"A clutch of sprawling songs steeped in high drama and even higher fantasy that deftly slip between melancholy and majesty" - Noisey California heavy doomsters Ursa reveal their thick-riffed and imaginative new full-length "Abyss Between The Stars". It's streaming in it's entirety, ahead of the November 2nd release date, now at Noisey. “It’s traditional, or…Read more Ursa stream “Abyss Between The Stars”
Un hit the road with Withered, Oryx, Fister
On the rise Seattle, WA death-doom outfit Un hit the road on November 2nd. The tour begins in Portland, OR and leads Un on a twenty day doom attack on North America. Un meet up with Denver, CO blackened sludge trio, Oryx on November 6th for ten days. Un then meet up with Atlanta, GA…Read more Un hit the road with Withered, Oryx, Fister
Mutilation Rites European Tour!
Mutilation Rites European Tour In support of their blistering new album, "Chasm", Mutilation Rites hit the road for an extensive European tour beginning in Tilburg, Netherlands on August 19. Traveling alongside Copenhagen black metal group, Solbrud, the pair will travel throughout Europe for 15 days. Guitarist Michael Dimmitt comments on the tour and the new…Read more Mutilation Rites European Tour!
Irreversible Mechanism Unleash “Abolution” Music Video at Metalsucks!
Minsk's technical death metal quartet Irreversible Mechanism have announced a new album to be released by Blood Music internationally this coming Fall. The band will see the release of "Immersion" on September 14, 2018. Pre-orders for the new album are available across CD and LP formats via Blood Music. Irreversible Mechanism are streaming the first new…Read more Irreversible Mechanism Unleash “Abolution” Music Video at Metalsucks!
FÓRN unleash “Scrying Below the Wolf Moon” via Bandcamp!
Fórn unleash "Scrying Below The Wolf Moon" exclusively via Bandcamp Fórn unleashed doomed fury last weekend at the coveted Gilead Media/20 Buck Spin music festival, Migration Fest. Fans were able to sonically experience songs from their forthcoming new full length, "Rites Of Despair" and participate in a scavenger hunt to uncover hidden USB drives containing…Read more FÓRN unleash “Scrying Below the Wolf Moon” via Bandcamp!
Mutilation Rites stream “Axiom Destroyer” music video at Metal Injection
Mutilation Rites are streaming a new music video for the caustic new track "Axiom Destroyer". The video, shot by David Hall (Blekkmetal Documentary, Maryland Deathfest: The Movie, Today is the Day, Portal, and more) is streaming now at Metal Injection. Regarding the new track, Mutilation Rites guitarist Michael Dimmit comments, "'Axiom Destroyer' is a song about being…Read more Mutilation Rites stream “Axiom Destroyer” music video at Metal Injection
WAKE & Our Place of Worship is Silence West Coast Tour!
Death-grind legion WAKE announce a West Coast tour with Translation Loss Records labelmates, Our Place Of Worship Is Silence. Excursion Towards Inexorable Misery Tour Beginning September 14th in Vancouver, Canadian grind legion WAKE will embark on a tour that will lead them along the West Coast. WAKE will then meet up with labelmates Our Place Of Worship…Read more WAKE & Our Place of Worship is Silence West Coast Tour!
Imperial Triumphant Release New Song Featuring Will Smith of Artificial Brain!
Imperial Triumphant release "Gotham Luxe" at Metal Injection! Imperial Triumphant have unleashed "Gotham Luxe", the third, mind-melting new track off "Vile Luxury" at Metal Injection. "Gotham Luxe" features monstrous vocals by Will Smith of Artificial Brain. The track is an example of the endless possibilities of when a composer opens up a piece of music to others to rework and interpret. Where…Read more Imperial Triumphant Release New Song Featuring Will Smith of Artificial Brain!
Grayceon Unveil ‘IV’ at Noisey!
San Francisco progressive metal trio Grayceon unveil their latest Translation Loss Records offering, 'IV' at Noisey ahead of their Friday, May 18th release date. Stream 'IV' in full HERE URL: https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/a3agqa/grayceons-new-album-is-head-spinning-doom-with-hella-cello The San Francisco/Bay Area has long been regarded as a key hub for cultural diversity and liberated artistic creativity, so it comes as no surprise…Read more Grayceon Unveil ‘IV’ at Noisey!
Anicon Release New Single via Decibel Magazine!
Brooklyn heavy metal legion ANICON release the first single, "Drowned In The Mirage", from their forthcoming (June 19) album, Entropy Mantra, via Decibel Magazine. Listen/Read HERE LP/CD/DD pre-order is available now with Vendetta Records. Entropy Mantra delivers seven new songs, all highlighting and pushing each member to showcase their musical mastery. Soaring, dark and anthemic riffs,…Read more Anicon Release New Single via Decibel Magazine!


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SNOW, sleet and rain are expected across North Somerset and Somerset tomorrow (Saturday) after a yellow warning was issued by the Met Office.
On Saturday morning, 2-4cm of snow is expected to fall in areas more than 200m above sea level, with the chance of ‘temporary local accumulations’ to lower areas, with further warnings of ice patches.
The yellow warning is described as ‘likely’ to include the bad weather, but with a relatively low impact expected.
The chief forecaster said: “A weak occluded front will come east, associated precipitation falling into air which has cooled during the preceding night to bring a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow.”

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Venezuelans defeat Dominicans in Baseball Premier 12
Chinese Taipei.– The Dominican Republic suffered its fourth straight loss, this time against Venezuela 8-6, to become, along with Puerto Rico, one of the disappointments of the Premier 12 Baseball tournament, which is being held in Chinese Taipei.
Dominicans (0-4) ran out of qualifying options in the top four in Group B to reach the quarter-final stage, while Puerto Rico (1-3) in Group A, would only advance if Cuba would have defeated Chinese Taipei in the final preliminary date.
A total of 12 nations are participating in the tournament. The teams are divided into two preliminary round groups of six teams. Cuba, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Canada, Puerto Rico and Italy are in Group A, while Japan, South Korea, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Mexico make up Group B.


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More … than 60 of these centers across the country have been vandalized — several even burned — since the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning constitutional abortion protections was leaked in May, according to advocacy organization Catholic Vote. A local group called Mass feminist struggle committee recently picketed a crisis pregnancy center in Chinatown, calling for an eviction by the owner and personally criticizing staff members online.
“Rather than protecting these faith-based organizations providing professional reproductive health services, as is the duty of your office, your letter has placed them in further danger,” said the letter, obtained by The Globe.
“We’ve been here since 1998 and now for the first time we’ve had to buy security cameras,” said Teresa Larkin, executive director of Your Options Medical, a crisis pregnancy center. at Revere. “It’s disheartening and a little worrying that we don’t know what to expect because something like ‘if abortions aren’t safe, neither are you’ is a direct threat.”
Such messages have been spray-painted in crisis pregnancy centers across the country and attributed to a shadowy group called “Jane’s Revenge.” A member of the group who recently picketed Chinatown would not discuss the vandalism but did not disavow it.
“Our goal is less to do things like this and more to involve more people in the organization,” said the member, whom The Globe contacted on social media and interviewed by phone, and who would only identify herself. as Isabella.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers are anti-abortion organizations that offer free pregnancy tests and counseling, as well as donations, including car seats, to people facing unwanted pregnancies. What they never offer is abortion – though they use the word liberally on their websites – prompting politicians and activists to warn that their business model relies on luring people who ask an abortion and dissuades them. In a collective interview with The Globe last month, the directors of several of the centers forming the coalition challenged this image and defended their work.
“We don’t change people’s minds. We’re not even here to change people’s minds,” said Kelly Wilcox, executive director of Clearway Clinics, which has centers in Worcester and Springfield. “We are here to give them very good quality informed consent.”
Although they don’t offer abortion, Wilcox said centers like hers approach it as one of the options considered and present information relevant to decision-making, including an ultrasound.
“She must know how far [the pregnancy is] make a good decision,” Wilcox said. “And then if they choose abortion, we provide post-abortion care.”
She and other directors took offense to Healey, who said crisis pregnancy centers “often provide inaccurate and misleading information about abortion” and “often mislead people about progress of their pregnancy. Healey also indicated that “pregnancy crisis centers staffed by unlicensed staff are not required to keep your medical records private.”
It would be “unconscionable for us to lie about medical information,” Wilcox said. “We are licensed physicians, licensed nurses who practice to all standards of medical ethics.”
Similarly, during an interview with Your Options Medical in Revere, Larkin praised the clinic’s license and the medical staff at his center.
But their centers are rare, according to a Globe review. Most crisis pregnancy centers in the state are unlicensed, as Healey noted. in its consumer advice. Massachusetts has more than 30 crisis pregnancy centers, according to an online directory; only five of them are on the state Department of Public Health’s list of approved medical clinics. Two other centers managed by Your Options Medical are not accredited.
A spokeswoman for the coalition said Wilcox and Larkin could not speak on behalf of all pregnancy centers in crisis, but were speaking “individually but united against the charges against all of us”.
Still in the planning stages, the alliance is inspired by the Connecticut Pregnancy Care Coalition, which stepped up last year when the state enacted a law banning misleading advertising by crisis pregnancy centers. One of the Connecticut centers is now suing the state through the Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal organization that successfully argued against a similar California law in the Supreme Court in 2018. California had demanded that the centers crisis pregnancies post warnings that they were not licensed and provide information on how to find abortion and contraceptive services.
The Connecticut law did not mandate any contested speech, but was drafted to target only advertising from particular organizations, said Mark Lippelmann, the group’s lead attorney, who suggested it was discriminatory.
“If you’re a pregnancy service center and you offer abortions, there’s no limit to your misleading advertising in law,” he said. “They only care about and target pregnancy centers that are pro-life.”
Massachusetts Crisis Pregnancy Centers now appear to be making a similar argument as they challenge Healey’s advice.
“Your law enforcement actions threaten to discriminate against facilities that hold an anti-abortion stance,” they wrote in their letter, noting the recent Supreme Court ruling that ruled it unconstitutional for Boston to refuse to fly a Christian flag at City Hall.
And even though the Connecticut law is disputed, it has been replicated by communities in Massachusetts, including Somerville try to suppress false advertising. Cambridge and Worcester are trying to outright ban the centers.
Critics suggest that crisis pregnancy centers’ approach to clients is inherently and intentionally duplicitous, especially online. A director of the Texas Crisis Pregnancy Center recently told the Washington Post on optimizing its Google advertising strategy to reach more “abortion-conscious women”.
Wilcox and his peers have suggested that such confusion is unintentional.
“Google is the Wild West,” Wilcox said. “We come because we talk about post-abortion trauma, we talk about a medical examination before an abortion.”
“We don’t advertise abortion,” she added. “We are absolutely, categorically not.”
But Clearway Clinic shows up in a Google search for “abortion” and “Worcester,” with text that reads: “Consider abortion in the Worcester-Springfield area? Call Clearway Clinic for free help. The center’s webpage lists “abortion” among its option tabs, along with “abortion pill reversal,” a procedure the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists does not support and calls “unproven”. Anti-abortion groups promote it as a way to stop a two-stage medical abortion before it’s completed.
A disclaimer appears low on the Clearway Clinic’s main website: “We are not an adoption agency, abortion physician, or midwifery practice.”
Faced with a backlash since the Supreme Court decision, Google recently announced it would begin to clearly differentiate on searches and maps whether clinics actually perform abortion. But that’s not yet apparent for Clearway or the other crisis pregnancy center in Worcester, Problem Pregnancy, whose website says: “Problem Pregnancy provides free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds and abortion consultations. “
Pregnancy Problem did not respond to requests for comment. Coalition members said they could not speak on behalf of problematic pregnancies. But they argued that politicians had unfairly painted all crisis pregnancy centers with the same brush.
Some centers would never be mistaken for a medical clinic – some even operate from church property – and their main role is to give free maternity and baby supplies to those who come for pregnancy tests.
“We distribute diapers! We distribute clothes! said Larkin. “We just try to help women find support, help and resources. And we’re going to be criticized for that?
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Transport for NSW has appointed Arcadis as Engineering Services Technical Advisor for the Central Precinct Renewal Program.
Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets and will provide engineering design solutions for the program.
The Central Precinct Renewal will be a major urban renewal program in Sydney’s southern CBD. It will create a new place for business and the community by renewing 24 hectares of government-owned land.
It will provide a revitalised transport interchange, building on the existing rail, bus, coach and light rail connections, the new CBD and South East Light Rail and Sydney Metro.
Critical employment space will also be created for the jobs of the future, anchoring the proposed Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct.
Lindsay Baker, Senior Project Manager – Engineering at the Central Precinct Renewal Program said Arcadis was able to bring relevant experience from projects around the world to Sydney.
“Arcadis is now working in a collaborative team with Transport for NSW in the delivery of this city-shaping project,” she said.
Arcadis has recently helped to deliver the Sydney Metro projects, including the underground station design and technical services package on the City & Southwest.
Arcadis will be supported by Thornton Tomasetti, who previously provided engineering and construction services for the rail deck and over station structures for Hudan Yards in New York, as well as Indec who have extensive knowledge of rail operations within the Sydney area.


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During the entire calendar year of 2021, there was not a single dog bite case in five zones — Royapuram, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Perungudi – in the city. During the same period, Madhavaram zone reported 3,000-plus cases. Something amiss here?
The development comes amid the ongoing tussle between the LG office and the AAP dispensation over a host of issues, including the government's proposal to send school teachers to Finland for training.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) has released draft amendments to the IT intermediary rules 2021, pertaining to Online Gaming for public consultations. The draft has been prepared to ensure that online games should be offered in conformity with Indian laws and that the users of such games be safeguarded against potential harm.
The state urban development and municipal affairs department has come up with a draft notification on amending sections of the West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007, including provisions like keeping 10% of parking space reserved for charging infrastructure in buildings having more than 30 flats, regularising minor deviations from the sanctioned building plans, giving additional ground coverage for car parking and having provision of building rules for MSME units in industrial parks.
To strengthen road network, the public works department will amend its rulebook to relax provisions for notifying and upgrading village roads.
There will be no respite from the traffic mess on Lala Lajpat Rai Marg near CGO Complex for the time being. Belying hopes of a quick completion to the installation of a stormwater drain by PWD, all work has come to a halt after a water pipeline burst and damage to underground communication cables.
As warring political parties struggle to find a resolution amid an economic crisis, the time seems ripe for the military to make a move
Motorbike taxis need to come under a regulatory mechanism and the state government must quickly formulate rules on this mode of transport to discourage people from buying personal vehicles, said experts responding to Delhi government's transport department halting the operations of two-wheeler cabs in Delhi.
The confrontation between the ruling front and opposition in the assembly continued on Thursday with the reconciliation talks held in the speaker's chamber remaining inconclusive over speaker A N Shamseer frequently turning down adjournment notices moved by the latter.
The budget session of the Gujarat legislative assembly will begin on Thursday in Gandhinagar, and finance minister Kanubhai Desai will present the state budget for 2023-24 on Friday.
"It could be linked to TDS (tax deduction at source), foreign taxation... There could be several issues. The raids are still ongoing," a source in the tax department said without elaborating and added that a clear picture will emerge once the survey is over. A survey under I-T rules involves inspection of a business premises.
The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly is likely all set to become the first in the country to replace the archaic Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1958, with a new rule book which is likely to come into effect next year.
The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly is likely all set to become the first in the country to replace the archaic Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the UP Legislative Assembly, 1958, with a new rule book which is likely to come into effect next year.
Allu Arjun has recently wrapped up the shooting schedule of 'Pushpa: The Rule' in Visakhapatnam and will soon begin the next schedule in Hyderabad. Never leaving a chance to express his gratitude to his fans for showering their love, Allu Arjun is a star who has always acknowledged and loved his massive and loyal fandom.


The death of the respected British photojournalist Tom Stoddart was annouced by his family on Wednesday. He was 67.
In a statement, Stoddart's family said: "It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Tom after a brave fight against cancer. He felt blessed that he had found true happiness with [his wife] Ailsa. The family kindly ask that their privacy be respected at this time.
"Tom touched the lives of so many as a brilliant, compassionate, courageous photographer whose legacy of work will continue to open the eyes for generations," the family said. "He gave voice to those who did not have one and shone a light where there had been darkness."
Here, the British photographer Peter Dench pays tribute to his friend and mentor:
Tom Stoddart once handed me his Leica M6 camera. It was the first Leica I ever held. I remember raising the viewfinder to my eye: “Wow Tom, everything looks amazing,” I said to him. “Not everything, Peter,” he replied in his soft Geordie accent.
Tom Stoddart worked as a photojournalist for over four decades, publishing for Getty and publications including The Sunday Times and Time magazine amongst many others.
Throughout his career, Tom captured some of the most devastatingly powerful and informative images of a generation, from the fall of the Berlin wall to the wars in Lebanon and Iraq, from the election of South African president Nelson Mandela to the bloody siege of Sarajevo.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Tom’s photographic opus iWITNESS, published by Trolley Books in 2004, is the Encyclopedia Britannica. Page after page of starving people, lost people, people in physical pain, grieving people, innocent people, trapped and battered people, people decimated by disease and dead people.
But just as important to Tom were the pictures that show hope, laughter and life. His book, Extraordinary Women (published by ACC Art Books in 2020), focusses on the strength and resilience of those who are often represented as vulnerable.
In 2012, 78 of Tom’s signature images were put on display outside City Hall, the mayor of London’s office on the South Bank of the Thames. Around a quarter of a million visitors, many of whom were in town for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, are estimated to have witnessed the exhibition.
Success for Tom was judged by public response. “The best feeling was to be unrecognisable among the work and listen to the comments,” he once told me. “I want to show people things that they thought they knew about.”
When I took my daughter, then aged seven, she gave her own affirmation: “I think I understand why other children want to live in England,” she said.
As a source of inspiration, Tom’s photograph of Meliha Varešanović, walking proudly and defiantly to work during the siege of Sarajevo, was hung outside my daughter’s bedroom. I was hoping she would meet Tom many times as an adult. I’ll make sure she knows everything about him.
Born in Morpeth, Northumberland, in 1953, the son of a farm worker, Tom’s morals were instilled by his mother and his headmaster at the mixed comprehensive school he attended in the fishing village of Seahouses.
At aged 17, Tom saw an advertisement in the Berwick Advertiser for a photographer. He had shown an aptitude in English classes at school and saw the Berwick Advertiser as a potential platform to build a career as a reporter. He successfully applied, more down to having passed his driving test than possessing photography skills, he would say.
After an assignment photographing on location at a Women’s Institute party, he knew photography was for him, rather than a life behind a typewriter.
Tom was seriously injured whilst photographing heavy fighting around the Bosnian Parliament buildings in Sarajevo during the civil war that engulfed Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
As a result, one of his legs became one and a half inches shorter than the other, whilst his shoulder was fitted with a titanium plate. Other photographers of his generation ceased working or eased their passage into old age by educating the young. But Tom never had any intention to stop shooting. Working closely with Getty Images, he remained determined to create a visual legacy. Through his exhibitions, books and collections, he will be remembered in history.
And I will remember him, too, for everything he did for me. When my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016, the first person I told was Tom Stoddart. I’m not sure how he felt about this — but it felt the right thing to do.
I first met him in 2000, when I joined the Independent Photographers Group photo-agency which Tom was part of. For some unfathomable reason, he took an interest in me and my career. He has been a constant guide ever since.
He was never a father figure; he was far more than that. He was to me, and I suspect many others, a Godfather of photography. He once told me: “Pete, there’s no such thing as a guardian angel. There’s stupidity, experience, and luck, and I got lucky, very, very early”.
I am very, very lucky to have known him. And devastated to have lost him.
Cheers for everything, Tom.


If BGR sources are correct, all iPhones will soon get the hotspot capabilities that the Verizon iPhone 4 will have when it launches in February. The new feature is reportedly included in the forthcoming iOS 4.3. It would allow up to five devices to share the iPhone’s 3G data connection over Wi-Fi.
Carrier support will still be required to enable the feature. There is no word from AT&T yet but its new competition with Verizon may help convince it to do.
Technical acceptance for iOS 4.3 is expected in March, suggesting that it will be available sometime after that.
Update: Apple today released a new iOS build into the Developer Center. It confirms that iOS 4.3 will have mobile hotspot capabilities built in. It also includes AirPlay Video Support being extended to third party applications. The iPad also gains the ability to customize the sliding switch to work either as mute or orientation lock and new 4 and 5 finger gestures.


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Doing business in China or even competing against Chinese companies is difficult enough for large corporations. But for smaller companies it has been historically harder. Over the past two decades, I’ve sat and listened to many of my clients — owners of small and medium-sized companies — complain about this.
Many of these allegations have proven true. As part of the country’s aggressive growth plans, the Chinese government has had its hand in helping many of its homegrown companies gain market share by propping up their finances while they sell products at a loss.
The Chinese government has been accused of manipulating markets, playing games with its currency and creating artificial barriers for companies attempting to sell their products there. Read More…
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A business owner in Ohio made news this week because he refused to sell his products and services to supporters of Donald Trump. Was that a good idea? I’m sure you can guess the answer.
“Joe”, the owner of Joe’s Music, a 15-year-old small musical instrument and accessory shop that also provides lessons in Willoughby, Ohio, made the declaration in a recent Facebook post.
“Dear Trump sympathizers,” he wrote. “I am truly sorry, however I feel unclean and dirty accepting money from you. Please, politely shop somewhere else. Sorry, I would rather starve and close the store than participate in wrongdoing.” He also posted a sign on his shop’s front door with a similar message, basically telling the president’s supporters to stay away.
Uh-oh. Read More…


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Jonathan Cahn released a video today warning viewers to prepare for God’s judgment for the nation’s growing “apostasy” to fall upon America in September in the form of economic collapse, natural disaster, or a terrorist attack.
Or maybe not … as Cahn was careful to hedge his bets by also asserting that possibly nothing at all will happen because God “is sovereign and He doesn’t have to work according to our schedule or understanding.” But even if nothing happens, Cahn said, America still deserves God’s judgment because of things like the legalization of gay marriage.
“I believe a great shaking is coming to America and the world,” he said. “We have watched the apostasy of America continue, it has continued and it accelerating. The harbingers have not stopped, they have continued to manifest, which are indications of a nation progressing to judgment.”
“How does judgment come?” Cahn continued. “It can come in the form of collapse economically, financially, the nation’s blessing, sustenance being removed. It can also come in the form of natural disaster, earthquakes, famines, other things, many ways in the natural realm. It can also come in the form of man-made disaster, as in terrorism, war, as in 9/11.”
And America is ripe for such judgment because of the recent Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage nationwide, he said.
“This summer, America crossed the line,” he warned. “This was a tectonic event, a seismic change with ramifications not just about marriage but about the future of the culture, of society, of religious freedom, of persecution and, I believe, judgment.”


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#FreeKwakuNow is trending at number one on Twitter as many tweeps have taken to the platform to demand for justice after allegations that a man identified as Seth Asante Asiedu, aka Kwaku Rafik, has reportedly been picked up at his residence at Amasaman by National Security,
This comes on the back of series of posts on Twitter that seemingly addressed government and some related issues.
The incident is reported to have happened on Thursday dawn at about 3.30am.
On November 6, Kwaku Rafik is said to have, in a post, suggested that Ghana was downgraded by major banks in Ghana because of risk levels, adding that commercial banks may be next to struggle.
“Investment firms are struggling, you know who is next? I believe commercial banks. It will be difficult for them to pay depositors. Moody’s has downgraded major banks in Ghana because of their risk levels,” he said.
In a more recent one posted on Wednesday, Kwaku Rafik suggested that some government officials had abandoned their official duties to go and witness the World Cup in Qatar.
“And so they left official duties to watch the World Cup. Really? A caring government indeed,” he posted 19 hours ago. Ban on foreign travels but they are in Qatar,” he posted on November 30, 2022.
He is reported to have been picked up by the National Security in the wee hours of Thursday but his whereabouts are currently not known.
Twitter users have since been reacting to the issue.
Below are some of the tweets:
“Dear National security, I guess you guys would have to build a bigger cell to arrest all of us b’cos there is more fire coming from some of us.
With this arrest of @kwakurafiki2, ‘the energy has come’ in Twene Jonas voice
#FreeKwaku” Yaw Eduful Tweeted
“How harmful is this simple tweet to warrant an arrest? Then,arrest us all? Shameful and wasteful government!#FreeKwakuRafik #FreeKwaku” Rambo tweeted
“The youth have an equal stake in how the country is governed. We are not only tools used for political power. Our importance doesn’t stop at voting. …we have a voice to speak, and we must be given the right and freedom to speak about the happenings in the country. #FreeKwaku” Kojo Bawuaj shared
Here are the reactions of internet users on the issue
How can you arrest somebody for such tweets?#FreeKwaku pic.twitter.com/ikm4Pkdo4E
— Yaw Eduful (@yaw_eduful_) December 1, 2022
Dear @elonmusk your free speech is under threat in Ghana. Our president @NAkufoAddo is using the national security to arrest it’s citizens if someone criticism his style of ruling, currently @kwakurafiki2 has been arrested for tweeting below..come to our rescue #FreeKwaku pic.twitter.com/PB04pLu8hg
— #papaAdamaBa- YABRASO #TainMp (@Vincent10508395) December 1, 2022
Since his Gestapo arrest & unlawful detention this dawn, the Akufo-Addo govt has been unable to produce Kwaku or grant his lawyers, parents and NDC officials access to him even after we held meetings with relevant security operatives.
Tyranny shall be defeated!
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) December 1, 2022
A Ghanaian was picked up this dawn by suposed security service and till date officials of the NDC are being denied access to him. Every outfit is denying receipt of him and we are not alarmed? #FreeKwakuRafik
— Kojo Bawuah (@LouieXiii131) December 1, 2022


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Families Hit Guardrail Cos. With Wrongful Death Suits
By Emily Field (June 28, 2017, 5:53 PM EDT) -- The families of three people killed in 2016 after their cars hit highway guardrails slapped the guardrail manufacturer and the company that installed them with wrongful death suits in Tennessee state court Wednesday, alleging that the guardrails were defective and improperly installed.
The two suits, brought by the families of Jacob Davison and Lauren Beuttel and Wilbert Byrd, claim that the manufacturers of the X-Lite guardrail system — Valmont Industries, Lindsay Corp. and their subsidiaries — were defectively designed and made. Instead of the guardrail terminals "telescoping" to absorb the impact of the collision, the families claim that the guardrails pierced...
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Michael Williams has lived in the area of Stoke-on-Trent where houses are being sold for £1 since 1988.
He says in recent years Cobridge gained a bad reputation for anti-social behaviour and drugs, but hopes the new council scheme to sell houses for £1 will give the area the boost it needs.
He hopes the new tenants will take pride in the community, and it will bring more investment to the area.
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New tracks that DJs should know about.
DJ Spryte from Made Monster got busy on REVOLT Live’s “1s and Tuesday” last week. The Los Angeles-based DJ’s four minute routine featured high-energy club tracks laced together with skilled mixing and turntablism.
REVOLT Live’s “1s and Tuesday” is a weekly segment that showcases skilled turntablists curated by DJcity. Previous guests include Chris Karns, Jayceeoh, Four Color Zack, DJ Spider, DJ Dynamix, QUIX05, DJ Excel, DJ Five, and Miles Medina. Watch “1s and Tuesday” every week at 2pm and 5pm PST.
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text: Professor George Griffin is a clinically trained biomedical scientist who developed and led the Institute of Infection and Immunity and Clinical Infection Unit at St George’s, University of London. The Unit has an international reputation in clinical infection, basic and translational research and postgraduate training. The Unit has developed many international contacts and collaborations. Professor Griffin trained in basic science at King’s College, London, and clinically at St George’s Hospital Medical School. He carried out postgraduate studies at the University of Hull and Harvard Medical School (Harkness Fellow). He was appointed Chair of the UK Government Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens in 2007 and led this Committee and sub-committees until 2015. Professor Griffin’s principal scientific contributions revolve around the host response to infection at whole body and cell and molecular level. He characterised HIV enteropathy and the immunological and functional consequences of GI tract involvement in HIV infection. In addition he has made pivotal discoveries on macrophage differentiation and the cellular and molecular events in this cell perpetuated by HIV and mTB. Professor Griffin has been Chair and member of many MRC and Wellcome Trust Committees. In addition, he chairs a Gates SAB on enteric disease in children in developing countries. He is currently Board member of Public Health England and Foreign Secretary of the Academy of Medical Sciences, London.

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. Event id: us20004zru. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004zru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.26 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 126.8828° East, latitude 8.1759° North, depth = 37.26 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 00:39:20 / February 10, 2016 @ 12:39 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:39:20 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barobo, Trento, Salvacion (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel it?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.
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Jack Writes:Samsung has announced the world's first 8GB Hard Disk embedded smartphone, the SGH-i310, which is expected to start shipping in Europe during the second half of this year.
With a hefty 8 gig of onboard storage you can leave your iPod at home, with the Samsung offering capacity for around 2,000 songs.
The phone comes in a familiar 'candy bar' form (we're still looking for a UK equivalent of this American phrase - 'Mars Bar shaped' doesn't sound quite right!) and is compatible with the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution).
The i310 is powered by the latest version of Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone which makes it easy for users to transfer their music libraries from their desktop machines via USB 2.0 connectivity and a Plug & Play feature allows the phone to be used as a removable hard disk.
A fully featured smartphone, the i310 comes with a 2 inch, 240 x 320, 65,536-colour display, onboard 2 megapixel camera with flash, microSD memory expansion slot, document viewer and TV output.
The camera can also record video (MPEG4/H.263), and there's enhanced music functionality, with Bluetooth stereo (A2DP), high quality digital power amp, dual speakers and support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV and Ogg music file formats.
The smartphone seems pretty pocketable too, measuring 111.9 x 48.5 x 19.8 mm and weighing 120g.
Will HD-smartphones kill off dedicated music players?
Pundits are expecting an onslaught of mobile phones using hard-disk drives as manufacturers continue to pack in memory-hungry functions and features into handsets.
Cornice, a US-based maker of mini-hard drives used in portable music players and mobiles reckons that the mobile phone disk drive market will explode at a compound annual growth rate of 325 per cent between 2004 and 2009.
The company expects to see around 72 million mobile phones with embedded drives shipped in 2009 out of a global total of around 1 billion handsets - making it bigger than the personal storage and portable audio player markets (Cornice predicts these to stand at 10 million and 43 million shipments, respectively, in 2009.)
The i310 will be shown to public at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany from March 9th to March 16th. No pricing for the handset has been announced yet.


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The Rays open their final series before the All-Star break tonight when they host the Blue Jays.
Lefty Shane McClanahan will start for the Rays. Alex Manoah will start for the Blue Jays, who were rained out Thursday in Baltimore, where he was to start.
The Rays recalled infielder/outfielder Vidal Brujan, who made his debut Wednesday as the 27th man for the doubleheader, then was returned to Triple-A Durham. He was added back to the roster today in place of infielder Mike Brosseau, who was put on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain.
Cash said Brosseau was hurt making an awkward throw in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader as the oblique “grabbed” a bit and went ahead and finished the game. Cash said they are hoping they caught it in time and it will be a minimal stay.
Cash also said reliever Ryan Thompson, on the injured list with shoulder inflammation, is still feeling some discomfort and will be shut down for 2-3 days and then resume throwing.
Starter Chris Archer (forearm) and reliever Oliver Drake (flexor tendon) threw to hitters in Port Charlotte on Wednesday and likely will do so again before moving to games and a rehab assignment.
Here is the Rays’ lineup:
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I’m a girl on a budget, and some weeks, only have £20 left over for the food shop. Feeding a family of four is expensive, but it’s not impossible to get the weekly shop cheap, or down to just £18.
I like to think of myself as a savvy shopper anyway, but without using yellow stickers or ANY reduced items, I walked out with a family food shopping bill of only £18.
Obviously, we don’t shop like this every week. Sometimes we need cleaning products, shampoo or toothpaste, so set ourselves a weekly £40 budget, but rarely need anywhere near that.
My cupboard essentials
I had a think about what meals we were going to eat that week and planned my shop around them. My kids are quite fussy, so, to be honest, we don’t eat anything that wild anyway.
I checked my cupboards, and was lucky to have a few of my staples in; chopped tomatoes, puree, a bag of rice, some pasta and flour, to name just a few. I always keep these topped up, but I don’t need to buy them every single week.
So I stick to my list rigorously. Nothing goes in that trolley that hasn’t been written down. I start in the meat aisle first, as I want to make sure my most expensive item is there, the gammon because if not, the meal plan will have to be rejigged to make room for something else, maybe a bag of frozen chicken or two lots of mince.
Then I fill up with everything else, remembering that we still want a bit of variety in our food, even if the kids hate it!
What I brought:
Tomato soup 0.40
4x tins of beans 0.99
4x Sweet Potatoes 0.95
2x kid’s yogurts 1.49
Fish cakes 1.15
Coconut milk 0.79
4x Potatoes 0.95
2x Butter 0.75
For breakfast, we either had porridge with fruit, toast or scrambled egg.
Lunch – tomato soup & bread
Dinner – homemade ham & cheese pizza
Lunch – cheese omelette
Dinner – jacket potato, cheese, beans
Lunch – ham sandwich
Dinner – tomato pasta
Lunch – cheese on toast
Dinner –sweet potato curry
Lunch – boiled egg & toast
Dinner – fish cakes, mash & beans
Lunch – crackers & cheese
Dinner – gammon, eggs & homemade chips
Lunch – leftover curry
Dinner – cheese & gammon pasta bake
Menu Planning for me is the hardest, but the most important part of eating on a budget. It gives you a plan you can use to help you buy food more wisely and stop you staring in the fridge for 5 minutes trying to think what to make for dinner tonight. This happens more then I would like… So I designed a little menu planner that works best for me and I thought I would share it. Enjoy!
I try and make use of whatever is on the Aldi Super Six or the Lidi equivalent. The week I shopped, plums and onions were on, but the following week it was blueberries and pears, so we swap and change depending on that too, and freeze whatever fruit we don’t use.
My Five Top Tips to Achieve a £18 Shop
1.Meal plan and think about buying foods that can be used in multiple recipes.
2. Shop in discount supermarkets. Don’t be loyal, as it doesn’t pay off.
3. To get the bill down further, bulk out curries with beans, or spaghetti bolognese with grated vegetables.
4. Try different meats, especially if they are destined for the slow cooker.
5. Buy frozen fruit and vegetables. You can take as much as you need, with no waste, and it’s cheaper!

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The NexGuide Autoguider from Celestron eliminates the necessity of a laptop computer for finding or tracking your celestial targets with an equatorial mount. A sensitive Sony CCD allows the tracking of even faint stars. The larger chip size of 5.6 x 4.7 millimeters with its 9.6 x 7.5u pixel size provides more area for locating and keeping the guide star on the chip. An automatic calibration of each axis and automatic setting guide rate parameters make use of the NexGuide a pleasure. A standard ring for centering and focusing allows any 1.25" eyepiece and a 9-button hand control provides quick and easy access to the navigation menus. It is perfect for imaging with a DSLR camera.
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hello all, we are a couple of seniors trying to plan a 15 day vacation to florida we are from long island Ny. never been to fl so my question is what cities or places are a must to visit? our goal during this vacation is to sort of get an idea of what city we would like to move into. somewhere country, tranquil, safe and close to beach. we are ok with clean motels or 3star hotels and we want to rent a car so we can drive to the keys and palm beach miami orlando. We just don't know where specifically. Any help from Floridians or expert fellows would be greatly appreciated. We are going feb 4-feb19.
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- How much does Soolantra cost without insurance?
- How long should you use Soolantra?
- Should I use Soolantra in the morning or at night?
- What kills rosacea mites?
- Does drinking water help rosacea?
- What is comparable to Soolantra?
- Does Medicare cover Soolantra?
- Can my GP prescribe Soolantra?
- How fast does Soolantra work?
- Will rosacea ever go away?
- What is the most common rosacea trigger?
- What are the side effects of Soolantra?
How much does Soolantra cost without insurance?
The lowest GoodRx price for the most common version of generic Soolantra is around $158.58, 71% off the average retail price of $554.05..
How long should you use Soolantra?
The duration of treatment can vary from person to person and depends on the severity of the skin disorder. You may notice an improvement after 4 weeks of treatment. In case of no improvement after 3 months, you should discontinue Soolantra and consult your doctor.
Should I use Soolantra in the morning or at night?
SOOLANTRA is only intended for use on the skin of the face. It is recommended that SOOLANTRA be applied once per day after your usual cleansing routine, and before any cosmetics or sunscreens are applied.
What kills rosacea mites?
A doctor may recommend treatment with creams such as crotamiton or permethrin. These are topical insecticides that can kill mites and so reduce their numbers. The doctor may also prescribe topical or oral metronidazole, which is an antibiotic medication.
Does drinking water help rosacea?
Drinking water can definitely help limit the symptoms of rosacea. However, it may not fix everything, but it can go a long way in reducing redness. Your body is mostly made up of water, and by drinking enough every day, you help flush out toxins on your skin and in your body.
What is comparable to Soolantra?
Alternatives for rosaceaazelaic acid (Finacea)brimonidine tartrate gel (Mirvaso)doxycycline.isotretinoin (retinol)ivermectin (generic version of Soolantra)metronidazole 0.75% cream (Metrocream)metronidazole 1% gel (Metrogel)oxymetazoline 1% cream (Rhofade)
Does Medicare cover Soolantra?
Medicare usually does not cover Soolantra but prescription discount cards and Soolantra free coupons from SingleCare can help you save.
Can my GP prescribe Soolantra?
You cannot get Soolantra over-the-counter. This means that a doctor needs to prescribe Soolantra for you to be able to get it.
How fast does Soolantra work?
SOOLANTRA Cream works to treat the inflammation of lesions associated with rosacea. In a 12-week clinical trial, subjects using SOOLANTRA Cream saw a reduction of symptoms in just 2 weeks.
Will rosacea ever go away?
Rosacea does not go away. It can go into remission and there can be lapses in flare-ups. Left untreated, permanent damage may result.  This damage can be serious as it can affect a patient’s eyes and cause skin redness permanently.
What is the most common rosacea trigger?
Anything that causes your rosacea to flare is called a trigger. Sunlight and hairspray are common rosacea triggers. Other common triggers include heat, stress, alcohol, and spicy foods. Triggers differ from person to person.
What are the side effects of Soolantra?
Common side effects of Soolantra include:skin burning or stinging sensation and skin irritation where the medicine is applied,dry skin,eye irritation, or.red eyes.


Loadcell sensor for quickshifting feature.
It includes an innovative feature of real-time automatic detection of the kill-time for every gear upshift.
The system is composed of an electronic unit, the loadcell and a wiring harness to connect both to Rapid Bike.
It connects directly to Rapid Bike wiring harness (or to pit-lane limiter switch F27-SW-PIT or Youtune controller, if already installed).
It is a universal tool since it can work in both directions, push or pull (not in both directions at the same time) for gear upshift (no downshift feature). The owner does no need to replace this sensor in case he purchases a new bike model or changes the operating of the gear lever (GP-style shifting or new rear set).
The sensor detects the force applied and consequently sends a signal, therefore there are no moving parts which can be damaged after using for a long period of time.
Rapid Bike software can be used to set upshift sense (push or pull) and preload pressure (measured in Kg) necessary for activation.
To allow gear upshift, Rapid Bike module reduces engine’s power by cutting the injection signal.


At their last meeting, the Leon County Commission accepted the Concurrency Annual Report for 2018. One of the main purposes of the report is to evaluate the Level of Service (LOS) standards for roadways.
LOS definitions are provided below.
The report indicates that of the 444 roadway segments monitored, there were 21 roadway segments operating below the minimum required LOS. These 21 roadway segments are operating at 100% volume to capacity ratio or greater, and, are therefore exceeding the LOS adopted in the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan.
Eleven of the twenty-one segments that are operating below the adopted LOS are state roads. One of the state road segments, North Monroe Street from Sessions to Fred George Road, is capacity constrained. This segment cannot be widened further due to prohibitively costly right-of- way.
The remaining ten segments are Leon County roads.
Eight of the ten Leon County road segments are operating below the LOS standard are based on projected demand, not trips currently on the road.
The report provided assessments of three of the capacity challenged segments.
Buck Lake Road from Mahan Drive to Vermillion Boulevard is over-capacity in both directions based on reserved trips from nearby residential and commercial development. Widening this segment of Buck Lake Road is prohibitively expensive.
Miccosukee Road westbound from Dempsey Mayo Road to Fleischmann Road is a constrained Canopy Road, with reserved trips from nearby residential and commercial development. The Northeast Gateway project will relieve congestion on Miccosukee Road by constructing Welaunee Boulevard South (Fleischmann Road to Interstate 10) and Welaunee Boulevard North (I-10 to Shamrock Way).
Old Bainbridge Road northbound from Fred George to Capital Circle is exceeding the LOS standard based on the traffic count. There are planned safety improvement for lane striping, more visible signage, and increased shoulder width (without impacting the tree canopy) in the next Florida Department of Transportation Fiscal Year. Old Bainbridge Road is a constrained Canopy Road. Canopy roads cannot be widened due to negative environmental impacts.
Roadway Segments Exceeding the LOS Standard in Leon County
LOS ‘A’ – The highest quality of traffic service; motorists are able to travel at their desired speed.
LOS ‘B’ – Similar to LOS ‘A,’ although the presence of other vehicles becomes noticeable.
LOS ‘C’ – The influence of increased traffic density becomes marked. The ability to maneuver within the traffic stream is affected by the presence of other vehicles.
LOS ‘D’ – The traffic flow is unstable and the ability to maneuver is severely restricted due to traffic congestion. Travel speed is reduced by the increasing volume.
LOS ‘E’ – The road is operating at or near the design capacity of the road. Disruptions in the traffic flow are not readily dissipated and regression to LOS ‘F’ occurs frequently.
LOS ‘F’ – The road is heavily congested with traffic demand exceeding the design capacity of the road.


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Like Tetris, Brick Breaker is one of those games that I consider one of the classic arcade games. I’ve played a number of variations of Brick Breaker over the years, so I was pretty excited when 3D Brick Breaker Revolution made it into the Marketplace.
If you are a Brick Breaker addict, see the full review of 3D Brick Breaker Revolution after the break.
Yomomedia is a popular RSS reader that first hit the scene with Windows Mobile and has successfully made the transition to Windows Phone 7 (here's our review of the classic version). Yomomedia 7 is available in two versions, a free Lite version and a pay full version.
Yomomedia 7 is a not only a media reader but you can also tap into your favorite podcasts (audio and video). Yomomedia 7 feeds can be pulled from your Google Reader account, Yomomedia 6.5 accounts (for those who used the WinMo version) or content can be chosen from Yomomedia 7's default catalog.
To see how well Yomomedia 7 made the transition to Windows Phone 7, follow the break.
Cubed is a Tetris styled game for your Windows Phone that takes advantage of your phone's touch screen. The gaming concept of this Windows Phone 7 game is rather simple.
Various shaped blocks fall from the top of the screen and you rotate them as they fall to form a solid row at the bottom of the screen. As you form a solid row, it implodes and you score points. If your stacks of blocks reaches the top of the screen; game over.
Space.... the final frontier...for those who seek to launch satellites into various celestial objects there's a Windows Phone app for that. Satalaunch is a Windows Phone 7 game that challenges you to launch "Astro" ,your satellite, into moons, planets and stars. Along the way you'll make use of planetary and solar gravity fields, as well as on-board thrusters to guide Astro into your targets.
The game has thirty-eight levels divided between three stages. Satalaunch is an interesting Windows Phone game and to learn more, drift on past the break.
Looking for a simple poker game for your Windows Phone? Rick Keeney has developed Video Poker for Windows Phone 7 that puts five styles of video poker on your Windows Phone.
Along with the various styles of poker, the app will maintain your gaming stats to let you know how well your playing. There are two versions of Video Poker available. You have an ad supported free version and if you don't like the banner ads, a pay version is available for $.99.
To read more on Video Poker, ease on past the break.
At last check there were a couple of dozen solitaire game versions for Windows Phone 7. Jake Poznanski's Solitaire is one such version for your Windows Phone. The game follows the traditional solitaire game with a straight forward layout where you move your cards by touch.
Solitaire is a free game over at the Marketplace and to see if it's worth a download, skip on past the break.
Logonoff is offering the puzzle/memory game Mnemonix over at the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Asides from being challenging to spell, Mnemonix tests your memory by having you match identical tiles that you reveal two at a time.
You have three gaming levels (easy, normal, and hard) and the number of tiles increase as you move up in difficulty. To make things more challenging, you try to match the tiles before the game clock expires. The easy level times out at about 34 seconds with the more difficult levels giving you a little more time. Yes, I know, 34 seconds seems a little odd but I checked it several times and time expires at odd intervals.
Mnemonix has just a few settings. You can turn off the vibration (each time you touch a tile, your phone vibrates) and if you need to practice without the pressure of the clock, you can turn that off as well. Mnemonix also offers three tile designs (two symbols and one numeric) to choose from.
Your final scoring is based on the number of moves it takes for you to match all the tiles, as well as your time. Mnemonix has a very clean, nice looking appearance and ran smoothly. There is a slight addictive quality to the game but nothing that keeps you glued to the game for hours. The attraction is strong enough to keep you interested in Mnemonix for short periods of time. It is a nice game to add to your Windows Phone that will add a little variety to your "pass the time with" gaming titles.
There is a free trial version available and the full version runs $1.29. You can find Mnemonix here (opens Zune) over at the Marketplace. Follow the break to catch a video of Mnemonix in action.
Finally, a bowling game has landed at the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace! Bowling XX by Perlo Games brings the bowling alley to your Windows Phone in a graphically pleasing manner.
Bowling XX has two game modes; Single and Multi-player games. The Multi-player game supports up to four local players (pass the phone around style) who compete in a bowling tournament. Bowling XX is an entertaining game for your Windows Phone but there is some room for improvement.
Arcadia Scan is one of those apps that you can use either to a) impress your mates, b) quickly check network connections (be it WiFi or 3G), or c) mess around for a few minutes when you’re utterly bored off your face (hopefully not on drugs). Unfortunately, before I continue, I must point out to you wannabe script-kiddies that this app is no ettercap.
Remember the word search puzzles that are in the newspaper? You can even find books dedicated to the hidden word puzzles. Word Search for Windows Phone 7 brings the same entertaining puzzles to your Windows Phone.
The game layout is simple. You choose between three difficulties (Easy, Medium, and Hard) then select your word topic. Topics range from Animals to World Countries and if your feeling adventurous, just swipe at the topic wheel and go with whatever appears after things stop spinning.
Once the puzzle is generated (by tapping Start) a list of the hidden words is displayed at the bottom of the screen with a field of assorted letters filling the remainder of the screen. The harder the skill level, the larger the letter fields.
Chess by Post is a community chess game for your Windows Phone that follows in the same spirit of other popular games such as AlphaJax and Spellit. Instead of bringing a community oriented game of scrabble to Windows Phone 7, Chess by Post offers you a challenging game of chess.
There are two versions of Chess by Post, a paid and free version. The free version is ad supported and contains a small ad banner that appears at the bottom of the screen. Registration is required and free to join the chess community and find opponents to compete against.
To read more on Chess by Post, move on past the break.
Cell may very well be the only Windows Phone 7 game that has a single cell organism as the main character. The developers, 2.0 Studios, has created a game that is challenging with graphics that are a little on the psychedelic side.
Cell has three game modes that have fifteen levels each for a total of forty-five gaming challenges. With each game mode, you try to absorb other single cells to work your way towards dominating the field. Simply navigating your cell around the game screen can be challenging and there are other dangers present to keep things interesting.
Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 already has a puzzle RPG game, Namco’s Puzzle Quest 2. But that game is riddled with bugs and really wasn’t optimized for mobile platforms. Thankfully Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night from Konami shows a lot more care in making a quality puzzle RPG. In fact, it may be the best Xbox Live title released for Windows Phone 7 so far.
Castlevania has a long, proud history. The first title was released on the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System way back in 1987. Castlevania games tend to be action-platformers; after 1997’s Symphony of the Night, strong RPG elements became standard as well. In adapting the series to mobile platforms, Konami realized that action games don’t usually work well with touch screen controls. Prudently, Encore of the Night replaces the traditional platform jumping and battles with something new to Castlevania: puzzle battles. Role-playing elements haven’t fallen by the wayside, though, resulting in a game that is at once familiar and fresh to series veterans.
Windows Phone 7 launched with 30 or so Xbox Live titles. With so many games coming out at once, a few were bound to be overlooked. One such title is The Revenants: Corridor of Souls from Chaotic Moon Studios. It's a simple title with a couple of unique gameplay mechanics and a creepy theme.
Revenant isn’t a common word these days, so you could be forgiven for not knowing its meaning. A revenant is someone who returns from the dead (like a ghost or a zombie). In Corridor of Souls, the titular revenants consist of the spirits of creepy, crawly animals like spiders, scorpions, and frogs.
To find out more about the Corridor of Souls, head past the jump.
French developer Press Start Studio is best known for their hardcore action game, Twin Blades. Yet their second Xbox Live game for Windows Phone 7 lies at the opposite end of the gaming spectrum; Butterfly is one of the simplest, most casual Xbox Live games on Microsoft's mobile platform.
The object of the game is to steer the titular Butterfly around a garden, touching flowers to make them bloom. Players drag the butterfly with a finger to move. Once all of the flowers in a stage have been pollinated, an exit flower appears and it's off to the next garden.
XMaps is a worldwide mapping application for Windows Phone 7. Similar to other navigational apps for your Windows Phone XMaps is designed to help you get from point a to b as well on the highways as well as the open wilderness.
The free application taps into openstreetmaps.org to download maps to your Windows Phone as well as offering a wide range of tools that will allow you to plan travel routes, set markers/way-points, and record your travels.
Big game hunting has come to Windows Phone 7. Deer Hunter 3D was released a short time ago that not only brings deer hunting to your Windows Phone but also other big game such as bear, moose, and turkey.
Hunt game from various world wide venues, using a wide range of weapons. From the Russian forests to Mid-western plains you can track game on hunting trips or jump right into the action with a Quick Game mode.
To read more on Deer Hunter 3D, shoot on past the break.
The whole point of owning a smartphone is to maintain a constant connection with the things that are important to you. Your calendar, email, pictures, documents, and music are all right at your fingertips with a Windows Phone.
We’ve talked about Slingboxes and their associated apps before; but with Windows Phone 7 our devices are much more media-centric and offer better performance, making something like Sling Player something worth considering.
Feeling nostalgic? Miss those gray scale games with static backgrounds? Pocket Games for Windows Phone 7 brings back memories of the old handheld games of yester-year.
Pocket Games has four classic handheld games; Highway Racer, Artic Noseball, Fire Alert and Sky Diver. Controls are simple and game play somewhat addictive. The games even have a border that resembles the plastic casing and the push "start buttons" the classic handhelds sported.
To read more on Pocket Games, just follow the break.
A-to-B is being offered over at the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace as a free navigation app for your Windows Phone. A-to-B offers turn by turn navigation as well as the ability to save favorite destinations.
The application was originally designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the ArcGIS API for the Windows Phone. Demo or not, A-to-B seems to have developed a rather popular following in the short time it's been in circulation.
Traffic Cop is a free game being offered over at the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Traffic Cop pits you against the flow of traffic at a busy intersection.
Controlling traffic is done by tapping the cars you want to stop and swiping the cars that need to speed up. As you progress through the game, traffic speeds and volume increases. To make things a little interesting, Traffic Cop includes a military tank and emergency vehicles that ignores any traffic direction.
Traffic Cop is an entertaining game but lacks an addictive quality to keep you coming back for more. The game is fun for a short time but doesn't have much play. After about thirty minutes, the game begins to feel a little stale. If the game had a change of scenery or achievements, maybe it would have a little more staying power. Traffic Cop does have the ability to post scores online for bragging rights but I couldn't help but feel it needed more gusto.
Regardless, Traffic Cop wouldn't be a bad addition to your Windows Phone gaming library. The game may not keep you hooked but it will add some variety to your Windows Phone. The game ran smoothly and vehicle controls were responsive to the touch.
Traffic Cop is a free app that can be found here (opens Zune) at the Marketplace. Follow the break for a video demo of the Traffic Cop.
Remember the game Minesweeper that was always present on your Windows PC? Techtwaddle is offering a version of this game for Windows Phone 7. Bombsweeper puts this classic game on your Windows Phone and it doesn't stray too far from the original.
The game is played just like the PC version. You face a grid of tiles that has bombs hidden beneath them. Your job is to tag the tiles covering these bombs with red flags. Tap on a tile covering a bomb and it's game over. You narrow down where the bombs are by tapping random tiles to reveal numbers. The number represents the number of mines surrounding that particular tile. For example, if a tile shows 2 then two of the surrounding tiles have bombs under it. To help, if you tap and hold on a number animates the surrounding tiles giving you a visual aid in selecting the next tile to tap or mark with a flag.
The game ran smoothly but the controls can be a little on the tricky side. To flag a square, you tap and hold on a tile. On occasion, the "tap and hold" registered as a tap and boom...game over. Otherwise, Bombsweeper is hard to distinguish from the original Minesweeper.
If your a fan of the classic PC game, Bombsweeper will be an enjoyable addition to your Windows Phone game lineup. If you're not familiar with the classic game, there is a trial version available to let you try before you buy. The full version of Bombsweeper runs $.99.
You can find Bombsweeper here (opens Zune) at the Marketplace. And just make the jump past the break to see a short video demo of Bombsweeper.

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A humanitarian assessment carried out by the Government of Ethiopia and international partners released last week indicated that 6.2 million people in Ethiopia will need emergency assistance until the end of the year.
The prospects for 2010 are also a cause for serious concern. An assessment of the November harvest will provide a clearer picture of likely future humanitarian needs. If this harvest does fail, a significant scaling-up of efforts by the Government of Ethiopia and the international community will be needed to prevent the current crisis becoming a catastrophe in 2010. DFID has contributed £54 million to the humanitarian response in Ethiopia in 2009 and will continue to closely monitor the situation with regard to future support.
I also refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement on Ethiopia made on 19 October 2009, Official Report; column 47WS.


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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil planemaker Embraer SA said on Friday that it delivered 11 commercial planes in the first quarter of 2019, three fewer than in the same period last year, as it works to cede control of that profitable division to Boeing.
The company said its overall backlog, a gauge of future revenue, stood at $16 billion, maintaining recovery from a 5-year low that it had recorded in October of last year. The backlog at that time stood at US$13.6 billion.
Embraer also said it had delivered 11 executive jets in the . . .

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The Citrus County Sheriff’s Department Training Facility is located at:
1300 S. Lecanto Highway Lecanto, FL 34461
This facility is utilized for day use only training exercises. The facility is served by a public water supply that is the primary source of drinking water. The facility does have one on-site potable well, which is currently used only for supplying water to hydrants. The site also has a stormwater pond.
DEP collected initial samples on January 14, 2019. The results of this initial sampling indicated that on-site groundwater was contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) at concentrations above the provisional ground water cleanup target level; soil samples were also impacted by PFOA and PFOS at concentrations above DEP’s provisional soil cleanup target levels.
DEP advised the Florida Department of Health of these results and directed them to develop and implement a community sampling plan. The Florida Department of Health completed the sampling of twenty-six potable wells around the Citrus County Sheriff's Department Training Facility on March 24, 2021, and found no exceedances above the Health Advisory Level. During 2022, DEP assumed project management duties associated with continued per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) assessment at the facility.
A link summarizing important events at this facility is included below. More information about this site can be accessed through DEP's information portal. The Facility/Site ID is ERIC_7394.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the state’s lead agency for environmental management and stewardship – protecting our air, water and land. The vision of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is to create strong community partnerships, safeguard Florida’s natural resources and enhance its ecosystems.


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By Anthony Iarrapino, Rachel K. Johnson, & Tina Zuk
The staggering amount of sugar we drink is making us sick. Cheap, widely-available sugary drinks—sodas, sports and energy drinks, “fruit” punches, and sweetened teas—are the largest single source of added sugars in the American diet. Sugary drink consumption has skyrocketed by five hundred percent in the last fifty years. All that liquid sugar is helping to fuel an obesity epidemic that is costing Vermont hundreds of millions of dollars each year to treat preventable illnesses like Type II diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Now, a public health campaign in Vermont is promoting a potential solution.
While obesity has many causes, overconsumption of sugary drinks is a big one we can address using a proven public policy tool: the excise tax. Vermont’s excise tax on tobacco has succeeded in reducing smoking rates, particularly among younger consumers, and in raising revenue to fund other public health initiatives. Leading economists, including those at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have long predicted that a tax on sugary drinks would have a similar effect. Raising the price of those drinks roughly ten percent could decrease consumption eight to ten percent. That decrease is significant: a person who reduces sugary drink consumption by one drink per day could lose fifteen pounds per year if they otherwise maintain the same diet and exercise routine.
Mexico—which has the world’s highest per capita consumption of sugary drinks and one of the highest rates of obesity in the world— implemented a tax on sugary drinks in January 2014. Early evidence demonstrates that Mexicans are now making healthier beverage choices as a result: sales of taxed sugary drinks have decreased by about ten percent while sales of bottled water are up thirteen percent and other untaxed beverages like milk and sparkling water have increased by seven percent. This month, the city of Berkeley, CA, became the first U.S. municipality to enact a similar tax.
Generating Revenue for Food Access Programs
By directing some of the estimated $34.85 million raised by a sugary drinks tax to programs designed to increase access to nutritious local foods, particularly for low-income Vermonters, as proposed by the Alliance for a Healthier Vermont, the tax could be a win-win for public health and the Vermont farm economy. Examples of programs whose impact could be magnified with additional resources include:
- Vermont Farm to Family, which provides low income Vermonters with coupons to buy fresh produce at participating farmers’ markets
- NOFA Vermont’s Farm Share program, which provides subsidized year-round CSA shares
- Green Mountain Farm to School, which helps bring farm-fresh produce into schools and educates children about eating healthy by eating local
- Vermont FEED, which works with schools and communities to raise awareness about healthy food, the role of Vermont farms and farmers, and good nutrition.
Making the Healthier Choice the Easier Choice
An excise tax on sugary drinks could also benefit the dairy economy by helping make milk—a healthy alternative—more attractive to price-conscious consumers. Sugary drink prices are kept artificially low by federal subsidies on corn that goes into high fructose corn-syrup, the sweetener in most sugary drinks. In the 1990s, sugary drinks surpassed milk as the single largest source of calories in children’s diets. That has consequences beyond obesity because children need calcium and other essential nutrients milk provides.
Visit the Alliance for a Healthier Vermont website to learn more.
Anthony Iarrapino is the Director of the Alliance for a Healthier Vermont, a growing coalition of health care providers, farmers, businesses, educators, and advocates for low income populations, children, seniors, and consumers.
Rachel Johnson is the Robert L. Bickford, Jr. Green and Gold Professor of Nutrition & Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Vermont.
Tina Zuk is the Vermont Government Relations Director for the American Heart Association.


DUSTCELL is the Japanese Virtual musical duo consisting of female vocalist EMA and male music producer Misumi. This unit is signed to KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO.
- EMA - A female vocalist who is capable of both singing and rapping.
- Misumi- A male music producer who often creates songs featuring VOCALOID singers. He also helped produce labelmate RIM's original song "Flowering."
DUSTCELL made their YouTube debut on 11 October 2019.
In response to some online criticism and concern, EMA tweeted a sincere statement on 21 October 2019 expressing that she joined KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO of her own accord in order to fully pursue her passion for singing. She is now where she wants to be: starting anew as DUSTCELL's EMA with Misumi and creating the music she loves.
DUSTCELL will be releasing their first full album 「SUMMIT」on 20 May 2020. They will hold their 1st ONE-MAN LIVE「SUMMIT」on 31 July 2020 at WWW, a venue in Shibuya, Tokyo.


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The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which the notes of discussion and argument constantly resound. This book introduces ancient debates, engaging us with the ancient developments of their themes. Moving away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of great thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes and styles.
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not all that introductory, but interesting
It was a really interesting introduction to particular works and philosophers, but discussed the works as if you already had some familiarity with them. I never read The Republic, and I feel I probably would have gotten more out of this book if I had even a passing familiarity with it. There isn't much summary of the philosophers or their writing. You're expected to pick it up through the discussion. But that is possible. It was clearly written and enjoyable. Narration is well done and engaging.
A Nice Introduction
Great Thinkers Arise.
I don't know if I would go so far as to use the word 'compelling' but as an introduction to the topic I felt it was presented well and in a logical manner.
Her narration is easy to listen to throughout the entire audible book.
I would have to say no.
This is a good book. Written by a well-known and academically credible author.

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Soil, water conservation contest deadline nears
Students of Wilson County are encouraged to participate in the 2011 Texas Conservation Awards Program by entering the poster or essay contest.
The poster contest is open to boys and girls, ages 12 and under. The district’s expected artistic content of a poster is for a student to graphically demonstrate the importance of conservation of soil, water, and related renewable resources within the realm of their community environment, said Patrick Moczygemba, chairman of the Wilson County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The two choices of poster themes for students to choose from this year are “Forests for people -- More than you can imagine,” or “Conservation habits = healthy habitats.” The posters will be judged at the local soil and water conservation district level, with winning posters sent to area-level competition. The state winner will be selected from the winners of the five area competitions.
The essay contest is open to children in two age categories -- 13 years of age and younger and ages 14 to 18 years. The contest’s theme, “Why soil and water conservation is important to my future,” provides participating students with the opportunity to express in a written format the importance of soil and water resources and how they are linked to providing food and clean water.
The essays will be judged on the local district level, with winning essays sent to the area level. The state winner will be selected from the five area winners.
Deadline for the poster and essay contests is Tuesday, Jan. 25. All schools in Wilson County will have the information needed. Applications are also available at the Wilson County Soil and Water Conservation District office, located at 1106 10th St. (U.S. 181) in Floresville.
The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, in cooperation with the state’s 216 soil and water conservation districts, annually sponsor the Texas Conservation Awards Program to recognize and honor those who dedicate themselves and their talents to the conservation and wise use of renewable natural resources.
For more information, call 830-393-3555, ext. 3.
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The 411: Youth Archives
Falls City High School Honor Roll (April 27, 2016)
FHS March students of the month (April 27, 2016)
Jaguar cadets win at Camp Bullis (April 27, 2016)
Luther Thomas Elementary School honor roll (April 27, 2016)
Mighty Tiger Bands sweep up! (April 27, 2016)
Poth X-Bots terminate competition (April 27, 2016)
Republican Women offer scholarships (April 27, 2016)
Taylor accepted to Luther College (April 27, 2016)
Trammell earns award (April 27, 2016)
Apply for youth leadership opportunity (April 20, 2016)
Seguin Art Show open to high school students (April 20, 2016)
4-H’ers compete at Houston show (April 13, 2016)
Danielle Long wins crafts, cake shows (April 13, 2016)
DRT chapter announces 2016 essay contest winners (April 13, 2016)
Flag Day Poster Contest deadline is May 13 (April 13, 2016)
Floresville cadets promote STEM with hands-on lab (April 13, 2016)
Register for youth summit in May (April 13, 2016)
Scholarship video contest open to seniors (April 13, 2016)
Leo Club plans membership drive (April 6, 2016)
National Robotics Week (April 6, 2016)
Scouts attend leadership course (April 6, 2016)
Stockdale Elementary shines at UIL Academic meet (April 6, 2016)


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Sanath Jayasuriya, Geoff Boycott and Sachin Tendulkar. An impressive three names at the top of the list of oldest players to score an ODI century. Today, Khurram Khan goes ahead of them on the list, having become the first player over 40 to make an ODI century in the second ODI against Afghanistan.
Khan, who was in San Francisco on his regular Emirates Airlines job just three days ago, won the toss and chose to field first at the ICC Academy. Usman Ghani was caught behind early on before Nawroz Mangal and Afsar Zazai put on 103 for the second wicket, the partnership ending when Zazai was out for 51.
Mangal stayed in until the penultimate over, scoring 129 from 123 balls, but there was no other big partnership. Mangal's century was Afghanistan's highest ODI score. The next highest score was Samiullah Shenwari's 25. Krishna Karate was the pick of the UAE bowlers with 3-45.
The UAE reply started with both openers getting out for single figure scores. But Mohammad Shahzad and Khurram Khan proceeded to put on 160 for the third wicket, taking the game away from Afghanistan, before Shahzad was out for 79 in the 33rd over.
Khurram Khan, kept plugging away, bringing up his century in the 40th over. He eventually scored an unbeaten 132 as his team completed a six wicket win in the 49th over of their run chase.
The sides will meet again on Tuesday - the UAE national day - for the third ODI of the fourth match series. With UAE now on nine wins in ten one-day matches against the Afghans, Afghanistan will be keen to get off the mark in this series.
United Arab Emirates beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets
ICC Academy, Dubai, 30 November
Afghanistan 280-8 (50 overs, Nawroz Mangal 129, Afsar Zazai 51)
United Arab Emirates 282-4 (48.2 overs, Khurram Khan 132*, Mohammad Shahzad 79)


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We’ve recently interviewed famous Welsh referee, and Maxi Haulage driver, Brian Bevan.
Brian, why did you first get involved in refereeing?
I finished playing local Saturday football when I was 30 years old, but wanted to carry on in football, and a local manager suggested refereeing, so I went on a 6 week course in January 1986, and started refereeing on Saturday afternoons in August 1986 at local amateur level, but also continued playing in Sunday league. The referees officer assessed me a few times and was quickly impressed and suggested that I needed to finish playing, as I was refereeing the same players as I was playing against the following day! After a good think I finished playing football completely and concentrated on refereeing.
In 1991 I was promoted to Level A standard onto the highest local level which involved refereeing some ex pros at a decent standard.
In 1992/3 season the Welsh premier league started and I was one of the original referees on the roster, travelling the length and breadth of Wales to officiate every week.
I finished refereeing in 2004 as 48 was the maximum age at the time that you could referee at League of Wales level.
Did you ever referee any famous players?
I refereed quite a few ex Welsh Internationals, including ex Manchester United player Clayton Blackmore, Mickey Thomas, Mark Delaney, later of Aston Villa, ex West Ham player Kenny Baker and Steve Bull of Wolves who played for England a few times.
Highlights of your career
My career highlight was refereeing the 2003 Welsh Cup final at Llanelli. It was Cwmbran vs Barry Town and was eventually won by Barry Town in a penalty shoot out.
I refereed Wales v Finland U19 international friendly at Porthmadog.
I am also the only referee from the Wrexham area to have refereed every cup final in Wales.
My only disappointment was after being appointed fourth official for a UEFA cup tie in Belarus involving Dinamo Kiev, I was unable to travel as I didn’t have a passport!!
What was the best ground you refereed at?
It would have to be either the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham or Ninian Park in Cardiff.
How stressful was refereeing at a high level?
I have to say I didn’t feel any stress, just thoroughly enjoyed refereeing. Having played football previously for so long I thought it gave me more respect as players were aware of this, and knew I understood the game.
I always felt I had a good relationship with players and managers, and Bangor City Manager Peter Davenport (ex England, Manchester United, Notts Forest) said I was good enough to referee at the highest level in England, but was unable to do so unfortunately as I was in the Welsh structure.
Did you carry on in football after retiring from refereeing League of Wales?
For the first few years I watched local football until 2009 when I was appointed North East Wales referees officer, which involved recruiting new referees, organising seminars and appointing referees for local area league and cup games on behalf of the FA of Wales. I finished in 2013 as I returned to distance driving with Maxi and didn’t have the time to commit.
In 2013 I returned to my main love in football by following the mighty Leeds United home and away which I have thoroughly enjoyed despite their poor results!

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With so quite a few persons leaping on to the “ketogenic diet” bandwagon ideal now, more and additional people today are setting up to surprise if this food plan plan is for them. Even if you are not on a ketogenic food plan, you would be difficult pressed not to have viewed keto precise foods now popping up in your grocery store.
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Listed here are some details to maintain in head about keto merchandise…
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Just for the reason that a merchandise states it is keto does not essentially necessarily mean it is designed to aid you get rid of body weight. The ketogenic diet is a reduced-carb, significant-unwanted fat diet program so it tremendously lowers your carbohydrate consumption, replacing it with fats.
3. Verify The Nourishment. At last, also continue to keep nourishment in intellect. If the keto snack is seriously processed as several are, and as one aims to replace some of the processed substantial carb snacks in their consuming strategy, they are continue to not usually nutritious. A chocolate bar is never a superior decision, no issue if it is a keto bar or not. So do not eliminate frequent feeling just for the reason that you see the expression “keto.”
If you hold these details in mind, you ought to be improved ready to decipher the marketing and advertising of keto goods and make sure they do not steer you away from your wise study course of having healthily.


McDonalds shareholders voted down a proposal that would have potentially set the company on a path toward reducing the number of single-use plastic straws it distributes.
The proposal merely would have required McDonalds to investigate and submit a report on efforts to find alternatives to plastic straws and to assess the business risks associated with continuing to use plastic straws. Despite the noncommittal nature of the proposal, it garnered votes from less than 10% of McDonalds shareholders.
In January, McDonalds pledged to source all packaging from renewable or recycled sources by 2025. And that was a hugely laudable step forward. But this week’s shareholder vote sent a message that there will be no additional measures to protect the planet. To keep pushing forward to address the immense amount of plastic straw waste it is responsible for would be “redundant” in their eyes. The company stated that the requested report would divert funds from its current initiatives and have no benefit.
Here at Lady Freethinker we write about single-use plastics quite a bit. That’s because they are causing a massive problem for the environment, animals, and public health. The images, stories, and statistics piling up and the real world implications of a throwaway culture are clear. Turtles’, birds’, fish’s, and other sea dwelling creatures’ homes are being trashed, and animals are often killed and maimed by human waste.
It is past time for humans to collectively take responsibility and move more purposefully toward a sustainable and less needlessly wasteful way of life. This decision by McDonalds’ shareholders is disheartening, but it is likely not the end of the story. Advocates are ramping up pressure and seeing their efforts pay off. For example, in March McDonalds announced phasing-out plastic straws in its UK stores.
But for now, the world’s leading fast food restaurant chain has tabled the discussion of eliminating single-use plastic straws across the globe.


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Vasovagal Syncope and Driving
What is the likelihood of a motor vehicle accident causing serious risk or harm in patients with frequent vasovagal syncope?
Data were from the POST (Prevention of Syncope Trial) -1 and -2, which were multicenter randomized studies of patients with ≥3 lifetime vasovagal syncope spells. POST-1 patients received metoprolol or placebo for ≤1 year; POST-2 patients received fludrocortisone or placebo for ≤1 year. The POST patient accident data were compared with that of the general population of drivers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
A total of 418 patients (mean age 38 years) had a median of 10 lifetime faints and a median of three faints in the previous year. Total follow-up time was 0.77 years per person. A total of 174 subjects fainted, having a total of 615 faints. Two patients fainted while driving, without fatality or injury, with a likelihood of 0.62% per person-year. The risk of serious harm or death was <0.0035% per person-year, and 0.0018% per faint. In the general United States, United Kingdom, and Canadian driving populations, the risk of serious harm or death was 0.067% per driver-year, and the risk of death was 0.009%.
The estimated risk of serious harm or death was <0.0035% per person-year in highly symptomatic syncope patients, less than the risk of serious harm or death in the general population.
A sudden loss of consciousness while driving may cause a motor vehicle accident, serious injury, or death of the vehicle occupants or other motorists and pedestrians. Legal restrictions on the ability to drive for patients with a predilection to syncope vary significantly among jurisdictions, but most prohibit driving for 3-12 months. The risk of syncope while driving among patients with frequent episodes of vasovagal syncope appears to be very low in this study. While most patients in the study were from Alberta and were most likely told to abstain from driving for only a week, and the follow-up was <1 year, the prospective design for a study on this topic is novel and certainly a plus. Alas, we do not know whether patients in this study restricted their driving and how much.
Keywords: Accidents, Traffic, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Automobile Driving, Fludrocortisone, Metoprolol, Primary Prevention, Risk, Syncope, Syncope, Vasovagal
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CHEM 4492 Introduction to Undergraduate Research II (Spring: 3 )
Sophomores or juniors who show exceptional ability may engage in an independent research project under the supervision of a faculty member. The experimental work will be preceded by library research on the project and training in essential laboratory techniques.
Instructor(s): The Department
Last Updated: 13-Aug-18

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Crawling through the swampy jungles of Vietnam, the MACV/SOG needed a knife they could count on. This Elite Forces Fighter is modeled after the knife they would've carried. Its 6 1/4" anodized all-black blade features a clip point tip and a razor-sharp edge. The stacked-leather handle grips well and will surely last over time. Includes a leather sheath with sharpening stone pocket and included sharpening stone.


July 11, 2014, 7am PDT
Bike share programs are spreading throughout the United States, now in 36 urban areas, up from six four years ago. However, half the programs have encountered technical or financial difficulties, according to a tally by The Wall Street Journal.
November 16, 2013, 9am PST
Apparently Toronto's dysfunctional mayor hasn't stopped the rest of the city's government from functioning. With the city's bike share program facing insolvency, the city council voted to provide the Bixi-operated system with an infusion of cash.