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Starboy Kwarteng’s artist is struggling to release a single hit song although she’s very talented and can make an impact in the Ghanaian music industry.
Kim Maureen, Starboy Kwarteng’s artist signed unto his ‘Bony To The World’ record label is having a hard time penetrating into the Ghanaian music industry.
Father of late dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns, Nana Opuku Kwateng set up his own music record label, Bony to the World Records to continue the legacy of his daughter.
According to him in an interview, he was directed by the late Ebony to sign Kim Maureen unto the label.
“Even while she was alive, there were times I dare not refuse her directives that is how come I refer to her as a queen. You can represent her but never replace her. In my interactions with her, she has asked I get someone to represent her and that is why I have settled Kim Maureen.”
Almost a year after making the brave decision, Kim is yet to blow nationwide with any of her songs. Starbwoy seem to be lacking the technical know-how on how to get things done easily and put his brand out there.
We pray things to work out for them but will also advise them to seek suggestions from Bullet, former manager of late daughter Ebony Reigns.
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Geelong Cats AFL player Tom Stewart suspended for four weeks after sickening hit on Dion Prestia
Star Geelong defender Tom Stewart has been banned from the AFL for four games on Tuesday night after his nauseating hit to Dion Prestia in the Cats’ thrilling three-point win over the Tigers on Saturday.
It took just 45 minutes of evidence and 30 minutes of deliberation to determine that Stewart’s bump, which left Prestia with a severe concussion, was worth the massive suspension.
He is eligible to return in the Cats crucial game at home against the Western Bulldogs on July 30.
Tom Stewart (second from left) was given a four-week suspension for this hit on Dion Prestia
Geelong attorney Ben Ihle had argued that three weeks was a sufficient ban for the hit, while AFL counsel fought for a four-week ban.
Stewart attended the online hearing but gave no evidence.
Instead, Ihle was left arguing that the fact that Stewart had just 0.39 seconds to make a decision was grounds for a lower suspension.
“He made the wrong decision, but it was less than half a second,” Ihle said at the hearing.
Tom Stewart shone for the Cats in their thrilling three-point win
“He has expressed his genuine concern for Prestia and his genuine disappointment at the split second decision he made because it is something strange. The remorse was immediate and resounding.’
The AFL were more candid about the off-the-ball hit.
“The punch was brought quickly by Stewart after going past the ball with Prestia unsuspectingly and vulnerable to injury,” Pane said in the AFL’s Evidence.
“Prestia’s injury, concussion, is a serious injury in itself. It’s exactly the kind of action that can cause serious injury.”
While AFL tribunal president Jeff Gleeson acknowledged Stewart’s obvious remorse and remorse over the goal, Jeff Gleeson said the league had little choice but to impose a major ban on the serious act on the field.
Prestia was checked by Richmond Tigers medical staff but was unable to continue
“The blow came too late. He (Prestia) was wide open, exposed and vulnerable,” he said when he broke the news that Stewart would be banned for four games.
“Stewart had plenty of time to see that Prestia hadn’t taken possession of the ball. He ran past the ball and made a conscious, albeit split-second, decision to punch Prestia at speed.
‘The degree of carelessness was high. He has breached his duty of care by some margin,” Gleeson said
Television cameras captured the incident and Stewart will not return until July 30
In the AFL’s official injury update on Tuesday, Prestia was ruled out of this weekend’s clash with the West Coast, but there has been no estimated return as he is dealing with the concussion.
Geelong used two suspensions handed down last season to push Stewart’s case for a lighter sentence.
They were Sam Reid’s (of the Giants) bump on Nat Fyfe that made him miss two weeks, and Patrick Dangerfield’s bump on Jake Kelly that got him a three game suspension, but the AFL ruled they weren’t “comparable.”
Prestia suffered a serious concussion after Stewart’s blow at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
“Given what is known about the effects of blows to the head, all reasonable measures should be taken to avoid avoidable blows to the head. Stewart acknowledges that this was avoidable high contact,” Gleeson said.
Stewart continued to express his remorse as he spoke to reporters following the tribunal’s decision.
“As I have said from the beginning, I accept the decision of the Tribunal, I was left to their discretion,” Stewart told reporters after the hearing.
‘Of course disappointed in my actions and as a man I had to admit that; yet my immediate response was the well-being of Dion and that of his family who had to experience this.
Tom Stewart said he was ‘disappointed in his actions’, leading to a four-game suspension
“As disappointed and discouraged as I am right now, it’s still not about me, it’s about Dion’s well-being and how he is,” Stewart said.
For now, Prestia will miss Richmond’s match against West Coast, while Stewart will miss Geelong’s upcoming matches against North Melbourne, Melbourne, Carlton and Port Adelaide.
After the incident, the AFL opted for a postponement rule.
‘There is no thought given to the broadcasting rule. Our position remains the same.’

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4. Loss prevention: Since the monitoring system can monitor the behavior of the passengers in the vehicle during the use process, some monitored personnel do not want to be monitored, and will try to destroy the monitoring equipment, causing the illusion of damage during the use of the equipment, then monitoring The equipment does not work, so the vehicle monitoring must have a certain degree of damage prevention.
5, wide voltage: vehicle monitoring equipment needs to have good wide voltage support, especially in the vehicle ignition, acceleration, braking, battery output voltage fluctuations.


WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) -- CVS Corp CVS, +0.24% . is acquiring the Arbor Drugs arbr chain for $1.48 billion in stock, giving CVS its first stores in the key Detroit market, the companies announced Monday.
The combined company would have revenues exceeding $15 billion in 1998, 4,100 stores in 25 states and the District of Columbia and would dispense about 12 percent of retail prescriptions in the U.S.
Stanley Goldstein, chairman and CEO of CVS, said Arbor is widely regarded as the nation's best regional drugstore chain.
CVS has no stores in the Detroit area, and the company said the deal will help CVS in its existing Midwest markets.
Arbor operates 207 stores, predominantly in southeastern Michigan, and had revenue of $962.8 million in 1997.
CVS is one of the nation's biggest drug store chains with 3,888 stores in 24 states and the District of Columbia and 1997 revenue of $12.7 billion.
IT expects the combination will enable the two companies to reduce their costs by approximately $30 million a year.
As a result of the deal, CVS plans to expand its new store program in 1998 to include the opening of 320 new and relocated stores, up from the 300 stores previously planned. Over the longer term, CVS said it expects to open an additional 150-200 stores in the Michigan market.
The transaction is subject to approval by the shareholders of Arbor Drugs and clearance from federal antitrust regulators.
The deal is expected to be completed by May.


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Winner of the coveted Prix de Rome in 1861, Lefebvre fulfilled his early promise both as a painter of meticulously executed portraits and nudes and as a teacher: during his long career, he earned three Salon medals, was appointed to the French Academy of Fine Arts, and attained the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor.
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe commissioned Graziella in 1878. It depicts the heroine of Alphonse de Lamartine’s popular tale of the same name, which was first published in 1849. The story revolves around the narrator’s love for the beautiful daughter of a Neapolitan fisherman. Lefebvre portrayed her mending a fishing net as she gazes over her shoulder toward the distant simmering profile of Mount Vesuvius.
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Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Jules LeFebvre. 1878.
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, New York (1878–d. 1887; commissioned from the artist)
New York. Seventh Regiment Armory. "Seventh Regiment New Armory Fair," November 1879, no. 177 (as "'Graziella'," lent by Miss. C. L. Wolfe).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Taste of the Seventies," April 2–September 10, 1946, no. 135 (as "Graziella, a Girl of Capri").
Hempstead, N.Y. Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University. "Art Pompier: Anti-Impressionism, 19th Century French Salon Painting," October 22–December 15, 1974, no. 65.
Oklahoma City Museum of Art. "Artist as Narrator: Nineteenth Century Narrative Art in England and France," September 8–November 27, 2005, no. 49.
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Edward Strahan [Earl Shinn], ed. The Art Treasures of America. Philadelphia, , vol. 1, pp. 129, 134, calls it "Fisher-Girl" in the text and "'Gaziella,' the Net-Maker" in the list of works; identifies the subject as [Alphonse de] Lamartine's Capri heroine; criticizes the integration of the figure and landscape as artificial.
Cicerone. "Private Galleries: Collection of Miss Catharine L. Wolfe." Art Amateur 2 (March 1880), p. 76, as "Fisher-Girl".
Jules Claretie. Peintres & sculpteurs contemporains. Vol. 2, Artistes vivants en janvier 1881. Paris, 1884, pp. 358, 360–61, states that Lefebvre painted this picture immediately following the Exposition Universelle of 1878 and that it has not been seen by the public.
Montezuma [Montague Marks]. "My Note Book." Art Amateur 18 (December 1887), p. 2, notes that a small replica of this picture was sold to John Wanamaker from the Haseltine collection.
"The Fine Arts: Recent Gifts to the Metropolitan Museum." Critic (April 16, 1887), p. 194, as "Fisher-Girl at Capri".
"Gallery and Studio: The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Art Amateur 18 (December 1887), p. 7.
Claude Vento (Violette). Les Peintres de la femme. Paris, 1888, p. 324.
Walter Rowlands. "The Miss Wolfe Collection." Art Journal, n.s., (January 1889), p. 13.
"The Catherine [sic] Wolfe Collection of Paintings." National Magazine (July–August 1893), p. 180.
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art—The French Painters." New York Times (May 22, 1895), p. 4.
Catalogue of the Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1898, p. 153, no. 501, as "'Graziella,' a Girl of Capri"; notes that it was commissioned by Wolfe in 1878.
Harry B. Wehle. "Seventy-Five Years Ago." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 4 (April 1946), p. 202, calls it "Graziella, the Girl of Capri".
Josephine L. Allen and Elizabeth E. Gardner. A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1954, p. 58.
Charles Sterling and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, XIX Century. New York, 1966, p. 190, ill., identify the subject as Graziella, described as the daughter of a fisherman on the island of Capri in Lamartine's novel "Confidences" ["Graziella" was first published in 1849 as part of "Confidences" and was subsequently published as a separate novel; see F. M. Warren, ed., "Graziella par A. de Lamartine," Boston, 1908, pp. vii–xi"].
David L. Shirey. "'Art Pompier' Revived at Hofstra." New York Times (November 3, 1974), p. 134, ill., describes it as a "portrait of a girl who awaits the return of her love, a fisherman".
Katharine Baetjer. European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York, 1995, p. 461, ill.
Rebecca A. Rabinow. "Catharine Lorillard Wolfe: The First Woman Benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum." Apollo 147 (March 1998), pp. 52, 55 n. 27.
Susan P. Casteras inArtist as Narrator: Nineteenth Century Narrative Art in England and France. Ed. Hardy George. Exh. cat., Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Oklahoma City, 2005, pp. 69, 136, no. 49, ill. p. 65 (color), discusses it among images of rural women that were "sanitized doses of beauty, charm, and vulnerability" preferred by the viewing public.
There is a small replica of this composition (oil on panel, 18 x 10 in., Sotheby's, New York, October 17, 1990, no. 188, bought in).
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Members of Delaware’s Congressional delegation are commenting on this weekend’s quid pro quo from President Trump to reopen the government.
Both Delaware Sen. Tom Carper and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt-Rochester note some encouragement following the president’s offer, but each adds they believe the federal government should be reopened before negotiations continue.
“We all believe in border security, we all believe we should have comprehensive immigration reform, but first we have to open the government,” said Blunt-Rochester.
Carper says he would consider voting for a spending bill that funds border security but only up to $5 billion.
“There’s a number between $1.6 (billion)—which is what we’ve appropriated—and $5 billion,” said Carper. “There’s a number there. And what the president needs to do is to negotiate in earnest with the House and Senate members, Democrat and Republican. Help find that number.”


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My mother in law….who lives with us….who’s fixing to turn 96….LOVES ham!!!! She has been asking me for the past several weeks to make a ham. Problem was, the grocery stores weren’t ready to sell my types of ham (you know, the spiral cut, holiday type of hams)….so therefore the wait!!!! Well, the wait is … Continue reading Honey Ham and Arugula Biscuits with an Orange Honey Mustard Sauce.
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Freddie Mercury Queen Song Chosen For Official Coronation Playlist
In many ways, their band name aside, Queen is as quintessentially British as the monarchy itself. Not only is their greatest hits album the best-selling record in the country, with a copy owned by a quarter of UK households, but Brian May and Roger Taylor have performed at Golden and Platinum Jubilee concerts to Queen Elizabeth II. The guitarist, who was knighted by King Charles III this week, even convinced the late monarch to play We Will Rock You with Paddington Bear. And now, one of Freddie Mercury’s Queen songs has been selected for The King’s official coronation celebration playlist on Spotify.
The 27-song playlist has been hand-picked on Her Majesty’s behalf by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Spotify’s selection includes modern British hits from Harry Styles’ Treat People With Kindness to Sam Ryder’s Eurovision entry SPACE MAN and even Year & Years’ song King. But there are also plenty of classic tracks, from The Who’s Love Reign O’er Me to Tom Jones’s Green Green Grass of Home and The Beatles’ Come Together.
Given Queen’s history with the British crown over the past half-century, including Sir Brian playing God Save The Queen on the roof of Buckingham Palace, it’s no surprise one of her hits was chosen. But can you guess what it is? We’ll give you a hint: it’s a Live Aid classic.
The most famous was the closing song to Queen’s iconic five-track set at Live Aid. To this day, Queen and Adam Lambert close their live concerts with Will Will Rock You followed by We Are The Champions.
Most recently, on his Rhapsody World Tour, the singer would walk out wearing a crown while the stage was covered in gold confetti, making it even more appropriate for the Coronation of the King.
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Learning the best ways to get started in tax lien investing can be a aggravating and confusing process. If you’re new to the location then this short little tiny guide will assist you out for sure. , if you currently understood a few things about this sort of investing you still may want to stick around as I’m sure you will still find out a couple of brand-new tricks..
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One Month Deadline: A tax lien can be eliminated. The Internal Revenue Service needs to alert you that they have actually submitted a Lien within five days after it’s submitted. You then have Thirty Days from the day after the 5-day duration expires to submit an Administrative Appeal. However it will not be easy. My guidance would be to work with a qualified tax professional with an exceptional track record for winning your fight against the Internal Revenue Service. With assistance you can avoid having bad credit. You can also avoid being homeless!
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Where to start. The city government is the responsible body who makes the list of tax liens for sale regularly. You can acquire this list in three ways. You can request it straight from a city government workplace, find it from a paper and from the web. The list contains all the details about the residential or commercial property, the owner, the amount of back tax and the date and place of the auction.
The Internal Revenue Service’s attack of option is usually a tax levy or a Federal Lien. It’s quite tough to discover an IRS option when an attack from the Internal Revenue Service strikes. You should act as quickly as possible when you notice an attack from the Internal Revenue Service if you want to avoid an IRS Levy.
On occasion you might need to deal with the Internal Revenue Service. It might be as basic as a notice that you did not sign your tax return or maybe more complicated as with an audit. In any case some ground guidelines need to initially be developed within your own mind.
During the debate, Mr. Cunningham attempted to assert that since my housing was part of my compensation, that I didn’t pay county home taxes. Obviously, like lots of ministry workers, the expense of residential or commercial property taxes was simply part of exactly what I worked to earn.just like a lot of employees make their medical insurance, however don’t actually write a check to the medical insurance company.
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There are currently numerous tax rewards out there for property owner. The capital gains (i.e. profit) that you make on the sale of an asset are generally tax deductible, but in the sale of your home, this has actually been waived by the tax relief Act of 1997.
When the Internal Revenue Service levy, impose our earnings, income or checking account, the levy ends when it is launched or when on e pays the tax debt or at the expiry of the time of legal collection of tax. When the Internal Revenue Service levy, levies the savings account, the bank holds the funds in deposit for 21 days. This time is offered as the relaxation period to fix the problem at hand. After 21 days, the bank sends the loan to the IRS in addition to the interest, if appropriate, to the IRS.
If the taxpayer or his representative can prove that he can not manage to pay his tax debt completely, even over time, the Internal Revenue Service payment plan might include a partial payment contract. This implies that the taxpayer will pay what the IRS agrees he can pay for, which might be less than the quantity needed to pay the debt completely prior to the statute of limitations begins and the IRS ceases efforts to collect the financial obligation. Usually, tax relief is only available to taxpayers who can not pay for installments or if the Internal Revenue Service made substantial mistakes along the way.

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This is a 3 player chess with the board and the chess pieces. You can 3d printer the board or you can print the 4 corners images to make a paper board. If you 3d printer the board, print the case a little bit smaller than the board.
You can aslo 3d print a corner of the board, if you make that you have to print 2 corners of all ½ Board and the little pin to join all the corners together.
If you print those chess pieces, they are to big for the board so you have to shrink it.

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Author Donald S Murray celebrated the official launch of his latest literary work, the already-widely-acclaimed "For the Safety of All" with a public event at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse & Visitor Centre in Shetland.
Donald said on Facebook on the afternoon of Sunday August 8: "Thanks to Vicky Tylsar for these photos from the launch at Sumburgh Head. My thanks to Donnie Munro, Iain MacIver, Donald Anderson, and Claire White for their contributions too. Really great to see real faces again!"
In an interview with EVENTS feature-writer Katie Macleod, published in this month's edition of the newspaper, Donald explained how “The Butt of Lewis Lighthouse was one of the highlights of my childhood.
“I remember as a young child climbing up there. It was a very distinct, beautiful day, and you could see all of Ness, profoundly interesting from the top of a lighthouse. I think my love affair with lighthouses began that day.”
Donald S. Murray has joined the Committee of SoAiS, the Society of Authors in Scotland, for the 2020-2023 period, to help amplify the voices of writers based in the Highlands and Islands.
The Society of Authors is the UK trade union for writers, illustrators and literary translators.
In small communities, stories are often told in asides and whispers. When the boat, the Ben Lomond arrived near the shores of the Isle of Lewis in May 1952, rumours began immediately. They were still circulating when I was growing up on the island in the 1960s and 1970s, wrote Donald S Murray in an article published in the Herald newspaper from Glasgow on Saturday March 13. (Above, young Donald, left, with his brother Allan)
Acclaimed composer Electra Perivolaris has spoken of her “an absolute joy” of setting some of Donald S Murray's poetry to music.
She told the prizewinning writer and poet: “I’m looking forward to working with more of your poetry!”
This formed part of a broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June…and in July more of his work formed part of “a wonderful week working with the The Carice Singers at the Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy,” Electra writes on Twitter.
“My new choral piece, ‘If This Island...’, another setting of the poetry of Donald S Murray, was performed on Friday. Thank you to all who made this such an inspiring week!”
Donald S. Murray's newly-published book's been chosen as the Historical Book of the Month by the London-based Times newspaper.
The novel ‘In A Veil of Mist’ which is being released via several on-line events this week, takes place in Tolsta. Set in 1952, it examines the impact of Operation Cauldron, a series of secret biological warfare trials run by the British, American, and Canadian governments that took place off the coast of Lewis. As part of the trials, scientists from Porton Down research centre in Wiltshire and the Royal Navy released deadly biological agents like the bubonic plague, testing their effects on animals aboard a floating pontoon in the Minch, where the reader lands in the opening pages.


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The gimlet cocktail was popular in the 1920s and featured in The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930).
The original version was made with lime cordial but modern versions, less sweet, use gin, lime juice and soda water.
Raymond Chandler had his detective drink gimlets in ‘The Long Goodbye’ so it’s a vintage drink with style, more unusual than a classic gin and tonic.
Soda water can also be used as a raising agent for cakes so I created this ‘gimlet’ gateau to celebrate World Gin Day. Cake and cocktails, a perfect combination for a summery afternoon tea.
Gimlet Gateau Bundt Cake recipe
1 bundt tin, well buttered and floured
For the cake
350g salted butter, room temperature
600g caster sugar
pinch of salt
5 large eggs (63 to 73g each)
Zest of 3 limes
400g plain flour
200ml of soda water (can be replaced by sparkling elderflower water)
For the glaze
250g icing sugar
juice and zest of 1 lime
Preheat oven to 165cº
Beat the butter, sugar and salt until light and fluffy, scraping down often.
Add eggs one at a time, beating in after each.
Add the lime zest and the gin.
Alternate adding the flour and the soda water until all is well mixed.
Tip the batter into your bundt tin and bake in the oven for 70 minutes or until pale gold and springy to the touch.
Remove from the oven and let the tin cool then reverse onto a cake plate.
Leave to cool further in the fridge until cold (particular the inner ring).
Make the glaze by mixing all the ingredients together. Reserve the zest for decoration.
Drizzle the glaze over the cake and scatter over the zest.
Enjoy with a gimlet cocktail!
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Flowers for Algernon is the title of a science fiction short story and a novel by American writer Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year’s Nebula Award for Best Novel.
Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is told through a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.
Although the book was banned by some schools and libraries in the United States and Canada, it is has been adapted many times for television, theater, radio, and as the Academy Award-winning film Charly.
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The method of Lie transforms is a normal form method for Hamiltonian systems. Like the method of normal forms (Chapter 3), Lie transforms involves finding a change of variables so that the system of differential equations becomes simpler. That is, the perturbation expansions are performed on the transformation of coordinates rather than on the solution as a function of time (as, e.g., in Lindstedt’s method.)
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For mass production of V. lecanii, three types of cultivation methods including liquid, solid and diphasic production systems were investigated. In the liquid state of production, six media were tested in stationary culture conditions. Among the six media tested, Molasses Yeast Broth (MYB) supported maximum sporulation (8.33x108 spores mL-1) and biomass production (746 mg/100 mL). In the MYB, 4% molasses concentration was found to produce highest spore count (8.56x108 spores mL-1) and biomass (776 mg/100 mL) followed by 5 and 6% molasses. Among the six solid substrates tested, rice grains supported highest spore production (1.14 g/100 g). In diphasic state of production, combination of MYB and rice grains produced the greatest amount of spores, (1.70 g/100 g). Results of this study indicated that diphasic method using MYB as liquid medium and rice as solid substrate are the best method and media for mass production of Vl-7 isolate of V. lecanii.
How to cite this article:
Ali Derakhshan, R.J. Rabindra, B. Ramanujam and Mehdi Rahimi, 2008. Evaluation of Different Media and Methods of Cultivation on the Production and Viability of Entomopathogenic Fungi, Verticillium lecanii (Zimm.) Viegas. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 11: 1506-1509.
Verticillium lecanii has been recognized as an enthomopathogen with high potential in biological control of aphids. Many isolates of this fungus demonstrate high pathogenicity to several species of aphids (Askary et al., 1998; Derakhshan et al., 2007; Kim et al., 2007). A successful microbial insecticide should be able to produce high quantities of inoculums (Goettle and Roberts, 1992). The method of culturing largely depends on fungal species and the type of propagule required for formulation and method of application.
The type of growing medium affects conidial production of entomopathogenic fungi (El Damir, 2006; Pandey and Kanaujia, 2006). Variety of substrates have been used for mass production of V. lecanii viz., sorghum, pearl millet and maize (Lakshmi et al., 2001), almond mesocarb (Lopez-Liorca and Carbonell, 1998), rice, rice bran, rice husk and the mixture of these components (Feng et al., 2000), sugar beet molasses (Farsi et al., 2005). The majority of industrial production systems of fungi utilize a two stages system in which fungal inoculum of mycelium or hyphal bodies is produced in liquid culture and transferred to a solid substrate for production of aerial conidia (Vimala Devi, 1994). Despite the many attempts to screen commercially available, low-cost ingredients of industrialized biological pesticides, the research on nutritional requirements of fungal agents were overlooked and a systematic investigation of fungal nutrition utilization is much needed to improve mass production and accelerate commercialization (Sun and Liu, 2006).
In a previous study (Derakhshan et al., 2007) a total of 25 isolates of fungal pathogens consisting of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Verticillium lecanii, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, Nomuraea rileyi were tested on the cabbage aphid. Among the isolates, V.l-7 isolate of V. lecanii was selected for mass production, as it was found to be the most virulent isolate to B. brassicae. In this study we have evaluated different types of cultivation methods with different liquid and solid substrates for mass culturing of V. lecanii.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This study was conducted at the Project Directorate of Biological Control (PDBC), Bangalore, India during 2005-2006. Isolate vl-7 of V. lecanii originally isolated from Bemisia tabaci, was obtained from microbial repository of PDBC. For mass production, three types of cultivation methods including liquid, solid and diphasic states were investigated.
Mass production on liquid media: In liquid state production, six liquid media viz., Molasses Yeast Broth (MYB), Potato Dextrose Broth (PDB), Potato Carrot Broth (PCB), Jaggery Yeast Broth (JYB), Sucrose Yeast Broth (SYB) and Potato Sucrose Broth (PSB) were tested. Conical flasks containing 100 mL sterilized liquid media were inoculated with 1 mL of spore suspension (1x107 spores mL-1) with three replications and incubated in a growth chamber at 25 ± 1 °C, 90 ± 3 RH and 12:12 photoperiod for 14 days. To quantify the spore and biomass production, cultures were agitated vigorously and filtered through Whatman No. 2 filter paper. The fungal mat was oven-dried at 40-45 °C until constant weight was achieved. The filtrate was diluted in known quality of water and the total of spores mL-1 was assessed with the help of Naeubauer improved haemocytometer. To determine spore germination, spore suspension (0.1 mL of 1x105 spores mL-1) was spread on PDA Petri plates and incubated at 25 ± 1 °C, 90 ± 3 RH and 12:12 photoperiod. After 24 h, per cent germination was estimated by counting 100 spores for each plate using microscope at 400x magnification. A spore was considered germinated when the germ tube was at least equal to its width. Three plates were used per treatment and each plate served as a replicate.
Effect of molasses concentration on biomass and spore production of V. lecanii: As MYB medium produced maximum biomass and spores, the effect of different concentrations of molasses viz., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7% were evaluated to determine the optimum concentration of molasses in MYB. Experiment conditions were the same as mentioned earlier.
Mass production on solid substrates: For solid state of production, five cereal grains viz., rice, wheat, maize, Sorghum and ragi were evaluated. Raw grains were taken in autoclavable polypropylene bags (20x28 cm) at 100 g/bag and were soaked with tap water for 12 h and the excess water was drained completely. To each of these bags, 2 g of calcium carbonate and 2 g of calcium sulphate were added and mixed thoroughly to get uniform coating of salts over grains. This process helped in preventing the grain particles sticking together and thereby providing more surface area for the growth of fungus. The bags were then sterilized by autoclaving twice at 121 °C for 20 min. The grain media was inoculated with 1 mL of fungal suspension (1x107 spores mL-1) under aseptic condition. The bags were once again sealed manually and incubated for 14 days at 25 ± 1 °C, 90 ± 3% RH and 12-12 photoperiod for the production of aerial conidia. Three replications were used for each substrate. After 14 days of incubation, grains with fungal growth were dried under aseptic conditions at 30 °C until the moisture content was reduced to 8%. After drying, the spore production of each grain was estimated by Naubauer`s improved haemocytometer. Then, the grains with fungal growth were sieved through a sterile coffee filter with vigorous agitation and the coarse dust thus collected was further sieved through a sterile 105 μ sieve to get fine spore dust. The quantity of spores obtained per 100 g of each substrate was estimated.
Mass production in diphasic system: For diphasic state of production, MYB, PDB and PSB as liquid media and broken rice, broken corn and broken sorghum as solid substrates were tested. One hundred milliliter of each above mentioned broths prepared in 250 mL conical flask and inoculated with 1 mL of fungal suspension (1x107 spores mL-1) in a shaker maintained at 120 rpm for 3 days. Fifteen milliliter of 3 day-old shake cultures inoculated to each of the bag containing 100 g grain and mixed well with the grains. The inoculated bags incubated as mentioned earlier. Production of spore, spore dust and viable spore count (cfu g-1) for each treatment were estimated.
All data were subjected to analysis variance (ANOVA) and the means were separated by using Duncan`s multiple range test (Duncan, 1955).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Liquid media: Biomass and spore production and viable spore count are significantly affected by type of media (Table 1). Among six liquid media tested, MYB produced maximum biomass (746 mg/100) followed by PSB and PCB, 573 and 563 mg/100 mL of medium respectively. Also MYB supported maximum sporulation (8.33x108 spores mL-1) followed by PCB and PSB, 60.50 and 6.30x108 spores mL-1, respectively. The results indicated that MYB medium is a suitable liquid medium as it produced maximum biomass and spores. Sugarcane molasses concentrations in MYB medium had significant
|Table 1:||Effect of different liquid media on biomass, spore production and spore germination|
|Means followed by the similar letter(s) in the columns are not significantly different at 5% by Duncan`s Multiple Range Test (DMRT), *: Non significant|
effect on biomass and spore production (Table 2). Of the different molasses concentrations tested, 4% molasses supported higher biomass and spore production followed by 5 and 6% molasses.
It was found that there is no significant difference in spore germination of the spores produced in different media although PCB and MYB medium were higher than other media (Table 1). The findings are in accordance with those of Farsi et al. (2005) who reported that among different media for mass production of V. lecanii, sugar beet molasses had the highest rates of sporulation, Tincilley et al. (2004) evaluated different concentration of sugar cane molasses for mass production of Nomuraea rileyi and found that maximum biomass and spore production was observed at 6% molasses.
Solid media: The spore count recorded on rice, sorghum and corn were on par and significantly higher than ragi and wheat. Maximum spore dust was harvested from rice grain followed by corn. It was found that viable spore counts in different grains are not significantly different (Table 3). These finding are in agreement with Nelson et al. (1996) who found that for spore production of Beauveria and Metarhizium, these fungi produced more spores on rice over other growing substrates. Lakshmi et al. (2001) studying the mass culturing of V. lecanii on three grain media found that broken sorghum grain with a spore load of 1.5x109 spores g-1 was the best followed by pearl millet broken grain medium with 1.3x109 spores g-1.
Diphasic system: Combinations of MYB + rice and PSB + rice supported significantly higher spore production than other treatments yielding 2.28 and 2.21x109 spores g-1, respectively. Other combinations were on par. Results indicated that MYB + rice produced highest amount of spore dust and MYB + corn and PCB + sorghum and PCB + corn were on par and poorest media to produce spore dust. Results on viable spore count showed that there were no significant differences among treatments (Table 4). These findings are in accordance with those of Nirmala et al. (2006) who reported that spore production of four isolates of V. lecanii in diphasic system (PDB and rice) after 10 days is ranges from 0.23 to 1.75x109 spores mL-1.
Mass production is an important component of a successful microbial insecticide program. Present results of mass production of V. lecanii revealed that among liquid media, MYB medium with 4% sugar cane molasses and among solid substrates, rice grains and in diphasic system, combination of MYB+rice supported highest
|Table 2:||Effect of different concentrations of molasses on spore and biomass production|
|Means followed by the similar letter(s) in the columns are not significantly different at 5% by DMRT|
|Table 3:||Effect of different solid media on spore production and spore viability|
|Means followed by the similar letter(s) in the columns are not significantly different at 5% by DMRT.*: Non significant|
|Table 4:||Effect of media on spore production and spore viability in diphasic system of mass production|
|Means followed by the similar letter(s) in the columns are not significantly different at 5% by DMRT. *: Non significant|
spore production and resulted in 2.43 and 1.16 times more spores than MYB and rice in liquid and solid states respectively. Such differences can have significant effects on the economical production of V. lecanii for field application.
The first author is grateful to the Project Directorate of Biological Control, Bangalore, India for providing necessary cultures of entomopathogenic fungi and research facilities to conduct the above research.
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"The Greek goddess Athena was frequently called upon to settle disputes between the gods or various mortals. Athena Goddess of Wisdom was known for her superb logic and intellect. Her decisions were usually well-considered, highly ethical, and seldom motivated by self-interest."
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Our project has been inspired by a similar environment for comparing software implementations of cryptography, developed by Daniel Bernstein and Tanja Lange, called eBACS (ECRYPT Benchmarking of Cryptographic Systems).
Our design and benchmarking methodologies allow the comparison of
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Mayor Bill de Blasio faced off against GOP candidate Nicole Malliotakis and independent Bo Dietl for the last time before the election on Tuesday in a debate that centered on a recent terror attack in Lower Manhattan and pay-to-play allegations against the mayor and other issues.
The first part of the debate centered on a terrorist attack by an Uzbek immigrant, Sayfullo Saipov, in Lower Manhattan that claimed eight lives.
When asked whether there is a way to monitor threats without infringing upon the civil liberties of Muslim New Yorkers, de Blasio said that the city can prevent such attacks through intelligence gathering, building close relationships with communities and ensuring that people know to report anything they see.
“The surveillance program in the past failed because it alienated our police from the very people we needed information from and it violated people’s rights,” the mayor said. “We can do better and over the last four years, we beefed up our anti-terror capacity. We’ve deepened our intelligence gathering, working closer together with our federal partners and we’re working more closely with the very communities that we need information from to protect everyone.”
It was reported that the Masjid Omar Mosque in Paterson, N.J., where Saipov worshipped, was among mosques in New Jersey that the Police Department singled out as part of its surveillance of Muslims in New York and New Jersey.
A federal court had approved adjustments to court-mandated rules dictating the NYPD’s Intelligence Bureau’s investigations of political activity mandated in the Patrol Guide—which was intended to settle two lawsuits alleging inappropriate surveillance of Muslims. The city agreed to appoint an independent civilian representative to the internal NYPD committee.
Malliotakis said that police officers need to be given the tools that they need to do their job and access to preventive measures utilized in other parts of the world.
“I think it’s very important that we not limit them in their ability when they get a lead. We’re not going to be targeting any particular group or any particular type of religion,” she said. “However, if there is a significant lead that is credible, we’re gonna give the police force the resources they need to do their job and I believe it’s very important that we work with the federal government to receive the funding necessary to expand the programs that we currently have in existence as well.”
Dietl, a former police detective, seemed to indicate he was in favor of police profiling individuals based on their physical appearance.
“What we have to have is an effective community relation but as far as this profiling thing, worrying about it, well, just look at this terrorist. What did he look like?” Dietl said. “Did he look like the terrorist? If you looked in the dictionary with that beard, the way he had — this is something that we have to get past. Political correctness cannot be there all the time. We have to have proper information and if you have a lead, you get a warrant like they took a warrant on that mosque.”
Despite the back-and-forth, there was a moment of agreement between Malliotakis and de Blasio. The assemblywoman said that she is not sure her parents would have been able to enter the country if a merit-based immigration system was in place. The mayor said that his grandparents would not have been able to, either.
But Malliotakis said that her issue is the city wanting to purge the records of the IDNYC card, the city’s municipal ID program for people who do not have other forms of government paperwork — a move meant to protect the records of undocumented immigrants. De Blasio disagreed with her assertion.
And a cloud that loomed over the final debate was recent testimony by top de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz, a Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleging that he gave money to the mayor’s campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.
Rechnitz claimed that de Blasio asked him to give more than $100,000 in 2014 to help Democrats regain control of the state Senate and that he financed the hotel stay of his key campaign fundraiser in the Dominican Republic.
“What we know about, what we didn’t know then, he is a liar, he’s a felon,” de Blasio said of Rechnitz. “Don’t believe anything he says. He was a donor who provided resources at one point. That’s all I knew of him. I did not have any kind of real relationship with him.”
When asked whether he will release his phone records, he said that he is not releasing any more information about his dealings with Rechnitz and reiterated that federal authorities fully investigated the matter and did not file any charges.
Dietl, who asked U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appoint a state special prosecutor from out of state, said that he would “get rid of the mayor” to address the pay-to-play issue and said he “wanted to take a shower” when he saw Rechnitz in court, calling him “disgusting and a “creep.”
“You want the people of New York to think we’re that stupid, that you didn’t know this guy?” Dietl said to de Blasio.
Malliotakis, who called for the mayor’s political fundraising efforts to be reinvestigated, also blasted de Blasio over Rechnitz’s allegations in court testimony.
“I think the question is for the public, if they want a mayor who looks for that little loophole to skirt the law, to get an intended outcome for him and his friends,” she said.
Contrary to the first general election debate, which had a noisy and rowdy audience that frequently interrupted the candidates, the spectators at the second debate, hosted by CBS and the New York Daily News, were silent.
The candidates also fielded questions about and discussed how they would deal with gentrification, the NYPD’s handling of safety in schools, reforming the property tax system, tackling the city’s homelessness crisis, the mayor’s commission to review the city’s statues and monuments and mass transit.
De Blasio has a wide lead in the polls as he runs for a second four-year term in Tuesday’s election.

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In conservative political circles in the United States, Islamism has become interchangeable with “radical Islamic terrorism,” which President Trump has vowed to “eradicate from the face of the Earth.” Across the political spectrum, though, the idea of Islamism and the threat of violence are never far apart.
But what if we got it wrong? What if the prospect of violence is actually secondary? What if, deep down, the reason Islamism makes so many uncomfortable is not the military challenge it poses but the intellectual one?
The very notion of Islamism often elicits fear and confusion in the West. Used to describe political action where Islam and Islamic law plays a prominent public role, it includes everyone from the European-educated “progressives” of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party to the fanatics of the Islamic State. Not surprisingly, then, “Islamism” can confuse more than it reveals.
In 2015 and 2016, we met with a diverse group of Islamist activists and leaders from 10 countries in Doha and Istanbul, outcomes we published in a recent Brookings report. The “twin shocks” of the Arab Spring and the rise of the Islamic State have forced mainstream Islamists — Muslim Brotherhood-inspired groups that accept parliamentary politics and seek to work within existing political systems — to better articulate their worldview and where it converges and diverges with the post-World War II liberal order.

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Fibre more important than calories according to latest BENEO research figures
November 2012 - New research results from leading functional ingredients manufacturer, BENEO, show that consumers now consider fibre intake more important than calorie counting.
Following research carried out amongst 4,000 consumers in the UK, Germany, Poland, and Spain this summer, findings have shown that although fat and sugar reduction still remain the key considerations for consumers, fibre is now seen as more important than calorie counting and salt reduction.
When asked to prioritise what they thought was important to them, 67% of respondents from all of the countries replied that they tried to limit fat intake and 63% tried to limit sugar intake. 62% thought it was important to eat enough fibre. This is compared to the 56% of respondents that felt that calorie reduction was important and the 55% who saw salt reduction as key. These results highlight the trend in perception amongst European consumers from a calorie counting mentality, towards a fibre focus.
Myriam Snaet, Market Research Manager at BENEO comments: “The survey brought up some interesting results. In particular, we are seeing UK consumers placing high importance on ensuring that they are achieving their recommended daily fibre intake levels. With 66% replying that they do care about their fibre consumption, significantly higher than the overall percentage for all four countries, we can see that the US trend for all things fibre is steadily entering Europe, with the UK as the trendsetter.”
Myriam continues: “The results of our European fibre research clearly show the increasingly high importance that consumers are placing on fibre within their diet. We are very confident that consumers’ interest in fibre enrichment will continue to grow, as will their drive to reduce sugar and fat in their daily diet. With this in mind we are well placed to help food producers create recipes with increased fibre. At the same time, sugar and fat content can be reduced thanks to our naturally derived dietary fibres, inulin and oligofructose which also act as sugar and fat replacers.”
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Home Affairs Minister, Hon. Bernie Bush, presented 13 firefighters with their certificates from the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) at Central Fire Station today (Wednesday, 15 September 2021).
The officers earned their certificates earlier this year by successfully completing a three- hour, 120 question examination for their IFE Level 2 Certificate in Fire Science, Operations, and Safety in March 2021. The brief ceremony marked another step on the Cayman Islands Fire Service’s continuous journey of self-improvement and professional development.
Speaking at the event, Mr Bush remarked “I am so pleased to present these professional fire and rescue certificates to these young Caymanians. Internationally recognised professional qualifications reinforce the capabilities and professionalism of our frontline firefighters who work tirelessly to keep residents, businesses and visitors safe across our three Islands.”
Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Paul Walker, QFSM said “This is amazing news and I offer my congratulations to my Cayman Islands Fire Service colleagues that were successful on this occasion. I encourage you all to continue your professional studies and go on to attain IFE Level 3 Certificates.”
“We hope to continue this trend, increasing the number of participants as well as the level of qualifications being achieved through the tiered examination programme with the IFE.”
In 2020 the Cayman Islands Fire Service became corporate members of IFE, an international body that examines the knowledge and professional experience of fire and rescue personnel across the globe.
Membership grades are awarded from Student to Fellow providing an internationally recognised fire engineering professional framework.
Chief Walker says CIFS has ambitions to establish a Cayman Islands IFE Branch where fire and rescue colleagues are joined as members by industry partners, such as architects, structural engineers, planners, fire risk assessors, and general engineers.
All IFE members have the opportunity to gain further professional qualifications through the IFE, and subject to previous experience and accredited prior learning can seek Registered Chartered Engineer status.
Any person from industry partner companies or agencies that is interested in working with CIFS to establish a Cayman Islands IFE branch should provide their contact details to any of the five community fire stations.


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Malta Travel Information
Malta is made up of an archipelago of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea and is located 80 kilometres/50 miles south of Sicily. Although it is an archipelago, only the three largest islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino are inhabited. Its strategic location meant that it was occupied by many civilizations which included the Romans and the British over time. Malta gained its independence in 1964. Valletta is a harbour city which has preserved much of its original 16th-century architectural heritage.
Because of its warm climate, it is a popular tourist destination. It does have other attractions which include its history and architectural and historical monuments including nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The official languages are Maltese and English and Italian is also widely understood and spoken. Virtually all Maltese citizens speak English fluently.
Valletta, the capital has a rich history. It is modern, with good shopping and also offers many museums and cultural sites. Of particular note is St John's Co-Cathedral, built by one of the earlier Grandmasters of the Knights Hospitaller. It contains Caravaggio paintings, tapestries and various relics of immense value. The floors of the Cathedral are the tombs of the most famous knights of the Order of St John. The Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflien, is a subterranean structure that dates back to 3300-3000 BC in Maltese prehistory and is located in Paola, Malta. The Hypogeum is thought to have been originally a sanctuary, but it became a necropolis in prehistoric times, and in fact, the remains of more than 7,000 individuals have been found here. It is the only known prehistoric underground temple in the world.
Sliema is Malta's most modern and most built-up area and where most tourists stay. It is a vibrant town and all amenities are within walking distance. Sliema and nearby St Julian's form a near continuous town spread over two adjacent peninsulas. The seafront is well developed and offers an array of cafes, bars and restaurants and some stone beaches with safe and clean swimming areas.
Elsewhere on the main island is the ancient capital of Mdina, also known as the Silent City. The history of Mdina traces back more than 4000 years. It was here that in 60 A.D. that the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being shipwrecked on the Islands. Mdina is fascinating to visit for its timeless atmosphere as well as its cultural and religious treasures. It is one of Europe's finest examples of an ancient walled city and extraordinary in its mix of medieval and baroque architecture.
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The Space Between the Notes
I want to share something that is based upon the words I once read written by a musician at the death of a friend, a fellow musician.
“Many believe that silence is the opposite of sound and that there is nothing to hear. A musician knows that’s just not true. Every good musician knows that silence is the necessary space between the notes. That space, what most of us might call or experience as emptiness, absence, or a void, is fundamental to music. That space of silence is as much a part of the music as is each note. That space sets a rhythm, holds the energy of a phrase, and gives music its life, power, and beauty. Silence is never just emptiness, an absence, or a void; not in music, not in life, not in death, and not on this day.”
As you sit in silence this morning, of what did you think? What did you hear? Maybe memories of your own friends and loved ones who have gone home? You may have heard the song of their love, their song of friendship, their song of service, their song of presence in your life. Was there a song they gave you? That touched your life? Did they, in some way, conduct you to write your own music of your life?
Hang on to those songs. Let them fill you and carry you. They are treasured hymns. But you may have also heard your song of grief and sorrow, your song of loss, your song of love for, or of lost friendship. It probably had a verse or two about loneliness, sadness, and wondering how you can know the way. That’s the space between the notes. It is a rest, where you reflect upon what the notes are saying.
Know this. The music of life does not end at death. Our loved one’s music will continue to play in our own lives. Today we may stand in that space between the notes, a space where we do reflect, remember, and enjoy the notes that surround this “rest.” But our loved ones live on. It’s just that the music of their life now plays in a different key. Death is not the coda, the conclusion, to the song of life.
The music hasn’t ended. There has only been a key change. A transition, a step up to a higher key. A beautiful key that will continue resonating in our own lives.
So in this silence at the end of one’s life, let us hear in our hearts the song of their good life, their voice, their words of encouragement, their zest for life, their care for their family … It will not truly be silent. This silence is a temporary pause for remembrance. Until that moment when we are reunited with them to sing together The New Song, of Moses and the Lamb, around the throne of God.
May we all be comforted by the words we find in Revelation 14.13:
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

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Editorial: clearing the air for effect
The implementation of the new tobacco ban on campus is a policy that is long overdue. To start, the Sundial editorial staff supports this new rule, but there is doubt for as to whether students will go along with it.
Now as a school policy, students would presumably follow this ban. The level of promotion for it is strong, with stickers and posters visibly placed all across campus.
The policy for enforcement will place emphasis on cessation programs that will curb people’s wish to smoke, as well as “assist in policy interpretation.” If violators continue to break this rule, they will be directed to the Offices of either Human Services or Student Affairs.
In addition, the policy will be re-evaulated annually and will possibly be amended. As this policy progresses and is amended, fines will eventually come into play and ban violators will be charged.
Ultimately, students must be made aware of the consequences in breaking this rule. Lack of awareness should not be the student’s fault if they have not been able to see the actual consequences.
The promotional problem with this ban is synonymous with the Agent of Change online program that all students were suppose to complete by April 17. The clarity behind having a registration hold if the course was not completed was not always clear enough.
There is a chance that students will see the stickers and associate them with temporary events, such as Big Show or Summer Movie Nights. Directing students to a new policy’s enforcement should be a great priority, and has a chance to garner attention.
The dark side to this issue is if students ignore the legal notifications that the school wishes to provide. They will likely view an email from their professor or emergency services. Students receive a plethora of emails regarding Valley Performing Arts Center events, seminars, Tapingo, student housing and more.
It is easy for students to ignore the emails after a while and click the delete button without regarding the message at all.
For now, CSUN’s tobacco ban might be a policy people have the option to shrug at, without being aware of punishment. Knowing about education programs and eventual fines are the types of prevention students need.
When asking for good news or bad news, there is a tendency to want to know the bad news first. Having knowledge on the “negative” consequences should lead to prevention and maybe cessation. There is a chance that these consequences will have a negative reaction, but less smoking will have a positive impact.
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Improvements: An impressive high-fence in pristine condition, a fairly new Palm Harbor 28-foot by 56-foot mobile home, a nice and relaxing deck, a pool, a spacious 30-foot by 40-foot metal barn and a water well pump facility at the house. With 1,568 square feet, the mobile home has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
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British author Douglas Murray joins Dr. Alan Mendoza for a discussion on one of the big problems American President-elect Donald Trump will have to address – and very soon.
This problem is a huge wave of anti-Semitism brought to the West by the millions of Muslims who are currently invading and taking over the continent of Europe. The fact that Islam is replete with hatred for Jews is well-documented in the authoritative literature and historical accounts of the jihad campaigns. There can be no credible denial that it exists.
Mr. Trump is facing a similar invasion brought to Americans by his political predecessors, both Republicans and Democrats. His will not be an easy path to walk.
Far from it.
All the forces of the World of Islam, the American political left, the American establishment political right, the American Courts, the American news outlets, the American protestant churches which have lurched leftward, the Roman Catholic Church (currently led by a Papal Marxist) and the well-funded leftist broadcast media outlets will line up against the new President – to resist whatever efforts he exerts toward turning back the tide of uncontrolled immigration from Third World Muslim countries.
Righting our listing ship of state will not be the first astounding feat accomplished in the face of such daunting opposition. Mr. Trump was elected against all those odds by a little more than one-half of an American public which has finally awakened to our dire straits. The half which lost the election remains abjectly oblivious to the Muslim immigration/invasion problem.
The new President-elect has his work cut out for him. We shall see what transpires in the days and months to come. With his election we now have a chance, albeit a slim chance, to save our country. For that I’m grateful. I have not joined in the heady jubilation and celebrating of Mr. Trump’s victory. This is not the time to celebrate anything. The battle for our survival is just beginning.
Meanwhile Europe appears to be in her death throes. Douglas Murray is one of a precious few European journalists to recognize it.


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Ethnic Minority Pupils’ Underachievement to Be Tackled by ‘Blind Marking’ in Bid to Remove Teachers’ Prejudice
Daily Mail (London), July 30, 2012
Teachers could ‘blind mark’ pupils’ work in an attempt to raise exam scores of children from ethnic minorities.
The controversial plans are designed to reduce inequalities between races.
Under the proposals, teachers would not know the identities of pupils when marking their work.
Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrat party and Deputy Prime Minister, is believed to be in support of the policy.
A study by education watchdog Ofsted in 1999 showed that children with African or Asian-sounding names were likely to be given lower marks of up to 12 per cent in some cases.
Statistics show that almost half of young black people and 31 per cent of young Asian people are unemployed.
It is believed Liberal Democrat communities minister, Andrew Stunell, along with Clegg, want to introduce the policies soon despite opposition from other ministers.
A senior Whitehall source told The Guardian: ‘We waited a long time to get the integration strategy out the door, but we’re now keen to get on with the job of implementing it.
‘A lot of the projects supported by the integration strategy have slipped by under most people’s radars, but Andrew is keen that we turn up the volume and speak out much more often and much louder on race issues.’
There are also proposals to ethnic monitor banks but it is feared that this could compromise people’s privacy.
Only six per cent of black Caribbean and African people are self-employed or own their own business compared with 15 per cent of white people.
The plans are expected to be published in a report by Liberal Democrat Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece later this year.


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Boris Johnson made a shock journey to Kyiv on Friday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout which the UK introduced it will spearhead a coaching programme for hundreds of Ukrainian troops.
In his second go to to Kyiv because the starting of the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24, the UK prime minister introduced that he would offer help to coach as much as 10,000 troopers each 4 months.
Each soldier will spend three weeks studying battle abilities, medical observe, cyber safety and counter-explosive ways. The coaching programme follows £1.3bn of British financial and humanitarian help to Ukraine, together with anti-tank missiles and artillery.
In a joint video deal with with Zelenskyy from Kyiv, Johnson stated: “We will be with you as we have since the beginning to provide the military equipment, and now, of course, the training that may be necessary to go with that new equipment.”
“So that you, the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian armed forces, will be able to do what I believe Ukrainians yearn to do. And that is to expel the aggressor from Ukraine,” Johnson added.
The prime minister stated that two months after his first go to to Kyiv “the Ukrainian grit, determination and resilience is stronger than ever” and added that the “unbreakable resolve” would outlive the ambitions of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
“We have a common view on how to move towards victory,” Zelenskyy stated.
“In particular, we talked about the need to increase the supply of heavy weapons,” he added.
The Ukrainian president stated Friday’s talks targeted on defence and safety within the south and east of the nation, the place Russia’s invading forces have occupied about 20 per cent of Ukraine’s territory.
Zelenskyy stated that each leaders spoke of Russia’s duty for meals shortages, and the necessity to enhance the availability of heavy arms to Ukraine, notably noting the menace from missiles.
“The vast majority of Russian missile strikes are conducted by the Russian army on ordinary people, on civilian infrastructure — housing, schools, hospitals, universities, transport,” he stated. “Obviously, this should be one of the priorities for all of us, for our partners — to help protect against Russian missiles. It will be a guarantee of life for people in most of our territory.”
Johnson and Zelenskyy additionally mentioned safety ensures for Ukraine and efforts to rebuild the county following the invasion.
“Of course, we have to increase our co-operation for demining the territory of Ukraine. This direction also began to be discussed in detail,” the Ukrainian chief stated. “And we are preparing . . . the process of rebuilding our state with practical steps. We have no doubt that we will win, so we are already preparing to rebuild the country after our victory.”
Johnson was on account of seem at a convention of northern Conservative MPs on Friday earlier than abruptly withdrawing to make the go to to Ukraine. Following non-public criticism from some MPs, Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen tweeted that the Ukraine go to was “absolutely more important”.


After missing out on a home date in November, Mark Hunt is getting to fight in Australia next year.
The UFC confirmed a matchup reported by The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, pairing up Hunt and streaking heavyweight Curtis Blaydes. They will fight at UFC 221, which takes place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia, on Feb. 11.
Hunt (13-11-1, 1 NC) was recently removed from a main event bout opposite Marcin Tybura at UFC Sydney after officials raised concerns over health issues that Hunt discussed in a feature for the Players Voice. The 43-year-old Australia resident butted heads with the UFC over the incident, which was compounded by the lawsuit that he is currently involved in with the company. Hunt is suing the UFC, Dana White, and Brock Lesnar for allegedly having knowledge that Lesnar was using performance-enhancing drugs ahead of their bout at UFC 200 in July 2016.
The UFC Sydney main event was changed to have Tybura instead face former UFC champion Fabricio Werdum, a fighter that Hunt is not fond of. In an interview with Sporting News, Hunt described Werdum as a “little chicken rat” and said he was hoping to face the Brazilian again after losing to Werdum at UFC 180 three years ago.
Instead, Hunt will take on Blaydes (9-1), a 26-year-old from Illinois who has won his last four fights. In his most recent outing at UFC 217, “Razor” picked up a strange TKO win over Alexey Oleinik when the fight was momentarily stopped after it looked like Blaydes landed an illegal kick on his downed opponent. Though Oleinik could not continue, it was ruled that Blaydes’s kick was not the deciding factor and he was given a win rather than a disqualification loss.


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