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- RWAs meet Puri with plea to ‘save’ city
NEW DELHI: On Friday, 108 properties were sealed by the three corporations during the drive being conducted on the directions of Supreme Court-empowered monitoring committee. Meanwhile, a group of resident welfare associations running the ‘save our city’ campaign met Union urban development minister Hardeep Puri to brief him about the concerns of the residents about the proposed amendments to the Delhi Master Plan 2021. “The minister was aware of our concerns and were appreciative of our queries. He assured us that our concerns will be addressed, but a balance will be struck. Care will be taken so that decisions can stand legal scrutiny without causing unrest for any section,” Regimon CK, who heads the Dwarka forum said. “Puri assured us that there will be no relaxation on parking norms as Delhi can’t afford to be grid locked. Our suggestion on geo-satellite survey and tallying tax records and our concern for residential peace was well taken,” said Rajiv Kakria, from GK-1 RWA, also a prominent member of ‘save our city’. The copy of the joint resolution and key demands of the RWAs, which TOI had reported earlier, was handed over to Puri. Earlier, in the day the North Delhi Municipal Corporation sealed 42 units — 14 of which were located in sector-8 Rohini, 10 in Mukherjee Nagar, 9 in Karol Bagh zone and 8 on Roshanara Road. One unit was sealed in Lok vihar of Keshavpuram zone. The south corporation sealed 16 units. “As per directions of the monitoring committee sealing action was taken in Panjabi Bagh Extension and various blocks of Janak Puri for ongoing commercial activities in the stilt area of the properties. The east civic body carried out drives in Sunder Nagar, Surajmal Vihar, Vigyan Vihar, Gyan Kunj and Priyadarshini Vihar, sealing total 49 properties.
- Why cops are losing sleep over those who got away
NEW DELHI: There have been quite a few sensational crimes in recent times that have remained unsolved. These range from murders to cash van loots. The pile-up has put the specialised units of Delhi Police under severe strain. This year, at least three sensational murders have had the police on their toes. On February 9, a businessman was killed in Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, days after he returned from the UK. Three days earlier, a Congress functionary and real estate businessman Vinod Mehra was gunned down on a busy flyover in northwest Delhi. Police suspect the south Delhi murder was due to personal rivalry and the Congress member was killed in road rage. In January, a 30-year old man was shot dead in full public view at Prashant Vihar. Ravi Bhardwaj was shot 16 times in what was, according to the police, a gang war. Gangster Jitender Gogi is the prime suspect in the case. The list of unsolved murders is long. The brutal murder of a doctor inside St Stephen’s hospital is another case in point. The suspect in this case, another doctor, was identified but can’t be traced. He is suspected to have fled to Nepal or some spiritual place where he could be practising yoga, sources said. In October-end, businessman Pankaj Garg (35) and his accountant Harish Bhatia were shot dead while on their way to a bank. The killers then fled with a cash bag containing Rs 25 lakh. Garg’s driver and another staffer escaped with injuries. Police released sketches of the shooters and suspect the role of an outer Delhi gangster but haven’t made any breakthrough yet. Other than the murders, there were cash van loots and ATM thefts that also haven’t been solved. In May and June last year, criminals on bikes attacked cash vans. At Bhalswa Dairy on June 23, such a van was attacked and its gunman shot. Rs 19 lakh was looted in this heist. There were also cases where entire ATMs were uprooted and taken away between October last year and January this year. Incidentally, a suspended crime branch policeman is a suspect. Police sources said there was an urgent need to reshuffle officials in specialised units. While the special cell is mostly busy with documentation of surrenders of interstate criminals or filing chargesheets and collecting evidence in cases handed over to them by intelligence agencies, the crime branch seems to be focusing on routine arrests of petty criminals. Cracking the Jindal family murders, rescuing a kidnapped child and handling the Dhinakaran bribery case, have kept them occupied in the last one year.
- 3 toll plazas on Yamuna eway to send live CCTV feed to police control rooms soon
After the Mahuvan toll plaza on NH-2, near Agra-Mathura border, started sending live feed from its CCTV cameras to Mathura police control room last month, which put an end to cases of manhandling and misbehaviour with toll plaza staff, three toll booths on the Yamuna expressway -- Jewar of Gautam Buddha Nagar (NOIDA) district, Mant of Mathura district and Khandauli of Agra district -- are set to be linked to PCRs by the next month
- Two years on, Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park breathes again
NEW DELHI: Nearly two years after a revival project was taken up, the once barren Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park now dons a lush green look. Inaugurated in early January by lieutenant governor Anil Baijal, the valley is open to all interested in nature and wildlife. Scientists said that over the past two years, a number of jackals, rare birds and even leopards had been spotted by locals. Faiyaz Khudsar, the scientist in charge of Yamuna Biodiversity Park, said the change in landscape and ecology had brought back a number of species, including leopards and jackals. Khudsar, who also worked on the revival project, said animals were being mapped and tracked through pressure impression pads (PIP) set up to keep track of species arriving each month. “The park is close to Tughlaqabad and Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary where leopard pugmarks have been spotted in the past. It is possible that the animal had come from there.” Using PIPs, it has been found that large numbers of jackals, mongooses and porcupines have visited the area. “The prey base is building in the form of nilgai, and chances are that predators like leopards will come again,” said Khudsar. However, no recent pugmark has been spotted, he added. When the revival work began, the landscape was devoid of vegetation, barring a few trees of prosopis juliflora, known to reduce groundwater levels. Weeds such as lantana and parthenium had also invaded the area. Through a series of plantation campaigns by both Delhi Development Authority and TOI as part of Hero-TOI Green Drive in 2015, over one lakh native saplings were planted, which have already grown 6-8 feet, scientists said. In 2016, TOI planted 20,000 more plants as part of the drive. “A three-storey canopy has been developed at the valley and all native species have been used. The area has been completely revived and birds, butterflies and reptiles have all come back,” said C R Babu, the professor emeritus and head of Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems who was also the chief ecologist of the project. At present, there are 115 plant, 103 bird, 32 butterfly, 15 reptile and amphibian, and eight mammalian species in the park.
- Road rage in Delhi again: 3 attacked across east Delhi
NEW DELHI: The capital’s image of being a city on a short fuse got re-established this week when three people were assaulted in road rage incidents in Vivek Vihar, Jagatpuri and Ghazipur — all in east Delhi. In Jagatpuri, a 23-year-old law student, Shubham Dixit, suffered injuries on the head and a broken shoulder after his neighbours, Sumit, Sunal and Ravi, thrashed him on Monday evening for moving their motorcycle from in front of his house to park his own two-wheeler. “I moved it a little ahead to park my bike. Suddenly, they came and asked me how dare I moved their vehicle,” Dixit told cops. Later, they entered Dixit’s house and hit him with sticks in front of his mother and sister. The accused have been sent to judicial custody. In Vivek Vihar, a cabbie was thrashed and his Maruti WagonR was damaged by four people coming in a Hyundai i10 on Wednesday night when he was coming out of a CNG station. Santosh Kumar Pandey told the police that after hitting his car from behind, the men, coming from a wedding, started arguing with him. Soon the men started thrashing Pandey, who finally ran into a nearby police station to save himself. Besides a head injury, a few of Pandey’s fingers also got fractured. While many passersby stopped to record the incident on their phones, none tried to stop the fight, the victim said. In a video, a man in his 50s and wearing a silver suit is seen trying to break the windshield of Pandey’s car. Another man, in a maroon kurta, is seen hitting the car repeatedly with a stick. A case for causing hurt and under the motor vehicles act has been registered against the accused, who are out on bail. In Ghazipur, a businessman, Manish, was thrashed for not giving way to another car in a narrow lane around 1.40am on Thursday. The police said the occupants of the Maruti Alto pulled out the Maruti Swift driver and beat him with rods. When Manish resisted, they smashed the windows of his car with the same rods. A case has been registered.
- Chennai witnesses spurt in crime against women
CHENNAI: The sudden spurt in crimes against women in the city is worrying residents, with many saying the brazenness of the offenders, even in crowded places, is terrifying. The past couple of days have been particularly disturbing. A private security guard, Ramesh, hurled acid on Riziya, 40, at Kanathur, for rejecting his sexual advances, on Wednesday, only a coupleof days after the owner of a diagnostic centre in Madipakkam poured a flammable liquid on one of his staffers, Yamuna, and set her afire, saying her slackness at work caused him losses. Last week, three men attacked and robbed Lavanya Reddy, a software engineer, near Semmancherry. The murder of S Swathi, hacked to death at Nungambakkam Railway Station in June 2016 by a stalker, the killing of Induja, burned to death in her house in November 2017 by a man whose marriage proposal she rejected, the arrest of Arivalagan, who sexually assaulted sleeping women, the apprehension of Jayaprakash who groped many women walking alone at night. The list is endless. Even the supposedly software industry is not free of people with a chauvinist mindset, said Forum for IT Employees president Parimala Panchatcharam. “They believe women don’t have rights. If they propose the girls have to accept,” she said. The city police say they are doing everything they can to curb crimes against women. “We have increased patrolling and got CCTV cameras installed in many areas,” said a senior officer.
- Noida eyes Rs 30,000 crore biz via MoUs with firms
The three development authorities of Gautam Budh Nagar—Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway— expect to rein in investments worth more than Rs 30,000 crore from the Uttar Pradesh Investors’ Summit 2018 being held in Lucknow. The two-day summit started on Wednesday.
- Rangoli buyers file police complaint over delivery delay
Buyers of flats in the Avalon Rangoli project in Dhundahera have alleged the builder, having assured them on February 10 that handover will happen soon, missed the deadline of February 20. They have written a complaint to police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar and marked it to the economic offences wing (EOW).
- After rap from SC panel, corporations seal 130 units
Sealing drive reached South Extension-I on Tuesday when the local shopping complex in D-block of the area was targeted for misuse of properties as per the directions of the monitoring committee. As many as 30 units in the form of basements and upper floors of properties in the local shopping centre were sealed for ‘misuse and non-payment of conversion charges,’ the members of building department undertaking the action said.
- 20km Pink Line stretch to open soon
The Majlis Park to Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus stretch of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line is going to open next month. The safety inspection of the 20.6-km section is going to be carried out at the end of February and after a safety go-ahead, the stretch would be opened to public.
- CBI refuses to disclose expenses incurred in attempts to bring back Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi
Pune-based activist Vihar Dhurve had approached the agency seeking details of expenses incurred by the government to bring back Mallya, wanted in India on charges of Rs 9,000-crore fraud and Lalit Modi, who is facing a money laundering probe.
- Smog gun back for fresh shot at fighting bad air
The ‘anti-smog gun’ that was last tested in December returned to the capital’s streets on Monday as part of the ongoing ‘Clean Air for Delhi’ campaign. The machine was used on PWD roads during non-peak hours to check how effective it could be in reducing pollution.
- IAF's Sukhoi fighters to land at Jolly Grant civil airport in Dehradoon
In a first at Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun, a detachment of two Su-30 MKI aircraft would operate from here as part of activating the civil airport so that the option for any future requirement of the Indian Air Force (IAF) remains open
- DND snatchers held after firing at cops
Two men were arrested after they fired at cops at a picket in Mayur Vihar Phase I on Friday night. Soon, it was found that they were part of the armed robbers' gang targeting bikers around DND Flyway in the past one week. On their tipoff, two more were arrested.
- Agra man chained for nine days in his flat, son & wife booked
AGRA:A 62-year-old local businessman was rescued by local police, after he was found to be chained by his son and wife in Sanjay Place-based residential building apartment. Identified as Rajesh Bansal, who is suffering from diabetes, the victim was confined in a room for past nine days, by his son Nimit Bansal and wife Neelam Bansal. The family lives in flat number 207 of Narayana tower. In an FIR filed by Rajesh, he claimed, that his limbs were initially tied with plastic ropes and was kept on floor, later, his wife and son shackled him in iron chain. “I was confined since February 8. For last two days, the two didn’t even offer me water to drink. Both of them kicked me several times,” read the FIR. According to police, Rajesh is a habitual alcoholic and often quarreled with his family members. The family of three never interacted with neighbours and Rajesh’s son Nimit believed that Rajesh will spend entire family property on his bad habits. Rajbir, the watchman of the residential building, told TOI that on Thursday evening, Rajesh dropped a handwritten note, asking for help. The note was received by Yogendar, the on-duty watchman, who took the letter to Nishi Mittal, the owner of flat number 206 and informed her about the note. Later, the two called me and asked to inform the police.” “Rajesh was rescued after police intervention,” said Rajbir. Mahesh Chandar Gautam, station officer of Hariparvat said, “Rajesh had developed blister and was bleeding from both of his legs due to iron chain by which he was shackled in the room. The family has some dispute over property and mental condition of the victim. Based on his written complaint, we have booked his wife and son and arrested them.” Currently, Nimit runs his father's business of hardware manufacturing parts in trans-yamuna area.
- City embraces festive look for KCR’s birthday celebrations
HYDERABAD: The city is wearing a festive look, with TRS leaders putting up huge hoardings of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, greeting him on his 64th birthday, which falls on February 17. Celebrations began on Friday as TRS supporters abroad organised various programmes, including blood donation camps. Celebrations were organised in Australia, New Zealand and Bahrain. KCR will not participate in any events planned for the occasion. At Telangana Bhavan, the party office, Nizamabad MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha will participate in the celebrations at 11.30am on Friday. She will also attend the celebrations organised by minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav at Jal Vihar at 10.30am. The programme at Telangana Bhavan is organised by TRSV, the students’ wing of the party. Ministers, including Mahendar Reddy, T Srinivas Yadav, Sambipur Raju, MLC will participate. On Thursday, she released a song that extols KCR as “Karana Janmudu”. TRS supporters also organised celebrations at Arts College, Osmania University on Thursday. In the districts, too, party leaders, legislators, MPs and ministers planned celebrations. In Suryapet, energy minister Jagdish Reddy will lay the foundation stone for 2BHK houses at Kesaram village.
- Resolve issue of high ammonia level in Yamuna: NGT
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Delhi and Haryana chief secretaries to hold a meeting on February 20 and resolve the issue of high ammonia content in the Yamuna. A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report had found the level well past the permissible limit at four major points. CPCB had submitted an analysis report of ammonia level at Hathnikund barrage, ITO barrage, Wazirabad and Okhla water treatment plants. The level was the highest (24.9 ppm) at ITO. The permissible limit for ammonia is 0.2 ppm. The ammonia level at Hathnikund barrage was 0.6 ppm, 1.9 ppm at Wazirabad and 0.8 ppm at Okhla WTP on February 15. Following the submission, a bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim asked the chief secretaries of Delhi and Haryana to convene a meeting to resolve the issue. They have been asked to submit the results of the meeting on February 21 and listed the matter for hearing on February 22. “The chief secretaries may summon the chairman or member secretary of Upper Yamuna River Board and member secretary of CPCB to participate in the meeting and assist in resolving the issue,” the bench said on Friday. NGT also noted that Supreme Court had passed an order where Haryana was directed to supply sufficient water to Wazirabad and Haiderpur. In the last hearing, the tribunal had asked CPCB to inspect the Yamuna water for ammonia and pollution levels after Delhi Jal Board (DJB) filed a plea last week saying supply in Delhi was being severely affected. DJB had alleged that Haryana was supplying “poisoned sewage water” to the capital with 2.6 ppm of ammonia content in it, even though the limit should not be above 0.5 ppm.
- Jewar airport to have 80 million passengers by 2022: Report
GREATER NOIDA: PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the agency preparing the techno-economic feasibility report (TEFR) for the sanctioned international airport at Jewar, has projected that the airports in Delhi and Jewar will cater to over 300 million passengers annually by 2050. The agency has also projected that the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) will become saturated with a 100-million passenger count by 2024-25, which will give rise to the need for a second airport in NCR. The airport at Jewar would fulfil the need, PWC said. According to the TEFR, the current passenger traffic at the IGI airport in Delhi is 60 million, which is likely to get saturated in the next seven years. The report says NCR will feel the need for another airport once the passenger count in Delhi crosses the 100-million mark. In the first phase, the Jewar airport will have two runways and will cater to a passenger count of 80 million when it is likely to get operational by 2022-23, two years before the IGIA reaches its threshold traffic handling capacity, PWC says. Hence, all passenger traffic from IGIA will be diverted to the airport at Jewar. According to the TEFR, Jewar will have two additional runways in the second phase, which will further increase its traffic-handling capacity. Spread over 5,000 hectares and with four runways, the sanctioned international airport at Jewar is being billed as “India’s biggest”. Officials said the authority had enough land along the Yamuna expressway and the airport could be expanded if needed. Together, the two airports in Delhi and Jewar will be able to cater to over 300 million passengers, according to the report. To make the plan a success, the revenue generation model could include providing parking facilities for aircraft besides implementing a Maintenance, Repair, & Operation (MRO) system, YEIDA officials said. The officials further said Prabhat Kumar, the YEIDA chairman who also holds post of the divisional commissioner of Meerut, had reviewed the progress of the preparation of the TEFR on Tuesday. The final TEFR is expected to be completed by March 15, along with the proposed project’s environment and social impact assessment. The bidding process for the proposed airport is likely to commence by June-July. If all goes according to the plan, the foundation of the project is likely to be laid in 2018, the officials said.


In This Together
Date and time: Wed, December 31, 1969 - 4:00 pm
City/Town: 500 King Street West, Toronto
Stories of solidarity between unusual allies in the struggle to safeguard northwest BC's watersheds with a special performance by Rachelle Van Zanten.
The Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition (SWCC) will share stories of the ups and downs of grassroots activism in their neck of the woods, The Sacred Headwaters and Northern BC. The SWCC has been successful in helping to halt big industry from encroaching on the Sacred Headwaters, and is currently fighting to stop proposed liquefied natural gas lines from crossing through their community. The SWCC has worked with First Nations, Government and their local community to raise awareness about the issues facing the wild and pristine place they call home. Rachelle Van Zanten is Canada's #1 female slide guitarist that has lent her voice to help raise awareness about the region and the battles they’re waging. This evening is intended to inspire our community about local activism, solutions, and help to re-energize our many hard-working local activists to continue their efforts to inspire and implement positive change.


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Liège is changing , from and in response to the decline and eventual disappearance of the industry in the mining area. One problem is the apparent lack of attractiveness and another one the degradation of the city center. This has led to a polarization of the urban fabric between rich and poor where workers are still not integrated or interact with the rest of the city. The topography of the valley of the Meuse reinforces the fragmentation of the urban fabric, but also represents a strength of this territory.
These elements led us to the definition of four different urban models, or simply four types of cities:
1. The dense city: old and compact, localized between the Meuse river and the hills.
2. The mining city: the mining landscape on the hillside which consists on mining housing tissues andf abandoned mining activities sites and heaps.
3. The steel city: the landscape of the industrial valley that has played a leading role and is now the place where major changes might come. Industries are mainly located along the Meuse river, which implies an enormous potential for the valley.
4. The emerging city (or the 'edge city'): the contemporary city, on the plateau developed a long road and transport infrastructures and large objects agglomerations: university, business parks, shopping centers, etc.
The first objective was to assess the implementation of the tram and the structured and sustainable development regarding these four types of cities in Liege. This was a great opportunity to be able to reflect on the future of a territory based on the installation of a public transport infrastructure through its various social and urban morphologies.


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A young man who was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Louth student Cameron Reilly was reportedly a "close friend" of the teen.
The 18-year-old was arrested in Dunleer yesterday and is currently being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Drogheda Garda station.
While the arrested teen is confirmed to have known the victim, a motive has yet to be established by detectives, the Independent reports .
However, reports in the Irish Sun claim the suspect may have "gotten in a row with victim before strangling him".
The Irish Sun previously reported that the Dundalk IT student was killed after arranging to meet someone he knew.
The arrest was made after gardaí seized clothing and footwear from several of Cameron's friends, which is understood to have led to a vital DNA breakthrough in the case.
The arrested 18-year-old has no previous criminal convictions.
A garda spokesman said: “As part of the investigation into the death of Cameron Reilly that occurred on 26th May, 2018 in Dunleer, Co. Louth Gardaí from Drogheda have this morning, Friday 15th June, 2018 arrested an 18-year-old male in Dunleer, Co. Louth.
“The man is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Drogheda Garda station."
Cameron's body was found by a dog-walker in a field just outside of the town of Dunleesr, Co Louth on the morning of May 26.
A post mortem confirmed the 18-year-old student died in "violent circumstances" after being beaten and strangled.

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As a safety and health professional, there will inevitably be those trying times when you must counsel a worker who has lost a finger, multiple fingers, a hand, or an entire arm to a work-related injury.
As a non-medical professional, you are limited in what help you can provide. Simply being there for the amputee, visiting him or her in the hospital and later at home, is a comfort. Simply listening with compassion and few words on your part also can help.
It will help you to review the famed five stages of the grieving process that many amputees will experience, here explained by Saul Morris, PhD:
Denial is usually experienced by people who go through traumatic amputations, and normally those who have had surgical amputations will not experience it.
Often people will blame God, the doctor, or others for their loss.
In this stage, patients may attempt to postpone the reality of amputation, and most patients will try to bargain with their doctor or through a higher authority such as a religious figure.
In this stage, anger is replaced by depression. This is probably the most complicated stage of grief, but it too will go away. This is not clinical depression. It is normal. Common symptoms include sleeping either too much or too little, negative feelings about the environment and the future, feelings of hopelessness, and talking about death. Depression is not a sign of weakness, however, and should not be seen as such. It is treatable, and you should not hesitate to seek help from your doctor, nurse, family and friends.
Acceptance and Hope
Eventually, the harm individual will come to terms with their loss and start living again. This is more easily achieved if the person has a visit from a peer counselor who has been through this entire process and can give some tips on coping with loss.
Although complicated grief is not common in amputee patients, you should be aware of its symptoms, which include severe isolation, violent behavior, suicidal ideation, workaholic behavior, severe or prolonged depression, nightmares, and avoiding reminders of the amputation. If the patient does experience any of these symptoms, it’s your job to inform appropriate medical professionals.
For more information, visit www.amputee-coalition.org

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A new touristic initiative will transfer passengers along the coast of North Zealand from Copenhagen to Helsingør and back.
It is now possible to sail to Helsingør via a new Sundbusserne route from Copenhagen starting on Friday.
The boat departs from Toldboden. Normally, the Sundbussers only sail between Helsingør and Helsingborg but for the rest of the summer, pedestrians can hop on at Toldboden in Copenhagen and go north.
Need for new ways
The idea for the new route emerged during the Coronavirus Crisis, Hans Froholdt, shipping company director for Sundbusserne told TV2.
“We have previously thought that there is a need for more transport in the Øresund, which led out of Copenhagen. And with these unpredictable corona times, we have to think differently – and we have done that by trying out new solutions,” said Froholdt.
Take a ride
The sailing trip costs 125 kroner for adults and 50 kroner for children. Bringing bikes costs an extra 50 kroner. The trip takes about an hour and a quarter. The same trip takes about 50 minutes by train and 48 minutes by car.
The ferry “Lea Elizabeth” leaves from the quay Wednesday to Sunday and begins the day with a departure at 8 am from Helsingør.
The company will test the new initiative for the rest of the summer holidays.
New metro trains – more space and more departures
Although subway passenger numbers have fallen by 30 percent during the coronavirus lockdown, Metroselskabet expects a rise in the future with eight new trains imported from Italy. These trains can fit more passengers, and are decorated differently. It guarantees an increase of space by 20 percent and more departures during rush hour. Newly purchased, these trains will serve on the M1 and M2 lines. However, the new trains will not be put into operation until the autumn of 2021 and the winter between 2021 and 2022.
Dancing and singing forbidden: Little Friday in Tivoli is back, but in a different form
On Thursday, Tivoli’s Little Friday season kicks off. However, the concerts will be of a different calibre this time. Due to COVID-19, Little Friday has been moved from the Orangery to the Lawn in Tivoli. There is room for 500 seats, divided into small groups with tape and lines. For safety reasons, concert guests must remain seated in their allotted spaces, and walk to the bar one at a time. In addition, it is prohibited to sing and dance in the audience. “We have good experience from the Film på Plænen. People are generally good at keeping their distance, so it should probably work,” said Torben Plank, press manager at Tivoli.
Against cannabis trade: Three people arrested in Nørrebroparken
On Wednesday, the Copenhagen Police arrested three people suspected of supplying cannabis sellers in Nørrebroparken. The three arrested are expected to show up in an interrogation on Thursday. “We have long had a strong focus on Nørrebroparken and make regular arrests of the sellers. Today we have gone after their supplies. We are not done with that, so there may well be more arrests in the near future,” said Rune Nielsen, head of the Operational Special Department in the Copenhagen Police and a deputy police inspector.

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Search engines today use extremely sophisticated algorithms to guess what you’ll be searching for next based on your previous queries. This optimization has paid off very well for companies like Google, for instance, which can use this information to serve you better, more relevant results to queries, but also sell better ads.
It’s thrilling to hear, though, that more or less the same technology is used to predict which people have cancer before they even visited a doctor — powerful tech that’s used to save lives, not just make a hefty profit.
Dr. Eric Horvitz is both a medical doctor and a computer scientist, a double background that serves him well as the head of Microsoft’s newly founded Health and Wellness division.
One day, Horvitz got a call from a friend who was feeling sick. After describing his symptoms, Horvitz advised him to seek medical help. Not long after, the man was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died only a few months later.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most unforgiving diseases out there, with only 3 percent of patients surviving five years after the diagnosis.
Today, Horvitz and colleagues at Microsoft published a paper in which they claim search queries can be used to predict if a person has pancreatic cancer with pretty good accuracy, considering they’re only working with anonymous queries.
Using data from Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, the researchers devised a computer model that could tell if the symptoms people query online are linked with pancreatic cancer. The researchers say they could distinguish between ‘serious’ concerned queries and those based on anxiety. They could also sniff cancer before a person was even considering searching for ‘cancer symptoms.’
Pancreatic cancer is particularly hard to sniff because its symptoms don’t seem very severe: itchy skin, weight loss, light-colored stools, patterns of back pain and a slight yellowing of the eyes and skin. This also made it very interesting to use as a data mining target because the symptoms could be easily confused with other diseases.
According to the paper published in the Journal of Oncology Practice, the researchers could “identify 5% to 15% of pancreatic cancer cases, while preserving extremely low false-positive rates (0.00001 to 0.0001).”
That means 1 in 100,000 to 10,000 people would be informed that they might have pancreatic cancer, but not actually have it. This would scare some, but it would be worth it considering the lives saved. The authors of the paper say this early diagnosis could up the five-year pancreatic cancer survival rate to 5 to 7 percent.
“We are excited about applying this analytical pipeline to other devastating and hard-to-detect diseases,” Horvitz said.
It’s worth noting that the researchers didn’t check their results with the health records of the people doing the online queries since these were anonymous. As such, the team’s claim that it could raise the survival rate, as well as the false positive rate, should be taken with a grain of salt.
Nevertheless, it’s refreshing to see health search queries being put to good use. We now live in an age where people first go to Google to type their symptoms instead of calling their doctors. At least on in ten internet searches are health related.
With no medical training or experience, it’s easy to get lost down a rabbit hole which can cause anxious, sleepless nights. But maybe soon enough, you’ll get a personal health assistant that can actually interpret your illness and pain, then give you the right shove to visit a (human) professional.
“People are being diagnosed too late,” he said. “We believe that these results frame a new approach to pre-screening or screening, but there’s work to do to go from the feasibility study to real-world fielding.”
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The Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory is interested in all aspects of the bioconversion of lignocellulosic material to biofuels and bioproducts. This includes a number of research areas:
1. Thermochemical fractionation of biomass to polymers, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation to biochemicals (Prof. Bura)
2. Thermochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals; catalytic conversion of products (Prof. Resende)
3. Technoeconomic analysis and life cycle assessment of bioconversion processes; process control (Prof. Gustafson)
4. Membrane separations and catalytic conversion of sugars to fuels and chemicals (Prof. McKean)
We work with many types of biomass, from wood waste to agricultural residues (wheat straw, sugarcane bagasse) to energy crops (Giant reed, Arundo donax). By utilizing plant biomass that is either of low value for other products or can be grown on marginal land with minimal energy inputs, we can ensure that the biofuels and bioproducts produced are sustainable both environmentally and economically.
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Erik Budsberg, Rodrigo Morales, Mandana Ehsanipour and Chang Dou gave oral presentations. Rick Gustafson was the keynote speaker with a talk entitled "Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) – A multidisciplinary program to produce sustainable biofuels and bio-based chemicals from woody biomass".
Six BBL group members travelled to the meeting and reported on progress on utilizing hybrid poplar as a feedstock for biofuels.
Erik gave an oral presentation: “Life Cycle Assessment for Advanced Biofuel Production from Poplar Feedstock”
BBL graduate student Oliver Jan has launched a Microryza project for crowdsourcing funding on the conversion of lignin into gasoline and jet fuel. More information can be found here. Help spread the word!
Rick gave two oral presentations: "Ethanologens vs. Acetogens: Comparing Environmental Impacts of Two Fermentation Pathways to Produce Bioethanol" and "Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrocarbon Biofuels from Poplar Biomass" while Renata presented a poster entitled "Moving towards commercialization of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals: how best to deal with heterogeneous biomass?".
Congratulations to Chang on his thesis, entitled "Improving carbohydrate recovery from uncatalyzed steam pretreated hybrid poplar."
At the 35th annual symposium, Renata Bura presented an oral presentation entitled: "Moving towards commercialization of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals. How to deal with heterogeneous biomass?" while graduate student Jordan Crawford also gave an oral presentation entitled: "Techno-economic analysis of hydrocarbon biofuels from poplar biomass". Other members of the BBL team presented a total of 7 posters.
Xi Sigma Pi, the Forestry Honor Society founded at the University of Washington in 1908 awarded PhD student Oliver Jan (advisor Prof. Fernando Resende) the first place award for his research, entitled “A mechanistic approach towards lignin char reduction and valorization in catalytic fast pyrolysis through bifunctional Pd/ZSM-5 catalysts”. More information can be found here. Congratulations Oliver!
Shannon Ewanick and Renata Bura attended the 34th annual symposium where they each presented a poster. Ewanick presented "Bridging the gap: how can we reconcile optimal biomass conditions for comminution and handling with those for bioconversion?" and Bura "Revolutionary sensor to measure in the real time the progress of hydrolysis and fermentation for production of biofuels and biochemicals from lignocellulosic biomass".
Rick Gustafson and Renata Bura
The University of Washington and Washington State University are leads for two separate grants of $40 million each that will use Pacific Northwest woody biomass to expand what’s been a Midwest-centric biofuels industry into Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and northern California.
The five-year awards are the largest announced on Sept. 28 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Grants of between $15 million and $25 million are going to each of three other projects led by institutions in Tennessee, Louisiana and Iowa.
“These grants will help us develop our own regional industry and create jobs,” says Richard Gustafson, principal investigator of the UW-led grant and a UW professor of forest resources. “For the UW-led grant alone, a successful demonstration project over the next five years will lay the foundation to build five commercial biorefineries and cultivate 400,000 acres of poplars, resulting in 1,500 direct jobs, mostly in rural areas.”


Fight Amp – Constantly Off
Philadelphia’s hard-hitting trio Fight Amp return with the highly-anticipated follow-up to their 2012 stunner, Birth Control. The new record, titled Constantly Off, continues along the thunderous path the band have laid out for themselves. Although it contains a mere six tracks, the band make sure each one provides an ample beating. For those unfamiliar, Fight Amp play a delightfully heavy blend of grunge, noise rock, hardcore and sludge. The band waste no time pummeling the listener with the opening, drop-tuned march of “Ex Everything”. Massive guitars stomp about like Polyphemus and shake the entire earth. The track bleeds into “Survival Strange”, which churns out high octane grooves drenched in a Bleach-era Nirvana aesthetic. Bulky bass lines flex their muscles, drums spiral out of control and guitars cycle between angular assaults and dissonant dirges in this monstrous beatdown. “I Perceive Reptoids” begins with an Unsane-esque bass lines that grumble menacingly before the guitars unleash spiraling, dissonant melodies and AmRep grooves. Another massive bass line introduces “Happy Joyful Life” as bellowing guitars are birthed through walls of feedback. The song slowly builds in speed and chaos as it progresses and eventually reaches its hardcore-tinged, tumultuous climax. Constantly Off doesn’t show Fight Amp treading any new ground, but that doesn’t matter when the songs are this insane. If there is anyone out there who hasn’t been introduced to this band yet, now is the time.
Label: Brutal Panda
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Favorite Tracks: “Survival Is Strange” and “I Perceive Reptoids”
For Fans Of: Unsane, Melvins, Nirvana and Blacklisters
Wailin Storms – One Foot in the Flesh Grave
One Foot in the Flesh Grave, the debut full-length from North Carolina’s Wailin Storms, is a mighty doom punk opus that will be forever stuck in the minds of all who listen to it. This 33-minute effort features southern fried sludge colliding head on with doomed blues and hazy-eyed punk nuances. It is a sound likened to Samhain’s deathrock if it were hijacked by The Murder City Devils and more recent Wovenhand material. The dark and raw occult recording begins with the menacing, possessed blues romp of “Don’t Forget the Sun”. Moody, death-tinged chords clang together like metal, reverberating leads call out in the night air like devilish incantations and vocalist Justin Storms’ bluesy howl ties everything together in a nice swampy rock package. Primal percussion introduces the album’s second track, “Ribcage Fireplace”, and paves the way for hypnotic, repetitive grooves to spearhead the track. In between bellowing one-note riffs, the track brings in murky psychedelia and satanic country twang in this ludicrously catchy tune. The band unleashes its inner Danzig on the Gothic punk stormer “Mystery Girl” while noisy cacophonies blend into the southern stomp of “Lost”. The album’s closer “German Fur Trails” features echoing leads that intertwine with downtrodden chord progressions and thunderous percussion. The song’s memorable choruses, walls of feedback and bestial climax makes for a satisfying end to a satisfying album. One Foot in the Flesh Grave is a catchy, doomed opus that serves as the essential first step to Wailin Storms eventual greatness.
Label: Magic Bullet
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Favorite Tracks: “Don’t Forget the Sun”, “Ribcage Fireplace”, “Walk” and “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board”
For Fans Of: Samhain, Danzig, Wovenhand, 16 Horsepower and Ancient VVisdom


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The melaconortin system is an endogen systems where the substances α- and γ- melanocortin stimulating hormone (MSH) as well as Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) collectively called melanocortins acts on specific receptors in a number of tissue and organs. The melanocortins are peptides that is released into the blood stream for the from the pituitary gland as well as released in a para- and autocrine (ie local in tissue and organs) fashion to modulate a number of different responses.
A total number of five melanocortin receptors has been identified, where the type 1 receptor originally was described in melanocytes in the skin and induced skin pigmentation upon stimulation with αMSH.
The type 2 receptor is present in the adrenal gland is in central in regulation of the release of glucocorticoids (GC´s). Glucocorticoids are essential for life as they regulate and promote essential mechanisms in the cardiovascular, metabolic, homeostatic and immune system. However, where natural levels of GC´s are essential for life, high levels as seen in Cushing disease and following long term treatment with GC´s is associated with a number of severe side effects.
The Type 3 receptor was originally shown to be present in the brain and to be associated with regulation of the autoimmune nerve system, in regulation of food intake as well as in central regulation of sexual function.
The Type 4 receptor has for more than two decades been target for drug development, as the receptor plays a pivotal role in central regulation of food intake. MC4r agonist are among the most potent compounds to reduce food intake, but has unfortunately unwanted side effects limiting their use in the general population of obese as they induce tachycardia and hypertension through stimulation of the sympathetic nerve system.
The role of the type 5 receptor has for years been unclear, but interestingly recent data indicates that MC5r plays a central role in regulation of T-cell activity, including an ability to induce T-regulatory cells important for regulation of immunologic homeostasis.
Melanocortin induce anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving effects through stimulation of Type 1 and type 3 receptorson a number of cells in the immune system.
In acute inflammation, local levels of melanocortins, as αMSH, is secreted locally within the inflamed tissue or organ by immune active cells, thereby reducing the risk for develop excessive inflammation. αMSH then stimulate MC1r and/or MC3r on cells as neutrophils and macrophages to secure
- that infiltration of inflammatory cells and release of proinflammatory mediators are reduced.
- that the ability to clear up the inflammatory process is stimulated, ie that melanocotins stimulate resolution of inflammation.
A central pathway in the resolution process is to recruit macrophages and induce a shift in phenotype of macrophages, whereby the cells ability to clear pro-inflammatory cells as neutrophils are stimulated. A process called efferocytosis.
Upon excessive inflammatory processes the endogen stimulation of the melanocortin receptors is not sufficient to promote resolution and it such setting pharmacological intervention with melanocortins has shown to be a very promising approach.
A number of development projects with melanocortin derived therapy has shown very promising effects. The founders of SynAct Pharma developed a peptide agonist AP214 into Phase 2 in high risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery and showed promising effects on the ability to protect against development of impaired kidney function, a severe condition where excessive inflammation both systemic and local plays an importing role for the deleterious consequences of the surgical intervention.
Today only one compound targeting the melanocortin-system is on the market, the ACHTAR gel marketed by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceutical. ACTHAR gel is used for rheumatoid diseases, as Rheumatoid Arthritis, for treatment of relapses in Multiple Sclerosis, for treatment of Nephrotic syndrome and for treatment of infantile Spasms with the current annual revenue above 1 B US$. As ACHTAR-gel not only stimulates the type 1 and type 3 melanocortins receptors, but also the Type 2 receptors, an major challenge associated with the use of ACHTAR- gel is stimulation of glucocorticoid releases and thereby treatment limiting side effects- The use of ACHTAR gel is therefore limited to difficult to treat cases where no other treatment options has shown to effective.
In addition, treatment with ACHTAR gel, other ACTH derived compound as well as traditional peptide agonists to the melanocortin receptors will induce unwanted skin pigmentation though stimulation of MC1r on melanocytes. A mechanism that is specifically related to cAMP mediated pathways within the melanocytes. Potential treatment limiting side effects as the result is marked hyperpigmentation.
Mode of action of the SynAct compound AP1189 differs from all other compounds developed within the melanocortin field, as the compound as a biased agonist against the MC1r and MC3r does not active cAMP mediated pathways, which mean that the compound does not stimulate skin pigmentation in melanocytes and it compared to ACHTAR gel does not stimulate the MC2r and thereby not the unwanted release of GC´s.

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THERE were 217 coronavirus cases per 100,000 in West Lancashire, which compares to the average area in England of 52 for the period September 26 to October 2.
There were 248 cases in West Lancashire in that period, which was up 117 on the previous week and the total cases in the borough up to October 5 is 1,360.
There have been 118 coronavirus-related deaths registered in West Lancashire up to September 25.
The pandemic has affected schools in the borough with staff and pupils at three classes at Pontville School in Ormskirk sent home to self-isolate after two members of staff tested positive for coronavirus.
Pubs and bars have also been affected with the Legh Arms in Mere Brow closed until Thursday, October 15 after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.
A post on their social media page said: “A member of our team has tested positive to coronavirus to whom we have provided our full support.
“We decided that temporary closure was our only option.
“We are working tirelessly to contact all relevant customers who have visited us and are following official Government track and trace advice and guidance.”
It added that a thorough deep clean of the premises will be carried out.
Burscough restaurant Eden is also now closed until Wednesday, October 14 after a member of staff tested positive for Covid. The Ship pub at Lathom has also closed for a period after a staff member tested positive.
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NORFOLK, Va. — As Virginians showed in 2020, even a pandemic cannot stop people’s right to vote.
The state saw record turnout in both voter registration and total voting numbers in the November General Election. Total votes came in at 4,413,388, while a record number of absentee votes tallied at more than two and a half million.
As of Wednesday, those voters along with every Virginian are now protected under the new Voting Rights Act of Virginia, signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam. A release from Northam’s office says it makes Virginia the first state in the nation to implement a state-level version of a voting rights act.
It prohibits “any state or local policy from denying or restricting the right to vote of any Virginian simply because of their race, color, or membership in a language minority group."
“The act of voting is freedom, it’s power. That’s why it’s been weaponized since it began,” Newport News Del. Marcia Price said in a virtual news conference Thursday, who sponsored the House version of the bill.
Some of the changes included in the bill are:
- Prohibits discrimination in elections administration, requires local election officials to get feedback or pre-approval for voting changes
- Allows individuals to sue in cases of voter suppression
- Requires localities seek public comment or pre-approval from the Office of the Attorney General on any proposed voting changes
- Empowers the Attorney General to sue in cases of voter suppression
- Civil penalties awarded as a result of voting discrimination will go towards a newly-established Voter Education and Outreach Fund.
“It gives us express authority to go in and protect people’s voting rights,” Attorney General Mark Herring told 13News Now in a virtual interview Thursday. “If a local practice or something else infringes on somebody’s voting rights it gives us clear authority to go in and go to court to protect that person’s right to vote.”
It also ensures voting materials be provided in foreign languages as needed.
These provisions, awaiting the final clearance from lawmakers after several technical amendments, would go into effect in September of this year.
This news comes weeks after Gov. Northam restored the voting rights of nearly 70,000 formerly incarcerated Virginians.

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3D - Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
In the brand new adventure JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, the tables are turned as four teenagers in detention are sucked into the world of Jumanji. When they discover an old video game console with a game theyave never heard of, they are immediately thrust into the gameas jungle setting, into the bodies of their avatars, played by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan. What they discover is that you donat just play Jumanji a"Jumanji plays you. Theyall have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, or theyall be stuck in the game forever...
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Chattanooga town Councilwoman Carol Berz, seat from the Mayor’s ladies Council, called the 460 per cent annual interest cost enabled in Tennessee for payday advances “ridiculous” and a factor to Tennessee’s standing just like the leading county in the united states again this year when it comes to rates of individual bankruptcies.
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“individuals become captured ,” Berz stated, “and a lot of people are utilizing payday advances perhaps not for issues however for continuous bills.”
Chattanooga gran Andy Berke, a former state senator, mentioned the payday credit business “has tremendous effects” from inside the Tennessee standard set-up. 24 months before, Chattanooga implemented limitations throughout the clustering of payday loan providers under area zoning regulations to limit newer payday credit sites within a half mile of every more or within 500 base of a residence.
But during a gathering of more than 100 members and supporters of this Mayor’s Women’s Council in Brainerd, numerous suggested the town should do additional by alerting individuals on issues with payday advances on companies evidence and urged Tennessee’s legislature to follow along with Georgia, vermont alongside says which have arranged stricter usury limitations on which lenders may demand.
“There is not a reception for residents,” Berke mentioned during workshop for those of you worried about payday financing in Chattanooga. “we should ensure that anyone talk up-and leave their sound feel heard and therefore everyone is alert to how these financial loans can harmed individuals, people and areas.”
Payday loan providers, however, assert they supply an important and needed services to provide credit score rating for people who might if not be http://1hrtitleloans.com/payday-loans-mt unable to lock in temporary financial loans for problems or unanticipated medical or other expenditures.
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About 12 million People in the us use payday advances, or 5.5 per cent of all persons before five years. A couple of country’s biggest privately owned payday lenders happened to be started in Cleveland, Tenn., and their luck posses assisted institution of Tennessee athletics, among other neighborhood reasons.
The belated Steve “Toby” McKenzie generated tons of money into the 1990s by building one of the primary payday credit stores see Advance, before promoting the business enterprise in 1999 to Advance The united states and pursuing almost 100 various other small business ventures while donating vast amounts to region schools, like something special into the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to repay the debt regarding the roundhouse, that has been subsequently rebranded the McKenzie Arena in the respect.
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New research by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga remedy students course discovered Tennesseans tend to be disproportionately making use of pay day loans. In states with most stringiest legislation 2.9 % of people incorporate loans, in comparison to 6.6 percentage in the least managed claims like Tennessee.
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On 20 October 2018, tens of thousands of people will gather all over the world for a fundraising and awareness event called #WalkForFreedom. Walks will take place in hundreds of cities across dozens of nations – and in Ipswich for the 3rd year, meeting on the town hall steps at 10:30am.
This event is operated by the global anti-human trafficking organisation A21. The purpose of the walk is to raise awareness about the millions of men, women, and children who are still trapped in slavery today. By fundraising and rallying thousands of people around the cause, the belief is that this event will be the catalyst for the rescue and restoration of human beings who are being exploited.
Walk For Freedom is distinctly recognised by its participants who will be wearing black shirts and walking in single-file lines all over the world—in local towns, through busy intersections in city centres, on dirt tracks in crowded villages, along bridges, tunnels, and water banks. Hundreds of local walks will be seen marching for a global end to modern-day slavery.
“We are convinced that if we do this together, if we keep showing up, if we continue to be tenacious, if we continue to turn up with strength, numbers, and courage, then we can see slavery eradicated in our lifetime,” says Christine Caine, A21’s Founder.
A21 is a global non-profit organisation determined to eradicate human trafficking through awareness, intervention, and aftercare. Currently operating in 13 countries, A21 aims to combat modern-day slavery through a multi-dimensional operational strategy: Reach, Rescue, and Restore. Through partnerships and the efforts of supporters all over the globe, A21 truly believes that a multitude of victims can be identified and assisted, and perpetrators can be brought to justice.
Millions of slaves.
A $150 billion industry.
1% ever rescued.
More information about Walk For Freedom and A21 can be found here:
A21.org and you can register at https://www.a21.org//shop-event.php?intid=1887&site=true&store=UK
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An unidentified man driving a gray sedan stopped near a school bus stop and tried to entice a girl to get into his car on Friday. Police are asking the community for help find him.
The CNMI Department of Public Safety received the 911 call around 6 p.m. Friday.
The caller wanted to report "an unusual incident that occurred earlier in the day as they were waiting at their bus stop," a press release said.
According to the release, the gray sedan stopped near the bus stop, parking along the shoulder of the road. The man in the car rolled the passenger-side window down slightly and asked a girl to go with him to Garapan and Dan Dan.
The suspect is described as having dark hair, and speaking good English. The gray sedan was reported to have dark tint and scratches on its side.
"The Department of Public Safety would like to remind the public and parents to be aware of this incident, and to speak with your children about the dangers of strangers asking unusual questions, especially when there are no familiar adults around," the press release said.
About nine years ago, in 2011, two young girls, sisters, went missing and no trace of them was ever found. Faloma and Maleina Luhk, who were ages 9 and 10 at the time of their disappearance, were last seen waiting at a bus stop in Santa Lourdes on the morning of May 25, 2011, according to the FBI.
Last year, the FBI offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to their whereabouts.


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Poring Hot Spring (2D/1N)
Minimum Participants: 2
- 0745 Meet at hotel lobby and proceed to Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia's
Natural Heritage site. Journey will take approx. 2 hours passing by villages,
paddy fields along mountainious roads that wind along the Crocker range.
- A brief stop over at Nabalu, a collection of native stalls selling fruits,
vegetables, local produce and handicrafts. An opportunity to observe the local
- 1000 Arrive at Kinabalu National Park, enjoy the cool and refreshing mountain
air, if day is clear a majestic view of Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in
South East Asia.
- Proceed for a guided walk along the nature trails with the park naturalist.
While walking, listen to the sounds of the jungle and observe nature's plants,
trees, orchids and butterflies. Kinabalu National Park boasts an estimated 4,500
species of plants which includes 1,500 species of orchids, 77 of which are endemic
to Kinabalu. The park also supports 289 species of birds and 290 different types
- 1200 Depart for lunch at a nearby restaurant.
- 1215 Lunch.
- 1330 After lunch, depart for another interesting natural wonder, the Poring
Hot Spring located approx. 47 km from Kinabalu Park. Poring Hot Spring, named
after the tall bamboo plant that is abundant in that area, is a natural spring
where hot sulfurous water emit from the ground.
- There are Japanese Baths where visitors can soak themselves and let the invigorating
sulfurous water stimulate the body.
- Visitors can also try the canopy walkway, where suspension bridges are suspended
at the top of the canopy for visitors to walk along the canopy of a tropical jungle
- 1530 Depart Poring Hot Spring to accommodation (Kinabalu Pine Resort or KNP
- depending on availability)
(Lunch & Dinner)
- After breakfast, enjoy the scenic beauty within the vicinity of the Mt. Kinabalu
- Later, depart for Kota Kinabalu.
- On arrival, transfer to hotel.
- End of Tour.
Things You Should Know / Bring / Wear
Suitable walking shoes / long sleeves shirts / change of clothes / water canteen/plasters
/ insect repellent / mosquito oil / binoculars / camera / water proof bag for
camera / torchlight / raincoat and personal items.

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The Southern Cone Ports Corp. (Conosur) elected Gonzalo Davagnino Vergara, logistics manager at the Port of Valparaíso, as president and acknowledged the accomplishments of outgoing two-term president Sebastián Montero Lira.
'We have been spending far too much time lately marketing on price, not on brand. That has already changed,' Cunard Line CEO David Dingle said in an interview focused on the North American market, which he wants to build. 'We have such a wonderful brand proposition.'
Over the coming weeks and through the next year, a bevy of events will continue attention on Queen Mary 2's 10th birthday, then the 100th anniversary of Lusitania's sinking and Cunard's 175th anniversary.
The new Celebrity Suite Club gives special incentives and rewards to US and Canadian travel agents that range from a $100 gift card for every suite booking to a vacation in a suite.
Québec's Trois‐Rivières will offer a choral send-off for cruise ships this season and is expanding its waterfront market of local products and souvenirs.
Royal Caribbean International’s 'Buy One, Get One 50 Percent Off' promotion applies to cruises in 2015 and early 2016.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary of ocean cruising, German operator Phoenix Reisen announced special offers.
Adventure Canada is to charter Ocean Endeavour, replacing the smaller Sea Adventurer on exploration cruises beginning with 2015 Arctic summer.

domain: travel


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Razzak, Weshah and Timmins, Jason (2007): A Macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and the skill premium in New Zealand.
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Qualification and occupation-based measures of skilled labour are constructed to explain the skill premium – the wage of skilled labour relative to unskilled labour in New Zealand. The data exhibit a more rapid growth in the supply of skilled labour than the skill premium, and a very large increase in the real minimum wage over the period from 1986 to 2005. We estimate the rate of increase in the relative demand for skills and the elasticity of substitution. The data are consistent with skill shortages and a skill-bias technical change. We examine the effects of the minimum wage, capital complementarity, and the exchange rate on the skill premium. We also test whether the demand for skills and the elasticity of substitution varied across industries and over time.
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|Institution:||Department of Labour - New Zealand|
|Original Title:||A Macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and the skill premium in New Zealand|
|Keywords:||Skill-bias technical change; skill premium; the exchange rate|
|Subjects:||J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C23 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models
O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights
|Depositing User:||Weshah Razzak|
|Date Deposited:||23. Feb 2007|
|Last Modified:||22. Mar 2015 09:17|
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Famous double acts over six decades of ITV’s Coronation Street are being reunited on a special-issue set of Royal Mail stamps to celebrate the programme’s diamond anniversary.
Eight stamps highlight the most memorable couples and adversaries to walk Weatherfield’s cobbles since December 1960 on the world’s longest-running soap.
Each stamp features a one-line quote summing up the essence of their relationship on the show, which has run to more than 10,000 episodes.
They include the judgmental widow and formidable gossip Ena Sharples, in trademark hairnet, pictured in confrontational pose with her nemesis Elsie Tanner, and the caption: “That woman’s tongue. If it was a bit longer she could shave with it.”
On another stamp the hard-working cleaner Hilda Ogden, gazing upward from beneath curlers and headscarf, exclaims “Woman, Stanley, Woman” to her layabout husband Stan.
The soap’s equally enduring married couple Jack and Vera Duckworth are remembered with his endearment: “Vera, my little swamp duck.”
Ken and Deirdre Barlow’s famously up-and-down relationship is summarised with the oft-repeated demand: “Ken! Do something!”, while the newsagent Rita Tanner and her sidekick Norris Cole purse lips over a cuppa as they agree: “I can’t abide to see people gossiping.”
Hayley and Roy Cropper, Sunita and Dev Alahan, and Tracy and Steve McDonald also feature. Four further stamps, in a miniature sheet, celebrate those behind the pumps at the Rovers Return – Bet Lynch, Raquel Watts, Liz McDonald and Gemma Winter.
The series producer, Iain MacLeod, said: “In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion.”
Royal Mail’s stamp strategy manager, Philip Parker, said: “For six decades Coronation Street’s fans have witnessed the unfolding lives of its residents, and shared their sorrows and laughter. We celebrate the nation’s best-known street with stamps showing some of its unforgettable characters.”
The stamps go on general sale from 28 May.


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Design, Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Substituted Oxadiazole Derivatives As New Scaffolds Against Butyrylcholinesterase
Keywords:ADMET, Anti butyrylcholinesterase, Donepezil, Molecular docking study, Oxadiazole.
Novel anti-butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors containing, oxadiazole derivatives, were designed and these molecules were subjected to molecular docking study. The docking study revealed that the designed compounds possess significant to moderate interaction with the targeted enzyme butyrylcholinesterase. Among them compound 3 (10.5 K/cal) and 6 (10.2K/cal) showed similar docking compared to donepezil (12.76 K/cal). Remaining compounds show good to moderate activity compared to standard drug. The target compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against the BuChE. Among these new derivatives, 3 (53.85±4.2 nM) was found to inhibit cholinesterase catalyticdomain most significantly, and then compound 51 (39.39±5.4nM) possessed significant cholinesterase inhibitory activity. Compound 3 and 51 have more inhibitory activity than the remaining tested compounds.This may be due to the presence of more electronegative atoms (Cl) in the substitution. Of these compounds, compound 2 (53.85±4.2 nM) have moderate inhibitory activity against cholinesterase. The remaining tested compoundshave moderate to good inhibitory activity against the cholinesterase enzyme. In addition, ADMET prediction results indicated that these compounds might be less toxic and display more interesting pharmacokinetic properties.


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Civil Surgeon lauds health staff for successful conduct of drive
Mohali: A total of 1,58,987 children have been administered polio drops during the Sub-national immunization day (SNID) drive in the district. On the last day of the drive today, as many as 2150 children were immunized against the virus.
Civil surgeon Dr Adarshpal Kaur expressed satisfaction over the successful completion of the campaign. She also lauded doctors, auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM), Accredited social health activist (ASHA ) workers, other health staff and students from the nursing colleges for their hard work to make the campaign a success.
In a press statement, she said that the target was to administer drops of oral polio vaccine (OPV) to 1,60,455 children below five years of age across the district. As many as 61,241, 50,888, 32724 children were immunized respectively on the first, second day and third of the drive and 14134 children were given drops during the next three days.
The health teams visited all the vulnerable areas in the district and ensured that no child was deprived of the vaccination.
Mohali is the only district in the state where all the children below the age of 5 years were covered whereas in the rest of the districts, children belonging to the migrant population only are being given the drops.


Preliminary Observations on DOJ's Use and Oversight of Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements
GAO-09-636T: Published: Jun 25, 2009. Publicly Released: Jun 25, 2009.
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Recent cases of corporate fraud and mismanagement heighten the Department of Justice's (DOJ) need to appropriately punish and deter corporate crime. Recently, DOJ has made more use of deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements (DPAs and NPAs), in which prosecutors may require company reform, among other things, in exchange for deferring prosecution, and may also require companies to hire an independent monitor to oversee compliance. This testimony provides preliminary observations on (1) factors DOJ considers when deciding whether to enter into a DPA or NPA and setting the terms of the agreements, (2) methods DOJ uses to oversee companies' compliance, (3) processes by which monitors are selected, and (4) companies' perspectives regarding the costs and role of the monitor. It also includes the results of GAO's recently completed work on DOJ's efforts to document the monitor selection process (discussed in objective 3). GAO reviewed DOJ guidance and 57 of the 140 agreements negotiated from 1993 (when the first 2 were signed) through May 2009; and interviewed DOJ officials, officials from 17 companies, and 6 monitors. While not generalizable, these results provide insight into decisions about DPAs and NPAs.
Prosecutors in all 13 DOJ offices with whom GAO spoke said that they based their decision on whether to enter into a DPA or NPA on DOJ's principles for prosecuting business organizations, particularly those related to the company's willingness to cooperate, collateral consequences to innocent parties, and remedial measures taken by the company. However, prosecutors differed in their willingness to use DPAs or NPAs. In addition, prosecutors' varying perceptions of what constitutes a DPA or NPA has led to inconsistencies in how the agreements are labeled. In March 2008, DOJ issued guidance defining DPAs and NPAs, but this guidance is not consistently followed, in part because not all DOJ offices view it as mandatory. DOJ plans to determine the need to take additional steps to require consistency in the use of the labels DPA and NPA. While DOJ and companies generally negotiated the terms of DPAs and NPAs--such as monetary payments and compliance requirements--DOJ also considered other factors in its decisions, such as monetary gains to the company as a result of the criminal misconduct. To ensure that companies were complying with the terms of the DPAs and NPAs, DOJ employed several oversight mechanisms, including the use of independent monitors, coordination with regulatory agencies, and other means. Of the 57 agreements GAO reviewed, 26 required the company to hire, at its own expense, an independent monitor. In the remaining agreements, DOJ relied, among other things, on reports from regulatory agencies or from monitors hired by companies under separate agreements with these agencies, and company certifications of compliance. For the DPAs and NPAs GAO reviewed, even though DOJ was not a party to the contracts between companies and monitors, DOJ typically selected the monitor, and its decisions were generally made collaboratively among DOJ and company officials. Monitor candidates were typically identified through DOJ or company officials' personal knowledge or recommendations from colleagues and associates. In March 2008, DOJ issued guidance stating that for monitor selection to be collaborative and merit-based, committees should consider the candidates and the selection must be approved by the Deputy Attorney General. However, because DOJ does not require documentation of the process used or the reasons for particular monitor selection decisions, it will be difficult for DOJ to validate whether its monitor selection guidance-which, in part, is intended to instill public confidence-is adhered to. Some company officials GAO spoke with reported that they had little leverage to address concerns about the amount and scope of the monitors' work and, therefore, would like DOJ to assist them. GAO in its ongoing work will assess this and other issues about the use and oversight of DPAs and NPAs.
Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: We found that some companies who entered into Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA) or Nonprosecution Agreements (NPA) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) raised general concerns about potential impediments to independence or impartiality if the monitor had previously worked for DOJ or had associations with DOJ officials. We reported that DOJ had acknowledged concerns about perceived favoritism in the selection of monitors, and DOJ issued guidance in March 2008, known as the Morford Memo, to help ensure that the monitor selection process is collaborative and merit-based. We found that following issuance of the Morford Memo, prosecutors adhered to the guidance; however, we also found that DOJ was not fully documenting the steps they took to select monitors. We recommended that the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (ODAG) adopt internal procedures to document both the process used and reasons for monitor selection decisions to enhance DOJ's ability to ensure that monitors are selected according to DOJ's guidelines, as well as to avoid the appearance of favoritism and instill public confidence in monitor selection. In response, DOJ implemented a set of procedures to ensure that the review and selection of corporate monitors is documented. These procedures, established in August 2009, require all litigating components entering into a DPA or NPA that includes monitor requirements to submit documentation of this decision to ODAG that outlines the process for selecting the monitor and the reasons why a monitor is being proposed. ODAG will then review the completed documentation and recommend to the litigating component whether or not the proposed monitor should be approved, and whether additional documentation is needed, and documentation of this process will be preserved at ODAG. As a result, DOJ now documents the monitor selection process, including the reasons for why a certain monitor was selected. This process is consistent with our recommendation.
Recommendation: To enhance DOJ's ability to ensure that monitors are selected according to DOJ's guidelines, the Deputy Attorney General should adopt internal procedures to document both the process used and reasons for monitor selection decisions.
Agency Affected: Department of Justice


Greene questions crucial penalty call
NEW YORK – Devils captain Andy Greene wasn’t trying to complain after Sunday night’s 6-4 loss to the Islanders at Barclays Center.
The Devils, after falling behind by three goals in the second period, had closed to 4-3 on Joseph Blandisi’s first goal of the season at 17:55. But, in a chippy, physical game played in a playoff-like atmosphere at the sold-out arena, Greene was called for roughing after he knocked down Islanders captain John Tavares at the Devils’ crease with 39.6 seconds to go in the second.
Tavares scored on the power play 26 seconds into the third period, and Jason Chimera then made it 6-3 at 1:00.
“I don’t know, it’s tough,” Greene said. “They’re going hard to the net and I’m just trying to hold my ground there and make sure nothing else happens. It literally happened probably five, six times, but it’s tough when they finally called that one. It’s a penalty, probably, but they were letting it go all game.”
Cammalleri still out
LW Michael Cammalleri, 34, remained a healthy scratch for the second straight game – and just the second time in his NHL career.
Cammalleri has gone 18 games without a goal and has just one in his last 33 games. In a best-case scenario, Cammalleri responds as fellow veteran P.A. Parenteau did after being a healthy scratch Dec. 15-17, then scoring six goals in his first 10 games back in the lineup.
“You’d hope so,” Devils coach John Hynes said. “There’s always reasons why guys come out of the lineup. You have to work through those as players and coaches. In P.A.’s case, I think he understood some things we were talking about. He came back and did a good job and we haven’t considered taking him out since.”
The Devils had an 8-0-1 road streak snapped while the Islanders improved their home streak to 9-0-2. …Sunday marked the first time these two teams had combined for 10 goals since a 7-3 Islanders win on March 7, 2009. …Kinkaid’s assist on Taylor Hall’s power-play goal at 8:37 of the third period was the first point of his NHL career. …D Seth Helgeson was a healthy scratch for the fourth straight game.