. Upon seeing me she wailed out ‘holaaaa amigaaaaa!’, waving frantically with the widest, warmest smile you could possibly imagine.
Feeling known when you’re getting to know yourself is priceless.
What I learned through my introduction to yoga and meditation on this trip, and what has shaped my life ever since, was the power of stillness.
When I sat down to meditate for the first time in a sticky, busy yoga platform in the jungle, I almost couldn’t bare it. My eyes were closed for all but seconds before I opened them again. I was frustrated by my busy mind, wanting to get up and leave. I felt such a deep attachment to my sense of busy-ness – internally and externally.
But through time, commitment and patient practice, those moments of stillness made the greatest and most significant contribution to the clarity in myself and my purpose.
And in that clarity I realised; the peace, the stillness, quiet and connection, was mine – it was inside of me. I didn’t need to be the other side of the world. I didn’t need to be ‘away’ to connect with it. It was something I could take with me wherever I went and is something I access daily, no matter what is going on around me.
What that trip made me realise was, the answers I was looking for were inside me all along.
3 Tips For Travelling To Find Your Purpose via @HorizonRetreats #travel
Have you been on a similar soul-searching-type trip? What did you learn from it? Tell me in the comments below.
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Black History Month. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Black Entertainment Television. Black Panther. Spike Lee.
In a society that has historically valued white above all other human colors, we the black people need our own advocates and forums of recognition, whether they be in the form of individuals, organizations, award ceremonies, TV, or movies. As a black man, I get it. That doesn’t mean I have to always like it.
The “black” make-up movement I love least right now is one currently playing out from sea to shining sea (in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, among other U.S. cities) and in London: Black Gay Pride. Again, as a black man, I get it. That doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Black Gay Pride is a positive celebration, but it’s also a sobering reminder that, in many ways, the LGBTQ community is no more accepting than the straight community. It’s a world where activists preach diversity and acceptance, but one in which white, masculine, and young are seen as superior to any of the alternatives.
Black Gay Pride serves as a reality check that I might never be just a gay man or just a black man. For now and for the foreseeable future, I’ll always be a “gay black man.” I’ll have to wear at least one “X” everywhere, whether I am in an exclusively black crowd or an exclusively gay one, signifying that I don’t completely belong to either.
The homophobia that runs rampant in black culture has been well-documented and dissected, on social media, in rap music, in stand-up comedy routines, and in numerous think pieces. But we rarely talk about the insidious racism in gay culture that can render anyone who doesn’t fit the white ideal unwanted and invisible. Yes, there’s white privilege in the LGBTQ community, too.
Writer Kevin Maxwell, who is black and gay, recently wrote about why he wouldn’t be attending this year’s Pride in London on July 6 in an op-ed for the UK’s Independent. His thoughts echoed the way I feel about all the Gay Prides I’ve skipped in cities where I’ve lived, from New York City to Buenos Aires to Sydney.
“Pride in London claims this year will be its ‘most diverse’ parade yet, though historically, Prides have excluded diverse voices from within the LGBT+ community — the very people the movement was created to uplift. This is one reason that UK Black Pride throws its own celebration the day after, specifically for people of colour.”
So in the end, if you’re black and gay like me and living in the right city, you might get your own special parade, but what does it do about the larger problem? Are Black Gay Prides bridging the chasm or widening it? Do they mean we should abandon traditional Gay Pride rather than try to fix it?
God knows a few significant repairs are needed. I’ve always side-eyed Gay Pride because it feels like someone else’s party. I view it with the same degree of suspicion and near-dread that I do the Fourth of July, a holiday that celebrates a manifesto of freedom from a time when my ancestors were slaves. Independence Day is more about white people than it is about me.
The hypocrisy of the gay community may not be as violent as America’s racist past, but it can be nonetheless haunting. For most of my life, I’ve felt like something of an interloper among what are supposed to be my own people. Gay life is dominated by white men and white voices, and even in the so-called safe spaces (bars, clubs, dating and hook-up apps), for too many, my greatest value is in the presumed size of my penis.
I never feel blacker than I do when I’m surrounded by gay men, in both virtual and actual reality. That’s not because I’m automatically more conscious of my race. It’s because others keep reminding me of it — whether it’s through an offhand “BBC” comment on Grindr, a question or compliment that revolves around black men and assumes conformity over individuality, or the N word hurled by a rejected suitor.
Perhaps the sexual element brings out our basest impulses. I’m on the receiving end of some flagrant display of gay racism and racial objectification on most days that end in Y, usually online but sometimes in real life, too. Straight people can be horribly racist, but I can’t remember the last time one was overtly racist to me, and unlike gay men, they rarely bring up my race to my face.
Black Gay Pride is a jolting newsflash: It gets better for some, but not for all. It underscores the division in our community, in all minority communities. We spend so much time criticizing straight white men for taking their privilege for granted while using it against us. Then we turn right around and create categories within our own community that put those who don’t fit the idealized standards (white, masculine, young, whatever) into boxes labeled “Other.”
The entire gay community needs to talk more about diversity and inclusion within its own ranks and not just outside of them. We all must pay closer attention to the specific hurdles that many gay people of color face, including poverty, racially motivated violence and police brutality, and racially and religiously coded homophobia.
I don’t groan over upper-case Black Gay Pride because I have anything against lower-case black gay pride. It hurts because having it means we still need it, and in 2019, Gay Pride, despite the rainbow flag that represents it, should be color blind.
I’ll support Black Gay Pride through clenched teeth as long as it’s necessary. But I’m waiting for the day we’ll no longer need it, when gay pride and black gay pride finally merge and become the same thing.


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Riding Detroit’s redevelopment wave, Triton Investment Co. has acquired the Town Apartments at First and Bagley in downtown Detroit, and will soon start a renovation that will include upgrades to most of the 255 residences, along with new finishes to the common areas, heating and cooling improvements, and the addition of new amenities.
The deal marks the ninth residential project in Detroit in recent years by Triton Investment, based in Greenwood Village, a suburb of Denver. Earlier this year, the company acquired five properties along and near East Jefferson Avenue — Kean Apartments, Hibbard Apartment Building, Van Dyke Manor, Parker Residences, and most recently, Trombley Lodge Apartments, a three-story structure that offers 40 units.
In turn, the company acquired and is nearing a complete renovation of Alden Towers along East Jefferson, which offers 381 luxury apartments, while Water’s Edge at Harbortown will offer 143 new luxury apartments (one, two, or three bedrooms) set within five-story structures at Harbortown. The latter apartments will be available for rent next summer. The company also acquired 23 homes in East English Village five years ago.
“Detroit is a great story, the city is coming back, and we see a lot of opportunity for people who want to live in historically-significant properties,” says April Sedillos, executive vice president of Triton Investment Co. “For Town Apartments, we’re still going over the layout, but we will upgrade the boilers right away. The timeline is 18 months (to complete the entire renovation).”
Built in 1928 by the Pontchartrain Club, the tan-brick structure offered overnight lodging for members and their guests, along with meeting rooms and other amenities. In the 1950s, the building was sold and converted into Town Apartments. In recent years, some modifications of the 13-story building were undertaken. Today, 140 apartments are vacant.
“We will offer studio, one-bedroom, and some two-bedroom units,” Sedillos says. “The renovated units will get new cabinetry, kitchens, and flooring. We will update all of the hallways with new finishes and lighting, and we’ll upgrade the fitness center and most likely move the laundry room from the second-level basement to the first floor. We’re looking at adding other amenities, as well.”
The renovation joins a growing list of improvements to the west side of the downtown district. DTE Energy is renovating the former Salvation Army building, located on Bagley just west of the Town Apartments, and will convert the 32,000-square-foot structure into an office building called Navitas (energy in Latin).
The utility also is working to add a pocket park on a triangular piece of property bounded by Grand River Avenue, First Street, and Plaza Drive, while in November, two restaurants will be added at the GAR Building at Cass and Grand River Avenue — Parks & Rec Diner and the Republic Tavern.
For more information about the Town Apartments (a website will be launched shortly), visit tritonproperties.com.


Global IT Outsourcer Analyzes XML-Based Contract Data
The company is a global technology outsourcing provider and is a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest consulting and information technology services providers in the world, with more than 190,000 professionals working in over 160 countries.
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subset of all available data, and critical details The company offers complete IT services were lost in the process. on an outsourced basis to some of the world’s largest organizations. Managing the The pressure was on to find a solution that contracts associated with these thousands of outsourcing projects is a huge, and critical, would: task for the company. These contracts are the • Enable fast, in-depth reporting on all of the data—not just a shredded sub-set. single most important documents of record for all revenue related to an outsourcing • Analyze its customer revenue engagement, and one contract may have commitments by customer, year, industry thousands of pages covering several years and geography. and hundreds of millions • Distinguish between of dollars. fixed and variable The company implemented the revenue commitments, Skytide Analytical Platform to In order to manage as well as analyze details give them unprecedented insight all of this contractual into their XML-based data. Unlike in original contracts information, the company traditional BI tools that can only versus contracts altered implemented and uses analyze structured data, the with “change orders.” a Contract Management Skytide Analytical Platform is the • Assess the future Information System first and only business analytics impact of contract (CMIS). Given the platform that can understand clauses, such as “Most inherent complexities of complex data from virtually any Favored Customer contractual information, source – including semi-structured Pricing” or “Termination the CMIS was built on a data such as XML. for Convenience”, on hierarchical, XML-based the ongoing forecasted framework, rather than revenue stream. a relational one. While this approach was great for managing the The Skytide Solution complex, multi-format data contained in the The company implemented the Skytide contracts, it posed significant challenges when it came time for analysis and reporting. Analytical Platform to give their executives unprecedented insight into their XMLIf the company wanted to generate reports based data. Unlike traditional BI tools from the XML data, it first had to be shredded that can only analyze structured data, the and loaded into a data warehouse, and Skytide Analytical Platform is the first and custom data models had to be built. This only business analytics platform that can labor- and time-intensive process meant that understand complex data from virtually any users often had to settle for analysis of only a source – including semi-structured data
Objective Ability to provide in-depth analysis and reporting on highly-complex contratual data in a timely manner.
Challenges • Data analysis was both labor and time intensive, with high data loss in the process • Executives wanted higher visibility into the contractual data that would impact future revenues
Skytide Delivered • Greater visibility into global revenue commitments • Fingertip access to all details related to customer contract terms • Replaced labor-intensive processes with higher value automated processes • More precise forecasting of financial impact of contractual clauses • Improved customer value and company profits.
such as XML. Skytide is also able to operate on data where it resides, which meant that the company did not have to transform and store data in a data warehouse, dramatically accelerating time to analysis. Skytide accesses contract information directly from the existing CMIS system, organizes this information into a set of multi-dimensional cubes that analyze the revenue forecast based on their set of variables, and provides reports as a set of pre-defined queries that can be called from the CMIS application. The key information is then presented to users via Excel pivot tables within a web browser and is automatically filtered based on the information protection policies in the CMIS system – so that while all users may request the same report, the analysis returned is customized to their security privilege profile.
Skytide was deployed as a two-tier system to process XML data from contracts accessed directly from the existing CMIS system and presented to users via Excel pivot tables.
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The company implemented Skytide in less than four weeks, whereas previous attempts to solve their contract management analysis dilemma with traditional BI tools took months and never delivered Contract Deals in the desired results. The Skytide implementation required Value Process almost no IT involvement. Additionally, ongoing use and by Year maintenance of the system, including adding new reports, requires no special IT skills, allowing business users to access the system directly.
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Skytide has enabled executives at the company to better understand and manage revenue commitments across the globe – which has in turn boosted customer value and company profits. Each responsible executive is able to review an analysis for his or her sector that includes not just the base information on revenue commitments by customer, but also critical forward-looking analysis as to whether the relationship is expanding or shrinking over time. Executives can easily drill down on all information – whether seeking an overview of their entire customer portfolio, details on the performance of a single customer, or specific contract terms that could affect forecasted revenues – to make informed business decisions.
The Skytide system has allowed the company to replace a labor-intensive manual process that had limited analysis capabilities, with a fully automated process that provides information far exceeding their expectations. Since Skytide processes the full continuum of data, including structured relational data as well as semi-structured and unstructured data, the company now has access to all critical contract data stored in its XML-based system.
Put Skytide to Work for You Skytide, Inc. 1820 Gateway Drive, Suite 300 San Mateo, CA 94404 Phone: 1.650.292.1900 Fax: 1.650.312.1400 E-mail: email@example.com Internet: www.skytide.com © 2007 Skytide, Inc. All rights reserved. Skytide and the Skytide logo are registered trademarks of Skytide, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project is based on a simple idea: to read classic poems to people living with Alzheimer’s disease that they might have learned as children.
Our goal is to facilitate the creativity of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. We strive to advocate for cultural change in the healthcare industry and for the daily inclusion of arts in assisted living and adult day care. Further, we do not set boundaries in our beliefs in what possible for people with memory impairment to create.

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So you have a new Cricut Explore Air 2 machine and you want to use it to it’s full ability? You are probably wondering “What Materials Can I Cut with the Cricut Explore?” I’m here to help you learn about them. I’ll be honest, I haven’t used my Cricut to it’s full ability because I haven’t needed to. I did cut wood with it yesterday, and it was awesome!!
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There are over 100 different materials you can cut with the Cricut Explore Air 2 machine. I’m amazed as some of the things that can be cut with the Cricut Explore Air 2. I’ve cut tons of cardstock with my Cricut machines over the years.
Yesterday I cut some thin wood. I made rolled flowers with it. I didn’t know if it would work, but it did!
This is the project I was working on. I think it turned out amazing! Find the tutorial for this project here.
Iron-on and Glitter Iron-on are always fun to work with, as long as you remember to mirror the image. 😉 I love that I can cut iron-on vinyl with my Cricut Explore Air 2 and create personalized shirts and fun home decor projects. Check out some of my Iron-on projects here.
One of the best parts about cutting all this different material is that you don’t have to figure out if the machine can cut it. You can select whatever you are cutting from the dial.
If the material you want to cut isn’t on the dial, select custom, and find what you’d like to cut from the drop down menu. When I was working on this project, I selected wood. The machine knew to cut the same cuts multiple times. It was so fun to watch!
If this doesn’t answer your question “What Materials Can I Cut with the Cricut Explore?” then let me know, and I’ll try and answer your specific question. There are so many different things I want to try to cut on the Cricut Explore Air 2 now. Believe it or not, I have never tried cutting fabric. I’m kind of scared of trying, but I’m going to tackle it one of these days. I just know I need to put a stabilizer on the back of it. I also am excited to try cutting printable magnet sheets, printable fabric, printable vinyl, printable sticker paper, and printable iron-on. I’m also excited about trying washi tape sheets, foil acetate, craft foam, and cut more faux leather.
You can find cuttable materials and buy a lot of it right from the Cricut site., so check it out! Also, don’t forget to stop by and check out my project I shared with the rolled wood flowers.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

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These, in addition to bacterial infections, can also cause inflammation of the Skene’s glands, Bartholin’s glands, and vulva. A hazy cornea (due to raised IOP) without its normal lustre. Genital Warts Gonorrhea Hepatitis Herpes HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) Syphilis Trichomonas It is possible to download and print our fact sheets in Portable Document Format (PDF). If a Pap test for herpes? To find out if a woman with a result of the Pap test in the limit (a, unusual cells but does not dysplasia) needs additional tests. It’s 100 times easier to get Hepatitis B than HIV the virus that causes AIDS. A Pap smear is necessary for the diagnosis of cervical cell changes that indicate cervical cancer.
What are the signs and symptoms of genital warts? Small scattered endospores in these cases may be seen in the background. HSV HERPES is the third most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in guinea pigs. This is a relatively common birth defect, affecting about 1 to 3 in every 1,000 babies born each year in the United States. First, let’s review what the virus is and what it does. Screening for bacterial STIs is fairly simple and generally involves collecting a sample of fluid from the infected area. The etiology of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma remains elusive.
Compared to maintenance doses of systemically administered ganciclovir of 900 mg (oral valganciclovir) and 5 mg/kg (IV ganciclovir), the ophthalmically administered daily dose is approximately 0.04% and 0.1% of the oral dose and IV doses, respectively, thus minimal systemic exposure is expected. Some HPV strains can cause genital warts; and others, if persistent, may lead to cervical cancer. I wanted to be as clear and detailed as I could!! This may be due in part to the introduction of more sensitive DNA-based assays. Herpes keratitis is the most common form of eye herpes. Approximately three to five days after symptoms start early, you can break the blisters on the forehead or eyelids or at the top or sides of the nose. Pap smears can detect precancerous conditions.
Most women are familiar with the Pap smear, which is used to detect cervical cancer. In the CAPRISA trial, the HSV-2 infection rate at trial entry was 48.8%. Like most women, women with genital herpes should have a Pap smear test on a regular basis. My understanding is that they test for herpes (genital) but taking a swab when you have an outbreak. All adults who are at risk of getting HIV infection need to get tested for the virus at least once a year. If you’re wrapped up in the heat of the moment, there’s an extremely slim chance you’re going to untangle your limbs to talk about safety. Mertz GJ, Schmidt O, Jourden JL, et al: Frequency of acquisition of first-episode genital infection with herpes simplex virus from symptomatic and asymptomatic source contacts.
You can take Lysine as soon as you feel the tingle of a cold sore coming on by either in-taking lysine supplements or using a lysine ointment. I kissed a girl for 3 days, then she told me that she had herpes simplex virus type 2 infection with genital sores 6 years back then she got treated by acliverfor 2 years twice daily, am i infected? This medication is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby. A pap smear does not check for any sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Although chemical peels may be done in conjunction with a facelift, the peel is not a substitute for that surgery, nor will it stop aging. Supernatants collected from N. If I had a pap smear and it came back normal, could I have herpes?
The pap test was not used to look for it, as it was a regular pap test for cervical cancer, but it is how they found it. A: Dear New at this, It is commonly recommended that women have their first gynecological exam by the time they`re 18 or as soon as they become sexually active (note sexually active, not losing virginity). Comparison shopping would be a good idea because prices vary so much. ACYCLOVIR had a bowditch of the guy from Jackass . You should also be sure to tell your doctor about:. · ·Medicine (Baltimore) · Pubmed #26181551. Sometimes the Pap smear can give information about your hormones, especially progesterone and estrogen.
If a pap is negative, and cancer develops, other symptoms, like abnormal bleeding, or postcoital spotting, etc. How the test is done: Swab of genital area or urine sample What you also need to know: If you have had oral or anal sex, let your healthcare provider know this also. You are here. A Pap smear is a test that checks for changes in the cells of your cervix. An abnormal Pap smear in pregnancy with or without human papilloma virus (HPV) warrants a colposcopy in the second trimester.


debut single Glory of Life on King Street comes a smashing follow up anthem, Everlasting Love. DJ Turbo & Gee are GTS, are the Japanese production duo behind the tune. NY heavy hitters DJ Mike Cruz and legendary Glenn Friscia & Frank Lamboy (Friscia/Lamboy) are on remix duty. Mike Cruz delivers his signature tribal-esque feel with a true hook synth sitar for added measure. Friscia & Lamboy bring a big room progressive topper to the floor that, give club credence and a hard edge to mink’s soft sweet vocals. GTS also have done their own grinding proggy version but you’ll have to wait for Part II on that one All in all, these mixes are sure to get all the dancer’s panties in a tizzy.


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The litecoin (LTC) rate jumped to $91 on December 1, on the same day bitcoin (BTC) was close to $20,000.
LTC was able to return to the top five largest digital currencies according to CoinMarketCap, Marobit reports.
However, the negative trend in the middle of the week began to dominate again, and after bitcoin, almost all altcoins suffered losses. LTC on Saturday, December 5, fell to $82. Over the past 24 hours, the capitalization of the cryptocurrency has decreased by almost 6% to $ 5.444 billion.
Bitcoin Cash and ChainLink breathe into the back of litecoin, whose capitalization is now slightly more than $5,263 billion and $5,176 billion, respectively.
Also, according to the Marobit analytical team, network activity on litecoin is decreasing at the end of this week, which creates additional threats to the coin. If on December 1 the daily number of transactions on the blockchain exceeded 66,000, then on December 5 this figure will be reduced to 58,000.
The number of active LTC addresses is also falling, as evidenced by Marobit data. At the beginning of the week, the number of wallets performing daily operations exceeded 75,100, now this figure is about 46,180 – this is another alarming signal, analysts say.
Most likely, litecoin will not be able to stay in the top five largest cryptocurrencies and will retreat within the next few hours.


A new report released by the Office of the State Superintendent for Education finds a great deal of variation in the quality of preschool programs across the District. Looking at data from the 2013-2014 school year, preschool programs in the city did well overall in terms of promoting emotional and social development, but not so well at providing instructional support. (WaPo, 5/18)
On a scale of 1 to 7, [researchers] have found that “threshold” scores of five or more in emotional support and classroom organization, and scores of three or more in instructional support, are associated with better outcomes for children.
Average scores across D.C. surpassed the threshold for emotional support (which includes positive climate, teacher’s sensitivity and regard for students’ perspectives) and classroom organization (which includes behavior management and productivity.)
But scores fell below the threshold for instructional support, with an average score of 2.5. That category includes concept development, quality of feedback and language modeling.
– DCPS’ Biggest Challenge, in One Chart (WCP, 5/18)
– Arabella Advisors outlines some of the approaches that health funders can take to fulfill unmet needs in the ever-changing world of healthcare. (Arabella Advisors, 5/18)
– Rise in Suicide by Black Children Surprises Researchers (NYT, 5/18)
– Keep powering up that Fitbit! Among 50 of the largest American metropolitan areas, the Washington region ranks number one in a list of the fittest places for the second year in a row. (WTOP, 5/19)
WRAG/PHILANTHROPY | Last week, leaders of nonprofits, philanthropies, and more, came together for WRAG’s first Loudoun County Philanthropy Conference. Check out this recap and some of the key issues that were raised during the event. (Loudoun Times, 5/15)
AFFORDABLE HOUSING | Montgomery County planners recently released a draft of their Bethesda Downtown Plan, which makes recommendations for the area over the next 20 years. Among other things, plans include new park space and the preservation of affordable housing through the density-transfer process. (Bethesda Magazine, 5/15)
ENVIRONMENT | How Has Fairfax County’s Rapid Growth Affected the Environment (WAMU, 5/15)
TRANSPORTATION/POVERTY | A number of recent studies have emerged on the ways in which inadequate transportation can fuel growing inequality in American cities and their surrounding areas, making access to employment, decent schools, and healthy food difficult. Though new modes of public transit pop up every day, low-income residents who live in less than posh neighborhoods still find it hard to get around. (Atlantic, 5/16)
My name is Ciara, but if I was born this year, it would be Nayeli. Find out what your name would be if you were born in another year, based on name trends from the Social Security Administration.


ChatGPT, the large language model-powered artificial intelligence from OpenAI, has taken the internet by storm. Everyone is talking about it, everywhere online—Gizmodo included. The AI chatbot can almost instantly generate paragraphs of human-like, fluid text in answer to basically any prompt you can come up with (just don’t rely on it to do your math homework correctly, or provide an accurate substitute for researched writing).
And the scope of ChatGPT’s ascent is probably even more astounding than you think. The chatbot has become the fastest growing consumer-facing application in history, according to a new analysis from Swiss investment bank, UBS, as reported by multiple financial outlets. In January, just two months after the program’s public launch, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users (MAUs), UBS noted, based on data amassed from Similarweb. By the end of last month, the bot was being
ChatGPT May Be the Fastest Growing App in History
The AI-powered chatbot from OpenAI only launched in November 2022 but already has over 100 million monthly active users.
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Pleven Hosts an International Forum for Discussing Climate Change
Pleven will host the second international meeting "Climate Change - Volunteering, Engagement, Responsibility, Exchange of Good Practices".
The International Forum will be held from 5 to 9 March this year as part of the Erasmus + project. It will also include 26 students and teachers who are guests from five partner countries - Portugal, Italy, Poland, Romania, Greece.
The idea is to make the school community aware of the issues of climate change and nature conservation. The working language will be French.
Presenting the results of the preliminary studies from partner countries will focus on integrated environmental education. The aim is to support the implementation of innovative teaching approaches by using the capabilities of new technologies, more practical and interactive methods.
Representatives of the district administration, ecology department in the Pleven municipality, Regional Education Directorate were invited to the meeting.
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Does anyone else think that the US administration's "jumping up and down and pointing" immediate indictment of Al Quaida as the culprits behind the Saudi Arabia attack is reminiscent of the kid who breaks Mom's antique lamp and then frames his little brother?
Has Al Quaida even taken responsibility for this attack? If they were responsible, it would seem that -- as in the past -- they would have made their involvement known fairly quickly.
If our intelligence is so advanced that it can so accurately predict an attack in Saudi Arabia (and it wasn't a mere warning if the US embassies and offices were all cleared a day in advance) why wasn't it better prior to 9/11 or in Baghdad where attacks remain numerous and unpredictable?
I am sure that I am not the only one who wonders if the Bush administration, finding itself unable to publicly oppose its friends in the Saudi Royal family, has taken a back door approach to either coerce cooperation or to make the Saudi government look more sympathetic (a victim, rather than an enabler).


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CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A landscape painting with a blue lake on the left. In the foreground, brown mountains surround and curve around the lake to the right. A range of blue mountains appear in the distance below a strip of light green coloured sky.


BRUSSELS -- EU foreign ministers are convening in Brussels for their first
monthly meeting under the Swedish presidency. Sweden took over from the Czech
Republic on July 1 for six months.
With Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt freshly returned from a four-day trip to the South Caucasus, Georgia is expected to top the agenda.
Diplomats say EU member states have reached agreement to extend the mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia until September 2010. A statement is expected to that effect.
The declaration is also likely to reiterate EU concerns that Russia and the separatist de facto authorities in the two breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia continue denying entry to EUMM observers.
This constitutes a breach of an agreement reached with Russia in the wake of the war in Georgia last August, which stipulates international monitors must have access to the entire conflict zone.
The EU ministers are also likely to broach Georgian requests -- made to both the delegation led by Bildt and to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visiting Tbilisi last week -- for the EUMM to include U.S. officials. Sources in Brussels say EU member states are likely to seriously consider the issue in September.
Those sources indicate most member states' initial reactions have so far been relatively positive. Concerns, when they have been expressed, have mostly come from non-NATO neutrals within the EU -- Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and Austria. Some member states are also said to harbor misgivings about the possible impact of extending EUMM on EU-Russian relations.
U.S. participation in the EUMM would also raise a number of potentially complicated technical issues, such as the level of U.S. representation in its command. Also, the door would be thrown open for other third countries, leading among them Turkey, which has already implied interest.
Meanwhile, Bildt is likely to echo worries expressed by EU officials on the ground that risks for EUMM personnel have escalated significantly in the wake of the June 21 attack in which a local employee was killed in a land-mine explosion.
The type of mine used is said to be in common use in both Russia and Georgia. Russia has denied involvement, Abkhaz authorities have ignored EU requests for information, and Georgia is said to have shown less than ardent interest in investigating the event.
The incident is seen by EU representatives as a premeditated attack on the EUMM, and tensions in the region are expected to rise as the first anniversary of last year's war draws nearer. EUMM observers have been instructed to use armored cars whenever traveling within 4 kilometers of the Abkhaz or South Ossetian demarcation lines.
Solidarity on Iran
Iran continues to feature highly on the EU's list of global concerns. Officials in Brussels say the ministers will issue a statement expressing solidarity with those member states whose nationals or employees have been detained by Iranian authorities in the wake of last month's violently disputed elections. Behind-the-scenes EU pressure has led to the freeing of all nine of the British Embassy's local employees who were initially arrested for inciting unrest.
One French citizen, however, remains in Iranian custody. The EU is expected to call for her immediate release.
The statement will also reiterate EU concerns about the country's nuclear program. Officials say that no clear policy has emerged as yet within the bloc as to how to interact with Iran's leadership in what is seen as a "new context."
EU member states, meanwhile, continue applying de facto visa restrictions on Iran. Member states have stopped issuing visas to Iranian officials carrying diplomatic or service passports.
The ministers will also hold a first debate on Iceland's application to join the EU. The application, which was widely anticipated, was made last week. Iceland's small and open economy, excessively dependent on the banking sector, was one of the first to succumb to the global financial crisis and the country is now looking for a safe haven.
EU officials say that given that the country has been a full participant in the bloc's internal market since 1994, negotiations will be relatively easy. Internal-market dossiers account for about 70 percent of the material covered during EU entry talks.
Assuming no major hiccups, the small country with its 313,000 inhabitants could accede to the EU in 2012. Reykjavik's ambition to join the EU's euro currency, is, however, unlikely to materialize equally quickly. As a result of the global crisis, the country's budget deficit and loan burden far exceed the permitted limits.
However, there are three potential obstacles. First, France has repeatedly said no new countries can join the EU before the Lisbon Treaty is ratified. Ireland will hold a repeat referendum in early October. The Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany have also so far failed to fully endorse the bloc's new constitutional treaty.
Second is the dependence of the Icelandic economy on fishing and related exports. EU membership would oblige the country to throw open its waters to all EU comers -- something that will not be easy for a country that in the 1970s waged highly charged "fishing wars" against Britain.
Secondly, Britain and the Netherlands, where the sudden collapse of Icelandic banks left hundreds of thousands of local savers out of pocket, want Reykjavik to cover their losses. Iceland has promised to oblige, but appears to lack the funds.
The presumed fast-track treatment awaiting the Nordic nation has raised hackles in the western Balkans. Above all, Albania, having applied last year, is still awaiting an EU response.
One European Commission official said on July 24 such comparisons were misleading as "every country will be treated on its own merits." Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt wrote in a blog entry titled "Welcome, Island" on July 22 that as a "member of the EU's internal market and the Schengen area, Iceland is in a category which lies significantly ahead of countries which do not participate in these forms of European cooperation."
Belarus On Hold
After the foreign ministers' meeting, Bildt will also chair "troika"-format talks with Belarusian Foreign Minister Syarhey Martynau. The EU, which earlier this year extended the suspension of a visa ban on more than 40 top Belarusian decision makers, believes, however, that Minsk is dragging its feet over promises to carry out political and economic reforms.
In particular, the EU wants Belarus to hold free elections, give civil society a free rein, and free independent media from restraints. But officials say Belarus's precarious balancing act between the EU and Russia -- which President Alyaksandr Lukashenka recently described as the "two monsters" -- has convinced most member states the time is not right for the EU to put more pressure on the country.
Belarus has demonstrated a certain degree of willingness in recent months to stand up to Moscow. It refused to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and last week shut down a Russian oil pipeline to Latvia. Most of Russia's oil exports cross Belarus.
Russia had earlier this month gone back on a promise to hand over a $500 million tranche of a loan negotiated last year, citing dwindling currency reserves and Minsk's outstanding natural-gas debt.
Belarus is looking to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help, but as the German paper "Handelsblatt" noted on July 24, the $3.5 billion the IMF has in reserve for Minsk would stabilize its currency but will not suffice to pay its energy debts to Moscow.
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Before Daft Punk, before Air and Cassius and whichever French dance act is in vogue at the moment, there was a surly, opinionated Parisian called Ludovic Navarre who lived with his mother in the St Germain district. In 1995 he released an album, Boulevard which, some claim, managed to change the face of dance music. His masterful fusion of jazz, house and techno sensibilities into one seamless, organic whole might not sound especially thrilling by today’s standards, yet somehow Navarre’s slick, waxed-pine house workouts were perfectly acceptable back then.
In the absence of any new material, we’re offered 12 hard-to-find tracks recorded between 1992 and 1996 which not only highlight the man’s prescient production skills but also remind us of how rapidly dance music has evolved in four years. Or not, as the case may be. The deep pulsing techno of French could hold its own with any of, say, Underworld’s recent offerings, while the piano-sprinkled soul of “Deep In It” undoubtedly inspired a nascent Air. Like all the best records, though, Boulevard and these off-cuts were of their time, not ahead of it. Still as B-sides collections go, this is almost essential.


Southeast Turkey was hit by another earthquake on Monday. Local authorities say at least one person has died. 69 people were injured.
The epicenter was located near the city of Malatya, where several buildings collapsed. This area was already hit by two very strong earthquakes on February 6th. As a result, more than 50,000 people died in Turkey and Syria.
Monday’s quake was much less powerful than it was three weeks ago, but the exact strength is unclear. According to the European Seismological Center (EMSC), the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale. Turkey’s disaster relief agency AFAD reported an intensity of 5.6.
The disaster and emergency management chief said search and rescue teams are on their way to the affected area. They will go to work around five collapsed buildings to search for survivors. According to local media, at least two people were trapped under the rubble.
Since the powerful earthquakes of February 6, there have been thousands of aftershocks in Turkey. It was feeling heavier a week ago at a strength of 6.4. At least 184 people have been arrested. They are said to be partly responsible for the poor condition of buildings in the area, which led to many collapses after the earthquake.
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Eric Dier sends a message to Tottenham team-mates
Eric Dier has told Lucas Moura on his Instagram: “It’s a shame I had to train against you” after the Tottenham Hotspur winger returned to training.
The 30-year-old had been sidelined since the World Cup break and recently returned, scoring for Tottenham Under-21s in their 2-1 win over rivals Arsenal.
It’s fair to say that upon his return with the older boys, Moura smiled at everything, including a big hug from Dier.
Things could have turned out very differently for the versatile striker, with Moura’s early exit rumored to come during the January transfer window given his contract expires in the summer.
While Matt Doherty suffered that fate that shocked his teammates, Moura stayed where he was but he is expected to be heading for the exit door in the summer.
However, when the Brazilian star expressed his delight at returning to his IG, Dier posted the following message in the comments section: “Nice to see you back bro. Too bad I had to train against you. added with a laughing emoji.
MOURA A POPULAR PERSON
Having joined PSG from PSG (BBC Sport) for £23million in 2018, Moura has become quite a popular figure with his team-mates and north London fans.
If this is his last few months in a Tottenham shirt then it will be a sad ending for the player but the right one as players like Dejan Kulusevski have pushed ahead of him.
Of course, that hat-trick against Ajax in the Champions League semifinals is a moment that will long be remembered by him and his fans.
But the player just doesn’t have that consistency and assertiveness in the last third, despite the fact that he has that ridiculous ability to run with the ball.
In other news, Tottenham transfer news: Sassuolo demand PL bid for £31m West Ham target
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