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The following was submitted by Wayland Director of Public Health Julia Junghanns:
Currently there are no cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wayland, but, as a matter of prevention regarding spread of this disease, it is extremely critical to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) self-quarantine guidelines to prevent further widespread community transmission of respiratory illness caused by Coronavirus.
The Wayland Health Department urges all residents, businesses and town and school staff to assess their own situation as to whether self-quarantine applies to them and/or their family.
As of March 4, the CDC recommends everyone avoid all non-essential travel to Level 3 Travel Warning countries (currently China, Iran, Italy and South Korea) and that older individuals and those with chronic health conditions avoid non-essential travel to Level 2 countries (currently Japan), and that other travelers practice enhanced precaution.
A Level 3 Travel Warning means there is widespread community transmission of respiratory illness caused by the Coronavirus.
Travelers returning back to the U.S. from any of the Level 3 countries, as per CDC guidelines, must self-quarantine (“stay home”) for 14 days from the time of departure from any of the Level 3 Travel Health Notice countries and should also practice social distancing. These individuals are to self-monitor for symptoms consistent with COVID-19.
Family members of an individual under self-quarantine should review and closely follow CDC guidelines for preventing COVID-19 from spreading in the home (www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-prevent-spread.html).
Individuals coming from a Level 2 country (currently Japan) and returning back to the U.S. are asked to limit contact with others and self-monitor for symptoms.
Travelers with questions should call 617-983-6800.
During self-quarantine, follow these steps to monitor your health and practice social distancing:
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If you get sick with fever (100.4°F/38°C or higher), cough or have trouble breathing:
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If you need to seek medical care for other reasons, such as dialysis, call ahead to your doctor and tell them about your recent travel to an area with widespread or ongoing community spread of COVID-19.
Currently a vaccine or drug is not available for COVID-19. Community-based interventions such as school dismissals, event cancellations, social distancing and creating employee plans to work remotely can help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Individuals can practice everyday prevention measures like frequent hand washing, staying home when sick, and covering coughs and sneezes.
Gov. Charlie Baker is urging students not to travel abroad. If you are immune-compromised or elderly with potential underlying health issues, you should strongly reconsider your needs to travel internationally to countries with Level 2 (Japan) COVID-19 travel warnings. Note that these travel advisories are fluid and other countries may be added at any time (please check www.wayland.ma.us/health-department).
For individuals who must travel to countries with Level 2 (Japan) or Level 3 COVID-19 Countries of Risk, the travel recommendations are:
1. Avoid contact with sick people.
2. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
3. Clean your hands often by washing them with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% to 95% alcohol. Soap and water should be used if hands are visibly dirty. It is especially important to clean hands after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose. Supplies of hand sanitizer, tissues and other hygiene products may be limited, so consider bringing them with you.
4. Stay home and monitor your health for 14 days after returning to the U.S.
5. Avoid traveling if you are sick.
People should be prepared for the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Wayland community. However, the community can take measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. There is guidance that from CDC at www.wayland.ma.us/health-department on preventing spread to communities and how to prepare for an emergency and take action for COVID-19 – at home or work, at school/college, for large gatherings and faith-based settings, and for first responders and health care professionals.

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JIAM 2020 OSAKA new data announcement
28 May 2020
Due to the unpredictable trends of worldwide spreading of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and to avoid the potential risk of gathering people in public, the Japan Sewing Machinery Manufactures Association (JASMA) came to the conclusion to postponement of JIAM OSAKA 2020 and announce new data as following.
JIAM 2022 OSAKA - Japan International Apparel Machinery & Textile Industry Trade Show
Date: 30 November – 3 December 2022.
Venue: INTEX OSAKA (same as original location)
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I have been diving into a fantasy land to escape the pain of what has been going on with my son. I escape into a dream like state and I am standing on a balcony with the chiffon dress blowing in the breeze. It is white and see through and as he walks up behind me, he caressed my breast tenderly and caring.
He kisses my neck every so slowly and works down to my should blade. He leads me to the bed and sits me down and removes his clothes. We lie side by side holding hands and talking, I turn to face him and put my knee on his thigh and my head on his chest.
We speak quietly about the days events and we have no desire for sex, just intimacy. It’s the moments of intimacy that build the relationship, not the moments of sex. When people realize intimacy is needed so badly they will find that they are much happier.

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Characterisation of the T cell and dendritic cell repertoire in a murine model of mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I)
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Mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I) is a metabolic disorder caused by α-L-Iduronidase (IDUA) deficiency, resulting in lysosomal accumulation of heparan (HS) and dermatan sulphate (DS). This has been reported in microglia, yet currently the effect of IDUA deficiency on T cells and dendritic cells (DC) and their functionality in disease pathogenesis remains unclear.
Peripheral blood was collected from 3 month old C57BL/6 MPS I (n = 11) and wildtype (WT) (n = 6) mice. T cell and DC phenotype and functional characteristics were identified by flow cytometry.
MPS I mice exhibited a reduction in DC (p = <0.001) along with CD8+ cytotoxic (p = 0.01) and CD4+ T helper (p = 0.032) cells, compared to WT controls. MPS I DC displayed a significant decrease in cell surface CD123 (p = 0.02) and CD86 (p = 0.006) expression. Furthermore, CD45RB expression was significantly reduced on T helper cells in the MPS I population (p = 0.019).
We report a reduction in circulating DC and T cells in the MPS I mouse; indicative of adaptive immune dysfunction. DC reduction may occur in response to down-regulation of the IL-3 receptor (CD123), necessary for DC survival. We also report down-regulation of cell surface CD86, a molecule required for T cell co-stimulation. T helper cell down-regulation of CD45RB is redolent of an anti-inflammatory phenotype with poor proliferative capacity. The definitive causes of our findings and the consequences and role that these findings play in the pathogenesis of MPS are unclear, but may be in response to lysosomal storage of unmetabolized HS and DS.
KeywordsDendritic Cell Heparan Sulphate Helper Cell Dermatan Sulphate Cell Repertoire
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- Holley RJ, Deligny A et al (2011) Mucopolysaccharidosis type I, unique structure of accumulated heparan sulfate and increased N-sulfotransferase activity in mice lacking alpha-l-iduronidase. J Biol Chem 286(43): 37515-24Google Scholar
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- Morrissey PJ, Charrier K et al (1993) CD4+ T cells that express high levels of CD45RB induce wasting disease when transferred into congenic severe combined immunodeficient mice. Disease development is prevented by cotransfer of purified CD4+ T cells. J Exp Med 178(1):237–244PubMedCrossRefGoogle Scholar


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Film Producer, Director, and Activist Julie Thompson on her latest film “Nebraska”
Producer, director, and Activist Julie Thompson a long time political activist, has produced a new Film called Nebraska. This is a beautifully crafted film about aging, greed, loyalty, families trying to carry out their dreams, the false promises of capitalism, the curse of the almighty dollar, and the struggle for solace and meaning by lonely abandoned white folks living in a dying society. And despite the heaviness of the themes, it is pulled off with great writing, wonderful character development, and an ironic take on life that is more affirming for the audience and the characters than the circumstances would warrant.
Julie has produced or directed films such as,“Nebraska”, “The Eyes of Nye”, “Guilty Hearts”, “The Color of Love: Jacey’s Story”, “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie”, “The Willmar 8” and many others. Julie is also co-founder of Los Angeles Activist Video Archive.
A longtime progressive and activist Julie uses her film-making talents to further grassroots efforts involving progressive social issues.
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Saudi Arabia Travel Guide
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She likes giving gifts. It's something to do with being a noble; an ages-old tradition of providing and showing status at the same time, an almost compulsive obligation that on occasion results in wild excesses, like one of her great-grandsires who in a fit of generosity almost bankrupted the teyrnage by inviting everyone at Denerim's royal court to Highever for a royal birthday celebration and commissioned a suit of dwarven-made armor for each noble guest.
She could hardly afford something like that, but during their travels she takes the time to learn about the quirks and personal likes of each of her companions and every now and then she disappears on lonely trips to merchants when the opportunity arises, returning with some unique items that no one else but the receiver of that particular gift could appreciate. Sometimes she rummages through her saddlebags to find long-forgotten little trinkets that might mean absolutely nothing to anyone but one particular person, and tucks them into bedrolls or bags with a little note on a torn piece of parchment, bearing her bold signature and a couple of words.
They each react differently, of course. Leliana is the loudest: when one morning she finds a pair of neatly wrapped soft blue shoes in front of her tent, with wide blue satin ribbons to tie around the ankles and wrap around the calves, her excited chatter wakes everyone still sleeping. "And the puppy pendants… look at them, aren't they just adorable?" Sten stares at the faded painting of Moira The Rebel Queen with her great mess of red hair, standing on her chariot and brandishing her sword, his lavender eyes undecipherable… but they catch him later inquiring from Alistair about 'his grandmother's war' and listening intently as he dregs up from his memory what little he remembers about it. Wynne just chuckles at the two bottles of strong red wine, but the illustrated copy of some obscure Orlesian ballad make her eyes sparkle. "Oh, a sordid love story that ends tragically. How I love those!" Zevran seeks her out and bows extravagantly the first time he finds a neatly wrapped pale gold bar on his pillow, but his customary nonchalant mask slips when she hands him the embroidered Dalish leather gloves. "For…me?" he asks, his voice cracking just a bit. "Why do you wish to give it to me?" And when he listens to her answer, that she remembered his story about his mother's gloves, he truly looks at her in astonishment. "You… remembered that? And… do not want anything in return?"
She almost cries after that. She knew before that he was bought and sold as a young boy, to be an assassin… an elven slave, child of a prostitute, hardened beyond her comprehension even before he killed his first assignment. But to just what extent his individuality was crushed and how the terrible abuse of the Crows shaped his personality to almost complete emptiness of any understanding of deeper ties of commitment… the daughter of Teyrn Cousland has to think hard about that one, and quietly reassess her view about the nonchalant assassin.
Morrigan is a strange case, with her love of fine jewellery, but she actually enjoys how her dark eyes sparkle for a second when she finds delicate silver rope necklaces or golden brooches in those little packages. She probably never had anything like this growing up, as Flemeth definitely didn't mollycoddle her daughter, if Morrigan's tales are to be believed. Using her as bait for luring Templars into the Wilds and gutting them while alive definitely wouldn't be a prime example of proper child rearing, and Giovanna Cousland quietly labels the witch as another of those abused strays she seems to collect in her little group.
She crouches now in this vaulted room of the great keep of Soldiers' Peak, warming her hand by the fire that burns, after all these years, in the fireplace again, and listens to the clatter of her companions go about the usual routine of setting up camp. Levi Dryden is quieter than usual: learning about the fate of his great-grandmother was bad enough, let alone actually meeting her in the flesh, or what remained of it. She realizes she'd need to talk to him soon, but right now she has something else to keep in mind. She ascertained the date from Avernus—the terrible old mage looked her like she was mad when she asked about what day and month of the year it was… as if she was expected to keep track of it somehow during their running around in Ferelden. He obliged her, however, probably figuring her temper was on a very short fuse after all that demon business and him being a war criminal, practically. So she fidgets, unusually nervous, as she approaches Alistair, who is sitting next to Poppy on a rickety chair drawn up next to his pile of armor, working, yet again, on sharpening his sword.
"Um." She starts, clearing her throat, hating, not the first and not the last time, how she sounds. "Can I have a word?"
"That was already five, lady, not counting the 'um'." he says jovially, but he puts the sword and sharpening tool down and turns towards her. "However: your desire is my command." His soft, throaty delivery has the exact same effect of her as it always has, turning her knees into water and making her blush just enough for him to know her thoughts went into exactly the direction he wanted them to steer.
"Bastard." she mutters under her breath, and Alistair snorts.
"Royal bastard, thankyouverymuch," he corrects her with feigned dignity but with a satisfied smile. He seems to be easier about mentioning him being the son of a king these days, as if he finally came to terms with his heritage and the implications it carries, or at least he's trying really hard. Kissing Teryrn Cousland's daughter on a regular basis probably has a lot to do with it, but Giovanna doesn't harbor any illusions. This will be a long road.
"You're stealing my lines. " she says sternly, and takes his hand with her commander's air fully around her. "Come on, I need some air." She yanks him upright from his chair in one motion. He's still surprised at her strength after all these months, but obeys.
"Ooh, privacy, hm?" Zev smirks from where he is busy re-feathering some arrows in a corner, with his back comfortably against the stone wall. "Can I watch?"
"Wouldn't be privacy that way now, would it?" Giovanna has no time for playing games with the elf right now. "Be a dear and finish those arrows, would you? You might just not get first watch if you get those done before supper."
"Incentives. I loves them." Zevran quips and bows as he sits. "As my mistress commands, of course."
"I hate when he does that." Alistair announces forcefully as Giovanna leads him out from the room to the courtyard of the keep. "The whole lewd slave-boy act, I mean." he explains in response to her raised eyebrows.
"Jealous?" she inquires, taking two stairs at a time as she strides up to the parapet overlooking the snow-covered valley.
"Well… maybe." He admits, staring at his boots, looking and sounding a bit sullen all of a sudden. "He plays on your 'let's save people even from themselves' instincts so well, I've just…" He shrugs and lets his voice trail off.
"That's stupid, Alistair," she says, a bit irritated. "I'm not the kind of woman who'd encourage that type of behavior, and you know that. Zevran had some rather horrifying things shaping him in his past; just like you did, just like I did, just like all of us in this little group. We're all killers, professional grade, when it comes down to it, and the sooner we acknowledge that, the better." She works really hard to keep the bitterness out of her voice. "I can't believe we're talking about this, anyway, when I…"
"You're right, I'm sorry." He backs off a bit, lifting his hand in a placating gesture. "I didn't mean to imply that…"
"I didn't think you did." She says hastily. She hates when he gets so defensive, but understands. This thing between them is so new, so tentative still that they unwittingly keep bumping into each other as they test the boundaries of their new relationship. "Just trust yourself a bit more." She adds, stepping closer and trailing a hand down his face. "Seriously, Alistair: how could I be even thinking about Zevran when I have this?"
He swallows thickly as she wraps her arms around him and lets her head drop on her shoulder. She's being overly bold in this, she suspects… but Maker knows, it's difficult not to be.
"Thank you." He says quietly, pulling her to him. His face is unusually serious. "I am in a bad mood today, but… thank you." He tries for a more lighthearted tone, but Giovanna can tell his heart isn't in it. "So—what was it you wanted to talk to me about?"
She takes a deep breath: she suspects why he's so moody on this day of all days, and it's not simply the fact that they just recently had to form a reluctant partnership with a half-crazed old Grey Warden mage to close a tear in the Veil in a former Warden stronghold and to destroy a horde of demons in the process.
"I… I know that this is not the best time or place." She starts, trying to let her jaw to unclench and her face to relax. "I wish there'd be candles, and harp music and white tablecloth, and a ten-course feast with wines to match and six different cheeses at the end, and probably me in a real lady's gown, but since that cannot be at the moment…" She reaches into the pocket of her winter doublet and pulls out a little velvet pouch. "I just have to do it this way: Happy birthday, Alistair."
"Oh." The air goes out of his lungs in one soft sigh as he lets her press the pouch in his palm. "You… you knew? How did you know about my birthday?"
"I asked Bann Teagan when in Redcliffe." She says simply. 'Figured since you grew up there he probably knew, and since I could hardly ask the Arl…"
"You asked Teagan?" he stammers, staring at her. "Maker's Breath, woman, and he remembered?"
"Well, considering that last time he was there at one of your birthday parties it ended up with you and him completely covered in mud and Arl Eamon having to sleep in a separate wing of the castle for a week after Arlessa Isolde 'threw a fit' as he put it…You're grinning." She says with a happy sigh; she hoped that particular memory would help him out of his melancholy, and she's pleased at the success.
"I was ten." he says as if it explains everything. "They just told me not too long before that I had to go to the abbey for education, but I guess Eamon wanted to have a nicer sendoff and threw me a birthday party."
"The way Teagan told me it was at his insistence." Giovanna smiles.
"Well, yes." Alistair's expression is a bit sheepish as he remembers. "Of course, for a ten-year old the best birthday party could only be held at the lakeshore, so it was a picnic. With baskets and rustic tablecloths and a mage with sparkles and fireworks and stuff; it was grand, really. Teagan helped me to build a sandcastle."
"And you rewarded him for all of that by pushing him into it as soon as it was done." Giovanna says with slight accusation in her voice.
"What can I say? I was a terrible boy. Still miffed about the fact that I was sent away, I'm afraid. I vented my anger on him." He grins. "Besides, he pulled me right with him anyway, so we both were covered in wet sand in no time."
"I see. But how did you end up dragging the arl into this mess?" she inquires.
"Oh, well, you see, I was chased. Around the picnic, as it were. By Teagan." Alistair stares at his boots again. "And, um, I was small and fast, and he was um, he wasn't, so he fell. Covered in wet sand and mud. Right into the middle of Arlessa Isolde's picnic spread."
"Hmm. The way he remembered was that you dashed across that tablecloth first, trying to hide behind the arl." Giovanna chuckles lightly. "Memory is an amazing thing… I always remembered Fergus started our fights, while he swore I picked on him on purpose and he just returned the favor, as I…" She trails off suddenly as the pain over the loss of her family yet again invades her thoughts like a white lightning strike. She shakes her head to clear the unpleasant memories of blood on cobblestone, of rasping breath and skin with the pallor of death, of cold, sweaty hands grabbing her own. "Never mind that." she says quickly and cannot help but bounce a bit on the balls of her feet nervously as she looks at him. "Would you open it, please?"
"You gave me a birthday present?… Wow." Alistair turns the little pouch around in his hands carefully. "That's…Thank you."
"Well, you haven't seen it yet." She swears she can hear her own heartbeat as Alistair unties the cords on the velvet bag and shakes the contents in his palm.
"This…this is my mother's amulet!" He turns it sound in his hands a couple of times, the silver chain spilling between his fingers. His voice cracks a bit. "But…why isn't it broken? I shattered it on the wall the night Eamon told me I was going to the abbey." He lifts his gaze to look upon her, incredulous. "Where did you find it?"
"In Redcliffe—in the study. " she offers, falling back unselfconsciously to her taciturn speech patterns again.
"The arl's study?" Alistair traces his fingers across the cracked surface of the etching on the pendant, forming the flames of Andraste. "Then he must have found the amulet after I threw it at the wall." He pauses. "And he repaired it and kept it? I…don't understand. Why would he do that?"
Giovanna shakes her head; Alistair, poor Alistair who never had a real family, who never experienced the closeness those ties can give, who was whisked away to be a Templar novice just as he started to really perceive the world around him… of course he'd not understand.
"Perhaps you mean more to him than you think." She says quietly, slipping her hand in his. "You might have been an unwanted burden first, and obligation to a liege, honor-bound to take care of… but he must have grown to love you."
"I…guess you could be right." He says hesitantly, still holding the amulet as if he's afraid it would break again, shatter into tiny pieces against the invisible wall of his own anger. "We… never really talked that much, and then the way I left…"
"Covered in mud, no doubt." Giovanna supplies, and Alistair looks up sharply, the frown on his face replaced by a startled smile.
"Hey." he says defensively. "It wasn't that bad." He pauses and looks at her suspiciously. "Wait; did Teagan talk about this as well?"
Giovanna blushes slightly.
"I... asked a few questions about you of him, yes."
"And I thought he was a gentleman." Alistair mutters. "Now you know all my shameful childhood secrets, and you have me at a terrible disadvantage." He sighs. "The things I'm willing to suffer from you, lady."
"You poor thing." Giovanna scoffs and before she can think about it, reaches out and ruffles his hair, the way she always did to her brother when he did something cute. The next second she wishes that she hasn't done that. Because, when it all comes down to it, which man likes to be treated as a little boy by a woman? Especially after being reminded of their childhood escapades.
But she's wrong, oh, she is, she has to realize, as she finds herself in a crushing embrace suddenly, lifted off the ground and kissed so soundly, thoroughly and passionately that all her thoughts of doing wrong (all her thoughts, really)go right out of her head. Only sensations remain: his hard muscles against hers, his hand slipping through layers of clothing to tentatively caress he bare skin, his scent filling her nostrils, his voice murmuring her name, and the slowly spreading fire in her middle with the intensity of the need to get closer, even closer...
"Maker's Breath." Alistair gasps as he finally lets go, burying his face in her shoulder. "I'm sorry, I got carried away. I just wanted to... thank you, seriously. For the gift, I mean." He laughs, a bit shakily and embarrassed. "See, when I'm around you I can't even think straight." He is still holding her close, though, and she doesn't make any effort to step away either. "I am shocked that you even remembered me mentioning it... I'm more used to people not really listen when I go on about things."
"Of course I remembered." She is not sure how to say this: her mind is still reeling from that kiss, her body is aching with a need she's never felt before she's met him, but despite the fact that they are still standing perilously close, the cold of Soldier's Peak is starting to seep into her bones. "You're special to me."
"Oh, wow." She can see, even by the spare moonlight up here that he blushes: strange, that, given that there was nothing chaste or innocent about the way he kissed her just now. "Is this the part where the music starts and we begin dancing?" His eyes sparkle. "Because I'm game."
"I didn't know you could dance." she says and is almost shocked to hear the tones of light teasing in her own voice. She never thought it would return; she never thought any of these emotions would ever come back to her, amidst the blood and carnage and horrors and violence that never left her since that night in Highever. But now, now she realizes it's there, that life is there, and knows that it's him who brought it back, digging it up patiently like an early spring flower from under the snow. It was him, her fellow Grey Warden, this strange, strange man who has a heart of a child in one moment and that of a lion in another, who resents his heritage and is his heritage at the same time, the bastard prince and ex-Templar, the knight who captured her heart forever.
"So..." Giovanna Cousland clears her throat and curtsies. "I don't suppose you remember the steps, maybe...?"
And thus, they dance: battered leather coat and winter jerkin, sword belt and high boots, bastard prince and teyrn's daughter. On top of the battlement, under the gibbous moon that hangs on the winter sky over Soldier's Keep like a huge lantern in the gardens of the royal palace at Denerim in carnival season, Alistair hums a tune he remembers from a long ago winter ball he sneaked in to back in Redcliffe, and he holds Giovanna tight as they stumble through the steps almost, but never truly forgotten.


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One foliar spray in “Valencia” and “Shamouti” orange was conducted respectively 6 and 8 weeks after flowering. Spraying 20 ppm 2,4-D (auxin) + 5% KNO3 increased fruit size by 8-20% for “Shamouti” and 8-25% for “Valencia” compared to the control. Potassium nitrate also increased significantly the juice acid level in “Shamouti” orange by 15%. Spraying with KNO3 was more efficient than spraying K2SO4 in increasing fruit size per 1000 distributed fruits (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Effect of foliar sprays on % extra packed boxes (untreated control=0%).
Erner, Y., Y. Kaplan, B. Artzi, and M. Hamou. 1993. Increasing citrus fruit size using Auxins and potassium. Acta Horticulturae 329: 112-119.

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Agricultural studies and rugby league were strange bedfellows at La Reole, in the Gironde-Aquitaine region of France, when my wife, Marie and I visited the riverside town in October, 2011.
The La Reole club had partnered with a local college to encourage young men to gravitate to the town to study, and to play a bit of footy as well.
When we were there, the club boasted several Australians, a Kiwi, a Canadian and a Cambodian.
The day before, the club had lost 35-34 away to Lyon, with one of the La Reole players breaking his wrist.
The drive to La Reole took Marie and I through the former tobacco growing centre of Tonneins, where the likes of Queenslanders, Terry Webb, Jim Vanderham and Wally Fullerton-Smith played in the 1980s.
We had been invited to visit La Reole by Luc Sonilhac, the son of Cacha Sonilhac, one our friends in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, the first city in France to switch from union to league, way back in 1934.
We met Luc outside the Rex Cinema, where a hippie looking bloke was strumming away on a guitar. Luc; Australian players Peter Savage and Nick Walker and Kiwi, Scott Hurrell took us to the college, where we met a female teacher who took us on a tour of the campus.
Walker is a nephew of long serving Brisbane Souths’ chief executive, Jim McClelland. Savage went to St Pat’s College, Shorncliffe on Brisbane’s northern bayside, and played rugby league for Albany Creek. He knew my former Brisbane Brothers’ rugby league teammate, Murray Schultz, who worked at St Pat’s and coached rugby union.
Hurrell, who looked a bit like Kiwi star, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, played league in Rockhampton in Queensland and worked at Beef City.
After the college, Luc took us on walking tour to La Reole’s clubhouse, via the footy field, which was overlooked by the local administrative centre, which was once a priory. Marie and I were then invited to attend a committee meeting in the clubhouse, and to possibly contribute. The language barrier made that virtually impossible.
A local pizzeria was a club sponsor, so we adjourned there for dinner, before the long drive back to Villeneuve.
The trip to La Reole came after a hectic couple of days of travel, to the east of Villeneuve (La Reole is to the west).
We had driven to medieval Figeac, via Cahor, Vers and Corn, meeting Villefranche de Rouergue rugby league identity and former player, Gilles Fleuret in the Figeac town centre. After a tour of Figeac, we followed Gilles to his village, Lambayac, where we met his wife, Maree, the daughter of French rugby league great, Francis de Nadai, from Limoux.
We walked to a local chateau, where we declined an invitation from the owner, to come inside for a look. Darkness was closing in, and Gilles wanted to take us to a fairy-tale lookout, a jump-off point for hang gliders.
Villefranche lock, Clement Roux joined us for dinner (vegetable soup, followed by steak and veg). Clement was keen to go to Australia to experience working in the sports media.
Gilles rose early the next day to get fresh bread and croissants from his parents, his dad being a baker. After breakfast we drove to Villeneuve
de Rouergue, so Gilles and Maree could vote in a ‘pre-election’.
After pork chops for lunch, we drove to St Cirq Lapopie, overlooking the River Lot – surely one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Before returning, to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Gilles presented me with Francis de Nadai’s 1968 World Cup track suit top, a lovely gesture.
Gilles knew I had watched de Nadai play for France against Australia, at the SCG, in the final of the 1968 World Cup tournament, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. I was just 15 at the time, and had represented North Coast in the New South Wales under-9 stone, state titles at Gosford, prior to the World Cup final. Australia won 20-2, but the contest was much tighter than the score indicates, with the French tackling magnificently, as Australia dominated possession.
A boarding-school teacher, de Nadai made his Test debut against Australia in 1967, in Marseilles, in a Test which finished in a 7-all draw. France won the next two Tests to win the series against the Kangaroos, who had won the Ashes series against Great Britain, 2-1.
On retirement from the playing ranks in 1975, de Nadai left teaching to become Technical Advisor to the Rugby League Federation, a post he held until 2005.
1 La Reole Rugby League 2011
2 Jim Vanderham (left) and Steve Ricketts
3 St Cirq Lapopie
4 France’s 1968 rugby league World Cup squad. Francis de Nadai is sixth from the left, standing.

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Tourism in Qatar
Life in Qatar had always been a story of sea and desert: Both were a source of livelihood despite all the hardships the Qataris faced. Today, the sea and the desert are still the source of wealth and a destination for anyone looking for an enjoyable time from the hustle and bustle of modern day to day life.
Requirements for a Trip to Qatar
Your trip to Qatar should run stress free and enjoyable. As German citizens you need a valid visa, which is available both before and upon arrival. You will need a passport that is valid for at least 6 months at the end of the stay. The maximum stay is 30 days in Qatar. For more visa and immigration information please click here.
Getting to Qatar
You can reach Hamad International Airport on direct flights from various cities around the world thanks to its global-central location.
It is not permitted to leave the airport in Doha with alcohol or pork. This is strictly regulated and should be respected by the traveler at any time.
Travelling within Qatar is not particularly limited. With an international driver’s license you can rent a car for up to seven days.
Trips in the desert and in hard to reach areas especially in the north and west of Qatar should be made by tourists only with the help of a local tour operator or local friend. Always travel with multiple vehicles with plenty sized petrol and drinking water supplies. It is recommended to store information on the planned route and return time at the hotel or hosts.
Behavior in Public
The general rules of conduct that apply to travelers in Islamic countries should be taken into account in Qatar. Although Qatar is a generally tolerant society, you should respect both culture and religion as a visitor and dress accordingly.
Please expect limitations in everyday life (e. g. daytime closure of restaurants outside the hotels, reduced working hours for authorities) and increased sensitivity in religious matters during the fasting month of Ramadan. Although the fasting rules apply only to Muslims, non-Muslims should be careful not to hurt religious feelings. Women during this time are asked to wear subtle, long-sleeved clothing and men are asked to refrain from wearing short casual clothes.


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Conning, which oversees $9 billion in municipal debt for insurance companies, says it’s boosting its allocation to the local bonds as U.S. states’ economic health stabilizes four years after the recession.
“With incremental dollars, we’ve been putting them toward municipals since early this year, more than other asset classes,” said Paul Mansour, head of Conning’s municipal-credit research group, in a telephone interview. States are “at a more sustainable point” with increased tax collections and bolstered reserves, he said.
Hartford, Conn.-based Conning is adding munis instead of other fixed-income securities such as corporate bonds even as concerns over rising interest rates and Detroit’s record bankruptcy in July have led investors to pull $47.5 billion from local-debt mutual funds this year, according to Lipper US Fund Flows data.
Most of the fear over issuers’ credit quality is unfounded, Mansour said. States have increased revenue for 15 straight quarters, Census Bureau data show. They’ve trimmed payrolls to close to the lowest level since 2004 and slowed borrowing for projects, according to the Labor Department and Moody’s Investors Service.
As a result, the total return on state obligations, including interest and price change, is poised to beat the $3.7 trillion muni market for the first time since 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch data show.
Washington had the biggest jump in Conning’s semiannual rankings of state fiscal health, rising 13 levels since April to 14th. North Dakota and South Dakota ranked first and second, respectively, unchanged from the last reading.
Not all states are recovering at the same pace, Conning said. Connecticut, Illinois and Kentucky have the weakest fiscal health, mostly unchanged from April. Illinois has the worst-funded state pension, followed by Kentucky and Connecticut, according to the report.
Puerto Rico, the U.S. commonwealth with near-junk credit grades and $70 billion of debt, would be rated even lower than those states, the report said.
–Editors: William Glasgall, Stephen Merelman

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( 4UMF NEWS ) Calvin Harris Disses Taylor Swift In New Song:
Calvin Harris is pulling a Taylor Swift and slamming his ex in his lyrics.
Harris dropped his new track “My Way “on Thursday night and the lyrics seem to hint at the bad blood between him and Swift.
“You were the one thing in my way,” Harris repeats over and over again in the new pop track.
He also starts off the jam saying, “Lie Away, Two Faced, but in my heart I understand.”
“I made my move and it was all about you and now I feel so far removed,” he continues.
Harris and Swift broke up in early June after 15 months of dating and what followed was a series of drama involving the song “This Is What You Came For,” which was originally credited to Harris, but then the Grammy-winning songstress later said she partially wrote.
Harris slammed Swift on Twitter for trying to “bury” him after things didn’t go her way when she tried to take credit for the jam.
“Hurtful to me at this point that her and her team would go so far out of their way to try and make ME look bad at this stage though,” the “Summer” artist explained.
The Scottish DJ publicly commented on the tumultuous split during an interview with British GQ.
“All hell broke loose,” he said.
Harris added, “It’s very difficult when something I consider so personal plays out very publicly.”
The new track “My Way” was available on YouTube and Vevo on Thursday. It was also posted for sale on Apple Music for $1.99.
The fifth studio album by Harris featuring the new track is still untitled and scheduled to be released later this year.

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Woodside Petroleum has shelved plans for its US$45-billion Browse liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia, saying it will consider a floating LNG plant after deciding the onshore development did not make economic sens
Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-biggest oil producer, said it’s in talks with companies for a potential partnership to enter Canada’s natural gas industry to tap rising Asian demand
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.’s purchase of a stake in Israel’s largest natural gas deposit takes Asia-Pacific oil and gas acquisitions to a record US$99-billion this year, tying the U.S. for the first time.
The funds will serve as a ‘sorry for what happened to you,’ if Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto is not Bitcoin’s creator
Subrata Roy, the owner of an Indian investment firm and lavish hotels in New York and London, was arrested amid investigation into refunds to depositors
The world’s largest coffee chain will test a mobile service this year that lets customers order before coming into a cafe to speed up service
Investors are marking Russia and Nigeria, where current account surpluses and reserves are slowly eroding, as the next likely victim of the rolling crisis
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If Russia used nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the U.S. military would provide possible “options” on how to respond but America’s goal remains to avoid a nuclear conflict with Moscow, the top general in the U.S. Air Force said Wednesday.
Asked how the U.S. would react if Russia resorted to nuclear arms in Ukraine, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of the Air Force, said the decision would be up to the president, based on options provided by the military.
“I can’t tell you how we should respond,” Brown told Courtney Kube of NBC News at the Aspen Security Forum. “Our responsibility is to provide the president options.”
The U.S. has an array of nuclear arms that can be delivered from land, sea or air but the overarching objective is to deter Russia from launching a nuclear attack in Ukraine, Brown said.
“It’s all about deterrence,” Brown said. “The goal is not to get into a conflict broader than the conflict that’s already going on today and definitely not into a nuclear conflict.”
He added, “You want to make sure that those range of options don’t lead us down a slippery slope that we can’t recover from.”
The Biden administration has not said how the U.S. would respond if Russia resorted to nuclear weapons in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials say they have seen no signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to employ smaller, tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.
Brown also spoke about plans with NATO allies to help train Ukrainian pilots and build up the country’s air force.
The general said the U.S. was looking at helping Ukraine strengthen its air force with new Western aircraft, though he said it was up to Kyiv whether planes would be American made.
“I can’t speculate about what aircraft they may go to,” Brown said, adding it would almost certainly not be a Russian aircraft.
The U.S. has “a responsibility, like we do with all our allies and partners, to be prepared to train them in various capabilities and capacities,” Brown said. “Part of this is understanding where Ukraine wants to go, and how we meet them where they are.”
Reuters first reported that the U.S. military was looking at possible training for Ukrainian pilots for a modernized air force, which until now has relied on Russian-made, Soviet-era warplanes.
Brown is considered a contender to succeed Gen. Mark Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country’s top U.S. military officer.
The general also addressed questions about how the Air Force would manage the needs of its personnel while abiding by a recent Supreme Court ruling overturning guaranteed abortion rights under the Constitution.
“We have a responsibility to comply with the law. But we also have an obligation to take care of our airmen and their families,” Brown said, without elaborating.
Taking care of families was an important element of retaining airmen and it had to be undertaken in a way that was sensitive to each family, he said.
Brown cited his own family’s experience, as his oldest son is on the autism spectrum. He and his wife had to make sure they would have “the right level of support” before taking on a new assignment, Brown said.
After the recent Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the Defense Department said the military will continue to provide abortions in cases of rape, incest or when the mother’s life is at risk. Federal law prohibits the Pentagon from performing or paying for other types of abortions, the memo states.
With the Army and other branches of the U.S. military struggling with recruiting goals, Brown said he was optimistic the Air Force would meet or come close to meeting its objective.
Brown is the first African American to lead one of the military’s service branches. In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, Brown issued an emotional video message describing the racism he faced as one of a small number of African Americans in the Air Force’s ranks.
“It was full of emotion, and partly because it was a conversation with my son that spurred me to do that video. But that emotion was based on my own experiences as well, that I felt throughout my Air Force career, actually throughout my life to be honest with you,” Brown said.
The general said that Floyd’s death had sparked a national discussion about race relations, and a constructive discussion inside the Air Force.
“I do think things are getting better,” Brown said. “And the one thing about George Floyd’s death, as tragic as it has been, is it opened up our nation to conversation. And the conversation that happened inside of our Air Force, inside of our department of Air Force with the Space Force, has been really helpful,” he said.
“Because too often it was things like this we didn’t talk about. We talk about it much more openly today,” Brown said.

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Manen Meadows is a private executive lot development, located off Leonard St in Tallmadge Township, MI. Nestled in the rural northwest of Grand Rapids city limits, Manen Meadows will consist of seven lots - each lot will be an acre or greater. Lots are served by well and septic. Within the community, there will be one acre of designated green space - purposed to be a communal space for those who live within the development.
Manen Meadows provides private and spacious lots, positioned upon an expansive wooded area. Van Vista Pvt. Dr. turns South off of Leonard St., and ends in a large cul-de-sac, servicing all seven lots. Construction of Van Vista Pvt. Dr. began in Spring of 2018, and home construction began in Spring of 2019.


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- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup (8 oz) full fat sour cream
- 1 cup strong coffee, cooled
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. mint extract
- 1/4 cup chocolate liqueur
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and coat a bundt cake pan with cooking spray really well.
In a large mixer bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream and coffee. Mix on slow speed for 30 seconds and then on medium-fast for 2 minutes.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Bake the cake for 45-60 minutes. Check that a tester comes out clean or with only a few crumbs attached. It's ok to slightly underbake this cake, but do not overbake it. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before releasing it onto a serving plate.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a small bowl and mix until an icing forms. Drizzle the icing evenly over the cake.
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Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, no. 29: The University and Its Discontents: Egyptian and Global Perspectives
This issue of Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics explores how universities have always borne the task of questioning, and how the role and status of the university itself has been put into question: the very idea of a university has been open to contestation, revision, and crisis. In today‚àö√Øs world, how do universities preserve their capacity for social critique and independent thought when their campuses and research facilities have been both literally and figuratively infiltrated by corporate interests and ‚àö√≠support‚àö√¨? How does the tradition of the liberal arts square with today‚àö√Øs technically‚àö√´and vocationally‚àö√´minded students? How do the university‚àö√Øs institutions and ideals, born in Medieval cultures inspired by classical learning, fare in a world where everything, education included, is computer mediated, virtualized, globalized? What is the role of literature in this struggle for identity, given that so many writers now make universities their professional home? Original articles addressing a variety of issues from differing disciplinary and theoretical points of view are included in this volume, illuminating higher education concerns in Egypt and the rest of the world.
Contributors: Steve Nimis, Sara Nimis, Henry Giroux, Steve Germic, Karyn Ball, Barbara Harlow, John Kress, Peter Cook, Bob Frodeman, Bruce Foltz, Jennifer Rowland, Magda Hasabelnaby, Bayoumi Kandil, Muhsin Mahdi, Doaa Embabi, Madiha Doss, Mohammed Abul Ghar, Ali Mabrouk, Nasr Abu Zayd, Faten Morsy, Mona Tolba, Anwar Moghith, Kamal Mougheeth, Samy Soliman.
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Amoeba Music Berkeley Hip-Hop Top Five: 11:07:08
1) Paris Acid Reflex (Guerrilla Funk/Fontana)
2) Mighty Underdogs Droppin' Science
Fiction (Definitive Jux)
3) Murs Murs for President (Warner)
4) T.I. Paper Trail (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
5) Black Milk Tronic (Fat Beats)
Thanks to Tunde at the Berkeley Amoeba Music for this week's Hip-Hop Top Five sales-based chart, which finds the Bay Area's own Paris in the number one slot and his thought-provoking, lyrically charged, recommended new album Acid Reflex on Guerrilla Funk/Fontana. If you missed the interview with the controversial artist when it was published last week, click here to read the Amoeblog Paris interivew.
Reactions to Barack Obama's victory on Tuesday were upbeat (to put it mildly) in hip-hop circles. Longtime Fillmore, San Francisco rapper San Quinn told Amoeblog the next day, "Hopefully with him winning it will give little black kids in America a new sense of hope to know that instead of drug dealers and rappers and basketball players and football players and many other stereotypical but true things that we choose to be, including killing off each other, that now we have a chance if we keep our slate clean to be the president of the United States."
The ever-prolific rapper, who earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the amount of rap "features" (cameos) he has done (3000 +), has two releases coming over the next month. Later this month he drops his first solo record in two years, From A Boy To A Man, and in early December he and Oakalnd's Keak da Sneak's accurately titled collaboration Welcome To Skokland will be released. And just a couple of months ago San Quinn, along with his All City partners Big Rich and Boo Banga, dropped 4 1 Feva which was a big seller at the Amoeba San Francisco store.
The locally published blog Beer And Rap is popular with a lot of Bay Area folks I've talked to recently so I got in touch with the man behind it, SergDun, to ask him about how long the website has been running, what inspired him to do it in the first place, and what other kinds of things he's got going on:
"I started Beer And Rap in May 2004 mostly out of boredom from a shitty job," he responded via email. "As for other things....mostly throwing events like a warehouse party...Face Down Ass Up, a monthly party focusing on the most offensive booty raps we can find. I'm also working on a CD release party for Hard As Fuck 4 (the recently released mix presented by Beer And Rap and mixed by local DJ Matthew Afrika). It will be celebration of hardcore raps. If I ever get my shit together I'm going to start posting a Beer and Rap podcast/Internet radio show. I've definitely got future releases coming up -- Hard As Fuck 5 is in the works. I have some other ideas for releases, but at the moment the main thing I've been focusing on is the Hard As Fuck series."
Q-Tip, whose new album (pictured left), The Renaissance, on Motown/Universal, just dropped this week on Election Day, is back on the current annual Bounce Tour along with The Cool Kids. The tour, which kicked off Wednesday this week, will roll through Cali next week with a San Francisco show on Thursday (Nov. 13) at the Mezzanine and at the House of Blues in LA on Saturday, Nov. 15. To coincide with both his new album and the election, Q-Tip, in conjunction with J-Period, leaked a great freestyle online (over an "Eric B for President" instrumental) entitled "Q-Tip for President" in which he imagines himself in the position of Obama, whose speeches were sampled on the track. Of course Q-Tip also plugged his new album in the freestyle.
The annual hip-hop themed tour is in its fourth year and is put together by 2K Sports in their goal to blur the lines between music, sports and video game culture. Q-Tip was on last year's 2K8 Bounce Tour. On the current tour, the artist, best known for his membership in A Tribe Called Quest, will be supported by his live band and DJ Scratch (from EPMD) with The Cool Kids opening shows on all 20 dates across the country.
Tonight (Nov 7th) The Still High Tour featuring hip-hop's biggest stoner pair, Method Man and Redman, rolls through San Francisco with a show at the Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center at 1300 Van Ness. More information here. The pair first forged their buddha bond in the 2001 movie How High, which they clearly both had fun starring in.
Rest in peace to Oakland native and Island / Def Jam executive Shakir Stewart, who committed suicide last weekend in his suburban Atlanta home, the result of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The 34 year old became Jay Z's successor at Def Jam five months ago when he was named executive vice president after working at the company for several years. He initially began in his music career as a party promoter and had worked with many artists in the Atlanta area (where he attended college at Morehouse), including Too $hort. But he really made a name for himself after he later became an A&R rep. He signed Beyonce early on in her career! Stewart was instrumental in signing many acts during his Def Jam years including such hit makers as Young Jeezy and Rick Ross. In a statement released shortly after his suicide, Stewart's fiancée Michelle Rivers said, "Over the past several weeks, Shakir's behavior was inconsistent with the man we all know and love."
The brand new Music We Like books are now available at each Amoeba Music store. As you know, Music We Like is the comprehensive bi-annual Amoeba Music booklet that features hundreds of music and movie recommendations from the fine Amoeba staff, including "releases from the last 6 months up to this week and will without a doubt entertain you with a most enjoyable, stimulating and eclectic read." These books are always free. Pick one up next time you stop by the Berkeley, SF, or Hollywood Amoeba. And speaking of cool new things about Amoeba, check out the newly added Amoeba Music Mail Order page elsewhere on this website where you can mail order music and movies "from the Amoeba store straight to your door."
And finally, I leave you with the brand new Zion I video for their single "Juicy Juice" from the Oakland duo's forthcoming album The Take Over (cover art preview left) to be released on Gold Dust Media in early '09. This lead-off single matches Amp Live's distinctly contemporary Bay flavored track with emcee Zumbi's unique lyrical flow. And word has it that Zion I also have a new mix about to drop entitled The Search and The Seizure Mixtape.


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'The new government will make sure that the rights and the dignity of 60 million Italians will be respected, ' Salvini said in a statement, adding that 'Italians expect from Europe cooperation and not insults'.
That means that avoiding a new euro crisis largely hinges on the hope that Italy's populist politicians don't mean what they say and won't engage in budget-busting spending if they win a new election, expected as soon as September.
The U.S. Dollar continued to lose ground against a basket of major currencies on Thursday as investors assessed the potential impact of a euroskeptic government in Italy on the stability of the European Union and its use of the Euro as its currency.
Italy has not had a government since it went to the polls in March, the longest such period in the country's postwar history.
The U.S. Embassy in Rome on Friday warned U.S. travelers to beware of three separate demonstrations set to take place Saturday, saying they could become "unruly or violent".
Investors dumped Italian government bonds, driving borrowing costs sharply higher for the country and rekindling fears of more financial strain for Europe's third-largest economy.
"Eurozone membership will be at the forefront of the next election", said Alicia Levine, the head of global investment strategy at BNY Mellon Investment Management.
CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 109.53 yen from 108.83 yen. South Korea's Kospi dropped 1.8 percent to 2,412.06.
The turmoil has additionally despatched Italy's 10-year bond yields greater than 300 foundation factors above Germany's - round a five-year excessive - reflecting investor considerations.More news: Warriors confirm Iguodala to miss NBA Finals opener
More news: Netflix shaded ABC on Twitter after 'Roseanne' got pulled because of racism
More news: Harvey Weinstein Indicted On Rape, Criminal Sexual Act Charges
Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, The Sterling edged up by 0.08 percent against the Greenback on Thursday, to trade 1.32954 at the close.
After stripping out the volatile items of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, inflation only rose to 1.1 percent from 0.7 percent. The 1.1500 level also corresponds to trend line support from the December 2016 lows at 1.0340.
Italy's anti-establishment forces abandoned their efforts to form a ruling coalition on Sunday after a standoff with President Sergio Mattarella, who vetoed their choice of a eurosceptic as economy minister. Many young people in Italy move to other nations.
Milan-listed equities snapped a five-day losing streak and bounced 2 percent while short-dated Italian bond yields - a sensitive gauge of political risk - fell more than four-tenths a percent from half-decade highs.
Additionally, the two-year debt yield jumped to 2.71 percent overnight from 0.84 percent the day before.
Also pressuring the euro is the upcoming vote of confidence that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will face on Friday. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong slipped 1.5 per cent to 30,034.07 and the Shanghai Composite index fell 1.6 per cent to 3,072.76.
West Texas Intermediate crude gained 1.2 percent to $67.53 a barrel, the first advance in more than a week. Brent crude, used to price worldwide oils, dropped 40 cents to $77.16 per barrel.
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index dropped 1.5 per cent to 22,018.52.

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There is bad energy building in the camp of Shatta Wale and Wiyalaa shortly after they both performed at this year’s SummerStageNYC.
Wiyaala reportedly refused to accept the Citation of Merit backstage after Shatta Wale had received his own citation on stage.
And according to the report, she took this decision after the President of The Bronx Borough, Vanessa L Gibson, confessed that Shatta Wale’s team blocked her from awarding Wiyaala on stage.
In the ensuing chaos, singer Abiana has thrown her weight behind Wiyalaa for standing on her ground and refusing to be disrespected in the manner with which her colleague Shatta Wale was given his citation on stage.
Abiana wrote, “Wiyaala, thank you for standing up for yourself, for women. I am so blessed to see this at this time. You are truly the lioness you are. I am so proud of you. No one will break you.”
For Abiana, Wiyaala’s decision to speak up on the issue is a brave move. She stated that if it was her (Abiana), she would have collected the citation back stage and then go home and cry afterwards.
“Imagine giving Beyoncé an award backstage. She would have done the same. Rejected it and stood up for herself. I feel empowered by her actions and reaction. My humble self would have collected the citation backstage, felt the wrong and come home and be crying. But today, she just taught me to stand up for myself cos she puts her soul into everything she does. Thank you soo much Wiyaala.”


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Self-publishing vs. being discovered.
It’s a tough one for me. I have a romantic notion that if you work really hard at improving your skills and write your ass off, you will eventually be discovered. But, in a society that is now all about go-getting and taking your destiny (or whatever) into your own hands, is it the best decision to fill the portrait of a solitary character at a keyboard, writing and writing and writing?
The biggest question for me: Does it take away your credibility as a talented writer if you have taken it upon yourself to make your writing official?
To self-publish, nobody has to think you’re talented except yourself. Not even your mother.
On the other hand, the starving artist lifestyle goes stale pretty quickly. I don’t need to be tortured to write a good story. If somebody is going to discover me, now would be ideal.
Thoughts? Opinions? …Thoughts?


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What is your first memory of being really excited? The first time I remember being really excited is when I first learned to hit a softball by myself.
Who is your hero? My Parents are. They work really hard to be the best that they can be. They always have a good attitude even when times get tough.
What three items would you take with you on a deserted island? My Clarinet, my cat, and my dog.

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over 1600 qualified specialists in 9 countries around the whole world.
nearly 30 years of experience and hundreds of completed projects.
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The analysis of completed work is the best learning practice aiming to decrease the probability of repeated mistakes and to reach the higher production KPI‘s. Due to this precise reason, in February-March the cycle of training sessions has started in various Litana departments with the aim to review the typical mistakes. The designing department was the first who initiated this process. More than 100 mistakes requiring the implementation of corrective and preventive measures were analyzed during 3 learning sessions. The design department employees were very active while discussing the mistakes. The construction, production, technical supervision and internal control employees participated in the learning sessions as well. After the completion of review process, the action plan was developed to adjust the description of typical mistakes. Based on the common decision of all participants, such kind of events are very valuable and are going to be held twice per year.
In the Swedish city of Kalmar, on the request of „Skanska Sverige AB“, the second stage of works to build the library and Linneuniversitetet is completed. For the object with the total area of 5,500 sq. m „Litana“ group manufactured 320 t of metal structures and carried out the metal and reinforced concrete assembly works, as well as the timber beams and sandwich panels assembly works. The surface and underground parking places suitable for the cars and bicycles are equipped next to the library. During the final construction stage Litana group employees almost beated the odds: in shortest time and under the hard conditions they assembled 24 tons of bridging elements jointing the library and the university buildings.
The 13th of February became an important day for the employees working in metal structures assembly shop in Gargzdai: after the complex preparatory works, a new gantry crane has been mounted. A new crane is more than 3 times powerful in comparison to the previous one: now its carrying capacity reaches 16 tons. The carrying and the bearing structures of the crane are manufactured using our own resources in the production workshop, the lifting mechanism – in Czech Republic, the mounting – in Italy, the electrical equipment – in Germany. As a result of well-organized co-ordination of works, a crane was assembled within 3 hours. A new crane will significantly increase the capacity, as the loading of metal structures and their preparation for the shipping now are going to be prompter due to the higher carrying capacity and ease to control.


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Michael E. Kafrissen, M.D., MSPH.
Dr. Kafrissen serves as medical consultant to Agile Therapeutics and is Chief Executive Officer of STE Health International, LLC. He currently serves as Director of Research and Innovation for the World Health Organization Collaboration Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. Dr. Kafrissen has over thirty years of significant experience in clinical drug development, clinical trial design, project planning and execution, research and operations planning in the pharmaceutical industry.
Previously, Dr. Kafrissen was the Chief Scientific Officer of Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC,
and a member of the Johnson & Johnson’s North American Pharmaceutical Management board.
His responsibilities encompassed Johnson & Johnson companies focusing on neurology, psychiatry, analgesia, anti-infectives, gastroenterology, women’s health, urology, pediatrics and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Kafrissen served on the Board of Directors at the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and was a member of the Centers for Disease Control Foundation’s Corporate Roundtable.
Dr. Kafrissen initial role at Johnson & Johnson was in pharmaceutical development where his groups were responsible for a number of novel product approvals.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Kafrissen was an EIS Officer and Medical Epidemiologist in the Centers for Disease Control’s Chronic Disease Division in Atlanta, Georgia engaging in research ranging from pregnancy-related mortality to Vietnam combat. His academic appointments have included Adjunct Professorships at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Rutgers University School of Pharmacy, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Kafrissen’s research interests include women's health, geriatrics/gerontology, pharmacoepidemiology, clinical trial design, clinical project planning and execution, and management of technical professionals.
He is author of numerous articles, book chapters, and originator of clinically related patents. Dr. Kafrissen earned his degree from Temple University School of Medicine and has a specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology.


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“Tomorrow I’ll wake up, bright and early, and tender my book.” Said no one, ever. Ask Gail Russell: the beginning of her own book, she’ll tell you, harkens back decades.
“Spirit in Form: The Human Form in Nature and Other Places” is a lush compilation of Russell’s photography and poetry, sensuous in both imagery and words, and worthy of the wait. This weekend you will have two distinct opportunities to meet her and savor the voluptuousness of her work.
On Friday (Dec. 10), Russell will be hosting a Zoom book reading with audience participation, courtesy of the Society of the Muses of the Southwest. From 5-7:30 p.m. join the author as she reads, expounds, and takes your questions and comments. Visit SOMOS at somostaos.org for the link to join what promises to be an exceptional event.
Russell will then be hosting a reception and book signing at her studio in North Star Plaza, located at 65 NM-522, Suite A4, El Prado, on Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 11-12) from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Both events are free and open to all.
“Spirit in Form” follows Russell’s earliest photographic studies and includes previously unpublished black-and-white, sepia-toned and hand-colored images of male and female nudes. Her signature — original poetry, full of longing and guileless reflection — appears in the center of the book, a foil for both the appreciation of beauty she captured in her subjects and the layers of emotion and connection each invoked.
“This is the first photographic project I took on, back in the late ‘60s when I first picked up a camera,” Russell said. The inclusion of her poetry in the book was serendipitous, a decision she made after happening upon an old, dusty box of hers marked “Writing.” It had been forgotten over the years but, once opened, seemed clearly destined to be a part of the project.
And quite an undertaking it was. Back in the day, Russell’s decision to photograph male nudes was not a feminist stance but one of pure curiosity.
“I often imagined that most artists had a stash of nudes. The exposed human form is too provocative and lyrical not to address visually in all its uncovered power and vulnerability,” she recalled. But, “I was perplexed about the overwhelming quantity of nude females versus males.”
“This both puzzled me and incited me, so when I was first beginning to dive into photography I embarked on a project of male as well as female nudes, and enlisted friends, lovers, students: anyone that would be willing to be in my photographs.”
Fast forward to this year, and the progress of the book hinged upon one inescapable detail.
“If you are publishing a book of portraits, then you have to get a release from each of the subjects,” she explained. “And keep in mind how long ago some of these pictures were taken: things in the 1960s and ‘70s were very different than they are now.” Would she be able to locate all of the models? Would they agree to be included?
“That was a journey in itself and, luckily, I found everyone and they agreed to be a part of it. Some, of course, were understandably surprised but everyone was supportive.” One gentleman, now in his 70s, said he’d use the publication of the book as an opportunity to “torture his daughter,” Russell recalled, laughing.
“It was part of the magic of this journey for me,” she continued. “I reconnected with people who, at one time, I was close to and I was delighted to find most of us were still in the creative fields we’d all hoped we would land.” The aforementioned gentleman remains a renowned dancer and instructor, in case you are wondering.
Early press for the book’s release has been enthusiastic. John Nichols, author of “The Milagro Beanfield War” and “The Sterile Cuckoo,” called it “an imaginative, curious and lovely book filled with her gentle poetry and many enchanting visual surprises.” And acclaimed photographer Lenny Foster said it is “a collaboration of Gail’s soul, spirit, technical proficiency, and heart-centered imagination [creating] a beautiful marriage of words and image.”
“It was great getting such positive feedback from people whose own works I admire so much,” Russell said. “I’d like to thank not just John and Lenny, but Mirabai Starr and Sawnie Morris for their overwhelming support.”
“Now, to actually have the book in my hands — the physicality of it — is absolutely a dream fulfilled for me,” she said, noting gratitude to Kelly Pasholk who was tasked with “all the intricacies of getting a book published during COVID, and did so brilliantly.”
“Spirit in Form” is but the first, Russell hopes, in a series of books documenting her photographic career: a collection of coffee table books that she affectionately prefers to call “end table — or night stand — books.” Expect future collaborations to touch upon themes such as Native American life, temples and antiquities, and botanicals — all subjects close to her heart.
“I hope this work will inspire and encourage others, helping to reawaken the gifts of finding one’s creativity, and bringing their own individual beauty into this world.”


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Who or what inspired you to take up piano, and pursue a career in music?
It all happened rather by accident. I’m from, what I like to call, an atonal family and I owe it to the music school in Gdańsk – my home city. They were looking for talented children in kindergartens and so my parents received a letter one day. A little bit like Hogwarts! I remember discussing the options with my dad before the audition. He only asked that I don’t choose the piano as it’s a big, heavy instrument that takes a lot of space. Soon enough we had to find the space…!
Who or what have been the most important influences on your musical life and career?
From a professional point of view my teachers and fellow music colleagues. I’m infinitely grateful to all the professors I came across in my life. I’m getting to know that process from the other side now and I realise every day how tricky being a teacher can be.
From the psychological or mental side, I couldn’t have done it without my parents. I guess most musicians would say the same thing.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
Freelancing! It still is. Also the post-graduation blues. I wish we’d speak about it more – how difficult it is to finish studying and to be in the world on our own, without the support of the institution behind us.
Which performance/recordings are you most proud of?
First, my recent release with Naxos called ‘A Century of Polish Piano Miniatures’. I think I managed to put together a programme of the real 20th century jewels of Polish piano literature, allowing the listener to explore all that happened after Chopin. I’m proud of that one. The biggest challenge would be Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, a recording I did last year. Because of the technical difficulties my session lasted for 1.5 hours instead of 3. That’s not enough time to play it through even twice. No space for mistakes!
Which particular works do you think you play best?
I think that would be everything from Impressionism to contemporary music. Ravel has never let me down, same for most of the 20th-century repertoire. However, I must say there’s nothing more satisfying than some good Bach.
How do you make your repertoire choices from season to season?
I aim for a selection of styles and variety of soundworlds. Something that will be good for competitions and recitals with different audiences. I usually make a list of pieces I want to continue playing and try to add works that would go well with it to create interesting programmes.
Do you have a favourite concert venue to perform in and why?
My room. Everything always works! And if I really want I can make it a performance venue. Concert is a state of mind after all!
Who are your favourite musicians?
The passionate ones. No time for accurate boredom.
What is your most memorable concert experience?
There is so many memorable experiences…It’s extremely hard to choose the one! Maybe I will go for the finals of Tallinn International Piano Competition when I performed my beloved Ravel for the first time. I felt so powerful, like nothing could stop me. There are also a lot of earlier experiences which are connected with becoming professional and finding my own identity as a concert pianist. I think that’s material for a book…
As a musician, what is your definition of success?
A balanced combination of high-quality artistic experiences and self-preservation.
What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?
We do it primarily for the others. We have to always remember that. We serve the audience, whoever they are. We serve the music, the composers, the beauty… It’s our duty to share the love and passion for arts – that’s the best way to make this world a better place.
Where would you like to be in 10 years’ time?
Close to the people I love most, doing what I love to do most.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The above, and loving your work (then you don’t have to work).
What is your most treasured possession?
My mind, nobody can read it.
What is your present state of mind?
Relaxed post-tax return!
Anna Szalucka’s latest CD, A Century of Polish Piano Miniatures, is available now
Anna Szałucka is a Polish pianist and started her musical education at the age of seven. She completed the Bachelor Degree at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk studying with Waldemar Wojtal. In years 2013 – 2014 she continued her studies at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien in piano class of Stefan Vladar. Currently she is studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London under the supervision of Ian Fountain. In November 2016 Anna won the 1st Prize together with The Eller, Recital, Orchestra and Estonian Museum Awards at the 3rd International Tallinn Piano Competition. She’s a prize winner of many other competitions including the 1st Prize in Young Pianists Forum in Rybnik and the 2nd Prize and The Special Prize of Jerzy Waldorff on IX Iternational Competition for Young Pianists “Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam” in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Anna is also a laureate of the 46th Festival of Polish Pianism in Słupsk (Poland). She’s been awarded The Jacob Barnes Piano Scholarship, Musicians’ Company – Harriet Cohen Bach Prize, Kenneth Loveland Gift Prize as well as the 3rd Prize in the International Sussex Piano Competition. Her recent successes include multiple prizes: Janet Duff Greet, Walter MacFarran and Alexander Kelly Memorial Prizes, The Regency Award as well as 2nd Prize and the Audience Prize at the Sheepdrove Intercollegiate Piano Competition. She was selected by the prestigious Musicians’ Company to give her Wigmore Hall debut recital in 2016.
Anna Szałucka has given many concerts across Poland and abroad cooperating with such institutions as The National Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Wiener Beethoven Gesellschaft, The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Foundation, The Worshipful Company of Musicians as well as BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and Radio Gdańsk. The orchestra appearances include concerts with the Polish Radio Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Worthing Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Baltica, Pomeranian Philharmonics, Górecki Chamber Orchestra and others. Anna has developed her passion for music by taking part in many piano masterclasses, among others with Aleksiej Orłowiecki, Alon Goldstein, Andrzej Jasiński, Kathryn Stott, Imogen Cooper, Dina Yoffe, Lee Kum-Sing, Paul Roberts, Joanna MacGregor, Yevgeny Sudbin and Alberto Nosè.
As the Royal Academy of Music scholar Anna is generously supported by the Thompson Family Charitable Trust. In Poland, she received a scholarship from the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, the President of Gdańsk City and the Principal of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. She was also awarded the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Prize as well as Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Prize.


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I've been following Cut Chemist ever since I saw him do the unimaginable on two turntables years ago. Since then he's worked with countless artists and done remixes for some of hip hop's most notable acts. This new project, however, is inspired by his 2009 concert with Ethiopian music legend Mulatu Astatke. In case you are unfamiliar, check out OKA's in-depth interview with the legend here. This new CC track, properly titled “Adidas to Addis,” is a cut off his upcoming album. Check it out!


Thermal performance of buildings - Calculation of internal temperatures of a room in summer without mechanical cooling - Simplified methods (ISO 13792:2005)
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This document specifies the required input data for simplified calculation methods for determining the maximum, average and minimum daily values of the operative temperature of a room in the warm period:
a) to define the characteristics of a room in order to avoid overheating in summer at the design stage;
b) to define whether the installation of a cooling system is necessary or not.
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January 2024 marks a significant milestone in our evolution as an agency, as we completely relaunch NU. You’d be forgiven for thinking this is just a bit of a brand refresh, but we promise, it’s so much more.
Yes, we have a new visual Identity and website, but this refresh runs much deeper. So, let’s take you through the journey of our rebrand, and start with the all-important question. Why?
How did we get here?
Our journey to this point has been the culmination of 18 months’ work to completely redefine who we are. This wasn't just about simply changing aesthetics; this was about stripping things right back, to look at who we are, and what we stand for.
For a long time, we’ve felt we wanted a purpose beyond the commercial drive of making money. You only have to look at the world around us to know this rock we call home, has been in a state of flux for the past few years. Since the pandemic in 2020, it’s hard not to feel like the needle has moved somewhat, and many people and businesses have, like us, been on some kind of self-reflection journey.
COVID for us, was very much a turning point. But out of something negative, also came something positive; which was the time to carry out this internal counselling and really look at ourselves in the mirror. Alongside the challenges of a global pandemic, were several other influences, including the continued rise of technology and AI in particular, which looms as a constant threat to devalue creative industries, and commoditise design.
What we started to see and feel, was a reduction in the value we could bring to brands as a purely design-led business. Tactical delivery can be executed to world-class levels, but when design becomes more of a commodity which some wish to buy on subscription or by asking Jarvis, their AI friend to do for them - you start to look at your industry a bit differently.
And so, we took NU Creative right back to basics, to really understand what motivated us to get up every day, and redefine what we strive for. Our ultimate goal was to find our core purpose, a purpose that could guide us as a business both now and in the future, whilst firmly instilling the value we want to bring to brands, and putting that back at the heart of our agency.
So, why do we exist?
It’s a tough question we’re more akin to asking our clients than ourselves. Undertaking our own brand strategy was infinitely more difficult than conducting it for others, but after lots of workshops, brainstorming (and coffee!), we landed somewhere that felt most importantly, authentic.
Our mission as an agency is to create brands that transform businesses but also the lives of people and the communities around them. We exist to challenge businesses to think beyond the day to day, craft brands that stand out, inspire, and create positive change.
We see ourselves as;
Problem solvers. Creative thinkers. Change makers.
We passionately believe that together, the brand and strategy mix is something beautiful, because it’s where change happens.
And with change, we can build better brands.
Collaboration at the heart of what we do
Collaboration is the key to creativity, and it was central to our rebrand. We involved our entire team, from designers to strategists, in brainstorming sessions, ensuring that every voice was heard. But we didn't stop there. Client feedback played a pivotal role, providing us with invaluable insights into how our brand was perceived. This collaborative spirit ensured that our new brand identity wasn't just a reflection of us, but also of the communities and people we serve.
“We work in a collaborative and inclusive way both with our clients and our team. This promotes an open forum for innovative thinking. We are naturally inquisitive as an agency and always inspire people we work with to think differently. We are incredibly passionate about what we can achieve together.”
Tim, CEO, Co-Founder
Our future is B-Corp
Having a positive impact on people and the planet
Our rebrand has been an opportunity to further embed sustainable practices into our work as we strive to become a B-Corp. From green hosting and web design to carbon reducing office practices, we’re committed to ensuring our brand's environmental impact is getting smaller. This commitment to better environment practice is not just about doing good; it's about leading by example and showing that good design practices and environmental responsibility can go hand in hand.
Our new website leads with a new dark mode which is a first for our brand. White light uses more energy so combined with a reduction in the size of our pages to an average 0.15g of CO2 our site is now lighter than 85% of websites and is hosted on a ‘green’ server, which uses only 100% renewable energy.
You can follow our journey to becoming a B Corp here, where we’ll be making regular posts and updates throughout 2024.
A bold identity
Our new brand identity is a celebration of our creative and unconventional thinking. The fresh colour palette, bold typography, and striking icons are a visual manifestation of our beliefs. Each colour, typeface and icon, has been chosen to reflect our dynamic, forward-thinking nature. They symbolise our commitment to pushing boundaries, challenging the norm and making change happen.
Our new website
Every feature, from interactive elements and animations, to the user-friendly layout, has been created with our brand-led approach. The website has been designed to provide an engaging user experience, reflecting our commitment to creating solutions that are not only visually stunning but also strategically strong and effective.
Being brand-led is what produces the very best work across all channels. This means that we are fuelled by research, problem-solving and creative thinking. We believe that valuable insights empower us to make better decisions, tackling complex challenges to deliver brand solutions that increase the value and position of our clients’ brand equity and allow them to stand apart from their competitors.
The power of unconventional thinking
Our new branding is a testament to the power of unconventional thinking. It challenges the norms and sets a new standard in creative excellence. This approach is evident in our recent projects, where we've pushed the envelope, delivering solutions that are not just outside the box but redefine the box itself. Our commitment to this kind of thinking is what sets us apart and drives us forward. If you want to resonate with the right audience, it’s vital that you tell a powerful story.
This rebrand is more than a change in visuals; it's a reaffirmation of our commitment to our clients. It represents new opportunities, fresh perspectives, and an even greater dedication to making change happen. Our clients can expect the same level of creativity, with more strategic thinking and a commitment to be a driving force for good, all under a bold new banner that represents the very best of what we can achieve together.
So please explore our new website and immerse yourself in our new brand. We can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.

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