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The labeling on a sandwich eaten by a 15-year-old girl who later died from an allergic reaction was “inadequate,” a UK medical coroner has said.
The coroner found that Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who fell ill on a British Airways flight to Nice, died of anaphylactic shock, the Press Association reported.
The teenager bought the olive tapenade and artichoke French bread sandwich from a branch of the international Pret a Manger fast food chain at Heathrow airport in London before boarding the flight in July 2016.
The coroner, Sean Cummings, said the baguette contained sesame, to which she was allergic. “There was no specific allergen information on the baguette packaging or on the (food display cabinet) and Natasha was reassured by that,” he ruled.
Around 25 minutes into the flight Natasha’s throat became itchy, her face went red and then hives appeared on her body, the coroner said.
Her father gave her two doses of the adrenaline injection pen, Epipen, which is used to treat severe and life-threatening allergic reactions, but the teenager’s condition continued to deteriorate.
She said “daddy, help me, I can’t breathe”, the coroner wrote. Oxygen was provided but Natasha lost consciousness.
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F1RST we spoke to J. T. Battenberg Ill, chief executive and general manager of Bedford Commercial Vehicles. He agreed wholeheartedly with our observation that 1985 had seen an unprecedented level of Bedford activity in expanding its van range, culminating in the launch of the Rascal microvan at Glasgow.
"Of course, that was by design," he said. "About two years ago we set about completely replacing almost our entire van line over a period of two years. Now we have not only new products but a new van plant, built to he as flexible as possible so that we can build the CF. Midi and microvans on the same production line. That project is now completed.
-The introduction of the Rascal was the last step. Now we have the widest van range of any manufacturer in Europe, from the Rascal to the Astra and Astratnax, through to the Midi and recently upgraded CF."
Why had the GM subsidiary been concentrating its efforts on vans instead of trucks? "The van market has been experiencing a little more growth than the truck market and is projected to continue to grow. whereas the UK truck market is expected to be relatively stagnant over the next couple of years.
We needed to get as much volume as possible through our dealerships. It is quicker and easier to increase dealer turnover in the van business," If the microvan introduction marks the end of Bedford's current van replacement project, how long will it be before the CF replacement is introduced?
"We will eventually replace CF with a new generation of vans being developed by GM's worldwide Truck and Bus group, but it is certainly not imminent. Nor do I see an urgent need for it. CF2 is doing well.
Bedford's general manager is keen to emphasise, meanwhile, that his company has "certainly not forgotten trucks. We have put a lot of money into our truck plants recently. In Dunstable alone we have taken out almost 140,000m2 (1.5m ft2) of floor space in a rationalisation programme. We have moved truck assembly into the DJ facility which was built in 1979. We have reduced our capacity from 50,000 to 30,000 trucks a year, which gives us a lot better chance of making money.
Will this rationalisation programme end Bedford's loss making this year?
"Not this year. Nineteen eighty five has been an expensive year for us with a lot of redundancy and development
costs. We are taking a much longer-term view. We are trying to pare the company down to the right size, preparing for the future. We are going through an expensive, painful transition phase at Bedford. It is a necessary step if we are going to survive. There is no way we could survive as the size we used to be in today's competitive environment.
Finally, Battenberg stressed that his company is a net exporter. He gave the recent f.6million order from the United Arab Emirates for 130 special TM sixwheelers as a good example of Bedford's largely unsung export efforts. •
MARKET SHARE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
DAF TRUCKS (GB) managing director Roger Phillips sees a parallel between the work done over the past two years by the organisers of the Scottish show, the Scottish Motor Trade Association, and his own company's eilbrts.
Congratulating the SMTA on its new show venue he said: "They knew exactly what they wanted to achieve and by applying creative insight, matched to a lot of hard work, they've gone out and done it."
Phillips recalls that at the time of the last Kelvin Ilall show in 1983 Daf was set to announce record truck sales of 2,347 in the over 15-tonne sector of the UK market, giving it a share o19.8 per cent. "With 2,572 registered at the end of last month, we will achieve 10.6 per cent market penetration by the end of this year," he predicts.
While satisfied with the performance of Dal Trucks (GB) since he took over as managing director, Phillips says he finds it "more gratifying that we (Daf Trucks in total) remain as one of the very few profitable commercial vehicle manufacturers."
Rekrring to the Fl 600 million (i.138M) investment programme announced by Daf Trucks president Aart Van der Padt in 1983, he said that "the promises made then are now being realised. Only last month the Belgian Prime Minister, Wilfried Martens, officially opened our new cab paint plant and flexible manufacturing system in our Westerlo plant in Belgium. By the end of this decade we will be introducing a completely new product range which is currently being developed."
How does he expect to see the UK truck market changing next year?
"In 1986 we will see a predominantly replacement market which is going to be extremely competitive," he says. More specifically, he expects to see in the next three years a growth front 15 to 45 per cent in vehicle leasing and contract hire of vehicles with the phasing out of firstyear capital allowances.
Another result of this which Phillips expects to see is growth in repair and maintenance contract business: "Currently we are running about 6(X) of these contracts. I am looking for a 15 to 20 per cent growth per annum in this business."
As reported in CM last week, Phillips confirmed at Glasgow that the planning permission problems over Daf Trucks (GB)'s new £7million, 10-acre headquarters at Tharne, Oxfordshire, are now "almost resolved" and he expects construction to begin next spring. •
MOTIVATED FOR PROFIT
SALES and marketing director of Leyland Trucks Gavin Barlas describes 1985 as a year when Leyland has had a "very satisfactory consolidation of our position. It has been the first year in which we have had our whole new range in place, having launched Roadrunner at the NEC last year.
"That had been preceded by four years of very hard work in changing the product. We are through that now. We believe now that we have a range of vehicles from 7.3 tonnes GVW to 65 tonnes (including Scammell) which really is second to none in Europe. Our sales force is more motivated than it is possible to explain.
What are Leyland's targets then for next year, now that it can reap some benefits from all this groundwork?
"Even this year we have begun to reap the benefits, having been overall market leaders for the last five months, though Ford's October campaign skewed the figures. Nevertheless, we expect to finish the year with a very satisfactory growth in ill:Irket penetration, which has been a lot to do with Roadrunner. I suppose the general target for next year is simply to improve on that position.
But above anything else we are committed to turning our business hack into profit. In 1984 we reduced our loss by .''.29M and in the first half of this year we had a further 1:10M improvement." (We in this case being Leyland Vehicles.) "We are not into profit yet. We do not expect to be into profit this year, but the trend is very firmly in the right direction.'' How long will the turn around to profit take?
"1 long ago gave up saying we would do anything by a specific date. The matter is not entirely in our hands. We are being held back by a very competitive market, but we do know that we can get there."
Clearly, Leyland's big news story for the Scottish Show was the £9 million investment in the Albion axle plant at Seotstoun, just five IllintItCS away from the SECC.
How flexible will the new axle manufacturing plant be? Could it produce components other than front and rear axles?
"We have no intention of producing anything other than axles at Scotstoun. It will be a very efficient, very modern axle plant. We are world class at producing axles."
It is logical then that you might supply those axles to somebody else?
"Yes", replied Barlas cryptically, but when pressed he added that talk of a connection between the investment in Scotstoun and rumoured future component sharing between Leyland and Bedford was simply idle speculation. •
LOOKING FOR UK CLUB MEMBERSHIP
BERNT BRANDTZAEG, managing director of Volvo Trucks (Great Britain), spelled out why 1985 is "a most important year" for Volvo: this year's Scottish show is the first British exhibition at which the new FL6 and FL7/10 models have gone oti display.
"This is also the 10th year of truck and bus manufacture at our Irvine plant. Last year we passed the 10,000th vehicle constructed in Scotland, the same year we decided to invest another 050,000 in the plant.(CM December 1, 1984) ''That investment will be completed next month with the effect that we will improve our productivity by some 25 per cent. While it does little to improve the unemployment situation it at least ensures that Volvo in Scotland can continue its work on a profitable basis."
Pursuing the theme of Volvo (GB)'s British status which because particularly controversial in 1983 Brandtzaeg said: "Our manuilicturing performance in the 16-ton heavy truck and bus business puts us in the same league as companies like ERF, Foden, Seddon Atkinson, Ford and Bedford."
He thinks it "interesting that of those British manufacturers, Foden, Ford and Bedford are all American-owned and Seddon Atkinson is Spanish-owned. So far as the SMMT is concerned they arc British, but Volvo is not."
He told us that he will be re-applying to the SMMT for British status for Volvo Trucks (Great Britain) next year on the basis that more than 50 per cent of the product content is British.
On the subject of FL series sales in the UK Brandtzaeg said that since the new models were introduced Volvo has taken British orders for "just over 800 so far", with the same split between FL6, F7 and I'LlOs as on the previous models. "We seem to have misjudged the level of demand for the FL10 8 x 4. It seems that this model in particular will be much in demand.
"We are going through a difficult period in production now, phasing out the old models and introducing the new. We should be up to normal production at Irvine, Gothenburg and Ghent within a couple of weeks, If somebody ordered say an FL7 tractive unit today, when would Volvo be able to deliver?
"January", replied Brandtzaeg, but he added that by January delivery lead-time should be two/three weeks.
How many trucks does Volvo expect to have registered in the UK by the end of this year?
"Approximately 4,500, a little down on last year's total because of our fourth quarter delivery problems. We do not know what effect next year's tax allowance change will have, but we expect a very busy first quarter." •

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IMPERIAL – Aviation Day last Saturday at the County Airport pulled out all the bells, whistles, and wings, fixed and edible. To add to the day’s festivities, a 1st annual chicken wing cook-off was added to the savory smells of kennel corn and other delectable scents wafting through the more than 58 booths.
Always, the stars of the show are the airplanes, especially the ones taxiing children on free rides over the colored squares of the Imperial Valley farmlands hoping to excite their minds to be part of the aviation world when they grow up.
For adults and children, a more affordable entry to flying is the radio-controlled aircraft. Kevin Johnston of El Centro, started his flying hobby 30 years ago as a child when his father let him fly one of his model planes.
“He didn’t let me land or take off at first, but when it was up, I got to take over the controls. It was fun, I have been doing it ever since,” Johnston said.
He is he owner of “The Beast”. A 28 lb., 89” wingspan. bright red Cub J-3 bi-plane. Johnston and 50 fellow aviation enthusiasts take their models to Thompson’s Crossing off Forrester Road. There they race and fly to their heart’s content.
In family fashion, Johnston has taken his nephew, 14-year-old Matthew, under his wing and has set him onto the path of model, radio-controlled planes.
“Our club, the Imperial Valley Radio Control Association, has guys ranging from Matthew here at 14 clear up to Archie McCarthy who is around 70”, Johnston said.
“It’s a great hobby, but I also have a real plane I like to fly. It’s a North American Navion from 1946. It’s the same plane Patton used out here in the desert when he would fly from training ground to training ground, checking on his troops. My grandfather was a pilot, as was my dad, my aunts and my uncles.” Johnston added, “Radio-controlled flying keeps young ones busy, their minds and hands active, and out of trouble. Anyone can get started with a $150 investment down at the local hobby store.”
At the end of the day, winners were announced for the Chicken Wing Cook-off. Taking “Best of the Nest” (best booth) was the Duck Dynasty look -a -like group, Kill It and Grill It. They also won the People’s Award. Both awards netted them $500.
Elliot Fortin, of Imperial, replete with duck calls hanging from his neck, beard, and camo said, “We had such a good time at the last tri-tip cook-off at the park we decided to compete here, too. Everyone pitched in and I’m glad for the People’s vote.”
The “King of the Wing” was Las Chabelas Restaurant from Brawley. Besides a large chicken trophy, they put $500 in their pockets for being the best of the best.


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Iraqi Central Bank decided Friday, obliging banks to publish data on all financial loans, attributing the cause to their importance in achieving transparency and control.
The governor of the Central Bank on the Keywords in a brief statement “direction Press” received a copy of it, “the central bank committed all banks to publish data for each Alkaroq granted by you-go”.
Keywords and added, that “this investigation comes to transparency and community control.”
And called on the religious authority, on Friday (11 September 2015), the follow-up to the five trillion dinars Akarztha amount that the government of the Central Bank recently, stressing the need for a “strict measures” in the disbursement of these funds to the agricultural and industrial banks and housing fund.
The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Monday (September 7, 2015), for the launch of the largest start funding for lending programs in Iraq, noting that they belong to finance industrial and agricultural sectors as housing and support small and medium enterprises and revitalizing the Iraqi economy.


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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Starting Oct. 15, visitors will be allowed to bypass quarantine as long as they can show that they’ve tested negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of their flight.
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Hawaii Governor David Ige first announced that tourism could reopen on Aug. 1, but due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on the mainland, he pushed it back to Sept. 1.
Then Oahu saw a spike in cases in August and he delayed tourism again to Oct. 1.
The continued push back has left some hotels and potential guests feeling uneasy on whether Oct. 15 is the actual and final date.
“As we open the doors, people are going to have to be able to recognize, especially here in Hawaii, that it’s not going to be a flood of visitors coming in overnight. It’s just not going to happen because of the delays because of the perception,” explained Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association President and CEO Mufi Hannemann. “And because of the reality that we’re just not totally capable of giving 100% type of experience that they’ve been used to seeing in the past years or pre-pandemic.”
KHON2 asked Hannemann if he had a guesstimate as to how many hotels would reopen by October 15.
“It’s hard to say,” he said.
He said tourism leaders will have to work with partners, who have been selling Hawaii throughout the years, to assure them that Hawaii is in fact open for business, despite the continued push-back and delays this summer.
“There’s still a bit of work we have to do to tell them. Yes, it’s for real and we are opening up,” Hannemann said. “They were told all this on September 1, and there was so much uncertainty about October 1. So a lot of that has to be put back out there.”
He said confidence and trust has to be rebuilt with their partners.
Hotels statewide have updated their COVID-19 terms and conditions and cancellation policies on their websites. Several hotel websites acknowledged Hawaii’s 72-hour negative testing program on the top of the screen and some resorts even state that they will require proof of a negative test at check-in.
Hannemann said there are still some things to be worked out at the state-level in respect to testing and pre-testing requirements.
“People want to know, in fact that they can actually get a test quickly. They know it’s going to cost about $140 to do so. So, all those things, a lot of T’s to be crossed a lot of I’s to be dotted. And it all comes down to trust and confidence that in fact, Hawaii’s market will, in fact, be open,” Hannemann continued.
He said it’s still too early to tell how many hotels will be open and how much staff will be brought back and said it will depend on what the demand will look like.
An American Hotel and Lodging report released on Aug. 31, showed Oahu as the worst-hit market by COVID-19. The Hawaii spokesperson said that for Hawaii hotels to be profitable, they need at least 52% occupancy for the year.
“In terms of how it impacted the visitor industry, the hotels in Waikiki had an average occupancy in August of about 20%. Now, that number sounds low, and it is the lowest in the country by a lot, but that number is artificially high as we measured only open hotels. The vast majority of hotels were not open in August,” explained Kekoa McClellan.
“We will be fortunate if we have a blended average occupancy rate north of 30% at December 31, 2020. That means that all of Hawaii hotels have been and will be operating in extreme red through the end of the year,” McClellan continued. “It’s going to take some hotels longer than others to prepare themselves for that reopening. And hotels will open when and only when there is adequate demand and adequate safety precautions in place.”
Some hotels that were closed throughout the pandemic have started accepting reservations online for Oct. 15.
However, there are several hotels and resorts that won’t allow you to make a reservation for the rest of the year or until Dec. 15.
The Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association created health and safety standards for hotels to follow.
Staff will be trained on dealing with a potential COVID-19 positive guest, proper social distancing, cleanliness and implementing new plans like keyless entry, disinfecting high touch areas regularly, and grab and go meals for food and beverage operations.
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In Fiscal Year 2017, the Commission continued to provide through the Internet -- as prescribed by Section 207 of the E-Government Act -- public access to virtually all public documents generated in its public proceedings, including administrative and federal court law enforcement proceedings; rulemaking and guide development proceedings; and hearings, workshops, and conferences. In carrying out these efforts, the Commission assigned the highest priority to complying with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Presidential and other official directives, and to effecting mission-critical and essential program operations. To that end, the Commission has placed on its Web site electronic copies of virtually all public documents it has authorized or approved since 1996 -- when the Commission Web site was established -- including administrative complaints and consent orders issued pursuant to Part 2 and Part 3 of the Commission Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. §§ 2.31-2.34, 3.11, 3.25 (2013); federal court filings; Congressional testimony; Federal Register notices and other documents issued in proceedings involving rules and guides; Commission and staff reports (including all Commission annual reports since 1915); competition advocacy filings; and consumer education materials. These documents typically are placed on the Commission Web site at the same time as the news releases describing them. More recently, the Commission has effected the same approach with respect to all public motions and other filings by the parties -- and all public opinions and orders issued by the Commission and Administrative Law Judges -- in administrative adjudicative proceedings conducted pursuant to Part 3 of the Commission Rules of Practice, 16 C.F.R. § 3.1 et seq.
In addition, with respect to rulemaking, in Fiscal Year 2017 the Commission continued to comply with Section 206 of the E-Government Act. All Commission rulemaking notices and other Federal Register documents published in Fiscal Year 2017 were posted on the Commission's Web site and linked to the news releases describing them. Moreover, the Commission accepted public comments in each of its rulemaking proceedings electronically, through the creation and maintenance of either comment filing forms or email boxes. Furthermore, the Commission made public comments and other documents from its rulemaking docket -- as defined in the Commission's public record rule, 16 C.F.R. § 4.9(b) -- routinely available for inspection and downloading on its Web site. In addition, the Commission continued to participate fully in the ongoing initiative to establish a centralized Federal regulatory docket, at www.regulations.gov.
The Commission will continue to assign the highest priority to providing public access through its Web site to virtually all public documents generated in its ongoing and newly initiated public proceedings. The Commission will also pursue providing such access to as many public records compiled or generated prior to the establishment of the web site in 1996 as possible. The schedule for achieving this latter objective with respect to particular types of documents will be determined on the basis of legal and mission requirements and priorities; public interest or demand (as indicated, for example, by public comments on the proposed schedule described below); the cost of converting paper documents into an electronically accessible format; the age, condition, and location of the existing paper records; and other relevant considerations. The schedule may be adjusted in the future as warranted to reflect funding and staff availability and technical improvements.
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Media Alert: Arlington County Board Chair to Deliver State of the Cou
Published on June 15, 2020
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Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey will speak about equity; innovation and resiliency; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for racial justice on the County, and the path to recovery, in her State of the County speech to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber's annual State of the County & Public Safety Awards event will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The event also honors Arlington's public safety personnel and first responders who have exemplified extraordinary heroic actions and exceptional performance of their duties. Your registration fee will provide breakfast for a first responder, or public safety personnel.WHAT:
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Drug violence continues to make Mante too dangerous for Boulder volunteers to resume their annual medical mission to the small Mexican city, but later this month, a delegation from Mante will visit Boulder to reaffirm the 20-year relationship between the two communities.
The 15-member group, led by Dr. David Rodriguez, a founder of the medical mission, will be in Boulder from March 31 to April 5 and will meet with a variety of community groups, including Boulder Community Hospital officials.


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Why You Should Train Your Dog
Dogs and people are not the same. Dogs have special needs and they communicate or behave differently compared to people. Hence, you cannot expect dogs to automatically get used to your lifestyle once you bring him or her home. You will have to accommodate their needs and make sure to teach them what they ought to learn. Dog training is not meant for dogs alone. It can be an advantage for you, too.
With dog training, you can look forward to having a pleasant relationship with your dog. It is a good way for teaching dogs good manners. You can teach your dog how to respond to different cues or commands so that he or she can learn how specific tasks and/or activities are or should be performed. Dogs generally learn through interaction and with the use of different training methods. Spending time in training your dog can lead them to gain polite behaviors, which they can turn into lasting habits.
There are a lot of things you can teach a dog. Most pet owners, however, decide to go through house training first. Usually, the first few weeks of owning a dog can be very challenging. By house training your dog, you can teach them that soiling in the house is not an option. This can be done for dogs between the ages of 12 and 16 weeks. It is at this age that dogs can already control their bladder and bowel movements. To house train your puppy, you will have to establish a routine. Let them get used to a regular schedule. This way, they will learn that there are specific times for eating, playing and relieving themselves. For your dog to learn to eliminate outside, you need to pick a specific spot for him or her. Every time they are able to eliminate correctly, you should reinforce the behavior. If you cannot monitor your dog all the time, you also have the option to confine them through crate training. To dogs, crates are their own private room. They won’t want to soil in their crates so it is considered an essential tool in house training. However, proper procedures must be taken when crate training dogs so as not to make them feel trapped and/or frustrated when inside their crates.
Dog training may take a long while before producing results. You may have to spend a lot of time just learning the basics. For this reason, most dog owners prefer taking their dogs to training classes. In these classes, they have training instructors who knows what dogs need the most. You can start training your dog from 9 to 16 weeks of age. Since you know your dog best, you will know what training classes he or she should attend.

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The rice project of the Academy of Development Science - based in the Konkan region of Maharashtra - evolved out of a necessity to secure farmers’ access to indigenous rice seeds. For some time, certain farmers had been noticing a stagnation in their rice yield, despite the increasing use of chemical inputs (fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides). Rice cultivation based on minimal genetic diversity was conducive to pest proliferation, which in turn called for a greater consumption of pesticide. The high costs of inputs and relatively low rates of return was making rice cultivation practically unviable economically.
This situation made it clear that an alternative to the intensive cultivation of high yielding varieties had to be found. Trying to sow locally adapted varieties seemed a desirable alternative to some farmers. In 1988, the Academy of Development Science therefore took up a rice conservation project inspired by the work of R. H. Richharia.
The first task consisted in collecting seeds of indigenous varieties in the four districts of the Konkan region during rice harvesting season (early and medium duration varieties are gathered in September-October, and late maturing varieties towards November). The idea was to create a community genebank, with an eye to evaluate the performance of local varieties and distribute seeds to farmers. This ’philosophy’ of seed conservation greatly differs from that of conventional genebanks, mandated to preserve the genetic variability of crops in the long-run, with some degree of accessions to breeders from the public and private sectors.
After seed collection tours comes a thorough work of cataloguing and storing at ADS. Some 250 indigenous varieties are kept in the seedbanks, and a number of these are grown yearly in what can be called a field genebank. When maturation time nears, farmers from neighbouring villages visit the fileds to assess the varieties. Seed multiplication is carried out in accordance with local farmers’ seed requirements. During the months of March and April, seed distribution camps are organized: cloth bags containing one or two kilos of seeds are handed out to farmers who test them in their own fields. In order to ensure a constant flow of these varieties, for every kilo of seeds sown, farmers bring back 1. 5 kilo of seeds to ADS after harvest or they give these seeds to a neighbouring farmer. Thus, on-farm conservation becomes a dynamic process.
Evaluation of indigenous varieties is carried out in terms of their overall performance, and not solely on a grain yield criterium. Nutritional characteristics, pest and disease resistance, religious relevance, aroma, processing or cooking qualities of local varieties are underlined, which goes to dismantle the myth that yield is the prime determinant of the worth of a variety.
The project, which evolved under the guidance of Dr. R. H. Richharia, has a component of rice hybridisation based on the techniques he developed. Hybridisation serves to improve productivity. Several successful crosses have been performed at ADS. Similarly, cloning technology is practiced for large scale multiplication of rice seeds.
In order to create stronger linkages between conservation and use of biodiversity, varietal options made available to farmers should be enlarged. The yellow stemborer being a major pest in the Konkan region, ADS would ideally like to offer farmers varieties that are resistant to the yellow stemborer. To date, this has not been possible. Developing such varieties would require some institutional collaboration between the organisation and formal breeding institutes. Yet ADS is faced with the reluctance of the breeding sector, which has historically avoided working on location-specific varieties in a decentralized manner. Here again, economies of scale are invoked as a rationale for a largely centralized breeding approach.
The Academy of Development Science is also involved in organizing training and education camps in the region. These serve to create awareness on the merits of conservation, and to provide advice on the methodology of setting up local genebanks.
The replication of such initiatives is indeed necessary to ensure that farmers retain access to diverse seeds in various regions of India.
Community genebanks represent a valuable alternative to the cold storage genebanks managed by the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources. They secure location specific conservation while increasing people’s control over genetic resources. On-farm conservation also makes it possible to produce seeds locally, which increases farmers’ autonomy. However, this model of conservation remains marginal, as national policies tend to favour more centralized models.
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Pipe corrosion is a common problem for oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. If companies ignore the risk of internal pipe corrosion, it may become a serious problem. Corroded pipelines lead to oil spills, shutdowns, and environmental concerns.
Inspection of pipe exteriors is easier. A visual inspection reveals potential problems. New pipeline corrosion protection systems cut exterior corrosion risks.
How can companies reduce leaks caused by internal corrosion? Keep reading. This guide explains how to prevent pipe corrosion.
What Causes Internal Pipe Corrosion?
Internal corrosion happens when metal deteriorates. An electrochemical reaction makes the steel rust.
Left unresolved, the corroded areas lose strength. The pipe can’t continue to hold the fluid at operating pressure.
Most corrosion results from contaminants in the product flowing through the pipeline. It may be a chemical like hydrogen sulfide or carbon dioxide. Even water causes corrosion.
Cost of Pipeline Corrosion
The estimated cost of pipe corrosion in oil and gas production industries is $1.372 billion a year. Industry officials understand preventing corrosion is the best solution.
Proactive measures reduce leaks and maintenance costs. This keeps the supply flowing while meeting safety, health and environmental policies.
Internal corrosion caused 12% of incidents on hazardous liquids and gas pipelines from 2013 to 2017. That’s about 60% of all pipeline incidents due to corrosion.
Types of Internal Corrosion
Internal corrosion causes a metal loss in two common ways. General corrosion refers to an even level of corrosion over a large area of the interior surface. Localized corrosion, also known as pitting, describes isolated spots.
If not repaired, corrosion leads to pinhole leaks, a crack in the pipe, or a rupture. If the section of pipe isn’t fixed or replaced, it reduces the flow pressure in the pipeline.
Corrosion weakens the pipe. It puts the pipeline at risk for failure. A weak pipeline is susceptible to external stresses. It could break. The result is an environmental hazard and an expensive product spill.
How To Prevent Pipe Corrosion
Pipelines operate for long periods of time for critical operations. That makes corrosion prevention a priority. Here are some methods that prevent corrosion:
- Regular Maintenance
- Cut Contaminants
- Internal Pipeline Coatings
- Corrosion Inhibitors
- Mechanical and Chemical Cleaning
These methods extend the life and safety of a pipeline. Let’s take a closer look at regular maintenance done inside the pipe.
Pipeline Cleaning Pigs
Pipeline pigging is a mechanical device. It’s used to clean the pipe without stopping the flow of product. The pigs clean the pipe while it’s active. They’re also used to inspect pipelines.
The pig tool moves through the pipeline with the flow of the product. A foam pig uses low-density foam shaped like a bullet. It moves through the pipeline to remove small debris and impurities.
Cleaning pigs come in various sizes and densities. Some have abrasive wire mesh to remove rust and scale deposits from inside the pipe. Some cleaning methods involve pigging plus chemicals.
A regular cleaning schedule prevents corrosion and buildup from reoccurring.
Follow Government Safety Regulations
Industry pipeline operators should follow state and federal regulations. Adhere to guidelines and standards so pipes remain strong and secure. Check all potential threats to the pipeline’s integrity.
Federal and state safety regulators inspect management programs. They identify any threats, including internal corrosion. Use all the tools and follow the rules to prevent pipe corrosion.
Don’t hesitate to contact the pros at DynaGard. We can answer questions. We’re happy to provide samples of DynaGard Pipe Protection products.

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Jennifer Lopez Just Launched Her First Line of Low-Alcohol Spritzes and They’re Giving Real Luxe-Summer Vibes
In “Jenny From the Block” Jennifer Lopez famously sings, “Don’t be fooled by the rocks that I got,” but it may be time to release an updated version that goes, “Don’t be fooled by the moves that I got” as she’s becoming a bona fide mogul making some big moves. Though she’s always been known to work hard, her latest money move comes just in time for those summer kickbacks you’ve been yearning for.
The ready-to-drink mixes come in three varieties, come in 750-milliliter bottles, and have both low calories and ABV. The Paloma Rosa is made with tequila, grapefruit, and elderflower, making it a luxurious twist on a classic Paloma. The Bella Berry Spritz on the other hand, has a vodka base with berries and hibiscus that delivers a luscious red, fruity drink. And the last of the three — the L’Orange — is the most “Italian” of the lot, made with premium amaro, orange, and passionfruit.
All three options are already sparkling, meaning that they can just be poured over ice and enjoyed. In the video announcing the drinks, the Shotgun Wedding star can be seen sipping the cocktails with a gorgeous group of friends on a patio overlooking what appears to be the Amalfi Coast. It’s all very luxe-summer vibes.
While this is certainly a luxurious step up from hubby Ben Affleck’s move into the food world via a Dunkin’ Donuts spokesman role, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that J.Lo has charted her own path into the food and beverage lifestyle scene. She has long been a fan of food traditions, and mentioned that her family has a very particular set of dishes they prepare each Christmas. With this new line of ready-to-drink mixes though, J.Lo is putting her mark on another global tradition — the summer spritz.
Ready to get your hands on a bottle to give it a try? The brand is rolling out across the country now, but you can find a store that carries it near you as the company continues to update the Find Us section of the site. In the meantime, you can always check out the other celebrities that launched surprisingly good food brands recently to hold you over.


An important consideration that may easily be missed when dealing with a separation is the need for parties to separate their online lives and to cut digital ties with their former partner.
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An individual’s digital presence and online activity can create an ongoing link to an ex that may be undesirable at best and at worst, harmful to their privacy and safety. The implications can run from “Revenge Hacking” – whereby an individual accesses the social media platforms and emails of their former partner– to the monitoring of a former partner’s movement, spending and social life via access to both personal or linked accounts and devices. If an individual has access to an account to which their ex partner’s debit or credit card is linked, they could also run up spending.
Some online accounts may also amount to digital assets, such as streaming memberships or paid for cloud storage, and separating couples might need to have a discussion about who will be keeping the account after the separation.
Even in the most amicable of separations, it is advisable to ensure that steps are taken to secure your online accounts, assets and personal information.
Below are some points to consider and steps to take:
If you have any joint accounts – such as a family email account or a shared Netflix log-in – you and your ex should decide who will be keeping the account, or whether it should be shut down. If one person is keeping the account, they should make sure that they change the password and that their partner’s details are removed from the account entirely. If the service in question allows multiple accounts to be registered, the person retaining the account will want to make sure that they are registered as the sole account administrator to make sure they have full control.
In some households, multiple email accounts for a couple and their children may be linked to a central, family email where each individual can send and receive messages. If one party is retaining this account, they should ensure that all other linked addresses are deregistered to avoid a situation whereby private information and photographs being sent may unintentionally be forwarded on or made accessible to an ex or any children linked to the account.
Some couples might have a “family iPad” or shared computer. If you have logged in to any personal accounts on a shared device, your usernames and passwords may have been electronically stored. Before deciding who gets to keep the device, it should be wiped and restored to its factory settings.
It is possible to link devices in a home network. An example of this would be an Alexa or other home assistant, which is linked to both parties’ personal phones. On separation, parties should ensure that the individual not keeping the device deactivates their account and that they can no longer access this previously shared device.
It might take a bit of time but by far the best thing you can do to protect your online information on separation is to change the passwords for all of your personal accounts and any joint accounts that you are taking over. It is advisable to use a random password generator to ensure that your passwords are not capable of being guessed. Where possible, set up 2-factor authentication so that a separate access code is also sent to your email or phone when you enter your password. That way, if someone successfully tries to guess your password, you will be alerted that an unauthorised log-in attempt has been made. It can be hard to keep track of passwords, but Password Manager Apps can be installed that keep a secure record of your different log-in details.
If your partner had access to your personal devices during the relationship and you are concerned that they may have installed monitoring software such as keystroke recognition or GPS tracking, consider a factory reset and/or take the device to an IT specialist.
The digital world has vastly altered the way that we live our lives, and the separation process has not escaped the impact of these changes. Assets of a relationship now go beyond monetary resources and physical objects, and privacy and personal safety is no longer a matter of being physically separated from a former partner. This means that it is more important than ever to have conversations about digital assets and online privacy when separating from your partner, or considering a separation.
If you have separated from your partner, or are considering separation, and would like to speak to someone, please do not hesitate to contact Balfour+Manson’s Family Law team.


Posted on June 13, 2016
It’s time for the province to ensure online booking platforms like Airbnb collect required taxes
With municipalities from Tofino to Nelson and Whistler struggling to limit the negative impacts of online booking services like Airbnb on affordable and local worker housing stock, it’s time for the provincial government to close a tax loophole that is aggravating the problem.
That’s why I’ll be taking a motion to council tomorrow — it will be debated at the June 28 meeting — to call on the province, through the Union of BC municipalities, to close a loophole that is allowing the new online booking platforms to avoid collecting taxes now paid by existing operators.
The province already requires anyone offering four or more units for short-term accommodation, whether they own the units or are acting for others, to collect Provincial Sales Tax and Municipal and Regional District Tax (Hotel Tax).
But this rule is not being enforced for online platforms like Airbnb, which should clearly be covered. Our motion, if endorsed at the UBCM’s September convention, will tell the province it’s time to act to enforce these tax laws in an even-handed way.
Here’s the text of the motion:
TAX FAIRNESS FOR ONLINE ACCOMMODATION BOOKING PLATFORMS


2.4. Provide or make better connections to hiking trails.
While it is critical to preserve our natural resource areas, public input during the PSMP update process revealed a strong desire for more hiking trails. The County will attempt to satisfy both goals by strategically placing new trails in areas that will provide additional hiking opportunities while minimizing impacts to the natural surroundings.
2.4.1. Weigh the benefits of adding hiking trails to protected natural areas against the impacts to natural resources.
2.4.2. Improve the quality of and increase access to Four Mile Run and Potomac tributary trails, such as the Potomac Heritage Trail.
2.4.3. Show connections to hiking trails in neighboring jurisdictions on signage and in communication materials.
In such a space-constrained and densely developed area as Arlington, it is prudent to make residents aware of other hiking amenities that might be a very short distance away, despite being located outside of the County.


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November was another strong month for European stock markets, with the DAX closing 8.6% higher, while the FTSE 100 made gains of 6.74%. At the same time, the march higher in the US dollar has come to a shuddering halt, with the greenback posting its biggest monthly decline since 2010. The last two months have been a welcome respite for stock markets after a year that at one point saw the likes of the DAX and S&P 500 firmly in bear market territory. The bigger question now is whether this is a bear market rally, or the beginning of a move to new highs.
With the end of year coming up it's more than likely we won’t know for sure until early next year, but for the here and now US markets finished strongly higher on the back of some weak economic data, and Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalling a slower pace of rate hikes in the coming months. This was probably due to a combination of concerns over policy lags, an economic slowdown, and inflation that may already have peaked. This stronger US finish looks set to see European markets pick up where they left off, opening higher as we start the final month of 2022.
Yesterday we saw EU CPI provide the latest evidence of a possible inflation peak after headline inflation slowed more than expected in November to 10%, below expectations of 10.4%. That certainly appears to be the overriding narrative that is dominating sentiment in markets ahead of the upcoming meetings of the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England in around two weeks’ time.
With Fed chair Jay Powell more or less confirming that the US central bank would be hiking in smaller interest rate increments starting this month, in comments made yesterday, the real question now is how many more hikes are likely to follow, and more to the point how big will they be? With US data already showing signs of weakness on the manufacturing side, any thought that the terminal rate could go much above 5% has to be wishful thinking on the part of the more hawkish members of the FOMC, if the data continues to weaken.
Cracks are already starting to show in some areas of the US economy, with a weak ADP report and a shocker of a Chicago PMI number, although yesterday’s US Q3 GDP upgrade was treated as evidence that there’s isn’t too much wrong with the US economy. The flaw in that thinking is that data is more than two months out of date, with today’s ISM numbers potentially pointing to further weakness in the US manufacturing sector, with a particular focus on the prices paid component.
Despite Powell’s comments yesterday, attention remains very much on the data and the latest PCE core deflator numbers for October. In the recent CPI numbers, core prices did slow from 6.6% to 6.3%, so we should expect to see similar weakness in the Fed’s preferred measure of measuring inflation later today. Thus far we’ve seen little evidence that this measure might start to come down, although it is lower than the peak in February. Expectations are for it to slip back from 5.1% to 5%, while the PCE deflator is expected to fall back to 6%.
US personal spending in October is still expected to remain resilient with a rise of 0.8%, up from 0.6% in September. Weekly jobless claims are expected to slip back to 235,000 from 240,000.
Today’s manufacturing PMI numbers from Europe are also set to reinforce that bearish narrative when it comes to slowing growth with the Spain, Italy, France, and Germany November manufacturing PMIs set to be confirmed at 45.9, 47.0, 49.1 and 46.7 respectively. In the UK, manufacturing activity is also expected to come in at 46.2, also still firmly in contraction territory.
EUR/USD – slipped briefly below 1.0300 but rebounded back above 1.0400. We need to see a close above the 1.0400 area and 200-day SMA area, and a push above 1.0500 to signal further gains.
GBP/USD – while above the 1.1870 area the risk is for a move up towards the 200-day SMA at 1.2190. We need to take out 1.2200 to target the 1.2500 area. Support back at the 1.1870 area.
EUR/GBP – in tight range - ran out of steam at the 0.8675 area and has slipped back. We could squeeze back to the 0.8730 area and 50-day SMA. We have support at the 0.8570 area.
USD/JPY – ran out of steam just below the 140.00 area yesterday. Key support remains back at the 137.50 area. A break below here targets a move towards 135.00.
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La La Land took £6 million at the box office on its opening weekend, and is a favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday. But is it as must-see as 'everyone' says or just overrated gloss? Two film writers battle it out.
La La Land is the story of an aspiring actress and a jazz musician who fall in love while yearning to make it in Hollywood. It’s also won seven Golden Globes and is on course to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Which if nothing else is a welcome change from the gritty tale of machismo struggle (zzzzzz) that usually picks up the Oscar gong.
Right now I don’t want to watch a movie where the main character method acts his way through a sub-zero landscape while grunting about the hard realities of life. I want an escape hatch from a world where Donald Trump is going to be the president.
And La La Land is just that. From its big opening scene, where a giant cast of extras turn the hell that is gridlocked LA traffic into an all-singing, all-dancing musical event, it had me. Swerving the usual clichés that tip musicals into naff territory, the snappy dialogue has more in common with a 30s screwball comedy than, say, Mamma Mia, where everyone bursts into song all the time, and Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s chemistry is off the charts. It’s drenched in primary colours and treads the right balance of wistful nostalgia and exuberant singing. It also references a dozen other classic movies, like Rebel Without a Cause and Casablanca, that make you want to re-watch them, like, stat.
I honestly think if you don’t like it, you have no joy in your soul. And this year of all years, don’t we need a little bit more of that?
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate La La Land - I loved the opening number, the meet-cute and I’m not immune to Gosling’s charms. The first time I saw it I was swept away by the big numbers, and oh, that ending - but I definitely felt it was too long, with too much wallowing in Sebastian’s elitism-induced misery.
The second time I watched it, I hoped to spot moments of genius I'd missed. But it turns out that La La Land is all show. Once the will-they-won’t-they question has been answered in your mind, there’s not much characterisation left to savour. Mia is a Struggling Actress whose travails are amusing, but clichéd. She’s totally ditsy - routinely forgetting about auditions and dates - and yet she’s still able to organise a one-woman show in Los Angeles, hardly a city known for its theatre.
And frankly, the way Mia and Sebastian conduct their relationship, I'm not surprised they encounter problems. She waits months to ask him a key question about his job; he stands her up on the most important night of her life without managing to get a message to her. Quite what these two talk about after the song and dance is over is anyone's guess. And they can’t even sing like pros.
La La Land? It’s more Blah Blah Land for me.
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There’s a wealth of knowledge around carbon fibre in the UK, with the majority of the current F1 teams being based here as well as a thriving aerospace industry. This gives us access to some of the worlds most talented carbon fibre engineers, right on our doorstep. The challenge was taking their skill at producing one off components, and scaling it up to production quantities.
Since our existing products are manufactured using the processes most companies only use to produce their first prototypes ie CNC machined rather than cast or precision forged, it’s not been an unusual experience for us.
Mould production has been one of the easiest processes since these are made on CNC machines and we already have a few of these.
Cutting and laying up the carbon sheet is quite a labour intensive process, but keeping production on site in Barnoldswick gives us total confidence in the quality of parts we can produce. In the past there have been reservations internally about the safety of manufacturing in carbon fibre and although carbon fibre production is a new process to us, with the correct controls and working practices put in place, it can be made an extremely safe process. Also by manufacturing in our own factory in the UK to strict health and safety regulations, we can ensure a safe working environment for our staff, which is more than can be said for some companies who have parts produced in anonymous factories around the world.


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If you are still dubious about the benefits of installing a full-service or DIY for home security devices, you will change your mind after reading this article. The odds of burglary in America is over two million homes per year. That is the average burglaries reported over the past years. That translates to one burglary every 14.5 seconds. And the worst part about this is that most of these incidents could have been prevented if there was at least an alarm installed at the house. According to reports, 8% of burglaries are done with firearms which raise the risk of casualties. On the other hand, a fire is also reported at approximately every twenty seconds. Residential fire still is one of the top 3 leading cause of fatal home injury. 39% of the total residential fires could have been totally prevented with the presence of alarms, and sadly, 59% of this portion led to fatalities due to the fire.
Contrary to common beliefs, home burglaries often take place during broad daylight, when residents are either at school or at work. It is more frequent during July and August, or the summer months. And homes with no security or alarm system is their prime target. Locked doors or heavy deadbolts are no longer a hindrance for smart and evolved burglars of the present time. That is why a precaution, even a DIY for home security devices can already make a huge difference.
We are highlighting DIY for home security devices primarily because the budget is what keeping most people from upgrading their home with a security and alarm system. The full-service security system is exorbitant and the monthly subscription is also a hefty price to pay. That is why DIY security systems are recently growing in popularity as it is more affordable and fits any budget. The hardware for DIY can be installed easily by the homeowner himself, eradicating installation expenses. They also run in long-lasting batteries so it will not increase the electricity bill burden. That being said, it will not be interrupted during power surges or power outages since it does not get power from the home’s main electrical panel.


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In the midst of the pandemic, Nicky Jam ventured into the new sideline as a host, launching his very own talk show called The Rockstar Show. In a format similar to late-night TV shows, Nicky would interview fellow musicians such as Maluma, Karol G, El Alfa, and many more.
On Wednesday (Sept. 22), the Puerto Rican artist took his show to the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Week, where he interviewed seven-time Billboard Latin Music Awards finalist Jhay Cortez. During their conversation, the two Latin urban artists bonded over their beginnings, music career, and admiration for each other.
“You’ve always treated me the same since the first day,” Cortez told Nicky. “I see you as an older brother. Your generation is the one that created the path so that everything would be easier for us.”
Jam replied, “Thank you, I had a horrible past but it converted me into who I am today and that’s the legacy I want to leave”.
Below, check out some interesting facts we discovered during “The Rockstar Show” live panel:
1. Both Nicky and Jhay Cortez met in 2015 after working on “Por El Momento” with Plan B for Nicky’s Fenix album.
2. J Balvin was the first person to talk to Nicky Jam about Jhay Cortez.
3. Jhay Cortez learned how to structure a song at the early age of 12 thanks to his father who was a composer and rapper.
4. At 14, he began to create beats; in fact, he sold his first-ever song to Zion & Lennox.
5. At 17, Cortez produced six tracks for Tito El Bambino’s Invencible album.
6. After a year of composing music with Haze for top-notch artists like Wisin y Yandel, Cortez decided to kick off his solo artist career.
7. The first song that earned him a big paycheck was Natti Natasha’s “Criminal.”
8. The first thing he bought with his paycheck was a Rolex and a Jeep Cherokee.
9. Cortez considered himself to be an introvert but he admits that music taught him how to be extroverted.
10. Cortez’s all-time favorite singer is Don Omar because he’s a complete artist who can sing and rap.
11. Myke Towers is the artist of his generation that he admires the most because “we grew up in the same ambiance and same studio.”
12. Following in the footsteps of Bad Bunny and J Balvin, Cortez hopes to take the urban genre to another level.
13. He wants to eventually act and create a fashion line because he wants to continue contributing to the culture and genre.
Latin Music Week coincides with the Billboard Latin Music Awards taking place Thursday, Sept. 23 via Telemundo.
Considered the longest-running awards show in Latin music, the Billboard Latin Music Awards is the only awards show to honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music as determined by the sales, streaming radio airplay, and social data that informs Billboard’s weekly charts during a one-year period.
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Title: Bauernschlagerei. (The Peasants' Festival and Twelve Months. The Peasants’ Brawl).
Publisher:  Germany, c.1550.
Seller ID: 55509
A small engraving on laid paper, measuring 71 x 51 mm. Tape residue on reverse. Trimmed up to, and very slightly within, plate lines. Not the first state. See Pauli 185a referring to it as a “Originalseitige täuschende Kopie” in which the farmer with the spear has no feather in his hat. The image is of six peasants fighting with swords and other weapons. From a series of ten engravings first issued in 1547. Sebald, who may have trained under Durer, was one of a group who are referred to as the Northern Renaissance Little Masters, so named because of their practice of producing exquisite small-scale engravings.


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Italy Country in Europe information and photo #Italy – Italy flag, maps, people, coloring pages and more. Italy, commanding a long Mediterranean coastline, has left a powerful mark on Western culture and cuisine. Its capital, Rome, is home to the Vatican as well as landmark art and ancient ruins. Other major cities include Florence, with Renaissance treasures such as Michelangelo’s “David” and its leather and paper artisans; Venice, the sinking city of canals; and Milan, Italy’s fashion capital.
Dialing code: +39
Population: 59.83 million (2013) World Bank
President: Sergio Mattarella


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The “Enablers of Asbestos Trust Corruption” – 50 Disgraceful Individuals Engaged in Corruption –
Why is $10 Billion Dollars Missing from Asbestos Trust Funds? See below….
If you want to know why $10 Billion Dollars is “missing” from Asbestos Victim Trust Funds? You need to follow the Honeywell v. NARCO Asbestos Trust case. In that case, the Insurance Company is suing the NARCO Asbestos Because Trust Advisory Committee Members have used the Asbestos Trust Funds…”like a bottomless ATM”…Honeywell v. NARCO Asbestos Trust – Attorney Steven Kazan Using Trust Funds Like a Bottomless ATM


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Gary is an excellent host. If you're in the area next weekend, I highly recommend visiting his studio. He has great pottery for sale, and gives incredible demonstrations of the creation of his work.
Here our children with their significant others display some of their great newly acquired pottery. (Aren't they all beautiful?)
Another place that we visited is Nancy Boyce at the Thou Art Gallery in Groton, NY. If you like bright colorful functional art, this is the place for you. There's great wall switches, bowls, jewelry, and many other pieces of work. In addition to her own work, Nancy also sells items from many other artist. All of it is interesting, and you'll see new things every time you return. I could spend hours there just looking at all the wonderful pieces of work.
Both of these artist have been great at encouraging me to pursue my interests in photograph. They are great artist and great people. Thank you Nancy and Gary for all your help.
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Businessman John Brunner announces bid for Missouri governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner is making a Republican bid for Missouri governor.
The former CEO of the hand-sanitizer company Vi-Jon Inc. made his candidacy official in a video announcement on Monday.
Brunner, 63 of the St. Louis suburb of Frontenac, is touting his experience as a business leader. He has criticized what he calls career politicians.
Brunner has never held public office. He ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2012 but lost a Republican primary to former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin.
Brunner joins four other GOP candidates running to replace Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who’s barred from seeking re-election because of term limits. Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster is the only expected Democratic candidate.


Iraqi Officials May Sue US to Reclaim Stolen Money
The third US audit in an effort to track down $6.6 billion in “missing” Iraqi reconstruction funds has once again failed to account for its whereabouts. It is the first one, however, to concede that much of the money was likely stolen.
The audit, by Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction, blamed the Pentagon for not keeping track of the funds, reporting that the US simply loaded transport planes with $100 bills and did little to keep track of it when the planes landed. Stuart Bowen, the auditor, said it may be the “largest theft of funds in national history.”
The Pentagon fired back, insisting that all of the money remained under Iraqi government control the entire time. The money was not, officials remind, US taxpayer dollars, but rather money from the UN Oil for Food program that the US was charged with delivering in the wake of the 2003 invasion.
Iraqi officials have suggested that since the US lost the money, whoever stole it, they will seek restitution from the US. Having lost the money through sheer carelessness, Rep. Henry Waxman (D – CA) warns, the Iraqi government may have a strong case.
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RNA - The Iraqi military has had major success in previous offensives against ISIL-held cities in Ramadi and Fallujah, so the ongoing offensive in Mosul will similarly result in victory - although it is a larger city and so much further away from the Iraqi military’s supply lines. Routing the group, which is a major world threat, from the city close to the border of Syria and Turkey could also help stem the flow of fighters and weapons between the states.
To make up for this further distance, however, the allied forces are playing a much larger logistics role. The Iraqi military is heavily relying on volunteer forces in the fighting on the ground. The Popular Mobilization Units are largely Shiite paramilitary forces that include Sunnis, Christians and other ethnic and religious groups. The units released a statement shortly after Monday's offensive began saying they are targeting ISIL tunnels and trenches south of Mosul.
While military moves are at an advanced stage, the Iraqi government, aid agencies and regional organisations have also announced that they are prepared to provide for up to 1.3 million refugees, and re-establish good governance in a city brutalised by two years of terror and tyranny. After all, whatever emerges from Mosul will determine the fate of Iraq, and the allied forces are making sure it will be an outright victory on both military and humanitarian grounds.
The fight is expected to last weeks, if not months, and if the battles to wrest Fallujah and Ramadi from ISIL’s grip are indicators, the 30,000-strong force tasked with recapturing the largest city under the terrorist group's control has what it takes to deliver yet another victory - without relying on outside powers.
The nature of this victory is important though, because it means ISIL is on its last legs. The nature of ISIL's retreat from Mosul is also important, because it means the terror group is no longer able to suffer devastating casualties in the face of a lost battle. More importantly, the campaign to liberate Mosul has nothing to do with sectarian tensions and regional designs, paving the way for the end of ISIL in Iraq as we know it.
That, of course, is only half the story. While the days of ISIL in Iraq are indeed numbered, its destructive presence in Syria is still far from over. Its defeat there is also crucial, particularly in Aleppo, where it is in cahoots with Al-Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra Front and other “moderates”.
That said, if there is hope in Iraq and Syria, it comes from the fact that the odds are heavily against ISIL. The fanatics are against a united network of armies, security forces, volunteer mobilisation units, as well as Iranian and Russian allies - with no geopolitical strings attached and certainly no regional reservations. Subsequently, despite the flow of foreign recruits and weapons, for the fanatics whose regard for life is so scant, there is no caliphate in the Levant.
Today, ISIL's caliphate is indeed on its last legs. The terror group is under pressure in Syria, too. But the war against ISIL is far from over.
It may well be that Mosul offers the best opportunities for a global front against terror at a time when some Western governments and intelligence agencies - in cahoots with certain regional states - are still foolishly expending their ever-increasing military and diplomatic resources on "moderate" terrorists to prevent the failure of their regime-change campaign in Syria. They just met in Lausanne and London, going out of their way not to deal with Iran and Russia.
Knowing all that, the battle of Mosul suggests that ISIL is doomed as a caliphate. Granted, this view of ISIL as eventually doomed does not treat the future threats it still poses. So deciding how the world, the West in particular, thinks about ISIL and other terrorist groups is critical to deciding how to fight them.
Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia have chosen good, with no intention to divide terrorists into moderate and extremist outfits. They made that policy absolutely clear on Saturday in the Lausanne talks on Syria. Now that Mosul is falling, the power of choosing is within the reach of the United States and its regional allies.

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Regardless of the specific field you work in or how your daily tasks are performed, digital technology does not go unnoticed, and the environmental remediation field is no exception. Digital technology can be defined as electronic tools, services, or devices that create, store, transmit, and manage data. As technology evolves, so do the ways in which it can be incorporated into remediation activities.
Adequate incorporation of these technologies can greatly improve both workflow and productivity while enhancing the quality and maintaining the integrity of data. My team and I have been able to connect radiological instruments to computers wirelessly, collect millions of radiological measurements, track the approximate location of these measurements, save measurements automatically in a database, and access them at will.
DRUM program members and others visit mine sites in the Navajo Nation during the spring of 2022. (Photo: DOE-LM)
The Department of Energy’ Office of Legacy Management (LM) will be conducting verification and validation work at abandoned uranium mines in the Navajo Nation of northeastern Arizona during the fall field season, which runs from mid-October to mid-December.
SRNS environmental engineers Bryce Garner (left) and Adam Willey (center) ask questions of lead operator Daniel Ferrell (right), from field services contractor Cascade Environmental, as he describes how equipment injects oil and iron into the Savannah River Site’s groundwater. (Photo: DOE)
In this week’s “EM Update,” the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) reports that its contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) has successfully reduced degreasing solvents in the aquifer beneath the Savannah River Site in South Carolina using a technology that injects a form of iron and oil into groundwater.
“The oil attracts the Cold War[–era] cleaning solvents while the iron degrades and neutralizes the contamination,” said Shannan Lucero, SRNS manager for area closure projects.
A view of the village of Min Kush in central Kyrgyzstan. (Photo: EBRD)
The remediation of two former Soviet-era uranium mining sites in Kyrgyzstan has been completed on schedule and below budget, despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on March 28.
A rendering of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility. (Image: CNL)
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is asking its stakeholders (members of the public, industry, elected officials, and employees) to support a proposal to construct the Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) to dispose of legacy radioactive waste at the Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario.
The Moab cleanup site in Utah in 2018. (Photo: DOE)
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) has awarded a cleanup contract to North Wind Portage, Inc. for completion of environmental remediation of a uranium ore processing site near Moab, Utah. North Wind Portage is located in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
More information about the Moab project is available here.
An SRNS subcontractor technician takes radiological readings of soil near Lower Three Runs, part of a major project to complete the cleanup of a contaminated 25-mile-long stream corridor at SRS. (Photo: DOE) (CLICK TO SEE FULL PHOTO)
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the Department of Energy’s management and operating contractor for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, has reached an agreement with the state of South Carolina and federal environmental regulators on the final cleanup of a 25-mile-long stream corridor at the site that was radiologically contaminated as a result of operations during the Cold War.
The corridor consists of Par Pond, nine miles of canals adjacent to the pond, and a stream named Lower Three Runs. The stream begins near the center of the site, just above Par Pond, and winds its way southward across SRS.
Due to the large amount of water used by nuclear power plants, measuring the water’s impact on the environment is a huge data processing task. It is impossible to manually measure millions of gallons, along with tracking wildlife and the weather. The data computation needed to understand environmental patterns takes massive amounts of storage and strong algorithms to uncover anomalies.
The 100-BC Area (in green) within the Hanford Site. (Image: DOE)
Soil and groundwater contamination at the Hanford Site’s 100-BC Area will be treated under a record of decision (ROD) signed by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with the concurrence of the Washington State Department of Ecology.
The EU’s Massimo Garribba (left) and the IAEA’s Lydie Evrard met at last week’s 65th IAEA General Conference to extend a 2013 cooperation agreement. (Photo: C./Silva Villareal)
Some of the major achievements of the nuclear safety cooperation agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the European Union (EU) include more than 100 nuclear safety review missions, environmental remediation at former uranium sites in Central Asia, and more effective radioactive waste management in Africa.
U.S. Forest Service employees Secunda Hughes (left) and Andrew Thompson inspect irrigation piping and sprinkler heads, part of a 62-acre pine plantation used to safely disperse tritium at the Savannah River Site.
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) is managing the release of tritiated water using a 62-acre plantation of pine trees and other natural resources to limit radioactively contaminated groundwater from reaching waterways on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
An archive photo of the Nevada National Security Site’s Test Cell C complex, which is being prepared for demolition and closure. (Photo: DOE)
The Department of Energy is preparing to demolish two large, complex facilities at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site with ties to historical nuclear propulsion rocket development and testing programs. The DOE’s Environmental Management (EM) Nevada Program and its environmental program services contractor, Navarro Research and Engineering, have begun characterization and hazard reduction work on the site’s Engine Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (EMAD) and Test Cell C (TCC) complexes.
F Area operator Thomas Harman (left) and SRNS scientist Kevin Boerstler check the pumps, sensors, and piping that blend a base concentrate to inject into acidic groundwater at the Savannah River Site. (Photo: DOE)
The Savannah River Site is reducing the flow of hazardous and radioactive metal contaminants to South Carolina’s rivers and streams by injecting a mix of clean water and baking soda into the site’s groundwater. The base mix neutralizes groundwater that has become acidic as a result of SRS’s chemical separations work, helping restrict the flow of contaminants.
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While it has been known for decades that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up uranium waste, researchers at Michigan State University recently uncovered the biological mechanism behind the bacteria’s ability to do it.
From left, SRNS mechanic Todd Cockrell, engineer John Bradley, and project manager Joao Cardoso-Neto plan the removal of a vapor extraction unit at the Savannah River Site. (Photo: DOE)
Department of Energy site contractors Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and Savannah River Remediation received high marks from a recent independent audit of their environmental management work at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
When it comes to technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) produced by the oil and gas industry, “regulations have not kept up with technology,” said the Environmental Protection Agency’s Philip Egidi during a panel session on the opening day of the 2021 ANS Annual Meeting.
The Snake River Plain Aquifer
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management will award the Idaho Cleanup Project contract for the Idaho National Laboratory site to Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC), of Tullahoma, Tenn. The contract has an estimated ceiling of approximately $6.4 billion over 10 years, with cost reimbursement and fixed-price task orders to define the contract performance.
SRNS subcontractors Donald Miles and Richard Mooney drill for soil samples as part of a project to immobilize I-129 in the groundwater and soil at the Savannah River Site. Photo: DOE/SRNS
A silver chloride–based cleanup technology is expected to reduce radioactive iodine-129 contamination found in soil and groundwater near the center of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina to levels well below regulatory limits. The I-129 was created during the production of plutonium and tritium at the site throughout the Cold War era.
SRNS engineers (from left) Will Jolin, John Bradley, and Joao Cardoso-Neto discuss a plan to move and repurpose equipment used at 19 soil cleanup sites. Photo: DOE
A project to passively remove nonradioactive contaminants from the soil and groundwater at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is coming to an end, as workers prepare to remove solar-power “plugs” from 19 soil remediation locations at the site.
A radiological worker surveys the inside of a TRUPACT-II containment lid during waste handling operations at WIPP. Photo: DOE


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Health Works closing its doors in Carbon Plaza Mall
AMY MILLER/TIMES NEWS Health Works Fitness Center, located in the Carbon Plaza Mall, and owned by Blue Mountain Health System, will close its doors on Dec. 9.
Blue Mountain Health System's fitness center in Lehighton is closing its doors.
On Tuesday, the hospital made the official announcement that Health Works, located in the Carbon Plaza Mall for the last 10 years, will be closing on Dec. 9.
In a letter posted at Health Works, Terry Purcell, vice president of Ambulatory and Support Services, said, "It is with regret that we announce the closure of Health Works Fitness Center effective the close of business Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Unfortunately, the financial operations of Health Works created a financial hardship for the Blue Mountain Health System.
"The health system incurred significant losses each year Health Works was in operation. We have made many attempts to improve the financial operations of the fitness center, but we were not able to cover our expenses. Effective Tuesday, Nov. 8, Health Works will no longer charge any monthly fees to use the gym. For those members who had a prepaid plan membership, your money will be refunded for the additional months that you prepaid."
Lisa Johnson, vice president of Public Relations and Marketing, said Wednesday that the decision to close was made over the weekend after the mall's landlord approached hospital officials and asked if they would be willing to opt out of their current lease because another business was interested in renting the space.
She noted that since Health Works has not been a profitable business for the hospital -it is on track to lose nearly $80,000 this year - officials decided to opt out.
"This was a difficult decision for the health system to make and we appreciate your patronage of the center," he said. "The Blue Mountain Health System is constantly striving to improve the programs and services we provide to the residents of Carbon County and the surrounding areas. The field of health care is one of constant change and the Blue Mountain Health System is no exception."
Purcell stressed that Blue Mountain Health System did not approach the landlord about closing and originally thought the gym would continue in 2012.
In an attempt to help the nearly 500 members, Purcell said that he has been talking with three area gyms about providing services and discounted rates to current Health Works members.
Purcell said in the letter, "In an effort to assist you with your fitness needs, we have contacted three area fitness centers. Jimmy's Gym located in Lehighton will offer Health Works members a 50 percent discount on an initial membership or a three-day trial pass. Palmerton Fitness Center will honor the existing member rate for Health Works members for a designated period of time. Also, another gym will be opening within the next 30 days in Lehighton Borough and will have a special offer for Health Works members."
Johnson also spoke about the New Seasons programs for seniors that are offered at Health Works. She said that both teachers have agreed that they would like to continue the program and would be willing to move to another location.
Johnson noted that the new gym that is scheduled to open has offered to provide space so senior aerobic classes can continue. A brief gap in classes would be necessary to make the transition.
She said that letters will be sent out to New Seasons members once more details are available on where classes will be held.
"We're trying to make concessions for all of the members, but particularly the seniors who utilize the gym to maintain their health," Johnson said, adding that the other gyms will also accept the hospital's cardiac rehab patients who use the gym as a steppingstone during their rehabilitation. "A lot of rehab patients use the gym as they step down. We want to make sure those patients are cared for once they leave us."
Members at Health Works were visibly torn up about the hospital's decision on Wednesday.
Patrons gathered at the front desk of the center and shared stories about a gym that was more than just a place to work out. Many said it was like a second home and the members were all a family.
Tim Kocher, manager of Health Works, said he hopes to find a place that can continue operations like Health Works has for a decade.
He thanked the members for their loyalty and support.


There's a strong possibility that German tuning house MTM's booth at the Geneva Motor Show will be visibile from space. The boys from Wettstetten are bringing their paint-free polished-aluminum Audi R8 BiTurbo to Hall 5 at Geneva. The company is mum on exactly how they removed all that paint, but they do allow that it took 700 hours of polishing to get the car where it is now.
If the gleaming bodywork isn't enough to snag your gaze, MTM packed its latest R8 with 777 twin-turbocharged horsepower just to let everyone know they weren't fooling around. The result is good for a claimed top speed of more than 217 mph, making this the fastest R8 on the block.
If the turbo R8 doesn't whet your appetite, MTM is also hauling its 472-hp, 195-mph Audi TT RS to the show. Full press release after the jump.
- 2011 MTM Audi R8 BiTurbo fron three quarter
2011 MTM Audi R8 BiTurbo fron three quarter
World premiere: Polished MTM R8 Biturbo - more than 1.200 working hours
MTM TT RS with 472 hp / 347 kW
MTM from Wettstetten will be represented at the Autosalon in Geneva from the 3. - 13. March 2011 with two cars. In hall 5 MTM, car manufacturer and upgrading specialist, presents not only technical details and masterstrokes but also a visual highlight, which lets the exhibition hall shine in the truest sense of the word. The MTM R8 Biturbo with 777 hp / 571 kW and a top speed of more than 350 km/h was highly polished by MTM , this unique specimen with a worth of over 400.000 € was depainted completely in a special procedure and the aluminium chassis was polished in more than 700 working hours - all handmade . As well to see at the Autosalon: the MTM TT RS in the MTM design with 472 hp / 347 kW, which reached a top speed of 312 km/h at first test drives in Nardo.


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Kingsbury Tube Station is situated in the North-West of London, serving on the Jubilee Line. It is the central connect between the Queensbury and Wembley Park. Situated on a close proximity to the Fryent Country Park, travellers willing to stay close to this tube station will find Fryent Country Park really close, with several other restaurants nearby. It will be beautiful to step out of the room, and reach the relaxing corners of the city at its surrounding restaurants, bars and pubs. Travellers can also choose to pick a lodging that matches the leisure requirements, or a budget constraint. Peek into the list of luxury hotels and budget accommodations.&nb more..sp; less..
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