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Bioactive compounds and antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Black Mangrove (Avicennia africana) leaves
The antibacterial potential of fungal endophytes from black mangrove against pathogenic marine bacteria was evaluated and the bioactive compounds identified and quantified. Black mangrove (Avicennia africana) healthy leaves were obtained from a Mangrove Forest in Eagle Island, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The fungal endophytes were cultured on acidified Potato dextrose agar plates for 5 days at 28oC. The isolated fungal endophytes were identified based on microscopic and colonial morphologies. Different concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 mg/ml) of ethyl acetate extract of the fungal isolates were screened against pathogenic marine bacteria (Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella spp.) via agar well diffusion assay. The most active isolate was identified using molecular method. Gas chromatography – Mass spectrometry was employed in the identification and quantification of its bioactive secondary products. Fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Collectotrichum, Phomopsis, Epicoccum and Rhizopus were isolated. Two bioactive compounds were identified in ethyl acetate extract of Fusarium sp. which was molecularly identified as Fusarium phyllophilum KU350622.1. Dibutyl phthalate (C16H22O4 ) is the major compound at 55.926% peak area. The results showed that fungal endophytes from black mangrove exhibited antibacterial action against pathogenic marine bacteria. The bioactive secondary products identified have vast potentials for use in agriculture and industries.
Keywords: Avicennia africana, fungal endophytes, antibacterial activity, bioactive compounds
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My Creative Career
I have always carried a passion for this industry. As an avid outdoorsman, I would spend most of my free time in the mountains of the Okanagan Vally hiking, biking, and fishing in the small lakes. My first few years started with landscape photography as I was enamored with the sheer beauty of the Okanagan Valley. Next, I studied portrait photography and opened my first photography business. I was honored by the community response and received a Bronze for Best Pentiction Photographer in my first year. The progression continued as I added in videography, social media building, and drones. Simultaneously, I explored new photography and video styles with real estate, product shooting, and even drone work. Using my social media method, I grew my Instagram following to over 7k. From there I was invited to collaborate with large video production companies where I learned the ins and outs of the business and began to hone my skills as a videographer.
Now in 2023, I am offering my array of services to high-profile clients throughout the Okanagan valley. I work closely with some local businesses running their social media platforms offering custom packages that include everything from media creation to posting.

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Starting March 5, farmers wanting to get a jump start on their spring cash advance can submit their 2019 Advance Payments Program application form to Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA). New this year, farmers who take out an interest-bearing advance will benefit from a reduced interest rate below prime. CCGA has also expanded its advance offering with four new organic grains including wheat, oats, peas and flax.
“Farmers anxious to complete their advance application before seeding have been contacting us,” says Rick White, CEO of CCGA. “Having our application form ready well in advance of the April 1st program start date is just one way our team is enhancing cash advance services for Western Canadian farmers.”
In the past two years, CCGA has implemented several important changes to its cash advance services, and in 2019, the organization is taking another step to create even more value for farmers. “We are passing on the benefits from our operational efficiencies directly back to farmers who use the program,” says White. “Beginning this April, farmers who have an interest-bearing advance with CCGA, will benefit from an interest rate of prime minus 0.5%.”
Through CCGA, farmers can access advances on nearly 50 field crop and livestock commodities. Farmers can apply for a cash advance of up to $100,000 interest-free and an additional $300,000 at prime less 0.5%. Combined, that amounts to $400,000 at a blended interest rate well below prime and considerable borrowing cost savings.
CCGA has implemented several changes that directly benefit farmers who use the program. “Last spring, we reduced the program administration fee, and in September we launched a new online account system that was designed with direct input from our customers,” says Dave Gallant, Director of Finance and Operations at CCGA.
“By applying in March, farmers can have their advance processed during our pre-application period, which means their advance could be approved and advance funds available to them early in April,” says Gallant. “Our first advances will be issued to farmers on Monday, April 1st.”
Farmers wanting to apply for a cash advance are encouraged to call CCGA’s Winnipeg office at 1-866-745-2256 to apply over the telephone. “Our experienced team make it easy for new customers to apply,” says Gallant. Farmers can also download an application form at CCGA’s website or existing customers can soon use the new online application system directly accessible from their online account.
For farmers who have short-term financing needs, CCGA will continue processing applications for the 2018-19 cash advance program through March. The final date CCGA can issue an advance under the current program is March 31, 2019.
CCGA represents canola farmers on national and international issues, policies and programs that impact farm profitability, and has been administrator of the Government of Canada’s Advance Payments Program since 1984.

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Greater Manchester is currently holding a referendum on the proposed congestion charge. The TaxPayers’ Alliance has been actively campaigning against the new charge for some time. Now, Stockport council (one of the councils in the Greater Manchester area) is running a campaign encouraging people to challenge the plan, arguing that the Transport Innovation Fund scheme will be financially damaging for both taxpayers and the council.
Stockport has been accused of running a one sided campaign, with supporters of the charge saying it is misusing public funds. The district auditor, however, has stated that the campaign in no way violates how public funds may be spent and that Stockport is absolutely within the law to campaign against this measure.
When councils targeted to implement a government scheme cannot be brought on board, that scheme is clearly in trouble. Stockport’s opposition to the TIF plan stems from both a concern for the debt government has asked the Greater Manchester Councils to take on- approximately £1.2 billion or over £600 per voter- and the immediate cost to voters in the congestion charge itself. With all that debt, the transport plan would not show profits for almost 5 years. The economy is effectively on its knees and national debt is now higher than it has ever been. Many councils are also struggling financially, how can the Government reasonably suggest that taking on more loans with so little profit is the right thing for them to do? They should be encouraging more responsible lending and spending
The referendum runs until December 11 and Stockport has pledged to run its campaign to the finish. The TaxPayers’ Alliance and other groups will also keep campaigning on this issue. In a recession, and with the tax burden up by more than 50% in the last ten years, Manchester residents don’t deserve this new burden.


First of Class Anti Submarine Warfare FREMM Virginio Fasan: Mission Accomplished
On 19 December 2013, six months after the final acceptance of the Italian FREMM frigate Carlo Bergamini, first of class (FOC) in the General Purpose (GP) version, OCCAR delivered to the Italian Navy the ITS (Italian Ship) Virginio Fasan, the first frigate in the anti submarine warfare version, known as FOC ASW.
Three Italian FREMM ships at Sea together
On 26 September 2013, in La Spezia bay, a great day occurred for OCCAR, OSN and the Italian Navy. Three IT FREMM ships, ITS Carlo BERGAMINI (already delivered to the Italian Navy and now engaged in completing some minor works after the official acceptance by the Italian Navy on 29 May 2013)


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - With that powerful winter storm heading our way, metro officials are gearing up to do their best to keep area roads clear.
Local schools are watching the latest developments closely. JCPS officials want parents to know the district could make a change in the school day without snow or ice on the ground.
With up to six inches expected Thursday, metro crews are getting the roads ready.
"They are starting to get out and do the brine routes," said Lindsay English, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office. "They are gonna cover about 922 miles."
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet road crews in Louisville and the surrounding counties are also pre-treating interstates and other roadways with brine.
"We hope to finish brining early this evening maybe by sundown and then have everyone go home and get a good night's rest because we know it could be a very long day tomorrow," said Andrea Clifford, Spokeswoman for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
The goal is to prevent the snow from bonding to the pavement, making it easier for the crews to plow off the roadways Thursday.
"You'll see those little pin-stripes on the ground, the brine solution that's being laid down," said English. "When the snow falls and the moisture hits the roads it reacts with that solution, it creates a liquid salt on the roads to keep them safe and from getting too slick."
With the Louisville area under a winter storm watch, the heaviest snowfall is expected in the afternoon.
The big question is what JCPS plans on doing tomorrow?
"If it's dry in the morning and they say we aren't going to get snow till 1:00 or 2:00 then we will try to get most of the day in," said Rick Caple, JCPS transportation director.
Caple says parents should be aware that school could dismiss early on Thursday because of the forecast.
"I think we're not going to make anything before 4:30 -5:00 in the morning, to see the latest as possible," said Caple. "We get five or six inches tomorrow afternoon then we might make a decision tomorrow night about Friday."
JCPS has so far canceled four days of school in this school period.
Metro crews have used 28,000 tons of salt this winter season, about four times the normal level for this time of year.

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“The highest moment that the centuries ever witnessed.” (Cervantes)RORATE CÆLI: 450 Years of LEPANTO! “The highest moment that the centuries ever witnessed.” All Hail the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
We cannot but recall that four great Roman Pontiffs came from the Dominican ranks. Of these, the last, St. Pius V, won undying gratitude from Christianity and civil society. He joined together, after unceasing efforts, the arms of the Catholic princes, and under the patronage of the Virgin Mother of God, whom, therefore, he ordered to be saluted in future as Help to Christians, destroyed forever at Lepanto the power of the Turks.In this is amply shown the third quality We have noted in Dominican preaching: a most zealous piety towards the Mother of God. It is said that the Pontiff knew by Divine revelation of the victory of Lepanto achieved at that very moment when through the Catholic world the pious sodalities of the Holy Rosary implored the aid of Mary in that formula initiated by the Founder of the Friar Preachers and diffused far and wide by his followers.
Loving the Blessed Virgin as a Mother, confiding chiefly in her patronage, Dominic started his battle for the Faith. The Albigenses, among other dogmas, attacked both the Divine maternity and the virginity of Mary. He, attacked by them with every insult, defending to the utmost of his strength the sanctity of these dogmas, he invoked the help of the Virgin Mother herself, frequently using these words: “Make me worthy to praise thee, Sacred Virgin; give me strength against thine enemies.”
How pleased was the Heavenly Queen with her pious servant may be easily gathered from this, that she used his ministry to teach the Most Holy Rosary to the Church, the Spouse of her Son; that prayer which, being both vocal and mental, in the contemplation especially of the mysteries of religion, while the Lord’s Prayer is fifteen times repeated together with as many decades of the Hail Mary, is most adapted to fostering widely piety and every virtue.
Rightly, then, did Dominic order his followers, in preaching to the people, to inculcate frequently this manner of prayer, the utility of which he had experienced. He knew, on the one hand, Mary’s authority with her Son to be such that whatever graces he confers on men she has their distribution and apportionment.
On the other hand, he knew that she is of a nature so kind and merciful that, seeing that it is her custom to succor the miserable of her own accord, it is impossible she should refuse the petitions of those who pray to her. Accordingly the Church, which is wont to salute her “the Mother of Grace and the Mother of Mercy,” has so found her always, but especially in answer to the Rosary.
Fausto appetente dieBenedict XVJune 29, 1921

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Check out this sick aftermovie of Ultra Music Festival 2023, which turns into a real-life "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"! It's got such a badass vibe that'll make you want to call up all your friends for an epic weekend gathering and have an amazing time.
If you're not feeling that urge afterwards, well, then you probably don't have any friends.
So there's this guy making some money playing the keyboard on the street. Then this girl shows up and messes up his song by smashing the keys and ruining it. Later, she comes back with her friends, but this time she throws the keyboard on the ground. The girl seems remorseful and says she's going to give him money, but she bends down and takes the money that people had been giving him.
Years ago, no less than 15, singer Leleco could have had the Internet spotlight on him for at least a week, and received international attention with the music video for his song "A Última Bagunça", but things have changed a lot since then and nothing will ever be the same. In fact, now the social media mob could attack him, accusing him of being sexist and misogynistic, because we all know how the social media game is played these days.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's colorful beach-themed music video for their joint single “Bongos” has racked up several million views in just a few days. Cardi B is crossing her fingers so that those numbers continue to increase, since the rapper revealed in an interview that the video had a production cost of $2M dollars. Do you think the video is worth that much money?
Someone uploaded a video online of their cat drinking milk from a spoon making little cute noises, and a man from Uzbekistan added some percussion to the audio. More musicians have come together in an incredible mashup that ends up becoming one of the best music videos in the history of the internet.
The Russian rave music group Little Big has released a new song titled "Pendejo", with a video clip very attached to their unique style, tending to go viral. Their style and music may not suit you, but we must admit that the videos are very entertaining to watch.

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text: Recently Chu et al. conducted a two-stage genome wide association study in Chinese that identified a novel X-linked Graves' disease (GD) susceptibility marker at rs3827440 – a nonsynonymous (P162S) nucleotide transition (519C<T) within G protein-coupled receptor 174 (GPR174) gene. We aimed to replicate this finding in Caucasians. Using the TaqMan approach we typed rs3827440 in 560 GD patients from Warsaw and 196 patients from Gliwice as well as ethically matched controls (N = 748, N = 198, respectively). We found an association of the rs3827440 T allele with GD using both an allelic and genotype comparison [odds ratio (OR) = 1.19, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.03–1.38, P = 0.021; OR=1.32, 95% CI: 1.03–1.69, P = 0.03, respectively]. There was no difference in distribution of rs3827440 alleles/genotypes vs gender, tobacco smoking, ophthalmopathy or age at disease onset. Also, no statistically significant differences were observed after stratifying patients for DRB1*03- or GD-associated variants in CTLA4 or TSHR genes. Our study provides the first replication in a Caucasian population of the association between GD and rs3827440 originally reported among Chinese. Our results also validate statistical methodology used by Chu et al. to detect associations with X-linked markers.


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The Indian Navy‘s Russian-built aircraft carrier, Admiral Gorshkov, is preparing for mooring trials at the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia.
The mooring trials will begin after the installation of auxiliary steam piping systems and air conditioning systems is completed.
The carrier, to be renamed as INS Vikramaditya, is currently undergoing a major $2.33bn repair and modernisation programme at the Russian shipyard.
The delivery of the 45,000t aircraft carrier to India is expected by end 2012 or early 2013.
India signed a $974m deal with Russia to buy the warship in 2004, according to Brahmand.


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It’s easy to tell middle and high school students that “scientists say ‘seeing is believing’” while “non-scientists say ‘believing is seeing.’” That’s not incorrect.
A version of this article was published at Helium on January 8, 2011. Planning a summer vacation? Prospecting for gold in New England is fun, and
You probably know what Mars looks like, thanks to recent headlines about the Curiosity rover (if not, take a look at the first post here).
How do geologists sort through the tangle of rock that Earth has moved around, washed away and re-formed for literally millions of years? Danish thinker
(A version of this post was first published at Helium on August 7, 2011.) Have you ever wondered how the stone(s) in a diamond ring
In the West, the Latin “geologia” has meant the study of the Earth since about the mid-18th century (before then, it meant earthly matters


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Last night, on his blog, George R. R. Martin wrote a little bit about the journey that was HBO’s Game of Thrones, thanking those who worked on the show and dipping a little bit into what’s next—including what’s next for the characters in the books. Which may or may not be exactly what happened to them in the show. Which might be a good thing—I heard some people didn’t like that ending?
Most importantly: “I’m writing,” Martin writes.
Winter is coming, I told you, long ago . . . and so it is. THE WINDS OF WINTER is very late, I know, I know, but it will be done. I won’t say when, I’ve tried that before, only to burn you all and jinx myself… but I will finish it, and then will come A DREAM OF SPRING.
How will it all end? I hear people asking. The same ending as the show? Different?
Well . . . yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes. And no. And yes.
I am working in a very different medium than David and Dan, never forget. They had six hours for this final season. I expect these last two books of mine will fill 3000 manuscript pages between them before I’m done . . . and if more pages and chapters and scenes are needed, I’ll add them. And of course the butterfly effect will be at work as well; those of you who follow this Not A Blog will know that I’ve been talking about that since season one. There are characters who never made it onto the screen at all, and others who died in the show but still live in the books… so if nothing else, the readers will learn what happened to Jeyne Poole, Lady Stoneheart, Penny and her pig, Skahaz Shavepate, Arianne Martell, Darkstar, Victarion Greyjoy, Ser Garlan the Gallant, Aegon VI, and a myriad of other characters both great and small that viewers of the show never had the chance to meet. And yes, there will be unicorns . . . of a sort . . .
Book or show, which will be the “real” ending? It’s a silly question. How many children did Scarlett O’Hara have?
How about this? I’ll write it. You read it. Then everyone can make up their own mind, and argue about it on the internet.
I am particularly excited for these unicorns, even if they are only “of a sort.”


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The University of California’s two nationally ranked medical centers, UCSF and UCLA, and their nuclear medicine teams have obtained approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to offer a new imaging technique for prostate cancer that locates cancer lesions in the pelvic area and other parts of the body to which the tumors have migrated.
Known as prostate-specific membrane antigen PET imaging, or PSMA PET, the technique uses positron emission tomography in conjunction with a PET-sensitive drug that is highly effective in detecting prostate cancer throughout the body so that it can be better and more selectively treated. The PSMA PET scan also identifies cancer that is often missed by current standard-of-care imaging techniques.
“UCLA and UCSF researchers studied PSMA PET to provide a more effective imaging test for men who have prostate cancer,” said Dr. Jeremie Calais, an assistant professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “Because the PSMA PET scan has proven to be more effective in locating these tumors, it should become the new standard of care for men who have prostate cancer, for initial staging or localization of recurrence.”
A clinical trial conducted by the UCSF and UCLA research teams on the effectiveness of PSMA PET proved pivotal in garnering FDA approval for the technique at both universities. The PSMA drug used in the technique was developed outside the U.S. by the University of Heidelberg.
“It is rare for academic institutions to obtain FDA approval of a drug, and this unique collaboration has led to what is one of the first co-approvals of a drug at two institutions,” said Dr. Thomas Hope, an associate professor at UCSF. “We hope that this first step will lead to a more widespread availability of this imaging test to men with prostate cancer throughout the country.”
How it works
For men who are initially diagnosed with prostate cancer or who were previously treated but who have experienced a recurrence, a critical first step is to understand the extent of the cancer. Physicians use medical imaging to locate cancer cells so they can be treated.
PSMA PET works using a radioactive tracer drug called 68Ga-PSMA-11, which is injected into the body and attaches to proteins known as prostate-specific membrane antigens. Because prostate cancer tumors overexpress these proteins on their surface, the tracer enables physicians to pinpoint their location.
The current standard of care in prostate imaging is a technique called fluciclovine PET, which involves injecting patients with fluciclovine, a synthetic radioactive amino acid. Since prostate cancers consume more amino acids than normal prostate cells, the tumors accumulate large amounts of the synthetic tracer, making them easier to detect during scans.
In their research comparing PSMA PET and fluciclovine PET, the UCLA and UCSF research teams found that imaging with PSMA PET was able to detect significantly more prostate lesions than fluciclovine PET in men who had undergone a radical prostatectomy but had experienced a recurrence of their cancer. Their findings indicate that PSMA PET should be strongly considered both before initial treatment in men with high-risk cancers and in cases of cancer recurrence after surgery or radiation to provide more precise care. The PSMA tracer also can be used in conjunction with CT or MRI scans.
UCSF and UCLA are the only two medical centers in the U.S. that can offer PSMA PET to the public through this FDA approval. A limited number of other U.S. medical centers are currently using PSMA as an investigational technique, generally as part of a clinical trial. However, more hospitals will have the opportunity to adopt the technology after applying for expedited FDA approval, which is now possible as a result of the initial FDA approval gained by UCLA and UCSF.
“I believe PSMA PET imaging in men with prostate cancer is a game changer because its use will lead to better, more efficient and precise care,” said Dr. Peter Carroll, a professor at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, with more than 190,000 newly diagnosed cases expected just this year alone,” said Dr. Johannes Czernin, chief of the Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division at UCLA. “That’s why this major effort between the UCLA and UCSF nuclear medicine divisions and our many partners was important and will significantly change for the better how this cancer is detected and treated.”
The UCLA research team was led by the nuclear medicine faculty from the molecular and medical pharmacology department’s Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division. They worked in collaboration with the departments of urology, radiation oncology and radiology, along with support from the Geffen School of Medicine, the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
The UCSF research team was led by faculty from the molecular imaging and therapeutics section of the department of radiology and biomedical imaging, who worked in collaboration with the departments of urology, radiation oncology and medical oncology. Support was provided by the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and a philanthropic gift to the UCSF Department of Urology, and by the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
“‘Game changer’ is almost an understatement for how prostate cancer patient care could be improved by this technique,” said Dr. Jonathan W. Simons, CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. “After investing more than $26 million in research on PSMA over many years, we are honored to congratulate the research teams at UCSF and UCLA on their milestone achievement.”


Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha and actor Manoj Bajpayee are all set to collaborate for something "exciting" after a long gap of 25 years.
Both Sinha and Bajpayee shared the news about their collaboration through an Instagram picture and a short caption along with it.
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The picture features the duo standing near a train as they read from a paper that appears to be the script of the project.
"And a very exciting collaboration after 25 years with a friend whom I know right from my theatre days @anubhavsinhaa bas thoda intezaar," Bajpayee wrote in the caption.
Further details of the collaboration have not yet been revealed.
The director-actor duo has been close friends and have known each other since their early days in the entertainment industry where they had worked for a minor project together.


Unemployment in the US: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46554
Global overview as per Oct. 27, by Congressional Research Service: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46270
The global recovery from the coronavirus recession remains intact but is patchy across economies and may be faltering in some as the lifting of restrictions stalls or goes into reverse. The global rebound is also uneven across sectors, with services remaining the big problem area. Risks of a double-dip seem especially great in parts of Europe where service sector indicators have dropped back into contractionary territory and mobility indicators have flattened off. World goods trade it rose ~10% in Q3 but is very uneven across economies and industries. China’s strong trade recovery stands out, helped by a surge in demand for some Chinese products such as textiles, pharma, and electronics (Oxford Economics).
Negative repercussions of “vaccine nationalism”, estimated at hundreds of billion $ while cost for a globally equitable vaccine strategy reaches just 25 billion $: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA769-1.html
Benefits and costs of lockdowns, with African examples: https://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-should-we-evaluate-lockdowns-disentangling-effectiveness-context-and-politics
Recommendations for recovery in Africa: https://rmi.org/insight/africa-stimulus/
How public communication on Coronavirus should look like, discussing experience in the UK: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-10/Nielsen_et_al_Communications_in_the_Coronavirus_Crisis_FINAL_0.pdf


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Barking, The Station c.1960
Memories of Barking, The Station C1960
As a school-boy I had a job working for W.H.Smith at Barking Station. I started when I was twelve on a paper round, but after a short while the shop manager, Albert Hedges, decided I could work one of the platform sub-stalls. This was really quite exciting for a youngster, as the station was one of the busiest in the UK - with the District Line tube, and Fenchurch Street traffic up and down to Southend and Tilbury, as well as a constant flow of goods trains. In 1960, most of the engines were steam, but were being replaced by diesels for the goods trains, and the passenger lines were being changed to overhead electric. A favourite time was Sunday mornings. This got me out of Church and paid overtime! Platform ...Read full memory
I remember the old Barking Station and loving the smell of the steam trains; standing on the bridge and watching the train from (Tilbury or Southend?) disappearing in a cloud of steam. Wonderful. Old Barking station was all Victorian cast steel pillars with elaborate decoration and dark wood if I remember rightly and an enormous clock, which is in the National Railway Museum in York. The new station was state of the art when it was opened by the Queen but I still miss the old one and the steam trains.
Memories of Barking
I remember Blakes Corner and Blakes Market - my friend Ann (now my sister-in-law) used to buy our stockings at Fannie Shaws market stool in the market.
I so remember Barking like this. I wasn't born until '59 but it still looked a lot like this picture. I often wonder how it changed so much. It's not at all how I remember it now. I go back to see family occasionally, but since my mum died, it's not the same. Sad but true...
I was born in Williams ward in Upney in 1957. We lived on Thames View in a small flat near the top end of Bastable Avenue. We then moved to Bredo House – I will always remember the flat, it had a downstairs and a staircase up to the 2 bedrooms, bathroom and toilet. There was a door at the top of the stairs leading onto ...Read full memory
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This looks to be a straight battle to top the group, with Spain already into the next round and Croatia all but guaranteed to advance. Spain gave the most convincing performance of the tournament so far against Turkey and they could have won by a larger margin than 3-0. Meanwhile, Croatia have surprised many and every side will want to avoid them in the knockout rounds. It will be interesting how both sides approach this match as it will be their first real test. Spain will need to show that they can dominate matches against a much better side than Turkey, while Croatia need to prove they can mix it with the very best.
Spain have certainly recovered well from their World Cup disappointment and have found a slightly different way of playing. Alvaro Morata and Nolito have added genuine quality to the attacking line, showing their finishing abilities against Turkey. There were doubts about Morata after Spain’s opening match, but he has proven that he can add an extra dimension to the side’s possession based style of play. There are some big clubs sniffing around the young Spaniard this summer, no doubt the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal are worrying that a sign up bonus will be added to his transfer fee after every good performance. The performances of Andres Iniesta so far this tournament have been superb and he continues to show that he is one of the best central midfielders of all time. The most impressive thing about Spain’s style of play is how they stretch the play and tire the opposition out, using their full backs to aplomb. They could be caught on the counter against better sides and Croatia, especially their midfield, have the ability to do that effectively.
Croatia have been very impressive in their opening two matches and have some talented players. The main concern will be their defence, especially after losing a two goal lead against Czech Republic. Their midfield trio of Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Ivan Perisic have all scored in the opening two matches, and will worry Spain. The holders have yet to concede a goal, and it will be interesting to see how they cope against a talented Croatian attack. Mario Mandzukic is yet to find the back of the net and he will be keen to open his account before the knockout stages. It will be tough to do so against two of the best centre-backs in the world.
This match is important as the second place from this group will likely come up against Italy in the round of 16, which will be an incredibly tough match. Meanwhile the winner of the group will play one of the third place sides, which will be a much kinder fixture. These two sides met in the groups at Euro 2012 and on that occasion, Spain won through a late winner from Jesus Navas. It was a tight match with only one goal being scored and this fixture could be similarly competitive.
- Ivan Rakitic is the third most creative player in the tournament to date, with the Barcelona man creating nine chances for his team-mates.
- Alvaro Morata and Nolito have scored seven of of Spain’s last eight goals, showing their importance to the Spanish attack.
Many talk about the quality possessed by Ivan Rakitic and Luka Modric, and they are right to do so, as they are two of the most talented midfielders in world football. However, Ivan Perisic is central to Croatia’s style of play and a constant goal threat. He plays on the left of the attacking midfield three, but roams across the front line, looking for space to exploit. He was excellent against the Czech Republic, with his movement often getting him into goal-scoring positions. He scored the opening goal and showed his emphatic finishing ability, which he has shown time and time again for his national side. The Inter Milan midfielder is also decent in the air, and that is an area of his game that Croatia may look to exploit in aerial duels with Juanfran. At the age of 27, he is approaching his best years as a footballer and this tournament could be a springboard to greater things. He is the most direct player in the Croatian attack and will cause problems, especially on the counter attack.
The Barcelona legend has done all that there is to achieve in the game and the one thing that has alluded him is individual recognition, especially in terms of awards. However, that won’t bother the midfielder and this tournament has highlighted how he still has the drive and motivation to add even more medals to his glittering career. He is one of the best passers in the world and displayed that in the opening two group matches, completing the third most passes in the tournament so far. Iniesta isn’t just effective at maintaining possession, he also looks to play incisive passes and open up the opposition as he did frequently against Turkey. The 32-year-old is great at getting out of tight spots and always looks like he has the ball under his spell, as he showed on Friday, playing a neat overhead flick over an oncoming defender, to keep possession. There will be doubts about his ability to maintain these high levels of performance over the tournament as the amount of game time will have more effect than it has at previous tournaments, given his increasing age.
Darijo Srna is going to continue in the side after making the brave decision to continue playing given the tragic events in his personal life. Luka Modric is a doubt with a knock, but is probably going to recover in time to start against Spain.
Spain may look to rest some players given they are guaranteed a place in the next round and have great strength in depth. Koke and Hector Bellerin are contenders to come into the starting eleven if they decide to rest players.
This is going to tell us a lot about both sides and their chances in the competition. They have both been impressive so far, but neither Turkey or the Czech Republic look like they will do much at this tournament. These two sides are both exciting and will have aspirations of getting deep into the competition. I think Spain will end up having too much for Croatia, who showed their frailties on Friday giving up a two goal lead in a match they really should have closed out. The attacking play from Spain was very exciting, and they will cause every side in this tournament problems, with their overlapping full backs a crucial part of that. Alvaro Morata and Nolito will both be full of confidence and that could be a devastating partnership going into the knockout rounds.
Spain 2-0 Croatia


Wakefield Trinity have confirmed the signing of Hull FC prop Chris Green on a loan deal until the end of the season.
The 29-year-old, who is expected to leave the Black and Whites at the end of the season, has added further firepower to the Trinity squad after the signing of Morgan Escare from Wigan.
Speaking on his loan move, Green said: “The move happened pretty quickly and I’m looking forward to getting out on the pitch for Trinity.
“I just want to help as much as I can between now and the end of the season and hopefully the lads can finish the season well.
“I’d like to thank Hull FC for allowing me this opportunity to get some game time and now I can’t to get into training at Wakefield.”
Chris Chester added: “To add a player of Chris’ experience to the squad is a big boost.
“He strengthens the pack as we enter a crucial part in the season and gives us competition in the middle.
“I’d like to thank Hull FC for allowing this deal to happen.”


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Britain’s Conservative Party picked its two finalists in the contest to replace Boris Johnson on Wednesday, as the divisive and unrepentant leader ended his last appearance in parliament as prime minister with the words ‘Hasta la vista, baby”.
Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss were the last two candidates remaining to replace Johnson from an initial field of eight, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated from the competition, finishing with 105 votes from MPs. Sunak received 137 votes, while Truss garnered 113 votes.
The two contenders will spend the next few weeks campaigning for the votes of around 180,000 Conservative Party members across the country, who will vote by mail-in ballot or online. The winner of the leadership vote will be announced on September 5 and will automatically become prime minister.
The bitter campaign exposed deep divisions within the Conservative Party at the end of Johnson’s scandal-ridden three-year rule. Opponents have called Sunak a “socialist” for raising taxes in response to economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Sunak replied that his rivals were peddling economic “fairy tales”.
The candidates are all trying to distance themselves from Johnson, whose tenure began boldly in 2019 with a vow to “get Brexit done” and a resounding election victory but is now ending in disgrace.
Johnson loyalist versus cabinet member who resigned
Sunak quit his post at the Treasury earlier this month after questioning Johnson’s competence and ethics.
At 42, Sunak would be the youngest prime minister in over 200 years and the country’s first South Asian leader. Sunak was born in Southampton, on the south coast of England, in 1980 to Indian parents born in East Africa.
A savvy low-tax politician, he nevertheless shelled out billions of government money to keep people and businesses afloat during the pandemic.
His furlough scheme, which paid the salaries of millions of workers when they were temporarily laid off, made him the most popular member of government. But critics said his campaign to get people to eat in restaurants after lockdown restrictions were relaxed in the summer of 2020 contributed to another wave of COVID-19.
He was also faced with questions about his wealth and finances. His wife, Akshata Murty, is the daughter of the billionaire founder of Indian tech giant Infosys, and the couple are worth 730 million pounds (C$1.13 billion), according to the Sunday Times Rich List. In April it emerged that Murty was not paying UK tax on his overseas earnings.
If Truss wins, she would become Britain’s third female prime minister. She forged her image in homage to the first, Margaret Thatcher.
As Foreign Secretary, Truss was at the center of British support for Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia following the invasion of its neighbour. Two British nationals imprisoned in Iran also returned home during his tenure.
Truss, 46, also played a leading role in the UK’s row with the European Union over post-Brexit trade deals. Her pugnacious approach – along with her promises to cut taxes and increase defense spending – has made her the favorite of the party’s heavily Eurosceptic right.
Opponents criticize her as dogmatic and a wooden orator. She stood twice unsuccessfully for Parliament before being elected to represent the East of England seat of South West Norfolk in 2010.
In the 2016 British referendum on whether to leave the European Union, Truss supported the losing team “Remain”, unlike Sunak. But she served in Johnson’s staunchly pro-Brexit government as trade secretary and then foreign secretary, and won the support of the Conservative Party’s staunchest Brexiteers.
Labor gets final digs on Johnson
Parliament adjourns for the summer on Thursday.
Johnson, who resigned on July 7 after months of ethics scandals but remains the caretaker leader, faced mocking opposition politicians and weary Tories in his final Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons. municipalities.
It was a pessimistic start, with Tory backbenchers backing the praise and opposition politicians offering variations of “good riddance”.
Johnson touted what he called his accomplishments – getting Britain out of the European Union and through COVID-19, and supporting Ukraine against invading Russia – and said: “Mission largely accomplished, for the moment”, before leaving with “hasta la vista” by Arnold Schwarzenegger. slogan of Terminator 2.
Labor leader Keir Starmer said: ‘I’m going to miss the illusion.
Johnson urged to resign immediately
Johnson clung to office through months of scandals over his finances and judgement, refusing to resign when he was fined by police for government parties breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules .
He finally resigned after one scandal too many – the appointment of a politician accused of sexual misconduct – prompted his ministers to resign en masse.
Although he remained Prime Minister, he has largely disappeared from the scene, even as Britain faces a summer cost-of-living crisis and discontent among working people as inflation hit 9.4 %, according to the latest Economist report.
Johnson did not attend any emergency government meetings over the heatwave that brought temperatures of 40C to Britain this week. Last week he took a ride in a Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jet, with Superior gun– stylish images circulated by his office, then threw a weekend party at Chequers, the country house that accompanies the work of the Prime Minister.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who represents the opposition Labor Party, accused Johnson of wanting to “become Tom Cruise” and urged him to resign immediately.
“We need a full-time prime minister who takes care of our country rather than someone who checked,” Khan said.


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Apple AAPL, +1.30% is pressing ahead with plans Tuesday to sell a debut bond in Swiss francs, according to a person familiar with the deal.
The proposed two-part bond issue will mature in November 2024 and February 2030, the person said.
The 2024 bond is being offered to investors at an implied yield just shy of 0.3%, while the 15-year bond is being offered at an implied yield of just under 0.75%, the person said. The size of the deal is yet to be decided.
Apple’s Swiss franc deal will be the iPhone-maker’s second bond sale outside of the U.S. having raised debt in euros in a two-part sale last year. The deal also comes at a time when soaring demand for Swiss franc-denominated debt has pushed yields on Switzerland’s government bonds below 0% on maturities all the way out to 10 years.
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Sydney: A piece of aircraft debris found off the coast of Tanzania will be examined to see whether it could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian officials said on Friday.
Australia's Transport Minister Darren Chester gave no description of the fragment found on
"The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is seeking further information on the debris to ascertain whether it was from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777,
The bureau said Malaysian officials were in contact with Tanzanian authorities to arrange for the piece to be examined.
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But pieces of debris thought almost certainly to have come from the plane have washed up on the Indian Ocean islands of Reunion and Mauritius as well as in South Africa and Mozambique.
In May, Chester said three more pieces were to be tested -- two from Mauritius and another from Mozambique, but gave no further details.
Australia is coordinating the underwater search for the plane in the southern Indian Ocean far off its western coast and so far some 105,000 square
Australia, Malaysia and China -- which had significant numbers of citizens on the plane -- have said the hunt will be abandoned once the agreed search area is thoroughly combed.
Officials from the three countries met earlier this week to discuss the search and Chester said discussions were productive but gave no further details ahead of a ministerial meeting planned for late July.


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Dubai: A cleaner who sexually abused a boy inside a mosque has had his sentence increased from three to five years on appeal.
The incident happened in June of last year when a 31-year-old Bangladeshi lured the seven-year-old to a female praying area of a mosque in the Refaa area of Dubai, turned the lights off, and sexually abused him.
The boy’s 29-year-old mother from Afghanistan said that at 10pm the boy came running to her.
“He told me that the defendant sexually abused him and that he will bring him candy and gifts,” she said. “I was sitting with my son when the defendant came and sat beside us carrying toys and candy. I yelled at him and asked him to leave. He begged me not to alert my husband or the police,” she added.
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Researchers have tipped the UK mobile advertising expenditure to pass the £2bn mark this year as companies including Twitter, and mobile operator joint venture Weve aim to challenge the hegemony of Facebook and Google in the sector.
UK mobile ad spend continues to soar and is expected to rise 96% this year to just over £2bn, up from more than £1.03bn last year, although this is amidst an overall slowdown in the digital ad market, according to eMarketer estimates published this week.
The research firm further estimates mobile will generate almost 40% of total media spend in the UK by 2018, up from 13.4% of total media spending this year, see chart below.
In 2013, spending on paid-for digital ad formats (i.e. all paid-for ads served to internet-connected devices) rose 16.3% to top £6.3bn. But this year, digital ad spending growth will slow to 15%, and by 2015, digital spend will slow further registering just 10% year-on-year growth.
A further breakdown of the figures reveals the growth of mobile ad spend – formerly dominated by amounts spent on SMS and MMS ad campaigns – will be driven by a shift to more media-rich ad formats.
EMarketer forecasts that more than half of all digital ad dollars will go toward search formats, while spending on display formats will amount to one-third of the UK's digital ad market.
“[Mobile] display revenues from Google, Facebook and Twitter-three of the UK's largest display ad publishers-are each expected to rise significantly in the coming years,” reads the report.
This backs the findings of an earlier eMarketer study which shows that Facebook and Google accounted for the majority of mobile ad market growth worldwide last year.
Both companies claimed 75.2% of the additional $9.2bn that went toward mobile in 2013 (the report valued the total global mobile advertising market at $17.96bn in 2013, see chart).
Twitter tweaks mobile offering
The report was published the same week as Twitter announced significant developments in its mobile advertising strategy with the global roll out of its mobile app install service after a period of testing, with brands including Lyft, Dots, and games publisher EA.
The social network this week announced the global rollout of mobile app promotion ads — units that either take users to app downloads, or to the apps themselves if they’re already installed (see video here).
This announcement also coincided with Twitter unveiling its new cost-per-app-click pricing (CPAC) structure for the ad unit as well as a dashboard to track usage. This structure basically means a publisher will only be charged when a user actually goes to the relevant app store from the Twitter ad unit, or when the user opens the app directly from the prompt.
Incidentally, Twitter’s purchase of mobile ad retargeting service TapCommerce was also confirmed this week, building on its earlier purchase of Namo Media .
Writing in a blog post describing the purchase, Richard Alfonsi, Twitter, VP, global online sales, wrote: “Consumers are starting to use their phones not just to install and use apps, but for making purchases of both virtual and real-world products and services.”
He added: “Advertisers spend aggressively to get new users, but re-activating existing or previous users can provide just as attractive a return on investment. Programmatic buying is increasingly the method of choice for advertisers and brands who want to buy in mobile, because it allows for more granular targeting and messaging.
“Together with the TapCommerce team, Twitter will be able to offer mobile app marketers more robust capabilities for app re-engagement, tools and managed service solutions for real-time programmatic buying, and better measurement capabilities.”
Nielsen data show value of the app install market
This signposts Twitter’s intentions to enhance its standing MoPub MarketPlace offering which lets advertisers drive downloads of their mobile apps both on- and off-Twitter, and comes the same week as Nielsen data shows just how valuable it is for businesses to have their app installed on smartphones.
The research house this week released figures indicating that the amount of time the average smartphone user spends within an app, as opposed to accessing content via a browser, is continuing to rise. However the number of apps the average user engages with is largely stagnating.
In the final quarter of 2013, the average US smartphone user spent 30 hours and 15 minutes engaging with apps each month, up from 18hours, 18minutes in Q4 2011. But the average number of mobile apps users engage with has risen little in that time. In Q4 2011, the average number of apps used per month was 23.2. The following year (Q4 2012) it grew to 26.5, and as of Q4 2013 it was just 26.8 (see chart).
Hence, if we take into consideration the basics of market forces, advertisers are likely too bid even higher against one another for premium advertising space to encourage users to download their apps, thus inflating the market even further.
Facebook and Google eager to rule the roost
Facebook, which was pilloried by investors for its initial launch of mobile advertising products in the initial aftermath of its IPO, recently demonstrated just how lucrative the app-install economy is in its most recent earnings call. The social network posted revenues of $2.5bn for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 72%, with mobile app install ads providing the bulk of its growth.
A closer inspection of the results, demonstrates just how much traction app-install ad units have gained with advertisers. Facebook revealed that mobile ad revenue was approximately $1.34bn during the quarter, compared to $374m a year ago.
This equates to 258% year-on-year growth a sterling vindication of Facebook’s strategy of opting to monetise using mobile app install ads, which have clearly resonated well with both long tail app developers, and major brands alike.
This was subsequently followed by Google unveiling similarly-themed app install products that let publishers target users that have downloaded similarly themed apps, as well as a complementary service that will lets developers re-engage with users that have downloaded their app, and subsequently left it dormant.
EMarketer’s figures also show just how important it is for Google to diverge its revenues as the shift to mobile continues, as its studies show how search’s dominance of the mobile advertising market is starting to wane, with display’s share beginning to increase (see chart).
Operators strike back in anticipated divergence of spend
However, the dominance of Facebook, Google (and even Twitter) will not go unchallenged, as mobile operators are eager to cash-in on their vast swathes of consumer data as the mobile advertising market matures.
Weve, the UK mobile operator joint venture which this week formally announced its display ad service’s full roll out, is eager to point out how its ad targeting and measurement capabilities (based on its vast swathes of customer data), along with the rise of mobile-optimised websites built using responsive design software will significantly alter the dynamics of the market here.
Weve, whose shareholders include EE, O2 and Vodafone, has announced significant updates to its display ad service and is eager to point out how its audience data, and reporting toolscan attract brand spend to mobile .
At launch, Weve will be delivering audience segments of age and gender-based demographics, BARB regions, social grades, supermarket catchment areas (with primary shopper data such as Female 25+) and even behavioural, interest-based data for brands targeting sport, travel and entertainment products and services.
Sean O’Connell, Weve’s head of product, told ExchangeWire: “We’re starting to meet with digital buying teams this week to explain the testing we’ve been doing, and just how granular our audience data is.”
Talking about the prospects of unlocking brand spend on mobile – which typically means bigger budgets, he added: “If you can apply intelligence and data to mobile you can really drive impact.”
O’Connell also said the company’s targeting capabilities are much more granular compared to its earlier test phase. For instance, Weve is able to target audiences that roam frequently.
Nigel Clarkson, Weve’s commercial director, also told ExchangeWire the joint venture was about to introduce a service called Weve Sync an “industrialised data matching service” that will let advertisers cross-reference their CRM databases with Weve’s targeting data to improve the efficiency of their campaigns.
This will enable the joint venture company to attract brand spend as it will be better able to perform prospecting and lookalike modelling, according to Weve.
“A lot of people out there are using probabilistic modelling, whereas we have verified first party data,” said Clarkson.
After a six month beta period, where it worked with 15 brands including supermarket and banking groups. In one partnership, along with research group OnDevice, Weve campaigns demonstrated a 64% uplift in brand awareness, and 39% uplift in purchase intent among consumers aged 18-54, according to the data. In addition, click-through (CTR) stats have been running at 0.8%, against an industry average of 0.55%, according to Weve.
Henry Howe, Weve's head of display, said: “Through things like this, we’ve been able to prove uplifts in brand perception, as well as other KPI features,” he added.
Another aspect of its services that Weve is keen to point out is its scale.
“We’re nicely positioned as we’re part of three big brands, that we’re a consolidated point of entry in the market [Weve also offers access to ad inventory on this-party properties through its tie-up with Byyd],” added Howe.
A market ripe for consolidation?
James Connelly, CEO and co-founder of mobile specialist agency, argues that the mobile media market is unique to the desktop space due to the sheer amount of companies in the space.
“The big difference in mobile is that it’s very fragmented, so there’s no dominant player, and what we’re seeing is a very important chess game being played out,” he said.
“Roughly there’s about 200 mobile media suppliers worldwide. But there’s likely to be a lot of consolidation in the space, as you find that a lot of the companies don’t have their own inventory.”


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Symere Woods, better known as Lil Uzi Vert, was born in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Woods realized he had a natural talent for music in the tenth grade. People began to call him Vert for short and then one random listener to his SoundCloud music said that Woods’ rapped fast like a machine gun, like a “lil uzi.”
Woods continued to post his music on SoundCloud, his style, talent, wordplay and finesse caught the attention of producers and record companies. Woods began working on his mixtapes, Luv is Rage and Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World. These mixtapes would catapult Woods to become one of the 2016 XXL Freshman, a recognition for rising rap artists in their first year. He would go on to release another hit mixtape, The Perfect LUV Tape, which shot him into stardom. In 2017, he released his debut studio album, ‘Luv is Rage 2’, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Since that debut, Woods, earned 2018 Grammy nominations as “Best New Artist” and “Best Rap Performance”.


The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the country as children and legally allows them to work in the U.S.
The court on Thursday ruled President Donald Trump didn't properly end the program, which then-President Barack Obama created in 2012. Trump attempted to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2017 shortly after being elected on a largely anti-immigrant platform.
Here are the answers to 10 of the most-searched questions people have been looking up on Thursday related to the program, according to Google Trends data.
What is DACA?
DACA allows immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and had grown up here to legally work and shields them from deportation. But it was limited to only those who met certain requirements.
What does DACA stand for?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Who are the Dreamers?
Dreamers are considered to be those who were brought to the U.S. by their parents as children and had grown up here. The name comes from the D.R.E.A.M. Act, which was failed legislation proposed during the Obama administration that would have granted these individuals a pathway to citizenship.
What does DACA provide?
DACA allows these young immigrants an opportunity to legally work in the U.S. and it shields them from deportation.
Can DACA recipients become citizens?
There have been many efforts to pass legislation that would provide legal status and a path to citizenship for Dreamers, but even bipartisan plans have fallen flat. After Trump tried to end the program in 2017, he gave Congress six months to come up with a solution. They didn't. Democrats now hold the majority in the House. But the Senate is controlled by Republicans, meaning any legislation would face a steep uphill battle and would need to be truly bipartisan for it to have any chance of passing Congress.
Who qualified for the DACA program?
In order to qualify, an applicant had to be between 15 and 30 years old and needed to be enrolled in high school, have a G.E.D., diploma or have served in the U.S. military. Those with a felony or serious misdemeanor on their record are not eligible for the program. The fee to apply and renew is nearly $500.
How many DACA recipients are there?
Currently, there are approximately 650,000 people who are enrolled in the program. At its height, the program had nearly 800,000 people.
How did the Supreme Court vote on DACA?
In a 5-4 ruling liberal justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan were joined by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts to reject the Trump administration's efforts to end legal protections for this group of immigrants.
Three conservative justices including Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented writing that the DACA program was illegal from it's inception in 2012. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, one of Trump's appointees, wrote a separate dissent that he thought the administration acted appropriately.
Why did Trump want to end DACA?
The administration argued the program was illegal when Obama created it and that although he didn’t favor punishing children for the actions of their parents, “we must also recognize that we are nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws.”
What's next for the program?
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court said that while Trump could end the program, he did so improperly. That means the administration can now try to terminate the program in a different way if they choose to do so. Experts say that's not likely to happen before the November election in part because DACA has wide, bipartisan support among the American public.
The Supreme Court’s decision to keep DACA intact means the 650,000 people who are enrolled will keep their protections for now, which last two years. But the program hasn’t accepted any new applicants in a couple of years, and it’s unclear whether people who would have qualified for the program but couldn't apply after Trump announced he was rescinding it will now be able to apply.


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ANA applauds introduction of ICAN Act
The American Nurses Association (ANA) has joined with the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners®, and the American College of Nurse-Midwives in strongly supporting the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act. The organizations applauded the introduction of this legislation on Sept. 14 by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) and Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), which marks an important step in further recognizing the vital role advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) have in our nation’s healthcare system.
This key legislation will improve access to healthcare for millions of patients by removing administrative, practice, and other barriers currently faced by APRNs and their patients. The ICAN Act is consistent with recommendations from numerous healthcare stakeholders, including the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). In its report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, NAM recommended that “all relevant state, federal and private organizations enable nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and training by removing practice barriers that prevent them from more fully addressing social needs and social determinants of health and improve healthcare access, quality, and value.”
“Nurses play a critical role in our healthcare delivery system, often by serving as the primary source of care in many communities. This is especially true of APRNs who were able to practice at the top of their license during the height of the pandemic, due to waivers granted by federal and state governments, and in doing so provided access to high-quality care for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients alike,” said ANA President Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN.
Today, more than 200,000 APRNs are treating Medicare patients, and approximately 40% of Medicare beneficiaries receive care from APRNs. Congress removing barriers to care for the hundreds of thousands of APRNs and their millions of patients is essential to maximizing the ability of the U.S. healthcare workforce to meet the needs of patients and communities. The ICAN Act will improve access to healthcare by updating the Medicare and Medicaid programs, enabling APRNs to practice to the top of their education and clinical training. Visit rnaction.org to learn more about supporting this legislation.
Workshop details strategies for more effective leadership
Experienced nurse leaders interested in further developing their leadership skills will have the opportunity to do so through a 4-day interactive virtual workshop, Take Your Leadership to the Next Level. Offered by the American Nurses Association, this 12-hour program taking place December 5-8, 2022 aligns with the goals of both the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence® Program.
Nurses who are supervisors, directors, and managers will explore how to lead differently in a continually changing environment to motivate a diverse workforce, engage with patient populations, and thrive in a value-based reimbursement system.
In two sessions focused on leading self, presenter Ashley Amorello Kellish, DNP, RN, CCNS, a North Carolina Nurses Association member, will explore issues such as why leaders need to change to effectively manage in today’s healthcare environment, how to develop effective working relationships with younger generations of nurses, service line and interdisciplinary team leadership, and shared governance strategies to promote staff engagement. Two sessions involving leading the organization will consider transitioning into executive leadership roles and driving organizational change and innovation. Topics for these sessions range from leading with emotional intelligence and executing new initiatives with speed and sustainability to using decision support tools in organizational planning.
Nurses who complete this workshop successfully may be eligible to use the 12 CNE they will earn to obtain or renew their ANCC Nurse Executive certification. Enrollment is open until December 2. Learn more or register at pages.nursingworld.org/advancedleadership2022.
Not Today, Flu campaign aims to bolster vaccination coverage
The American Nurses Association (ANA), in collaboration with Sanofi and actor Jason Alexander, have launched the Not Today, Flu national flu vaccination campaign (nottodayflu.com/). The campaign encourages everyone who is eligible from 6 months and older to get their flu shot this season.
Despite the risk of flu and flu-related complications, less than half of eligible Americans get their flu shot annually, with millions remaining unprotected. ANA is urging everyone to follow the scientific evidence supporting flu vaccination and the guidance of nurses and healthcare professionals. All people eligible should get their flu vaccination and encourage their loved ones to do the same.
“Every day, things come up that you have no control over, and they can really ruin your plans—the flights getting cancelled, deliveries not arriving, your computer freezes, it rains. It can all make you just a little crazy. So, when there’s something I can do to help take back control, I do. Like getting the flu shot,” Alexander said.
The United States may face a resurgence of the flu this season, with an unprecedented risk of possible severe COVID-19 and flu co-infections due to low immunity against influenza and the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions. Flu can lead to potentially life-threatening complications, including pneumonia or serious heart conditions. Not Today, Flu seeks to drive awareness around the importance of flu vaccination and the urgency to vaccinate as many people as possible.
“The flu shot is more vital now than ever to help protect ourselves and our communities against the flu and its related complications. We’re still working to manage the COVID-19 pandemic while facing other emerging viral threats to public health,” said ANA President Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN. “The best way to help reduce the burden of flu on the healthcare system is to get your flu vaccine as recommended by your nurses and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
Join the Go Green and Eat Clean Challenge
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) is kicking off November with the Go Green and Eat Clean Challenge. This 10-day challenge, powered by Morrison Healthcare, a Division of Compass One Healthcare, offers practical tips for nurses to make food choices that optimize both their personal health and the health of the environment.
Research shows that 70% of Americans think climate change is a serious threat. One way to make a difference is through clean, sustainable eating. However, figuring out how to eat healthily while remaining green can be confusing and overwhelming. The Go Green and Eat Clean Challenge, running from November 7 to 18, will give simple and straightforward suggestions for making an impact.
Sponsored by the ANA Enterprise, HNHN offers challenges throughout the year that provide insights and activities for nurses across six domains, including mental health, nutrition, physical activity, quality of life, rest, and safety. During each challenge, participants share their stories and experiences, adding to the camaraderie and community spirit of the challenge.
For more than 5 years HNHN—a free nurses’ wellness program open to everyone—has been engaging participants with rich and varied content that inspires action, cultivates friendly competition, provides information and resources, gathers data, and connects nurses with each other and with employers and organizations. In addition to challenges, HNHN offers discussion boards, contests, blogs, and materials for further exploration, all with the goal of improving the health of the nation’s 4.3 million registered nurses—one nurse at a time. Sign up at hnhn.org, and text healthynurse to 52-886 to receive challenge tips via text.


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The current exhibition Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure (National Gallery, London, until 8 September 2013) looks at the theme of music at a time when music was art and art was music.
The art of the 17th century Dutch Golden Age – the age of Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, and Rembrandt van Rijn – was also a golden age for musical themes in paint: sober duets as a literal expression of domestic harmony, musical merry-making at evening parties, trios which seem to reflect love triangles, and intimate depictions of refined ladies who seem to be playing to an unseen audience.
And if we can’t hear the notes reverberating down the ages, neither can hearing visitors. We are on a level playing field, freed up from preconceptions to imagine what the music sounds like, a musical tradition like and unlike our own. The art of the time concentrated on capturing the evanescent and ephemeral. An upraised hand marks the beat and marks the time for ever and parted lips betray a singer in full flow or at the moment of drawing breath: both make visible a note that passed by someone’s ear more than 350 years ago.
The star of the show is undoubtedly the Guitar Player (English Heritage, Kenwood House), caught in a moment sharing a glance with another player we cannot see, a duet with an invisible gentleman, perhaps? She leans forward, smiling gently, her lips closed and slightly tensed, as if she has just stopped singing and is waiting to reprise her part while the unseen performer sings his. Her expression and gesture replicate many a country and western duet seen on BBC4 compilations. The guitar itself is depicted with the same luminous but slightly blurred intensity as the player’s face.
A very similar but slightly more elaborate guitar by Voboam is included in the exhibition (click on the 4th image, 5th row) along with a variety of other musical instruments, including lutes with intricately carved roses (sound holes), applied decoration, and virginals with painted lids and friezes. The visual beauty of these high-status instruments was clearly intended to accompany and to complement the sound they produced.
A painted Ruckers virginal shares a space with Vermeer’s Music Lesson, (Royal Collection) depicting an almost identical instrument. Such instruments were works of art in their own right, inviting comparison with the ‘paintings within a painting’ in the background of Vermeer’s works. Indeed, Vermeer’s virginals have painted lids with landscapes, as shown in one of the National Gallery’s own Vermeers. Just as Vermeer’s ‘paintings within a painting’ preserve by record actual paintings – a known painting now in Boston, Mass., hangs in the background of the other NG Vermeers – there’s a suggestion that we are looking at actual instruments that the artists knew well, and possibly even played themselves. Metsu’s Man and Woman Seated by a Virginal makes use of the same instrument that he depicted in a number of other works.
But it wasn’t all about the music. They were used to illustrate manners and morals, with themes ranging from domestic harmony to a frisson of sexual impropriety. Music is the food of love – a 17th century quote apt for this exhibition – and what theme could be more universal?
We also come to it from a world in which recorded music has now been freely available for several generations, enabling us (if we can hear) to recover the sound of several generations ago. Though written music survives, and can be played again, there is no similar preserved soundtrack to the Dutch Golden Age. In this, therefore, the deaf visitor is at no disadvantage, but is, perhaps, the best placed to appreciate the visually sumptuous world of that music, a silent playing on canvas.


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Princess Royal watched snooker championship final, Mark Selby says
Snooker star Ali Carter has criticised the scarce funds available for top players in the sport this year, having also admitted to nearly quitting the game in order to pursue a career in aviation. The two-time World Snooker Championship finalist explained how the majority of players on tour “have got no money” and urged for a cash injection into snooker.
Carter lifted a lid earlier this year on how few snooker players are making a “good living” after the World Snooker Tour introduced a ‘safety net’ aimed at financially supporting the top 130 players in the 2022/23 season. The WST announced that players would receive a guaranteed £20,000 to help fund their careers and cover expenses, but Carter has insisted that more work needs to be done.
“It’s been really tough. Maybe 90 per cent of players on the tour have got no money,” Carter told the BBC’s Framed Podcast several months ago. “I think the tour should probably be cut, to give a prize that if you do get your tour card, you are guaranteed a living, a good living.
“They’re earning nothing, 20 grand a year, 30 grand a year after expenses, maybe less than that. You could go and get a job stacking a shelf in a supermarket [for that], no disrespect to anyone who does that. But these boys have put their life into playing snooker from a very young age, so it just seems a little bit unfair to me, that’s all.”
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As the WST looks to support their top players, they released a statement which read: “Our tour is about meritocracy. We have an abundance of talent from many different countries around the globe, the strength in depth on our tour is incredible. There are opportunities for all of them and there are huge rewards for those that succeed.
“This season we brought in an initiative to provide a prize money guarantee to all tour players, ensuring that they have at least £20,000 over the season. This has given them the security of knowing that they have an income and they can budget their season around this.”
Carter considered quitting snooker twice as he opened up on how he nearly became a pilot, amid calls from the 43-year-old to increase the rewards for being a top snooker star. When asked if he had thought about retiring from the sport, Carter told Sporting Life: “Oh definitely.
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“I spoke to a good friend of mine Mike Rowland, who owns the Andrewsfield Flying School. I said: ‘I’ve had enough of this snooker lark, defeats hurt big time and I’m just punch drunk with it. I’ve just had enough of it and I’ll go and do something else. I might train and be a commercial pilot’.
“He said: ‘Mate, you’re best on the snooker table, you’re still good enough to win, you’re still good enough to earn a lot of money’. He told me that I didn’t want to be starting at the beginning in an aviation career at my age, there was plenty of time for that. I was 43, ranked about 20 in the world and as he said, I was only at 40 per cent power.
“He said to me, ‘If you can up it to 70 per cent power, let’s see what we can get out of it. You’re never going to be 100 per cent with the snooker, down the club eight hours a day, with everything else you’ve got going on in your life. But if you apply yourself a little bit more, let’s see’.”
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A strong US dollar is currently the biggest challenge for the sector, the industry body for the state’s wineries and affiliated businesses, Wine Institute, told BeverageDaily.
California is the fourth leading wine producing region in the world, coming after Italy, Spain and France.
US wine exports – of which 90% come from California – were the second highest on record in 2014, growing 122% in value from 2005. For California, this means 49.2m cases to 125 countries.
“The largest single market is Canada: that’s about 30-35%. Then there’s another 30-35% going to the EU,” said Linsey Gallagher, vice president of international marketing for the Wine Institute. Within Europe, the UK, Germany and Nordic countries are the main markets.
The other top markets are Japan, Hong Kong and China, and Gallagher expects to see further growth from Asian markets. “Our vintners are really interested in understanding the Chinese market right now, in the sheer potential and population numbers. Consumers really have a fascination with Western goods,”
But while China is a big opportunity, it’s also a long term one – only 5% of exports currently go to the country.
A strong US dollar presents a challenge to the industry, as it makes Californian products more expensive abroad. “Our producers are trying really hard to share that burden, but realistically it’s tough,” Gallagher said.
However, she hopes the work California has done to strengthen and maintain brand loyalty in recent years will see the industry through this situation.
What makes you proud of California wine?
California wine profile 2014
- $24.6bn retail value of California wine sales in the US
- $1.5bn in export revenue
- $61.5bn in state economic impact
- $121.8bn in national economic impact
- 330,000 jobs in California
- 615,000 acres of winegrapes
- 5,900 winegrape growers
California boasts 4,400 bonded wineries: up 93% from 2,275 in 2005. Nearly all of these are family owned businesses – and that’s something that makes the region special, said Gallagher.
“I’ve got to know so many people behind the labels. The people are the fabric behind the industry, pioneers, and rebels, incredibly passionate about making the industry the best in the world. We’re also really blessed to have a really fun blend of new world and old world.”
Wine producers are eager to challenge themselves, and enjoy freedom to innovate. However, they also have an affinity for tradition. This all leads to a certain character, she added.
It also has a diverse industry: with more than 110 winegrape varieties. Abundant sunshine makes for a consistent and long grape growing season, and the diversity of terroir supports different grape varieties including Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Reisling, and Moscato/Muscat.
Gallagher also highlights the sector's attention to sustainability: championing its comprehensive and forward-thinking approach. Family wineries have been focusing on sustainability for generations, but developing programs and certification helps keep the issue at the forefront, she said.
It can be as simple as using sheep to cut grass rather than using a diesel tractor, or beneficial insects to control destructive species rather than chemicals.
The incentive is to keep the industry healthy for many generations to come, she added.
California, Here I Come…
Activities throughout California Wine Month include live music, food and wine pairings, winemaker tours, harvest parties, entertainment, and more.
“Tourism is a very important part… we have more than 22m visitors each year,” said Gallagher. “They’re coming here for a reason: an amazing food and wine culture. And it’s unbelievably beautiful here right now – breathtaking.”
These tourists spend some $2.1bn a year and while the Napa Valley has drawn in the majority of tourists in the past, other areas are also now welcoming sizable numbers.
Whether at home or abroad, the key to successful promotion is to link the positive Californian image to wine, said Gallagher. Then, there’s the chance to unpick that by looking at different grapes and appellations.
“I travel internationally, wherever I go I say ‘from California,’ and faces light up. It’s a positive, aspirational destination. Our job is to connect that positive energy with a world class wine producing region. That’s a lot of fun for us,” she said.


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