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WHAT is FELT?
Felt is a non-woven fabric with nomadic origins. It is formed when sheep’s wool is manipulated using heat, moisture, agitation and pressure.
“Felt is a verb. Felt is a noun. Felt is an adjective. No wonder people are confused.”Janice Arnold
WHY does wool felt?
We can thank science. Over billions of years, evolution engineered the miraculous fiber -WOOL.
It has a highly complex physical and chemical composition that gives it an unusual range of characteristics and qualities, which have never been replicated together in a synthetic materia
HOW does wool felt?
The surface of wool fiber is covered with microscopic scales called cuticles that open and close in response to changes in temperature.
Wetting wool with hot water causes the cuticles to open. Agitation and pressure, in combination (rolling), cause the fibers to tangle and interlock irrevocably – creating the matted material we call FELT.
“Wool Felt has archaic origins. Its form defies logic. The more you beat it, agitate it, pull it and generally abuse it, the greater its structural integrity.”Janice Arnold


Liebherr-Aerospace is looking forward to welcome visitors at its booth #5243 during the MRO Americas Exhibition, which will open its gates for the first time in Chicago, Illinois (USA), from April 9 to 11, 2024, at McCormick Place.
The Liebherr team will present the ever-expanding capabilities of its station in Saline, Michigan (USA), which is providing full aftermarket support to all customers within the Americas. The site is Liebherr's dedicated aftermarket aerospace service center and provides for example component repair and overhaul, material sales, logistics, technical and engineering support.
MRO Americas 2024 is expected to gather more than 16,000 industry professionals and attendees from around the world to share perspectives on industry trends. According to the organizer, the exhibition is the leading MRO event in the industry and Liebherr will be a part of it.


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- Can a person get mites from a dog?
- Can you treat ear mites over the counter?
- Will Apple cider vinegar kill mites on dogs?
- What is the best ear mite treatment for dogs?
- What is the black gunk in my dog’s ear?
- Are ear mites painful for dogs?
- What are the symptoms of ear mites in humans?
- Can you see ear mites in dogs?
- How do humans get rid of ear mites?
- Does hydrogen peroxide kill ear mites?
- What happens if ear mites go untreated?
- Can ear mites live on humans?
- How did my dog get mites?
Can a person get mites from a dog?
Humans cannot catch mange from a dog or cat.
The mites that affect humans are a different subspecies called Sarcoptes scabiei hominis.
These mites cause a contagious condition called scabies, which can spread quickly among people through physical contact.
Animal mites do not survive well on human skin..
Can you treat ear mites over the counter?
Ear mite medication is relatively inexpensive, effective and available over-the counter at most pet stores. Be sure to follow the package instructions carefully.
Will Apple cider vinegar kill mites on dogs?
1: Raw Apple Cider Vinegar: You can apply this vinegar directly to your dog’s skin on the red spots to help kill mites and relieve the itchiness. You can also mix some of the vinegar into your dog’s food.
What is the best ear mite treatment for dogs?
The next step would be a thorough ear cleaning for your dog. That will be followed by application of one of the products approved as ear mite treatment for dogs, such as selamectin and moxidectin/imidacloprid, often used against a range of parasites.
What is the black gunk in my dog’s ear?
The presence of yeast, bacteria, or both confirms an ear infection diagnosis. Dogs with yeast-related ear infections often have dark brown or black debris in the ears. Dogs with bacterial ear infections may have yellow-brown debris or pus in the ears.
Are ear mites painful for dogs?
Ear mites are uncomfortable and irritating to dogs. If your dog is scratching at his ears or shaking his head more often, you might be looking at a case of mites. Some dogs with ear mites will scratch themselves so vigorously and frequently that they can cause cuts and scabs around their ears.
What are the symptoms of ear mites in humans?
Signs and symptoms of ear mites in humansitchiness.redness around your ear.dark-colored ear wax.ear irritation.
Can you see ear mites in dogs?
Ear mites are a fairly common parasite in both dogs and cats. The mites are microscopic and infectious organisms which are like tiny white dots in appearance, but can barely be seen with the naked eye. Detection under a microscope is normally required to confirm their presence.
How do humans get rid of ear mites?
Treatment consists of relieving the patients of their itching and pain, by killing the infesting mites. Suggested methods include washing the ear canal with warm saline, instilling mineral oil, lignocaine or 70% ethanol [1,4,6]. Scabicidal substances like crotamiton  can also be used.
Does hydrogen peroxide kill ear mites?
Mix 1-part hydrogen peroxide to 1-part water. Soak a Q-tip in the mixture, then use the Q-tip to clean your dog’s ear canal. Do this for 10 days. Again, this method could cause more problems that it is worth, and the mites could evade coming into contact with the hydrogen peroxide.
What happens if ear mites go untreated?
This causes severe itching and, if left untreated, can cause bacterial infections, swelling of the ear canal and eventually partial or total deafness. The mites can also travel all over your cat’s body, causing itching and swelling. Again, left untreated they can lead to systemic infections.
Can ear mites live on humans?
Contagion. Ear mites spread rapidly, and can be transmitted from even brief physical contact with other animals. In pets, ear mites most commonly affect cats, ferrets, and to a lesser extent dogs. Humans can rarely be infected with ear mites.
How did my dog get mites?
How do dogs get mites? Dogs can pick up mites from a number of places. They are usually passed from dog to dog, but they can come from their environment too. Your dog may catch mites if they come into contact with another dog who has them, such as in an animal shelter or grooming establishment.

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The Revenue Usage section tracks the amount of revenue you are turning over on an annual basis. Each subscription plan has its own limits on how much you can earn a year on that plan. You can view how much revenue you can earn on each plan by heading over to our Plans Page.
If you reach your Revenue Limit for your current plan, you will be kindly asked to upgrade to the next plan. Making too much money? There are definitely more unfortunate problems to have.
- 1.Login to your Freewebstore Control Panel.
- 2.Go to Account > Usage > Revenue.
- 3.Here you will see a number of graphs displaying your annual turnover.

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How To Start Your Own Small Business – Orange
Thinking about starting a small business? Have you already started and realize you may have missed a few things? This workshop is for you! We review the steps to a successful start, the registrations and regulations, and the components of sound business planning, including financial projections.
Follow-up appointments are then available with SBDC, SCORE, and/or CIC business advisors to focus on your concept development, business profile, and/or business plans, including financial projections.
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TODAY’S HOST: The CV SBDC offers free counseling services, assists with feasibility studies and business planning, sponsors seminars and training events, and provides information and other services to the small and medium-sized business community. The CV SBDC is located adjacent to the Virginia Employment Commission, in Suite 107 of the Virginia Workforce Center, 2211 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville.
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Summer is upon us, at least in the northern hemisphere (and if you’re living in the southern part of the world, you shouldn’t complain either), and we have decided to use our community newsletter for something different. Even for Agile practitioners, there is vacation time, not only for relaxing with loved ones but also for keeping up with new thoughts and ideas.
We have therefore asked our coaches to help us compile a “summer reading list” of titles that would be appropriate in an agilista’s bag while heading for the beach or a solitary retreat (or even a city escape)! This eclectic list reflects the different approaches of a complex profile like the one shared by our coaches: we have heavily technical books, communication techniques and a sizeable selection of economic and military history. You can rule by yourself if their recommendations meet your style (most links point to the book page on Goodreads, where you can check details or obtain the title through your favorite bookseller).
Communication and coaching
Andrea Tomasini, agile42 founder and strategic coach, starts with our most obvious suggestion: What We Say Matters: Practicing Nonviolent Communication by Judith Hanson Lasater & Ike Lasater is a book all coaches have decided to read and practice in our everyday activities inside and outside the company.
Paolo Perrotta explains his choice for Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner:
At times, it reads a bit like a patterns book for facilitators. Useful to stick a name onto facilitation techniques. It is a large format, has not much text density, and is easy to browse through. A bit dry at first glance, sometimes disturbingly close to a textbook or a slide deck – but it more than makes up for that by focusing on a traditionally fluffy, “soft skill”-related subject and grounding it in clearly defined, pragmatic advice. The kind of book that makes me go from: “Oh, facilitation – I can do that” to: “I didn’t realize how much I suck at this”, and hopefully from there to: “OK, now I know how to do it right”.
Gitte Klitgaard Hansen adds The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg & John David Mann: “a book about giving in all that you do… Business and private…”
A few books take a different approach to the business world and organizations.
Ralf Kruse suggested Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow by Chip Conley with these words:
a great book on motivation, relationships and satisfaction. The book puts the needs of employees, customers and investors in the context of a simplified Maslov pyramid, which is, from my perspective, a great view of the needs and helps to reflect what is important in this relationship to motivate and make the difference. Chip describes the topic mainly through stories based on his experience leading, developing, creating and managing the boutique hotel Joie de Vivre. The stories help to give the topic concrete insights, and stories from non-software help me get new insights from this different perspective. It was in my bag last summer, and this makes it my recommendation for the summer reading list.
Niels Verdonk recommends The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni. “Since they are both written in the form of a Novel, I think they make great beach or poolside reading.”
Martin von Weissenberg’s holiday book is The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea by John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge:
The authors argue quite successfully that the limited liability company is the most influential idea of modern times, and I think this book serves as a good reminder of why and how people organize themselves and find resources to carry out even large enterprises. Also, the book is quite entertaining and small enough to fit in a beach bag.
Manny Segarra also suggests Leading Change, John Kotter’s eight-step process for managing change.
Learning From the Military
Throughout history, any standing Army has always been one of the biggest and most complex organizations seen in action. It’s no surprise that Management Change looks at the military world as a source of discussion and ideas.
Ralf Kruse suggests Turn The Ship Around!: How to Create Leadership at Every Level by David Marquet stating “I think it is a great reading. The approach is quite similar to our, written from first hand experience and commanding a submarine is a different angle of view than product/software development.”
Our Kanban professional Gaetano Mazzanti instead suggests a title popular in the Lean community The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results by Stephen Bungay, another book about the parallels between military and business strategy/tactics:
It starts with Bungay’s studies of the Prussian army in the 19th century. I liked the first part a lot (explaining the “problem,” which is the gap between plans, action and results). I am a bit concerned about the solutions he is proposing, but it’s still too early to tell. Definitely worth reading I would say anyway.
And Lasse Ziegler also recommends Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines by David H. Freedman.
Agile and Technology
Let’s not forget our roots…
Bent Myllerup recently finished The people’s Scrum: Agile Ideas for Revolutionary Transformation by Tobias Mayer: “I do not agree with Tobias on everything he writes in this book, but I have a lot of respect for him and find this book important in the sense of being agile. It is a must read.”
And we should add our own, free to download, contribution: written by Andrea Tomasini and Martin Kearns, Agile Transition: What You Need to Know Before Starting is our first ebook for the agile42 community.
Written by the agile coaches of agile42, Agile Transition shares some fundamental knowledge to support many of the observations and conclusions that the authors have identified within organizations that have transitioned to a more agile approach to work. The authors share their failures and learnings in organizations transitioning to embrace agile, and they share their experiences of what is required to succeed.
In terms of solid technology tools, Stefano Rago recommends The Cucumber Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers, “much more than just an introduction to TDD with Cucumber, it left me with an open, pragmatic and fresh mindset. This book inspired a lot of the best practices and approaches that form the foundation for my team’s work.”
And to top it all up, Roberto Bettazzoni suggests a solid video presentation by Ian Cooper: “TDD, where did it all go wrong,” freely available from Vimeo. Watch it with a glass of your favorite, and enjoy your summer!
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“You have the right to work, but not to its results. Do not be attached to the fruits of work, or to not working. Work with the spirit of detachment, being equal to success or failure. […]”
At some point during our lives, the question many of us are wrought with is about the purpose of life. From choosing a specialization at school to deciding our career path and many of the small moments in between when we want to follow our heart’s desire but our mind suggests otherwise. At the root of it is the always the same question: what do we want to do in life; what is our purpose in life?
Life has a way of getting in the way and distracting us before we’ve found an answer to that question. We have deadlines to meet, assignments to complete, bills to pay, and people to take care of. You get occupied until one day it crosses your mind again when you’re staring at the uselessness of the grant proposal you’re writing and wondering how much of the money from the grant is going to go into paying exorbitant salaries to incompetent consultants instead of actually helping out the distressed population it’s meant for. That’s not why you joined this organization, that’s not the impact you thought you’d make. Oh well, that’s how the world works, c’est la vie, you crumple that thought into a tiny ball and throw it into the farthest dustbin of your consciousness.
I had a moment of truth about this a few years ago when a friend very casually said “aren’t we all living our purpose?” It was a conversation on a completely different topic so I didn’t get a chance to ask for an explanation but those words stuck with me even though I hadn’t quite understood what she meant.
Now in the past few months since I have taken up yoga not just as a physical activity but also as a mental and spiritual journey I am beginning to understand so many things about life. The funny thing is that the cliched phrases like ‘take your awareness inwards’ or ‘just let your thoughts be’ are beginning to sound less cliched and more enlightening. Every time during my practice I get a different perspective on things. Every time I forget my purpose on the mat I start struggling in my asnas. Each time I have to check my intentions and remind myself of what brought me to the mat. These little things are so relevant in our daily lives when we forget the real purpose behind our work and get sidetracked by negative emotions and petty issues. Isn’t each and every activity of ours led by a purpose? Why do we clean our house or eat meals together? Surely, we don’t do it to get ahead in life. The more I witness the importance of mindfulness and working without attachment (of getting to the deepest level of the asna) in my yoga practice, the more kind I am to myself and can empathize with others in my daily life. It’s a long, hard journey to break away from old habits and ways of thinking. It’s very emotionally intense when you’re facing your own mistakes. It’s disturbing to realize how long you’ve been on the wrong side of things and how harshly you’ve judged yourself and others in your life due to insurmountable levels of expectations. Work because you’re capable of working, give because you’ve been given so much, and love because you have so much to offer. If we just focus on that we’ll start seeing our purpose.
My husband and I moved to a new country earlier this year. We were provided with relocation services and a person dedicated to help us with everything related to the move. This person was so incredibly dedicated to her work that our whole transition from one country to another was like a breeze. Every time I would meet her I would wonder why a smart woman like her wasting herself away at a job that was so demanding and tedious at best. And that too with so much enthusiasm. I haven’t figured out the reason for that yet but I like to think that whether she knew it or not, her purpose in life at that moment was to set up a nice comfortable life for a couple in distress.
I can think of so many incidents in life where so many of my actions, both good and bad, felt almost meaningless to me but had a huge impact on someone else’s life. So whether I know it or not, I am fulfilling my purpose in life. My only duty is to be conscious of my actions and be kind in my intentions. We usually have little idea about the consequences of out actions no matter how good our intentions are. But as long as we’re mindful, and keep ourselves focused on our work and not the results, we’ll be at peace.
“[…] Such evenness of mind is called yoga.”

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French oil and gas giant TOTAL continues to attract attention in how its core business model is changing the industry: providing a blueprint how to transition an oil company to an energy company and at the same time guaranting financial success to its shareholders. The repercussions will be certainly felt in Africa, where TOTAL’s future growth is expected. Now the company produces approximately 1/3 of its oil and gas production (approx 900 000Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day (BOEPD)) on the continent and by 2030 is expected to grow by one-third.
Important is to note how TOTAL will grow. Patrick Pouyanné, TOTAL’s chairman and chief executive, now says that by 2030 the company “will grow by one-third, roughly from 3Million BOEPD) to 4Million BOEPD, half from LNG, half from electricity, mainly from renewables.” This, according to IEEFA (Institute Energy Economics & Financial Analysis), is the first time that any major energy company has translated its renewable energy portolio into barrels of oil equivalent. So, at the same time that the company has slashed “proved” oil and gas from its books, it has added renewable power as a new form of reserves.
In the summer of 2020 Total announced a $7Billion impairment charge for two Canadian oil sands projects. This might have seemed like an innocuous move, merely an acknowledgement that the projects hadn’t worked out as planned.
Yet it opened a Pandora’s box that could change the way the industry thinks about its core business model—and point the way towards a new path to financial success in the energy sector. While it wrote off some weak assets, it did something else: TOTAL began to sketch a blueprint for how to transition an oil company into an energy company.
Each of the oil and gas majors spilled red ink last year, and most took significant write-downs. But TOTAL’s tar sands impairments were different. The company wrote off “proved reserves,” or oil and gas that the company had previously deemed all-but-certain to be produced. Proved reserves long stood as the Holy-of-Holies for the oil industry’s finances—the key indicator of whether a company was prepared for the future. For decades, investors equated proved reserves with wealth and a harbinger of long-term profits.
Because reserves were so important, the Reserve Replacement Ratio, or RRR—the share of a company’s production that it replaced each year with new reserves—became a bellwether for oil company performance. The RRR metric was adopted by both the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. An annual RRR of 100% became the norm. But TOTAL’s write-off showed that even “proved” reserves are no sure thing, and that adding reserves doesn’t necessarily mean adding value. The implications are devastating, upending the oil industry’s entire reserve classification system, as well as decades of financial analysis.
How did TOTAL reach the conclusion that “proved” reserves had no economic value? Simply put, reserves are only reserves if they’re profitable. The prices paid by customers must exceed the cost of production. Given current forecasts that prices would remain lower for longer, TOTAL’s financial team decided those resources could never be developed at a profit.
TOTAL’s strategy is based on the Sustainable Development Scenario(SDS) for medium/long term, developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Taking the “Well Below 2 Degrees Centigrade” SDS scenario on board, TOTAL has in essence taken on a new energy classification system. By embracing this strategy TOTAL is the only major to have seen the direct benefit of using the Paris Climate Agreement to expand its renewable energy base.
On the renewables front, TOTAL has confirmed that it will have a 35 gigawatt (GW) capacity by 2025, and hopes to add 10GW per year after 2025. That could mean an additional 250GW by 2050.
A key to TOTAL’s success is its willingness to devote capital to projects at an early stage. Its renewable investments include:
- 50% portfolio of installed solar activities from Adani Green Energy Ltd., India;
- 51% Seagreen Offshore Wind project in the United Kingdom;
- Major positions in floating wind farm projects in South Korea and France.
Expect that TOTAL will also expand its renewable portfolio in Africa in the coming months.
Renewables in Africa
This could prove to be a double-edged sword for TOTAL and Africa: stimulating new renewable energy and oil and gas projects- if they have a high return on investment. TOTAL’s lead in taking on board renewables as part of its reserve count, will surely set a precedent for other renewable projects in Africa, helping the continent move forward with the Energy Transition. Projects not meeting this investment grade will not be treated so kindly.
Yet the increased speed of the Energy Transition is not necessarily good news for Africa. The greening of Europe, for example, could in the short and medium term have a boomerang affect in Africa. The major oil companies including Shell, TOTAL, BP and Equinor could in fact reduce oil and gas activities in Africa.
Are Africa’s oil and gas assets competitive and worthy of development if compared to other global projects? Why? Simply because the oil and gas majors are choosing low carbon prospects and natural gas projects on a massive scale, leaving many potential prospects in doubt. A prime example is TOTAL’s mega-large LNG project in Mozambique is expected to cost at least $20 Billion and produce up to 13Million tonnes of LNG per annum.
Energy scenarios released by both BP and TOTAL are predicting a sharp decrease of oil production, adding to the view that exploration budgets of the majors will not be a priority item. Instead as TOTAL has explained, low cost, high value projects are the goal: Squeezing more value out of its various African assets, especially in Nigeria and Angola to ensure a prolonged life cycle.
The Norwegian energy research company Rystad, reminded the investment community, in September 2020, that the oil and gas majors are actively pruning their oil and gas assets, stating: “The world’s largest oil and gas firms could sell or swap oil and gas assets of more than $100Billion in order to adjust and transform to cleaner sources of energy”.
The Rystad Energy Study covers a wide geographical spread and includes ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, TOTAL, ENI, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Equinor. The eight companies may need to divest combined resources of up to 68BillionBOE, with an estimated value of $111Billion and spending commitments in 2021 totalling $20Billion.
The key criteria for determining whether a major oil company would benefit from staying in a country are the company’s cash flow over the next five years, the potential growth in its current portfolio, and its presence in key E&P growth countries towards 2030. Based on this, Rystad claims that majors may seek to exit about 203 varied country positions and, as a result, reduce their number of country positions from 293 to 90.
How will renewables and oil and gas prospects in Africa be judged? Do the various state oil companies have the management skills to properly assess their energy transition scenarios? Do they have highly qualified, independent consulting companies providing them with advice ?
Many of Africa’s new fledging state oil companies, have been proxies to the international oil majors. In the process, they haven’t developed technical knowledge, capability and expertise to manage and implement oil and gas projects. Being hostage to the whims of the oil majors is no formula to ensure that a country’s oil and gas assets are to be developed. Certainly not, when the window of opportunity to develop oil and gas assets could be closing within the next 20-25 years.
There is the stern warning and key conclusions coming from a recent report authored by David Manley and Patrick R.D. Heller for the Natural Resource Governance Institute:
- “If national oil companies follow their current course, they will invest more than $400Billion in costly oil and gas projects that will only break even if humanity exceeds its emissions targets and allows the global temperature to rise more than 2 o “
- “Either the world does what’s necessary to limit global warming, or national oil companies can profit from these investments. Both are not possible.
- Investments by State oil companies could pay off, or they could pave the way for economic crises across the emerging and developing world, and necessitate future bailouts that cost the public. Some oil-dependent governments in Africa, Latin America and Eurasia are making particularly risky bets with public money.
- Many national oil companies have incentives to continue spending big on new oil and gas projects. As a result, company officials might not, on their own, change course to account for the energy transition away from fossil fuels toward green energy, nor make investment decisions that serve the interests of citizens.
- Governments—through finance and planning ministries, presidential offices and public accountability bodies—must act to promote a more sustainable economic path.
- Governments should understand the extent of national oil companies’ exposure to decline in oil and gas prices;
- Revisit rules on cash flows into and out of state-owned companies.
- Require or incentivize lower-risk investment decisions .
- Benchmark and measure national oil company performance, improve corporate governance, and report consistently to citizens.”
Some key conclusions
- Recently IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) and AfDB (African Development Bank) have jointly announced support of low carbon projects to enhance the energy transition. IRENA in its Global Renewable Outlook states the sub-Sahara Africa could generate as much as 67% of its power from indigenous and clean renewable sources by 2030. In the energy transition this would increase welfare and stimulate the creation of up to 2Million green jobs by 2050.
- Certainly public-private partnerships should be part of this mix. Governments to ensure a broad basis of support and energy companies who have the know-how and project management skills. A key bonus for oil/energy companies is knowing that renewables can be added to the reserve count.
- “TOTAL hasn’t abandoned oil and gas, and its hydrocarbon investments may prove problematic over the long term. But its renewable investments will add ballast to the company’s balance sheets, keeping it afloat as it carefully chooses investments, including oil and gas projects, with a high economic return.
- Meanwhile, its competitors that stick to the old oil industry business model will have no choice but to continue to develop hydrocarbons—even if their “proved” reserves ultimately prove to be financial duds.”
Note: Portions of this article have originally been published on the site of IEEFA (Institute Energy Economics & Financial Analysis)https://ieefa.org/ieefa-is-oil-giant-total-an-emerging-leader-of-the-energy-transition-shows-how-to-pivot-from-an-oil-company-to-an-energy-company/
Gerard Kreeft, BA (Calvin University, Grand Rapids, USA) and MA (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), Energy Transition Adviser, was founder and owner of EnergyWise. He has managed and implemented energy conferences, seminars and university master classes in Alaska, Angola, Brazil, Canada, India, Libya, Kazakhstan, Russia and throughout Europe. Kreeft has Dutch and Canadian citizenship and resides in the Netherlands. He writes on a regular basis for Africa Oil + Gas Report

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SeaWorld San Diego is home to the world's very first SeaWorld, founded in 1964 as a marine zoological park along Mission Bay. Today, the park is as much a theme park as it is a marine park, with fantastic shows, animal exhibits, aquariums and, yes, a few hang-onto-your hat thrill rides. Plus, the Sesame Street Bay of Play keeps the tadpoles hoppin’. There is plenty to see and do in a day at SeaWorld, and we definitely recommend you plan in advance so that you don't miss out on anything. (Get started with our SeaWorld San Diego Touring Plan). Here are our favorite SeaWorld San Diego shows and attractions.
9 Best SeaWorld San Diego Shows and Attractions
1. Sea Lions LIVE
Those crazy, clever sea lions, Clyde and Seamore, are up to their usual hijinks as they perform live-action TV and music spooks in this 20-minute show. For even more laughs, catch Clyde and Seamore in Sea Lions Tonite — the nightly spoof of Sea World attractions and shows.
2. Pets Rule!
It may seem surprising that one of the best SeaWorld San Diego shows and attractions has no sea animals in it! But you’ll have a lot of fun seeing a spunky lot of mostly rescued dogs, cats, birds and even potbellied pigs show off their best training moves in this high-energy show demonstrating fun — and humane — animal training techniques.
3. Sky Tower
One of the oldest rides in the park, Sky Tower offers spectacular 360-degree views of SeaWorld, Mission Bay and surrounding San Diego from 320 feet in the air. There is a $5 entrance fee to ride. The best times to view are on a clear day and after the cloud cover has lifted over San Diego.
4. Shark Encounter
You’ll start out this exhibit by looking at the sharks from above, but then you’ll enter a glass tunnel that sends you through the middle of the prehistoric creatures’ water (keeping you dry, but surrounding you with sharks). Enjoy every heart-pounding minute of watching white shark bellies gliding over your head and being able to get up close and personal with hundreds of pointy teeth that are safely on the other side of the glass.
5. Journey to Atlantis
While it shares the same name as the SeaWorld Orlando water flume ride, the San Diego version is more coaster than water ride, although you will get wet! If you ride early in the day when it's cooler, you may need your poncho. The tadpoles love standing in the splash zone and watching the boats come down on a hot day.
Like Journey to Atlantis, Manta also shares its name with a coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. Again, the two are very different. SeaWorld Orlando's Manta is the smoothest coaster I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing, but its thrills scare off plenty of would-be riders. The San Diego version is a fun family coaster (for those 48 inches and up) and a must-do, but it's nowhere near the scare level of its Orlando counterpart. For those taller (54 inches) family members who really crave thrills, also add Electric Eel to your must-ride list. It’s the tallest and fastest roller coaster at SeaWorld. Did we forget to mention the twists and rolls, and that you’ll be moving forwards AND backwards? It’s shocking!
7. Wild Arctic
This combination motion simulator and animal exhibit explore the icy landscape of the Arctic Circle. Guests, especially those who experience motion sickness, have the option of skipping the ride and heading straight for the beluga whales and walruses, but we think the perilous jet helicopter ride perfectly sets the stage for the awesome animal encounters. Once you enter the exhibit, you can come face to race with walruses, beluga whales and harbor seals. There’s a frozen ice wall and kids love crawling through a frozen den. Be sure to hop next door to see the penguins while you are in the area.
8. Dolphin Days
Watch bottlenose dolphins leap high out of the water and interact with their trainers. If you are a dolphin lover — and who doesn’t love dolphins? — then be sure to spend some time at Dolphin Point after the show where you can touch, watch and maybe even play catch with a dolphin. They like to watch you almost as much as you like watching them!
9. Orca Encounter
The majesty of the orca whale and their amazing size and strength are the focal points of this show. Learn about how orcas hunt, communicate and play. You can witness their behaviors and find out what people can learn from these orcas to help whales survive in the wild.
Bonus: Explorer's Reef
As soon as you enter the park, you can immediately immerse your hands in the water and your mind in the world of various sea animals at Explorer’s Reef. While this experience isn't a show or a ride, it’s still exciting to start your visit by touching a reef shark and getting educated about the animals from the people who work with them. At Explorer's Reef, guests can go under the wave sculpture and get up close to a number of underwater sea creatures. If your little ones are anything like Tad and Lily, putting their hands in the water and touching the stingrays and other animals will be the highlight of their trip!
We hope our look at our favorite SeaWorld San Diego shows and attractions has you ready for your visit! If you're looking for more help in planning your San Diego vacation, look no further than our San Diego Planning Guide.

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text: The electrochemical behavior of metoprolol (MTP) was studied via experimental and computational approaches. Theoretical calculations were performed at the B3LYP/6-31+ G(d)//AM1 level whereas experimental studies were carried out on a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) and glassy carbon electrode (GCE). According to the computational results, both HOMO and LUMO of MTP were located at the phenyl ring. Hence, oxidation and reduction are expected to take place at the phenyl ring. Experimental studies on HMDE were based on reversible reduction at approximately -1.4 V and studies on GCE were based on irreversible oxidation at approximately 0.9 V versus Ag/AgCl (3 mol L-1 KCl) in Britton-Robinson buffer. Voltammetric methods with and without adsorptive stripping modes were developed. Proposed methods were successfully applied to tablet solutions and spiked human serum samples. Results are satisfactory with recovery values between 94.5% and 102.5% and a relative standard deviation lower than 6%.

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Many years ago on a Caribbean cruise we stopped in Roatan, Honduras. Our ship docked at a commercial pier only a short walk into the small town of Loma Linda. We went shopping in the local market, bought some ground coffee and a tee shirt, visited a local leather shop where they did everything by hand. On the way back to the ship children skipped along with us and locals set up craft stalls in their front yards.
A few years latter we again stopped in Roatan on a cruise but things were much different. We docked at the new cruise ship pier in Mahogany Bay. Across a bridge from the dock is a well-equipped resort beach area and just a short walk down the pier is the shopping village featuring all the usual stores, Diamonds International, Del Sol etcetera. The area was clean, modern, attractive but except for the sales staff the only other people there came off the ships. It was hard to tell if we were in Honduras or Sint Maarten.
Theme parks treat you to wild animals, high-speed excitement and tastes of foreign lands and we appreciate that it is all part of a carefully orchestrated consumer experience. This experience is designed to be attractive, stimulating, clean, safe and above all else fun. It’s what makes people want to come back. As millions of people travel by ship or plane to Caribbean ports and resorts do they give much thought that they are taking part in a similar process?
Making tourists happy is big business and it has everyone playing to get a share of that dollar. Island governments go to great lengths to keep visitors safe and happy, telling their friends and coming back. Island resorts function very much like theme parks where the attractions are sea, beach, food and fun. The cruise industry offers ships that meet these same objectives but they are also faced with the need to make port calls. Over the past twenty years the cruise lines have done a lot to shape the on-shore experience of their customers on these Caribbean islands.
The first and obvious addition is the cruise lines creation of private islands. These are isolated locations where the cruise ships offer beaches, water sports and cookouts in a perfectly controlled environment. In the Caribbean these include Disney Cruise Lines – Castaway Cay, Bahamas, Holland America Lines – Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, Norwegian Cruise Line – Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, Princess Cruises – Princess Cays, Bahamas and Royal Caribbean’s CocoCay, Bahamas and Labadee, Haiti.
Next are the new cruise ports, usually developed with the help of private companies, local governments and the cruise industry. In the most inclusive form they include Sint Maarten, Cozumel and Costa Maya in Mexico, Roatan in Honduras, Sub Base St. Thomas and the port onGrand Bahama Island. In 2005 a private company with financial support from the government developed Port Zante to accommodate the big cruise ships visiting St. Kitts. Similar facilities where developed in St. Lucia, Curacao and St. Vincent with development planned for Belize and several other ports in the future.
Many passengers on cruise ships usually see the islands on arranged destination-focused tours. Unfortunately they completely miss the real Caribbean and spend their time shopping in the same stores on different islands that include
Diamonds International, Del Sol, Columbian Emeralds, Cariloha, Little Switzerland and others.
All-Inclusive resorts aren’t really much different from the cruise ships at giving us a feel for an island and its people. Their intent is to provide virtually everything the guest could expect or want in a relatively isolated location. They even arrange tours in much the same way as the cruises. There are also destinations where the entire island has been mostly overwhelmed by Western style and culture. Grand Cayman, Sint Maarten and Aruba can be characterized that way.
If the focus of your trip planning is turquoise water, sun and sand, water sports, entertainment and good food and you don’t really have an interest in island culture and history that’s fine. After all those are the things that have made the Caribbean the destination it is. But if you would like to spend some time exploring Caribbean life, that option is available.
Fortunately a number of the larger Caribbean destinations have cruise facilities near to larger towns that can offer some insight into the real character and lifestyle of the island. In Curacao the ships dock very near to Willemsted and in St. Thomas many ships dock at Havensight with a nice walk or short jitney ride into Charlotte Amalie. In Antigua ships dock on the waterfront of the capital, St. John. The area near the dock has been developed to offer shopping and restaurants but most of the city is a working West Indian environment. All opportunities to look around, try a local restaurant and talk to people.
NOTE: While most areas in the Caribbean are safe, just like in Europe or America there are places that should be avoided. While we have almost always felt safe we would be cautious in areas of Trinidad, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. In the case of Jamaica every effort is taken to provide a safe environment at the major resort areas as well as major tour destinations.

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Aspiring artists, young and not so young, can participate in the first San Carlos City-wide Art Project. Sign up for this event and you will be delivered a packet with a number of art projects for the family. Send in your pictures and we’ll post them on the Week of the Family web site. Projects include:
- Sidewalk Art Theme: “We love San Carlos”. Your packet contains sidewalk chalk. Create art on your sidewalk to uplift people in your neighborhood.
- Coloring Theme: “Our Family”. Your packet contains crayons. Get some paper and create a family art project.
- Rock Painting Theme: “Only One You”. Your kit contains a rock. Celebrate the uniqueness of you by painting a rock showing your cultural and /or family traditions, or simply traits that are unique to you! Or paint a rock to share words of hope, love, and wisdom in your native language. We’ll include your rock in our proposed rock garden in Burton Park. Click the following link Only One You for inspiration.
- Card Making Theme: “Valentine’s Day”. Your kit contains two holiday cards. Create a Valentine’s Day card with your family. Drop the cards off at Arbor Bay School, or Tierra Linda Middle School. We’ll distribute these to local seniors.
- Other options: Create your own art project and share it.
COVID SAFETY: This event does not require any interaction with people outside your immediate family.
To get a packet:
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SPRINGFIELD — “One-Eyed Jackie” was one sick cat.
Wheezing and dehydrated, with lungworm, dental disease and feline AIDS, the abandoned house pet was half-dead when a volunteer for Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society spotted her last fall.
Several months and surgeries later, the cat – minus an eye removed due to infection – is alive and prowling her new apartment in Westfield.
“She basically runs the house,” said Diane Lemanis, who adopted the cat in January from Dakin. On the subject of her new housemate, Lemanis insists that she, not the cat, is the lucky one.
“Getting her was one of the best things I’ve ever done,” she said.
One-Eyed Jackie is just one of thousands of animals helped by Dakin since arriving in Hampden County in 2009, filling a void left by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal’s hospital and adoption center.
Operating on donations and grants, the animal charity has been providing adoption, foster care, sterilizations and other service for dogs, cats, rabbits, geese, and exotic birds among other animals since opening as the Greenfield Area Animal Shelter in 1968.
After merging with Everett-based Dakin Animal Shelter and the Pioneer Valley Humane Society in 2006, the agency arrived in Greater Springfield with an agenda that went beyond caring for sick, stray or injured animals.
With innovative tactics and a flair for marketing, the organization has attacked the causes of animal abandonment and homelessness, with a particular emphasis on spaying and neutering.
Since 2009, the spay/neuter clinic in Springfield has been busy sterilizing about 12,000 animals each year. In September, an eight-month old pit bull mix named Maverick from Southwick had the distinction of becoming the 30,000th spay/neuter customer.
But cats, not dogs, are the real challenge for Dakin and other humane organizations.
The reason is biology: an unspayed female can give birth to two or three litters a year, for about 10 years – or more than 100 kittens.
At Dakin, 67 percent of incoming animals were cats last year, down from 72 percent over the previous two years.
As animal advocates know, too many kittens is a formula for suffering and death – on the streets for feral cats, or in shelters where cats that can’t be adopted often get euthanized.
Using a $199,400 grant from Petsmart Charities, Dakin identified 12 kitten-producing zip codes in Pioneer Valley communities and targeted them for a birth-reduction blitz last summer.
Low-income pet owners in Greenfield, Orange, Turners Falls, Belchertown, South Hadley, Ware, Holyoke, Chicopee and three Springfield neighborhoods were urged to round up their cats and bring them in for free neuter/spaying surgery - a service that usually costs $50 per cat.
The zip code initiative not only paid off in the designated areas, but it helped accomplish an overall drop of 36 percent of kittens coming into Dakin from across the Pioneer Valley.
“We’ve reached the tipping point,” said Leslie A. Harris, Dakin’s executive director.
Behind the large statistical drop were dozens of small dramas, including one involving a low-income Greenfield family that took in four stray kittens, naming them Ginger, Jumper, Reeses and Sophie Ann.
"The family soon discovered the new arrivals were all sisters - and, assuming nature ran its course, there could be 30 more mouths to feed within a year.
The family couldn’t afford to pay (the spaying costs of $50 each), but they didn’t want to give up the kittens either,” Harris explained.
Thanks to the Petsmart funding, the kittens were spayed and vaccinated without costing their owners a penny.
“It worked out well for everyone,” Harris added.
The agency has also expanded foster care placements for lost or abandoned animals. Last year, a network of Dakin volunteers took in more than 1,200 cats, dogs and other animals until permanent homes could be found.
To help low-income families, pet food is also delivered to area survival centers and Meals on Wheels programs to keep animals with their families.
The combined approach has paid off for pets, their owners and the agencies that care for them, said Pamela L. Peebles, executive director at the Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control and Adoption Center.
“Dakin has been a really good neighbor; we work with them individual situations and on larger issues,” she said.
“Dakin has been a godsend for us,” said Debra L. LaBruzzo, coordinator for the Homeless Cat Project in Springfield.
With a budget of $3 million and 16 employees, the agency receives no government funding and relies on public support to survive.
Which explains, in part, its frisky marketing style.
Last November, Dakin held a Black Friday cat adoption sale, with vaccinations, neutering, health screening, a microchip, jewel-tone collar, ID tag and a starter bag of food for $5 – or $90 off the standard rate.
By noon, the line was across the parking lot and down the street. By the end of the day, 136 adult cats and 14 kittens went home with new families on Friday night.
In Springfield, Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society goes beyond caring for sick, injured animals
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — She was quite literally almost not confirmed, and for her entire tenure as this nation’s Secretary of Education, wealthy Republican donor Betsy Devos was the object of constant scorn and derision. This week, she announced she was leaving the Trump administration a couple weeks early, citing how disappointed she was with the president inciting a riot that resulted in an angry mob storming the capitol building.
Many have speculated that Devos, like many Trump cabinet officials in recent days who have also resigned early, is leaving her post so she doesn’t have to go on record supporting the removal of trump via the 25th Amendment. Regardless of whether that pans out, Devos told reporters as she was spotted carrying a box of her personal items out of the Education Department yesterday, that feels she accomplished a lot in her tenure. Devos suggested she improved the Department of Education quite a bit in her four years in service.
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“It was just too much. What the president did to stoke that crowd was too much,” Devos said, “Babies in cages in concentration camps I could understand, if not really enjoy being a part of. Intimating that there were good people chanting about Jews in Charlottesville? Totally fine. But this mob thing? Too far, Don. Too far.”
As disappointed as she is to leave the Department of Education, DeVos said she does think she and her team “roads to the task” and “did their jobs admiral-y.”
“For intensive purposes, I think I’m leaving the DOE in a much more gooder place than I when I found it,” Devos patted herself on the back. “There was quite a steep learning curve when I came into government, because honestly I wasn’t even sure what schools are for what they do. Now, I couldn’t be prouder of the fact that I bought my way into a high-level cabinet position, and the work I pretended to do while here.”
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Washington, DC—Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) failed to give a broad recommendation for vaccination against meningitis B (MenB), and instead stated that only through individual patient decisions, and not as part of the routine vaccine schedule, should teens and young adults receive the MenB vaccine. The ACIP met yesterday at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The National Consumers League (NCL) is disappointed in this decision which has the potential to put at risk millions of teens and young adults for contracting the debilitating MenB disease. “We see no reason to expose anyone to this terrible illness when protection and prevention is available,” said Kamay Lafalaise, health policy associate for NCL, at the hearing at the CDC. “NCL believes the MenB vaccine should be part of the routine vaccination schedule to ensure parents and young people have access to the vaccine before another outbreak occurs.”
NCL is concerned that if the vaccine is not part of the routine schedule, few young people will get vaccinated against this rare but devastating illness. “We hope that no more families have to endure the pain and loss that MenB can cause,” said Sally Greenberg, Executive Director of NCL. “We are pleased that ACIP broadened the recommendation to all youth populations, not just those ‘at risk’ but we don’t think this is enough.”
According to the CDC there are approximately 160 reported cases annually of MenB; 10 to 15 percent of patients die and up to 19 percent of survivors have long term disabilities, including brain damage and limb amputations.
NCL asked the ACIP committee to add the vaccine to the routine schedule so that all college age students have this critical protection.
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about to start treatment with Rituximab. All patients who test
positive for HBsAg, be it active or inactive, or test positive for
HBV core antibody -- indicating past, even resolved, HBV -- can
have a serious/fatal HBV reactivation. As a co-owner of the HBV
Information and Support Listserve, I frequently encourage this
testing and prophylactic anti-viral treatment.
Before starting R-CHOP chemotherapy in 2004,for B-Cell lymphoma --
my 3rd serious cancer --, I had to convince my doubting
hematologist that Rituximab could ignite HBV reactivation,(which is
frequently fatal.) After confirmation by a Dr. at UCLA Med. Center,
I began taking Lamivudine. I stopped LAM one month after sixth and
final R-CHOP cycle. Coincidentally, a month later, a blood test for
my high cholesterol indicated a significant rise in ALT. The next
week, values had tripled; then quadrupled. And I felt terrible.
Hepsera was started as rescue therapy, restoring all relevant
values to normal within two months. It was a close call, but now I
have LGL leukemia, too, but, miraculously, am now negative for
HBsAg. IMO, not testing for past or present HBV before starting
Rituximab is a form of malpractice. The studies are there, linking
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More than 14 million people, including 4.5 million children, are living below the breadline, with more than half trapped in poverty for years, according to a new measure aimed at providing the most sophisticated analysis yet of material disadvantage in the UK.
The measure seeks to forge a fresh political consensus between left and right over how to define and track poverty, with the aim of encouraging better-targeted poverty interventions, and making it easier to hold politicians to account.
It finds poverty is especially prevalent in families with at least one disabled person, single-parent families, and households where no one works or that are dependent for income on irregular or zero-hours jobs.
It was developed by the Social Metrics Commission (SMC), an independent body bringing together poverty specialists from across the political spectrum to devise a successor to the child poverty targets abolished as an official measure in 2015.
The SMC’s most significant innovation is to build core living costs such as rent and childcare into its poverty measure. This recognises that even a relatively comfortable income is no guarantee that people can meet basic material needs if it is eaten up by unavoidable weekly outgoings.
It also looks at the depth and severity of disadvantage, concluding that 12% of the total UK population is in “persistent” poverty, meaning that they have spent all or most of the last four years below the breadline. Workless families, and families that contain a disabled person, are most likely to be stuck in poverty.
There are significantly fewer over-65s in hardship compared with previous official poverty measures (11% against 16%), reflecting not just the protection of pension values in recent years, but pensioners’ lower living costs and higher levels of cash savings.
SMC’s analysis of official data finds those in hardship are more likely to have poor health and lack qualifications than those above the poverty line. But family relationships are equally strong either side of the poverty line, and the poor are significantly less likely than their wealthier counterparts to drink to excess or take illegal drugs.
Overall, the total numbers of people in poverty are marginally higher than previous figures – for example, it finds 4.5 million, or about 33%, of children are in poverty as opposed to 4.1 million (30%). But the SMC says numbers are less important than understanding the nature of poverty, and taking action to improve the lives of the poor.
“We want to put poverty at the heart of government policymaking and ensure that the decisions that are made are genuinely made with the long term interests of those in poverty in mind,” the commission’s chair, Philippa Stroud, said.
The findings are likely to result in fresh scrutiny of the impact of austerity and labour market changes over the past few years, particularly the billions of pounds of cuts and freezes to welfare and disability benefits, and the rise of insecure zero-hours work.
The commission hopes the measure will also focus politicians’ attention on tackling rising living costs – such as rent, childcare, and the extra costs of disability – rather than to solely focusing on raising incomes.
The SMC sets the poverty line at 55% of the three-year median of total household resources, as opposed to the previous threshold of 60% of median income. It says poverty is a relative concept best understood as “the extent to which people have the resources to engage adequately in a life regarded as the ‘norm’ in society”.
There was initial scepticism when the SMC was set up over two years ago – not least because Lady Stroud, formerly an adviser to the former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, was regarded as a partisan figure because of her political links. She is chief executive of the Legatum Institute, a rightwing thinktank.
Other members include senior Conservative figure Stephan Shakespeare, who is the founder of polling firm YouGov, and another former Duncan Smith adviser, Stephen Brien, who helped designed universal credit. Alex Burghart, a former adviser to the prime minister, Theresa May, left the commission after being elected as a Tory MP in 2017.
However, the commission includes respected poverty experts from academia, and from organisations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Royal Statistical Society. The former Liberal Democrat MP David Laws is also a member.
There has been broad acceptance of the SMC’s findings among poverty campaigners, who have been reassured by its rigour and independence. Both the JRF and IFS intend to use the new measure in their regular poverty analyses. The SMC is hopeful the government will adopt it as a formal measure.
The UK as a whole has been left without an official measure of poverty since the Conservative government’s controversial scrapping of Labour’s child poverty targets – although the previous measure was retained in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Child Poverty Action Group chief executive Alison Garnham welcomed the new measure but said measurement alone would not improve life for struggling families. “What we now need is for government to move on from its denial of the problem, set targets for reducing and eradicating child poverty, and implement policies to support low-income families,” she said.
Sam Royston, director of policy and research at The Children’s Society, said: “While we would welcome these changes to how poverty is measured being included in official statistics, concrete action is needed to tackle the shameful scale of poverty among our children, with all the damage it can do to their wellbeing, education and life chances.”
The IFS has predicted the number of children living in poverty will soar to a record 5.2 million over the next five years as government welfare cuts bite, more than reversing all the progress made over the past 20 years.
A government spokesperson said: “Measuring poverty is complex, and this report offers further insight into that complexity and the additional measures that can be taken into consideration.”
The spokesperson cited reforms they said were helping people “to progress into work and then progress in work”, as well as £90bn a year spent on working age benefits and £54bn a year on supporting disabled people and those with health conditions.
They added: “Since 2010, this government has seen over 1,000 more people moving into work each and every day, the number of children living in workless households has fallen by over a third, whilst at the same time one million people have been lifted out of absolute poverty, including 300,000 children. We know there is always more to do … we will consider closely the report’s findings in full.”

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SPOILERS TO Earth One.
So as the Ultimate Batman story, EO did very well in introducing new versions of Bruce, Alfred and Gordon that would be easy to digest for the Nolan's audience, and if you've read the book you know that Riddler is the villain of volume 2, and that's awesome, but it makes me wonder when will Johns introduce the Joker, Batman's most well known enemy and a sure crowd pleaser, and Ra's Al Ghul, pretty much his Moriarty in the Nolan fans' eyes (those who don't also read comics). Not to mention the Earth One Talia, Harley, Catwoman and Two Face and Dr Strange (who I was kind of dissapointed not to see in Vol 2 as his first recurring villain).
It's kind of exciting to see How Johns will reimagine them now that he has nothing but his imagination to stop him, is almost Batman Begins all over again!
But I still wish Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (with covers by Lee Bermejo) were doing this


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Create beautiful brooches using millinery materials. Make the perfect festive gift, a piece of jewellery that will be both interesting to look at and flattering to wear. You will make one piece of work and gain an understanding of the techniques which you can then replicate at home.
With creative milliner Bridget Bailey
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I presume that on this item, Mr. Chairman, we may discuss matters of fundamental importance affecting the Department of Labour, with particular reference to the activities of the minister. With other hon. members I realize the vast amount of
hard work which the Minister of Labour has done since taking charge of the department, but we are now in the fourth and possibly the last session of this parliament, and after prorogation we may face dissolution. In the minds of a great many people, particularly those who have been looking to the Minister of Labour to do something to relieve unemployment, it may be disillusion rather than dissolution.
Hon. NORMAN McL. ROGERS (Minister of Labour): If my hon. friend will permit me, there is an item in the special supplementaries dealing with unemployment and grants in aid to the provinces, and I hope he will not mind my suggesting to him that that would be a more appropriate time to discuss unemployment than on the departmental estimates.


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Orlando, FL – Research from Aaron Allen & Associates restaurant consultants suggests Domino's and Little Caesar's are leading sales in the Only Delivery and Takeaway and Pizza Hut shares the top sales spot with Applebees in the full-service category.
Canada – Over the past year, the federal government has been putting in place healthy-eating policies, in a bid to curb sugar, saturated fat and other problematic nutrients. It's now turning its attention to salt, including salt on restaurant menus. The Globe and Mail reports. | READ MORE
Toronto – Pizza Pizza has committed to raising $2 million for the SickKids Foundation's new SickKids VS Limits campaign.
Vancouver – Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria will sell its signature Campania tomato sauce this holiday season to provide food for youth in need through a charity called Mealshare.
Nov. 13, 2017, Toronto – Reservations for parties of one have grown nationally by 85 per cent since 2015, says an analysis by online restaurant reservations service OpenTable.
Vaughan, Ont. – Cara Operations, which franchises and operates restaurant chains Swiss Chalet, Harvey's, St-Hubert, Milestones, East Side Mario's and others, will focus on renovation, menu changes, the guest experience and e-commerce after seeing modest same-restaurant sales.The company reports total system sales grew over 2016 by $184.6 million or 36.9 per cent in its third quarter and by $604.0 million or 43.1 per cent year to date. Same-restaurant sales was positive 0.9 per cent and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization as a percentage of total system sales was within its long-term target range of seven to eight per cent at seven per cent for the quarter, said Bill Gregson, Cara's Chief Executive Officer, in a news release.
Toronto – The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario will host educational and tasting events, open to all, around the theme of pizza from Nov. 14-17 in Toronto.
Toronto – A report card by Restaurants Canada rates each province on its liquor policies for bars and restaurants, and calls on the federal government to take action in on excise tax and interprovincial trade.
Corner Brook, N.L. – It looks like a controversy at a Newfoundland pizzeria regarding a 20-year-old mural will have a happy ending, thanks to a St. John's company that has agreed to install a replica of the painting free of charge. CBC News reports. | READ MORE
Washington, DC – Chains like Blaze Pizza, MOD Pizza, and Pizza Studio are gaining a foothold in the U.S. by offering almost entirely customizable personal pizzas at fast-casual speeds and prices. A chain called &pizza has funding to expand into Boston and New York. Business Insider reports. | READ MORE
Calabogie, Ont. – A restaurant in Calabogie, Ont., has had its liquor licence suspended as Ontario Provincial Police investigate a car crash that killed two teens and seriously injured two others last week. CBC News reports. | READ MORE
Toronto – Restaurants Canada told a committee on Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, that the proposed legislation could put more than 17,000 food-service jobs at risk.
Laval, Que. – Salamina is celebrating 40 years in business in the Canadian restaurant industry. The Laval, Que.-based company, which supplies meat toppings, is focused on steady growth and the manufacture of quality products.
Clarenville, N.L. – Donnini's Pizza in Clarenville, N.L., staged a campaign urging the public to paint one fingernail blue to represent the average of one-in-five St. John's girls who will be physically or sexually abused before their 18th birthday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE
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SAIT teaching the business side of running busy kitchenCalgary – Southern Alberta's Institute of Technology's newest culinary campus…
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Neapolitan pizza-making course
November 29, 2017
Canadian Food & Drink Summit 2017
December 5-6, 2017
Montreal Franchise Show
January 13-14, 2018
Calgary Franchise Show
February 10-11, 2018
Toronto Franchise Show
February 24-25, 2018
Restaurants Canada Show
February 25-27, 2018


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'Trump girls' are everywhere, including this daughter of an undocumented immigrant on Texas border
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday shows Hillary Clinton leading with both Latino and female voters compared to her competitor, Donald Trump.
But polls aren't everything to one McAllen college student who says she plans to vote for the man who wants to put up a wall near her hometown and once insinuated Mexican immigrants were "rapists." That woman is Miriam Cepeda, a 24-year-old woman and self-proclaimed "Trump girl" who spoke with CNN about her support for the presumptive Republican nominee for president.
The daughter of an undocumented immigrant, Cepeda volunteers for the real estate mogul's campaign in Hidalgo County, an area where 91.3 percent of its population is Hispanic. She decided to contribute her time before Super Tuesday on March 1. She later went on to meet Trump at his June 17 fundraiser in San Antonio.
"I completely agree with Donald J. Trump's policies as far as creating a stronger border and enforcing our border security," she said told CNN. "I first hand have seen ... friends that are getting involved with illegal activity that's associated with drugs or human trafficking. It's an issue that people need to realize is reality."
We're at a "Pachanga 4 Trump" event in McAllen, Texas — 8 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border — at the Hidalgo County Republican office.Posted by CNN Politics on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
But trying to campaign for a Republican in an area of Texas where President Barack Obama won 70 percent of the vote in 2012, according to CNN, has been hard for Cepeda.
She told CNN that when not at school at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, she's posting Trump signs, which eventually get trashed by protesters.
"But at the same time, it just takes one positive feedback to keep you going," she told CNN, noting her ultimate goal was to become a paid staff for Trump's campaign.
The WSJ/NBC poll shows Clinton is leading Trump with Latino voters 69 percent to 22 percent and female voters 52 percent to 35 percent. But Cepeda doesn't care.
"Just look at his daughter, Ivanka Trump," she told CNN. "Look at an inspiration she is to any woman, any woman that's seeking a career, and wants to be a mother. She's the perfect example of the ideal, classy, professional woman. That just shows as a reflection of her father."
The 24-year-old hosted a "Pachanga 4 Trump" mixer on June 15 at the Hidalgo County Republican Party office. And 80 Trump supporters showed up.
Cepeda told CBS she has family members who are in "state jail at this moment, and I would love nothing better but for them to be deported." Jose Cortes-Cepeda, Miriam's father, was convicted in May of stalking and conspiring to kill Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, a Southlake cartel lawyer, in 2013 with his cousin Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Cepeda, 59, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
But Cepeda has hope in Trump.
"He's right about everything he says -- if we don't have a strong border, we don't have a nation," she said.

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With the different factors that can have negative impacts on health, is it possible to live a happy and longer life? Although no person really knows when one loses breath but as long as you are living, you should definitely find means and ways to be healthy. A person who has a healthy lifestyle can definitely have reduced health risks. There is no guarantee that even if you are really healthy, you won’t get sick. But if you are not conscious with your health, you are at higher risks.
One of the things that you will notice is that people who have inactive lifestyle are those who do not engage in physical activities. That is why it is important that as young as possible, you take the time to have physical activities. Are you having a hard time going to the gym? The best way is to engage in your favorite sport. There are a lot of benefits that sports can give you.
Sports can help you have an active and fit lifestyle.
Playing your favorite sports like swimming, basketball, boxing, etc. allow you to have a physically fit and active lifestyle. However, you cannot just do it once a month or a week. In order for you to see the amazing benefits that playing sports can give to your body, you need to do it on a regular basis. For instance, if you play tennis every weekend, you get to have a regular workout routine that can definitely make your body look physically fit. This allows you to manage your weight and avoid having to face weight management problems. This is also the best way for some people to lose weight.
Have a more positive outlook and reduce stress.
Stress is one of the main factors that can trigger different kinds of diseases and illnesses. When a person is stressed out, you can easily notice that he or she gets easily old and weary. Stress is experienced by everyone. But what sets it apart from others is that there are some people who are good in handling their stress levels while there are others who don’t. How do you reduce your stress level?
The most effective way is to try out sports. Doing any physical activity whether it a sport or any activity can lessen your stress level. As your body moves and detoxifies, your body also releases what you call endorphins. These are known to be happy hormones that make you have a better or a more positive outlook in life. A person who is physically active is less likely to experience depression compared to those who don’t.
Reduce your health risks.
Playing sports and having a physical workout is beneficial in so many ways apart from helping you achieve that gorgeously looking body. When you are physically active, you can actually reduce your health risks. For instance, when you engage in sports like swimming, running, basketball, etc., you can strengthen your cardiovascular health. This is good for you to reduce your cardiovascular risks. A person who is active in sports are not as exposed to different diseases and medical conditions compared to a person who has a sedentary lifestyle.
Tips on How to Live a Happy and Longer Life
- Be physically active by playing sports. It starts by choosing an activity or a sport that you really like. This actually depends on the person.
- Make the most out of any activity. Even if you are not a professional athlete, you can always strive to get the most out of the sport so you can also get the benefits. Be competitive.
- Stick to your health goals and be motivated. It is never easy to motivate yourself especially if you have so many things to do and there are a lot of distractions. But when you are really dedicated to it, you can find time and stick to your goals.
- Make it more fun and exciting. This means that you can try out or combine different activities. You can also invite or ask your friends if they want to join. Not only do you get to promote health awareness, you can also make it more fun.


Portraying one of modern television’s great outdoorsmen, Nick Offerman received a fun outside assignment on Friday. The Chicago Cubs asked him to throw out the first pitch before their afternoon game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
The actor best known for his Ron Swanson character on “Parks and Recreation” hails from Joliet, Illinois, which is on the southwest outskirts of the Chicago area. So, the 46-year-old Offerman is probably familiar with Wrigley Field.
Straight down the middle. No hook, no spin, no fuss … pic.twitter.com/JJOgobDoCU
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 19, 2017
Nevertheless, this was surely quite a thrill to receive this request from a defending World Series champion.


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Loo of the Year 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Loo of the Year Awards!
We are delighted to announce that 8 of the public conveniences we manage along the Fife coast have received Silver, Platinum or Gold Award Status in this years results.
Huge congratulations to our HR & Facilities team, who with a small but perfectly formed staff of only 4, achieve excellent standards time and again.
Well done to Linda and all her crew!
Aberdour Black Sands
Harbourmaster's House, Dysart
Aberdour Silver Sands
Beach Brae, Kinghorn
Eden Estuary Centre, Guardbridge
Elie Ruby Bay


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All Sports Association
All-Sports Meetings are typically held at 7:30 pm, the first Monday of each month in the high school library. All community members are encouraged to attend.
Husky Football Club
Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of each month in the HS Commons Area at 7pm.
Contact Craig Wellert or Jake Cassady for more information related to the Husky Football Club membership. New Members always Welcome!
Look for updates on our Husky Football Facebook page.


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The young girl sits with her legs crossed by a large koi. One finger touches the water, the other hand lays on her bronze and copper painted pants. Sand has been added to the pants as a symbol of stone. Beautiful, bright pink flowers grow in the garden. Her shirt is shredded fabric, linen pieces. The water wall behind her begins to take her in.
Art Title: Inner Swim
Art by: Faith Magdalene Austin
Medium: Acrylic, Gel, Sand
Size: 11 Ã— 14 inches on heavy board


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