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Former Spurs hero Gary Lineker last night hailed Harry Redknapp’s current side as having the potential to grow into the best Tottenham outfit of modern times.
Lineker believes that Gareth Bale, named yesterday in the 55-man shortlist for the FIFA world side for 2010 on the back of his Champions League displays, is ready to become a global superstar.
And while the former England skipper does not feel Spurs are quite ready to start claiming major silverware, he feels it could be just a matter of time.
Lineker said: “I couldn’t say that they’re the best Spurs side I’ve seen yet, because they’ve got to get a bit stronger and get a few more results first. But they’ve already got the potential to be one of the great Tottenham sides.
“If they can just make themselves a bit harder to penetrate they would have a bit of everything.
“You can already see they’ve got a terrific squad and a big one, although Harry is right that maybe they’re one or two players short of that now.
“We were in the same position in 1991, just a couple of players short, but then the club ran into financial turmoil. That won’t happen this time.”
Lineker is the official ambassador for the 2011 Champions League Final, and unveiled the UEFA “Road to Wembley” logo at the national stadium.
One player he believes is already worthy of running out at Wembley on May 28 is Bale.
“I think Gareth can become a real world great.” added Lineker. “He has enormous potential and is improving really quickly.
“He can do it all, already. He can run all day and has that bit of extra pace and acceleration, which is an unusual combination. He is powerful and his delivery is very precise. He has a wonderful left foot.
“The other thing is that Gareth is so competitive and works hard. If he doesn’t get injured he can become one of the world’s great players.”
The big test for Spurs now, admitted Lineker, who saw Chris Waddle and then Paul Gascoigne depart during his spell at White Hart Lane, will be keeping Bale at the club.
“They need to keep him, of course,” he added. “That goes without saying.
“If they can encourage the likes of Bale to stay it will demonstrate the ambition of the club and attract other players to come as well.
“They won’t want to sell him but we all know players can be enticed. It will be down to show Spurs are the sort of club that want to keep their best plauers, or a selling club.”


Samsung Galaxy Note 9 rumors: Release date, specs, price, and features!
Here’s everything we know about the Galaxy Note 9!
Now more than ever, Samsung’s Galaxy S+ phones are becoming eerily similar to the Note series. The Note used to be Samsung’s way of touting all of the latest and greatest tech it had to offer, and while this is still the case, the same can be said for this year’s Galaxy S9+.
Samsung needs more than just the S Pen to make the Note 9 stand out from its own phones and the rest of the competition, and luckily, all signs are pointing to something exciting for this year’s release. Here’s what we know so far!
June 6, 2018 — This is what the Galaxy Note 9 might look like
We’ve been talking about the Galaxy Note 9 for months at this point, but up until now, we haven’t had a definitive idea as to what the phone will look like. Thankfully, 91Mobiles partnered with @OnLeaks to scratch that itch for us.
As you can see in the video above, the Note 9 will look very similar to last year’s Note 8. The front will be home to a large, notch-free Infinity Display while the back houses two rear cameras and a fingerprint sensor. The way the cameras and fingerprint sensor are positioned is slightly different compared to the Galaxy S9, but even so, there’s no mistaking this for a modern Samsung phone.
The bottom frame also shows a slot for the S Pen, USB-C port for charging the Note 9, a speaker grill, and 3.5mm headphone jack.
June 1, 2018 — The Galaxy Note 9 will be announced on August 9 with an upgraded camera
Per a report from Bloomberg, Samsung will host an Unpacked event in New York on August 9 where it’ll officially unveil the Galaxy Note 9.
There’s still a lot that’s unknown about the phone, but it’s reported that the Note 9 will have a very similar design compared to the Note 8, a much-improved camera, and Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 845 processor in select markets.
Following the event, Samsung hopes to officially release the phone by the end of the month.
When will the Galaxy Note 9 be released?
Samsung typically releases its Galaxy Note series in the second-half of the year, often in mid-to-late August.
It was reported on March 29 that Samsung had begun production of OLED panels for the Note 9 two months earlier than it usually does, suggesting that this year’s Note may be released as early as July.
How much will the Galaxy Note 9 cost?
Pricing for the Note series has steadily been going up each year, as has the majority of the smartphone industry.
The Galaxy Note 8 costs $950 unlocked, and I’d expect the Note 9 to cost either the same or slightly more. Apple proved with the iPhone X that people aren’t afraid to shell out $1000+ for a new smartphone, and I don’t consider it to be out of the question for Samsung to follow suit with the Note 9 – especially if it adopts newer technologies like an in-display fingerprint sensor.
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For Pride month, we’ve dedicated each day of June to an individual athlete or coach whose shining moment changed LGBTQ sports.
Today, we’re looking back at the achievements of the young woman at Baylor University who remained publicly closeted under orders from her coach, but made no secret of who she was.
Brittney Griner was the top women’s college basketball player of the year and No. 1 WNBA draft pick when she came out as a lesbian in April 2013. But a month later, she said that she had never really been in the closet at all: that people at Baylor knew all along.
Griner said Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey, while aware of her star’s sexual orientation, did not want it being discussed fearing it would hurt recruiting.
“It was a recruiting thing,” Griner told ESPN The Magazine and espnW in May 2013. “The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it, people wouldn’t let their kids come play for Baylor.”
“It was more of a unwritten law [to not discuss your sexuality] ... it was just kind of, like, one of those things, you know, just don’t do it,” Griner. “They kind of tried to make it, like, ‘Why put your business out on the street like that?’”
But Griner reiterated that her sexuality was an open secret at Baylor.
“I told Coach [Mulkey] when she was recruiting me. I was like, ‘I’m gay. I hope that’s not a problem,’ and she told me that it wasn’t,” Griner said. “I mean, my teammates knew, obviously they all knew. Everybody knew about it.”
That means that even though it wasn’t publicly known, the Associated Press picked a lesbian for Player of the Year in 2012, the ESPYs named a lesbian Female Athlete and Female College Athlete of 2012 and the NCAA named a lesbian the Most Outstanding Player of the 2012 Final Four.
In the championship game, the three-time All-American had 26 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks to lead Baylor to a dominating 80-61 victory over Notre Dame, capping a 40-0 season for the Lady Bears.
Before becoming the number one draft pick in the WNBA in 2013, she was not only regarded as the top shot blocker in the NCAA, she was at that time one of only seven women to ever dunk during a college basketball game. “Brittney Griner is going to change not only basketball but female sport in general,” someone said of her future.
And they weren’t wrong. Although the WNBA will play a shortened season in 2020, Griner consistently leads the league in scoring and blocks per game as a member of the Phoenix Mercury.
We’ll have another Moment of Pride story tomorrow and every day this month.

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As the universe tells, things are in a constant state of motion. Of change, if you will. If something refuses to change, more often than not it will either be left behind or face the critical point of extinction. This very principal holds true for even one of the most stubborn and powerful industries we thrive on today: the entertainment industry. Over the past few decades, we've gradually seen a change in the way women are perceived, played, and written for in films and TV. With stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Viola Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Scarlett Johanssen, and Shonda Rimes becoming some of the most powerful people in the industry, it's fair to assume things are definitely changing for the better and in the right direction.
But even as far as we've come in film, the industry still has much further to go, particularly in one arena: The way it views and handles the roles offered to women over 40. Luckily, one branch of the industry has seen this as an up-and-coming trend and as the definitive path moving forward and wants to capitalize on it. I am, of course, speaking of the television medium. Let's look at the ways in which women are pushing back against ageism on the small screen.
They've Always Been There
It may have taken us a little while longer to realize it than we would prefer to admit, but women leading TV isn't something new. It starts from the early days of I Dream Of Jeannie and Bewitched to The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Maude to The Golden Girls and right into the '90s with Roseanne, Charmed, and Buffy. The roles have changed, but leading women have always been there. Though it took some time for them to step out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary, these earlier roles were the initial stepping stones that provided the path that so many actresses over 40 are able to walk today.
- Hollywood's Age-Old Problem: Why Can't Women Age The Same As Men?
- Famke Janssen's Future In Film And TV Is Breaking The Standard For Women Over 40
- Inspirational Women: A Look At 8 Strong Female Characters From TV And Film
Even though these roles were majorly given to women in their "Hollywood" prime, TV has been making great strides to show how far the medium has come in casting the actress to match the age. It's not just the casting, either — the roles have adapted as well.
Single Mothers Stand Proud And Endure
Unless you've been there, it's kind of difficult to imagine just how hard it is to be a single mother. In decades past, such a thing was completely unheard of on TV. That a woman should be without a husband or various other male companion was a thought not even dared be spoken in pitch meetings, though some of these older TV shows never really had a problem with single fathers, such is the case with programs like The Andy Griffith Show and Bonanza. It was around the late '80s/early '90s that TV got the idea that women, without men at their sides, could choose to do this all on their own. This went double for women of a certain age — just take a look at sitcoms like Reba and Grace Under Fire, then later dramas like Gilmore Girls.
Today, Allison Janney's character blows away the rest of the cast in CBS' Mom. Initially thought to be a cartoonish, plucky comic relief character, Janney was able to bring layers of emotion, experience, and humanity into a sitcom that captures the all-too real struggle of being a recovering addict. She's a female character in the prime of her life and she's more than two-dimensional — another great step in the right direction.
In sitcoms, as funny and hysterical these ladies make things, the real life struggles they endure on a daily basis are never ignored or brushed off as a minor inconvenience. The truth is, it's hard to work a full-time job and raise a family; even working part time can prove overwhelming. It's that kind of struggle and following success that show older women have evolved in this role to outshine the expectations and limitations of their predecessors.
Who Runs The World? That's Right, Women
The new century brought in a cavalcade of new talent, people beyond excited to bring some great and interesting female roles to primetime TV. These writers, producers, and executives all grew up watching the talent of former female actresses blossom into the roles for which they became household names. And they've also watched as a good majority of these women faded into obscurity or were forced into roles that were more than a bit of an insult to their talents.
Along with this new era came shows like How To Get Away With Murder, Grey's Anatomy, Law and Order: SVU, Veep, and The Good Wife that all placed actresses over 40 years of age at the front and center of modern TV. The audience finds their connections with the various ensemble cast members, of course, but with these distinct series, it's impossible to imagine any of them surviving without the leading ladies that have been placed at top billing. These programs showed that when given the right roles, older women can be both powerful and intelligent without having to constantly check in on what their male counterparts think of their processes.
Owning Sexuality Isn't Just For Bond Anymore
No one ever paid any mind to the fact that James Bond is a notorious womanizer without even the slightest regret in regard to the sea of broken hearts left in his wake. James Bond could be in his mid-fifties to his early sixties and still be considered one of the most eligible bachelors and sexiest men on the planet. No matter what, he was always able to snatch up a woman half his age. But, unlike the movies, TV has given rise to a new wave of older women unafraid to showcase how they too can own their sexuality.
The 2000s really saw a rise in leading ladies who held no hesitations about allowing their male counterparts to see they weren't the only ones with a little something to show off. It became possible to cast off the restrictions of the domestic housewife or perky secretary to be attractive and hold major positions of power that rivaled that of husbands, partners, and even potential foes. With age comes knowledge, experience, and a certain respect and uniqueness of the female form and it's perfectly fine for women to show it off and own their bodies and own the power that comes along with them.
On American Horror Story, throughout her entire four-season tenure, Jessica Lange was easily the fan-favorite of every season. I credit a good chunk of the current casting trend in TV to Lange's unmatched success on the horror-anthology series. She experienced a career resurgence thanks to the creative minds behind the show and set the stage for many more women, like Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, and Angela Bassett to do the same.
Things are getting better for women in the entertainment industry every day. To think it was only four decades ago that Marilyn Monroe and the leading ladies of her generation would've been forced into roles of the housewife, sex pot, or dumb blonde that became synonymous with career girls of the time. We've come so far and even though we still have so far to go, we can all take comfort in the fact that things are definitely changing for the better and they will continue to do so as long as we keep watching and keep demanding our leading ladies be that of those who hold prowess, power, experience, and radiate unrivaled independence.
Who is your favorite older female character on TV today?

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Hyperwallet Moves Into Australia
US-based global payments company Hyperwallet has opened an Australian HQ in Sydney as it seeks to expand its digital payments system internationally.
The move follows reception of a financial service licence from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission. It’s Hyperwallet’s third site outside the USA, following London and Vancouver. Down Under outfits that have signed up for the payments service include Freelancer.com, Marketplacer.com and Tripfuser.
Simon Banks, a former PayPal exec and now Hyperwallet Australia MD, told Australian IT: “Australia punches above its weight in terms of innovation and adoption of marketplace and sharing economy businesses.”
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I refer to Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's claim that " there is no such thing as detention without trial" under the new PCA amendments, which is to be debated this week in Parliament. Zahid's statement is a blatant lie which contradicts the clear words and explanations in the amending bill itself. Explanatory statement no 3 of the amending bill states as follows: " In order to allow the introduction of detention without criminal charge or trial as previously provided in the repealed EO 1969 and the ISA 1960...".
Therefore the bill itself admits to introducing detention without trial; it further admits that the provisions are similar in nature to both the EO and the ISA. Has the Home Minister not read the explanatory note to his own bill? Or is he deliberately lying to the public? Whichever it is, the contents of the explanatory note leave no doubt that the bill allows detention without trial, and that it is similar to the ISA and EO.
Zahid's claim that the detention can be challenged in court is sheer nonsense. Clause 15A clearly excludes judicial review except on procedural requirements. This means no detainee can challenge the basis of his detention, as was the case under the EO and ISA.
Zahid also claims that the power of detention is removed from the Minister and vested in the Board. This makes no practical difference whatsoever. The members of the Board are appointed by the Agong upon the advice of the Minister. This means that the members of the Board hold their positions at the sufferance of the Minister; they are not independent and do not act as a safeguard against arbitrary arrest.
This undemocratic and unconstitutional bill must be withdrawn in its entirety; the freedom of every Malaysian will be jeopardized if this bill is allowed to become law.
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Opposition MPs defend greater support for municipalities
Caxito - Parliamentary Members with the opposition UNITA party defended Friday greater support for municipalities in order to ensure development, growth and improvement of the living conditions of the population.
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This was during a three-day visit to the municipalities of Ambriz, Dande and Dembos (northern Bengo province).
The MPs gathered information that will help them strengthen their party’s position in debate on the implementation of the local government system.
In a press conference, the MPs said that the visits served to learn of the reality of the municipalities and to better prepare them for discussion in the specialty in the National Assembly.
"We leave once again with the conviction that the process must be institutionalised in all the municipalities of the country. Much more needs to be done, because we find that there are municipalities where everything appears to have come to a standstill, "said the MP Albertina Navemba Ngolo.
She said gradualism should only be implemented in terms of competences and not geographically. This means that the process must cover all municipalities of the country.
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Kinshasa - Angolan Foreign Affairs Minister, Manuel August said Thursday in Kinshasa that Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to hold "top-level meetings" in the next few days to chart the future of bilateral relations.
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Luanda - Angola's Foreign Minister Manuel Augusto was among the personalities present this Thursday in Kinshasa at the swearing in ceremony of Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo as the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ANGOP learned from the venue.
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Kinshasa - Angola is among the countries invited to the inauguration ceremony of Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo as the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said last Wednesday the source of the Angolan Embassy in Kinshasa.


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Taiwan remembers 1947 massacre
Taiwan | Ceremonies at the 228 Memorial mark a painful period in the island’s history that still scars its relationship with China
by Angela Lu Fulton
Posted 3/02/15, 03:00 pm
TAIPEI, Taiwan—One by one, white-haired men and women laid long-stemmed lilies in front of the 228 memorial, bowing in reverence to relatives killed in the 228 Massacre—also known as the 228 Incident—in 1947. Wafts of classical music drifted from a commemorative concert in another section of the park, as kids chased each other in the grassy lawn.
A national holiday in Taiwan, Feb. 28 marks the 68th anniversary of anti-China riots and the subsequent harsh crackdown that left more than 10,000 people dead and set off nearly 40 years of martial law on the island. The day of remembrance revealed deep divides over Taiwan’s identity, its relationship with China, and how history played out. But for some young people, the day meant little more than a three-day weekend and a chance to enjoy sunny 70-degree weather.
The 1947 conflict flared after Chinese Nationals troops, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT) arrived in Taiwan at the end of WWII. The Japanese had ruled Taiwan as a colony for 43 years, and most of the ethnic Chinese living on the island welcomed the soldiers coming to free them. But excitement waned as the KMT looted houses and used Taiwan’s resources to support its ongoing civil war with the Communists, creating food shortages and runaway inflation. Those coming from China looked suspiciously at the Japanese-influenced Taiwanese, while the Taiwanese grew resentful at the influx of mainlanders, or waishengren.
Pent-up frustrations came to a head Feb. 27 after police beat a women selling contraband cigarettes and accidentally shot and killed a bystander. The next day, crowds gathered at a government building in Taipei demanding justice, and Chinese Gov. Chen Yi allowed officers to open fire on the crowd, killing several people and setting off uprisings around the island.
In response, the KMT declared martial law and called in troops from China, who “indulged in three days of indiscriminate killing and looting,” according to a March 1947 New York Times article. Yi’s troops killed many of Taiwan's elite, suspecting them of instigating the uprisings or siding with the Japanese. A period known as “White Terror” followed, as the KMT continued cracking down on those they suspected of opposition—either real or imagined—labeling them communist spies. Both those living in Taiwan and those who escaped from China were targeted, leading to more than 140,000 imprisonments and thousands of deaths.
The 228 death toll is estimated somewhere between 10,000 and 30,000, although the exact number is unknown. Many victims’ families kept silent for the next 50 years out of fear of reprisals. By the time martial law had lifted in 1987 and democracy allowed for openness about the events, many who had lived through it had already passed away and their children knew little about what happened.
In 1995, then-President Lee Teng-hui of the KMT Party formally apologized for 228 and set up Feb. 28 as a day of remembrance. The day is marked by concerts, speeches, survivors sharing stories, and demonstrations by different groups airing grievances. On Saturday, busloads of police officers kept watch at the 228 Peace Memorial Park, as President Ma Ying-Jeou and Taipei Mayor Ko attended a ceremony honoring the victims. Ma noted how far Taiwan has come and urged citizens to “never forget the lesson from the 228 Incident and never repeat that history.”
But the island is still deeply divided between those who arrived with KMT and those who have lived here for centuries. The former tie their identity more closely with China, while the latter point to their Taiwanese heritage and speak Taiwanese, a variant of the Fujian dialect. Despite the apologies and compensations from the KMT for 228, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and other pro-independence groups still want answers about the event.
Li Tsai-lin of the Taiwan National Federation of 228, whose family was affected during the massacre, said the event led to the beginning of Taiwan’s independence movement. “It’s because of the horrors of 228 that people started to see that Taiwan needs to become it’s own homeland, rather than looking to China as its homeland.”
The group helped put on a Taiwanese-language event at the memorial with speeches by DPP’s 2016 presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, and choirs singing traditional Taiwanese songs. Behind them, a more radical group rode bicycles carrying the sign “Taiwanese people are not Chinese people.”
Others in attendance fear the DPP’s message of independence will damage improving relations with China and ultimately hurt Taiwan’s well-being. Zhang Lu-fang, who works in constitutional law, has lived in Taiwan her whole life but views mainland Chinese as “brothers and friends” that Taiwan needs to continue communicating with. That’s why she finds commemorating 288 so important: “It allows people a chance to say what they think, to tell their stories. This is our history, and we hope to raise our voices so that others like China can see that what we really want is peace.”
Most attending the events were over 50. Many either lived through the era or had loved ones who did. Outside 228 Park, young people went about their way, spending their long weekend snapping photos of blooming cherry blossoms in Yuangminshan or perusing night markets. At National Taipei University (NTU), alumni Kelly Chen said that while she learned about 228 in school, it doesn’t have any direct effect on her life, save getting a day off work: “It’s only during elections that the media will bring it up again for discussion.”
But NTU student Eric Sun, who was rushing off to work on a group project when I met him, pointed out that the murders of Taiwan’s intellectual elite during 228 made an impact still felt today: “If they hadn’t been killed, then I think Taiwan’s growth would have been faster and our living conditions would be better than they are now.”
Angela Lu Fulton
Angela is a senior reporter for WORLD Magazine and a part-time editor for WORLD Digital. She is a graduate of the World Journalism Institute and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Angela resides in Taipei, Taiwan. Follow her on Twitter @angela818.


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This paper presents a digital constant frequency sliding mode control (SMC) law for interleaved DC?DC converters. Constant switching frequency and interleaving are achieved by dynamically adjusting the hysteresis of the control signals generating comparators. The interleaving method neither imposes constraints on the number of required phases to obtain a specific output voltage nor uses quasi-SMC. Hence, the control scheme
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The last few days have been days of memories and reflecting on these memories as the First picture shows. In this post’s photo, I was on Braeriach in the Cairngorms . It would have been in the 1070s, probably at Easter, What adventures and what friendships!
I didn’t manage to get anything written yesterday. I had a day of adjusting! It was much like any other Saturday with shopping, joining a friend for coffee, time spent down by the sea – except I didn’t do any of these things. Shopping is only for essentials, meeting with friends doesn’t come under the social distancing and the sea front and the car parks have been closed except to the physically-able for exercise, so that counts me out at the moment. I did some laundry, but apart from that the time seemed to drift into eternity, which is the frightening thing. It would be so easy to lose track of timer and not accomplish many of the things on my to do list. I abandoned rowing yesterday and today, but will get back to it. I’ve pulled a muscle in my dodgy leg because of my enthusiasm, so I have had enough warnings that I must be more cautious. The best outcome yesterday, was making an orange drizzle cake. Baking is an escape, just as it was for my mother. I so wish i could make sponges and meringues as she did.
Today has been another strange day. We’ve spoken to friends on the phone, eaten orange drizzle cake and I’ve cleaned the floors downstairs. This is always a bad sign. If the floor is visible does it really need to be cleaned? I didn’t think it was that bad but once the chore was completed, I knew it was. I treated myself to a gin and tonic. I managed to spray the tonic around the kitchen and the floor had a second wash. Fortunately there is enough of both gin and tonic for a few more days.
The other thing I did, having read Robert Macfarlane’s Tweet about Jan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain, was to look at my book shelves and the memories and dreams stored in them. I may never climb a mountain or even a rock face again. I might never be able to ski again, I certainly will never go caving again, but I can get in to the mountains to take photographs, paint, write and just wonder and I can make plans for other adventures.
There is some good TV on this morning. I’ve just watch the climbing of the Cioch on Skye, in the manner of Collie and Mackenzie, who pioneered the first route in 1906. (Coast on BBC2) I am in awe that anyone could venture on rock in such clothing and with nailed boots. This opened into an exploration into some of our climbing guidebooks. I can visualise many hours being filled in the future weeks exploring these guides and drifting into reliving memories and friendships.
Alongside the Scottish guides was an aged climbing guide to Malta. Ian and I ventured there after he came across a late 1940’s guide, that had been his uncle’s. It had instructions like “climb from the plane’s wheel to the Spitfire engine” – both humorous and sobering. I wish I could find that booklet. So many memories tied up on the book shelves … and some people wonder why I love books.
…. and I’m now watching a programme about a research plot of daffodils in the Brecon Beacons. (A to Z of TV Gardening on BBC2) A liquid is being extracted which can probably delay the development of Alzheimer’s. Amazing! Warning – do not liquidise your own daffs – this is being researched, trialed and prescribed under strict medical research conditions.
I’ve just made a discovery. I was enjoying my late breakfast/elevensees of apple and yoghurt and sprinkled some rice crisps on the yoghurt and it DIDN’T snap, crackle and pop! The things you can discover right here in the house.
It’s time to go out past the tulips and wallflowers to the rowing machine. Today I’m feeling mere energised, although my knee is playing up. I’m hoping to try to make up the distance that I missed out on yesterday. In my mind I’m heading along the shore, still on my way to Southampton Water. It’s a beautiful sunny day, so I’m hoping the going will be easier, provided that my volunteer cox and the fishing friend don’t slow me up too much. It is so good to get feedback from friends, who are reading this blog. Thanks. it raises my spirits and I hope this will raise yours.

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One of the most visited tourist spots in Buenos Aires is also an oasis of tranquility in the midst of one of the city’s more popular nightspots. After all, it can’t get any quieter than being surrounded by the dead.
Located on 1760 Junín, in what used to be the garden of the Our Lady of The Pilar church, the Recoleta Cemetery was inaugurated as the first public graveyard of the city back in 1822. Decades later, after a restoration and with the opening of the much larger graveyards located in Chacarita and Flores, Recoleta became the posh cemetery: the “it” place to be and be seen in your afterlife if you were a VIP during your life time.

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8th May - Whole School VE Day Challenge
Date: 8th May 2020 @ 11:03am
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd World War in Europe - 'Victory in Europe' Day. Here are a few ideas of how we can celebrate it.
* Why not make some bunting and hang it in your window for all to see?
* Or some salt dough medals.
* Or design and make a WW2 paper plane and see how far it can fly.
* Maybe you could draw, paint or make a collage poppy.
* There's a beautiful, short animation of a rabbit running through the poppy fields on CBeebies which is lovely for young children to watch.
* You could even have a 'Stay at Home Street Party' by enjoying a picnic in your garden.
At 3pm today why not join in with the nation by saying "To those who gave so much, we thank you."
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day.
Take care everyone and keep smiling through x

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Adnan Sami sings for 'SMS'
Adnan Sami has come to Kollywood again to sing for Yuvan Shankar Raja. In 'Siva Manasula Sakthi' (SMS), which has Jiiva and Anuya in the lead, the Pak singer with the soulful voice sings "Oru Kal, Oru Kannadi".
Yuvan had earlier introduced Sami to Tamil fildom with a song in'Sathum Podaathay'.
'SMS' is a city-based love story and is directed by debutante Rajesh. The director is confident that this song would be among the biggest hits of the year. The remix version of the song will also form part of the album and has been sung by Adnan Sami.
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The 2013 Moncks Corner Dixie Minors All-Stars played in the Sub-District Tournament at Carolina Field in June. They finished in the top two and moved on to compete in the District tournament in Pepperhill. Pictured are (first row, l-r) Ryan Goggins, Jamie Dyches, Jesse Free, Ryan Huxford, Sean Ward, Aaron Burn, (second row) Chevy Wrenn, Mark Russell, Trey Minor, Travonne Johnson, Eric Green, Cullen Threatt, (back row) Manager Sparky Wrenn, Coach Larry Free and Coach Pete Myers.
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WASHINGTON -- More than 90 individuals in seven cities -- including doctors, nurses, and other health professionals -- were charged for their participation in Medicare fraud schemes that netted $429.2 million.
The 91 defendants allegedly participated in schemes to submit claims to Medicare for treatments that were never provided or were medically unnecessary, Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and others announced Thursday.
"Today's coordinated actions represent one of the largest Medicare fraud take-downs in Department of Justice history, as measured by the amount of alleged fraudulent billings," Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer said in a press release.
Dozens of those charged either were arrested or surrendered recently. Indictments allege the suspects committed more than $230 million in home healthcare fraud; more than $100 million in mental healthcare fraud, and more than $49 million in ambulance transportation fraud.
HHS also suspended or took other administrative action against 30 providers, officials said.
Details of some busts include:
- In Miami 33 individuals were charged in schemes totaling $204.5 million in false billings for home healthcare, mental health services, and occupational and physical therapy.
- In Los Angeles, 16 defendants -- including three doctors -- were charged with fraud to the tune of $53.8 million for providing medically unnecessary ambulance rides. The case represents the largest ambulance fraud scheme ever prosecuted by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, officials said.
- In Dallas, 14 individuals -- including two doctors and two registered nurses -- were charged for their alleged involvement in $103.3 million in false billings. In one case involving a home healthcare company, Joseph Megwa, MD, signed roughly 33,000 prescriptions for more than 2,000 beneficiaries from 2006 to 2011; many beneficiaries had primary care physicians who never certified home healthcare services for them.
- Seven people from Houston were charged with a hospital fraud scheme leading to $158 million in false billings for community mental health center services. Hospital administrators paid kickbacks for beneficiaries' participation in partial hospitalization programs; the patients never received services for which Medicare was billed.
- In Brooklyn, 15 people, including one doctor, were charged in various fraud schemes costing Medicare $23.2 million, including paying cash for physical therapy that was never provided in some cases.
Law enforcement officials suspended payments until the fraud investigation is resolved -- an action that is permitted under the ACA, officials said. The ACA also provides $350 million in funds to be used for Medicare fraud prevention efforts.
"In addition to the arrests made today, HHS used new authority from the healthcare law to stop future payments to many of the healthcare providers suspected of fraud, saving Medicare resources and taxpayer dollars from being lost to fraud in the first place," Sebelius said in a statement.
The joint Justice Department and HHS Medicare Fraud Strike Force is a multi-agency team of federal, state, and local investigators and prosecutors to combat fraud.
The team announced its largest bust in history in May, when it charged 107 providers in seven cities for their alleged part in a $452 million fraud scheme.


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“Grief is just all the love you have with nowhere to go.”
We’ve had enough death in our country. Please, for those risking their lives to save us, please wear a mask:
From yesterday’s NY Times:
I reached out to Ashley Bartholomew, a registered nurse who recently resigned from her job in a Covid ward at an El Paso hospital, but stayed on for another two weeks because of the desperate need. She said identifying a single breaking point was difficult, but told me about an exchange with a patient who was improving.
She went into his room in full P.P.E. as he was watching the national news cover El Paso’s need for more mobile morgues.
“He said the news is making it a bigger deal than it really is,” she recalled. She tried to remain professional, but couldn’t hold back her tears. “I said: ‘You know, I’ll be brutally honest. This is my last shift and I’ve never seen so much death, so much sickness, in the last two weeks than I have my entire 10 years of being in health care.’”
Taken aback, the patient said he thought everyone in the ward was doing as well as he was. Of the 25 rooms she had been in that day, she told him, he was the only patient able to chat. Everyone else was too sick.
“This is a pandemic within a pandemic,” she said. “A pandemic of misinformation along with the Covid-19 pandemic. And health care workers, we can’t fight both at the same time.”
If not for you and those you love, do it for the nurses and doctors: Please, wear a mask.


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Ieva Petkeviciute, Dipl Ing., NPD manager at drinks development company MyDrink Beverages (which has offices in the UK, Denmark and Lithuania) told BeverageDaily.com there will always be a massive market for standard energy drinks like Red Bull.
“But we have a trend now towards naturalness and healthy living – it’s definitely coming, and most of our developments at the moment are for natural energy drinks,” she said.
“People are trying to avoid not only, for example, citric acid or artificial flavourings – they want to avoid traditional stabilisers, even, in the drinks,” Petkeviciute (pictured) added.
With brands increasingly keen to retain the interest of older millennials, or attract older consumers into the category, she said: “If you ask me now, ‘what would you add to an energy drink for older people?’, I would say, perhaps gingko biloba or panax ginseng."
Gingko biloba: Smart drug properties for older people?
Gingko is believed to have nootropic (‘smart drug’) properties, and is used as a memory and concentration enhancer, while ginseng is linked to better memory performance, and lower fasting blood sugar levels in Type 2 diabetes sufferers.
“Talking about energy drinks with other functions, I would say that, for sure, there is a trend for beauty drinks, while weight loss is also huge as a market due to obesity problems,” Petkeviciute said.
“Lately, the ingredient that is trending up, which offers beauty and energy at the same time, and what everyone is demanding is green tea with EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate).”
EGCG is one of four primary polyphenols found in fresh tea leaves, and the potent antioxidant has been linked to possible benefits in terms of fat oxidation (and thus weight loss, ultimately), and even as a treatment for cancer or neuro degeneration.
“This kind of trend at the moment – we have several developments, all in Scandinavia – is due to the success of the Celsius brand,” Petkeviciute said. “Everyone there is trying to make something similar."
Asked if she thought such trends could spread to other nations, such as the UK, she added: "I’m sure it could work elsewhere."
Lack of EFSA claims presents ‘huge marketing challenge’
However, the EU health claims environment is problematic, and as recently as December 2012, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected an application under Article 13.5 of the 2006 health claim regulation for a green tea/guarana extra to be recognized for its weight loss properties.
“Not all the ingredients have EFSA claims, and this is the huge challenge for marketing guys, the branding. But there are ways to overcome this, you just have to think about it carefully,” Petkeviciute said.
Discussing commonly used energy drink ingredients, Petkeviciute said: "Amino acids are common, but not as common as caffeine or other energy ingredients. Take taurine. It occurs naturally in the body, but somehow in Scandinavia it has a negative image and customers ask us to avoid it, develop a drink without it.
“From my viewpoint energy drinks are becoming herbal, with brands adding more herbs, more plant extracts,” Petkeviciute told this website.
‘Sugar has a bad image, but is the body’s preferred fuel…’
MyDrink’s NPD manager also revealed that her firm has many client demands for formulations using stevia, “since sugar has a bad image, and customers are trying to avoid it and asking for other solutions”.
“I suggest stevia to them, or a mixer – say, stevia with deionized grape juice concentrate or agave syrup – so the drink is more natural and can use marketing claims such as ‘sweetened from fruits’ or ‘naturally sweetened’ – something like that,” Petkeviciute said.
“However, sugar is the body’s preferred fuel, so you can’t avoid it in energy drinks,” she added.
Check out our other special edition articles dedicated to energy drinks below!


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Babies who are deprived of oxygen at birth have an increased chance of suffering from severe brain damage. This damage can result in neurodevelopmental disorders or intellectual disabilities as the child grows older, and in some cases, it can even result in serious conditions such as cerebral palsy.
A recent Statesman Journal report describes the plight of a young cerebral palsy sufferer in Oregon named Maverick Ramseyer, and what his parents, Elizabeth and Derrick, have to endure because of his condition. Maverick’s cerebral palsy is alleged to have been caused by his doctors during his birth. A section in the article describes what happened in that period, including how Maverick’s cerebral palsy potentially came to be.
Early afternoon on Dec. 11, 2007, Elizabeth and Derrick went to the hospital 15 days overdue. She was given drugs to induce labor, and for 11 hours, the labor and delivery staff continued to increase the dosage.
Eventually, Elizabeth was told to start pushing, but Maverick’s head wasn’t positioned at the cervix, which the complaint alleges caused distress for the baby. Maverick’s heart rate dropped to 60 beats per minute for about six minutes, Kalur said.
The doctor then decided to deliver the baby via emergency C-section. Maverick was born having inhaled his own fecal matter, or meconium.
Maverick was born at 8:31 a.m. Dec. 12, 2007, apparently unable to breathe, Kalur said. The nursing staff and Dr. Michael Gabe, a family physician, attempted to resuscitate Maverick using a face mask and oxygen bag, before clearing his airway of meconium, the lawsuit states.
Cerebral Palsy Treatment in New York: Extensive and Expensive
The bad news is that similar unfortunate scenarios can happen to New Yorkers. Even more bad news, the costs of medical care in NY are comparatively much higher than most of the cities in the U.S. For parents of a child with cerebral palsy, the financial burden that the condition carries can be astounding. If you live in NY and your child is suffering from cerebral palsy as a result of birth injury, it is essential that you contact New York birth injury lawyers to explore your options.
Why You Need a Birth Injury Lawyer’s Evaluation
First off, keep in mind that a doctor’s negligence or malpractice isn’t always the cause of a birth injury such as cerebral palsy. However, with the help experienced New York City birth injury lawyers who can conduct a preliminary review of your case, you will learn if a lawsuit is in order and, more important, if it may lead to the attainment of the substantial financial resources necessary to tend to your child’s needs.
(Source: Lawsuit over birth injury: Misfortune or malpractice?, Statesman Journal, July 8, 2014)

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The Olympics have weathered world wars, boycotts and corruption scandals. These days, the IOC has a new crisis on its hands - finding cities willing to host the games.
The troubled race for the 2022 Winter Olympics is a case in point. High costs and internal political opposition prevented several potential contenders from bidding. Two candidate cities withdrew and two others could still drop out.
The way things are going, the winner could be decided next year by default. Take the games, please.
“I have not seen anything like this before,” senior Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg said. “This is urgent. We need to sit down and discuss what is going on. We are at a crossroads here.”
It’s a challenge the International Olympic Committee and new President Thomas Bach need to resolve quickly to ensure the long-term viability of the world’s most prized sports event.
Changes to the bidding process and efforts to reduce the cost of the games are among the key issues being addressed by the IOC as part of Bach’s “Agenda 2020,” his blueprint for the future of the Olympic movement that will be voted on in December.
Watching closely are countries and cities considering whether to bid for the even bigger and more expensive Summer Olympics of 2024.
The financial burden is worrying potential host cities. Specifically, the $51 billion price tag associated with February’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. Olympic officials say most of that huge sum went to long-term projects and that the operations costs of the Olympics were no higher than previous games.
No matter. The public perception is that the games cost too much.
The Olympics continue to succeed as a spectacle, with huge audiences on television and online. But the field for 2022 has taken one hit after the other.
Munich and St. Moritz-Davos withdrew planned bids when voters in Germany and Switzerland voted ‘no’ in referendums. Stockholm, one of the five declared candidates, pulled out in December after the city government declined to offer financial backing. On Monday, the Polish city of Krakow dropped out after 70 per cent of voters rejected the bid in a referendum.
That leaves four cities in contention for now - Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Lviv, Ukraine; and Oslo, Norway.
The bid from Lviv has been on hold because of the turmoil in Ukraine.
It’s possible only three bids will still be in play when the IOC executive board meets in Lausanne, Switzerland, from July 7-9 to decide which cities go to the final stage. Rather than cut the field, the board would likely keep the remaining three. The host city will be selected by the full IOC in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2015.


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Tick-Borne Disease In Children And Adolescents A Medical Illness/ A Multidisciplinary “Cure”
We in the Lyme world all know that tick-borne diseases are caused by complex organisms that can affect just about any part of the body, and we realize that the key to getting well is finding a Lyme- literate doctor, obtaining an accurate diagnosis, and comprehensive, efficacious treatment. While treating the medical aspect of the disease is paramount, for children and adolescents with chronic Lyme disease, medical treatment alone is often not enough. Many of these children have Lyme related psychiatric symptoms or educational impairments. Their serious symptoms, combined with the duration of the illness often leads to gaps in their development. Their isolation can leave them lonely, and inhibit their ability to interact with peers. These issues are best addressed through the coordinated efforts of a team.
Children and adolescents with chronic Lyme, often meet the DSM criteria for one or more “mental illnesses”–anxiety disorder, depression, anorexia nervosa, AD/HD, as well as disorders in which behavioral problems manifest–oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, and for some, psychosis. Even though the “mental illness” may be due completely to Lyme, the serious psychiatric symptoms cannot be ignored. For many, psychiatric medications are essential, in managing the symptoms during treatment, including the complex issues of managing symptom flares (Jarisch Herxheimer reactions), brought on by the antibiotics. Thus there is a need for involvement of Lyme-literate psychiatrists who treat children.
These “mental illnesses” carry a constellation of issues. The anorectic children, for example, often have an aversion to certain foods, or a rigid pattern of eating, and there is an obsessional quality to their thinking, about food and exercise. Some put a pathological spin on suggestions doctors make for a “yeast free” diet while on antibiotics, some refuse to take any medications by mouth. Weight gain typical of some Lyme patients terrifies the anorectic, and pathological weight loss brings them comfort. These issues need to be dealt with in individual and family therapy, to keep the anorectic child safe and healthy during the acute phases of the illness and Lyme treatment.
Anxiety is another symptom common to children with Lyme. The anxiety presents for many in their fears about school failure, even as their cognitively impaired brains struggle to succeed. It takes a Lyme-literate team to deal with the anxious child with Lyme–the medical doctor who treats the illness, the psychiatrist who prescribes the medication for anxiety, the psychotherapist who teaches the child and family strategies for dealing with the anxiety, helps the child learn to think in a different way (cognitively-based therapy is helpful here), and the Lyme-literate school team who provides support and accommodations for the child who has impairments that affect learning. The school nurse or guidance counselor can provide a brief respite, and support, for the anxious child, in the middle of the chaos of the school day.
Behavioral problems are often due simply to the infection in the brain, and will resolve as the illness is treated comprehensively. However, the treatment could take a long time, and the behaviors need to be addressed and managed during these difficult times. Intervention and support of a Lyme-literate psychiatrist and psychotherapist, as well as involvement of a parent advocate who develops a plan for managing behaviors in the school setting can make a significant difference in the life of the child and the family. Traditional “behavior plans” are often not effective, when the behavior is driven by an infectious cause.
Attention needs to be paid to the tasks of the various developmental stages the child with chronic Lyme is going through. The most difficult stage to manage is adolescence, where the Lyme patient may deny the illness and resist treatment to be “normal”, in an attempt to individuate. At this stage, some will self-medicate the Lyme symptoms with street drugs. If the child has been ill for a long time, it may be difficult to distinguish between symptoms of the illness and who the child really is. It is helpful if these symptoms are addressed in therapy, as well.
Part of the work of childhood is to develop social skills, to learn how to interact with others. Children learn that at home, in their communities, in school, on the ball field. When a child is ill with chronic Lyme, often her exposure to others is very limited. Some children have been on homebound instruction for months and years, not even having the school community to interact with. Socialization needs can be addressed in therapy, and for those who are seriously ill, some social experiences can be built into their week.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
While physicians who treat Lyme are focused on diagnosing and treating the medical illness, it is also important to recognize that there is more to treating the child with Lyme than ridding the body of infection. We need an integrated approach that includes doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, neuropsychologists, educators, and advocates. It is important that we are aware of each other’s roles, and communicate regularly.
The impact of Lyme disease on children and adolescents is not just a medical issue. By working together to support and treat the whole child, we can help our children achieve more than physical health. They can become resilient, life-loving, successful people, and put the nightmare of the Lyme years behind them.
Published In Lyme Times Children’s Treatment Issue #42 – Summer, 2005
Sandy Berenbaum, LCSW, BCD Family Connections Center for Counseling
Offices in Brewster, NY and Southbury, CT www.lymefamilies.com
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Give Star Wars Battlefront's first add-on a try starting tomorrow.
Star Wars Battlefront DLC Outer Rim free trial goes live tomorrow
Star Wars Battlefront's Outer Rim, the shooter's first DLC pack, will be available for free on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One tomorrow for a limited.
The trial goes live Friday, May 13 until Sunday, May 15. Do note that Outer Rim-specific Hutt Contracts will not be available during this trial.
Battlefront's next add-on will take the game to the cloud city of Bespin, and it's due for release in June.


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Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi (Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi) as seen from the Lower Plaza of St. Francis
Perched atop the western flank of Monte Subasio, Assisi is a fortified town in the Umbria region of Italy. Its history stretches from 1000 BC to the present day and had been settled successively by the Umbrians, Etruscans, went under Roman and Papal control and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I couldn’t quite capture its unique charm on a short two hour visit and being seated on the wrong side of the bus (not to mention at noon), but I particularly like this capture of the town on Wikipedia.
Stairs leading up to the entrance of the upper basilica
Entrance to the upper basilica

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The LAW 80 is a shoulder-launched one-shot anti-tank weapon, that can destroy a light or medium tank with one direct hit. It creates a huge explosion alerting nearby guards.
- The LAW 80 is primarily used to destroy enemy tanks and will destroy them in one hit. Even though tanks only appear if you only trigger the alarm in certain maps, you should carry a few LAWs around with you just in case you do trigger the alarm.
- The general rule is that if there are LAWs in a level, tanks will appear in the level when the alarm is triggered.
- However, be careful when lining up your shots; you only have one rocket per LAW 80, and there are a limited amount of them in levels. Don't miss!
- Rate of fire: 40 RPM
- Only available in multiplayer mode
- Its not a very good weapon in multiplayer; after firing one rocket, the player throws it away.


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“/>The MS Stena Horizon usually operates out of Rosslare however has been moved to the Belfast-Liverpool route
The event – which has nothing to do with the brand new Irish Sea border – is because of a ship, the MS Stena Horizon, which usually operates between France and the Republic of Eire being moved to the route for 10 days.
A passenger who’s travelling on the route this week contacted the Information Letter to say that it appeared “outrageous” that British forex was not accepted when travelling between two UK ports.
Due to covid, the ferry is just not accepting money and in order that implies that forex conversion costs and a non-sterling transaction price could also be charged for anybody utilizing a traditional UK financial institution card.
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The Financial institution of England stated that what Stena was doing was authorized as a result of though Sterling is authorized tender within the UK, that time period solely applies in a slender approach to cash which have to be accepted in return for the reimbursement of debt.
Initially, Stena advised passengers – and advised his newspaper – that it was providing a 20% low cost off the price of a future crusing on both the Belfast-Liverpool or Belfast-Cairnryan path to compensate “for any inconvenience prompted”.
Nevertheless, yesterday the corporate contacted the Information Letter to vary that supply, saying that it could as a substitute be lowering costs by 10% to compensate for the additional costs.
In an announcement, Stena stated: “The Stena Horizon which usually operates on the Rosslare-Cherbourg service is presently working as a aid vessel throughout quick discover upkeep works on the Belfast-Liverpool service and is predicted to supply cowl for the subsequent 10 days.
“Because the Stena Horizon operates within the eurozone, it has not been potential to make onboard forex alterations in time which implies that onboard funds made with non-euro playing cards will likely be topic to variable trade charges set by the cardboard suppliers and should appeal to a non-sterling transaction price.
“Stena Line has notified all clients prematurely of journey and a 10% low cost will likely be utilized to all buyer onboard purchases to offset any potential forex conversion prices in the course of the 10-day interval.”
The Information Letter requested the Client Council concerning the challenge and it contacted Stena
Richard Williams, Head of Transport at The Client Council, stated: “The Client Council is conscious that Stena Line is barely accepting card funds in Euro this week on the Belfast to Liverpool route because of a change of vessel.
“In consequence, passengers making purchases on board could incur non-sterling transaction charges.
“We have now raised our concern concerning the monetary penalty on shoppers to Stena Line, which has assured us that every one passengers will obtain a 10% low cost on all on-board purchases and can obtain a 20% low cost on their subsequent journey to Liverpool or Cairnryan.
“Passengers have been knowledgeable of this prematurely of journey.
“Any passenger who is just not pleased with these preparations ought to contact The Client Council on 0800 121 6022 or electronic mail firstname.lastname@example.org.”
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text: Japan\'s central bank decided on Thursday to keep the monetary policy, while upgraded its assessment of the world\'s third-largest economy. At the end of a two-day policy meeting, Bank of Japan\'s (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and his eight board colleagues voted unanimously to maintain its asset purchase program at the current JPY 101 trillion (USD 1.1 trillion) by the end of this year, apparently in order to assess the effect of a 2 percent inflation target the additional measures. The policy board also decided to leave the unsecured overnight lending rate unchanged at a range of zero percent to 0.1 percent in a widely expected move. \"The BOJ recognizes that the inflation rate consistent with price stability on a sustainable basis will rise as efforts by a wide range of entities toward strengthening competitiveness and growth potential of Japan\'s economy make progress,\" the central bank said in a statement after the meeting. The BOJ will pursue aggressive monetary easing, aiming to achieve the 2-percent inflation target, through a virtually zero interest rate policy and purchases of financial assets, as long as it judges it appropriate to continue with each policy measure respectively, the statement said. The BOJ upgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy, saying, \"it has stopped weakening.\" Exports appear to stop decreasing, mainly against the background of the developments in overseas economies, and industrial production has stopped decreasing, it said. With regard to the outlook, the BOJ said Japan\'s economy is expected to level off more or less for the time being, and thereafter, it will return to a moderate recovery path mainly as domestic demand remains resilient partly due to the effects of various economic measures and overseas economies gradually emerge from the deceleration phase. It also pointed out risks to Japan\'s economy, warning there remains \"a high degree of uncertainty,\" including the prospects for the European debt problem, the momentum toward recovery for the US economy, and the effects of the recent bilateral relationship between Japan and China. The policy meeting was the last chaired by Gov. Shirakawa, who will step down from the post on March 19 along with his two deputies, before his five-year term expires in April. Haruhiko Kuroda, the government\'s nominee for the next central bank chief, vowed on Monday to do his best to achieve a 2-percent inflation target at the earliest to end deflation. Kuroda, currently working as Asian Development Bank President, is regarded as a supporter of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\'s aggressive monetary easing policies. The appointments of Kuroda and two new deputy governors must win approval by both chambers of parliament, which the government and the ruling coalition are seeking to obtain by March 15.


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Tess Gerritsen, a physician, has written a long string of well written and entertaining novels about the exploits of Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner, Dr. Maura Isles.
In "Die Again," a group of tourists on safari in Botswana come upon one calamity after another. Their bush guide warns the group not to stray from their camp at night.
His warning doesn't work for their tracker whose screams awaken the group. They rush to where the sounds were coming from and find his dead, maimed body.
Then, their vehicle breaks down and another member of the group is killed by animals.
In Boston, six years later, Rizzoli and Isles are ordered to the scene of a sinister murder. They find a noted taxidermist who was killed and his body left as if a leopard had killed him and left the body hanging for a later feast. The many animals that the taxidermist had on display in his home added to the macabre image of those who entered his home.
Something in the victim's home leads investigators to another body. Rizzoli and Isles continue to look for connections between the victims and Dr. Isles finds records of murders around the country where the victims were left in the same manner as the taxidermist.
More is learned about the safari party. There was only one survivor, a woman who followed a river and a herd of elephants until she came to a civilized location.
This is a novel that is best to read slowly and savor the puzzle that the author has provided. How she links the murders of members of the safari to the victims in Boston was cleverly conceived.
There is a surprising plot development and the suspenseful story line is well paced. It displays the author's literary talents and story telling ability.
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Wave and Anemometer-based Sea Surface Wind (WASWind)
| DOI: 10.5065/BRX8-V029
Ship-based measurements of sea surface wind speed displays a spurious upward trend due to increases in anemometer height. To correct this bias, we construct a new sea surface wind dataset from ship observations of wind speed and wind wave height archived in the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS). The Wave and Anemometer-based Sea-surface Wind (WASWind) dataset is available at monthly resolution on a 4 degrees by 4 degrees. longitude-latitude grid from 1950 to 2011. It substantially reduces the upward trend in wind speed through height-correction for anemometer-measured winds, rejection of spurious Beaufort winds, and use of estimated winds from wind wave height. The reduced upward trend is smallest among the existing global datasets of in situ observations and comparable with those of reanalysis products. Despite the significant reduction of globally-averaged wind speed trend, WASWind features rich spatial structures in trend pattern, making it a valuable dataset for studies of climate changes on regional scales. Not only does the combination of ship winds and wind wave height successfully reproduce major modes of seasonal-to-decadal variability, but its trend patterns are also physically consistent with sea level pressure (SLP) measurements. WASWind is in close agreement with wind changes in satellite measurements by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) for the recent two decades. The agreement in trend pattern with such independent observations illustrates the utility of WASWind for climate trend analysis.
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They ended up winning.
It wasn’t a surprise to me: the grooves were tight and bouncy, the songs unbelievably catchy, and Damin’s autotune-enriched vocals added a unique edge. Although, as Damin explained to me, the autotune was primarily for confidence, not style, since it was his first time singing in front of an audience.
And now, after a summer of wowing crowds across the country, they’re releasing their first EP, Dutch. I expect it’ll be huge, but we’ll have to wait a few more weeks before we can hear it.
"It’s been sent up to Auckland. To one of the dudes from Leisure, and he’s giving it a try at mixing," Damin said.
"So that’s why there’s a bit of a hold up. We’re just waiting to see what he can do with it. Because, I guess, me and Nick’s knowledge is still quite new to recording.
"This tour [the Dutch Foreplay tour] was supposed to be for our EP, but I can’t say when it will come out. It’s not going to be any longer than two weeks from now, so it’ll come out on the backend of the tour."
Damin is more of a Soundcloud producer than a frontman. Before assembling the band, he produced songs on his laptop and posted them on Soundcloud in true post-internet fashion.
"The way I write the song is I would write for a beat and then interpret it with the band," he said.
"Half of the songs we play right now I would have written three years ago with my acoustic guitar, and then for songs like Private Show and Sense I just get a beat locked in on loop and write verses and choruses for it, and structure it."
They’re awesome songs, but they’re given a whole new energy by his live band, especially bassist Kevin, who locks into a groove and doesn’t let go.
"One thing I’ve focused on for this EP is capturing the live sound because of the reception we got from that as opposed to my own production work.
"That’s definitely something I’d like to build for myself in the future, to be self sufficient in that respect, but at the moment the songs have a nice wee bounce and live feel to them. So, we just tracked two guitars, bass, drums and some light keys. It was quite stripped back, but poppy I think.
A recent article in The Spinoff discussed the "new Dunedin sound" and cited the Jack Berry Band as being part of a group "riding a wave of hype unseen since the glory days of Flying Nun".
Damin also organises gigs at the on-campus bar and the latest one, "Hoochie World 3" was last Thursday and sold out within 24 hours.
I attended Hoochie World 1 and the number of people willing to spend money to see live music was amazing. I wasn’t there for the fabled "glory days of Flying Nun", but maybe it felt something like that? Damin reckons there’s definitely something going on anyway and he’s stoked to be here.
"It’s definitely a thing that’s happening; I don’t know about the label for it, but it’s a positive scene and cool to be a part of."
- For more from Fraser Thompson go to dunedinsound.com.
Mild Orange and Jack Berry Band with Old Boy, Dutch Foreplay Tour, The Captain Cook Hotel, Friday, May 11, 8pm. Tickets $15 from www.universe.com


World rowing championships: Canada wins silver medal in women’s four
The silver medallists are also members of the women’s eight and will compete in the final Sunday.
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CHUNGJU, SOUTH KOREA—Canada captured a silver medal in the women’s four event Friday at the world rowing championship in South Korea.
Sarah Black of Ottawa, Christine Roper of Victoria, Natalie Mastracci of Thorold, Ont. and Cristy Nurse of Georgetown, Ont., were second in 6:47.62.
The U.S. won gold in 6:43.15 and the Aussies picked up bronze in 6:49.26.
“It felt amazing,” said Mastracci, an Olympic silver medallist in the women’s eight at the 2012 Olympics in London.
”After our preliminary race we felt we had some work to do, we did exactly that,”
The silver medallists are also members of the women’s eight and will compete in the final on Sunday.
In the lightweight men’s pair final, Eric Woelfl of St. Catharines, Ont., and Brendan Hodge of Delta, B.C., finished just out of the medals in fourth overall.
The Swiss crew won the race in 6:48.85 ahead of Italy (6:51.48) and Great Britain (6:52.08). Canada’s time was 6:57.58.
Also Friday, Canada’s men’s and women’s lightweight singles rowed in B finals.
Both Nick Pratt of Kingston, Ont., in the men’s race and Patricia Obee of Victoria were ninth overall.
The men’s four was second in its final race to finish 14th overall. The crew members are all Olympians: Will Crothers of Kingston, Ont., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C., Conlin McCabe of Brockville, Ont. and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont.
The Canadian men’s pair of Spencer Crowley of Lantzville, B.C., and Steve Van Knotsenburg of Beamsville, Ont., was fifth in the C final and 17th overall.
In addition to the women’s eight final, Canada will also shoot for a medal this weekend in the women’s quad.
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