The start of Groovy Grapes support in NetBeans IDE. Below you see a pure Groovy project, with the Groovy JAR and the Ivy JAR automatically on its classpath. There's also a Groovy script that makes use of a @Grab annotation. In the bottom left, in the Services window, you also see a Grape Repository browser, i.e., showing you the JARs that are currently in ".groovy/grapes". Click the images below to get a better look at them.
Next, you see what happens when the project is run. The @Grab annotation automatically starts downloading the JARs that are needed and puts them into the ".groovy/grapes" folder. However, the "no suitable classloader found for grab" error message (which Google shows is a problem for lots of developers) prevents the application from running successfully:
The final screenshot shows that I've put the JARs that I need onto the classpath of the project. I did that manually, hoping to learn from the NetBeans Maven project or the NetBeans Gradle project how to do that automatically. Also note that the @Grab annotation has been commented out. Now the error message about the classloader is avoided and the project runs.
What needs to happen for Groovy Grapes support to be complete in NetBeans IDE:
Comments/feedback/help is welcome.


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Tag Archives: LL.M. Program
A new LL.M. program in English has just been launched at Tel Aviv University. For more details, please see www.Studylaw.tau.ac.il. or in the brochure (here).
New York University School of Law has long been a pioneer in the idea of global legal education. Continuing this tradition, the Law School launched a unique dual-degree program in May 2007 in collaboration with the National University of Singapore … LEGGI

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Now that we know Volkswagen purposefully rigged 11 million vehicles to circumvent environmental rules, releasing an enormous amount of pollutants into the atmosphere, the company’s Sustainability Report from 2014 comes off as a horrible joke.
"It's a jaw-dropper. So unbelievable," Linda Greer, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council told The Huffington Post.
In the report, which was reviewed by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, the automaker details its commitment to the customer, its employees and, of course, to the environment. “Environment” is mentioned 335 times over 156-pages -- an average of twice per page.
“The Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of resolute commitment to environmental protection.” -- page 86.
“We intend to put our creative powers to good use for the benefit of people and the environment." -- page 14.
As we now know, Volkswagen put its creative powers to use in a far less noble way, devising software to purposefully cheat on emissions tests and secretly installing it its diesel vehicles. On Wednesday, chief executive Martin Winterkorn was forced to quit his job at the world’s largest automaker in the wake of the growing scandal and in anticipation of billions in fines, lawsuits and increasing customer rage. More firings are on deck.
VW’s report follows a long tradition of companies using self-reported data -- sometimes certified by well-paid consulting firms -- to make broad declarations of ethical commitment, used to reassure the public that companies aren't just profit-seeking monsters. These are called “corporate social responsibility” reports, "CSR" is the biz lingo. This is a huge movement; most corporations produce these things. Here’s Coca-Cola’s. And Ikea’s. And Exxon-Mobil’s.
And, of course, not all of these efforts are mere publicity ploys. Some companies take this stuff very seriously, even tying environmental goals to executive pay -- an extremely sigficant matter. But in the wake of the VW scandal, it’s going to be harder for anyone to believe a word in these reports.
“[Volkswagen] will probably severely tarnish this entire movement,” writes Greer in a blog post. She’s written before about the key danger of CSR programs: that they end up as merely shiny promotional efforts that allow businesses to sidestep true responsibility for their endeavors.
"There are some companies doing good things," Greer told HuffPost. "Oftentimes they're just doing it and not necessarily putting it in a report."
Yet many efforts are sideshows. Companies give money to philanthropies, for example, but fail to examine the core parts of their businesses that need attention.
“Volkswagen will probably severely tarnish this entire movement.”
Greer is working with Target now on cleaning up environmental issues in the retailer's supply chain. She also commends Apple for dealing with pollution issues overseas. "They have a CSR report, but I think they are walking the walk more than just talking the talk," she said of Apple.
VW’s absurd document follows a long tradition. BP is also notorious for the false promise of its environmental slogans. The oil company won plaudits for acknowledging the reality of global warming and for the slogan “Beyond Petroleum” back in 2000. Then, in 2010, BP caused one of the worst oil spills in history.
By contrast, Exxon Mobil after the Exxon Valdez disaster became “religious about safety standards,” writes Chrystia Freeland for the Washington Post in 2010. Getting the oil out of the ground and moving it around the world without killing anyone or destroying the ocean is a core social responsibility.
So is adhering to environmental regulations, which VW brazenly decided to forgo.
Companies need to start with those simple goals before moving on to marketing materials.


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Soleida Ríos (b. 1950 in eastern Cuba) is a remarkable poet from whom comparatively little work is circulating to date in English. There may be a further delay in terms of book projects in translation, for Ríos lost a translator when Barbara Jamison tragically passed away.
The death of a translator is a reminder of the small, mortal scale of possibility embedded within these our “global” landscapes. It’s also a cue to remember, with Esther Allen, that “the translation of a text often depends largely or perhaps wholly on contextual factors that have less to do with the work’s intrinsic value (whatever that might be and however you might measure it) than with encounters between individuals and the shifting cultural and political contexts within which those encounters take place.”
The first thing you might notice about The Malady of Death is the visual components to this book. It is slim, only sixty pages of text, like many volumes of poems. On each page the font size is larger than most large-print editions of books. I measure the opening capitol “Y” beginning “You” at one-half of a centimeter. The page that appears the fullest contains one-hundred and sixteen words. A page appearing one of the sparest contains sixty words. Section breaks appear as multiple paragraph breaks, a multitude of white space, and an occasional asterisk.

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Coutinho Paints Barca Account Red!
It may have been nearly two years since Philippe Coutinho made his big money move from Liverpool to Barcelona but the Spanish club still owe a lot that money to the banks.
Coutinho ended months of speculation when he joined the Catalan outfit in a deal believed to be worth up to £142m in January, 2018.
Things didn’t quite work out for the Brazilian at the Nou Camp and he now finds himself on loan at Bayern Munich.
Barcelona still owe Liverpool £84m for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho in January, 2018
However, Spanish outlet AS have reported Barcelona’s annual accounts which show how much the club owes others within football, and it’s Liverpool which stands out.
From the original Coutinho fee, it’s stated £84m is still to be paid. There is also no suggestion that this outstanding debt is related to bonuses.
£24m of that amount is considered to be due in the ‘short term’, although the accounts provide no precise time-frame.
The new information will be of concern to Barca fans, the club owing £232m to clubs in total. In turn they are owed £67m, £22m of which Everton are responsible for.
Coutinho made contributed 21 goals and 11 assists in 76 appearances for Barcelona but never quite managed to win over the club’s supporters.
He has returned to form since joining Bayern on loan at the end of the summer with two goals and three assists in eight appearances.

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Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still dealing with the destruction wrought on its neighborhoods, infrastructure, and buildings. This library and community center in the hard-hit Broadmoor neighborhood involved the demolition and reconstruction of the former, and the renovation and restoration of the latter. Eskew+Dumez+Ripple's design makes the new library distinct from the Arts and Crafts building, while respecting it through scale and form. The architects answered some questions about the small but important community project.
Exterior view of library addition ( Photo ©: ©Timothy Dunford )
What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project?
We responded to a City of New Orleans Request for Qualifications for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) funded replacement of an existing library that had been damaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.
Library interior view ( Photo ©: ©Timothy Hursley )
How does the completed building compare to the project as designed? Were there any dramatic changes between the two and/or lessons learned during construction?
The project changed little during construction and remains very much as designed.
Exterior view of library and community center ( Photo ©: ©Timothy Dunford )
How does the building compare to other projects in your office, be it the same or other building types?
This was the first public library completed by our firm. It is also unique in that the project included the renovation of an existing historic 1917 residence for use as a community center.
Site / Floor Plan ( Drawing ©: Spackman, Mossop+Michaels / Eskew+Dumez+Ripple )
How does the building relate to contemporary architectural trends, be it sustainability, technology, etc.?
The project employs numerous sustainable measures, particularly with regard to storm water management. The most noticeable element is the creation of a large bioswale, reducing stormwater runoff by 58% and serving as both landscape feature and educational component addressing the larger issue of water management in the region.
Rainwater spirals down the slope of the new library wing to a single point, where it is celebrated in a catchment feature at the building entry. From there it is channeled along the entry ramp and joins water from the restored historic wing into a landscaped detention area where it percolates slowly back into the soil. A similar strategy softens the flows from the existing concrete parking area.
Another sustainable design strategy was the incorporation of low-e glazing throughout the facility to help suppress heat flow inside while allowing the building to provide significant daylight for user satisfaction and energy use reduction. Every effort was made to utilize non-toxic and low-emitting materials that are not irritating or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants. Care was taken to protect air quality during construction and the facility was flushed of any residual pollutants prior to occupancy. In addition, design considerations were made for thermal comfort, controllability of systems, daylight and views. A permanent mechanical monitoring system to help sustain occupancy comfort and well-being was installed.
Library program organization diagram ( Drawing ©: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple )
How would you describe the architecture of Louisiana and how does the building relate to it?
Louisiana architecture is founded from the rich cultural heritage of early European settlements and many international influences. The traditional architecture formally responds to a semitropical humid climate and surrounding natural resources. Elevated construction, cross ventilation, protected openings, outdoors living spaces are inherit elements of Louisiana architecture and concepts of place that inform our studio’s design approach.
We advocate the importance of culture and place in the context of designing a building of its time. This is the case at Keller Library. The project works in scale to the existing 20th century Arts and Crafts-style raised house and situates itself respectfully on the site framing in the back an intimate outdoor court and deck for visitors to enjoy. The Library entrance doubles as the connector to the existing Community Center and café. Respectfully engaging the old and the new and allowing for a clear understanding of the interior organization of the project. The linear space sequence hinges around a small courtyard that connects to nature and brings daylight as the sloped roof design directs circulation, frame the individual activity areas and brings warmth and acoustic control to the space.
Far from competing with the historic house, the library's simple massing and articulation elegantly relate to the scale and detail of the existing, binding together old and new.
Email interview conducted by John Hill.
Building Sections and North Elevation ( Drawing ©: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple )


WarriorCats.com nominated for “Best Website” in Kidscreen Awards!
It’s only a few weeks since Warriors reached the top of the New York Times Bestsellers list, with the latest book The Broken Code: The Silent Thaw.
And now Kidscreen have just announced the nominees for their upcoming awards that single out and celebrate the year’s best work in kids television and digital media. Coolabi have been nominated for the Warriors Cats hub www.warriorcats.com as the Best Website for kids!
Winners will be announced at a special presentation event to be held during Kidscreen Summit in Miami on Tuesday, February 11.


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Become a Star
The arts experience at Northwood School begins with each students' creativity and is fostered by faculty who draw on their own artistic experience to grow each student’s skills and inspire their journey into new spaces and mediums. Explore painting, print-making, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, publishing, and a wide range of musical instruments practiced solo and in groups. Art and music co-curricular options vary by season, and students are encouraged to take a first-hand approach to discovery and mastery of skills. Local resources create a vibrant arts scene off-campus: the Pendragon Theater Company travels from nearby Saranac Lake for on-campus performances and there are opportunities to collaborate in productions at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.
Taking Center Stage
Students become creators at Northwood School and have the opportunity to express their creative visions through performance. Musicians display their talents at Northwood Cafe open-mic events, aspiring authors and poets participate in workshops with the Adirondack Center for Writing, and students lead in the spotlight and behind the scenes in student-directed theatric productions. For every interest, discipline, and skill set, students learn to take the initiative to expand their horizons, share their perspective, and engage their community through the visual and performing arts.
A peek at what our students have experienced:
- Book signings with alumni at the Bookstore Plus.
- Visited a local nursing home to sketch resident portraits.
- Toured local artist galleries and studios.
- English students attended the Listen Festival Spoken Word & Poetry Performance.
- Participated in Northwood Book Club through the school’s library.
- Attended performances of the Nutcracker at the Lake Placid Center of the Arts.
As students discover the lively local Adirondack arts scene and tap into the knowledge and skills of our faculty, their ability to communicate an artistic vision will develop and advance. With imagination, there are no limits to what they can produce.

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History of Calamus Root
Calamus root, also known as sweet flag, has been used for thousands of years for its medicinal properties. The plant is native to Europe, Asia, and North America and has been used in traditional medicine by many cultures, including the ancient Greeks and Romans, Native Americans, and Ayurvedic practitioners.
In ancient Greek and Roman medicine, calamus root was used for its anti-inflammatory and digestive properties. The plant was also used to treat respiratory ailments, such as coughs and bronchitis, and to alleviate headaches. Native Americans used calamus root for a variety of purposes, including as a stimulant and as a treatment for colds, coughs, and fevers. In Ayurvedic medicine, the calamus root has been used for thousands of years as a digestive aid and to treat respiratory and nervous system disorders.
Calamus root was also used in ancient times as a stimulant and as a flavoring agent. It was commonly used in wine and beer-making, as well as in cooking. Calamus root was also used as a perfume and a cosmetic, due to its pleasant scent.
During the Middle Ages, calamus root became a popular remedy for a variety of ailments, including headaches, digestive problems, and respiratory infections. The plant was also believed to have a calming effect on the mind, and was used to treat anxiety and insomnia.
In traditional Chinese medicine, calamus root has been used to treat a variety of conditions, including digestive problems, respiratory ailments, and nervous system disorders. The plant is also believed to have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.
Today, it is still used in herbal medicine for its digestive, respiratory, and nervous system benefits. It is often used to treat digestive disorders such as indigestion, nausea, and flatulence. Calamus root is also used to treat respiratory ailments such as bronchitis, asthma, and coughs. It is believed to have a calming effect on the mind and is used to treat anxiety and insomnia. Additionally, calamus root is used as a flavoring agent in some foods and beverages.
it has a long history of use in traditional medicine, dating back thousands of years. Its various medicinal properties have made it a popular remedy for digestive, respiratory, and nervous system disorders. Despite its long history of use, it is important to consult with a healthcare professional before using it or any other herbal remedy, to ensure safe and effective use.
Benefits and use of Calamus Root
Calamus root, also known as sweet flag, has been used for centuries in traditional medicine systems, such as Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. The plant is native to Asia, Europe, and North America and has been used for its medicinal properties throughout history. Here are some of its benefits and uses of it:
- Digestive health: it has been used to promote digestive health and treat digestive disorders. It can help soothe the stomach, relieve flatulence, and stimulate the production of digestive juices.
- Respiratory health: it has also been used to support respiratory health. It can help relieve congestion, reduce inflammation, and calm coughs.
- Memory and cognitive function: it has a long history of use as a cognitive enhancer. It is believed to improve memory and concentration, and it may help reduce symptoms of Alzheimer’s and other cognitive disorders.
- Stress and anxiety: it has been used to help manage stress and anxiety. It has a calming effect on the mind and body and can help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.
- Pain relief: it has been used as a natural pain reliever. It can help reduce inflammation and swelling, and it may help relieve headaches and menstrual cramps.
- Skin health: it has been used topically to treat skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, and acne. It can help reduce inflammation and soothe irritated skin.
- Spiritual and ritual use: it has a long history of use in spiritual and ritual practices. It is believed to have protective and purifying properties and has been used in ceremonies to promote spiritual growth and connection.
In addition to these benefits, it is also used in the production of fragrances, soaps, and cosmetics.
Risks and the Side Effects of Calamus Root
it has a long history of use in traditional medicine for its various health benefits. However, it is important to note that the use of calamus root has been associated with some risks and side effects, especially when used in excessive amounts or for extended periods.
One of the primary risks associated with calamus root is its potential toxicity when consumed in large doses. The essential oil derived from calamus root contains a compound called beta-asarone, which has been shown to be carcinogenic in animal studies. However, it is important to note that the levels of beta-asarone in commercially available calamus root products are typically well below the levels shown to be harmful in animal studies.
Another potential risk associated with it is its potential for drug interactions. it has been shown to interact with a number of medications, including blood thinners and drugs used to treat diabetes. As such, it is important to consult with a healthcare professional before using calamus root if you are taking any medications.
In addition to these risks, it has been associated with a number of side effects. When consumed in large doses, it can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. It may also cause headaches, dizziness, and confusion. In rare cases, calamus root has been associated with seizures and hallucinations.
Given these risks and side effects, it is important to use them with caution and to follow dosing instructions carefully. If you experience any adverse effects while using calamus root, it is important to discontinue use and seek medical attention. Additionally, individuals with liver or kidney disease, or those who are pregnant or breastfeeding, should avoid using it altogether.
It is important to note that it should be used with caution and under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional. It contains a compound called asarone, which has been shown to be toxic in high doses. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid using it, as should anyone with a history of seizures or liver disease. Additionally, calamus root may interact with certain medications, so it is important to talk to a healthcare provider before using it.

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text: When people see Saints Row 2 they'll instantly think of Grand Theft Auto IV. It's inevitable. It moves similarly, the scenes have the same saturated lighting and there are several parallels that can be drawn between the gameplay of the two. Heck, the text is even color coded in a similar way for mission objectives. But, be warned, Saints Row 2 is most certainly not GTA.

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Intelligent Lighting Controls Market Report, published by Allied Market Research, forecasts that the global market is expected to garner $8.3 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 16.2% during the period 2015 - 2020
Portland, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/19/2017 -- Europe was the highest revenue-generating region in 2014 owing to the stringent government mandates and rising electricity costs in the region. However, Asia-Pacific region would witness an increased adoption of intelligent lighting control devices in future owing to the boom in commercial establishments such as retail, industries and hospitals. The region will surpass Europe in 2017, to emerge as the leading market.
The intelligent lighting controls comprise different components that include sensors, ballasts & LED drivers, dimmers & switch actuators, microcontrollers, transmitters & receivers and intelligent luminaries. Ballasts & LED drives segment is forecast to garner the highest revenue though out the analysis period. Intelligent luminaries segment would grow rapidly, registering a prominent CAGR during the forecast period owing to ongoing research and low priced product launches for integrated luminaries.
Get PDF brochure of the report at: https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/request-sample/765
The end users of intelligent lighting controls include commercial buildings, residential buildings and public utilities. Commercial buildings constitute around 58% share of the overall market revenue. Commercial buildings segment comprises of retail, hospitality, industrial and others. The adoption of intelligent lighting controls systems is high in these sectors owing to high electricity consumption and greater focus on energy management.
Based on the connectivity type, the intelligent lighting controls market is segmented into wired and wireless type lighting controls. Wired type lighting was the highest revenue-generating segment in 2014 and is expected to maintain this trend during the forecast period (2015-2020). Wireless connectivity type is forecast to register significant growth during the forecast period, owing to various features such as improved flexibility, better scalability, and ease-of-use. The advent of new wireless & wired technologies, such as ZigBee and BACnet, would foster the growth of the market.
In 2014, European region was the leading revenue contributor in the global intelligent lighting controls market, followed by Asia-Pacific and North America, owing to stringent government regulations on energy management. The Asia-Pacific region would emerge as the largest market from 2017 onwards, owing to rising electricity costs and increasing awareness of energy and electricity demand management.
Key Findings of Intelligent Lighting Controls Market:
-The growth ofintelligent lighting controls market would be supplemented by the increasing demand from the retail, industries and public sectors
-Commercial buildings are the highest revenue-generating segment of the globalintelligent lighting controls market
-Wireless intelligent lighting controls systems are expected to witness increased adoption during the forecast period owing to introduction of new technologies such as ZigBee and EnOcean
-Asia Pacific region would provide lucrative opportunities for the companies operating in the intelligent lighting controls market owing to increasing demand from retail and industrial sectors for energy management
The report highlights the competitive environment of the globalintelligent lighting controls market and provides a comprehensive analysis of the major organic and inorganic strategies adopted by key market players. Several companies have adopted product launches and expansions as their key strategies to improve their market foothold and expand their product portfolio. The key companies profiled in the report include Schneider Electric SE, Honeywell International, Inc., General Electric Company, Koninklijke Philips N.V., OSRAM Licht AG, Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., Legrand Group, Digital Lumens, Inc., Zumtobel Group AG and Lutron Electronics Co, Inc.
For more enquire about report at: www.alliedmarketresearch.com/purchase-enquiry/765

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1.15ctw Asscher Cut Diamond 5-Stone Bezel Band
We love asscher cut diamonds, especially when set side by side in a half hoop band! These deeply yellow diamonds almost look light green in certain lighting, and shine like mad in their yellow gold bezels. A great stacker, wedding band option, or jewel for somebody who wishes to add a bit more color to their current band stack.
18kt yellow gold, size 5, and fully resizable.
Measures: 2.69mm H & 17.10mm W
Diamonds are fancy yellow colors, VS clarities, GIA standards.

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Airway hyperresponsiveness describes your airway hyper activity when being tested for asthma through means such as the mannitol challenge. It’s a characteristic feature of asthma and consists of an increased sensitivity of the airways to an inhaled constrictor agonist, a steeper slope of the dose-response curve, and a greater maximal response to the agonist.
Smooth muscle constriction is the main component in the context of airway hyper-reactivity. These muscles and their reactions to things such as mannitol will help determine whether or not the patient has asthma.
Some people have hyperactive airways otherwise known as, twitchy airways, which can be discovered through mannitol testing. While there isn’t a lot that can be done for sensitive airways since airway epithelium is quite tough to alter, and honestly, there are ways to mitigate the pain and discomfort. There is ongoing research that is looking at ways that airway sensitivities may be modified. In some peoples experience, bronchodilators could offer temporary solutions/relief. They are known to be helpful in keeping hyper-reactive symptoms at bay.
A precise definition for reactive airways doesn’t exist yet but reactive airways disease is a highly nonspecific expression and may be used if asthma is suspected but not confirmed. This highlights that diagnosis of asthma in certain circumstances could be difficult to diagnose.
Asthma is often associated with “Hyper-reactive Airways” because asthma comprises a component of “hyper-reactivity”. Airway hyper-reactivity usually means that the airways are hyper-reactive to certain stimulation such as methacholine and mannitol.
“Airway hyperactivity” is a highly specific term with a definite meaning, in contrast to “airway reactivity”. It however, isn’t a disorder diagnosis but a term that identifies a physiological abnormality of the tooth. A common misuse of the term “reactive airway disease” is in correlation and confusion and asthma. This is commonly seen in the pediatric population to spell out coughing symptoms, wheezing, or shortness of breath that might be triggered by disease.
Through different means such as mannitol testing you can find out whether or not you have asthma. Test your airway hyper-reactivity today and get the help you need.
Aridol provides high quality air hyper-reactivity tests to healthcare practitioners.

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Personal Tax Assistant / Semi Senior
Personal Tax Assistant / Semi Senior Accountant
- Company: Well-established independent accountancy practice
- Client base: SME, private client & family businesses
- Location: Lincolnshire
- Salary: £competitive
- Childcare vouchers
- Company pension scheme
- Flexible working hours for full time positions
- Annual holiday purchase scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
Great opportunity for experienced Personal Tax Assistant / Semi Senior Accountant with a basic understanding of tax and business issues to join well-established independent accountancy practice.
Reporting in to the Tax Manager / Tax Director your main responsibilities as a Personal Tax Assistant / Semi Senior Accountant will include:
- Providing technical support to the department
- Managing a portfolio of clients - completing personal, business and trust computations
- Undertaking research to assist senior tax accountants to provide specialist tax advice and planning for clients.
- The successful candidate must be capable of preparing routine personal and partnership tax returns and assist with the preparation of more complex returns.
Additional key words: Personal Tax Assistant / Semi Senior Accountant, CTA, ATT, AAT, ACA, ACCA, tax accounting, tax accountant, personal tax returns.
Naylor George is a recruitment agency working on behalf of a client. We aim to contact all suitable candidates within 2-3 days. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of response we receive we are unable to provide individual feedback to applications that haven't reached the shortlist - we do however wish you all the best in your search for a new job.


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UCPA Sport Station Grand Reims
- Marc Mimram Architecture Ingénierie
- Roger Delattre
- THERM+ S-I – Steel façade
- New construction
An efficient and sustainable project
UCPA Sport Station Grand Reims is designed to be exemplary and high-performing in terms of energy efficiency. Located in a neighbourhood committed to sustainable development, the building consumes 40% renewable energy for all energy items.
Photos: RAICO Bautechnik GmbH


Thank God: Smash Mouth Has Finally Released an EDM Remix of "All Star"
To celebrate 20 years of the song, the band has dropped the first ever official remix. And it's a slapper, folks!
Nicki Minaj and Quavo Jump on Ella Mai's New "Boo'd Up" Remix
The rising R&B star gets some rap royalty on her Song of the Summer contender.
Alex Robert Ross
Listen to Sufjan Stevens and James Blake Reimagine Moses Sumney
Sufjan covering Moses Sumney on the new 'Make Out in My Car' EP will mess you right up.
Frank Ocean's "Nights" Got a Banging New Sángo Remix
"Nightz" is the latest of Sángo's Bounced It edits. Drink it on up.
A Remixing Project Is Trying to Make Organ Donation Seem Less Scary
Dutch Uncles' Robin Richards is co-ordinating a project, where bands from Everything Everything to Wild Beasts donate song stems to raise awareness.
Lil Wayne and Drake Team Up to Remix JAY-Z’s “Family Feud”
Drake offers some insight into Diddy's Carolina Panthers bid and doubles down on his support for Meek Mill.
Alex Robert Ross
Creative Advice From Musical Weirdo and Visionary Beatie Wolfe
The artist behind the vinyl hologram and the Musical Jacket talks about generating great ideas, regularly.
NUN’s Synth Punk Gets Darker and More Desperate on a New Remix Tape
The Melbourne band have enlisted Enderie to remix their track "Immersion".
Allow CS + Kreme's Ambient Pop Calm You Like an Essential Oil
Listen to the Melbourne duo's new track that is available soon on Dutch label Wichelroede.
Listen to Pelvis's Glitchy Remix of Fishing's "Yuwa"
Ahead of their EP 'Pleasure Dome' dropping this Friday, we premiere this juicy little remix.
Kaytranada Shares Edits of Solange Knowles' "Cranes In The Sky" and Chance the Rapper's "All Night"
The Montreal producer shares two groovy reworks on SoundCloud.
Hallelujah! A Leonard Cohen Techno Remix Exists and It's Perfect
Hear Berlin producer Paul Kalkbrenner's rework of the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter's latest single "You Want It Darker."


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Maayayai Pazhithal, is a less known philosophical poem by the Mahakavi. We see the poet in conversation with the concept of Maya and while recognizing it's power is confident of defeating it. Though Maya is broadly translated as illusion, it is in fact a rather complex concept which in the Vedas denotes knowledge, might and power. In Vedanta it refers to the cognition of reality, and Maya is a veil that the seeker must see through in order to experience the epiphany and set out on the path of liberation. Maya makes one view the world as duality - superimposing a perceived reality over Brahman consciousness.
The English translation was done in collaboration with Shekar Raghavan.
Unmai arindhavar unnai kanipaaro Maayaiye --
Mana thinmai ullaarai nee seivadhum ondrundo Maayaiye.
Ethanai kodi padai kondu vanthaalum Maayaiye
Nee sitha thelivenum theeyin mun nirpaayo Maayaiye.
Ennai kedupathark kennamutrai ketta Maayaiye
Naan unnai kedupathuruthi yendreyunar Maayaiye
Saaga thuniyir samuthiram emmattu Maayaiye
Indha degham poi yendrunar dheerarai yenseivaai Mayaiye
Irumai yizhandhapin engirupaai arpa Maayaiye
thelindorumai kandaar munnam odaathu nirpaayo Maayaiye
Neetharum inbathai nerendru kolvano Maayaiye
Singam naaithara kollumo nallara saatchiyai Maayaiye
Yennichai kondunai yettrivida vallen Maayaiye
Ini unnichai kondena kondrum varathu kaan Maayaiye
Yaarkum adiyallen yaanena therthanan Maayaiye
Undran porkanjuveno podiyakkuven unnai Maayaiye
Those who know the truth, do they ever judge you O Maya
Do you ever harm those of determined hearts, O Maya
Come armed, you might, with raging armies O Maya
But can you endure the fire of clear thought O Maya
You seem most determined to destroy me O evil Maya
But know this, that I shall certainly crush you O Maya
Braced for death, of what consequence is the ocean O Maya
Can you harm the fearless who have realized this body as false O Maya
With loss of all duality where will you be O petty Maya
In the presence of those enlightened with Oneness will you not flee O Maya
The pleasures you yield, would I hold them as true O Maya
Will a lion accept sovereign counsel from a mongrel O Maya
I have the power to cast you whenever I wish O Maya
Know that nothing shall befall me of your volition O Maya
I have realized I am captive to none, O Maya
I fear not your strike, but shall annihilate your might O Maya.
Here is a rendition of this song by Shri S.Kalyanaraman:

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Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that IContinue Reading
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dContinue Reading
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgreContinue Reading
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as AppiiContinue Reading


Who would have thought that a 15-year-old girl who crossed the Aegean as a refugee in a small boat 95 years ago would become one of Greece’s leading cultural and educational ambassadors? Ismene Phylactopoulou, who came to Athens with her family from Smyrna in 1922, may no longer be with us, but her spirit lives on in College Year in Athens, a program founded in 1962 on the idea of bringing foreign students to study in Greece for one or two semesters – quite innovative at the time.
Now in its 55th year, CYA collaborates with more than 400 universities in the United States and has over 9,000 alumni, more than 200 of whom teach at universities in the US and Canada. Many of the alumni who have returned to Athens to teach at CYA can be found living around its headquarters in Mets, behind the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro), while you’ll also find students whose parents met during their semester in Greece.
“The most important thing my mother brought from Smyrna was her knowledge of English,” says her son, Alexis Phylactopoulos, who’s been the president of College Year in Athens and the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies (DIKEMES) since 1987.
Thanks to her language skills, Phylactopoulou was granted a scholarship at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, where she studied biology before returning to Greece to teach and raise a family.
“She always maintained her ties with America, to which she felt a deep sense of gratitude since it was where she expanded her horizons. She wanted to offer other young people that same opportunity,” says the CYA president.
“Noticing Greece’s international appeal in the 1960s, she began exploring the possibility of establishing an organization that would bring American and Canadian college students to Greece. It was the time when Melina Mercouri was at the height of her acting career, Manos Hadjidakis had reached a global audience with his music and billionaire shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis was renowned for his Midas touch. Foreigners just wanted to get to know us better,” Phylactopoulos remembers.
CYA was founded in 1962 and five students from the US were the first to enroll. The school follows the American system and is especially known for its classical studies program. Aside from lessons, the program includes many excursions and experiential activities. Moreover, its collaboration with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is close and the students are always welcome to attend excavations, most recently in Voula on Athens’s southern coast and on the island of Antiparos.
The onset of the crisis, however, brought a drop in enrollments.
“Besides domestic problems, fear of protests and strikes, as well as Greece’s geographic location stoked fear among students’ parents,” notes Phylactopoulos. “They look at a map and think we are just a step away from war zones.” Those who run the CYA program try to mitigate such fears on the other side of the Atlantic.
“Classical studies are losing ground both at home and abroad, so we’ve expanded the program to include new areas of study,” says the CYA president. “This year’s students can chose from courses about the Greek crisis, social media, sustainable development and gender relations in contemporary Greece, among others.”
The students don’t stay within the microcosm of CYA but set out to gain a deeper understanding of Greek society. “Some prefer to be housed with Greek families, but all take part in a variety of activities and volunteer projects, something that is an integral part of their culture,” says Phylactopoulos. In their spare time they teach English at refugee centers, organize creative activities for refugees and serve food at soup kitchens, among other things.
The Greek crisis, the constraints of the country’s bailout program and the economic mess in Argentina tend to send chills down most people’s spines. But for 21-year-old Madison Orozco, an American international relations student, this is the stuff a good thesis is made of.
“I collect material and do research,” she says. “You don’t notice the crisis just by visiting the tourist hot spots. Now though, I’ve learned to notice things like closed kiosks, closed businesses, the pawnshops.”
Twice a week, Orozco washes dishes and serves food to the homeless at a shelter in central Athens. In her free time, she visits museums and churches. She is fascinated by Byzantine iconography.
“Americans believe that Greece is just beaches, but the beauty of the country goes much further than its coastlines,” she says. “The language, the history, the landscape and its geographical location make Greece a unique attraction for any thoughtful traveler.”


Mixing elements of modern, progressive, melodic, and Gothic metal into 49 minutes of music, Ruin is the follow up to 2014’s Expectancy, which was a good starter for getting to know Tantal’s sound. Ruin sees the band Continue reading
This is upbeat and Melodic Death Metal in the vein of Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Nightrage, etc. Tantal differentiate themselves though by having more of a Progressive edge to their sound.
The vocals consist of harsh male screaming and clean female vocals pairing off against each other. Both sets of vocals are performed admirably and the clean melodies in particular are quite enjoyable and remind of classic Lacuna Coil back when they were still a rising power to contend with.
The band’s progressive influences mean this is a relatively lengthy album and the songs have some good meat on them due to this. Everything is played well and the songs make an impression.
This has a strong European flavour to it, (despite originating in Russia), and takes me back to a time when European Metal still sounded quite exotic and had a unique flavour to it. Although this is still quite true in many respects, it no longer feels new to me any more, having heard it for decades now; Tantal remind me of a time when it all was still new and exciting, so that alone endears me to them even before you take into account the fact that they actually write good songs too!
If you like the more modern, melodic style of Heavy Metal yet eschew the more commercial tendencies of a lot of bands that play in this genre and want something a bit meatier to sink your teeth into, you could do a lot worse than check out Tantal.
A recommended listen.


CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR CHARGER CONTROLLER IN SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU STATE.
This project is aimed at producing a solar charger controller which help to improve the steady power supply in department of science laboratory technology IMT Enugu the smart charge controller is designed, so that the battery does not get over charged thereby ensuring no reduction of durability of the battery. This kind of system requires sensor to sense whether the battery is fully charged or not. After charged, detection safety can be achieved by designed logic system in the charger which will automatically disconnect or cut off power to the battery when it is fully charged is a reverse process they can get charged in a very short time period considering the intensity of sunlight.
1.1 Background of the Study
The solar charger controller (SCC) its function is to regulate the power into a rechargeable battery. Its features include potentiometer for the float voltage adjustment, an equalize function for periodic overcharging and automatic temperature compensation for better charging over a range of temperature (Brown, 2010).
Solar energy is radiation produced by nuclear fusion reaction deep in the sun’s core. The sun provides almost all the heat and light the earth receives and therefore sustain every living being. Nigeria being a country face with the problem of incessant power fluctuation needs solar energy as an alternative source of power supply. Solar energy can be converted to electricity directly by solar home system (SHS). The flow of converted electricity from photovoltaic is regulated by charge controller. The smart charge controller is capable of decreasing the battery charging time making it possible to charge more than one battery at charge time and getting the desired current form the photovoltaic panel (James et al, 2006).
Moreover our poverty stricken rural dwellers faces the toughest energy crisis. Therefore solar energy popular as one of the best renewable energy sources will help to improve the problem of power supply in the rural area thereby promoting development (Dunlap et al, 2006).
1.2 The Aim of the Study
To construct a solar charge controller.
1.3 Objective of the Study
To improve the power supply in the Department of science and laboratory Technology IMT Enugu.
- The goal of the circuit design was to make a charge controller with high efficiency and reliability.
- To create a charge control that will overcome the issue of false detection while protecting the battery from repetitive overcharge.
1.4 Statement of the Problem
Rural areas do not have power supply which bring about migration to urban area.
It increase avarices in urban area since rural dweller migrate to urban.
1.5 Significance of the Study
It will reduce avarice because the abled bodied men will now enjoy constant power supply which will make them to stay in rural area and help in production of agricultural product.


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Hans Gram (1754-1804) was a Danish composer and musician who emigrated to the United States in the early 1780s. In Boston, Massachusetts, he served as organist of the Brattle Street Church, and as a music teacher. He lived in Charlestown; and in Boston on Belknap's Lane and Common Street. His music "was performed at the funeral of John Hancock." He died in Boston in 1804. In 1810 a "Hans Gram Musical Society" formed in Fryeburg, Maine.
- Death Song of a Cherokee Indian. 1791
- (Compositions published in Massachusetts Magazine, ca.1791)
- Sacred Lines, for Thanksgiving Day
- Bind Kings with Chains, an anthem for Easter Sunday
- Hans Gram (1795), The Massachusetts compiler of theoretical and practical elements of sacred vocal music, together with a musical dictionary and a variety of psalm tunes, chorusses, &c., chiefly selected or adapted from modern European publications, Boston: Printed by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, OL 18824084M (Compiled and edited by Hans Gram, Samuel Holyoke and Oliver Holden).
- Hymn to Sleep. (Gram translated lyrics from German and added his verses)
- One of his students, "born blind and but 15 years of age," played organ at the Universal Meeting House. Columbian Centinel, 05-02-1792
- Columbian Centinel, 02-18-1795
- Boston Directory. 1798
- Boston Directory. 1800, 1803
- "According to a manuscript note by Oscar Sonneck at the Library of Congress." Gillian B. Anderson. "The Funeral of Samuel Cooper." New England Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Dec., 1977)
- "Died, in this town, after a lingering illness, Hans Gram, Esq. formerly of Copenhagen..." The Repertory (Boston), 05-08-1804
- "...Though he possessed a peculiar eccentricity of character, yet he had virtues to imitate, and talents to admire ... his ambitions, usefulness, and talents, became obscured -- and, as monuments erected to human honor and glory decay by the violence of storms ... he gradually mouldered away. Alas! how unstable is human knowledge and worth!" Boston Centinel, reprinted in: Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, 05-11-1804
- Bray, Oliver. An Oration on Music pronounced at Fryeburg, before the Hans Gram Musical Society on their First Anniversary, October 10, 1811. Portland, 1812.
- Massachusetts Register. 1813, 1816, 1817
- "For singing schools & societies. Thomas and Andrews, Faust's statue, no.45 Newbury-street, Boston." Salem Gazette 11-18-1794
- Salem Gazette 11-18-1794
- The Massachusetts Compiler "was largely influential in establishing the custom of using seven syllables in the scale (do, re, me, fa, sol, la, si) in place of the four syllables (fa, sol, la, mi)." Robert G. McCutchan. "American Church Music Composers of the Early Nineteenth Century." Church History, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep., 1933)
- Boston Evening Gazette, reprinted in: Hallowell Gazette, 02-15-1815
- "A Digraceful Practice." Boston Post; reprinted in: New Hampshire Gazette, 09-08-1846. Describes Gram drunk.
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop. A history of the church in Brattle street, Boston. W. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851. (Sermon #4, about Peter Thacher, describes the drama in 1790 of getting an organ).
- "Hans Gram." In: Frank Johnson Metcalf (1925), American writers and compilers of sacred music, New York: The Abingdon Press, OL 24637369M
- WorldCat. Gram, Hans 1754-1804

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Why the aerosol-reducing mask?
The Aerosol-Reducing Non-Invasive Ventilation Mask is intended to be worn by hospital patients in respiratory distress. It has a universal 3D printed adapter that allows it to be attached to any existing commercial BiPAP or CPAP machine.
The device functions similar to existing masks, but has the advantage of significantly reducing aerosolization – the process by which virus droplets are emitted into the air. Healthcare workers have long been at risk of virus exposure with BiPAP and CPAP patients, a risk that has been compounded by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Using off-the-shelf devices and 3D printing technology, our Aerosol-Reducing Mask is poised to transform the standard of respiratory care by nearly eliminating risk of aerosolization.
Traditional masks for BiPAP and CPAP machines leak air at high pressures; as that air can contain virus particles, it can cause infection of anyone within the vicinity of that patient. To address this problem, we’ve combined readily available facepieces that have a double seal – one around the mouth and nose, and another around the face – with open source 3D printed adapters to create a high quality device that leaks less air. The Aerosol-Reducing Mask is produced by Glia as a Health Canada-approved Class II medical device.
The Aerosol-reducing Mask can be used any time infection control is a concern, including with patients who may be at risk of an aerosol-borne disease such as COVID-19, influenza, or other viruses.
The Aerosol-Reducing Mask has been extensively tested and is ready for use in emergency rooms, intensive care units, pre-hospital transport, intra- and inter-hospital transport, and for emergency use in remote health stations without access to assisted ventilation systems. It comes in multiple sizes to ensure proper fit, and includes a large visor for patient comfort and visibility.
The most recent version of the plans for the Aerosol-Reducing mask can be found on our GitHub.

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We are making this right of reply in response to the Right of Reply made by India.
- Rather than answering to the concerns raised by the OHCHR in its Kashmir Report, India again resorted to its diversionary tactics of fudging the facts and telling outright lies.
- India’s first set of lies is about cross border terrorism. In South Asia, India has always used terrorism as a mean to subvert its smaller neighbours. This has been chronicled in memoirs of its former officials and diplomats. India has the distinction of creating and nurturing the most lethal terrorist organization that went to acquire naval power. The violence perpetrated by this terrorist organization eventually led to tragic assassination of its former Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. This practice of harbouring terrorists against neighbours still continues. Case in point is arrest in Pakistan of serving Indian naval Commander Kulbashan Yadev with fake official passport who confessed to creating and operating terrorist networks to undertake targeted killings of religious minorities to provoke sectarianism.
- The second set of lies is about India’s claim of espousing secular values and religious freedom. Unlike Pakistan where extremists fringe is effectively isolated from electoral politics and societal fibre, India has distinction of being run by a political party, BJP which is the product of the militant, hate driven ideological parent known as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). A number of churches have been vandalized. Yogi Adityanath, the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh claimed that Mother Teresa wanted to Christianise India and gave sermon to rape dead Muslim women. Eating and carrying beef is a capital crime in today’s India resulting in public lynching of more than 60 people recently.
- It is due to the exclusivist and exploitative policies of the central government and military targeting of the marginalized communities that serious centrifugal movements against the Central government are there in many States of India including including Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Indian Punjab, Tripura, Chhatishgarh, and Jharkhaland.
- According to the report by Asian Watch and Physicians for Humans: Rape is used as a means of targeting women by the Indian security forces in an attempt to punish and humiliate the entire community. As per figures of the India’s National Crime Records Bureau, more than 35,000 incidents of rape had occurred just in three years in India and almost 93 rapes were committed in the country each day. India is a country where no woman is safe due to their own disgraceful policies against women.
- In the report titled, “Structures of Violence”, a Major General, seven Brigadiers, 31 Colonels, four Lt Colonels, 115 Majors and 40 Captains were included in list of more than 1000 alleged perpetrators of human rights abuses including massacres, rapes and torture.
- India’s claim of Jammu and Kashmir to be integral part of India has no moral, legal and political basis. The blood of innocents is on India’s hands. The Council must ask India about its crimes against humanity in Jammu and Kashmir. India wants to hide these crimes and therefore rejecting the OHCHR report on Kashmir and creating a smoke screen of malicious rhetoric against Pakistan.
I thankyou Mr. President.

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Sixty-four-year-old Solomon Islander Jully Makini Purcell could not have been a more fitting recipient of the 2017 International Woman of Courage Award from the United States Secretary of State, which she received in June. For several decades now, Jully has been courageously speaking out on issues that have long been considered taboo in her country such as violence against women and children.
A published writer and poet, Jully has used her gift for storytelling to connect with remote, rural communities in order to advance women’s rights. Following a wide-ranging career in Honiara that saw her lead women’s advocacy groups and advocate for sustainable environmental practices, Jully returned to Gizo in the Western Solomons in 2008 where her family roots lie.
In the years since, Jully has helped to secure funding to build a women’s refuge in Gizo. The second largest city in the Solomon Islands, Gizo is still without some essential services for survivors of domestic violence. Jully and others were prevented from beginning a shelter but this didn’t stop her from going back to the drawing board to reassess how women, the survivors of domestic violence could be supported in the province.
This led to the formation of the current Gizo Family Support Centre, a small volunteer based NGO currently funded by the UN Women Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW) Pacific Fund. Jully’s motivation for FSO is educating women, and the community about abuse, and the different kinds of abuse in the home. For the last five years she has travelled throughout the Western Province raising awareness, seeking community leaders to be involved in addressing the cycle of violence and making women aware of what abuse is and helping those women who suffer from it to find a solution to their problems.
“She is a true grassroots activist and inspires others to make a difference,” says Ashleigh Lustica, who worked with Jully on ending violence against women at Family Support Organisation, adding: “Her courage is commendable”.
The 70 Inspiring Pacific Women campaign has been produced by the Pacific Community (SPC) in partnership with Australian Aid and Pacific Women. The campaign marks the 70th anniversary of SPC, and leads up to the 13th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women and 6th Meeting of Ministers for Women in Suva (Fiji) from 2nd to 5th October 2017.

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Sputnik daily reported, quoting reliable sources, that in addition to the crimes Daut Haradinaj has committed while in KLA uniform, he could be hold responsible for connections with Al-Qaida and DAESH.
The name of Daut Haradinaj, brother of the current nominee to form the Kosovo Government, Ramush Haradinaj, would be on the first indictment of the Special Court for KLA crimes, Sputnik claims.
According to Sputnik, he would be charged for the crimes committed in the village of Glodjane, in 1998 when a unit he was leading, as one of the KLA commanders, attacked the police station and killed the Serbian police officer Miodrag Otovic.
In addition to this, a group led by Daut Haradinaj was responsible for intimidations and murders of Serbs and Albanians loyal to the Serbian authorities in the same period, in areas such as Djakovica and refugee camps in Junik and Babalolj, the daily said.
On 26 June 2001, the USA State Department put Daut Haradinaj on the black list under suspicion that he has participated in clashes between Albanians and the police forces and army in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and he was last checked in 2015. Namely, the CIA published the evidence that he has met in Albania with a late leader of Al-Qaida, Osama Bin-Laden, when Laden was a guest of the-then Albanian President, Sali Berisha.
There are indicators that following this meeting, several jihadists’ cells were established in Kosovo and Albania. According to the same sources, Daut Haradinaj on behalf of the Kosovo Protection Corpse command was responsible to coordinate the work first with Al-Qaida and then with members of DAESH, Sputnik concluded.


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The wild clematis is a little garland of puffs along the hill road. The woods on the side hill of the valley is not so leafy now, but the Witch Hazel is in bloom with its small yellow starry flowers.
I wish my weaving could merge into the rough fissured bark of the century (at least) white pine. I don't try to copy what I see. It's usually after I've woven something, that I see what I have been looking at.
oh, yes! that's it exactly. because you look and look and see it appears in your work!
Your photos are evocative (as always), and I especially like the one showing your weaving resting against the tree trunk.
P.S. What amazing-looking seedpods.
I miss you, I miss the hill and the shop and Dan and nature woven into rugs. OOO
velma, it's the truth, isn't it. Sometimes I feel like I must be blind half the time
wb, Thank you. I'm not sure, but that clematis might be an invasive. To my eye, this weave is a continuation of the bark, which, when I saw it, absolutely made my day
sara, I thought of you on this walk! I hope you'll come back here to live. The old McDonald's buying club has become the best co-op, there are artists galore moving in, and it's still beautiful + affordable to live here. I know, you know
Absolutely gorgeous, Susan! Each and every image! Thank you....Gloria
such delicate autumn details and thoughtful observations. lovely work, as always.
oh this is so true! I once wove a piece and then realized what I'd woven looked exactly like my neighbors shed...which also happened to be the view from my loom. I'm glad this also happens to others...
susan--re the seed heads--what ARE they??? i always forget, even have made paper with them. menopausal brain works sieve-like.
Those wild clematas are beautiful - would love to draw them. The colours in your work are gorgeous - I sometimes think we absorb lots of things out there are then later realise what we have actually been taking in.
The clematis is stunning! And of course your weaves are too. I once knew of an artist who knitted sweaters for trees. so sweet.
Your work is gorgeous!
thanks, all, for such encouraging words!
shipbuilding: Ha, ha. i can imagine weaving the side of the shed without being aware of where the image was coming from. No doubt that image making starts in unconscious thought, day - dreams
kathryn, or the artist who stretches crochet lace around tree limbs and trunks, and the knit artists tagging urban street signs
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No duds with the suds at La Jolla Brewing Co.
By Kelley Carlson
The new La Jolla Brewing Co. has been generating buzz since opening at the start of the year. Recently noted by Zagat on its “8 Hottest New Restaurants” list, LJBC fills a void in the La Jolla dining scene: craft beers and bites in a relaxed setting that includes fire pits and communal tables. “We’re looking to be a neighborhood bar,” said Leigh Gibson, a partner in the restaurant.
Yet unlike many neighborhood bars, this one makes its own beers on site, all named after local icons. The list includes the Neptune’s Nitro golden ale, the lightest of the in-house brews in terms of color and hopping rate; Glider Port Pale Ale, which has a medium malt body; the Bird Rock Brown Ale, an American/English hybrid; Sunny Jim’s IPA, an “evolving combination of malts and hops”; the dry, Irish-style Cove Side Stout; and the Big Time Stout, with bittersweet chocolate notes.
LJBC offers other brands, too, with more than 20 craft brews on tap, along with bottled and gluten-free varieties. Patrons don’t have to order a cold pint to get a taste of the in-house suds — LJBC’s beers are incorporated into many of the dishes.
For example, one of the restaurant’s bestsellers, the Mussels, are steamed in a broth of LJBC’s Pale Ale, caramelized onions, garlic, tomatoes and chorizo. The appetizer comes with crostinis to soak up the juices.
Another is the Duck Egg Rolls, a crowd favorite. Crispy wonton wrappers are stuffed with duck confit, beer-braised onions and herb cream cheese, which can be dunked in sweet chili and peanut sauces.
There are also the Fish Strips, which consist of IPA-battered mahi citrus aioli and orange vodka cocktail sauce.
While beer is a common ingredient, it isn’t the sole focus of the restaurant. Diners will find healthy selections such as the Asian Mahi Salad with mixed field greens, daikon radishes, cucumbers, carrots, red onions, grilled fish filets with a ponzu sauce glaze and ginger soy vinaigrette.
There are also flatbreads such as the El Torero, topped with grilled hangar steak, beer-braised onions and a gorgonzola cream sauce — almost like a Philly cheesesteak with an added bonus of blackberries; and “sandos” that range from the Cajun Turkey Club to the Hangar Steak.
Among the heavier entrees are “Mac bowls” that can be ordered in a traditional, three-cheese style, or with proteins such as crab, duck or pork; Roasted Chicken with marbled fingerlings, green beans and Sunny Jim’s IPA jus; and the cioppino-style Ocean Stew.
Guests can even find sweets at this brewhouse, from the Banana Wontons with salted beer caramel sauce and peanut butter snow; to the Stout Float, made with the in-house beer and vanilla bean ice cream.
A brunch menu is available on weekends. Those looking for specials can find lunch deals from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and happy hour discounts on wings, flatbreads, and house brews and wines.
La Jolla Brewing Co.
■ 7536 Fay Ave., La Jolla
■ (858) 246-6759
The Vibe: Casual, modern, lively
Signature Dishes: Duck Egg Rolls, Mussels, Asian Mahi Salad, flatbreads, wings
Open Since: 2014 Take Out: Yes
Reservations: Yes Patio Seating: Yes
Happy Hour: 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday
Hours: 11 a.m.-midnight Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday and Saturday
Each week you’ll find a recipe from the featured ‘On The Menu’ restaurant: This week’s recipe:
La Jolla Brewing Co.’s Mussels. CLICK THE LINK BELOW!
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17 September 2019 — True Publica
By TruePublica: The vulnerable, penniless and disabled are the very people any civilised country would ensure had at least the basics to survive and be comfortable. But while MP’s are looking the other way, these very same people are denied a benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP). It’s designed to keep them afloat, but now wait an average of 69 days just for an internal review by the Department for Work and Pensions and then a further seven months while they fight a system designed to deny them any assistance. Three-quarters then win tribunals while their lives disintegrate.
Appeal times have now reached an all-time high. So bad, the previous longest average wait is now double what it was and that worst average was achieved just 12 months ago.
The figure, dating to July 2019 and published at the end of last week, is, in fact, more than double the 32-day average wait in July 2018.
Former DWP Secretary Amber Rudd, who left her post in the continuing Tory civil war over Brexit, pledged in March to “enhance” the system “to gather further evidence from claimants and make more accurate decisions sooner.” In that, she comprehensively failed.
It turns out that these ‘reforms’ have caused fewer than a third of people (32%) to win the internal reviews, prompting thousands of disabled people each month to fight at an independent tribunal.
Once they have applied for a tribunal, claimants then have to wait seven months, on average, for a hearing – of which 74% end in a victory against the DWP.
Once they have applied for a tribunal, claimants have to wait seven months on average for a hearing – of which 74% end in victory against the DWP.
In summary, that is three-quarters are denied any payments and then three quarters go on to win their case.
It was only last January, that the news emerged that more than 17,000 people have died while waiting to hear whether their claim for disability benefit had been successful. Shockingly, one in four (4,330) of those who died were suffering from a form of cancer, while 270 had anxiety or depressive disorders. In more than half of the cases (9,020), the main disability was not even recorded.
Currently, a claimant must have a “reasonable expectation” of death within six months to be eligible for the special rules for terminal illness (SRTI) – which charities argue can exclude many people living with terminal and highly disabling conditions.
Michael Griffin of Parkinson’s UK said:
“It is no surprise that the Government’s failure to act on the flaws with PIP has resulted in waiting times more than doubling over the last year. 75% of PIP decisions are reversed when the cases are seen by a tribunal. But people have to wait twelve months on average from the start of this process to get the right decision. In most cases they will not receive any money while they wait. Without the vital financial support that PIP should provide, people are being forced to choose between paying for food or medication. This is simply unacceptable. The Government cannot ignore these delays any longer. Introducing a target time of three months for a case to be heard by a tribunal would reduce at least some of the stress and uncertainty that PIP is causing for disabled people.”
Lib Dem former health minister Sir Norman Lamb said: “This situation is completely unacceptable. The financial impact of losing your right to benefits while you wait for an appeal to be heard can be huge. Several of my constituents have massively affected.
“It can result in losing your home, marriages being broken and relationships being left in disarray. I am also acutely aware that these long waits can seriously affect people’s mental health. This is completely unfair. Justice delayed is justice denied.“
(READ: Our shocking report that saw the government bring American corporations in to design a system of denial for Britain’s most vulnerable)


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An anti-discrimination bill to help protect the LGBTQ community in the state will be filed in January ahead of the state legislative session. State Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, is sponsoring the panic defense bill, which he introduced in the 2019 Legislature. That year, SB 159 passed two committees but Candelaria said he pulled the bill to wait for a friendlier time in the Legislature. He noted that after the Nov. 3 election, there will be six lawmakers, including Candelaria, who are openly members of the LGBTQ community.
New Mexico voters embraced candidates in the 2020 elections that have historically been underrepresented, including women, in elected office. The state saw a slew of “firsts” this year.
For the first time in the state’s history, New Mexico’s three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be held by women of color. And both Yvette Herrell, who will represent the state’s 2nd Congressional District, and Deb Haaland, who won reelection to the state’s 1st Congressional District, are enrolled members of Indigenous nations. Haaland is a member of Laguna Pueblo, and Herrell is a member of the Cherokee Nation, making New Mexico the first state in the U.S. to have two Indigenous Representatives.
Teresa Leger Fernandez, who won New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, is Latina.
Terrelene Massey, Diné (Navajo) and the executive director of Southwest Women’s Law Center, said she’s really excited to see more representation from women, especially women of color and Native American women. “I think they’ll provide different perspectives on the different issues they’ll be working on,” Massey said.
U.S. Senate Republicans voted 52 to 48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away Sept. 18. President Donald Trump held a celebration at the White House Monday evening after the Senate vote and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas swore her in at the White House to the lifetime position. Barrett’s confirmation received no support from Democrats who voiced their anger over her confirmation hearing over the weekend. All Democratic Senators voted against her, including both of those from New Mexico.
A court case that could affect anti-discrimination laws in New Mexico will soon be before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Fulton v. the City of Philadelphia, will be heard by the Supreme Court next month. The case involves a Catholic-based organization that sued the city of Philadelphia because the city refused to allow the organization to continue a contract to house youth in foster care because the organization discriminates against same-sex couples. Marshall Martinez, interim executive director of Equality New Mexico, said that if the case is decided by a conservative majority on the court, then a contractor who receives tax payer funding to provide, for instance, homeless shelter services or foodbank services through a government contract could refuse to house or provide food to queer or transgender people. Martinez said that if the court rules against the city of Philadelphia broadly and bases its opinion on a religious argument, then the case could be interpreted to allow one faith-based organization to discriminate against people of other faiths and deny services to people of other faiths.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday protecting LGBTQ from workplace discrimination “further enshrines” protections New Mexico already put in place, said Adrian N. Carver. Carver, executive director of the nonprofit Equality New Mexico, said the state passed laws in 2003 and 2019 that protects most workers who identify as LGBTQ from workplace discrimination. But, he said, that doesn’t always mean people are genuinely protected. “Legal equality is very different from lived equality,” Carver said. Susan Powers, a transgender woman living in Albuquerque, agreed and said she lost two jobs because she came out.
Bernalillo County commissioners now have a list of 19 applicants to choose from to fill long-time legislator Cisco McSorley’s former Senate seat. The list included doctors, lawyers, political and community activists as well as two former congressional candidates from the 2018 election. The Albuquerque Democrat resigned earlier this week after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed him as director of the state’s Probation and Parole Division, under the state’s Department of Corrections. McSorley served in the state Legislature since 1984, first as a representative, then as a senator. Update:The Bernalillo County Commission appointed Antoinette Sedillo Lopez.
One of the biggest winners in the just concluded 60-day session of the New Mexico Legislature was a man who never set foot in the Roundhouse and, in fact, never came close to crossing the state border. His name is Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States. Republican Trump lost New Mexico in November by 8 percentage points, and Democrats control both the state Senate and House of Representatives. Even so, several pieces of legislation aimed at Trump failed to get traction in the Legislature. Senate Bill 118, sponsored by Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, would have required presidential candidates to disclose five years of personal income taxes to get on the general election ballot in New Mexico.
Randy Royster said when his daughter Amber started questioning her sexuality as a teen, he sent her to a therapist recommended by his pastor. The therapist used “conversion therapy,” a treatment designed to change a person’s sexual orientation. Royster said the therapy caused great harm to his daughter and guilt and shame for him. “No loving parent would purposefully do something that would hurt their children,” he said. “Had I known then what I know now, I would have turned to a therapist who understands that trying to change a young person’s sexual orientation through therapy is a long-discredited practice that often causes long-term mental and physical harm.”
A measure allowing cities and counties to pass curfew laws on minors passed perhaps its toughest test yet in Senate Public Affairs Committee. The Democratic-controlled committee voted 5-4 in favor of advancing the bill, with Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Albuquerque, breaking ranks with his party and joining the four Republicans to support the bill. Sponsor of the bill Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque, mentioned during the beginning or his presentation that he had worked with Ivey-Soto to narrow the legislation in a few ways. Originally, the bill allowed local governments to enact curfews for teenagers 15 years old and under during daytime school hours and from midnight to 5:00 a.m. Ivey-Soto successfully amended the bill to not allow curfews during daytime hours and exempted homeless teenagers found “at their permanent or temporary place of abode” from curfews. “I think there are a couple of things that can bring me around on this bill,” Ivey-Soto said after speaking about his reservations for the measure.
A bill to allow local governments to impose curfews on minors jumped through its second House committee, this time with some Democratic support. House Minority Leader Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, and Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque, joined with seven Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee to vote yes on the bill. Maestas had been previously public about his support. “I’m stuck on this one,” Maestas said at committee. “I lean towards local control.”
The bill allows cities and counties to set up their own curfews for minors under 16 years of age.


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Adesto Technologies (NASDAQ:IOTS) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The technology company reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.01, Bloomberg Earnings reports. Adesto Technologies had a negative net margin of 13.86% and a negative return on equity of 16.47%.
Shares of Adesto Technologies (IOTS) traded up $0.05 on Tuesday, hitting $6.65. 96,846 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 121,572. The firm has a market cap of $136.35, a PE ratio of -14.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 4.41 and a quick ratio of 3.98. Adesto Technologies has a 12 month low of $3.36 and a 12 month high of $9.20.
In other news, VP Ishai Naveh sold 10,000 shares of Adesto Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.83, for a total value of $78,300.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 156,806 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,227,790.98. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Gideon D. Intrater sold 3,572 shares of Adesto Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.09, for a total transaction of $28,897.48. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 75,708 shares in the company, valued at approximately $612,477.72. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 52,094 shares of company stock worth $422,020 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 22.10% of the company’s stock.
A number of research firms have commented on IOTS. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $10.00 price target on shares of Adesto Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, January 17th. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Adesto Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 10th.
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Chase Rice finds inspiration in country music legends
The annual Night in the Country music festival has drawn some of the biggest names in country music to the fields outside of Yerington, Nevada, since 2002. Musicians like the Band Perry, Eli Young Band and Blake Shelton have all headlined the three-day festival in years past, entertaining thousands of country fans and supporting the Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley – the organizer and beneficiary of the event’s proceeds. This year’s event ran July 21-23.
In this, the 15th year of the event, an estimated 30,000 attendees were expected in Lyon County to see this year’s headliners, including the chart-topping musician Chase Rice.
Rice, a North Carolina native by way of Florida, released his first studio album “Friday Nights and Sunday Mornings” in 2010. After a few years of honing his signature bold and in-your-face live performances, Rice released the platinum selling single “Ready Set Roll” in 2013. The following year he followed it up with the No. 1 selling country, and third overall, album “Ignite the Night,” cementing his spot as a supporting act on Kenny Chesney’s Big Revival tour in 2015.
His mounting fame, however, holds little motivation for the musician himself – not when compared to the reaction he gets from his legions of fans when taking the stage.
“The sales and crowd singing back to me show that I am doing something right,” he said in a statement on his website. “I’ll never consider myself famous, but that’s what people are saying, so whatever … we’ve gone from that underground artist to ‘Oh, that’s Chase Rice, that guy who’s on the radio.’ And once you get on the radio you better hold on tight!”
Rice found inspiration in country greats like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, admiring the authenticity and grit of the Highway Outlaws, as they were known. His own storied life as a linebacker for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NASCAR pit crew and contestant on the TV show “Survivor” are indicative of that same “live life on your own terms” attitude.
“I’m looking for people who are looking to have the best night of their entire life,” Rice said in his festival biography. “If you aren’t here to party, I’m gonna make you party!”

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Thursday, March 10, 2016
When I was a very little boy I was immensely fond of construction equipment. The garbage men with their great turnover trucks were an epic weekly event to me, or was it bi-weekly? I feel garbage pick up came more often in the old days. But all things with mighty treads and scoops and joints and plows were a primal satisfaction to me.
When I was six or seven that love faded away and I haven't much thought of it since.
On my morning walks I usually cross the Mississippi River on a four lane road bridge. It might be two lanes instead of four. I can't remember because they have been doing construction on this bridge for so long I've forgotten how it's supposed to go. While I have painstakingly developed a part of me that can say "They must be doing a good job at something very important I do not understand, and it explains all this endless bridge work." there is still another part of me that looks at a bridge that has been half-closed for years, swarmed on by workers and machinery, and yet seems not a whit different from when they started, and is simply irritated. The worst part of the construction is not so much all the closed lanes and rerouting on top of it, but the fact that all passage on the wonderful National Park paths underneath it have been closed and unusable for years now. While I appreciate their caution- after all, two or three bridges upstream from this one the Highway 35 Bridge famously collapsed into the river far below, killing thirteen- I really think if they wanted to they could have left some kind of walking paths open below. After all, these are safely on the shore, usually out of the way from where they are working.
But no, they are closed. So over the bridge I go, day after day. Irritated, but holding it together.
Until, from out of nowhere, some primal child in me stirred. Something sleeping in me for 45 years awoke! And, whoa, look at all this stuff! The bridge is besieged by fabulous machinery, great landworks operations are underway. I walk high over the bridge and giant cranes tower above me, all sitting on platforms floating in the river. Darling, industrious tug boats putt about on the Mississippi ready to move the platforms around, or hold them safely in place. One barge carries some strange bird of a treaded vehicle, with an agile neck surely 20 feet long, dipping deep into the river to scoop up muddy riverbed on some mysterious mission. Perhaps it's to build one of the jettys that extend into the river where more cranes and equipment work from. And the workers are everywhere too on their glamorous jobs, usually yelling work strategy or sports news or literary theory to each other across the railings of the bridge, one standing on the sidewalk where I pass them, the other in a bucket held by some 60 foot tall crane, but sometimes simply strapped to a makeshift wooden structure tacked to the side of the bridge and hanging high and exposed over the water below. And besides all the things working off of floating platforms below there are specialized contraptions plying their trade from the top of the bridge too. One side of the bridge is always closed to all traffic so that large pieces of machinery can crouch over the sidewalk while their ungainly, multi-elbowed arms can bend out over the side of the bridge and do unseen things down below.
It's really quite a gaudy display of strange and oversized, weighty, and powerful implements, and though even the five year old in me wouldn't mind knowing what all they are actually doing, we are nevertheless mightily impressed.
But all good things must one day come to an end. And so when this bridge project ends in 2021 I am prepared. I will go back to looking at the birds and the trees and the quiet river. So soon! I hope I'm ready.


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Travelers who were barred from entering the United States during the less than 24 hours that President Donald Trump's first executive order on immigration was in effect can reapply for visas under a court settlement filed Thursday.
The settlement — which was agreed to over a conference call Tuesday and filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York — addresses the predicaments of an undisclosed number of travelers who were blocked from entering the country in the hours between Trump's issuance of the travel order on Jan. 27 and a federal judge's issuance of a temporary injunction the next day halting enforcement of the order.
The January suit was filed by Iraqi refugees Hameed Khalid Darweesh and Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi. Because it was a class action, the injunction temporarily halted enforcement of the travel order, which sought to block admission of people from Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim nations for 90 days and was characterized by opponents as a "Muslim ban."
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in October on a challenge to a second, narrower order that Trump issued in March.
Darweesh was an interpreter working on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq from 2003 to 2013 and had received a special Iraqi immigrant visa to relocate to the United States. Alshawi was barred even though his wife and child were already lawful permanent U.S. residents.
In agreeing to settle the original litigation, the Justice Department said Thursday it would notify people overseas who were blocked on Jan. 27 and 28 that they have three months to reapply for visas with Justice Department assistance. Darweesh and Alshawi dropped their claims and agreed not to seek attorneys' fees and other legal costs.
In an op-ed published in The Washington Post after his detention and rejection in January, Darweesh wrote, "This was not the America I knew." But Thursday, he said, "The United States is a great country because of its people."
"I'm glad that the lawsuit is over," he said in a statement issued through the American Civil Liberties Union, one of several civil rights groups that represented him and Alshawi. "Me and my family are safe; my kids go to school; we can now live a normal life. I suffered back home, but I have my rights now. I'm a human."
In a brief statement, the Justice Department said: "Although this case has been moot since March, when the president rescinded the original executive order and issued a new one that does not restrict the entry of Iraqi nationals, the U.S. government has elected to settle this case on favorable terms."
Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants’ Rights Project, said that while the settlement "closes one chapter in our challenge to Trump's efforts to institute his unconstitutional ban, we continue our legal fight against Muslim ban 2.0 at the Supreme Court in October."


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Godsent have decided to pull out of WESG 2016. Sadly for the organisers, this decision was taken 12 hours before the actual tournament.
The decision was announced via the organisers. They definitely do not have the resources or the opportunity to find a replacement team at such short notice. As such they will continue with one team less in that particular group.
The five teams participating from that group are :
he reasons of that decision are unknown. Also, there was no official comment from the directorship of organization. Following the seeding, GODSENT were up to play in Group «С», where also we have such teams as Space Soldiers, Signature, Team Kinguin, FIVE eSports Club and Bravado Gaming.
GODSENT’s roster consist of the following players:
— Jesper «JW» Wecksell
— Robin «flusha» Rönnquist
— Markus «pronax» Wallsten
— Jonas «Lekr0» Olofsson
— Andreas «znajder» Lindberg
— Alexander «rdl» Redl (coach)
We’d like to remind you that the main stage of WESG 2016 Grand Final presented by Alipay in four eSports disciplines — CS:GO, Dota 2, StarCraft II и HearthStone — will be running from January 12-15. The overall prize pool of the championship is amounted to ￥24 650 000 (~$3 700 000).
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10 WARNING SIGNS OF CANCER IN DOGS & CATS
1. Swollen lymph nodes
These glands are located throughout the body, but are most easily detected behind the jaw or behind the knee. When these lymph nodes are enlarged they can suggest a common form of cancer called lymphoma. A biopsy or cytology of these enlarged lymph nodes can aid in the diagnosis.
3. Abdominal distension
When the stomach or belly becomes rapidly enlarged, this may suggest a mass or tumor in the abdomen, or it may indicate some bleeding that is occurring in this area. A radiograph or an ultrasound of the abdomen can be very useful.
4. Chronic weight loss
When a pet is losing weight and you have not put your pet on a diet, you should have your pet checked. This sign is not diagnostic for cancer, but can indicate that something is wrong.
5. Chronic vomiting or diarrhea
Unexplained vomiting or diarrhea should prompt further investigation. Often tumors of the gastrointestinal tract can cause chronic vomiting and/or diarrhea. Radiographs, ultrasound examinations and endoscopy are useful diagnostic tools when this occurs.
6. Oral odor
Oral tumors do occur in pets and can cause a pet to change its food preference (i.e. from hard to soft foods) or cause a pet to change the manner in which they chew their food. Many times a foul odor can be detected in pets with oral tumors. A thorough oral examination with radiographs or CT scan, necessitating sedation, is often necessary to determine the cause of the problem.
7. Unexplained bleeding
Although bleeding disorders do occur in pets, they usually are discovered while pets are young. If unexplained bleeding starts when a pet is old, a thorough search should be undertaken.
A dry, non-productive cough in an older pet should prompt chest radiographs to be taken. This type of cough is the most common sign of lung cancer. Please remember there are many causes of cough in dogs and cats.
10. Straining to urinate
Straining to urinate and blood in the urine usually indicate a common urinary tract infection; if the straining and bleeding are not rapidly controlled with antibiotics or are recurrent, cancer of the bladder may be the underlying cause. Cystoscopy or other techniques that allow a veterinarian to take a biopsy of the bladder are useful and sometimes necessary to establish a definitive diagnosis in these cases.
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