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Throughout the world, gambling is a highly lucrative and popular pastime. Gambling involves betting on a random event, whether it’s a sporting event, a horse race, or a lottery. The main objective of gambling is to win something else of value. Gambling is a risky endeavor. This can result in negative effects for the gambler and the society.
During the late 20th century, state-licensed lotteries grew rapidly in Europe and the United States. Casinos are also a major form of gambling. Casinos have been associated with increased rates of driving while intoxicated, violent crime, and problem gambling. Gambling revenues have also been shown to contribute to public services.
The legal gambling market in the United States grew to $13.6 billion in the second quarter of 2021. Gambling revenues are estimated to be $10 trillion annually. However, it’s estimated that illegal gambling may surpass this amount. In addition, gambling is estimated to cost the US prison system $51 to $243 million per year.
Gambling impacts are divided into three categories: financial, individual, and community/society. Financial impacts include the money that gamblers spend, the revenues that casinos receive, and the money that is wagered on other sporting events. Gambling also has a positive impact on employment and further employment. In addition, it can also contribute to tourism. Gambling can also cause bankruptcy and homelessness.
Intangible social costs of gambling are estimated using disability weights, which measure a person’s per-person burden of a health state on their quality of life. This measure has also been used to discover the social impacts of gambling on gamblers’ social networks.
Intangible costs are often difficult to measure and are often unseen. In some cases, they become visible when family members or friends seek assistance. In addition, they may be a result of social inequality. For example, higher income households spend more on gambling than lower-income households. Some consumers also gamble as a means to escape from problems. In some cases, gambling may also be a form of entertainment.
Some studies have tried to quantify the positive effects of gambling by examining consumer surplus. A consumer surplus is the difference between what people are willing to pay for a product or service, and what they actually pay. In other cases, the purpose of gambling is not to win money. For example, a player may be wagering marbles in a marble game.
In addition, some gambling activities require professional organization. For example, organized football pools exist in nearly all European countries and a few African and Asian nations. Similarly, organized dog races are common in North America and Australia. Several countries offer state-licensed wagering on other sporting events.
While studies have shown that gambling can have positive impacts on gambling revenues, negative impacts have also been found in the recreational/amusement and retail sectors. Gambling also can result in increased demand for social services. The impacts of gambling on society are dependent upon the source of gambling revenues, availability of gambling, and the effectiveness of gambling policy.

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Kinsman: Is North America dead?
The need for neighbourhood has never been greater. The three North American countries do too little with the neighbourhood in mind. It’s all about individual national benefit and perceived threat, not about common purpose. Canada has played the pipeline issue badly, deaf to the full range of issues in the US because the government doesn’t get them in Canada. North America can be global first movers on the energy/environment swirl but leadership is required. With the US system in a the armlock of playground feuds, Canada has a golden opportunity to lead, but not from the standpoint of “me, first.” So, no, rumours of death are exaggerated, but signs of life are vividly required.

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Media Archive on Wrongdoing in Universities: Sexual Misconduct, Bullying, Discrimination, Financial Mismanagement and NDAs
"Universities sing the song of meritocracy but dance to a different tune. In reality, they will do everything to reward and protect their most destructive, abusive and uncooperative faculty."
This is a collection of articles on university wrongdoing. The wrongdoing reported is the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of incidents of university wrongdoing that are unreported: these are not just numbers, every time wrongdoing occurs the life or the lives of people are affected, damaged and changed forever.
This can happen to anyone: victims of wrongdoing can be rich, poor and from any background. Universities do not discriminate when it comes to inflicting wrongdoing and many of the victims did not think that wrongdoing would happen to them.
Sexual Misconduct Articles: 7 in 10 female students and 1 in 5 male students experience it. 4 in 10 of all students had reported at least one instance of sexualised behaviour from university staff. Anyone can be a victim of sexual violence in universities: the victims do not do anthing to "cause" wrongdoing to happen to them. (Data from the NUS/The 1752 Group "Staff to Student Sexual Misconduct Report")
Bullying: "the prevalence of academic bullying is roughly more than 30% across the globe… Personally, I think the rate is much higher and is probably highly dependent on the type of institution. At highly ranked institutions, where competition for joining labs is high and where lab workers can easily be replaced by another candidate, I would guess the incidence is even higher." Anyone can be a victim of bullying, students, academics and university staff alike. (Academic bullying: Desperate for data and solutions)
Discrimination in universities is rife. Anyone can be discriminated on any grounds: race, sex, sexual orientation, disability or simply for "not looking the part".
NDAs, Cover-Ups and Suppression of Speech: "Universities are even willing to ruin their own reputations and alienate their alumni to protect bullies and abusers. They might think that reputation management demands that such behaviour be swept under the carpet, but they ought to know that the scandals will break eventually, and that the cover-up will make them look worse. Some universities even hire people in the full knowledge of abuse allegations against them, thereby becoming invested in keeping secret their decision to put their students in harm’s way." (Ten rules for succeeding in academia through upward toxicity, Irina Dumitrescu)
Articles on specific scandals:

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Going Home - Recognising if your baby is unwell
Anaemia of prematurity
Anaemia of prematurity can be a problem for preterm babies. Anaemia means that your baby has less red blood cells that carry oxygen than they normally should. It is due to an immature bone marrow.
- Anaemia can cause your baby to look pale and become more tired.
- If your baby is anaemic, they will need regular check-ups in the baby clinic until it gets better.
- Haemoglobin is what makes blood red and it carries oxygen in the blood. Some babies need to have a blood transfusion to treat this anaemia.
- Iron is important for red blood cells and haemoglobin. Most babies who were born preterm are recommended to take iron supplements during their first year after they are a month old, unless they get enough iron from their diet.

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06 December 2022
Sealing a suture-free future
Published online 15 October 2017
A new suture-less sealant engineered from a protein derived from human tissue is effective for wound closure in dynamic tissues.
Sutures, staples, and wires enable wound closure, but healing fragile or elastic tissue, like a breathing lung after a pneumothorax, is more challenging.
Synthetic surgical sealants help address this challenge, but often only possess one or two of the following optimal characteristics: elasticity, tissue adhesion, non-toxicity, and biocompatibility.1
An international team led by Nasim Annabi and Ali Khademhosseini, who is affiliated with the King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, endeavoured to engineer a material that effectively met all the requirements, publishing their results in Science Translational Medicine.2
The team cross-linked tropoelastin, which produces the protein that makes up the elastic fibres in human tissue, using a reagent (methacrylate) activated by a burst of light, to produce a highly elastic hydrogel they called MeTro.
The sealant was successfully applied to preclinical rat and porcine models. It was biocompatible (since it was derived from human tissue) and remained in place for two weeks of follow up, with no toxicity and controlled in vivo degradation.
Compared with several commercially available sealants, MeTro provided greater tensile strength, elongation, adhesive strength, and burst pressure resistance.
Khademhosseini stated that “[MeTro] checks off all the boxes of a highly versatile and efficient surgical sealant with potential beyond pulmonary and vascular suture and staple-less applications.”
The team now hope to launch the first phase of human clinical trials and investigate other adhesion methods to guide the next-generation of MeTro formulations.
1. Annabi, N., Yue, K., Tamayol, A. & Khademhosseini, A. Elastic sealants for surgical spplications. Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 95, 27–39 (2015).
2. Annabi, S. et al. Engineering a highly elastic human protein-based sealant for surgical applications. Sci. Transl. Med. 9, eaai7466 (2017).

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Let’s try this thing again!
It started January 1, 2014 – a whole year of “photo of the day “.
It was a love-hate relationship. Loved the creative process – disliked the daily burden of the “upload” – often having to find internet access.
So I took 2015 off and realized that I actually missed it.
Thus I begin again.
This year I will take a photo each day and post it – no old snapshots.
Join me if you want on Instagram using the hashtag #photofrommyday2016 and let’s we what we create.

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The US flag bearer, Nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick, leads the national delegation during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on Friday.Feb 09, 2014FULL STORY
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2016 Pasco Online Citizen Survey Ends May 31st
Pasco County’s annual online survey will end on Tuesday, May 31 2016.
The annual survey solicits feedback from residents on a variety of topics related to the future of the County, such as transportation and growth. The survey also asks how often citizens use County-provided services and solicits feedback on how well the expectations for service delivery are met. This information, combined with data from our random-sampling National Citizen Survey and our citizen listening sessions, provides input for prioritizing our planning efforts and budget allocations.
Citizens who would like to take the survey can click on the following link:
Pasco County continues to provide information through our website. Residents can also sign up to receive e-mail updates – just click here: http://fl-pascocounty.civicplus.com/list.aspx and enter your e-mail address. You can also ‘Like’ the Pasco County Facebook page to follow the County’s progress and information updates. In addition to the survey, listening sessions and social media, citizens can send feedback any time through our website’s Customer Comment Card: http://bit.ly/1TdZqqM or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].


Vanuatu’s newly rehabilitated National Freshwater Aquaculture Centre which was severely damaged by Tropical Cyclone Pam last year, was officially re-opened in Port Vila on Friday (8 July).
The ceremony was attended by Vanuatu’s Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Biosecurity, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Matai Seremaia; Minister for Infrastructure and Public Utility, the Hon Jotham Napat; Director of Fisheries, Kalo Pakoa; Acting Director of the National Disaster Management Office, Peter Korisa, and the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Director of Fisheries Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems Division, Moses Amos.
Under a grant agreement signed between the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and SPC for cocoa and fisheries rehabilitation in Vanuatu, funding of VUV 35,407,908 was made available to rehabilitate the Vanuatu Fisheries Department’s infrastructure, such as government hatcheries, and community aquaculture farms damaged by the category five cyclone.
“Since the devastation of cyclone Pam, one of the key priorities for the Vanuatu Government has been food security for the Vanuatu people. Aquaculture, particularly on a small scale for inland freshwater communities, is a primary production sector that can contribute immensely to putting food on the table,” Mr Amos said.
“The rehabilitated centre will also serve as the national brood stock centre for freshwater aquaculture species, such as prawns and tilapia. It provides the opportunity for research in areas such as finding the aquaculture feeds most suitable to Vanuatu conditions,” Mr Amos added.
The rehabilitation work to the Department of Fisheries Centre included rebuilding the national freshwater hatchery building which houses fish breeding tanks, office space and a conference room.
Earthen fish and prawn ponds were repaired and expanded from an experimental scale to commercial scale and large outdoor culture tanks were also installed for breeding and growing fish fingerlings.
The increased capacity of the new facility will also enable the Department of Fisheries to mass produce freshwater tilapia and prawn fingerlings to be distributed to community farmers for grow-out to harvestable size in four months.
Work is still under way for the rehabilitation of the second freshwater hatchery in Santo Island, with support from SPC, and this is expected to cost around VUV 3 million and will be completed in August this year.


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Weather forecast for the day heavy rain with wind gusts up to 50km.
We meet at Glendale shopping centre around 8:45am after a cup of coffee
we headed of, slight ran at this time.
We travelled to Morisset on the Western side of Lake Macquarie with a
drive up the main street of Torono.
After leaving Morisset we travelled to Wyee with the rain getting Heaver
once in Wyee we turn of on to Hue Hue road
This is where it got interesting with very very heavy rain.
The drains on the sides of the road as well as the creeks we passed were
This was the heaviest rain that Smokey and myself have driven through in a
Smokey started to loose charging volts in this heavy rain then my ignition
light started to flash, I now had the same trouble.
We decided to find some were we could shelter from the rain and try to
find what was causing our problems.
This was quite strange with both Mokes. Having charging troubles at the
As quickly as the problem started it disappeared so we continued on with the trip.
At the end of Hue Hue road we turned right and travelled up the Yarramalong Valley towards our destination Wollombi. This part of the road was great to drive on with lots of bends, hills,
valleys etc. with some of the hills quite steep at times, This would be a great drive in the dry.
By this time the rain is all most gone just showers. Arriving at Wollombi we Parked outside of the Wollombi Hotel before taking a couple of Pictures. Smokey and I then had a look around town.
When we got back to the hotel it was too busy to order lunch.
So we then drove on to Cessnock and had Lunch in a little Café in the
main street. After lunch we drove home through Kurri Kurri then along John Renshaw
Drive to the New England Highway this is where we parted ways. Even though we had extremely heavy down pours and constant shower throughout the whole trip I had a great day out.
This is what IMD is all about a drive with friends.
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As usual, image done with combination of digi painting and painting over some heavily (unrecognizable) manipulated base
I finished it ! It's a little wierd, and the eyes are too big lol !
But it's him i think, at least i hope
This time, i choosed a really agressive aspect for the colors. I'm not sure everyone will like it lol.
As usual, see the reference on my myspace.


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Abby & Jimmy are a sweet, fun couple that are getting married this summer at Warrenwood Manor in Danville, KY. We had a blast walking around a private farm in Richmond for their engagement photos. We loved how they incorporated sentimental areas and backgrounds into their images so that the photos are not only beautiful, but have an even deeper meaning for them. These photos represent their beginning, present and future.
Abby & Jimmy, thank you for allowing us to capture your love for each other! We wish you the best in your life together!

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After 40 years of allotment gardening this is the first year I have grown Sarpo. With drought conditions most of summer I was totally surprised at the size and condition of the crop. No disease, large potatoes and excellent when roasted. Will be ordering next year.
by watching some of the people that have grown sarpo mira and the results that they had, i decided to get some for myself which i will be planting on my allotment, . hope i get the same results
I cannot recommend this potato highly enough. I'm a new allotment holder and these potatoes weren't touched by pests and disease when compared to the Maris pipers I grew. I had a wonderful yield and still have plenty left.
I grow Sarpo Mira this year. Brilliant. Will definitely be ordering this year for next year
These will happily grow through the worst blight seasons and they are almost immune to slugs with very little damage. They do give a heavy crop and keep well for months. I would advise eating the ones longer than 7 inches rather than storing as they tend to go hollow in the middle. Seem to be good all round eating potatoes too as they are fine for boiling but excellent for chips and roasting.
As a keen vegetable gardener I've grown various variety of potatoes but this year was the first time of growing this variety. Well I was amazed at the size, quantity and quality of the tubers when I started harvesting. Then even more surprised at how well they baked, chipped mashed and roasted, they also tasted great too. Will be growing another couple of rows in 2014
As a first time potato grower these were a dream. We planted them out in early summer and they produced a lovely crop of pale pink skinned, medium sized potatoes. I have roasted them and boiled them and they have received approval from all who have eaten them. They have a delicious dense flesh, well suited to baking, mash and roasting. They resisted blight despite the abnormally wet conditions last year. They are definitely ones we are very keen to sow again this year.

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A teenager who had been to the Hoppings left four young lads celebrating the end of the exams terrified by robbing them as they walked through a Newcastle suburb.
Dale Burdess had been to the fair on the town moor with friends and they were walking along Gosforth High Street when then encountered the four teenagers.
A court heard the victims were out celebrating finishing their A-Levels and were heading to a party when they were attacked.
Burdess, who was with Lewis Pattie and a 16-year-old boy, threatened the teenagers and robbed them of alcohol and cash.
Now Burdess, 18, who admitted four charges of robbery, has been spared jail along with Pattie and the youth, who admitted theft.
As the trio were sentenced, Newcastle Crown Court heard the street robbery left the victims feeling scared.
One of the teenagers said: “This shocked me greatly, I felt very intimidated.
“I did absolutely nothing to provoke this or deserve such threatening behaviour.”
His friend added: “I was concerned he may have injured us.”
Another victim said: “This made me feel really scared, especially when he told me he had something in his sock.”
The group of friends were walking through Gosforth on June 20 last year in the early evening.
They had just completed their A-Level exams and were heading to a party and were carrying bags of alcohol.
When they encountered the other group, the 16-year-old had blood on his face and Burdess told them he had done it and would do the same to them and claimed he had a weapon in his sock.
Burdess stole alcohol of the group and a wallet from one of the victims, from which he took £5.
Burdess, of Hall Close Green, Cramlington, pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery and was given eight months prison, suspended for 18 months, with supervision and 100 hours unpaid work.
Andrew Rutter, defending, said: “He had been to the Hoppings and consumed too much drink. There were only threats and no violence.
“He is deeply remorseful and his parents were horrified when they learned of his arrest. He recognises the shame he has brought on himself and them.”
Pattie, 19, of Loughrigg Avenue, Cramlington, and the youth, admitted four charges of theft by taking possession of the stolen goods.
Pattie also pleaded guilty to a separate offence of affray on January 17 last year.
He and others confronted a group of 17 and 18-year-olds in Cramlington Village.
Pattie punched and kicked a three members of the other group and threatened to get a knife and stab them.
The incident was only brought to an end when an off-duty police officer came on the scene.
All three victims were left with injuries, including a fractured hand, bruising and swelling to the face and soft tissue damage to the cheek and jaw.
One of the teenagers said in a victim impact statement: “I’ve had nightmares about the incident and have had to see a counsellor.
“The assault has changed me and made me feel apprehensive when I leave home.
“I’m embarrassed this has affected me as it has.”
The victim with the broken hand added: “I’m suffering ongoing emotional distress and I’m constantly in fear or walking alone in and around the area of the incident.
“I don’t know why this happened to me because I didn’t provoke anyone in any way.”
Pattie was given a seven-month suspended prison sentence with supervision and 100 hours unpaid work.
Richard Bloomfield, defending, said Pattie had been doing a construction course and claimed his “offending was a blip”.
The 16-year-old was given a youth rehabilitation order with supervision.
Kate Barnes, defending, said: “He was with peers who were older than him and found himself stranded in Newcastle and had to go along with the boys to get back home again.
“He was on the periphery of what happened and is supported by a responsible, law-abiding family.”


Meritage Homes Brings New Bungalows to Windermere Trails
Meritage Homes’ Windermere Trails community in southwest Orlando has entered the third phase of construction with new bungalow-style model homes.
By Balazs Szekely, Associate Editor
Orlando, Fla.—Meritage Homes recently broke ground on the third phase of the of its Windermere Trails community. The new stage of development will add two new bungalow-style layouts on 150 home sites.
Just off Florida State Road 535, the property is located at 10750 Reams Rd. in southwest Orlando. Most of the new phase will offer bungalow-style homes on 32-foot lots with three or more bedrooms and a minimum of two-and-a-half baths, priced from the $240s. The extension will include 18 additional single-family sites for the developer’s new Grand Series home designs, featuring 60-foot widths bordered by the adjacent natural conservation area. Priced from the $300s, these homes range from 2,000 to over 3,700 square feet of living area with media rooms, gamerooms and up to eight bedrooms.
Two model homes will be furnished, decorated and ready for viewing in early February, according to the homebuilder.
Photo credit: Meritage Homes


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Published: January 15, 2021
From the Desk of County Executive T.R. Williams
Mobile health clinic fills health care needs.
If you’re reading this in Lawrence County, you obviously like the lifestyle a rural community provides.
I love living here: talking to people I’ve known for decades; traveling uncrowded roads; looking at the farmland that surrounds my house. There’s no way a city could satisfy my requirements for a good life.
Unfortunately, too many of us are sicker than our urban counterparts. We have higher rates of cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and suicide. In urban areas across the U.S., women live an average of 1.6 years longer and men an average of 2.1 years longer.
A lack of access to basic healthcare is one reason why. Rural areas have far fewer physicians, specialists, and mental health providers than more populated areas. Poverty and a lack of transportation are other related factors. That’s why I’m excited about Project Rural Recovery, a grant-funded program that addresses all three issues by providing free primary and mental health care in Lawrence County once a week.
Buffalo Valley, Inc., a Hohenwald-based provider of drug and alcohol recovery services, won a five-year grant to serve Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Perry, and Wayne Counties with a mobile health clinic. The remodeled bus is parked at Clark’s Gym, 2004 N. Locust Avenue in Lawrenceburg, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Thursday.
Half of the clinic on wheels is devoted to primary care, the other half to behavioral (mental) health assessments and care. All too often mental and physical health are two sides of the same coin, so I’m thankful more Lawrence Countians have access to the combination of help they need.
Are there other reasons rural residents face greater health challenges? Absolutely. More of us use tobacco, fail to exercise regularly, eat poorly, and hide our need for help with mental health issues and substance use disorders. These are all things we can personally improve on, and influence improvement in our younger generations.
If you need free medical help, please take advantage of the new mobile health clinic. And please avoid future problems by taking better care of yourself. You are one of the reasons Lawrence County is a great place to live.


A NEW PIECE for a NEW YEAR!!!
wORLD PREMIER >> Original score & live performance by Wilco's Glenn Kotche
A Collaboration by Agami & Glenn Kotche for Ate9!
March 3rd @ 8pm
Presented by Velocity Dance Center & STG @ The Moore Theater in DT Seattle,wA
Catharine & Jeffrey Soros
About Glenn Kotche
Zen and the art of Adventureland
For a percussionist and composer as energetic, inquisitive and versatile as Glenn Kotche, it’s his sense of balance—his ability to thrive in different and seemingly disparate worlds—that really makes him stand out as a musician.
Since 2001, Kotche has been the rhythmic anchor in Wilco. He has appeared on over 80 recordings by artists as diverse as Andrew Bird, Edith Frost, Neil Finn and Radiohead's Phil Selway, and he’s a founding member of two other bands— Loose Fur, with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and longtime collaborator Jim O’Rourke, and On Fillmore, with upright bassist Darin Gray. He has also written music for classical and post-classical ensembles like Kronos Quartet, the Silk Road Ensemble, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, So Percussion, eighth blackbird and many more.


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Catalan Dragons held off a fast-finishing Hull FC at the Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan this afternoon to win a thrilling Super League contest.
Hull suffered a blow before the game when their hooker Danny Houghton had to withdraw after his wife gave birth, while they were also missing Liam Watts, who had lost his passport before travelling to France.
But on the other hand, they did welcome Tom Lineham back into their side after the current Albert Goldthorpe Rookie of the Year had been out of action for three months with injury.
The Dragons scored the opening try when Ben Pomeroy collected a last-tackle kick from Hull and fed Morgan Escaré, who sped 80 metres down the wing to score a thrilling try, with Thomas Bosc adding the goal for a 6-0 lead.
Michael Oldfield extended their lead when he collected a Bosc kick to the wing. Bosc couldn’t convert the try, but the Dragons had a 10-point lead after 17 minutes.
Jason Baitieri touched down on 25 minutes, but the try was ruled out for a forward pass from Ian Henderson.
Hull got back into the game on 34 minutes, when Gareth Ellis took the ball close to the Catalan line to burst over for his side’s first points. Jordan Rankin missed the conversion from the touchline.
Shortly before half-time, however, the Dragons scored again, when Benjamin Garcia forced his way over from dummy-half after a quick play-the-ball from Leon Pryce, with Bosc again adding the goal.
And the Dragons extended their lead after 46 minutes, when Pryce broke through and fed Daryl Millard, who scored in the left corner. Bosc hit the post with his conversion attempt.
Richard Horne missed a golden chance to put Hull back into the game when he dropped the ball in the act of scoring on 54 minutes.
Millard had a try disallowed when Lineham was pulled back as he tried to contest the ball.
And after 61 minutes Hull were back in it, when Fetuli Talanoa broke through and gave a great ball to Kirk Yeaman, who touched down, with Rankin adding a touchline conversion to cut the deficit to ten points.
And when Jamie Shaul scored three minutes later after great Hull passing and with Rankin adding the conversion there was everything to play for.
Sadly for Hull, they couldn’t manage to score the try that could have given them victory, but their coach Lee Radford will take plenty of encouragement from another strong performance by his side.
A full report, pictures and analysis will feature in Monday’s edition of Rugby League Express.
Want more Rugby League news and features? Subscribe to the online version of League Express newspaper and Rugby League World magazine. You can also connect with Total Rugby League on the social media platform of your choice.

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If your day-to-day involves workflows with long-running tasks, I have good news for you: we just released a new checkpointing feature that makes it possible to save intermediate outputs for a task and resume work from that point if the task gets interrupted. For context, the Cromwell workflow engine we use in Terra already had a smart resume capability at the level of the workflow, called "call caching".
Whether you’re processing ten data files or ten thousand, making your workflows run faster and cost less is always a goal. The Terra Workflow (aka “Batch”) team has been working on some cost and performance improvements. These aren’t available quite yet, but we wanted to give you a preview of two of the [...]
Intermediate files generated by your workflow may be an unexpected source of storage costs. Fortunately, you now have an easy option to delete these files immediately after your workflow runs. Just select the new “delete intermediate outputs” box on your workflow configuration. Saving money on your workflow analysis is always a top [...]


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Mon. 2/10(day 5, 30 min): no WU Quiz – Pedigrees HW: none
Tues 2/11(day 1, 40 min): WU: Genetic Disorders Blood type – model antigens and antibodies, inheritance/paternity testing, how to do a blood type lab test HW: read section 7.3 (Non-Mendelian Genetics)of the textbook
Wed. 2/12 (day 2, 60 min): WU: Multiple Alleles Blood Typing Lab HW: read section 7.4 (Blood Types) from textbook
Thurs 2/13 (day 3, 40 min): WU: Codominance time to work on the Blood Typing Lab HW: Blood typing lab due tomorrow, pedigree quiz retake tomorrow
Fri. 2/14 : (day 4 100 min) WU: Blood Types X 2 Retake Pedigree quiz, Polygenic M&Ms lab HW: Test over unit 7 next Friday. Make sure you have read the entire chapter! If you have time, you may want to start the study guide.
coming up: test, begin Unit 8 DNA


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The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences: Webinar dedicated to media houses
A webinar titled ‘The sound and vision of organic farming for rural audiences’ was held by Access Agriculture on 14th March for the English-speaking audience. For the French-speaking audience, a webinar on the same theme, titled ‘Le son et la vision de l’agriculture biologique pour les audiences rurales’ was held on 21st March. Both the webinars were organised as part of the Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture (KCOA) project activities.
The webinars focused on how media houses (radio, television, newspapers, web media) can effectively use and benefit from Access Agriculture videos to support learning on organic farming, climate change adaptation, agri-entrepreneurship and raise awareness of audiences on organic food.
Mass media, such as radio and television, are powerful tools for effective delivery of agricultural extension advice, knowledge and information. However, they often struggle to have quality content.
Thanks to a win-win partnership that Access Agriculture has established with media houses in several countries, they freely receive packages of quality farmer training videos and audio tracks in local languages for broadcasting for the benefit of the public.
Rural radio stations are able to use the soundtracks and even organise listener and viewing clubs. Many TV stations are now using the Access Agriculture videos because the quality is appreciated by their viewers.
The webinars gave an opportunity to some of these media houses to share with the public, especially other media professionals, their experiences, including lessons learnt, of using the videos and audio tracts.
The webinars were facilitated by Access Agriculture resource persons (Blessings Flao and Phil Malone for the English one, and Nafissath Barres and Jonas Wanvoeke for the French one). Panelists from various media houses from Kenya and India (for the English webinar) as well as from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and Benin (for the French one) participated.
The webinars had active participation from viewers on both Zoom and Facebook platforms.
- English webinar – 30 participants (out of 103 registrations) for the Zoom platform while Facebook platform had 336 views;
- French webinar – 20 participants (out of 60 registrations) for the Zoom platform while Facebook platform had 330 views.
The recordings for both webinars can be accessed on the links below.
- Facebook Recording - https://fb.watch/jg3qfAlYYb/
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Regional Energy Agency North, in collaboration with the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Zagreb and the Croatian Green Building Council, is organizing an nZEB training WEBINAR on the topic “Designing and Constructing Nearly Zero Energy Buildings – Bioclimatic Design” on April 18, 2024.
The training will be conducted by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bojan Milovanovic.
This training consists of several modules, with the first one focusing on discussing the principles of nZEB design and bioclimatic design (Are there any similarities?).
You will receive answers to questions such as “Why is it important to analyze the location and climate characteristics?”, “What are green roofs?”, and “What are urban heat islands?”.
Additionally, it will cover the possibilities of renewable energy sources application and introduce smart materials and materials with reduced environmental impact.
The training is FREE and will be held ONLINE with mandatory prior registration.
The duration of the training is 1 day, and the program is outlined below.
We emphasize that all participants who register on time will earn points as part of their professional development.
If you find the topic interesting, please register via the LINK.
Registration for the training is possible until April 16, 2024, at 12:00 PM


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The Rise of Digital Assistants
I love Siri. If you’re like me and are a bit tired of the usual entertainment options available after a long day at work (movies, music, Facebook, natch) then Siri makes for a very good alternative. Here is a digital assistant who is funny, knowledgeable and with great attitude.
But, while I use Siri quite a bit for entertainment (“Tell me a joke, Siri!”) I have also experimented with more serious queries. Relating to the weather, for example. Or, stock price quotations. Or, the latest movie listings.
Where I live (India), Siri is still not geared to handling local queries so the results are usually a list of relevant webpages that Siri thinks are appropriate. On occasion, I have found them to be so while at other times I’ve had to fall back on Google or Bing for a deep dive.
What I’m more concerned about though, is how little attention is being paid by SEOs to oral search. I spoke to a few SEO professionals and they were predictably enough full of information about the latest algorithm updates from Google. None of them sounded sufficiently well-informed or convincing enough about how to adapt their own SEO strategies, if there is a tectonic shift in the way users interact with their smartphones or tablets for search. Wearables such as the Apple Watch, Android Wear and so on are another revolution waiting in the wings and will change the way we interact with our devices.
However at the moment, there seems to be precious little to trigger a mass exodus towards oral search. Siri is quirky and funny and in some ways, this may well be a barrier to larger acceptance. Google Now (say, “Ok, Google”) doesn’t seem to have promoted themselves well enough and in a country like India with numerous languages an English-only interface will severely limit trial and usage. As for Cortana, I haven’t even had a chance to play with it yet.
From a content standpoint, a couple of clear pointers seem to be emerging. The digital assistants are not dependent upon your content to generate basic replies, particularly Google which has its vast database at its fingertips. Let your content provide richer and more informative experiences that your users will find value.:


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Two “White Snake” Pantomimes is a concert paraphrase of music initially conceived as a ballet score, based on the legend of the White Snake—an enduringly popular subject of Chinese traditional literature and theater, as well as modern-day film and television.
The story of a snake spirit and her unhappy love for a mortal man has cross-cultural parallels to narratives that reappear throughout Western dance, from Romantic-era ballet-pantomimes to 20th-century ballets by Igor Stravinsky and Hans Werner Henze. In keeping with the White Snake legend, however, Two “White Snake” Pantomimes also looks to Chinese opera, a multidisciplinary tradition where performers do not distinguish strictly between “dancing” and “acting.” In my music, therefore, I do not envision dance so much as I imagine the gestural movement of the dancers as they play out the drama in mime.
“Borrowing an Umbrella by the West Lake” narrates the first meeting of the lovers during a storm, which allows the heroine Lady White to borrow the hero Xu Xian’s umbrella as a pretext for a subsequent meeting. “Trouble Stirs at the Dragon-Boat Festival” unfolds amid the din of a popular festival, where Xu Xian encounters a Daoist priest, whose insistence that he is in the grips of a demonic possession gives him the first sign that Lady White may not be who she seems.
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We at Heel are pioneers in the field of natural medicine, and a spirit of curiosity defines how we think and work. This mindset drives the company today and can be traced back to our founding father, Dr. Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg.
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Hello! It’s Courtney from Paperelli and I back again to share more free printables with you! How do you like to stay organized? Are you a list maker? I love staying on top of organization with a detailed to do list and I thought it would be fun to design a cute new Printable To Do List to share here on Lolly Jane.
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The Alfa Romeo name is synonymous with the cutting-edge, head-turning flair of Italian design, boasting looks that wouldn’t look out of place on the catwalks of Milan. But the manufacturer is also responsible for incredible feats of engineering, with its vehicles offering responsive, agile, and controlled performance as standard. And, in the Alfa Romeo Giulia, this sense of chic, capable motoring is evident throughout.
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The Roaring 20s are back! For the 100-year anniversary of the 1920s, join the Dallas Museum of Art on Friday, January 17 for a night of big band music, swing dancing, Prohibition tours, and more. Plus, see the exhibition speechless: different by design for free during the January Late Night.
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A Perfect Place to Live: Utica, NY
A Perfect Place to Live: Utica, NY, and the Mohawk Valley
The Masonic Care Community is situated just southeast of downtown Utica, NY, on a sprawling 600-acre campus. As an active senior living community, we believe this area of New York offers an exceptional blend of tranquility and accessibility for those seeking a serene yet vibrant living environment. Nestled in the heart of the Mohawk Valley, our location provides residents with the peace and security they desire while remaining conveniently close to the amenities and opportunities of Utica, NY, and its surrounding area.
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Situated just southeast of downtown Utica, our residents enjoy a perfect balance of tranquility and accessibility. While our serene environment offers respite from the hustle and bustle of city life, residents remain close to the cultural attractions and recreational opportunities of Utica and the Mohawk Valley. As members of the larger Utica community, our residents benefit from engaging programs, volunteer initiatives, and the support of our neighbors, enriching their lives and fostering a sense of belonging.
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The privacy is outstanding. The access to the water is excellent too. The creek is shallow and not great for swimming but we have kayaks, and you can either go out into Great Sodus Bay or up Second Creek to view wildlife. The entire area is, as of 2013, a protected area.
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Last night my friend invited me to a free screening of “Iron Jawed Angels”, a HBO film. This screening was for the New York Women in Film and Television.
Now that I don’t have cable or even a TV, this was a treat to see! The film is about Alice Paul, a suffragist who fearlessly paved the way for the 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote.
Before the screening, there was a reception where I drank half a glass of red wine and planned to do some schmoozing with women in film. Ironically, the only person I chatted with was an older man who asked me what’s the best way to spread hummus on a pita without using fingers or cutlery. I suggested using another pita slice to do the spreading!
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The Squadron of Shame recently undertook a mission of great importance: Sam and Max Season 1 from Telltale Games, along with the original Sam and Max Hit the Road from LucasArts.
I just finished up a re-play of Sam and Max Hit the Road and it was pretty retroactively disappointing. On an old episode of Retronauts, when Jeremy Parrish called the game to task about it’s recockulous puzzles, I chalked it up to him being an ass. While this much is true (zing! I kid the Parrish, cuz I love em) , he was indeed correct on this particular point. I definitely had to put my self in an “adventure game” mind-frame to resolve nearly every single conundrum, which basically entails a relentless dedication to picking up/using/clicking every single damn thing that the programmers programmed into the game, AND THEN clicking those things on every other thing in the game. Boy, did I love doing that kind of thing when I was a kid. Fuck, do I not love doing that now.
The story and dialogue are really the main reason to play this game in the first place. Some of the comedy is so timeless and hilarious, go ahead and put it in the second place, as well. Mr. Parrish talked about how the humor of Hit the Road successfully avoided being wacky purely for the sake of wackiness. In my opinion, there are, indeed, many instances of things being what they are for no other reason. The most prevalent example of this is the inclusion of celebrity look-a-likes. Why does the fisherman at the World of Fish speak and look like Woody Allen? Perhaps I’m just not enough of a Woody Allen fan. Why does the chief of the bigfoots (bigfeet?) sound like Jimmy Stewart? Wacky. However, the game does maintain a level a self-awareness regarding its wackiness that allows it to skirt the edge of that type of humor while simultaneously deflating it for comedic effect. Even when the game makes the requisite Star Wars reference, it follows it up with a wry “Well, that was gratuitous.” As a parody of the American “road-trip” culture, S&M definitely succeeds. There is also a sub-textual parody-y-ing of computer/adventure games in general that seems aimed squarely at people that have played every other LucasArts adventure. Now that I think about it, this entire game seems to have been made for those people (me), and that’s kind of crazy, but God bless ’em for it. In relation to that, during the end credits, Sam and Max enjoy the fruits of their labor at the Kushman Bros. carnival shooting gallery, blasting away at silhouettes of characters from all of Lucas’ various games and properties as they scroll by in the foreground. Who the heck are the cat character and bobble-headed baseball player from this sequence?
I started playing the first episode of Season 1 and, at first, I really really really really missed the original voice actors, who seemed to have a much firmer grasp on the tone required to skirt that wackiness edge. After taking a break and completely restarting, I was able to get past my misgivings, and enjoyed it quite a bit. There are still some problems, but I’m interested in continuing with the series and seeing where it goes. Hopefully, it doesn’t get too tiresome, as I was feeling a few twinges of repetitiveness just in this one episode. I wonder if I should wait a month or two before moving on to help curb some of that, as well as recreate the authentic episodic experience?
Also, I hope they either up Sam’s walking speed or decide to re-evaluate their puzzle structure. I worked on some GPS-based adventure games, and one thing we learned right away is that back-tracking is bad enough when you have to click through three screens, but when you have to actually WALK the quarter-mile to another location, leaving behind a crucial item or clue could be game breaking. What we did was to make sure that any objects or clues required to solve a puzzle could be found at that location, and the player just had to put them together (or take them apart) in the right way. When Sam has to build the anti-hypnosis helmet, there’s no real reason why the coat hanger couldn’t have been somewhere in the Inconvenience Store, rather than making me trek all the way back to the Office. Sure, if I was in “adventure game mode” and clicked on every single object in the Office before I had left, I would of had it, but I also would quickly lost momentum and interest.
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Here’s a scan of the original Hit the Road manual’s Sam and Max board game, perfect for cross-country road-trips:


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Wrestler Velvet Sky was born in New Britain on June 02. She made her wrestling debut with World Xtreme Wrestling in 2004. She participated in cheerleading and softball during high school. She dated wrestlers Gregory Helmes and later Chris Sabin.
She appeared in a music video for Montgomery Gentry’s song ‘So Called Life.’ She was featured on an episode of MTV’s Made with A.J. Styles.
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Cost of living in Glasgow, United Kingdom compared to Almaty, Kazakhstan
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2017 Scion xB is a new generation of models that will introduce innovations in relation to the previous model. The new model will be built on a sedan platform, which provides plenty of space in the cabin. Boxy design is eventually assumed modern forms and shapes which will attract new customers. Exterior will be recognizable by new headlights, alloy wheels, chrome accents and more. Cab will be able to receive five passengers, while a modern security systems increase the level of protection of passengers. The drive system is based on four-cylinder engine with good performance that will bring you savings in fuel consumption. This model was first introduced in 2003 year and is conceived as a quality vehicle with a low cost. Conceptual solutions shared with other Toyota models.
2017 Scion xB – Engine
2017 Scion xB runs a 2.4 liter unit with four-cylinder that delivers 160 horsepower. The engine will be paired with two types of gear boxes, as follows: five-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. Torque is transmitted to the rear wheels. Fuel consumption according EPA rates is 22 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway. Acceleration is improved and managerial capability on all surfaces. The new suspension and mechanical upgrades will provide you with a greater level of comfort. Detailed specifications will be announced later.
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2017 Scion xB is inspired with new designs and updated with new materials. The space inside the cabin is very spacious and luggage space is adequate number of passengers. The center console brings infotainment system, navigation, Bluetooth, sound system with six speakers, HD Radio, USB / iPod. Safety package includes several features: a system for traction control, stability control system, anti-lock wheels, airbags and more. Sale will start at the end of 2016 years and the price will be around $ 20,000. Very good price for excellent quality will be available to wide range of customers.


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Moms who are deciding how to feed their babies may have another reason to choose breastfeeding. A recent study by Danish researchers indicates that bottle-fed babies are at higher risk for a serious, potentially life-threatening condition called pyloric stenosis.
Pyloric stenosis occurs when the baby's stomach narrows, restricting the amount of food that can flow into the intestines. This leads to dehydration, projectile vomiting, and salt and fluid imbalances, which if left untreated can be fatal. According to the study cited by Health magazine, no one knows what causes this condition; but researchers found that babies who took bottles were 4.6 times more likely to have the condition compared to breast-fed babies.
This increased risk is significant, but it's not a cause for panic, especially for moms who choose to bottle feed. Pyloric stenosis occurs in three out of every 1,000 babies, according to KidsHealth, and it's usually easily treated. Thousands of babies successfully bottle feed each year without this complication.
Still, this condition is nothing to laugh at. Lead researcher Dr. Camilla Krogh told Health: "It is the most common condition requiring surgery in the first months of life." As a breastfeeding mom, this study solidifies my reasons for wanting to nurse and brings up a question that I often ask myself: Why do some moms who can nurse choose not to?
Often, I think many moms do not nurse their babies because our society is not breastfeeding friendly. Yes, we talk about how the benefits of breastfeeding, but then we turn around and send formula samples home with nursing moms as a "gift" and refuse to make accommodations in public or the workplace for moms to feed their babies.
Society needs to step up and make it easier for breastfeeding moms. Employers need to give new moms a time and place to pump, or even allow them to bring nursing infants to work with them where appropriate. Government officials need to push for longer maternity leave options for moms. Formula companies need to leave nursing moms alone.
Perhaps, if we can make society friendlier for nursing moms, we would see an increase in moms who nurse. Yes, a bottle-fed baby can grow up healthy and strong, but a breast-fed baby can too and with potentially less risk! Let's support moms who want to give nursing their best shot!
What do you think of this study? Would it change your mind about how to feed your baby? Tell us below in the comments section!
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A couple of weeks ago, I had to go to California for depositions in a case that had not been continued (but would be before I returned). I wore a face mask because of a chronic fear of recirculated air in an airplane.
The flight out was approximately 30 percent full and the return flight, six days later, was about 10 percent full. I was also only one of four passengers wearing a mask on the flight back to Charlotte. On both flights, I felt uncomfortable. First, there is discomfort in having the warmth of breath constantly on my face; and secondly, there was the natural self-conscious feeling of being part of a noticeable minority. However, fear overcame my vanity.
There has been a theme voiced repeatedly that masks are not necessary for people who do not have coronavirus symptoms. Then there was the official line spouted by federal officials, who said people who hoarded medical-grade face masks during a national shortage put health care providers at risk for infection. The surgeon general, Jerome Adams, had tweet-yelled, “Seriously people — Stop buying masks! They are not effective in preventing the general public from catching Coronavirus.”
Then there began a sea change on the whole subject. When there were just a handful of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., it seemed appropriate to urge people to leave the masks for health care workers who really needed them. But we now have more evidence suggesting that people can spread COVID-19 before they even know they are infected and must isolate themselves. Also, since there is no shortage of do-it-yourself face mask tutorials online, regular people can cover their faces without depriving a doctor or nurse of much needed high-end protection.
Of all the things that government has asked us to do — not shake hands, stay at home, keep 6 feet away from other people — wearing face protection is perhaps the most culturally alien to Americans. We just don’t do that unless we are making an armed robbery or the temperature has dropped below zero.
But there are signs that all these steps, as uncomfortable as they may be, seem to be working to slow the spread of COVID-19 infections in Washington state and in California. If covering my face in public will help to flatten the COVID-19 curve even further, then I’ll be wearing my mask not only on the next trip to California but to the grocery store as well.
First, it was China and Japan who took the lead, and now, Eastern Europe has moved aggressively on the face mask front. Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovic, while wearing a face mask, took the oath during the inaugural session of the new Parliament in Bratislava last month. Jena, a city in eastern Germany, announced last week that within several days it will be compulsory to wear a mask in supermarkets and on public transit. Slovakia, along with several of its neighbors, began a push for residents to wear them. In fact, when President Zuzana Caputová swore in the country’s new governing coalition last month, each new member of the country’s highest echelon of power — including new Prime Minister Igor Matovic — pledged their oath of office through a mask.
And the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, said that he would like to see the U.S. follow their example. On Sunday, he encouraged President Trump to wear a simple cloth mask and “try tackling coronavirus the Czech way.”
A couple of tips. A face mask can be homemade. It simply needs to cover the nose and mouth. Old dress shirts, especially with a tight weave, will work. Bandannas are OK, and they work better if double layered. Then after a day’s use, it’s a good idea to give them a rinse in rubbing alcohol, which will kill any bacteria or virus. The mask will then be ready for the next day’s usage. Of course, if you can find some outrageously colorful cloth, you can also make a helluva fashion statement.
Don Tortorice is a former attorney and professor at the Law School of the College of William and Mary.


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Nowadays, it seems like the food system is heavily industrialized, and the farm-to-fork system is a hazy dream that was only reality decades ago. Food is processed, genetically modified, and travels far distances to make it to your plate. The consequences of these conventional methods are more often than not harmful to workers, animals, the environment, and even consumers.
Yeah, it’s kinda scary.
We’re part of the 20 million+ students at colleges around the country — as a collective, we play a huge part in the food system. Most campus dining is managed by food management companies that purchase from conventional food sources. This means that billions of dollars from colleges alone are put into supporting the conventional, industrial food system every year.
So how do we fix this problem and put our money where it really matters? Well, the Real Food Challenge (RFC), launched in 2008, works to do exactly that. It is a rising movement at college campuses all across the country. The goal of the challenge is to get universities to buy food that is better for its consumers, the environment, and the workers. Instead of using purchasing power for conventionally-sourced foods, the RFC challenges universities to buy “real” food.
“Real” food, as defined by the RFC just has to meet four standards: It’s local, humane, fair, and ecologically sound. Let’s break that down:
Local food originates from 150 miles from where it is being served. It’s easy to get local foods for yourself from the farmers’ market, or sometimes even in supermarkets. Because the food travels such a smaller distance from the farm to you, eating locally reduces carbon emissions from transportation; it’s also fresher and supports local business.
Food is humane when livestock animals are treated properly when they are being raised. Conventional livestock is usually raised in a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), where they’re forced into cramped spaces and often fed a diet that is not natural to their system. Cows are kept from grazing grassy areas and instead are fed corn, which is a highly unnatural diet and causes severe stomach problems. No wonder the Chick-fil-A cow wants you to “eat mor chikin.”
If food is fair, it means that everyone along the food production and service chain is being paid a fair and living wage and treated properly so that they can sustain their own and their families’ lives. Workers in the system include farmers, farmworkers, and food service workers like waiters, cooks, and servers. The list of nine principles from the Fair Trade Federation, a fair trade-certifying organization, outlines the ideas behind what “fair” signifies really well.
Ecologically sound food is environmentally sustainable and not harmful to the natural environment. Oftentimes, this means no pesticides, unnatural fertilizers, or GMOs. Additionally, it means buying fish and meats that are sustainable. The Monterey Seafood Watch program divides fish into three different categories based on whether they are sustainable to fish in accordance to marine population levels.
In essence, the organization stresses that real food “truly nourishes produces, consumers, communities, and the earth.” These are the larger components of a food system, from the chicken in the coop to the dining hall worker at your campus. It can be broken down like this:
Many universities have already signed the Real Food Commitment. This means that they pledge to have at least 20% of their food to come from “real” sources by 2020. If 20% of food at all universities in the United States were real by 2020, over 1 billion dollars of spending would be shifted from conventional and industrial food sources towards real food sources.
Shifting to purchasing real food at college campuses is no easy feat, but it makes a huge difference in the food system of our country — it all starts with students just like us. Real Food Challenge campaigns are student-started initiatives and can lead to additional student involvement on campus, like with a food systems working group and calculator interns. The best part is, it creates a real change: every year, new universities are signing on to shift their purchasing power for food that is truly better for everyone involved in the food system.


Posted By siteadmin | Apr 13,2012
From the Dream Chasers 2 tape coming May 7th.
Shout out to Pitchfork.com for the premiere.
Posted By siteadmin | Apr 11,2012
Meek Mill shows his flow in this new video for the remix to Drake’s “The Ride,”. The video, directed by Jon J. of DRE Films/Maybach Films, splices in some shots of the MMG rapper working in the community for “Faded Too Long.”
Posted By siteadmin | Apr 05,2012
Meek Mill is Breaking Out! Check out his recent interview with SPIN, where he represents his hometown of Philly and talks about his fresh start.
" 'I only make songs for myself every once in a while," he admits, citing 'Faded Too Long,' a freestyle over Drake's 'The Ride' as an example. 'It's one of those soulful joints where I'm speaking nothing but the truth.' "
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Climate variability and the vulnerability of food and farming
Climate research has so far been focusing most of its attention on the impacts from higher mean temperatures worldwide. According to a new research review this has limited our understanding on how climate variability, such as heat waves or flooding, will impact the farming system, both now and in the future.
At this stage, climate science is not able to tell us a great deal about how the agriculture sector will be affected by an increasingly variable climate. But despite little progress, there are still a number of things scientists can do to not only advance the research on climate variability but also to support communities adapt to climate change. This argues a newly released review, “Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change”, published in Global Change Biology earlier this year.
By not being able to investigate both the effects, and combined impacts, of climate variability such as heat waves, intensified precipitation and flash floods and an increased global mean temperature, the full impacts of climate change on a biological and human system are seriously being underestimated, the review continues.
As an example, the authors mention that if changes only in climatic means are taken into consideration and climate variability is ignored, projections for crop yields in parts of East Africa may be under estimated by between 4 and 27 percent, depending on the crop.
The article outlines five areas that need increased attention if we are to successfully address the above-mentioned environmental, health and food security challenges:
- Through a re-prioritized research agenda, ensure that the knowledge and data gaps around the effects of climate variability and extreme events on biological systems are addressed.
- Improve available impact models, especially on crops and livestock, at all scales.
- Improve the monitoring of local conditions, to improve our understanding and models that will help guide effective adaptation. Improved models would also help feed in important data to yield early-warning systems and locally appropriate indices for weather-based crop and livestock insurance schemes.
- Strengthen efforts being made to adapting biological and food systems to the increasingly variable climate and to increasingly frequent extreme events.
- Generate synergies and improve the communication between scientists and decision makers, as well as between natural and social scientists. There is a great deal that can be done on the co-generation of information and its communication in appropriate ways, and in engaging meaningfully with decision makers at local and national policy levels.
What do we know and what are we still searching for?
“What we still need to know is, how will changes in climate variability play out, i.e. will annual rainfall amounts become increasingly erratic, or will there be more extreme heat stress days? And the second is, how will increasingly erratic rainfall or more heat stress days affect crops and livestock? We know little about the first, and through physiology and modellinga few things about the second and not much if anything about how these things interact with each other,” says Philip Thornton.
”One major and immediate challenge is to use the information we do have, about climate variability and its impacts, to help us better understand extreme events. Our recent work for the IPCC identified extreme events as a major risk factor for agriculture under climate change,” says Andy Challinor co-author of the review, as well as co-author to the chapter “Food Security and Food Production Systems”, included in the recently released IPCC report “Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability”.
The authors mention that we do know that shifts between new extreme high and low temperatures, could impact how crops grow and under what time frame. Earlier flowering and maturity of several crops have been documented in recent decades, often associated with higher temperature.
Also, increases in maximum temperatures can lead to severe yield reductions and reproductive failure in many crops, further affecting billions of people depending on farming as their main livelihood and food source.
Why so little research on climate variability?
“Research on impacts and effects from climate variability is currently being constrained by lack of information and models. By outlining what we know, as well as the data we still need, we hope that this review will push the research community to reframe some of its research questions to better integrate climate variability,” says Philip Thornton, co-author of the review and Theme Leader at the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
One major challenge right now is to understand how to tackle the uncertainty around projecting variability and changes. This needs to be overcome, while strengthening the confidence in projecting climate extreme events and their magnitude. The fact that this is a highly complex and challenging area, with a lot of uncertainty, is likely the reason to why research hasn’t really progressed.
Download article:Thornton P, Ericksen PJ, Herrero M, Challinor AJ. 2014. Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review. Global Change Biology.
Read the rest of this story on the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) blog: What are the long-term effects from flash floods and heat waves on agriculture?


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After facing more than a dozen lawsuits alleging either racial discrimination, sexual harassment, or gender bias, Fox News is losing another executive. This time, according to reports, it’s co-president Bill Shine.
Shine was tapped as co-president after former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes was ousted over a series of sexual harassment allegations last summer. In a notably terse statement to employees, Rupert Murdoch, owner of parent company 21st Century Fox, said, “Sadly, Bill Shine resigned today. I know Bill was respected and liked by everybody at Fox News. We will all miss him.”
According to an internal memo published by Mediaite, Jack Abernethy will remain co-president of Fox News and CEO of Fox television stations, while Suzanne Scott will be promoted to president of programming at Fox News. Jay Wallace, formerly the executive vice president of news at Fox News, is now president. The network also announced two other high-level promotions, and one new hire.
The shake-up comes less than two weeks after the network dropped its highest-rated star, Bill O’Reilly, after it was revealed that Fox News had quietly settled five sexual harassment lawsuits against O’Reilly over the years. Advertisers quickly pulled out, prompting executives to terminate O’Reilly’s employment at the end of April.
Fox News has been sued for sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination several times in the last month alone: On Monday, the day of Shine’s ouster, Fox News contributor Diana Falzone sued the network for gender discrimination, claiming they banned her from TV appearances after she publicly disclosed she suffered from endometriosis in a New York Times op-ed. Former anchor Andrea Tantaros has also recently filed a second lawsuit claiming that Bill Shine and other executives retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment by illegally surveilling and launching a social media campaign against her. Multiple black employees have alleged persistent racial discrimination.
Throughout the lawsuits (which have continued unabated for almost a year), Fox has kept the executives who maintained a culture of misogyny until the last possible moment. And Scott and Abernethy, who were promoted on Monday, are just as complicit in the fraught culture as their predecessors. NPR’s David Folkenflik tweeted that a former employee describes Scott as “a nightmare - just as bad as the rest” and a current employee says she is “‘worse than Shine’ in deflecting concerns of women.”


text: This paper studies the conditions under which minority proposal rights emerge from majority voting in a legislature. I develop a legislative bargaining model in which rules persist, i.e., remain in effect until a majority agrees to change them. In each session, legislators first determine whether a minority leader can offer amendments, and subsequently they determine policy using these procedures and majority rule. The main result demonstrates that legislative majorities grant minority rights today in order to moderate policy tomorrow when they may become the minority. This mechanism operates without punishment strategies and private information and in the presence of polarized and unified parties; however, persistent rules are necessary for the right to substantively influence policies. Comparative statics indicate that weak parties, super-majority rule, patient legislators, and extreme proposers encourage the adoption of minority rights. More broadly, these results demonstrate the importance of persistent rules for the endurance of inclusive institutions and political compromises, and they suggest one reason for procedural differences between the House and Senate.


After scoring a career-defining victory over three-time classic winner Camelot last time out, Al Kazeem will get a chance to prove the win was no fluke in the Prince of Wales's Stakes (Eng-I) June 19, the second day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
The 11-horse field for the Prince of Wales's also includes globetrotting group I winner Red Cadeaux, runner-up to Animal Kingdom in the Emirates Airline Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) March 30. The 1 1/4-mile test is carded as the day's third race, with an approximate post time of 10:45 (EDT).
Trained by Roger Charlton for breeder John Deer, Al Kazeem charged past Camelot to lead in the final 100 yards of the Tattersalls Gold Cup (Ire-I) May 26 at the Curragh and shook clear to a 1 1/2-length triumph, scoring his fifth win from 10 career starts and first at the top level.
A 4 1/2-length winner of the Jockey Club Stakes (Eng-II) from Quest For Peace and Dunaden last spring at Newmarket, Al Kazeem sustained an injury in the race and missed the remainder of the season. the 5-year-old Dubawi horse returned from nearly a year on the sidelines in April at Sandown, and won the Bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes (Eng-III) and capped a three-race win streak in the Gold Cup. He currently is the 15-8 favorite with Racing Post.
The Gold Cup marked the second start of 2013 for Camelot, who will try to get back to the winning form that saw him capture two-thirds of the English Triple Crown last year as well as the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Ire-I) for trainer Aidan O'Brien. The 4-year-old Montjeu colt owned by Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, and Mrs. John Magnier opened the season with a victory in the High Chaparral E.B.F. Mooresbridge Stakes (Ire-III) May 6 at the Curragh.
The master of Ballydoyle also will send out Windsor Palace, an 8-year-old Danehill Dancer horse who set the pace in the Gold Cup. Stablemate Camelot took charge a quarter-mile out before being caught a furlong out by Al Kazeem for his third loss in his four most recent starts.
Hong Kong businessman Ron Arculli's British-based Red Cadeaux will make his first start in England in 11 months and comes into the race following winless efforts in the Far East in his two most recent starts.
A late-running second in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan, the 7-year-old Cadeaux Genereux gelding subsequently finished third in the Tenno Sho (Spring) (Jpn-I) April 28 at Kyoto in Japan, then was eighth in the Singapore Airlines International Cup (Sin-I) May 19 at Kranji, where jockey Gerald Mosse said the ground was too fast. Prior to the World Cup, Red Cadeaux won the Longines Hong Kong Vase (HK-I) last December at Sha Tin and bids to recapture that winning form.
Other contenders include recent Prix d'Ispahan (Fr-I) victor Maxios (by Monsun); multiple group winner Side Glance (Passing Glance), who was fourth in the Dubai World Cup; English group I-winning filly The Fugue (Dansili), who makes her 2013 bow after finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT) last November at Santa Anita; and multiple group winner and French classic-placed Saint Baudolino (Pivotal), who makes his first start in more than four months since finishing fourth in the Al Maktoum Challenge (UAE-II) in February.
Listen to Robin Trevor-Jones', an assistant to Ed Dunlop, thoughts on Red Cadeaux before his race in Hong Kong last month.


Weekly briefing: Box demand soars | Bulk bulls are smiling | Tankers continue to wait
Lloyd’s List’s weekly headline view of the stories shaping the key shipping markets
Every containership able to sail is in demand right now as demand soars and market participants set about preparing for a long-haul to the unwinding of the current congestion. The dry bulk market is also settling into an extended period of good earnings with owners seeing a strong market for the next two to three years given low fleet growth amid a solid recovery in demand. Only the tanker owner are left waiting and waiting, and waiting for some good news to come their way
Demand for tonnage to service the high volumes of cargo being shipped globally has meant virtually every available containership has been pressed into service.
This includes some that probably should not have been, including 23 belonging to Iranian carrier IRISL, which are subject to US sanctions.
Automatic Identification System tracking data from Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows that sanctioned vessels have been openly working and even calling at European ports, despite the risk of US punishment for anyone who trades with them.
None of this will go any way, however, to solving the immediate crisis in the containerised supply chain, which continues to reel from port and hinterland congestion that is leading to a shortage of available equipment.
Speaking at the International Association of Ports and Harbours World Ports Conference, Mediterranean Shipping Co chief executive Søren Toft called for a greater co-operation between ports and carriers in an effort to resolve the situation.
But he warned that more investment would be needed too, and called for a “long-term, strategic view” to be taken on infrastructure investment.
Following the congestion at Los Angeles and Long Beach, and again in Yantian, ports have come under increasing scrutiny as the main bottleneck that was preventing the shipment of containerised cargos and sucking up large volumes of empty equipment out of the system.
Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka, who has been on the front line of the battle to keep boxes moving, was largely in agreement. Ports needed to focus on digitalising their processes, he said.
But it is not just the US that is suffering. CMA CGM this week said it planned to stop one of its South American services calling at Le Havre for three months because of congestion and poor productivity.
The move followed a similar announcement by The Alliance that conditions at Rotterdam had forced it to skip seven scheduled calls to the port.
THE dry bulk market has some positivity about it with owners seeing a strong market for the next two to three years given low fleet growth amid a solid recovery in demand.
Executives from five companies pegged supply growth at 2%-3% compared with demand in tonne-miles at 5%-7% this year. Asset prices also had room to move up with estimates ranging from 10% up to 75% in the most bullish scenarios.
Klaveness head of research Peter Lindström described the higher earnings as a “pre-dawn”. He expects demand growth to exceed a fleet expansion during the next few years, although the current strong freight rates may incentivise ordering new ships. However, the uncertainty surrounding future fuels will likely limit contracting, while yard capacity is filling up with containership orders. The average lead time between orders and delivery in recent years has been more than 24 months, which means that time is running out for orders with delivery in 2023.
The strong dry bulk market has led Norden to raise its full-year profits guidance for the fourth time this year. The Danish owner and operator now expects adjusted earnings between $140m-$200m, up from its previous estimate of $110m-$160m.
Supramax earnings have hit an 11-year high based on robust demand for cargoes such as grains and bauxite. In addition, the tightness and lack of vessel availability in the containership market, which was pushing certain products such as bagged grains, scrap and general cargo to the smaller dry bulk asset classes, was adding support.
But, how long can the dry bulk market benefit from the containerised flows to bulk? According to one container line, the peak has passed, although volumes will continue to move into bulk, breakbulk and ro-ro tonnage albeit at a slower pace. An owner of smaller, geared bulkers said that 5%-6% of the cargoes it moves from the Far East, mainly China, to Europe, the US and the west coast of South America were container goods in what is seen as an interesting new trend.
Another week, another deathly dull series non-events sailed by in the depressingly familiar tanker markets that continue to remain week. But after three consecutive quarters on the bottom, who’s counting. Or was it just that most of the deals are not reaching the market?
Many of the broker reports this week contain veiled referenced to the limited “above board” activity and that charterers are pushing stems “under the radar”. It seems there could be room for a little private bargaining which is not helping market transparency.
Regardless, the results are much the same for owners. As Fearnleys pointed out this week, at current rate levels even ships fitted with scrubbers are finding it difficult to eke out positive returns, and for those dependent on compliant fuels returns are well into negative figures.
As this week’s briefing is being written, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies appear in striking distance of a deal on production quotas, discussing proposals that call for an output increase of about 2m barrels per day from August to December to meet recovering global oil demand.
The level of the deal ultimately agreed will be important in that it could serve to kick-start a change in fortunes for tankers, but according to the Lloyd’s List half-year outlook 2021 a substantive recovery in demand for crude and refined products is not forecast to return to pre-pandemic levels until the end of 2022 at the earliest.
Global fuel consumption is outstripping supply by 3m bpd, according to Goldman Sachs’ latest report and whatever Opec does, the market will remain tight for some time.
Opec’s own analysis shows the world’s need for its crude rising to 28.7m bpd on average in the third quarter of the year. That is about 1.5m bpd above the group’s July target, assuming Iran, Libya and Venezuela continue pumping at recent levels, according to analyst reports.
The other big uncertainty is whether Iranian crude will return to the market if the 2015 nuclear deal is revived. We will wait to see if recent rhetoric amounts to any movement there and cover that in forthcoming briefings.


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A Burton man died from underlaying health problems in hospital after a fall while taking the bins out.
Gordon Hayton, of Lonsdale Road, Branston, died at Queen's Hospital, Burton on Thursday, May 9.
He had been taken to the hospital after suffering the fall at home while taking the bins out on Tuesday, April 16.
Mr Hayton went to the hospital the next day where it was found that he had fractured his hip, neck of femur.
An inquest, investigating the cause of his death was held at Burton Town Hall .
At the hearing coroner's officer Stephanie Fisher said the 81-year-old had some health issues, including hypersion and kidney disease.
She said: "Gordon was an 81-year-old male who lived at home, he was known to have hypertension, chronic kidney disease and a previous hip replacement.
"He had good mobility for his age and did not use any walking aids.
"On April 16, he was taking his bins out when he fell. The following day, April 17, he went to Burton's Queen's Hospital accident and emergency.
"He was unable to wait there and was found to have a left-sided neck of femur fracture.
"Due to his mobility, poor kidney function, he was not a candidate for surgery and during his stay he was treated for acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, but sadly deteroriated."
Mr Gordon stayed in hospital until May 9, when he died.
Concluding the inquest, South Staffordshire coroner Emma Serrano recorded a verdict of natural death, caused by nosocomial pneumonia, contributed to by hypertension, acute-on-chronic disease and pseudomembranous colitis, which is swelling of the colon.
Ms Serrano said that Mr Hayton's fall did not contribute to his death.
She said: "Although Mr Hayton was admitted to hospital because of a fall, it appears to me that his other underlined medical conditions have in fact caused his death.
"It doesn't appear the fall has played a part in the death and therefore a natural death is in fact the correct conclusion relating to this death."
Ms Serrano offered her condolences to the family of Mr Hayton.


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Last-minute preparations are underway at Forrester Creations for the big fashion show. When Vivienne and Julius Avant arrive, they are overwhelmed by the glamour. Vivienne is extremely proud of her daughter, while Julius still feels uneasy with the whole situation. Maya is excited and nervous because her parents are in attendance and will see her as she truly is for the first time. Rick gives his fiancee a pep talk. Ridge introduces the California Freedom-line and then, as a first, transgender models take the stage. Quinn is unnerved when Deacon and Brooke take seats next to each other. Backstage, Ivy stares at Liam and Steffy flirting until Wyatt pulls her away. Alexandria is skulking around, clearly upset about the show. Darla's vision gives Aly sinister encouragement to follow up with her plan.
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Apple has debuted a new tool today for businesses of all sizes to help “claim their location place cards and customize the way key information appears to more than a billion Apple users.” The free new service is available now for those in the US.
Apple announced the launch of Business Connect today in a Newsroom post:
“We created Business Connect to provide Apple users around the world with the most accurate information for places to eat, shop, travel, and more,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services. “Apple Business Connect gives every business owner the tools they need to connect with customers more directly, and take more control over the way billions of people see and engage with their products and services every day.”
Along with helping businesses manage how they show up in Apple Maps, Business Connect will also work to organize how a company’s information appears across Apple’s Messages, Wallet, Siri, and other apps.
There’s also a new way for businesses to highlight promotions, discounts, seasonal offers, and more:
“Showcases, a new feature in the place card, helps businesses present customers with offers and incentives, like seasonal menu items, product discounts, and more. Businesses can easily update the Showcase section of their place card through Business Connect. Showcases are available to businesses in the US beginning today, and will be available to businesses globally in coming months.”
Apple notes that Business Connect also includes an API that works at scale through listing management agencies like Yext, Uberall, SOCi, Rio SEO, and Reputation.
Sign up for Business Connect
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