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Centre for Civic Education (CCE) organised a performance ahead of the International Day of fight against Fascism and anti-Semitism – November 9, by commemorating the 77 anniversary of Crystal night as a contribution to memory of the victims of Holocaust. The performance was held on Sunday, 8 November 2015, starting at 14h00, at the Republic Square in Podgorica.
With this performance, CCE reminded that Montenegro has to work continuously on the establishment of society free of any form of hatred pointed towards individual or group diversities. CCE’s activists, along with citizens, addressed the message of peace and handed out promotional material, based on which they underlined the values of equal opportunities, tolerance, solidarity and responsibility. After the performance, CCE Youth group held a discussion focused on the issues of fascism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia and whether the aforementioned issues are present in Montenegro, and how to deal with them, or how to prevent them.
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Institute Alternative (IA) warn of obvious example of obstruction of justice within the bodies that should primarily secure the law enforcement, and which must be urgently solved.
IA and CCE estimate that yesterday’s hearing of commander of Special Antiterrorist Unit (SAJ) Radosav Lješković before the Prosecution represents a textbook instance of obstruction of justice, obstruction of investigation as well as a form of abuse of official position.
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) is taken by surprise with the reaction of the Ministry of Interior of Montenegro (MoI) in which it stated series of superficial, inaccurate and baseless alleged denials of issues that were not either contained in the analysis “Honorary citizenships – awarded to whom and how?” or stated by the CCE representatives at the press conference on 27/10/2015.
For the public, we emphasise the following:
1) In its research on the number of awarded honorary citizenships, the CCE documented the period from 5 May 2008 till 22 July 2015, during which 203 persons received such citizenship. It is an undisputed data supported precisely by the documentation which the CCE acquired from MoI, and that timeframe was clearly indicated at the press conference, properly publicised in 12 media, while in only three the general framework of 7 years was indicated. Furthermore, page 15 of publication, which is available at the CCE website, also list this period. We are sorry that competent persons from MoI failed to carefully review, in line with professional standards, the media reporting about this number or to read the publication. Therefore, the data that 206 honorary citizenships were awarded till 1 October 2015 does not deny at any stage the CCE.


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US vegan ice cream is estimated to exhibit a sturdy CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period (2020-2026). Increasing veganism, growing overall economy, premiumization, and increasing disposable income have all contributed to the growth of the US vegan ice cream market. However, food retailers are one of few sectors able to stay operating during shelter-in-place directives, reports of various COVID-19-related grocery store employee deaths have led to store closures and increasing anxiety among grocery store workers, which has caused a severe disruption in sales of nearly all food categories, including vegan ice cream. Although, the demand for vegan foods is expected to reach significant heights in the coming years as focus on healthy plant-based/non-dairy diets increase.
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Supermarkets/hypermarkets are increasingly expanding their vegan ice cream offering in the US. The rise in conventional retail distribution channel penetration in mature markets has formed new ways for the growth of the market. Besides, a surge in deals and discounts offered to consumers by these supermarkets/hypermarkets results in the dominance of conventional retailing in the US vegan ice cream market. Additionally, supermarkets/hypermarkets are expected to endure as the most favored sales channel in the country, during the forecast period.
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• The market number available for – 2019-2026
• Base year- 2019
• Forecast period- 2020-2026
• Segments Covered- by Source, Flavor, and Distribution Channel
• Country Covered- the US
• Competitive Landscape- Alden’s Organic (Oregon Ice Cream), Danone S.A., Double Rainbow Ice Creams, Inc., General Mills, Inc. (Häagen-Dazs), NADAMOO! (Little Red Rooster Ice Cream Company), The Hain Celestial Group, Wells Enterprises, Inc., and Unilever Group
Key questions addressed by the report
• What is the market growth rate?
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• Which segment/region will project the fastest growth in the market?
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• How players are addressing challenges to sustain growth?
• Where is the investment opportunity?
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• Almond Milk
• Cashew Milk
• Coconut Milk
• Soy Milk
• Others (Oat Milk, Rice Milk)
By Distribution Channel
• Convenience Stores
• Online Stores
• Alden’s Organic (Oregon Ice Cream)
• Arctic Zero, Inc.
• Beyond Better Foods, LLC (Enlightened)
• Bliss Unlimited, LLC
• Danone S.A.
• Double Rainbow Ice Creams, Inc.
• General Mills, Inc. (Häagen-Dazs)
• NADAMOO! (Little Red Rooster Ice Cream Company)
• O’MY Foods, LLC
• Perry's Ice Cream
• Target Brands, Inc.
• The Booja-Booja Company
• The Hain Celestial Group
• Tofutti Brands Inc.
• Wells Enterprises, Inc.
• Wonderlab Doozy, Inc.
• Unilever Group
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Every girl is born with a definite number of egg cells. By about 45 to 55 years this stock is exhausted. Menopause is caused by drastic changes in the levels of female hormones. By the time menopause sets in, these hormones have dropped down to very low levels. The one of concern is the level of Estrogen. Estrogen has beneficial influence on heart and bone tissues besides organs of urinogenital system. At one time, it was common to replace estrogen to ameliorate the symptoms of menopause like hot flashes, blushing etc. However, later investigations unearthed very serious side effects to it and subsequently routine MHT was discontinued. It is still used in extreme cases where the benefits outweigh the dangers of side effects. An active life with a balanced diet and a well instituted and religiously followed exercise regime gives relief to most of the menopausal symptoms. They subside by themselves, and consequently, the need for MHT especially in view of its serious consequences. The urinogenital system continues to suffer the effects of low estrogen.
Some women do not suffer from any serious ill effects of this and they lead regular, comfortable, normal lives. A regular sexual activity does compensate the ill effects of estrogen deficiency. Sexual activity does not produce estrogen. The compensation comes from increased blood circulation which helps keep up the health of these organs. Women who have never given transvaginal births are more prone to vaginal atrophy. The reduced levels of estrogen leads to thinning of the vaginal wall, loss of its elasticity, and even shortening.
It may after all be a good practice to keep one’s sex life as normal as possible through the transitional years for benefits in postmenopausal life. The main symptoms of vaginal atrophy are vaginal dryness due to decreased sections, vaginal burning during coitus and urination, urge incontinence, vaginal infections due to the change in pH of the vagina lack of lubrication during the sexual act, slight bleeding, increased incidents of urinary tract are some of the important ones. Surgeries like bilateral oophorectomy, the removal of both the ovaries, pelvic radiation therapy chemotherapy as side effect to hormone therapy for breast cancer, complete sexual abstinence, smoking are some of the known causes for postmenopausal vaginal atrophy.
Recent research has shown fitness levels of women have a marked effect on menopausal symptoms. Those who had exercise regimes and improved their fitness levels benefited a great deal.

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Global Market Monitor recently published a market research report on Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide, which studied Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide industry outlook, competitive situation, regional market analysis, type & application segment analysis, and market trend forecast by 2027.

According to the report, the global ultra fine aluminium hydroxide market is valued at approximately USD 534 million in 2019 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 580 million by 2026, growing at a CAGR of roughly 1.19% from 2019 and 2026.

Due to the expansion of products in the field of flame retardant fillers and smoke suppressants, the global ultra fine aluminium hydroxide market is expected to develop rapidly. However, the high costs of production and manufacturing can adversely affect global ultra fine aluminium hydroxide markets.

Ultrafine aluminum hydroxide (ATH) is an aluminum hydroxide with high-temperature resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and high thermal conductivity. It is mainly used as a flame retardant and filler in thermosetting plastics and liquid dispersions.
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These players’ market share, revenue, company profile, and SWOT analysis are covered in the Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide report. In the future, production and consumption are estimated to continue developing with a stable growth rate. As a result of meeting the surging demand, more manufacturers are expected to go into this industry.
Key market players covered in the report such as:
Nippon Light Metal
MAL Magyar Aluminium
Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide Application Abstract
The Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide is commonly used into:
Flame-retardant Filler& Smoke Suppressants
Market Segments by Type
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Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide Market Intended Audience:
– Ultra Fine Aluminium Hydroxide manufacturers
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Chicago Campus, Wieboldt Hall, 5th Floor (339 East Chicago Ave.)
Meet Northwestern faculty, staff, and students at this opening reception. Halfway through the reception there will be short talks from SPS Deans and keynote speaker, Jay Walsh, Vice President for Research, Northwestern University. Light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
2016 Symposium Conference
Friday, October 21, 2016
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Chicago Campus, Wieboldt Hall, 5th Floor (339 East Chicago Ave.)
Program sessions will include presentations on industry trends and topics by faculty, alumni, and staff from Predictive Analytics, Information Systems, Information Design & Strategy, Health Informatics, Sports Administration, Public Policy & Administration, and the Northwestern University Library. There will be an afternoon keynote from Patti Solis Doyle, political strategist and Northwestern Alum. A continental breakfast begins at 8 a.m., with program sessions beginning at 9 a.m.
Saturday, October 22, 2016
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Evanston Campus, SPS Office (405 Church St.)
Join SPS faculty, staff, and alumni for breakfast and entertainment at the SPS Office prior to the annual Homecoming Game. Tickets for the football game will be available for purchase in the coming weeks. Transportation will be provided, before and after the breakfast and football game, between the Chicago and Evanston campuses

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Our interview with Mohamed Saim from Navodesk, a premium brand of smart, ergonomic furniture & accessories based in the UAE.
Ubisoft today announced it is collaborating with Lucasfilm Games on a new story-driven open-world video game set in the beloved Star Wars galaxy.
ASUS today announced the latest lineup of laptops, displays and entertainment solutions at the Be Ahead virtual launch event during CES 2021.
Razer announced two new concept designs; Project Hazel, the world’s smartest and most socially friendly face mask, and Project Brooklyn.
The all-new Razer Blade 15 and Razer Blade Pro 17 gaming laptops are powered by NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series laptop GPUs.


George Groves signs heavyweight Luke Watkins ahead of professional debut
- George Groves will manage Luke Watkins
- World title challenger took out his licence in April
- Watkins makes his professional debut on September 20
- Groves headlines on the same bill against Christopher Rebrasse
George Groves has taken heavyweight Luke Watkins under his management wing.
Groves, who will bid to bid to bounce back from two stoppage defeats to Carl Froch next month, took out his manager's licence in April.
Watkins will make his professional debut on the Wembley Arena undercard on September 20 and both Groves and Watkins are trained by Swindon-based Paddy Fitzpatrick.
Done deal: Luke Watkins (right) has signed with new manager George Groves (left)
Watkins tweeted: 'It's a done deal. George Groves is now my manager!'
Groves takes on Frenchman Christopher Rebrasse for the European super-middleweight title. The fight doubles as a final eliminator for the WBC world title held by Sakio Bika.
Groves was stopped in the eighth round of his rematch with Froch at Wembley in May following their controversial first encounter last November.
Game over: Groves was knocked out by Carl Froch in their rematch at Wembley in May
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On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire staff of the N. C. Rural Center, we want to thank you for making the 2016 N. C. Rural Assembly a success. Our front porch conversation with rural leaders continued with great speakers, great resource organizations and presentations from the candidates seeking to lead our state in the years to come as Governor and United States Senator. We managed to celebrate some rural success through our six annual award winners, and we even enjoyed a trip down memory lane with Andy, Barney and Aunt Bea as we previewed a new documentary on "The Real Mayberry". It reminded us all of why we love and cherish our small rural North Carolina towns. We'll be posting all our conference presentations and content online shortly, and we'll be sending you a survey seeking your feedback in helping us plan for the 2017 N. C. Rural Assembly. It's less than a year away!
All the best from all of us,
DAY ONE: MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 26
12:00 Registration Opens
1:30 Concurrent Workshops
• Medicaid Expansion or State Alternative:Discussion of the Best Choices for Rural North Carolina, Smith
• Health Change Agents: Amplified Community Health by Connecting Community Sectors, Reynolds
• Opioid/Heroin Epidemic Response: The Economic Development Implications, Cameron
3:15 Concurrent Workshops (Repeated)
4:45 Rural Resource Fair & Networking Reception, Mendenhall
6:15 Dinner and Rural Awards Presentations, Carolina Ballroom
DAY TWO: TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 27
8:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks, Carolina Ballroom
• Patrick Woodie,President, N.C. Rural Center
9:00 Attorney General Roy Cooper, Candidate for Governor
9:15 Framing the Connections Between Health and Economic Development
Moderator:Anita Brown Graham, Professor of Public Law and Government, UNC
• Al Delia,Director,Office of Health Access, ECU
• Dr.Mark Holmes,Director,Sheps Center for Health Services Research,UNC
10:45 Building the Health Care Delivery Infrastructure of the Future
Moderator: Dr. Steffanie Williams, President, Vance-Granville Community College
• Dr.Gary Gunderson, FaithHealthNC/Wake Forest Baptist Hospital
• Anna' B'aucom,Chairman,Anson County Board of Commissioners
• Gary Henderson, Assistant Vice President, Carolinas HealthCare System Anson
11:45 Governor Pat McCrory, Candidate for Governor
Noon Lunch Program
Invocation: Reverend Richard Joyner,Pastor,Conetoe Missionary Baptist Church Founder,Conetoe Family Life Center
Spotlight Presentations by Rural Health Innovators:
• Dr. Warren Newton, UNC School of Medicine
• Bryan Toomey, Piedmont Health
1:00 Former State Representative Deborah Ross, Candidate for U.S. Senate
1:30 Health Workforce and Education: Growing Your Own and Recruitment Strategies
Moderator: Linda Weiner, Vice President of Engagement and Strategic Innovation, NC Community Colleges, Rural Center Board of Directors
• Dr. Mary Rittling, President, Davidson County Community College
• Alice Schenall, Area L AHEC, Rural Center Board of Directors
• Chris Collins, Director, North Carolina Office of Rural Health
2:30 Senator Richard Burr, Candidate for U.S. Senate
2:45 Innovative Partnerships and How Rural North Carolina Moves Forward
Moderator, Al Delia, Director, Office of Health Access, ECU
• Mary Blackburn,Vice President for Growth and Market Development, Hugh Chatham Hospital,Elkin
• Larry Phillips, Surry County Commissioner, Executive Committee Member of N.C. Association of County Commissioners
• Mike Norman,retired Human Resources Director, PVH Corporation Karl Stauber, President, Danville Regional Foundation
Excellence Awards 2016
Alicia Parker, Young Entrepreneur
Alicia Parker is Owner and Director of Royalty Health & Wellness Resources, P.C., a Registered Nurse, and a participant in the Rural Center’s New Generation Ventures program. She joined Ventures with a vision of starting a home healthcare agency after noticing the aging population in her community and the lack of quality care to help assist this population. During her time as a Ventures client, she has faced many challenges, but despite them all, Alicia still made her business a success. Royalty Health & Wellness Resources now has 30 employees and is one of the top home healthcare companies in Rockingham County serving over 35 clients.
Katy McLean Gould, Microenterprise Partner
Katy McLean Gould is the Small Business Center Director at Haywood Community College. Katy’s focus is on increasing business startups and job creation through quality one-on-one counseling, educational seminars and informational resources. Katy has been a long time supporter and advocate of the Microenterprise Loan Program and other programs at the Rural Center. In the past year, she has assisted a number of established and potential small business owners through the microenterprise loan process. Through these efforts, her clients have secured $50,000 in loan capital helping them to create or retain eight jobs in Haywood County.
North State Bank, Community Bank
As a leading participant in the Rural Center’s Small Business Credit Initiative, North State Bank has enrolled over $25 million in loans in the Loan Participation Program. These 37 small business loans have supported the creation or retention of 320 jobs in North Carolina. North State Bank, founded in 2000 in Raleigh, has seven branches in Wake and New Hannover counties and focuses on professionals and their firms, community association management companies, churches, and non-profit organizations.
Rutherfordton, Small Town
Rutherfordton realized that connecting with its citizens and the outside world is important. It has a new brand, marketing collateral, trail guides, street banners, two new websites, new downtown signage and increased social media. They’re connecting outdoor activity and history with the new Purple Mountain Greenway, Downtown Historic Walking Trail, and the Gold Mile – part of the NC Gold Trail. Partnerships are key, including offering STEM activities at KidSenses Museum and STEM programs at their elementary and middle schools; creating an online downtown business development resource; and redeveloping downtown buildings.
Jamilla Hawkins, Young Leader
Jamilla Hawkins is the Community & Rural Development Agent at the Edgecombe County Extension Center. She is a 2012 graduate of REDI and led the N.C. Rural Center’s New Generation Leaders program in Edgecombe County. In the community, Ms. Hawkins serves as an active board member of The Conservation Trust for North Carolina, the N.C. Folklife Institute, TALKS Mentoring Eastern Shore, ECU’s Tourism Advisory Council, Edgecombe County Charitable Trust, and the Furman Matheson Advisory Board.
Freddie Killough, Rural Leader
Freddie Killough is a native of McDowell County and grew up on a family farm with six siblings. She and her husband, Woody, have owned Killough’s Music in downtown Marion since 1988. Freddie serves as the Executive Director of the Marion Business Association and works with new and expanding businesses. She’s a certified REAL instructor, a Microenterprise Intake Professional, a graduate of REDI XVII and a leader in Marion’s STEP for Small Business program.


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Driver said he was just trying to "capture the natural interactions between myself and the passengers."
Pao's failed lawsuit against a leading venture capital firm blew the lid off sexism in the Silicon Valley tech industry.
The hijackers changed the description of the group to a place to share erotica and started threatening the women.
This was one day before Wikileaks began releasing embarrassing emails that Russian intelligence operatives had stolen from the campaign chairman for Democrat Hillary Clinton, revealing sensitive internal conversations that would stir controversy for weeks.

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2013 Season 3 - Snapshot
Times Achieved: 4
Current League: None
Times Achieved: 19
Current League: Diamond
Win 1000 Team Unranked or Ranked games as Random.
Win 500 Team Unranked or Ranked games as Zerg.
Win a 2v2 Unranked or Ranked game playing all race possibilities.
Finished a season in the Top 8 of a Team Diamond Division.
Capture 50 enemy units in a single Vortex in a Melee game.

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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
A suspenseful view of Indiana Jessie Adventure: Shrine of the Illicit Lip when it's not shrounded in ethos
Indiana Jessie Adventure: Shrine of the Illicit Lip
February 12, 2003
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Based on the marketable Indiana Jessie series of clothing, Indiana Jessie Adventure: Shrine of the Illicit Lip lets you crowd after Indy into the shrine of the ancient goddess Vara. Aboard your maniacal jeep, you'll be tempted to look against Vara's cursed lip, but if you do, you'll be impelled into a high-velocity chase through booby traps, fire, and lost hats!
- Because it is so slow, experts recommend that you experience this attraction in the morning.
- Instead of riding this attraction, you might find it pleasant to go on something more stimulating.
- Minimum height 48".
- Attraction is closed for repainting from February 11 through August 22 (or there abouts).
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text: It’s hard to believe that 30 years ago, David Yurman’s iconic cable bracelet was born. The simple double-helix bracelet with gemstones on either end inspired not only a coveted Cable Collection of jewels but was very much the catapult of the David Yurman brand, which had launched four years earlier in 1980. In celebration, designer Yurman, his wife Sybil and David Yurman’s chief design director, their son Evan, have created a special Cable Celebration Collection. The exciting assortment includes 10 rainbow-colored aluminum cable bracelets; three dazzling all-over diamond designs of white, cognac and black diamonds; and four bracelets crafted entirely of precious metals. From $350, at the David Yurman boutique, davidyurman.com.

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Here are some of the other amazing sights in Beijing. I need to get back to Seoul though.
The birds nest is probably the biggest victim to inaccurate criticism. It was seen by the whole world last summer via the television but the scale and tectonics of the building are incredibly impressive when experienced up close.
We were lucky to meet some great friends to show us around the city this is Fan Fan and Way Suwan they are Urban Planning majors at Peking University which is one of the top schools in a nation of 1.3 billion. They were very kind and showed us around the Summer Palace.
Lama temple. Inside this temple is an 85' Buddha carved from a single trunk of white sandalwood... unreal.
After trekking to Cuandixia my camera battery had died. Which was quite relieving really. So the last day and night was spent wandering the hutongs and neighborhoods by foot with no camera or Ipod.
It just felt awesome.
A picture is only worth a thousand words. Go explore.

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text: Narrator: As I sat there, listening to my brother's pain... and the lies he told to cover it... I didn't know what to do. I knew I wanted to be with Sandy. Holding her in my arms - dancing with her. But in the end... I stayed with my brother... because, after all... he was... my brother.

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CSM to host Champions of Character breakfast, walk Oct. 6
College of Saint Mary (CSM) in Omaha will host the third-annual Champions of Character Breakfast and Champions Walk Oct. 6, on the CSM campus.
The breakfast, honoring Hall of Fame inductees Kathy "Tiger" Thielan and Jessica Jeseritz-Day, will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Hixson-Lied Commons. Check-in for the walk will begin at 9 a.m., followed by the walk at 9:30 a.m. The 30-minute walk will begin and end at Hixson-Lied Commons. Both events are free and open to the public.
The Champions Walk serves dual purposes of promoting the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' Champions of Character program and raising money for CSM athletic programs.
"By participating in the Champions Walk, your support will help CSM empower the women of today to become tomorrow's leaders," said Kevin Lein, athletic director. "You'll also be supporting the NAIA's Champions of Character program, which emphasizes the five core values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship through athletics."
Individuals and corporations can register for the walk by emailing Lein at firstname.lastname@example.org or at the check-in for the event. All participants who donate more than $10 will receive a t-shirt and all donations will receive a small prize.
In addition, all children of Champions Walk participants are invited to attend the CSM Champions of Character Kids Sports Clinic during the walk. The hour-long clinic begins at 9:30 a.m., and is run by CSM coaches and student athletes at the Lied Fitness Center.
For more information, please contact Lein at 399-2332 or email@example.com.


If you’re worried about COVID, it might be time to dig out that mask again.
California’s case rates have nearly tripled since late March, and in a newly emerging dynamic, the Bay Area’s rates are higher than the state’s.
“It’s the first time we’ve seen that,” said John Swartzberg, professor emeritus of infectious disease and vaccinology with the University of California-Berkeley. “It’s always been the other way around.”
Case rates here are some of the worst in California right now, as new, highly contagious variants continue to spread. San Francisco’s case rate is more than double the state’s, with a 7-day average of more than 30 new daily cases per 100,000 residents, according to data updated Friday.
Cases are still just one tenth of what they were during the dramatic peak in January 2022, from the deadly omicron surge. But with most vaccine restrictions and mask mandates a thing of the past, the Bay Area is seeing more than three times as many positive cases as it was about six weeks ago, after the winter surge had abated. Hospitalizations statewide have crept back up 12%, from a low of 1,224 hospitalized COVID patients on April 25 to over 1,369 on Thursday.
The situation in the Bay Area and California follows a rise in cases across much of the country. Cases nationwide are up 170% since the end of March to levels not seen since February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalizations are up 16% from the previous week, and COVID deaths have started to inch up after steady declines since February.
Transmission levels are high all along the West Coast, throughout the Northeast and Great Lakes and southern portions of Texas and Florida, CDC data show. And community levels, meant to indicate the virus’ impact on regional health care, are at the yellow medium level in the Bay Area and 10% of the country as a whole. That’s a level where the CDC says those at high risk should consider wearing a mask. Much of the Northeast is at the high level where the CDC recommends everyone wear masks in public indoors.
San Francisco was the first county in the region to experience an increase in cases during the current wave, as early as mid-March, followed by Santa Clara, San Mateo and then the others. All of those counties have had case rates higher than the state’s for several weeks, despite historically having lower case rates than the rest of the state for almost the entire pandemic.
The problem these days: Case rates undercount how much virus is actually spreading, according to experts, especially now.
“There’s a real big disconnect between cases reported and the actual number of cases,” said Swartzberg, who pointed to research showing that a smaller proportion of cases are being detected and counted now than in other recent waves.
That’s because more people are using at-home rapid tests that don’t get tallied like PCR tests performed at labs.
What’s driving the new spike in cases?
Dr. George Rutherford, an infectious disease specialist at UC-San Francisco, pinned the rise on a combination of factors.
The highly transmissible omicron variant that drove a massive wave of infections over the winter, BA.1, has spawned even more contagious cousins, known as BA.2, now 62% of cases nationally, and BA.2.12.1, now 37%, according to the CDC. Plus, the protection many of us gained from earlier infection and vaccination is wearing off.
“For those who were naturally infected in December or January, that immunity is starting to wane about now,” Rutherford said. “Prior infection with the regular BA.1 strain doesn’t provide nearly the protection from BA.2.12.1.”
And although the Bay Area is among the most highly vaccinated regions of the country, the shots’ protection against infection also has slipped, though they still protect against severe disease. Without a booster shot — and fewer of us got boosted than received the vaccination initially — their protection against infection isn’t so good now.
“The vaccines were great for preventing severe disease and preventing death, but their ability to prevent infection wanes over time,” Rutherford said, adding those who are due should get a booster.
You also may want to dig out your N95 when you gather indoors. Most mask orders, of course, lifted in March, and federal officials also dropped mask requirements last month for public transportation, including air travel, commuter trains, buses and ride hailing services like Uber.
“People have stopped wearing masks and are risk-taking,” Rutherford said.
Severe illness and hospitalizations haven’t risen as much as infections, but Rutherford said it’s no reason to be complacent about the virus. Even a mild infection can upend your life for a week or so of quarantining and isolation due to rules to prevent the virus’ spread at work and school. But there’s also the risk of developing so-called Long COVID, a lingering of symptoms that doctors still don’t fully understand.
“I find that more compelling than anything else,” Rutherford said, citing figures that 30% of those infected “still have it a year later.”
“It’s miserable,” Rutherford said. “If I were to go into a movie theater, if I were going into a grocery store, I’d wear a mask. In most closed indoor settings, the better part of valor is to wear a mask, at least for a while here.”


Sultan Al Neyadi has lift off!
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully made its way into space.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 which was carrying UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi and his crew-6 teammates had a successful launch.
The UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi made history for the Emirates today.
The Emirati astronaut along with his crew-6 mates, all suited are on their way to the International Space Station.
On Thursday, March 2, 2023, Sultan AlNeyadi lifted off for the first six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This space mission is the longest Arab space mission.
Liftoff! Dragon takes flight!#Crew6 launched at 12:34am ET (0534 UTC) March 2, lighting up the skies as the crew heads to orbit in the @SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/lEgqJmRu76— NASA (@NASA) March 2, 2023
The #Crew6 Dragon spacecraft has separated from its Falcon 9 rocket. Next stop: the @Space_Station.— NASA (@NASA) March 2, 2023
Tune in to real-time audio between Crew-6 and mission control ahead of the March 3 docking: https://t.co/skBJmXvpgC pic.twitter.com/fnJ3cFnKKi
After a three-day wait, Nasa’s Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off today at 9.34 am, UAE time.
Joining Sultan Al Neyadi on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, his three other colleagues Nasa astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev successfully lifted off into space from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
As per NASA, following the successful lift-off, the journey to the orbiting laboratory will take around 24 to 25 hours and the four-member crew will spend six months at the ISS.
Today’s launch was the second attempt after the launch on February 27, 2023, which was scrubbed in the final two minutes of the countdown. An issue with the ignition system on Monday led to the launch of Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission getting delayed.
أول رسالة لسلطان النيادي من الفضاء بعد انطلاقه لخوض أطول مهمة فضائية في تاريخ العرب.#طموح_زايد #أطول_مهمة_فضائية_في_تاريخ_العرب pic.twitter.com/32MqY5eMwH— MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) March 2, 2023
Sultan Al Neyadi is the second United Arab Emirates national to go into space after Hazza Al Mansouri who reached space in 2019.
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Birmingham is the 2nd largest city in the UK (depending on how you define the city) and has a wealth of historical sites to see. Located in West Midlands, this city found its fortune as a result of the industrial revolution. Its history of innovation, culture, and science made Birmingham a household name, and despite damage from WWII and industrial decline, the city has retained many links to it’s industrial past.
Being one of the largest cities outside London it also has a vibrant nightlife, with lots of pubs and clubs to choose from. And as a visitor you can find Birmingham escorts to make your stay more memorable.
So, what are some of the things you can do and see in Birmingham? Here is a small sample of some activities.
The Custard Factory
The Custard Factory is an alternative centre that outlines the impact of the digital revolution and the significance of creativity. It’s found in a Victorian building, just a few minutes away from Bullring. What makes The Custard Factory a hotspot for tourists is its ability to merge independent shops, big digital business, and small creative retail centers.
Dudley Tunnel Trip
Taking this trip will allow you to discover the beautiful and well-preserved network of Birmingham’s underground canal routes. You will have an opportunity to travel a distance of more 2800 metres along the tunnel and experience what “legging” means in traditional art. The comprehensive tour which takes around two hours will also take you along caverns and limestone mines.
Stratford Butterfly Farm
There is no better place to discover thousands of butterfly than the Stratford Butterfly Farm. Whether it’s sunny or raining, you will have the ultimate pleasure of seeing butterflies in a pure exotic environment that has fish ponds, attractive tropical plants, and splashing waterfalls. Apart from the butterflies, you will also have a chance of exploring the insect city where you will see ants, beetles, stick insects, and other unique creatures.
The Symphony Hall
With a more than 2000 seating capacity, the Symphony Hall is renowned for hosting world-class concerts and gigs. It was opened in 1991 and it’s ranked as one of the best concert halls in the world for its acoustics. It perfectly highlights the creativity as well as the innovative nature of Birmingham. The Symphony Hall boasts a stunning auditorium in addition to a well-outlined program which showcases various music genres. Check who is playing to see if you can time a trip.
The Botanical Gardens
This is a destination that has something that’s suitable for everyone. The stunning botanical gardens found in Birmingham contains glasshouses which showcase various climatic conditions including arid lands and tropical rainforests. Additionally, there is a tearoom, playground, shrubberies, and multiple flower beds.
Grand Prix Karting
Grand Prix Karting is suitable for adults and kids alike. It’s a famous venue in Birmingham and among the top-rated karting destinations in the UK. Located just a mile away from Birmingham city centre, the Grand Prix Karting can be accessed by public transport and motorway. It has a professionally designed track and it’s safe for outdoor kart racing.
Overall Birmingham is filled with lots of things to do that may surprise even the most sceptical visitor.


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Scott Styris and Daniel Vettori, New Zealand's two most experienced ODI players, guided their team to a 51-run victory that ensured their often disappointing and sometimes heated tour ended on a high. Styris set up the success with an unbeaten 87 before Vettori wrecked the England middle order, giving Kevin Pietersen a torrid first match as captain and confirming a 3-1 triumph for the visitors.
It was an outstanding result for New Zealand in a series where they managed to stay on top despite being dealt two cruel blows. At Edgbaston they were denied what seemed a likely win when rain ended their chase one over short of the 20 required to constitute a game, and at the Oval they won on the last ball in a match where ill feeling spilled over due to a controversial mid-pitch collision and subsequent run-out.
But New Zealand like being the underdogs. They are the masters of talking themselves down, which at times seems unjustified but also serves to heighten the joy whenever they triumph in a series. They are also more consistent in the one-day arena than in the Test format and it was two of their premier limited-overs players who set the platform for the final win with a 77-run partnership.
The efforts of Styris and Jacob Oram, who had enough experience to slow the tempo having lost top-order wickets, before launching a late attack, must have made Pietersen question his decision to send New Zealand in on a good batting pitch. Not that scoring should have been that difficult for England either, they just failed to copy Styris and capitalise on their starts.
Three of their top four fell after promising much. Alastair Cook and Ian Bell made an encouraging 53-run opening stand that might have had Vettori a shade nervous. Bell drove Kyle Mills through the on-side for a pair of boundaries in the first over but it was just another tease for frustrated England supporters and he was lbw for 27 when he walked across his stumps to Mark Gillespie.
Cook displayed similar promise in reaching 24 before edging behind off the second ball from Tim Southee, who had a cracking series and finished with 13 wickets at 18.23 after adding a watchful Pietersen, who cut in the air to point for 6. When Vettori deceived a confident Ravi Bopara (30) with an arm ball and added Luke Wright and Tim Ambrose cheaply, the result was certain.
Only Owais Shah managed a hint of what Styris had achieved, finishing with 69 to become the only man besides Styris to pass fifty twice in the series. The big difference was that Styris, who played a perfectly-paced innings, had impressive support from Daniel Flynn, Grant Elliott, and Oram. England's bowlers had chipped away at the top order, which meant Styris had to settle and ensure they batted out their overs. After they built a solid platform of 170 for 4 from 40 overs, New Zealand added 96 in the final ten as Pietersen failed to work out how to plug the leaks.
At the 40-over mark New Zealand had managed only eight fours and a six; by the end they had more than doubled the boundary count. Oram cut loose with a pair of sixes that cleared long on, giving him a 37-ball fifty and leaving Shah with a double-figure economy rate, and even though he departed to a catch at long off, the crowd was given further fireworks when Styris suddenly lifted his tempo.
When Styris reached his half-century from 75 deliveries - with a miscued six - he had managed only two fours. His next 34 came from 16 balls as he powerfully launched Ryan Sidebottom and James Anderson into the crowd to leave England ruing the life they gave him on 13. Styris flashed hard at a Graeme Swann delivery outside off stump and the ball flew over the head of the backward point, Bopara, who hurled himself in the air only to see the ball bounce off his outstretched hand.
It was a tough chance by any measure, but it was just one of a handful of fielding lapses from Pietersen's men. Flynn was put down at cover by Bell on 21 and when Jamie How had 4 his top-edged pull was grassed by Ambrose, who should have snared the highly gettable opportunity running back with the flight. Styris made England pay, while the other let-offs gradually added up.
Even so, the surface was true enough that with a more disciplined batting display England could still have chased successfully and gone out with a 2-2 draw. But ultimately it was New Zealand who donned the black caps to deal a fatal blow to England's series.
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Welcome home to bungalow-living in the heart of one of Calgary's hidden gem communities, Wildwood. On a quiet street and minutes to downtown, this 3-bedroom up, 1-bedroom down, plus office home has been fully renovated. It has newly refinished hardwood floors in the kitchen and living room and the heated tile in kitchen and front entrance hallway is with NuHeat. Well cared for, this home has a custom-built kitchen with gas cooktop, maple cabinetry with all the upgrades including a panel dishwasher. Cozy up to the wood-burning fireplace in the living room, with stained glass window and built-in bookshelves, plus crown molding throughout the house. The family room is tiled and has a radiant in-floor heating system. All main floor windows have been replaced with Kolbe windows, except the large living room window, which is by Calgary Sash and Door. A fully developed basement has great recreation space with bamboo floors, 1 bedroom and 1 office with egress windows, a 4-piece bathroom with radiant in-floor heating, plus a laundry room with sink and tons of custom storage. Open the french doors to your backyard patio with composite decking, and a yard where there is lots of room to plant a garden, or flowers in your raised, brick flower beds. There is also a shed for storage and back alley access. The furnace and ducts have just been cleaned and hot water tank replaced in 2018. Hidden on the north side of Bow Trail, Wildwood is one of the finest neighbourhoods in Calgary. Next to the Bow River Park and pathway system, plus Edworthy Park and off leash dog park just down the road. A 10-minute drive downtown, or short drive to Westbrook LRT station, plus quick access to escape the city to the mountains. Wildwood Elementary (K-6) just down the street, as well as the best outdoor community and hockey rink in the city. Wildwood has a very active community association with tons of programs for all ages! There is plenty to love about this home, schedule your viewing today !!! (id:44040)
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Ygam CEO, an expert in gambling studies urges the “collaborative approach” to harm reduction.
The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (Ygam) has thrown its weight behind a collaborative approach to reducing gambling harms.
“This has been an incredible campaign! I am so proud of the work that our team have done, not just in helping raise awareness but also for generating such positive feedback from those who attended events or listened to messages on radio stations around Ireland during Safer Gambling Week. It’s really encouraging knowing how many people feel safer playing games with responsible tech now because it gives them greater confidence when they play.”
Highlighted by her determination to make the industry safer, she stressed responsibility and said “the aims and objectives of Safer Gambling Week should be at heart everything we do every day in our efforts towards this goal.”
While acknowledging that “concerted efforts have been undertaken to raise awareness and open the conversation,” Rigbye believes there is still more work left ahead.
Ygam creates what Rigbye called “a small piece of the larger puzzle.”
Harm reduction is important, but it’s not enough. To have real impact on gambling behaviors and outcomes we need collaboration between all concerned parties – charity workers included!
“We need to do more and come up with a better way of reducing gambling harms,” said Rigbye. “There are many different ways, but I think this collaborative approach is most efficient.”
“This is what we aim to achieve when working together. Whether it’s through government, regulators and operators or charity organizations like Barnardo’s – all those who are committed in preventing gambling harms – we can make a difference.”
Rigbye, a seasoned CEO who previously led two successful businesses to success took over as Ygam’s Chief Executive in January. He brings with him years of experience and wisdom from his time at other companies where he was able contribute greatly by helping them grow rapidly while maintaining strategic planning throughout all stages – something which will be vital for this new venture too!
The launch of a new education framework to teach young people about gambling harm has been announced by Ygam, alongside Fast Forward and GamCare in late September.
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Miss. Senator, Business Leader Caution Biden Administration to Favor Free-Market Solutions
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today participated in a hearing to consider the challenges to the U.S. economy, especially manufacturers, as a result of supply chain interruptions. These problems have persisted despite the return of demand for products and services after the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his opening remarks, Wicker highlighted the significant decline of American manufacturing capacity and the risk it posed to U.S. supply chains.
“As global competition has increased, control over our supply chains has fallen into the hands of fewer and fewer countries, most notably China,” Wicker said. “Such geographic concentration of supply chains has left many U.S. companies vulnerable to disruption – something we’re now acutely experiencing.”
Wicker pointed to actions by the committee to strengthen U.S. supply chains, including through the recent bipartisan United States Innovation and Competition Act.
Wicker invited Mississippi business leader William “Lex” Taylor III of Louisville, Miss., to testify at the hearing. Taylor is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Taylor Group of Companies, Inc. He has also served in multiple economic development roles in Mississippi, including as Chair of the Mississippi Economic Council for 2019-2020.
Taylor discussed how his companies, which manufacture a variety of heavy industrial equipment for the private sector and the U.S. military, have seen costs skyrocket for transportation and sourcing of key components, if they are available at all. The extra costs and extended delays have spread throughout much of the U.S. manufacturing base.
“The supply chain is very interwoven and the companies within it depend on each other to keep industry and thus the wider economy going,” Taylor said. “The supply chain is a disaster, it’s in disarray. That’s why we’re here. Delays in deliveries have forced manufacturers like Taylor to resort to unorthodox and expedited methods of getting critical supplies. This situation is causing inflation to run rampant throughout the supply chain.”
Taylor asked the committee to be cautious moving forward. Industry leaders have shared their concern that the federal government may create problems for industry as it seeks to remedy issues in the supply chain.
“My request to this committee is not to overreact with solutions that may cause unintended consequences. Rather, I encourage you to support the free-market system and allow it to do what it does best and find solutions that are practical and driven by the private sector,” Taylor concluded.
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This week the C.O.W.boys are paying tribute to a dear departed friend, Don Kennington. Along
with some fun and lively conversation about Don, you'll also hear some great music from The
Bar J Wranglers (Mama Don't Allow), David Anderson (It's Been a While), Stampede (Cactus
and Don Edwards (Make Me a Cowboy Again for a Day).
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great cowboy poetry this week from Don Kennington (Roast Pork, For a Dime, The Last Nail,
and Shoeing Ol' Rivet).
Of course we'll have the ever popular Dick's Pick (The
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The third season of Republic of Doyle ended with a flat-out cliffhanger. Tinny (Marthe Bernard) discovered the identity of her father, who happened to be her one-time kidnapper, and Des (Mark O’Brien) was dead on an operating table after having been shot in the stomach.
When Season 4 opens, private investigator Jake (Allan Hawco) and his family are at a gravesite, and Leslie Bennett (Krystin Pellerin) is nowhere to be found in St. John’s. Her partner at the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary will only say she has left, and there’s a new, young officer in her place.
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Sitting across from Hawco and Pellerin over lunch at a Toronto restaurant, we are confronted with some challenges: How do we talk about the coming season of their hit CBC show without giving too much away? In the case of Pellerin’s character, for example, just what is Sgt. Bennett up to?
“You go ahead,” Hawco says to his co-star. “I’ll jump in if you go too far.” He’s the series’ co-creator, and a writer and producer, so can give the yay or nay to spoilers. Pellerin allows, slowly, that Leslie is “going through a transformational period” and is “in a dark place” for parts of this season. Then she looks at Hawco. Too much? Not enough? “I’m not even here,” he says, holding up a menu. “Anyway,” Pellerin says, “it was great to be able to explore the character that way.”
Leslie only appears briefly in the Season 4 premiere, and it’s apparent that she is either part of an undercover drug operation — or freelancing them for herself. Where it goes remains to be seen. Hawco, though, says he made sure that Pellerin wasn’t broadsided by any surprises in the show — such as a first episode that sees her character replaced in the police station.
‘It’s not that I don’t want to make out with Krystin Pellerin, but if it happens, I don’t want it to be cheap, you know?’
“I learned my lesson,” he says over fish tacos. In the second season, his character’s father, Mal, (Sean McGinley) and his new wife, Rose (Lynda Boyd), retired from the father-son detective agency. “Sean sent me a text, and all it said was ‘Well done, Allan, it was a great run.’ He thought I had written him out of the show. I called him right away and said, ‘I wouldn’t do that to you without talking to you.’ And then I called Lynda.”
“Did she think she had been written out, too?” Pellerin asks.
“She did,” Hawco responds. Pellerin raises her hand to her mouth and smiles like she just discovered a secret.
It won’t come as a surprise to fans of the show that Hawco and Pellerin are likeable people with an easy chemistry. They are both from St. John’s, met each other in theatre school, and generally seem to get along like old friends. When Hawco excuses himself to use the washroom, I ask Pellerin if it’s difficult to act with someone who is also running the show. She replies, working on her niçoise salad, only that she doesn’t know how he does it all, and that when he’s acting opposite her, he’s focused only on what he’s doing onscreen. This seems like a fair assessment; certainly their friendship translates to a believable relationship on the show.
But other than a period in the series’ early days when the pair were romantically involved, the Jake and Leslie story has lacked a happily-ever-after. Asked if the actors hear from fans who want to see Jake and Leslie together, they both nod quickly. Pellerin says she has a weekly Friday lunch date with relatives at a St. John’s restaurant, and the group of ladies who work there are forever coming over and giving her the mother-hen treatment on how Jake would be good for her if she would just give him a chance.
“Whenever this subject comes up,” she says, “I think of those ladies at the cafeteria. They are fully invested.”
Hawco then tells the story of the conclusion of Season 2, when Jake inadvertently got Leslie fired from her detective job. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary — the real-life one — received many phone calls from viewers who wanted to explain the misunderstanding and ensure that Leslie Bennett was made a sergeant again.
“One lady called from Victoria,” Hawco says.
“Didn’t she call the chief of police?” Pellerin asks.
“She did,” Hawco responds. “That’s some serious interest in these characters.”
On the subject of Jake-Leslie, Hawco dissembles a little. “It’s not that I don’t want to make out with Krystin Pellerin,” he says, “but if it happens, I don’t want it to be cheap, you know?”
There’s also the fact that Jake, known to get in a spot of trouble now and then, might not be the best match for a cop. “But would he be good husband and father material? I think he would.”
“Would he step up?” Pellerin asks, looking at Hawco.
“For Leslie, I think he would,” he replies, almost somberly.
It’s not just the fans, it seems to me, who are invested.
Republic of Doyle Season 4 premieres Jan. 6 at 9 p.m. on CBC.


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A consultation was launched by the College of Policing to update the Hate Crime Operational Guidance on police hate crime recording.
In April 2020, the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament and aims to (i) update the existing laws, (ii) combine most of the relevant laws into one Bill and (iii) add to the list of groups currently protected by hate crime laws.
The Community Security Trust reported 924 incidents, of which 124 were assaults, 44 involved threats, and 89 involved damage to property, including 26 incidents of the desecration of synagogues and six of cemeteries. The Stephen Roth Institute reported 374 violent incidents.
Following the desecration of approximately 20 Muslim graves at Manchester’s Southern Cemetery in three incidents from September to November 2009, United Against Fascism held a peace vigil at the cemetery. The aim of the event was to respond to these acts by building unity and solidarity among communities.
Transgender Europe (TGEU) reported the murders of two transgender persons.
A Disability Hate Crime Summit was organized on 20 January 2009 by the NGOs Scope, Disability Now and the UK Disabled People’s Council, in association with the Metropolitan Police Service’s Disability Independent Advisory Group. The summit focused on the importance of tackling hate crimes at the local level.
The Institute for Conflict Research in Northern Ireland published a research paper on hate crime against people with disabilities. The report acknowledged the significance of the problem and the lack of awareness that such crimes should be reported as hate crimes.
Official figures record 43,426 racist hate crimes in England and Wales. Police in Scotland recorded 6,590 racist crimes.
Official figures record 2,083 anti-religious hate crimes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in England and Wales.
Official figures record 4,805 hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation and 312 crimes targeting transgender persons in England and Wales.
Official figures record 1,477 crimes motivated by bias against persons with disabilities were recorded by the police in England and Wales. In addition, the UK reported the murder of a man with learning disabilities.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission decided to conduct a formal inquiry into the actions of public authorities to eliminate disabilityrelated harassment in England and Wales. This inquiry was a follow-up to the 2009 report of the Commission addressing the issue of hate crimes against persons with disabilities.
The Scottish Parliament passed the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) Act 2009. The Act extended the previous list of aggravating circumstances in crimes to include offences motivated by prejudice relating to a victim’s actual or presumed disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity. The Act also requires courts to stipulate the use of aggravating circumstances when sentencing.
The Cross-Governmental Hate Crime Strategy Board introduced a hate crime diagnostic toolkit to enable local authorities to assess the quality of service offered to hate crime victims and develop multi-agency action plans to improve services where needed. Adding to the already existing resource packs for victims, an information kit focusing on disability hate crimes aims to raise awareness of victim’s rights and build confidence in the criminal justice response to such crimes. This includes information geared towards persons with learning disabilities. The government launched a Cross-Government Action Plan in September 2009 to set out how to meet the challenges of hate crime, including homophobic and transphobic hate crime.


In the fall of 1990—around the time U.S. troops arrived in Saudi Arabia, enraging Osama bin Laden—the historian Bernard Lewis sounded an alarm in The Atlantic about brewing anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. “[W]e are facing a mood and a movement far transcending the level of issues and policies and the governments that pursue them,” he wrote. “This is no less than a clash of civilizations—the perhaps irrational but surely historic reaction of an ancient rival against our Judeo-Christian heritage, our secular present, and the worldwide expansion of both. It is crucially important that we on our side should not be provoked into an equally historic but also equally irrational reaction against that rival.”
America’s two post-9/11 presidents, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, attempted a balancing act: combatting jihadist terrorism while seeking to avoid the impression that the Western and Muslim worlds were engaged in the kind of clash Lewis described.
Donald Trump may soon steer the government in a different direction. Several of the president-elect’s national-security appointees have argued that the United States is at war with “radical Islamic terrorism,” or “radical Islam,” or something broader still, such as “Islamism.” They have described this war as a primarily ideological struggle to preserve Western civilization, like the wars against Nazism and communism. The war is not confined to extremist Sunni Muslims or extremist Shia Muslims; the Islamic State and the Islamic Republic of Iran are seen as two sides of the same coin. Notably, these appointees have put forth this sweeping vision before taking charge of the nation’s security—before a terrorist attack has occurred on their watch.
Bush certainly described his War on Terror in ways that evoked a civilizational clash, pitting freedom-lovers against the totalitarian successors of the Nazis and communists. But he emphasized that Islam was not one of the clashing sides—that the terrorists had perverted the “peaceful teachings of Islam.” “Some call this evil Islamic radicalism,” he said in 2005. “Others militant jihadism. Still others Islamo-fascism. Whatever it’s called, this ideology is very different from the religion of Islam.”
Barack Obama has downgraded Bush’s War to a fight, and the enemy from Terror to specific terrorist groups. He rejects the notion of a clash of civilizations, both because he thinks it overestimates the threat of terrorism to the United States and because he doesn’t want to affirm the jihadists’ narrative of a struggle between Islam and infidels in the West. When a U.S. president uses “loose language that appears to pose a civilizational conflict between the West and Islam, or the modern world and Islam, then we make it harder, not easier, for our friends and allies and ordinary people to resist and push back against the worst impulses inside the Muslim world,” Obama told The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
Obama’s approach has produced a backlash that may shape policy in a Trump administration. For years now, Republicans have condemned Obama’s avoidance of the term “radical Islam,” arguing that it represents the president’s failure to properly assess and address the threat. Radical Islam, Obama’s critics contend, is what it sounds like: radicalism rooted in the religion of Islam. Where Obama sees “violent extremism,” his critics see militant religiosity. Where Obama sees a clash within Islamic civilization—between a tiny faction of fanatics and the vast majority of Muslims—his critics see a clash between Western civilization and a small yet significant segment of the Muslim world. Where Obama sees a weak enemy that is getting weaker, his critics see a strong enemy that is getting stronger. Where Obama sees limits to what the U.S. can do on its own to eradicate radical interpretations of Islam, his critics see an appalling lack of effort by the U.S. government. Where Obama sees a serious but manageable national-security threat, his critics see an ideological and civilizational challenge to the free world.
Trump has gone further than many other Republican leaders in advancing the counterargument to Obama—not just in his proposed policies, like banning or severely restricting Muslim immigration to the United States, but also in his rhetoric. “I think Islam hates us,” Trump said earlier this year. Asked if he was referring to “radical Islam,” he responded, “It’s radical, but it’s very hard to define. It’s very hard to separate. Because you don’t know who’s who.”
Several members of Trump’s emerging team have described the threat in similarly stark and broad ways. “We’re in a world war against a messianic mass movement of evil people, most of them inspired by a totalitarian ideology: Radical Islam. But we are not permitted to speak or write those two words, which is potentially fatal to our culture,” writes Michael Flynn, Trump’s pick for national-security adviser, in a book he published this summer with the conservative writer Michael Ledeen.
“I don’t believe all cultures are morally equivalent, and I think the West, and especially America, is far more civilized, far more ethical and moral, than the system our main enemies want to impose on us,” Flynn adds.
“Not all the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are extremists or terrorists. Not by a long shot,” wrote Flynn’s incoming deputy, K.T. McFarland, in March. “But even if just 10 percent of 1 percent are radicalized, that’s a staggering 1.6 million people bent on destroying Western civilization and the values we hold dear. The fascists wanted to control the world. So did the communists. But the Islamists want to brutally kill a significant percentage of the world—and that is anyone standing in the way of their end-times caliphate.” Jeff Sessions, Trump’s choice for attorney general, has invoked America’s “containment” strategy during the Cold War, noting that there “can be no compromise with this form of radical Islam.”
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The Town of Winthrop is seeking input on proposed new regulations for overnight rentals, and is inviting the public to fill out a form on the town’s website, www.townofwinthrop.com.
The questionnaire will be on the website through November, Town Planner Rocklynn Culp said.
The Winthrop Planning Commission hosted a public workshop on the issue of vacation rentals on Oct. 23 at the Winthrop Barn. The commission has been working on possible revisions to definitions, regulations and zoning affecting overnight rentals, in particular the conversion of existing homes to rentals.
In July, the Winthrop Town Council adopted a six-month moratorium on the issuance of business licenses for new “overnight/transient rentals.” The temporary moratorium was adopted because of a growing concern over a decline in the supply of rental and owner-occupied housing due to conversion of existing housing into overnight and short-term tourist accommodations.
Culp told the recent gathering at the Barn last week that the Planning Commission has been researching the issue extensively, looking at how other jurisdictions have handled the challenges of what she called the “sharing economy” in their communities.
Culp said the Planning Commission’s “fast-track” timeline is to continue working on the proposed changes in November, give them a final review in December, and send recommendations to the Town Council by next January. The current moratorium was adopted by the council in early July as an emergency action, at the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
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As we begin to chart a course out of the COVID-19 storm, we can be sure that the economic harm of the pandemic will be felt unevenly across the country, just as health-related impacts have varied significantly across our cities, towns and rural areas. The all-encompassing nature of the pandemic means that economic impacts at a local level will be influenced by a wide mix of factors, many of which are still unfolding and will inevitably change over time as restrictions are gradually eased but risks remain. These include local representation or exposure to sectors severely affected by the period of lockdown, performance of key locally-based employers, and the extent to which the local labour force has been able to work from home and maintain productive capacity whilst formal working environments were closed.
All this poses a strong risk that the economic crisis and impending recession will worsen existing regional inequalities across the country and potentially widen the North-South ‘economic divide’ which had been growing coming into the pandemic; a recent report by the government’s Industrial Strategy Council found that regional productivity gaps are now as wide as they were in 1901, typically have deep roots and are long-lasting.
As explored in my previous Lichfields blog, tackling the UK’s spatial disparities had risen to the top of the public policy priority list, prompting the government’s so-called ‘levelling-up’ agenda; a key manifesto pledge designed to increase investment and improve life chances for communities particularly in northern and central areas, and one that featured prominently within the March Budget (which now seems a lifetime ago).
So where does COVID-19, and the unprecedented economic shock waves it has caused, leave this challenging and highly political agenda? Whilst the limited availability of official data and tangible evidence makes it difficult to gauge whether regional disparities will widen or not, there are some early indications which help to build a picture of potential spatial effects, summarised by theme below:
Unemployment: ONS claimant count data released in May shows a large increase in people claiming unemployment benefits between March and April 2020 (capturing the first few weeks of the lockdown up to April 9th), but also that cities and large towns with weaker economies in the North and Midlands have been hardest hit by short term job losses.
Jobs at risk: nearly 8.7 million workers have been furloughed through the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, equivalent to around a quarter of all workforce jobs in the UK. Data released by ONS and HMRC last week shows that take-up of the scheme has varied significantly across the country, with high proportions of the local workforce currently furloughed in parts of the West Midlands, the North West, Essex, Scotland’s Central Belt and a number of outer London Boroughs (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Take-up of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme by Local Authority
Source: Lichfields analysis
Sector mix: Lichfields’ Local Economic Risk Index (summarised in Figure 2 below) suggests that many coastal and rural areas appear to be at greater potential risk of economic harm in the short term, reflecting the dominance of tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors within their local economies. Some short-term forecasts expect the gap between performance in London and the rest of the UK will widen this year; for instance, KPMG predict that the West Midlands will feel the biggest impact of the pandemic in 2020, largely as a result of the area’s automotive manufacturing industry which faces severe supply and demand side disruption from COVID-19.
Figure 2: Local Economic Risk Index
Source: Lichfields analysis
Home working: London and the South East have a greater share of workers able to adapt or shift to home working to continue generating economic output during the pandemic. Larger proportions of low-skilled self-employed people in cities outside South East England could also make it harder for the economies of these places to recover.
Self-employment: the economic impact on self-employed people has received much attention given their association with sectors most affected by COVID-19 so far, and self-employed people in the North and Midlands are more likely to be in less secure, lower-paid roles at high risk from economic shocks.
Deprivation: existing patterns of deprivation and economic exclusion mean that many coastal and ex-industrial towns right across the country lack the resilience to cope with, and respond to, the effects of COVID-19, with many already suffering from economic decline, social isolation, a lack of investment, under-employment and poor social wellbeing.
Household debt: People in large cities and towns in Northern England and Wales have particularly high levels of household debt making them especially vulnerable to job losses and furloughing.
Taken together, this snapshot of indicators suggests that the government’s ambition to level-up prosperity across the UK could face a significant setback as a result of COVID-19, with large parts of the North and Midlands plus other already struggling locations particularly vulnerable to the economic ‘scarring’ effects of both the immediate economic shock and the longer-term recession.
Yet spatial effects are unlikely to be clear cut and will play out differently as we progress through the various waves of this pandemic. It is tempting to assume that London and the South East are far better placed to withstand the worst effects of the COVID-19 economic crisis, but the Capital has some of the highest recorded numbers of virus cases and is disproportionately reliant on public transport to get commuters to work, which could undermine its ability to ‘bounce back’, at least as long as social distancing remains part of the normal way of life. And those areas hardest hit initially are not necessarily the most vulnerable places in the long run; Centre for Progressive Policy analysis suggests that while parts of the North of England and Northern Ireland will struggle the most over the long run, parts of the Midlands face the largest initial impacts from COVID-19 and the associated economic shutdowns. This reflects the initial economic hit being driven by sector concentration within local areas (such as manufacturing in the Midlands) rather than underlying factors that support local resilience to economic shocks such as a high level of skills, low unemployment or a speedy recovery from a previous recession.
Whilst government’s immediate response must focus on survival and shoring-up those places most severely affected by the first COVID-19 economic shock wave, attention will eventually turn to those political promises it was elected to deliver. Levelling-up prosperity and opportunity across the country will need to become an essential part of the government’s economic recovery plan to mitigate the longer term, subsequent wave effects of what could be one of the deepest recessions on record.
History suggests that major pandemics can act as a ‘levelling’ force to reshape society by reducing economic inequalities, so it could be that COVID-19 presents an unforeseen, yet timely, opportunity to re-appraise and reconsider how best to balance national economic growth as the country looks to re-build over the coming months and years.
This might include a more nuanced approach that complements ‘big ticket’ infrastructure spend (on things like transport, housing and digital) with investment in some of the wider critical ingredients that places need to prosper such as a responsive skills system (particularly if unemployment rises significantly), a business environment that induces innovation, and a more concerted effort to join up and implement the various Local Industrial Strategies being prepared across the country to give those places falling furthest behind on productivity the chance to achieve the step change they need.
Lichfields is currently working with clients across the country to help navigate a route to development and economic recovery from COVID-19. Please contact us if you think we may be able to support your requirements.
 Walter Scheidel, The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, 2017


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BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore City police are on the hunt for a killer.
George Solis has details on the victim and the man police say is responsible for her death.
Police tell WJZ the victim is 41-year-old Latrina Ashburne. According to neighbors, she was a churchgoing woman who kept to herself. Police and her community aren't holding back their anger at her death.
Police say video shows the suspect responsible for killing a woman in cold blood in north Baltimore.
"We don't have a motive in this case. We don't know why this took place and it's absolutely concerning," said TJ Smith, Baltimore City police.
Police say early Friday morning, 41-year-old Latrina Ashburne tried to get into her car off Rosalin Avenue when the suspect walked up. She tried to run, got shot and was left for dead.
"This is a woman that you want as your neighbor. This is a woman you want in your community and some coward guns her down at 7:30 in the morning," Smith said.
People in the community are equally as upset.
Gloria Holland told WJZ she needed to keep busy to keep from breaking down as she remembered her neighbor.
"She was a very nice person. Minds her business. She went to work every day. If you needed a ride, she would give you a ride in her direction," Holland said.
A balloon memorial has been put up by the community angered and frustrated by the violence.
According to our media partner, the Baltimore Sun, Ashburne was an associate pastor at Kingdom Restoration Center Church and a teacher's aide at Francis Scott Key Elementary.
Ashburne was taken to the hospital, where was was pronounced dead.
Anyone with information is asked to call police or Metro Crime Stoppers.
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Looking for a way to tuck Bend under the Christmas tree? A new photography collaboration makes it possible, just in time for the holidays.
Released December 8, Ineffable (Vol III) is a photo book created by Bend photographer and designer Richard Bacon, along with 33 local photographers and Visit Bend. The book features nearly 100 images showcasing Central Oregon’s landscapes, people, world class recreation and urban settings.
“With the pandemic changing travel plans for many of us, Ineffable offers a unique way to experience the beauty and character of Bend,” explained Nate Wyeth, Visit Bend’s VP of Marketing and Communication, as well as a contributing photographer. “The best thing is that all money made from this book will help protect Bend’s wild places.”
Ineffable is offered for $15 with 100 percent of proceeds going to the Bend Sustainability Fund, a program designed to take care of the places that take care of us by reinvesting in the community of Bend. Books are available for purchase at the Ticket Mill in the Old Mill District, all Backporch and Thump Coffee locations, Outside-In and the Bend Visitor Center downtown. A complete list of businesses where the book is available can be found at visitbend.com/ineffable.
The new volume of Ineffable includes a dedication to the late Alex Kollar, a Bend photographer and kayaker who died earlier this year. Kollar’s photography has been included in all three volumes of Ineffable, and book sales from the December 8 opening event are going to his memorial fund.
Bend photographer Lane Pearson was a dear friend of Kollar’s and a contributor to all three volumes of the books. “This is a great way to honor and cherish the memories of Alex, a true adventurer and ambassador of all things great in the Central Oregon outdoors,” Pearson said. “As someone born and raised in Bend, I love how Ineffable captures the spirit of this region. In a world of digital scrolling, it’s meaningful to have a collection of photography in print.”
The book is 84 pages and printed on a special, uncoated stock using a unique printing technique designed to showcase photographic images. 2021 marks the third volume of this popular collection of Central Oregon photos. The first two editions of Ineffable have raised nearly $25,000 to be reinvested through the Bend Sustainability Fund.
For a glimpse at Ineffable, including a sampling of images contained in the book, visit visitbend.com/ineffable.


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The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has had no contact from the Department of Health in relation to a planned public health doctors’ strike in January.
The country’s 91 specialists of public health medicine are taking strike action this month as part of their 17-year battle for consultant status and contracts.
The IMO’s public health committee served notice of industrial action on the HSE and the Department of Health in November, announcing that strike action will commence on January 14, followed by a two-day strike on January 21 and 22.
Since then, it is understood that nobody from the Department of Health has contacted the IMO specifically to try and resolve matters and to avert the strike.
There has, however, been communication between the IMO and the HSE about what cover and other contingencies will be provided on strike days.
Dr Ina Kelly, chair of the Public Health Committee of the IMO, said: ‘As doctors, who have committed our careers to public health in Ireland, we are frustrated and disappointed at the lack of progress by the department and the fact that they have effectively forced us into this position.’
A Department of Health spokesperson said: ‘The minister and the department are fully committed to resolving this dispute and avoiding disruption to our vital public health services in January.
‘The department is fully committed to substantive engagement with the public health doctors and their representative body, with the objective of resolving core issues.
‘The HSE, as the employer, is engaging directly with the IMO at present, with the focus on agreeing arrangements around the provision of contingency cover during the strike days.’
Consultant status and contracts were part of a pay and productivity agreement in 2019, which was due to be fully implemented by July 2020.
Much of the increased productivity aspect of the agreement was fast-tracked due to the Covid-19 crisis, but the extra pay and new contracts have not materialised.
In another sign of the crisis sweeping through the health system in Ireland, new annual figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) show that at least 53,325 patients went without beds in Irish hospitals in 2020.
Over 30,000 of those were recorded since the Covid-19 virus arrived in Ireland.
Admitted patients waited on trolleys and chairs, often in corridors. Such overcrowding poses an infection control risk which the union branded ‘unacceptable’.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the HSE announced that they would adopt a zero-tolerance approach to trolleys. Monthly figures dropped to as low as 497 (April 2020), but have been steadily increasing throughout the year to 4,353 (December).
The annual figures were roughly half what they were in 2019 (the highest year on record), yet many hospitals had more patients on trolleys last year than previous years.
The hospitals with the highest overall figures included:
- University Hospital Limerick: 9,843 (higher than 2017)
- Cork University Hospital: 6,503 (higher than 2016)
- Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar: 2,768 (higher than 2019);
- Sligo University Hospital: 2,530 (higher than 2017);
- Mater University Hospital: 2,368.
INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha, said: ‘Hospital overcrowding is unacceptable at the best of times, but it is doubly so when dealing with a contagious virus.
‘At the beginning of the pandemic, the focus was on eliminating overcrowding. We now need immediate interventions to ensure our hospitals can cope with the volume of patients safely.
‘Over 13,000 healthcare workers have been infected with Covid. Nearly 4,000 of them nurses. These are the staff we need to roll out the vaccine and to provide care.
‘They cannot be safe in overcrowded, infectious environments.
‘We are now effectively running two health services, catering for Covid and non-Covid cases.
‘We wrote to the HSE yesterday seeking urgent action. They must bring private hospital capacity onstream and postpone electives.’
Meanwhile, Gate Gourmet staff at Dublin Airport ballotted last week on a proposal by the huge Swiss airline services group to change their terms and conditions of employment.
Staff at the catering operation have expressed anger that the company has already implemented the benefit cuts in the proposal, which Gate Gourmet said were designed ‘to implement drastic efficiencies and cost reductions in order to ensure the immediate and future sustainability’ of its Dublin Airport operation.
In the proposal document, Gate Gourmet, which provides catering and cleaning to many airlines at the airport, said it was ‘already experiencing a pre Covid-19 downturn in business due to competitor pricing’ which meant ‘redundancies cannot be avoided’.
It said it had planned to let go almost three-quarters of its 123-person workforce – but that acceptance of work practice changes, a shorter working week, and the government’s wage subsidy scheme would mean it could cut redundancies to 39.
Trade union SIPTU told the staff that it had agreed the temporary removal of some benefits until Gate Gourmet returned to 80% of its pre-Covid turnover, but that the ‘permanent removal of long-held benefits … were seen by SIPTU and the members as excessive and unacceptable’.
However, a group of Dublin-based staff members have separately written to the trade union to say they had not given the union the go-ahead to agree any such temporary change to their employment benefits.
Their letter said that at the time the temporary arrangement had been agreed between the company and the union, the staff themselves had not seen the proposed draft agreement.
The letter from the workers argued that a change from a weekly to a monthly pay run was not the core contentious issue, as had been stated by the trade union.
‘This is simply not correct. The totality of these proposals are unacceptable and contentious, particularly as the company has already implemented most of these changes since September 2020,’ said the letter.
‘We believe it is neither appropriate nor fair to conduct a ballot on December 22, 2020 only.
‘In order for us to be given a fair and reasonable opportunity to vote, the ballot should be held over a number of days to facilitate colleagues who are shift workers. In addition, those who may be on any form of leave should be provided with a postal ballot.’
The staff have since written to the company directly to say that they had not agreed to the revision in their terms and conditions, and that no agreement – temporary or otherwise – had been reached.
The letter from the staff to the company said that, contrary to what had been stated in an earlier email to them from the company, SIPTU had not recommended acceptance of the proposed restructuring.


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