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This modern kitchen design opened up an outdated 38-year-old space by removing walls and creating a large, cohesive kitchen and great room perfect for everything from casual living to entertaining. Based on a palette of grays, sea foam green, and white, the design is at once traditional and youthful, crafted for ease in daily use that can accommodate a growing family.
The kitchen is a cook’s dream, with a 48-inch commercial cooktop, double ovens, and a large French door refrigerator and freezer with a micro drawer. Open shelving in both the wine bar and coffee area enhance the design’s relaxed, open objective, and a Walker Zanger soft grey decorative backsplash in subway tile and cocoon shapes subtly complements the bright white cabinets. The kitchen also utilizes satin nickel hardware, a Gascogne Blue limestone counter on the island, and pental quartz Stormy Sky countertops around the room’s perimeter. Quarter-sewn oak flooring in a warm grey tone unifies the two spaces and reinforces the organic, yet refined, atmosphere.
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Spain defeated Iran 1-0 on Wednesday night in an exciting encounter with group B in the FIFA World Cup in Russia. The only goal for the match was by striker Diego Costa and Spain’s first win of the 21st edition of the World Cup.
In this match played in Kazan Arena, Iran performed brilliantly as a defense and despite their superior control over the Spanish ball, their forward players were not given much space in their box. Spain got a free kick on the left flank outside the box in the ninth minute. Midfielder David Silva gave the best cross, but no player in the box could reach the ball.
Spain, who won the 2010 FIFA World title, continued its natural game. In the 25th minute, the team got a chance to score a free-kick from 30 yards outside the box, but Iran’s goalkeeper Ali Berevand easily prevented Silva’s shot.
In the 30th minute of the match, Spain made a stir again in the Iranian box again. Silva tried to score the first goal by putting a bicycle kick from the distance of six yards but he hit the ball over the goalpost.
Iran got the first corner of the match in the 36th minute. However, they failed to penetrate Spain’s defense. Spani continued her strong performance in the second half as well. In the 50th minute of the match, midfielder Sergio Bucquets made a strong shot from outside the box, but Berevand jumped off to his left and made a great defense.
Costa did the first goal
Four minutes later, Spain’s most experienced player Andres Iniesta passed the striker Costa inside the box, putting the ball in the goal and giving the team a 1-0 lead.
Iran got free-kick in the 61st minute about 30 yards from the goalpost. The Iranian player gave the best cross inside the box and Saeed Ejatolla managed to put the ball in the goal. The referee took the help of VAR which found that there was a player offside during the cross, due to which Iran was not rounded.
In the 83rd minute of the match, Iran got a great opportunity to score a goal of equalizing. Wahid Amiri from the left flank gave a strong cross in the box but Mehdi did not put the ball in the goal with Tareemi header. Spain will face Morocco in their second Group B match on Monday, while Iran will face Portugal from Portugal.

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These crochet rings will be available on Bonnin Designs starting next week. If you are interested in pre-ordering them, shoot me an email. They are $10 each and come in the colors shown above. I'm pretty excited to be able to offer these because I never thought I could crochet with a hook that small!
Also in other news, Bonnin Designs is now available at The Dragonfly in Old Towne Orange. What a fun shop. This new garden and gift shop is in an old craftsman home. Each room is filled with treasures. You'll find our items in the Jewelry room! Also, I am creating special dragonfly necklaces just for The Dragonfly.
And lastly, our 50% off sale ends Saturday (that's tomorrow), so shop early for Mother's Day Gifts at great prices.

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Music Outside the Lines is an informative and practical resource for all who are invested in making music composition an integral part of curriculum. Author Maud Hickey offers both a well-grounded justification for teaching music composition and also a compendium of useful instructional ideas and classroom activities. Hickey begins with a rationale for teachers to begin composition activities in their own classrooms, with a thoughtful argument that demonstrates that all music teachers possess the skills and training needed to take children along the path toward composing satisfying musical compositions even if they themselves have never taken formal composition lessons. She also addresses some of the stickier issues that affect teaching music composition in schools such as assessment, notation, and technology. Most importantly, she introduces a curricular model for teaching composition, a model which provides an array of composition activities to try in both the music classrooms and studio. These activities encourage musical and creative growth through music composition; while they are organized in logical units corresponding to well-known teaching modules, they also offer jumping off points for music teachers to exercise their own creative thinking and create music composition activities that are customized to their classes and needs.
As a whole, Music Outside the Lines both successfully reasons that music composition should be at the core of school music curriculum and also provides inservice and preservice educators with an essential resource and compendium of practical tips and plans for fulfilling this goal.
Maud Hickey is Associate Professor of Music Education in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She has contributed scholarly writings on composition and improvisation to a range of journals, including the Journal of Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, General Music Today, College Music Symposium, Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning, and Research Studies in Music Education.


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When a father reads to his child, they both feel a joy unlike any other.
But when they read Daddy’s Arms, they’ll also feel strength.
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They’ll feel all the emotions your child will feel when they’re held tight in Daddy’s Arms.
Daddy's Arms is a fun children's book that tells the story of a little boy's adorable and amusing everyday interactions with his dad. Whether it’s playtime, bath time, or bedtime, this wildly imaginative child has his dad’s arms take center stage for every fantastic new adventure.
Daddy’s Arms is written by a Black author and the engaging illustrations feature Black characters – something a child is unlikely to see enough of in other books they find.
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The masterfully rhymed story is fun to read, and for those just beginning with reading skills, the rhythm makes it easy to follow along so they can begin linking the spoken words to those written on the page.
Seeing a positive example of their own relationship on the page, readers are reminded of the opportunity they have to share special moments with their child.
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The book’s construction is durable so it will last until the child hearing it today is holding future generations in his arms, ready to read it again.
Fabian Ferguson an independent author and proud owner of F. Ferguson Books, a children’s book company devoted to uplifting Black authors and Black lead characters. Driven by his passion for creating stories for his son that he wished he had had as a child, in 2018, Fabian wrote Daddy’s Arms about a father and son’s adventures and launched his own publishing company, F. Ferguson Books LLC, shortly after.
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text: The Compass Plant got its name from the orientation of the leaves in mid-day sun. East (1708) North (732) South (2944) West (3129) How much sun. Clay Soil Is Fertile. Clematis is probably one of the most popular climbing plants, due to their variety of flower colour and form. What is clay soil? Below are some of the best plants for clay soils: Calytrix Tetragona. Advertisement. Zones: 5-10. The blossoms of this drought-tolerant plant will last until the first hard frost and is one of the best plants for clay soil. March to September You can add extra Gypsum to break up the clay particles as you plant, should you wish. ... Climbers and wall shrubs to plant in clay soil. Acid soils; Calcareous/Alkaline soils; Clay/Heavy soils; Drought prone soils; Maritime soils; Sandy/Light soils; Shaded soil sites; Wet/Moist soils; Plants. Search for "plants for clay soil" By type. However, the soil can be improved and there are plenty of plants happy to live in clay soil. Plant early spring bloomers, such as Bearded Irises, Hepatica, and Creeping Phlox. Find out what plants thrive well in clay soil from the experts at HGTV Gardens. Acacia fimbriata. If, after 6-7 hours, there is no water left, then everything is fine. In fact many roses prefer clay. Clay soils are notoriously difficult to work with, being wet, heavy and easily damaged in winter, and baking hard and cracking in summer. Perfectly at home in desert climates, yucca also grows well in clay soil in more humid regions. We’ll go through everything there is to know about this kind of soil and what plants will grow well in it on your own homestead. As if wet clay isn’t bad enough, when it finally dries, it’s brick-hard, compacted, airless and resists absorption of water. Plants struggle in clay soil because they lack one crucial ingredient: oxygen. Find by Soil Type. This is the one good thing about clay soils, but there is one product called gypsum that can be added to your clay soil to help plant growth. If you amend the soil – in other words, fill the hole back in with mostly loose garden soil, topsoil, or compost – what you end up doing is creating a bowl, with the loose amended soil in the middle and the dense clay soil on the outer edge. Alpine plants need very sharp drainage during winter because they’ve evolved on bare mountainsides where snow and frost desiccate the ground. Many favourite native plants are ideal, they're naturally exposed to prolonged periods of rain followed by drought. Ball', E. 'Edinensis' AGM, Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' AGM, Hydrangea anomala subsp. Clay soil is soil that doesn't drain too well, it becomes lumpy and sticky when it is wet and hard like concrete in hot weather. After a heavy rain, water doesn’t percolate well, it stays wet and it can cause plant roots to rot and soil to compact and become hard and crusty. Plants (3339) Product (28) Bird care & wildlife (2) Facing. Trees that will grow in clay soil. With some effort and careful management however, they can support a wide range of healthy and attractive garden plants. Plants For Clay Soil Clay soil is usually rich in nutrients, but it can be hard to dig, and if it is very heavy, it can hold water for long periods of time. Generally speaking, clematis will grow well in any fertile soil. When the ground is wet, it’s so soggy that plant roots rot. If your clay soil is badly compacted, you can help improve the structure by digging in lots of sharp sand and composted organic matter. Buy plants and shrubs suitable for clay soil online. If you’ve been wondering if you have clay soil, let me help you figure that out. Clay soil plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, for soils that dry out during the summer and retain water during the winter. Plenty of perennials will thrive in a well conditioned clay soil, including Anemone, Aster, Astilbe, Astrantia, Bergenia, Echinacea, Euphorbia, Geranium, Hellebore, Hosta, Kniphofia aka red hot poker, Persicaria and Rudbeckia. Related Questions for clay soil plant growth Other products to add to clay soil to improve plant growth? Therefore climbers for these soils should be tolerant of damp conditions. The plants for Clay Soil garden use are inserted in the table within the following pages:-Clay Soil A-F; Clay Soil G-L; Clay Soil M-R; Clay Soil S-Z; Plants for Clay Soils; Other Plants for Clay Soils; depending on the first letter of the Botanical Plant Name. There's a surprising range of plants suited to clay soil, from groundcovers to feature trees. Locate these a few feet above your clay ground for a planting alternative. Top Plants for Clay Soils by Region By: Justin Hancock Don’t let clay soil keep you from a great garden. The particles in clay soils have the ability to hold or absorb potassium, calcium, magnesium and other nutrients that are required for good plant health. Castor bean plants are one of those plants for clay soil with poor drainage, and they have interesting facts. One castor bean is said to be enough to kill an adult. During hot temperatures, the leaves would orient in a North-South direction to help conserve water. Clay soil is a challenge in the garden. If you garden in an area of the country with heavy clay soil (like the red clay soil we have here in upstate SC), you know how hard it can be. 3 of each (36 plants) requires a space of around 90cm wide x 360cm long (All measurements are approximate) Soil Required. Blooming for 3-4 weeks in mid-Summer, the Compass Plant will provide sunflower-like blooms that are very showy. Clay Tolerant Shade Plants. Best climbing plants for clay soil. Clay soil is usually quite fertile and has the ability to be very fertile if treated correctly. This entry was posted on 12th February 2016 by Julian. Luckily, improving clay soil is simple, albeit time-consuming. Clay soils might be heavy to work and a bit challenging, but they are fertile and lend a good deal of support and anchorage. This early spring display would then be joined with late spring to early summer blooming Indian Pink, Daylilies, Butterfly Bush, Helenium, and Echinacea. To get a full season of color in your clay soil garden, plant flowers with a range of bloom times! Find out the best plants for clay soil. It is also not superfluous to check whether the water stagnates in your yard. Firstly, clay doesn’t drain well and can stay a slimy-wet muck that rots plant roots. 1 of each (12 plants) requires a space of around 90cm wide x 120cm long. These plants will struggle and many will die in very wet winters. Trees for Clay Soils. What are good plants for clay soil? Trending HGTV Dream Home 2021. The reason loamy soils are great for plants is that they have a large ratio of organic material in them as a foundation for the sand and clay. Light shade (1692) Shade (198) Sun (2870) + Show more filters Special conditions. Find the right plants that thrive in the clay soil of your region. Secondly, their seeds which people commonly call as castor beans produce castor oil, a popular home remedy for a host of illnesses. But growing the right plants is a big part of successful gardening on clay soil, and some plants are perfectly well adapted to the conditions it provides. Plants like clay a lot more than gardeners do. Flowering Period. View All. As discussed clay soils are full of nutrients. Hedges For Clay Soil – So often you hear gardeners lamenting about wanting to grow x, y and z plants in their gardens only to qualify it with ‘but we are on clay’, as if it is some kind of soil borne deficiency or shortcoming. However, when I see how well so many plants look growing on clay my attitude changes. As mentioned above, clay soils are prone to waterlogging. The fine soil particles of clay make it impossible for oxygen to penetrate, which affects multiple processes necessary for healthy plant growth. Buy It: Color Guard Yucca, ($10, Etsy) 24 of 24. Top Recommended Shrubs for Clay Soil. Plants that will thrive in clay soil include roses, hydrangeas, viburnums, dogwoods, as well as perennials like Japanese anemones, brunnera and pulmonarias. Best Plants For Clay Soil (20+ Perennials You’ll Want In Your Garden) Updated: August 17, 2020 by Wanda Simone . This is a reasonably long list of the trees that like growing on heavy clay soil. Top plants for clay soil Want to ditch the shovel and plant a garden? Without lots of organic material, clay plus sand equals an awful garden. So here are 10 winners of the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit that will grow better than most on clay. Clay soil is the bane of garden plants. All repeat-flowering roses do well on clay soils because it’s rich. Which plants will suffer in wet conditions? Clay soils are best improved with the addition of compost and other organic materials only. If you want to try some part shade or full shade plants in clay soil, the following plants may offer the best performance. Also known as the Brisbane golden wattle, this bushy shrub or small tree produces clusters of ball-shaped flowers with a pleasant scent. Improve clay soil by: - Digging it over in the autumn and leave it in 'clods' (big lumps). We don't grow all of them, this is intended to be a reference for garden projects big & small - don't say we never treat you! It may also take a long time to warm up in spring, which can slow down the new growth. However, these beans also contain a poisonous substance called ricin. Season of Bloom: Summer. Hemerocallis • Zones 3 to 10. In summer breezes, trumpet-shaped daylilies seem to nod on their 10-inch to 4-foot stems. Perennials. This creates air spaces and warms up the soil. You need to plant in clay soil without adding other materials. First, they are not beans at all. Banksia “Giant Candles.” This plant produces orange flower spikes that can grow up to 40 centimetres long. You need to dig a hole 20 inches wide and 10 inches deep and fill it with water. The plants for Clay Soil garden use are inserted in the table within the following pages:-Clay Soil A-F; Clay Soil G-L; Clay Soil M-R; Clay Soil S-Z; Plants for Clay Soils; Other Plants for Clay Soils; depending on the first letter of the Botanical Plant Name. What to plant in clay soil Roses for clay soil. Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil. 2 of each (24 plants) requires a space of around 90cm wide x 240cm long. Clay soils in sun or partial shade. Size: Up to 8 feet tall. Chaenomeles x superba 'Moerloosei' AGM (pink) and 'Nivalis' (white), Cotoneaster horizontalis AGM, C. lacteus AGM, Forsythia suspensa AGM, Escallonia 'C.F. Plant it as an architectural accent in your garden or watch it thrive in a large container. Perennialresource.com Daylily Daylily. Celebrity IOU. Plants like well-drained soil — at least most of them do — and fail to thrive or, more commonly, just die. Note: These will grow in clay soil, but some do best in a part-sun spot. I feel rather smug about my sandy soil which is light, easy to dig and drains freely. The wind and frost will break it down - Add bulky organic matter each spring such as manure - Add some gravel or grit which helps separate the sticky clay particles - creating gaps for air and water. The Compass Plant has no problem growing in clay soil, as it evolved on the prarie. These plants are not expensive or hard to get hold of and you can plant them in spring, to enjoy in summer. Contact our Plants team on 01223 842777 for further advice on the plants we have available today. To improve the overall performance of clay soil, we recommend that you add peaty compost each spring; this will enhance the water buffering and makes rooting of new plants easy. 2021 Color Trends. The plants we’ve chosen for a clay border will combine well to create a soft and luxuriant display. Or you can add Perlite to the planting hole by mixing it with the soil before backfilling. Trees for Clay Soils; Ashridge Nurseries Blog .

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Hilo Man Faces Felony Abuse Charges
A Hilo man faces several charges, including for felony abuse, in connection with incidents that happened earlier this month.
According to a news release from the office of county Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen, 21-year-old Shaycen Sabino was charged with abuse of a family household member in relation to incidents Saturday, April 2, and Monday, April 4, at a Banyan Drive apartment in Hilo.
According to the release, Sabino was charged with four offenses: two counts of felony abuse of a family or household member, including one allegedly committed in the presence of a minor younger than 14 years old, and two counts of misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member.
Both felony abuse charges are Class C felonies punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.
Sabino is scheduled to make his initial appearance Thursday, April 7, in Hilo Family Court. He remains in custody in lieu of $24,000 bail.
The investigation was initiated by Officer Roland Kuamo‘o with Hawai‘i Police Department’s South Hilo Patrol and the felony investigation was handled by Officer Corey Kaneko and Detective Gavin Kagimoto with HPD’s Area I Juvenile Aid Section. The case is being prosecuted by county Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Suzanna Tiapula.


What is it about Formula 1 races and the letter 'M'? Speak to any F1 regular and their list of the most popular races on the calendar will invariably feature Montreal, Melbourne and Monaco.
With two of those events already done, the annual trek across the Atlantic to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve puts a spring in everyone's step - thanks to a fantastic track and a city that truly embraces the F1 spirit.
In a year when we have all got used to protests, even the localised trouble caused by unhappy students campaigning against increased tuition fees did little to take focus away from the race - even though fans were robbed of the chance to get into the track on the Thursday before the event because of safety concerns.
Canada certainly did not disappoint. A weekend of intrigue off the track amid the latest machinations of the driver market allied to a brilliant race on it meant everyone left Montreal with a smile.
The traditional early-June slot for the Canadian Grand Prix means that every other year it finds itself battling for worldwide sporting attention elsewhere in the world.
That's because the major summer football tournaments - the World Cup and the European Championships - invariably over-run with F1, which means for at least one weekend a year it becomes no surprise to see a few football shirts being worn up and down the paddock.
This year, Euro 2012 kicked off over the GP weekend. Although it was mainly the Germans, Italians and Spanish in the paddock who found themselves turning away from F1 work and tuning in to televisions in team areas when they could.
Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg (who had sported a nice German supporter's hat over the weekend) wound down from their qualifying effort on Saturday to sit with their fellow nationals and watch Germany take on Portugal. The match was so important that Mercedes had to delay its drivers' press conference for it.
Rosberg and Schumacher follow Germany on TV © LAT
In fact, the German match was a big one for Sebastian Vettel too who, while delighted at taking pole position, was eager for the post-session press conferences to get wound up so he could make it in time for kick-off.
He was asked by a Japanese journalist to talk about the stories behind his crash helmet designs - but was mindful that, as a man who regularly changes his lid, a proper recount could well take longer than 90 minutes.
"I've changed the design many times. It might take too long... there's a football match starting in 15 minutes, Germany is playing, so if I answer that question now full length we will still be sitting here tonight," he said. "I've had so many helmets so far. I like to swap the design. The one I have currently I like, that's why I wear it."
Sitting alongside him, Fernando Alonso moved quickly to joke that he was now going to force Vettel to miss the football.
"As Seb, I think, wants to go, I will give you a very long answer now, starting from my go kart helmet..."
Alonso was later asked what would have happened if Spain had beaten Italy in their Euro 2012 match that started just before the grand prix.
"If Spain wins, I think there may not be many people at the pitstop...
Jenson Button may be going through a pretty difficult time on track at the moment, with his troubled run of form meaning he has scored just two points in the last four races, but he did at least triumph in something over the Canadian Grand Prix weekend.
The increasingly popular paddock runs were joined by Button and his girlfriend Jessica Michibata on Saturday night, with the third UBS Run That Track Group run attracting more than 125 people for the four kilometres route.
Button was joking on the grid about how much everyone else had 'carb loaded' for the race - and he played down prospects of winning the event outright because his pace was going to be set by Jessica.
Jenson Button, running champion © LAT
However, in the back of his head you could sense that Button was out for some form of success - as he quietly enquired about who had been quickest overall that weekend. Initially, it had been new running star Valtteri Bottas, who had pushed hard on Thursday night to top the times with a 15m18s lap.
The following night, current Run That Track championship leader Daniel Schloesser, who is Nico Rosberg's personal trainer, bettered that by eight seconds - after admitting that he had had to dig deep for success.
So when Button completed the Group Run in the middle of the pack, you just knew he was not going to be satisfied with that. Sure enough, at the end of the lap he went for a second tour alone - and went flat out.
The result was a mighty impressive 14m51s - 19 seconds quicker than Schloesser and enough to earn him 25 points for the running championship and $100 for charity - with the total raised so far getting close to $100,000 now.
Writing about his lap, and reflecting on how difficult things had been in his day job, Button said: "1st lap with Jessy, 2nd lap felt quicker than my Quali lap!!"
Kimi Raikkonen fans who want to look like their hero - but don't quite fancy getting their arms tattooed with 'Iceman' logos, have got the option of putting something slightly more fashionable on their wrists now.
In the Montreal paddock on Friday morning, Raikkonen joined team-mate Romain Grosjean and their boss Eric Boullier in launching the latest official Lotus F1 Team watches made by its partner TW Steel.
Lotus unveils its official watches
Crafted around the iconic black and gold colours of the Lotus brand, TW Steel has incorporated some bold white numbering to make the timepieces stand out for fans of the team.
And with Lotus' season continuing to deliver promise, as the outfit now has a brilliant chance of becoming the eighth different winner in eight races after Grosjean's second place in Montreal, what chance fans can buy the exact same watch that either of its drivers may be showing off as they spray champagne from the top step soon?


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this image is of a piece of work created by her in 2017 for her Maunga Kura Toi - Bachelor of Māori Art (Weaving).
The whenu represent the different libraries within our sector that are woven together through LIANZA, represented by the aho. The patterns created through this style of weaving, are reflective of the variety of resources and services offered by the sector. The emiemi decorative strip represents the durability and resilience of the sector. Thus, as a collective piece, it symbolises the enduring value of libraries.
The colours are reflective of the whenua (earth) connecting us back to Papatūānuku (Mother Earth), upon which our sector stands.
- The white threads are whenu (warp or lengthwise threads) and aho (weft or cross threads used to bind/weave the whenu together). They are made from muka – flax fibre which has been specially prepared for the purpose of this type of weaving.
- The brown fibres are mountain emiemi or more commonly known as mountain neinei. It is a native plant that grows along Te Tiritiri o te Moana in Te Waipounamu. Emiemi is harvested after the snow melts, as this causes the older leaves to shed, and it is these leaves that are used in weaving. Because of its durability and resilience, Kāi Tahu traditionally used emiemi to construct pākē which they used as rain capes when crossing the Alps.


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Back in April, Apple announced that it was partnering with Google build a technology framework to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design. I got COVID-19, and here's how it worked.
After the privacy issues surrounding its first attempt at a contact tracing app, Norway is planning to develop a second, this time using the privacy-focused technology produced in Apple and Google's joint project.
Exposure notification, a type of digital contact tracing, is an avenue to combat COVID-19 in the U.S., but each state and territory has to carry out their own tracing. Here's who's doing what, updated on September 26.
Apple's retail operations continue to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Here's where Apple Stores have opened, as well as where they are closed, updated on September 22 with 30 stores opening across eight states on September 23.
Apple has released iOS 13.7 and iOS 13.7 to the public, an update to the iPhone operating system that includes changes to the Exposure Notification feature, removing the need to install a public health app beforehand.
With Tuesday's release of iOS 13.7, Public Health Authorities worldwide will now be able to implement coronavirus exposure tracking without having to design their own individual apps, thanks to Apple and Google's planned extension of their system.


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Παράλληλα με τις αναρτήσεις, ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΕΣ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΕΙΣ: εδώ.ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΑ ενημέρωση ανάρτησης: 25-6-10 / το ταινάκι στο τέλος για την καταγγελία σε βάρος τού ΓΕΝΟΚΤΟΝΟΥ Γκορ για απόπειρα βιασμού...
H Bilderberg TPEMEI ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ ΨΥΞΗ!...*
ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΕΣ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΕΙΣ για όσους έχουν αργή σύνδεση: ΕΔΩ.
* ΜΙΚΡΟ ΔΕΙΓΜΑ οι ΠΛΑΚΕΣ ΠΑΓΟΥ από την "υπερθερμασμένη" χαλαζόπτωση στο Άργος Ορεστικό - 19/6/2010:
Δυσμενής πρόβλεψη καθηγητή για ένα από τα αποτελέσματα της ΑΝΙΚΑΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ των δολαριανών να ελέγξουν την πετρελαιοκηλίδα*:
Και η ανάλογη ΣΑΤΙΡΑ:
The government recently used red tape to force Louisiana to stop using 16 barges that were cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico by sucking thousands of gallons of oil out of Louisiana’s oil-soaked waters. Earlier, four oil skimmers needed to clean the Gulf were blocked by EPA officials .
Obama also delayed the clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico  by blocking foreign crews from operating sophisticated clean-up vessels. The Jones Act bans foreign vessels and crews from working in U.S. waters, but it gives the President the authority to completely waive that ban if he wishes. Obama refused to lift the ban, even though American shippers who generally support the ban said they wouldn’t object  to lifting it to fight the spill. As a result of the ban, the U.S. has rejected  a lot of foreign aid from counties with expertise in fighting oil spills, and accepted  only a small amount of foreign equipment to fight the spill.
Even Democrats are now criticizing  the Obama administration for refusing to waive the ban to allow America’s allies to clean up the oil spill.
“The BP clean-up effort in the Gulf of Mexico is hampered by the Jones Act. This is a piece of 1920s protectionist legislation, that requires all vessels working in U.S. waters to be American-built, and American-crewed. So” the U.S. Coast Guard ”can’t accept , and therefore don’t ask for, the assistance of high-tech European vessels specifically designed for the task in hand.”
The law itself permits  the president to waive these requirements, and such waivers were “granted , promptly, by the Bush administration,” in the aftermath of hurricanes and other emergencies. But Obama refused to do so after the spill, notes  David Warren in the Ottawa Citizen. Instead, Obama rejected a Dutch offer to help clean up the spill, noted Voice of America News :
“The Obama administration declined the Dutch offer partly because of the Jones Act, which restricts foreign ships from certain activities in U.S. waters. During the Hurricane Katrina crisis five years ago, the Bush administration waived the Jones Act in order to facilitate some foreign assistance, but such a waiver was not given in this case.”
“After the Obama administration refused help from the Netherlands, Geert Visser, the consul general for the Netherlands in Houston, told Loren Steffy : ‘Let’s forget about politics; let’s get it done.’”
In April 2009, the Obama administration granted BP, a big supporter of Obama , a waiver  of environmental regulations. But after the oil spill, it blocked Louisiana from protecting its coastline  against the oil spill by delaying  rather than expediting regulatory approval of essential protective measures. It has also chosen not to use what has been described as “the most effective method ” of fighting the spill, a method successfully used in other oil spills. Democratic strategist James Carville called Obama’s handling of the oil spill “lackadaisical ” and “unbelievable ” in its “stupidity .”
Obama is now using BP’s oil spill to push  the global-warming legislation that BP had lobbied for . Obama’s global-warming legislation expands ethanol subsidies, which cause  famine, starvation , and food riots  in poor countries by shrinking the food supply. Ethanol makes gasoline costlier and dirtier , increases ozone pollution , and increases the death toll from smog  and air pollution. Ethanol production also results in deforestation, soil erosion, and water pollution . Subsidies for biofuels like ethanol are a big source of corporate welfare: “BP has lobbied for  and profited from subsidies for biofuels . . . that cannot break even without government support.”
ΑΡΝΕΙΤΑΙ η ΑΠΛΗΣΤΗ βεντέτα των υπερθερμασμένων φασιστοοικολόγων Γκορ να σχολιάσει την καταγγελία σε βάρος του για απόπειρα βιασμού:
NEA ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΜΕΝΗ περίληψη για Γαλαξία-σεισμούς-ηφαιστειακούς χειμώνες-ΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΑ, εδώ !Για τις ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΑ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΟΜΕΝΕΣ ΧΙΟΝΟΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ για πολλοστό συνεχές εξάμηνο και στα 2 ημισφαίρια -
http://gr.snow-forecast.com/maps/dynamic/globalrot - Επιλέξτε Χάρτη Καιρού Βάσης: Accumulated Snowfall.
Περιμένουμε ΠΟΤΕ θα γίνει διαδήλωση για αποκέντρωση-αυτάρκεια-αποθέματα, ενόψει των μεγάλων κρύων που ανήγγειλαν ΝΑΣΑ-CERN και ΗΔΗ αναγγελθέντα ΠΙΘΑΝΟΥ πολυετή ηφαιστειακού χειμώνα!...
AYPIO 2-3 ευρώ το λίτρο βενζίνη. ΜΕΘΑΥΡΙΟ ΛΙΘΙΝΑ εργαλεία;

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PEORIA — City police executed Eddie Russell Jr., according to a civil-rights attorney who is representing the Peorian's family.
"It was unjustified, it was excessive force, and the family demands answers and a full investigation," Chicago-based lawyer Andrew Stroth said Tuesday during a lunchtime news conference on the front steps of the Peoria Police Department.
"The family demands reform, and the family demands justice," Stroth said. "We want to make sure that the city of Peoria and the Peoria Police Department and the Illinois State Police do a full and transparent investigation into what happened last week to Eddie Russell Jr."
Stroth referred to the police shooting Sept. 20 as an execution. Peoria officers shot and killed Russell that day outside the family residence in the 2900 block of West Sheffield Drive.
Police said an armed, 25-year-old Russell had robbed a nearby bank earlier in the day. A hours-long standoff at the Sheffield Drive address ensued.
Eric Russell, president of the Chicago-based Tree of Life Justice League of Illinois, used the same word Stroth did in describing what happened to Eddie Russell. The Russells are not related.
"We are absolutely outraged at the execution of Edward Russell Jr.," Eric Russell said as he was flanked by about 30 of the deceased's family and friends. "He did not deserve to die."
Russell and Stroth cited inconsistencies in police accounts of the shooting and events that led to it.
Initial police statements suggested Eddie Russell Jr. had been shot five or six times. An autopsy and evidence gathered later suggested Russell might have been shot as many as 18 times.
Stroth said police-narrative inaccuracies in similar cases across the country make it naive to trust Peoria authorities' version of events.
"I don't think Peoria is unique," Stroth said.
Eric Russell's condemnations were more vituperative.
He accused the Peoria police of lying and of persecuting African-Americans. Eddie Russell Jr. was black, as are Eric Russell and Stroth.
"The Peoria police do not get to be judge, jury and executioner," Eric Russell said. "Why is it that the police always manage to de-escalate situations when it comes to white people, but they always engage black people with deadly intent?
"The Peoria police, they patrol the black community like some damn Gestapo. ... As our investigation moves forward, we're finding out this is not a police station. This is a hunting lodge."
Police Capt. Mike Scally would not comment when told about Russell's and Stroth's statements, which the officer did not hear. Scally was inside the building at the time of the news conference. No other police appeared to be outside.
When asked if Russell's family might file a federal civil-rights lawsuit should they find the investigation unsatisfactory, Stroth didn't say no.
"The family will pursue every possible legal strategy to get justice for their son," he said. "At this stage, this family has to bury their son."
The dead man's parents, Anita Johnson and Eddie Russell Sr., stood alongside Eric Russell and Stroth and in front of local media. Also in attendance was Illinois gubernatorial candidate Tio Hardiman and his running mate, Patricia Avery.
"All the facts are not in, but we stand with the family," Hardiman said.
The candidates appeared at the request of Russell's family, apparently.
Stroth said he, Eric Russell, Johnson and Eddie Russell Sr. would not discuss shooting specifics. Eddie Russell Sr. reiterated that in a brief interview after the news conference.
"Just let the process do what it do," the elder Russell said. "That's it, man."
Nick Vlahos can be reached at 686-3285 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @VlahosNick.

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In the past, the research community assumed that beyond the reproductive system, differences between men and women simply did not exist or were not relevant. Some of the reasons researchers have preferred male subjects include: the cost of using one sex, a sense of having to protect vulnerable women and/or a potential fetus, uniformity, avoiding the “complications” of the menstrual cycle, and perceived complexity of recruitment.
However, the truth, as outlined in Dr. Teresa Woodruff's 2010 Nature editorial, is that sex-and gender-based approaches to research and medicine frame important questions about the differences and similarities in men’s and women’s normal biological, behavioral and social function in combination with their experience of the same diseases.
Why do we need Sex-based Research?
- Historically, the research community assumed that beyond the reproductive system, differences did not exist or were not relevant.
- In the past, women were excluded from many studies and we cannot apply what we learned in men to women.
- Drug safety issues during pregnancy, lactation, menopause and during other life events have not been adequately addressed.
- Too few studies are specifically designed to investigate the differences between males and females at the basic cellular and molecular levels.
Dr. Woodruff has been an advocate for gender specificity in clinical trials in an effort to better understand the effects that technologies and procedures have on women and is the Founder and Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute. To that end, she created the Illinois Women's Health Registry to ensure more women are being included in clinical studies. By creating a friendly gateway between the community and the researchers, we can provide motivated individuals a chance to participate in sex- and gender-based research studies, we can take the recruitment burden off the busy researchers and we can advocate for mandated sex- and gender-based parity in all NIH funded work. The goal of the Registry is to help researchers better understand how and why illnesses develop differently or similarly in men vs. women, how to best treat diseases in women and what women can specifically do to prevent illness.


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Before you get a folder or volume of records from a research archive, consider the long, hard work that an archivist must do to keep these records organized. An archivist must have a set of skills to acquire, maintain, and preserve their collections and make them accessible for generations of family historians to view as needed. You as a genealogist can also use the components of an archivist’s job to maintain and make accessible, your family’s history, for your children and their children to view in the future. In this article, we will briefly discuss each component of an archivist’s job, so you too can build and maintain a family tree for future generations to view and add to in later years.
The work that an archivist does is broken down into five very important components or functions: record appraisal, acquiring records for the archives, description and arrangement by name or category, preservation, and providing access to researchers. At the heart of an archivist’s job, is the provision of access to the records, physically and intellectually. Each of the other components depends on one another, and an archivist can’t do his or her job without using each one of them in turn. You too can use these five components as a genealogist to conduct an accurate LDS family search. You can think of these archiving components as steps in the archiving process, but they appear in a circular fashion, because you may have to return to one or more of these components several times during your LDS family search to obtain all the information you need.
As a family researcher, you may wonder if creating a research policy will work for you. However, if you are researching your family history, and you get pulled down research trails that don’t make sense to you, or that have nothing to do with your family history, you will be wasting precious time and energy on needless research. With that being said, it is important to decide which documents you will keep and which ones will not be used for your LDS family search, so that you can keep your research strictly to information about your family heritage. When you think of appraisal, in this context we are not necessarily talking about getting antique items or jewellery appraised, but why is this document, or that oral account an important part of your family tree. When you are researching your family’s history, it is important to review the piece of information you have found to make sure it is an important part of your heritage, such as a map of your ancestor’s original homestead, for example.
If you have a box of old photos, you will want to go through your pictures to find out if they are available through another source, whether they are photos of your family members only, or just groups of family friends, and do these pictures fit the criteria you have set in your genealogical research policy. If you have items like that don’t fall under the materials in your policy, they are available from another source, or are not related to your family history in any way, then it is time to dispose of them. On the other hand, let’s say you have a box of newspapers that are dated between 1860 and 1920. Very gently review them and consider whether these papers can be found through other sources, such as historical societies, and libraries, and whether they are valuable to your research. If you find that the answer to these questions are as follows: they are not available in any other format, and yes they would be valuable to your family’s history, then you must preserve them and make them accessible to future generations. This means that you will appraise them as having a much higher value to your LDS family search, than some of the photos you may have found that are not related to your family tree. If you take the time to appraise the materials you have collected as an archivist does, this will help you keep your collections relevant to your research, and manageable. Appraising your materials will also help you find information you need in a timely manner.

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Gay Switchboard Ireland provides a confidential telephone support service. Listening, support & information are provided to all callers in a non- directive or judgmental way. The service is available to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, their parents, families and friends and to anyone who has concerns relating to sexuality, including HIV/AIDS related enquiries.
The service is operated entirely by trained, friendly and supportive gay, lesbian and bisexual volunteers. They won’t judge or tell you what to do and nobody else will be told about your call.

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US: Chief change at Coca-Cola “a wasted opportunity” - Teamsters
Last week's announcement of an impending change at the top of The Coca-Cola Company has been attacked as "a wasted opportunity".
The company announced on Thursday (6 December) that current CEO, Neville Isdell, will step down from the post in July next year, to be replaced by current president and COO, Muhtar Kent. Isdell will continue in his role as company chairman until the company AGM in 2009.
US workers' union The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said late last week that Coca-Cola's new leadership structure "fails to establish the independent board leadership critical to ensuring objective board oversight and management accountability".
"The implementation of a new succession plan wastes an opportunity for The Coca-Cola Company to act in the interests of its investors and institute a policy requiring the chairman of the board to be a fully independent director," the workers' body said.
"While this succession plan may change the company's leadership structure for the time being, it's still business as usual at The Coca-Cola Company," said Thomas Keegel, general secretary-treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. "The company has made no policy to create independent board leadership, and no such leadership currently exists. Chairman Isdell has served as CEO since 2004 and has been with the Coca-Cola system since 1966. Shareholders need an independent leader to ensure effective board oversight at The Coca-Cola Company, and now is the time."
The Teamsters General Fund has filed a shareholder proposal for Coca-Cola's AGM next year, calling on Coca-Cola's board of directors to adopt a policy ensuring the chairman of the board be an independent director who has not served as an executive officer of the company. The fund said it believes that an independent board chair would "best ensure that management acts strictly in the best interests of the company and its shareholders".
"We will continue to fight for independent oversight at Coca-Cola," Keegel added.
If Coca-Cola Company CEO Neville Isdell thought the impending end of his tenure would allow him to bow out of his last AGM as CEO peacefully, he would have been sorely disappointed....
Carlsberg hopes to have completed negotiations to sell off a handful of soft drinks brands to The Coca-Cola Company by the second quarter of this year, a spokesman reiterated to just-drinks today....
Global soft drink giant The Coca-Cola Company has announced it is to invest US$50m in the expansion and up-scaling of its bottling lines across Kenya....
Coca-Cola Enterprises has seen "soft economic conditions" in North America hamper its first quarter performance....
Cadbury Schweppes has issued a first quarter trading update, whilst maintaining that the demerger of its US soft drinks business remains on schedule....
Coca-Cola North America (CCNA) has introduced a limited edition vintage Coca-Cola bottle based on a design used in the early twentieth century....
The Coca-Cola Co. has secured a placing for its Odwalla juice drinks portfolio in Caribou Coffee shops in the US....
Coca-Cola Femsa has received shareholder approval for its full-year dividend payment....
- Analysis - Remy's Cognac "dead-cat bounce"
- Comment - How Hand-Made is Tito's Handmade Vodka?
- Heineken to stay "active player" in beer M&A - CFO
- Diageo's future brighter than present suggests
- Focus - Pernod Ricard's Q1 sales by brand
- Moët Hennessy unveils first Travel Retail outlet
- United Spirits sees Q1 net loss
- Beam Suntory, Edrington part ways in Travel Retail
- Diageo puts Beckham centre stage in Haig Club ad
- Smirnoff Ice gets India launch

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Talk about blown away. During the Butterz third birthday party back in February, they had Joker and Swindle go B2B in the mix, and lucky for those of us on this side of the Atlantic, a recording surfaced. The first tune in the mix? Absolute belter. So good that it got the obvious rewind. It carries Joker's swagger to a "T," but did you know that the tune was produced by Joker and Swindle, and is the first tune we've heard from their forthcoming release for Butterz and Kapsize as 040. Just... wow. Truly awesome. You can hear the vibes from the both of them upon repeat listenings; Swindle's got a knack for hypnotic funk, while Joker masters a certain clipped riddim... and that bass feels like it's right out of his studio. So, so awesome. Keep this one on repeat.
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I love running and I like dogs.
Much of the time though, runners and dog walkers don’t go well together.
It’s a combination of things that in an ideal world could be ironed out.
But in reality runners come off worse when the two meet.
Paid Dog Walkers
Paid dog walkers are a great resource for many people who can’t take their pets out for whatever reason.
However, my experience of them isn’t great and not just from a runner’s point of view.
They often have several dogs with them of all shapes and sizes.
Once off the lead, they have little control over any of the dogs in their care.
The dogs roam all over the place and get under your feet. They’re unpredictable.
You never know whether they’ll jump up at you, trip you up, bite you or leave you alone.
And these paid dog walkers have little regard for anyone else around them.
To my mind, if you aren’t around to exercise your dog, don’t own one.
We recently had visitors to stay with us and they were keen to explore the local area on foot.
Whilst they enjoyed the local scenery they commented on how much dog poo was lying around.
And the lack of signs telling people to clean up their dog’s mess.
I come across this disgusting problem every time I go out running.
Sometimes you almost cause yourself a mischief trying to avoid it.
Then there’s those people that take the trouble to bag it up and then throw it in a tree.
Okay, so it’s not lying on the ground.
But as soon as it gets windy it’ll be raining down something rather unpleasant instead.
If you own a dog, it’s your responsibility to clean up after it!
Why do some people hang dog poo bags on trees and can you be … 1 day ago … I PICK UP DOG POO BAGS AND HANG THEM ON TREES. Why do I do it ? To remind dogs owners that throwing plastic bags full of s***on the ground does not mean that they disappear. As another poster has said bagging poo, then throwing the bag on the ground, is much, far worse actually, than not …
Aggressive Dogs And Their Owners
Thankfully certain types of dogs are banned in the UK such as the Pit Bull Terrier.
I’ve still managed to fall foul of aggressive dogs when out on a run though.
This is where runners and dog walkers are about as far apart in their thinking as they can be.
I’ve been chased by several dogs with them biting at my heels and legs to try and trip me up.
I’ve been bitten on the legs a couple of times by aggressive dogs and even on the hip one time.
One dog walker shouted after me as her dog snapped at my ankles that it doesn’t like runners.
The expletives that came out of my mouth are unrepeatable here.
If the owner knows their dog is aggressive then they should keep them on the lead and have them muzzled.
That kind of behaviour would suggest the dog can be aggressive to anyone and everyone.
Everyone should be able to enjoy the countryside not just dog owners.
Runners And Dog Walkers Should Be Able To Mix
Should Your Dog Always Be Kept On A Leash? – The Dodo Apr 24, 2015 … I always put my dog on lead, as this makes it easier for me to control him and it gives other people a sense of security. … Also, always keep a leash handy so that during certain times when your unleashed dog is making other people or dogs uncomfortable, you can readily put him on a leash and take him …
I think the onus is on dog walkers rather than runners when it comes to being able to mix safely.
They need to keep their dogs under control and always on a lead when they are likely to come across other people.
Cleaning up any dog poo and taking it away with them or finding a bin to put it in is also essential.
Paid dog walkers are a law unto themselves and should be banned from taking out more than a couple of dogs at a time.
Runners shouldn’t have to put up with being bitten by dogs or verbally or physically abused by dog owners.
Something has to give because runners and dog walkers are both here to stay.


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Contact: Danita Gaudette, 706.244.0039
Date: February 1, 2019
RE: Milkshake Mayfield Returns to the Historic Ritz Theatre on February 7th
Toccoa, GA – February 1, 2019 – Main Street Toccoa is delighted to welcome jazzman extraordinaire, Milkshake Mayfield, to the Ritz Theatre on Thursday, February 7 th at 7pm.
Milkshake Mayfield calls Toccoa, Georgia his hometown, but he's circled the world, gracing national and international stages with some of the greatest ‘who’s who’ among contemporary jazz giants, such as Ellington, Gillespie, Calloway, Marsalis, and the like. Backed up by the smooth sounds of the Milkshake Quintet, he’s also active in mentoring youth and young musicians.
Night at the Ritz, a regular event series at the Historic Ritz Theatre, is funded, in part, by a generous
grant received from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts. Tickets for all shows may be purchased online at www.ritztheatretoccoa.com, or at the Toccoa Welcome Center. Adult tickets are $10, children under 12 and students with an ID are $5. Doors open at 6:30.
For more information on Milkshake Mayfield’s performance or Night at the Ritz, please contact Ritz
Theatre General Manager Danita Gaudette at firstname.lastname@example.org or via phone at 706.244.0039.


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Washington Nationals (8-12, fifth in the NL East) vs. Atlanta Braves (14-10, first in the NL East)
Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Austin Voth (0-2, 3.21 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 9 strikeouts) Braves: Josh Tomlin (1-0, 1.59 ERA, .71 WHIP, 16 strikeouts)
LINE: Braves favoured by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 10 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals face the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.
The Braves went 46-30 in division games in 2019. Atlanta hit .258 as a team last season and averaged 3.4 extra base hits per game.
The Nationals finished 44-32 against NL East Division opponents in 2019. Washington pitchers had an ERA of 4.27 last season while striking out 9.3 hitters per game.
The teams meet for the first time this year. Atlanta leads the season series 1-0.
INJURIES: Braves: Jacob Webb: (shoulder), Jeremy Walker: (shoulder), Mike Soroka: (achilles), Will Smith: (neck), Phil Pfeifer: (elbow), Chris Martin: (esophagus), Cole Hamels: (left arm), Ronald Acuna Jr.: (wrist), Ozzie Albies: (right wrist).
Nationals: Stephen Strasburg: (hand), Sam Freeman: (elbow), Roenis Elias: (elbow), Sean Doolittle: (right knee), Howie Kendrick: (hamstring), Starlin Castro: (wrist).
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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THE OLD SALOON.
RECENT GERMAN FICTION.
ARCHEOLOGICAL romance being on the order of the day, the Old Saloon tables are encumbered with volumes in which we are summoned to take interest in the food of a Pharaoh or the foot - bath of a Cleopatra a result for which we are doubtless indebted to Dr Schlieman and some of his learned colleagues. When the illustrious German antiquarian began to rake up the dust of vanished generations, to open up unknown tombs and lay bare the site of forgotten cities, he was unconsciously evolving the forms of countless novels, good, bad, and indifferent, which ever since have been haunting us like a perfect Egyptian plague.
It could not be otherwise: the task of reconstructing those shattered temples and palaces, of fitting warm flesh on to those old brittle bones, and of replacing those glittering gems or cunning orfévrerie on fair or dusky necks and arms, was too seductive to be resisted. Many imaginations took fire, and many hands undertook the gigantic task of attempting to resuscitate a whole defunct world. But the task, though alluring, is also ungrateful; for if it be difficult faithfully to depict the living men and women we see around us, how much more so is it to invest with a semblance of probability those of whom we in reality know next to nothing? To be entirely just in our estimate of other ages is not difficult-it is impossible, says Froude; and if
we find it hard to reconstruct in
fancy the life, habits, speech, and thoughts of our great-grandfathers and mothers, how very much harder is it not to do the same for persons separated from us by a score of centuries or more?
Where all are ignorant there can be none to criticise, may have been the device of some who, with the admirable audacity of a Rider Haggard, undertook to revive the figure of Antony and Cæsar's immortal mistress. Criticism, however, may as often be based upon instinct as upon knowledge, and even a comparatively ignorant reader is able to distinguish whether the figures placed before him are illumined by the feu sacré of the true artist or by a trumpery rushlight.
Far be it from me to condemn wholesale all antiquarian romances
I would only maintain the task of constructing a successful one to be no easy matter, requiring no common combination of talents. An exceptionally ardent and powerful imagination, which is the primary condition, must here be necessarily curbed by, and made subservient to, the stern exigencies of history, while something akin to the inspiration of poetical genius is required to bridge over the vast chasm separating the author from his figures-a result achieved, in our humble opinion, neither by Mr Wallace in Ben Hur,' by Rider Haggard in 'Cleopatra,' nor by Herr Ebers in his latest Egyptian novel, 'Josua.'1
Of Rider Haggard, indeed, it
Josua: Eine Erzählung aus Biblischer zeit, von Georg Ebers. Verlags Anstalt: 1890.
would not be fair to use the word failure with regard to his work, which would imply an unsuccessful straining after unrealised ideals, whereas, unless we do him gross injustice, Mr Haggard had nothing so preposterous in view as an ideal when he set to work. He amuses himself by fooling others, but is far too clever to fool himself. Knowing his audience, he treats it accordingly, and if we have any cause to fall foul of him, it is not because he thinks too highly of his own workmanship, but too meanly of his readers, by offering them such mental food as 'She' or 'Cleopatra.'
But with Herr Ebers the case is very different. He takes himself seriously, as all Germans do, and evidently regards his work as an important service rendered to humanity. With toil and labour unspeakable as he himself informs us in the preface has he produced this latest offspring of his brain. He has pondered over reams of ancient Egyptian papyrus, deciphered hundreds of hieroglyphic inscriptions, and wandered through miles of deserted ruins, in order to collect material for his story. There can be no doubt that he has worked exceedingly hard, and we are very sorry for him; our most prominent sensation on closing the second volume being the thought of how tired the poor author must have felt on laying down his pen at the end of page 426. He has enlisted our most sincere compassion, though we are unfortunately compelled to refuse our admiration. This is a hard world, in which, whatever moralists may say, merit is rarely its own reward; and it is positively melancholy to reflect that such an amount of patient toil, conscientious research, and painfully acquired erudition, should only have resulted in a very inferior novel, which, for
dramatic effect and interest of character, stands far behind the author's previous works.
The subject, the deliverance of the Hebrews from Egyptian bondage, and their passage through the Red Sea, is a grand one, affording endless chances of success, but likewise of failure. Herr Ebers informs us that the idea of depicting in a novel the wandering forth of the Hebrews occurred to him during a journey in Egypt, apparently some twenty years ago. To this idea was subsequently joined that of representing the event from an Egyptian point of view-an aspect which he believes will be novel and surprising.
But there is, as Ben Akiba tells us, no new thing under the sun, not even the novels of a Rider Haggard or an Ebers; and, curiously enough, we were reminded of both these authors the other day when glancing through 'Le Roman de la Momie,' written about forty years ago by Théophile Gautier.
That alike the English as the German author are innocent of intentional plagiarism we are convinced; for had they chosen to cull from the leaves of an almost forgotten French novel, they might surely have done so to better purpose. The resemblance, which can only be purely accidental, is in the case of Rider Haggard confined to the opening of an old Egyptian tomb, and the discovery inside the mummy's coffin of a written scroll containing the story related by the author. The German novel challenges a closer comparison, for the Frenchman's book treats the selfsame subject, and from an almost identical point of view.
Miriam, sister of Moses, is the heroine of Herr Ebers's novel, and Josua, or Hosea (as he was first called), its hero. Miriam is betrothed to Hosea-a circumstance for which we have no Scriptural
basis; neither does there seem to be any historical authority for the statement that Hosea first served in the Egyptian army under Pharaoh, where he acquired the military knowledge which subsequently enabled him to lead his people to their promised land.
When the story opens, Hosea is returning from an expedition against the Lybian rebels, which has occupied him for a year and a half. For ten whole months he has had no news of his people, and his heart leaps up at sight of the obelisks of Tamis when he espies them in the distance. Soon he will see again his aged father Nun, to whom he clings with filial affection, and Miriam his beloved, whose image has always accompanied him in his wanderings. Miriam is not only a beautiful woman but a prophetess as well, by whose lips the God of Israel has chosen to speak to His people. Strong and serious as she was, no more fitting mate could Hosea find, and her powerful individuality had thrown into the shade another vision which formerly had captivated his imagination. Since her childhood he had loved and admired Kasana, daughter of Hornecht, the chief of Pharaoh's archers, and for a time had dreamt of making her his wife Then Kasana had wedded another, only, however, to return to her father's home within a year a young widow; and Miriam's appearance had quickly dispelled any disappointment which Hosea may have felt, when given to understand that Kasana could never have married a Hebrew.
But the news which meets the returning warrior is not joyful. He finds his father's house an empty ruin, like the other Hebrew dwellings, plundered and laid bare by the incensed Egyptians, who thus seek to revenge themselves
on the magician Moses who has caused the death of their firstborn. Old Nun has fled with the rest, conducted by Moses out of Pharaoh's reach.
Then comes to him Ephraim his nephew, and speaks as follows:
"Miriam, daughter of Amram and Jochebeth, sends greeting to the son of Nun the Ephraite. Hosea [Help] art thou called, and as the helper of thy people art thou chosen by the Lord. Josua-that is, he whose help is Jehovah shalt thou henceforth be called by His order; for through Miriam His handmaid doth the God of thy fathers, who is likewise thine, command thee to be the sword and shield of thy people. In Him is all strength, and He will fortify thine arm that it may annihilate all foes."
On hearing this message, Josua's soul is torn by a sense of conflicting duties. On one side he belonged to the Hebrew race, and the misfortunes of his people are his own. He shares the blood of Nun, of Miriam. But on the other hand has he not sworn allegiance to Pharaoh? and how can he break his oath to become the leader of a people who are now the enemies of the king he serves? As a loyal soldier he is bound to despise every deserter. How, then, can he himself be guilty of that which he has so often punished with death in his subordinates?
In Pharaoh's army he has risen to high honour and fame. Shall he now renounce these in order to command an undisciplined horde of workmen and shepherds? Shall he renounce everything, change his whole life and his very name, merely at a woman's biddingeven though she be beautiful, and he loves her?
Josua feels such resignation to be impossible, and has almost decided to abide by his allegiance to Pharaoh when he is called to an old dying man, a former slave of Nun, who has charged him with
an order for his son. This order, whose purport is identical with Miriam's summons, cannot, however, as lightly be set aside. As a son, Josua feels bound to obey his father, and henceforth his mind is made up-or he believes it to be so. He will join his people, and become their leader.
But alas for Josua's vacillating character! Scarcely has he regained his tent after the interview with the old slave, when other messengers appear. A royal chariot with fiery steeds has halted at the entrance, and in its occupants Josua has recognised the Lord Chamberlain and chief Privy Councillor of the king, come hither to summon him to his majesty's presence.
The scene in which Josua appears before Pharaoh is not without a reflection of the author's former power, and the portraits of Rui the old high priest with his rugged wrinkled face and shrewd gleaming eyes, as well as that of the queen seated by Pharaoh's side, her lap full of flowers, with which she is weaving funeral wreaths for the corpse of her first-born, are vivid and picturesque.
wooed by another suitor, Hur, a man of the ripe age of fifty, who, though with silver threads streaking his dark hair, and with children and grandchildren of his own, is yet erect, and in full possession of his manly vigour.
Miriam has just refused his offer, confessing that she loves another, when the sound of an approaching horseman is heard in the dark
Rejoiced and encouraged by the benignant reception he meets, Josua ventures to bring forward his petition of being released from his oath of allegiance. His request is granted conditionally; Pharaoh orders him to hasten after the fugitives and induce them to return. When he shall have accomplished his mission he shall be free to do as he chooses. The prospect of yet higher honour is, however, held out to him as a bait, and the queen adds her gentle voice to Pharaoh's request that Josua will take upon himself the office of mediator between Hebrews and Egyptians.
Miriam, meanwhile, has been
night, and Josua appears, having ridden fast and far in order to catch up his flying countrymen. Hur discreetly retires, leaving the lovers standing alone beneath a huge sycamore-tree, with stars shining all around them; but having detected the vacillating nature of Josua's resolve, before going, he reminds Miriam of his offer, telling her that she may always count on him should she want a protector.
The explanation between the lovers does not take a satisfactory turn, and is intensely wearisome. Josua wants to speak first, and explain why he has come, but Miriam interrupts him, and insists first on relating to him the story of her life (which we suppose he knows already), and upon analysing the nature and development of her feelings towards him. Josua grows impatient, and so does the reader. Love conquers at last. Miriam sinks into his arms, and for one brief moment the prophetess is sunk in the woman. Then comes the reaction, when Josua begins to unfold his plans for the weal of his people. Not to follow them into the wilderness has he come hither, but to lead them back into Egypt, where a new and happier life awaits them. United to her, and happy in her love, he will rise to power and dignity, and together they will preside over the welfare of their countrymen.
Miriam, who has listened to
him with growing distress, now breaks loose from his embrace, and tears her hand out of his. In words of inspired passion she upbraids him for being false to the call of the Almighty. He answers hotly, and beginning apparently to discover how very unsatisfactory and complicated a matter it is to make love to a prophetess, he accuses her of being cold and hard.
Miriam throws herself on the ground beneath the sycamore-tree and prays for guidance, while around her the camp is beginning to wake up, and dawn is breaking. When she rises again, her resolve is fixed. She can never belong to a man who is deaf to the voice of God. Josua on his side refuses to break his oath to Pharaoh. So they part in anger and bitterness; and Miriam, hurrying to meet the approaching Hur, lays her hand in his, and promises to be his wife.
Five days later, Josua, loaded with chains, is on his way to the mines on the Sinaïc peninsula. A sudden turn of fortune's wheel has brought about his downfall. The old high priest is dead; and his successor, an implacable enemy of the Hebrews, has turned Pharaoh's heart against him. Hornecht, father of Kasana, incensed by Josua's refusal to remain in Egypt and wed his daughter, has also become his enemy; and the dissolute Prince Siptah, who seeks to seduce Kasana as well as to rob Pharaoh of his crown, has his own reasons for wishing to get rid of an inconvenient rival.
Kasana, broken-hearted on learning the fate of the man she loves, sacrifices her honour in hopes of obtaining Josua's release from Siptah, when the latter shall have become King of Egypt. She becomes his mistress, and follows
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him to the camp with the army sent to pursue the flying Hebrews. When the Egyptian host is drowned in attempting to cross the Red Sea, the chariot containing Kasana is washed ashore almost at the very feet of Ephraim, her boy-lover, and Miriam, her former rival in Josua's love. She is still alive, but is quickly laid hold of by furious Hebrew women, one of whom inflicts a mortal wound with a dagger on the helpless Egyptian ere Ephraim has time to interfere. Kasana, though dying, has yet strength enough left to relate her story to Nun and Ephraim, and to taunt Miriam with her faithlessness to Josua. Only she, Kasana, has loved him truly, she says triumphantly, since for his sake she had sold herself to a man she hated.
Her sacrifice has, however, been a needless one, and she might have economised both honour and life as far as any advantage to Josua is derived from the proceeding. At the time she dies he is still pursuing his weary march towards the mines: the convicts have nearly reached their goal, and are traversing the last mountain that separates them from their destination, when from the valley below are heard the sounds of clanking arms and fierce war-cries. Josua pricks up his ears at the welcome sound, and presently has recognised among the combatants the venerable figure of his old father. To overpower his Egyptian guards is apparently an easy matter, and five minutes later Josua has joined his people and assumed the command of the Hebrew army, which, under his directions, gains a splendid victory over the Egyptians.
Josua is loudly welcomed by his people as their most natural and suitable leader; and even Hur, who had hitherto commanded them, is willing, now that he is


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The Philippine embassy in Canberra had been receiving job orders from Australian employers in hiring workers from the country, Ambassador Ma. Hellen dela Vega said Thursday.
“Notwithstanding this Covid (coronavirus disease) situation we are in, nakakatanggap na rin po ang ating Philippine Overseas Labor Office ng mga job orders (Notwithstanding this Covid situation we are in, our POLO has been receiving job orders),” she said in the televised Laging Handa briefing.
Dela Vega said employers are looking for Filipino welders and agricultural workers, particularly on the field of cattle and hog-raising.
“Ini-expect po namin na sooner or later, hopefully before the year is over, na mare-resume po ulit itong mga workers na magta-trabaho dito sa Australia (We are expecting that sooner or later, hopefully before the year is over, people could resume work here in Australia),” she said.
The envoy also reported that all Filipinos diagnosed with Covid-19 have recovered, leaving zero active cases among them in Australia.
Dela Vega noted that the embassy continues to monitor and help distressed Filipinos in the country.
She said over 700 displaced Filipino workers have so far received the USD200-cash assistance from the government.
A number of stranded seafarers were also repatriated to the Philippines through the facilitation of the embassy, she said.
The envoy said the embassy, as the country chair of the Asean-Canberra Committee, is also coordinating with local authorities to assist thousands of Southeast Asian international students affected by the pandemic, which includes around 17,000 Filipinos.
“Marami na po tayong natanggap na (We have been receiving) assurances from institutions and state ministers about the relief packages and the support that they are giving to the students,” she said. (PNA)


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ADVENTURE HIKES AND CANYONEERING© Christopher Earls Brennen
IN THE SAN GABRIELS
Hike K2. Sutton Canyon
- Hiking time: 6.5 hours
- Estimated hiking distance: 5.3 miles
- Elevation gain: 2285 feet
- USGS Topo Maps: Sunland, Condor Peak, Pasadena
- Difficulties: 6 small rappels up to 25ft, some downclimbing.
- Special equipment: Helmet, harness and rappeling gear; 120ft rope, 40ft webbing and 3 rappel rings.
- ACA Rating: 3B III
Sutton Canyon is one of several in this collection that descend the southern slopes of Mount Lukens down to trailheads in La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta. Though it requires a little bushwhacking to get into its head, the canyon is a relatively easy one with just 6 small rappels, the largest being about 25ft. Three of these rappels are down near the end of the canyon where there is a series of four or five steps in a short section of canyon.
Sutton Canyon is best for the winter, spring or fall; in the summer the hike up to the head of the canyon gets very hot. Water runs in the lower reaches of the canyon most of the year. However there are no substantial pools to negotiate so only your feet will get wet.
This hike requires a car shuttle. From Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, drive 1.8mi north on Ocean View Boulevard all the way up to the end (the last bit is called Highrim Road). Park here and scope out the rough trail that climbs out of Sutton/Pickens canyon up to the west end of the parking area at roads end.
Then, in the other vehicles, drive back down Ocean View Boulevard and turn right onto Foothill Boulevard. Drive 2mi west on Foothill and turn right onto Dunsmore Avenue. Drive 1.1mi up Dunsmore to the end where you will make a right turn onto Markridge Road and then a left into Deukmejian Wilderness Park. Park in the parking area (34o14.98'N 118o15.18'W and elevation 2335ft) at this nice new recreational facility with many hiking trails.
Parenthetically we note that many of canyons that descend the slopes of Mount Lukens, including Silver, Suicide, Sutton and Hall Beckley, have three alternative approach routes, all of which provide access to the upper reaches of the Mount Lukens road. The first of these, included in the descriptions of the Silver and Suicide Canyon descents, starts on the Angeles Crest Highway at the 2N79 trailhead at 34o15.62'N 118o11.54'W and an elevation of 2940ft. The second, included in the description of Hall Beckley Canyon, also begins on the Angeles Crest Highway but at the head of the Dark Canyon trail at 34o15.35'N 118o11.81'W and an elevation of 2730ft. The third, included in the description of Sutton Canyon, begins in Deukmejian Wilderness Park at 34o14.98'N 118o15.18'W and an elevation of 2335ft. The elevation gains up to the intersection of 2N76B and the Mount Lukens road (at 34o15.81'N 118o13.74'W, near the drop in for Silver Canyon) are respectively 1680ft, 1890ft and 2285ft; however the distances are respectively 5.4mi, 3.3mi and 2.8mi. The hiker can choose whether he or she would rather hike a longer distance or a greater elevation gain.
From the parking area in Deukmejian Wilderness Park (34o14.98'N 118o15.18'W and elevation 2335ft) hike a short way to the trailhead noticeboard and then continue up the broad path that leads up into the canyon. The trail that you want is called the Crescenta View Trail and this forks right off the broad path after about 100yds. The trail crosses the streambed and then begins a long climb up the side of Dunsmore Canyon. After several hundred feet of elevation gain, the trail gains the ridge top and from there follows the steeply ascending ridge all the way up to the end of an old fire road at 34o15.37'N 118o13.97'W and an elevation of 4320ft. This waypoint, 1hr 50min and 2.2mi from the start, is marked by the standing remains of an old, dead pine tree. Turning left, you then follow the old fireroad (2N76B) for another 0.6mi to where it meets the Mount Lukens Road (2N76) at 34o15.81'N 118o13.74'W and an elevation of 4620ft. You should reach this junction 2hrs and 2.8mi from start.
Lower Sutton Canyon (Photo by Ken King)
Turning right (east) at the junction hike down the Mount Lukens Road for about 0.9mi to where the road contours around the head of Sutton Canyon. There are several drop-in routes near the head at about 34o15.45'N 118o13.06'W; one route is to descend the small steep ridge about 100yds west of the canyon head since it has some clear patches in the brush. Descend about 100ft down the ridge and then, just before a small saddle, veer left following animal trails into the gully bottom. You should reach the gully bottom at 4050ft about 3hrs 20min after the morning start.
Rappel at 2790ft (Photo by Ken King) The third step in the staircase (Photo by Ken King)
Fortunately the canyon from here on is relatively brush-free though the upper reaches have some loose and sandy downclimbs. At 3810ft there is a very loose and awkward drop that most will choose to rappel for about 20ft from a tree anchor on the right. Just a short distance downstream you will encounter another steep downclimb at 3690ft just before a major junction where at least two other gullies come in on the left. Another brief hike brings you, at 3530ft, to a 20ft drop with an exposed bypass on the right that is better rappeled from a tree anchor on the left. You should reach this rappel about 4hrs from the start. Here Sutton begins to become more woody and shaded; a large canyon comes in on the left at 3410ft, another comes in from the right at 3140ft and yet another enters on the left at 3020ft. Shortly thereafter you encounter the first signs of human presence, an old rusty waterpipe high on the right side of the canyon. You should encounter the pipe at 2980ft about 4hrs 50min from the start.
The canyon continues to be easy going though there is one small 20ft rappel at 2790ft for which there is a tree anchor at the lip. Then, finally, at 2530ft and 5hrs 50min from the start, you will arrive at the top of the Sutton Staircase, a series of steps that represent the main action in Sutton Canyon. The first step consists of an old man-made 15ft stone dam strangely placed at the top of a series of natural drops. This first step is easily bypassed on the left and leads to the second step, a natural drop of about 20ft that can be rappeled using a large tree on the left. Below this and just a short distance downstream is the third and largest step, a 25ft natural, vertical rappel that is best anchored from a tree on the left a little way back from the lip. Water normally flows in all these lower falls but the pools at the base are usually no more than shin-deep. The fourth step is a 15ft two-step rappel from a tree on the right and the small, fifth step is readily downclimbed using a profusion of tree roots on the left.
Below these five steps it is only a few hundred yards to the end of the canyon descent. As the canyon opens up, look for twin pipelines descending on one side of the canyon and climbing the other. Just beyond the pipelines, you will encounter a small flood-control dam. Look for a rough use-trail that climbs the canyon wall on the left just upstream of the dam; ascending this will bring you immediately to the trailhead at the top of Ocean View Boulevard and to your return vehicle(s).
You should reach this trailhead at 34o14.52'N 118o13.36'W and an elevation of 2450ft about 6.5hrs from the morning start having covered about 5.3mi.
Last updated 1/28/07.
Christopher E. Brennen

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This weekend was really a great weekend for my teddy bear collection.
I found several Steiff animals in my favorite second hand market, including this Steiff Waldi Dachsund,
• By : STEIFF - West Germany
• Reference : 4140/28
• Size : 11 ? / 27,94 cm.
• Made between 1968 and 1977
• Material : Mohair
• Eyes : Brun Glasses
• Small stitched (vertically) black nose
he will join another Dachshund from Hermann this one, on the shelves

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When I think about the fires on this one-year anniversary, I still feel a deep sense of loss and sadness. But I’m also filled with gratitude. As some of you know, my husband and I lost everything on Oct. 9 — everything but our memory of those terrible hours.
It began with our smoke detector blaring at 4:03 a.m. When I jumped out of bed, I grabbed my robe and a battery-operated lantern. All I could see was flames on the first floor. I screamed for my husband, Patrick, and we raced downstairs and out the front door.
At first, I thought it was just our Fountaingrove home that was burning. But our entire neighborhood was on fire — our porch, the trees, our garage and the houses around us. So many things were exploding. It felt as if we were in a scene from a terrible movie.
We ran through the smoke, holding hands and pulling each other along as we went. But we weren’t sure if we were even running in the right direction. The street was a river of red embers, blackening and burning our bare feet.
We ran for about a mile. Just when we thought that we might not make it, in the middle of the thick black smoke, we saw two little circles in the distance. We soon realized that those faint circles were headlights and, thankfully, they were getting bigger.
They were headlights of a Ford Expedition driven by Santa Rosa firefighters Tony Niel and Drew Peterson, who were making one last loop through an area they believed had already been evacuated.
That was a moment that I will never forget. When we jumped into the Expedition, I was still clutching the lantern. Don’t ask me why. Unfortunately, I left it behind in the truck, but Niel later returned it to me, and now it’s a special souvenir of our rescue.
It stands for many things for me now. It’s a symbol of the shining goodwill of so many people who helped us when we were left with nothing. It’s also a reminder of those headlights, cutting through the smoke and flames of that morning and the darkness of those moments. Most of all, it’s a reminder of those first responders who put themselves in harm’s way, even after losing their own homes, as was the case with Tony Niel.
He later told us that we were about one minute away from becoming fire victims No. 45 and 46 in Sonoma County.
The devastation of those fires was terrifying and uncompromising. But it also revealed to us the special power, the uniqueness, the heart of our North Bay community.
This was evident in those early hours, beginning with the woman at the evacuation center at Finley Community Center who got a pair of socks out of the gym bag in her car so that I would have something — anything — to put on my feet. It continued with people like Doug Van Dyke of E.R. Sawyer Jewelers in Santa Rosa, who helped us sift through the ashes of our home, finding only a single tiger’s eye bead that he polished and transformed into a beautiful necklace that I now treasure.
After the fire
“Reflections: After the Fire,” an exhibit of items salvaged from the fire, opens with a public reception at 4 p.m. Oct 17 in the Sonoma State University library art gallery.


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Israeli Named UN Security Council's Top Counterterrorism Lawyer
The United Nations has promoted a former Israeli government attorney to be the Security Council’s top counterterrorism lawyer, making him the only Israeli national serving in a senior security position within the U.N. Secretariat, Israeli and U.N. officials said Tuesday.
David Scharia has been appointed legal coordinator for the Counter-Terrorism Committee executive directorate, where he will oversee a team of 12 international legal experts who advise the 15-nation Security Council on its counterterrorism efforts, The Washington Post reported.
Of the more than 44,000 international employees within the United Nations, only 124 are Israeli, according to the U.N.
Not a single Israeli serves in the top ranks of the most sensitive political jobs, which are responsible for maintaining international security, mediating peace deals and coordinating humanitarian assistance.
U.N. officials, however, maintain that while Israel has a relatively small presence, it is not considered “underrepresented” because Israel’s population is relatively small.
Given the UN’s unfavorable and hostile treatment of the Jewish state, however, such figures are not at all surprising.
Scharia previously served as the Israel Attorney General’s lead lawyer for counterterrorism cases before the Israeli Supreme Court. He began working for the United Nations in September 2005 as a legal adviser to the Security Council’s counterterrorism executive directorate.
“I am very proud to welcome a very talented Israeli into the U.N’s senior ranks,” said Ron Prosor, Israel’s U.N. ambassador. “One of my priorities is to bring many more bright minds from the Holy Land into the U.N.’s halls, where Israelis have long been underrepresented.”
The directorate was established in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks on the United States, with the aim of promoting international cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Scharia also serves as the U.N. liaison with the Global Counter Terrorism Forum, a U.S.-backed anti-terrorism coalition- the same forum that continues to oust the Jewish state from participating, despite Israel's having one of the most extensive counterterrorism records in the world.


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Alternative forms of physical therapy and pain relief can reduce pain without some of the negative factors of traditional methods. By visiting a local chiropractor, Largo pain sufferers may see a reduction in their radiating or reoccurring pain and more. Traditional western medicine, also known as conventional or mainstream medicine, refers merely to the use of certain methods, such as surgery and prescription medication, to treat symptoms. However, many instances of pain and injury can see improvement from alternative forms such as chiropractic.
Chiropractic practitioners vary in technique and technology, but the goal is the same. By employing advanced technology and their knowledge of the human spine, chiropractors can find problems areas and the source of your pain. Dr. Marc Rogers at Coastal Chiropractic employs non-traditional techniques as well as other alternative forms of physical therapy. This is done without the use of things such as prescription medication or surgery, which benefits patients with active lifestyles.
Are the Methods of My Local Chiropractor Safe?
When working with a local chiropractor who practices non-traditional techniques, it is safe and non-invasive. This means that Largo patients not only avoid jerks to the neck but also that treatment occurs outside of the body. When your muscles are constantly pulling and pushing themselves to the limit, they can suffer damage. Part of ensuring that your body is safe when active is knowing how to stretch and avoid injury.
In the case of lower-back spasms, Largo residents can find themselves with a worsening or radiating pain. Muscle spasms can occur from overexertion, injury, or spinal misalignments that can be hard to catch. When you visit a doctor for pain, you may receive a prescription for pain medication instead of a solution. Studies have shown that the right local chiropractor can reduce pain by targeting the underlying causes along the spine. In addition to non-traditional chiropractic services, Dr. Marc Rogers also provides services such as:
- Lifestyle advice
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Sometimes, the problem or discomfort that has been ailing you is the product of lifestyle factors like posture or habits. In general, Largo patients following certain regiments of exercise or dieting benefit from less fatigue, aches, and discomfort.
Potential Effects of Spinal Misalignment
Largo residents going to a local chiropractor may discover many of their issues relate to spinal misalignment. Researchers have found that the nerves passing through the spine directly correlate with muscle and organ function. The brain sends signals directly through vertebrae and then to parts of your body. In the case of muscle spasms, kinks or damage along the spinal cord may result in blockages of signals to certain muscles. So, when your muscles are supposed to be at rest, they instead clench painfully. A local chiropractor like Dr. Marc Rogers can employ new imaging technologies to locate these areas of stress and inflammation. Back pain and muscle spasms are only some of the potential effects of spinal misalignment. Spinal misalignment may contribute to issues such as:
- Neck pain
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- Slow healing
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What is Neuroskeletal Re-alignment?
What a local chiropractor can do to improve symptoms of spinal misalignment is known as Neuroskeletal realignment. The process is a simple one for the patient as you just have to let the doctor do their work. Largo patients will go through painless tests to get a precise understanding and image of their spine. Using precision equipment, a local chiropractor can locate misalignments as well as areas of inflammation. Then, the process of correction can begin. It often takes more than a single session, and patients may show improvements mentally as well as physically. For help with your pain or spinal misalignments, you can contact Coastal Chiropractic online or at (727) 581-2774.