In a lengthy opinion filed February 22, and belatedly ordered published on March 25, 2019, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 1) affirmed the trial court’s judgment denying a petition for writ of mandate challenging the EIR for a mixed use business and residential project (the “5M Project”) on 4 acres in downtown San Francisco. South of Market Community Action Network v. City and County of San Francisco (Forest City California Residential Development, Inc., et al., Real Parties in Interest) (2019) 33 Cal.App.5th 321. The 5M Project includes a general plan amendment and development agreement, and would provide “office, retail, cultural, educational, and open-space uses …, primarily to support the region’s technology industry and provide spaces for co-working, media, arts, and small-scale urban manufacturing” on a site bounded by Mission, Fifth, Howard, and Sixth Streets. The project site is currently occupied by eight buildings with approximately 317,700 gross square feet (gsf) of office and commercial uses (including the Chronicle Building, which the project would renovate), and seven surface parking lots.
South of Market Community Action Network, Save Our SoMa, Friends of Boeddeker Park (“Plaintiffs”) filed a writ petition challenging the project based on numerous alleged EIR deficiencies. The trial court denied relief and the Court of Appeal affirmed.
Standard Of Review
In assessing the Plaintiffs’ challenges to the EIR’s content and analysis, the Court of Appeal recited and applied settled principles of judicial review, as well as the significant new “gloss” on those principles provided by the Supreme Court’s recent “Friant Ranch” case decision (my 12/28/18 post on which can be found here). An EIR is presumed adequate, with the challenger bearing the burden of proving otherwise. Under CEQA’s abuse of discretion standard, as the Supreme Court has recently explained, the “decisions have articulated a procedural/factual issues dichotomy” under which an agency abuses its discretion “by failing to proceed in the manner [required by] CEQA … or by reaching factual conclusions unsupported by substantial evidence.” (Quoting the Friant Ranch decision, Sierra Club v. County of Fresno (2018) 6 Cal.5th 502, 512.) Procedural errors are reviewed de novo and scrupulously enforced, while substantive factual conclusions are reviewed for substantial evidence support and accorded greater deference. While this “procedural issues/factual issues” dichotomy has generally worked well for reviewing courts, the issue of an agency’s compliance with procedural requirements is not always clear, such as in the area of the adequacy of an EIR’s discussion of environmental impacts and whether it sufficiently facilitates informed agency decisionmaking and public participation. (Id. at 512-513.)
While an agency has “considerable discretion” to decide the manner in which an EIR discusses potentially significant effects, a reviewing court may determine the sufficiency of the discussion based on whether it contains “detail sufficient to enable to those who did not participate in [the EIR’s] preparation to understand and to consider meaningfully the issues raised by the proposed project” and this determination “is not solely a matter of discerning whether … substantial evidence … support[s] the agency’s factual conclusions.” (Id. at 515-516.) This inquiry generally presents a mixed question of law and fact reviewed de novo, but to the extent factual questions (e.g., choice of methodology for impact analysis) predominate, the substantial evidence standard of review applies. (Id. at 516.)
The sufficiency of an EIR’s analysis to allow decision makers to intelligently consider a project’s environmental consequences is reviewed in light of what is reasonably feasible; perfection is not required, and the courts look for “adequacy, completeness and a good faith effort at full disclosure.” Citing to and quoting from its decision in California Oak Foundation v. Regents of University of California (2010) 188 Cal.App.4th 227, 262, the Court of Appeal stated the “overriding issue on review” to be “whether the [lead agency] reasonably and in good faith discussed” the project in the EIR in sufficient detail for “the public to discern … the analytic route the … agency traveled from evidence to action.” (Excess quotations omitted.)
Finally, there is no presumption that error is prejudicial; insubstantial and technical omissions are not grounds for relief; and prejudicial error occurs when the failure to include relevant information precludes informed decisionmaking and informed public participation. (Citing Neighbors For Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority (2013) 57 Cal.4th 439, 463-465.)
The Court Of Appeal’s Holdings
In applying the foregoing principles to reject Plaintiffs’ numerous assertions of EIR and CEQA defects, the Court of Appeal made the following holdings and determinations:
- The DEIR’s project description, reviewed by the Court de novo, was adequate as a matter of law. The DEIR described the 5M Project generally as a mixed-use project, and also described two project options – office and residential – with substantially the same overall gross square footage but with a varying mix of residential and office uses. Both schemes had similar massing and land use; retention, rehabilitation, and demolition of the same buildings; construction of new active ground floor space; and new buildings ranging from 195 to 470 feet in height. Each scheme’s impacts were evaluated independently, and each was described in detail in non-confusing fashion. Further, the DEIR’s impact analysis conservatively focused on the office scheme, which represented the largest development envelope, and presented sufficient detail to give the decisionmakers the option to approve either scheme. Per the Court: “[The EIR] carefully articulated two possible variations and fully disclosed the maximum possible scope of the project. The project description enhanced, rather than obscured, the information available to the public.”
- Plaintiffs’ arguments that specific types of architectural renderings were needed for adequate analysis lacked merit; they failed to explain why the renderings provided in the EIR were inadequate, or why the additional renderings they desired were critical to assessing environmental impacts or for meaningful public participation.
- The case law plaintiffs cited in support of their project description challenge was inapposite. Unlike County of Inyo v. City of Los Angeles (1977) 71 Cal.App.3d 185, there were no fluctuating EIR project descriptions, nor was there a misleadingly minimized initial project description. Unlike Washoe Meadows Community v. Department of Parks & Recreation (2017) 17 Cal.App.5th 277, in which the DEIR identified five very different alternatives as potential projects but no proposed project at all, the DEIR here, “by contrast, [contained a] … project description [that] clearly identified a mixed-use development project at a specific, defined location with two options for allocations of office and residential use.”
- Nor was the FEIR defective for proposing a “revised” project that was a variation of the DEIR’s “preservation alternative.” Plaintiffs failed to identify any component of the revised project that was not addressed in the EIR or subject to public comment, and the CEQA “process is not designed to freeze the ultimate proposal in the precise mold of the initial project; indeed, new and unforeseen insights may emerge during investigation, evoking revision of the original proposal.” (Citing and quoting County of Inyo, 71 Cal.App.3d at 199.) “The whole point of requiring evaluation of alternatives in the DEIR is to allow thoughtful consideration and public participation regarding other options that may be less harmful to the environment.” (Citing San Franciscans Upholding the Downtown Plan v. City and County of San Francisco (2002) 102 Cal.App.4th 656, 695.) “CEQA does not handcuff decisionmakers[.]” (Quoting Dusek v. Redevelopment Agency (1985) 173 Cal.App.3d 1029, 1041.) Per the Court: “We do not conclude the project description is inadequate because the ultimate approval adopted characteristics of one of the proposed alternatives; that in fact, is one of the key purposes of the CEQA process.”
- Under CEQA, an adequate cumulative impacts discussion may be based on either (1) a list of past, present, and probable future projects producing related or cumulative impacts, or (2) a summary of projections contained in relevant adopted planning documents that describe conditions contributing to the cumulative impact. Plaintiffs’ argument that the EIR improperly used an outdated 2012 project list that failed to reflect current development conditions failed; they did not cite to record evidence that showed it to be defective or misleading, or that the City ignored projects in the “pipeline,” and the record showed that the cumulative traffic analysis actually included the projects plaintiffs claimed it did not. The City had discretion to use the list-based methodology it did to analyze cumulative impacts, and to determine a reasonable cutoff date for which projects to include in it, and plaintiffs failed to show City’s decision to use the 2012 list was not supported by substantial evidence.
- The City’s “study area” for future projects was not artificially constrained or unduly narrowed so as to exclude a portion of the affected setting. Plaintiffs failed to identify any closely related, foreseeable projects excluded from the cumulative impacts analysis, and the City was also entitled to rely on the density‑of-development calculations of its own experts and consultants in conducting the analysis.
Traffic And Circulation Impacts
- The City’s selection of intersections to study for potentially significant impacts in the EIR was not artificially small, as Plaintiffs argued. The lead agency has discretion to select the geographic area impacted by a proposed development, and Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate City’s abuse of that discretion in selecting the 21 study intersections in the project site’s vicinity that it did. The DEIR’s detailed significance criteria and analytic methodology were not specifically challenged by Plaintiffs, and City chose the study intersections it did “because they would capture the relative change in levels of service that could be associated with the project” and it deemed “the study intersections … [to be] those most likely to accommodate project trips.” Similar considerations have been upheld under relevant case law as supporting the non-arbitrary selection of a traffic study area. (Citing City of Long Beach v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 889, 907-908.)
- Plaintiffs’ general arguments and citations to general comments about bad traffic in the project vicinity were unavailing. Significantly, the Court held their “argument that adjacent intersections should have been included in the study area challenges the City’s method for conducting its traffic analysis, not the adequacy of its discussion of traffic impacts in the EIR.” (Citing Sierra Club, 6 Cal.5th at 514, and Long Beach, 176 Cal.App.4th at 898, for rule that deferential substantial evidence rule applies to such methodology challenges.)
- Also, and in any event, the FEIR explained why additional intersections were not included, and notwithstanding Plaintiffs’ argument it would have been reasonably feasible for the City to include such intersections, it was not required by CEQA to do so. (Citing Sierra Club, 6 Cal.5th at 515, and Laurel Heights Improvement Assn. v. Regents of University of California (1988) 47 Cal.3d 376, 415, for principles that “adequacy, completeness and good-faith effort at full disclosure” are sufficient, agency may design its own EIR, and fact that further studies may be helpful does not make them necessary.)
- The EIR’s failure to consider the Safer Market Street Plan (SMSP) was not an abuse of discretion. While an EIR must consider conditions present or reasonably foreseeable as of publication of the notice of preparation (NOP), the 5M Project’s NOP was published in January 2013, while the SMSP was approved 2-1/2 years later in June 2015. Plaintiffs did not cite any evidence that the SMSP was a “probable future project” when the NOP was published or that it would adversely affect traffic and circulation related to the 5M Project.
- The record did not support Plaintiffs’ argument that the City improperly failed to consider certain traffic/transportation mitigation measures. The DEIR found both the office and residential project schemes would cause significant and unavoidable cumulative impacts at nine intersections, studied several feasible alternatives for reducing trip-generating uses, and ultimately the adopted revised project described in the FEIR reduced cumulative impacts at three intersections to a less-than-significant level, thus reducing the number of SAU intersections from 9 to 6 between the DEIR and FEIR. The EIR was not required to evaluate the “Community” and “Zero-Parking” alternatives recommended by Plaintiffs, only a range of reasonable alternatives that could feasibly accomplish most of the project’s basic objectives while avoiding or lessening one or more of its impacts. The City’s selection of alternatives was not shown to be “manifestly unreasonable” under the governing “rule of reason,” nor did plaintiffs show their recommended alternatives were feasible and adequate as capable of attaining most of the 5M Project’s basic objectives.
- The Court of Appeal rejected Plaintiffs’ improper baseline, Code violation, and improper deferral of mitigation arguments directed to the EIR’s analysis of the project’s wind impacts; the arguments were waived for failure to raise the exact issues during the administrative process (e.g., Sierra Club v. City of Orange (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 523, 535) and also failed on their merits. While the FEIR did discuss improvements in wind impacts under the revised, as compared to the originally proposed project, it also specifically compared the 5M Project’s wind impacts to existing conditions. City properly used a “hazard” rather than “comfort” criterion under its Planning Code as the significance threshold for wind impacts; plaintiffs did not assert the threshold was inappropriate and did not argue or show the City’s “no significant wind impact” conclusion was unsupported by substantial evidence. The City was not required to propose mitigation measures for effects not found to be significant.
- Plaintiffs’ “lack of adequate open space” argument, made in the face of the EIR’s response to comments noting that the 5M Project provides more open space than the City’s Planning Code requires, was unaccompanied by any explanation of how the alleged deficiencies in the open space provided would violate CEQA, and also lacked citation to supporting legal authority, and the Court thus rejected it. (Citing Cal. Rules of Ct., rule 8.204(a)(1)(B); Murphy v. Murphy (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 376, 405-406.)
Shade And Shadow Impacts
- The Court rejected plaintiffs’ arguments that the EIR failed to disclose and mitigate the 5M Project’s shade and shadow impacts on Boeddeker Park and Yerba Buena Gardens. “The EIR … clearly set forth specific information about the [project’s] shade and shadow impacts, and analyzed why they would not produce a significant environmental effect.” Plaintiffs failed to show the EIR’s discussion precluded public participation or informed decision making.
- While the Planning Code and General Plan do discourage creating new shadows on parks, plazas, and open spaces, and the Planning Commission and Park Commission did jointly resolve to increase the shadow limit at Boeddeker Park, these provisions and actions involved policy restrictions, not CEQA thresholds, and City’s actions did not constitute CEQA violations.
- Plaintiffs’ argument that shadow increases should have been analyzed in the context of Boeddeker Park as a “special and rare” Tenderloin resource also failed. The Court noted “plaintiffs do not cite any authority that sunlight on a park or open space, even in a dense urban area, constitutes a “rare or unique” resource for CEQA purposes” and it distinguished the cases they cited as inapposite and unhelpful to them. Ultimately, the DEIR found there would be no significant environmental impacts from new shadow or shade, and the City was thus not required to consider mitigation measures.
Inconsistency With Area Plans/Policies
- The DEIR contained 36 pages of analysis comparing the 5M Project to various area plans and policies, and analyzed a “Code Compliant” alternative based on the development intensity that would be allowed without amending any existing zoning or planning restrictions. Plaintiffs’ arguments that the 5M Project is inconsistent with the East SoMa portion of the general plan and Draft Central SoMa Plan failed because the project is not in the East SoMa area and is not subject to the Draft Central SoMa Plan, which had not been approved at the time of the EIR and was thus not an “applicable” plan it was required to consider.
- Plaintiffs’ complaint that the EIR makes the project appear consistent with surrounding zoning, even though it is not, lacked merit because “the EIR disclosed that the 5M Project would require amendments to the general plan, the rezoning of portions of the site, and modification of existing development standards. The DEIR described the existing land use, bulk and height requirements on the project site, and compared existing planning controls to those proposed as part of the project.” Per the Court: “Plaintiffs have not shown how this discussion was misleading or inhibited informed decisionmaking or public participation.” Other purported zoning, code and policy inconsistencies alleged by Plaintiffs were not raised in the administrative proceedings or trial court and were thus waived, or were not supported by reasoned argument and thus summarily rejected.
Statement Of Overriding Considerations
- Plaintiffs’ arguments challenging the City’s statement of overriding considerations likewise failed because the City properly considered mitigation measures before adopting the statement, and plaintiffs failed to show it was not supported by substantial evidence.
Conclusion And Implications
This case had all the earmarks of one in which Plaintiffs threw every conceivable argument “against the wall” to see if anything would stick, and hoped that the Friant Ranch/Sierra Club case’s newly articulated standard of review for the adequacy of EIR analysis would carry the day for them on at least one of their arguments. It obviously did not. In fact, the Court of Appeal’s repeated citation of the Supreme Court’s recent decision, along with other governing authorities, demonstrates that it had little or no impact on the resolution of the particular EIR challenges brought here. Overall, that may be the most significant takeaway from this lengthy opinion.
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‘The Incredible Dr. Pol’ Said These Are the Only Small Animals He’s Never Treated
The Incredible Dr. Pol earned his “incredible” moniker for good reason. The veteran veterinarian has been known to treat not only farm animals and domestic pets but also camels, zebras, lizards, and more.
However, the doctor explained that there are a couple of animals he’s never seen in his clinic -and it’s understandable.
The animals Dr. Pol has yet to treat
According to Dr. Pol’s 2015 memoir, Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life as a Country Vet, he’s seen just about every species of animal except for a couple.
“While the small-animal practice consists mostly of dogs and cats,” he wrote, “just about the only types of small animals we haven’t treated at least once in the clinic are porcupines and skunks.”
One of the most painstaking treatments in his office occurs when another animal encounters porcupines in their communities.
“As people who watch the show know, we often have to treat dogs that have had an unpleasant encounter with a porcupine. Here’s the short verdict of how that confrontation is going to work out: The porcupine wins every time.”
Dr. Pol says it’s dogs by far who encounter porcupines
One of the more trying cases the doctor regularly sees in his clinic is when a creature has had the bad fortune of running into a porcupine. It’s an arduous process removing every barbarous quill from another animal.
Time after time, regardless of how often a dog gets attacked by a porcupine, according to the Netherlands-born veterinarian, the dog seems to forget about the encounter. Instead of retreating, dogs will trot right up to another porcupine with no memory of the excruciating pain they experienced the last time.
“Sometimes I do wonder how such a wonderful animal as a dog can be so darn dumb,” Dr. Pol wrote. “I can understand a dog being interested in a porcupine – ‘Hey what’s that funny-looking thing?’ – once.
“But after several dozen needles are pulled out painfully from their skin, you’d figure they’d be smart enough to know, ‘Maybe I’ll just leave that little guy alone.'”
Dr. Pol explained that each porcupine quill has “barbs at the end” that are extremely painful when pulled out of the snout of the porcupine’s victim.
The porcupines’ perspective
Dr. Pol views porcupines as “nice animals.” He has a point in that the animals don’t seek out other animals. They simply attack when they feel threatened by an animal, like a dog, that persists in pursuing them.
“They don’t like to fight,” he said. “They’ll run. But when they’re threatened, they’ll put their bristles up. They don’t shoot them. Instead, they flip their tails. Or, a dumb animal tries to bite one and gets a bunch of those quills in his mouth.”
In his estimation of the situation, Dr. Pol sees the porcupine reacting humorously to the entire incident.
“The porcupine just laughs and walks away and the dog’s owner brings the dog to the clinic.”

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Ford expertly created a surreal alternate landscape in his acclaimed fantasies The Physiognomy
and Memoranda; here, in his fourth novel, sepia-colored old New York is the fever-dream world. Piero Piambo is the portraitist of choice among New York's nouveau riche in 1893, but his career fills him with self-loathing. When a blind man with uncannily white eyes offers him "a job like no other"—painting the mysterious Mrs. Charbuque—Piambo quickly accepts, as the hefty commission will allow him to abandon society portraiture. But the terms of the deal are very strange: Mrs. Charbuque insists that she will hide behind a screen; to divine what she looks like, Piambo may ask her questions, but not about her appearance. It soon becomes clear that she will not be interrogated; instead, like a possibly "unhinged" Scheherazade, she mesmerizes Piambo with her story of growing up convinced she possessed psychic powers conferred on her by twin snowflakes. Piambo's opium-addicted friend Shenz convinces him to investigate his mysterious model, leading them to interview a deranged "turdologist" who sheds light on her past. But then Piambo is assaulted by a man identifying himself as Mr. Charbuque, demanding to know why the artist is "seeing my wife." And there are other dangers about, as the city is under attack by a parasite that eats "the soft tissue of the eye" and causes its victims to weep blood. Add dangerously unstable characters speaking with delicious floridity, unexpected bursts of macabre humor and violence, and a gender-bending subplot that subtly picks up steam, and you have a standout literary thriller. National print advertising; author tour. (June 4)
Forecast:Handselling to fans of Caleb Carr, Karen Joy Fowler and the ghost stories of Henry James should help this title reach the wide audience it deserves.

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Creator: Donald Judd
Decades after it was first published, a 6-page essay and the body of work that would follow it stand as timeless sources of inspiration for the creators at VERK. Indeed, the contributions of Donald Judd to modernist art and the process of creation would turn out to be nothing less than seminal.
A former army engineer and philosophy major, Judd began studying art history and experimenting as a painter in the late 1940´s of the New York conceptual art scene. However, his artistic style and aesthetic principles would slowly move him away from what he felt were the two-dimensional constraints of the canvas until he was fully immersed in the exploration of three-dimensional forms in the course of the next two decades.
This would culminate in his manifesto-like document Specific Objects, released in 1964, presented the observation that a new form of three-dimensional art, neither painting nor sculpture, was emerging as the new and dominant wave of artistic expression. Free of the creators’ personal touch, this new form of work emphasized the purity of the objects rather than their embellishments. “Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a surface” he noted, meaning that even a simple object that shares physical space with its viewer and deliberately impacts its spatial environment is inherently more powerful than a two-dimensional painting or intricately carved sculpture.
Using terms such as “stacks”, “boxes” and “progressions”, Judd would base his life’s work after the release of the essay around basic geometric shapes (or specific objects as he called them), often rectilinear or cubic in shape, and often in repeated numerical sequences. Industrial materials such as metal, plywood, concrete and colored Plexiglas would be used.
In the process, Judd made several groundbreaking choices at the time such as displaying the items without a base, placed directly on the floor. Up until then, physical art was either a canvas hung on a wall or a sculpture placed on a pedestal. Also, he began outsourcing the manufacturing of his pieces to professional artisans that would create them based on his technical drawings. Before this, it was a universally held belief that artists make their own art, and Judd’s assertion that “the methods should not matter as long as the results create art” was another revolutionary concept introduced by him to the creative process.
Fixated on the idea of permanent installations he bought his first building, 101 Spring Street, a five-story building in New York that would serve as his home and studio for the next 25 years. He advanced this idea further by buying a 60 000 acre ranch in Marfa, Texas as that to this day stands as a home to his permanent installations. His work in Marfa includes over 100 aluminum pieces and outdoor works that are on display to this day.
Having passed in 1994, the fact that his art was crafted by others and relied on mathematical progression would remain a point of controversy for years. Despite this, critics both con and pro frequently remark on the moral integrity of his work as well as the beauty of his unadorned surfaces. While both his art and his thinking were often seen as having greatly influenced conceptual art and conceptual creators around the world, the ever-modest Judd would decline to take credit until the end, always maintaining "art need only be interesting to be art".
Presenting collection ETT, the Swedish word for one. Made in Germany using a Swiss two-hand complication and designed in our Stockholm studio to be a carefully considered hybrid of past and present.

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HealthDay News — A magnetically levitated centrifugal continuous-flow circulatory pump was superior to a mechanical-bearing axial continuous-flow pump at 2 years for patients with advanced heart failure, according to a study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was published to coincide with the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from March 10 to 12 in Orlando, Florida.
Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a randomized noninferiority and superiority trial comparing the centrifugal-flow pump (190 patients) with the axial-flow pump (176 patients) in patients with advanced heart failure.
The researchers found that the primary end point (composite of survival at 2 years free of disabling stroke or survival free of reoperation to replace or remove a malfunctioning device) occurred in 79.5% and 60.2% of the centrifugal-flow and axial-flow pump groups, respectively (absolute difference, 19.2 percentage points; 95% lower confidence boundary, 9.8 percentage points [P <.001 for noninferiority]; hazard ratio, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.31-0.69 [P <.001 for superiority]). Compared with the axial-flow pump group, the centrifugal-flow group had significantly less frequent reoperation for pump malfunction.
“In patients with advanced heart failure, a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow pump was superior to a mechanical-bearing axial-flow pump with regard to survival free of disabling stroke or reoperation to replace or remove a malfunctioning device,” the authors wrote.
Disclosures: The study was funded by Abbott.
Mehra MR, Goldstein DJ, Uriel N, et al. Two-year outcomes with a magnetically levitated cardiac pump in heart failure [published online March 11, 2018]. N Eng J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800866.

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“Why is everybody sick?”“Is it the end of the world?”“Are we all going to die?” These are just some of the anxious questions parents have been asked by their children since the outbreak of Covid-19. Children are like sponges to everything happening around them. Whatever fears that we have are amplified to them. Educational psychologist Naomi Holdt told Weekend Witness that adults needed to work out their own fears first before addressing their children. Holdt said fear was the first reaction felt by most South Africans upon hearing about the presence of Covid-19, and children were not exempt from that emotion. The psychologist said many of the children and teenagers she has been seeing in therapy lately had grown anxious because of the virus. She said they feared contracting the virus, their families becoming ill, and their loved ones dying. “These are natural fears. Children are not immune to the possibilities of what the presence of this virus could mean in our country,” said Holdt. Holdt emphasised the fact that everyone feels empowered when they know the facts, therefore she encourages parents to educate their children about the virus. “Knowledge is power. Truth is power. Our children need to know the truth without our own sense of panic attached to it,” said Holdt. Holdt said the first step when talking to children about Covid-19, or any fearful situation, was to understand their emotions before presenting facts. She said you must let your child know that fear is a natural and normal response when faced with a concerning situation. “As soon as children feel understood, they will be more open to listening to the facts,” said Holdt. Holdt said secondly, parents must note that children feel empowered when they know how they can help. She suggested getting children involved in projects such as collecting hand sanitisers for schools, children’s homes, old age homes and places that are unable to afford them. “Covid-19 has created an opportunity for people to teach their children the importance of showing care and compassion. Adults should focus on being role models with attributes such as being non-judgmental and kind to all those who have been directly impacted,” said Holdt. FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN CHATTING TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT COVID-19:1. Find out what your child already knows about the virus in case there are some rumours they have heard, that you may need to rectify. 2. Remember to only share age-appropriate information. E.g., “People who have this virus may have a fever, a cough and some breathing difficulties. “For children and adults with a healthy immune system, getting Covid-19 would be like getting the flu. Nasty, but you would get over it”.3. Answer their questions as truthfully as you can. If you are also unsure, first look it up on a reputable medical website. 4. Assure them that medical experts are working hard to contain the virus and to ensure everyone’s safety. 5. Be proactive and teach good hygiene habits. Holdt said the key to the nation getting through is by avoiding dividing ourselves through blame, fear and criticism, but instead we should unite with compassion. “This is an ideal opportunity for South Africans to show the world the substance we are really made of.”HANDY ADVICE FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO): 1. Help children find ways to express their disturbing feelings such as fear and sadness because every child has their own way of expressing emotions. Engage in creative activities such as playing and drawing to help facilitate this process. Children communicate their feelings better when they are in a safe and supportive environment. 2. Avoid separating children from their primary caregivers. If this happens, make sure that appropriate alternative care is there such as a trusted family member or a social worker. Furthermore, ensure that regular contact is maintained between the child and their parent through scheduled phone calls or video calls. 3. If children are confined to the home, maintain familiar routines in their daily life. Provide engaging activities and encourage them to play and socialise with others — even if only within the family when advised to restrict social contact. 4. Children tend to seek more attention and be demanding of their parents when they are stressed. By discussing Covid-19 honestly with them, you will ease their anxiety. Remember that children observe adult behaviours and emotions for cues on how to manage their own emotions during difficult times.


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LaGrange, Troup County and surrounding area events — Feb. 12, 2016
Published 12:00 am Friday, February 12, 2016
Events: God’s Breadbasket, a food pantry serving Hogansville residents, is open 9 a.m.–noon.
Jefferson Street Market featuring local wares and produce is 9:30 a.m. to noon at 625 Jefferson St.
Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings 10:30 a.m. for women, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family hosts support groups for those with a mental illness and for their family and friends at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 120 Broad St. in LaGrange, led by trained facilitators. 706-594-4714
Churches: Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds a free Bible study from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760
Events: LaGrange Memorial Library, 115 Alford St., hosts Taste of Storytelling at 2 p.m. Barry Stewart Mann and local story tellers will speak. Sponsored by LSPA Azalea Storytelling Festival and Friends of LaGrange Memorial Library. www.thrl.org
Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 3 p.m. at Hogansville First Baptist Church.
Alpha Xi chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity meets at 5 p.m. at the 100 Black Men of West Georgia Resource Center on Union Street.
Churches: The Rocky Mount Baptist Church, 515 Hillcrest Road in Hogansville, hosts Family and Friends Day at 2 p.m.
Welcome Baptist Church in the Redline Community hosts a Black History program at 2:30 p.m. Guest speaker is the Rev. Kenneth Bailey of White Plains Baptist Church in Senoia.
McGhee Chapel AME Church on Hammett Road observes Black History Month at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. Viola Parker is guest speaker.
Callaway Baptist Church hosts discipleship training, youth and children’s classes at 5 p.m.
Uplifting Your Faith Ministries, 104 Youngs Mill Road, hosts spiritual counseling/healing at 5 p.m. with Bishop R.L. Darden.
Events: A beginner scrapbook class is offered at the Active Life Center on Ragland Street at 1 p.m. There is no cost for the class. A registration form and supply list can be picked up at the center.
Meetings: The West Georgia Health Board of Trustees meets 5:15 p.m. in the Board Room of West Georgia Medical Center.
The Troup County Board of Education meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center at 100 N. Davis Road.
The Troup County Democratic Party committee meets 6 p.m. at the Williams J. Griggs Center, 716 Glenn Robertson Drive in LaGrange.
Troup County Association of Beekeepers meets 7 p.m. at the Ag Building on Hamilton Road. Meetings are open to anyone interested in beekeeping. UGA Cooperative Extension, 706-883-1675 or Terry, 706-882-2493
Legacy Museum on Main, 136 Main St. in LaGrange, hosts the exhibit Lifting More Voices: Early Troup County Black History through Sept. 16. The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and usually the first and third Saturdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To check Saturday openings or schedule a group visit, call 706-884-1828.

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DPRK's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (Photo: Kyodo/VNA)
In Singapore, Mr. Ri was expected to try to bolster relations with his counterparts from countries such as those in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as the DPRK has recently been working to boost its economic growth.
The focus was on whether Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho would meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the regional forum.
Mr. Mike Pompeo arrived in Singapore on August 3rd.
The ARF is a key forum for security dialogue in Asia, complementing the various bilateral alliances and dialogues. It provides a setting in which members can discuss current regional security issues and develop cooperative measures to enhance peace and security in the region.
The ARF is bringing together top diplomats and security policy-makers from 27 countries to Singapore throughout this week.
Mr. Ri is expected to make an official visit to Iran after participating in the meeting.
The Republic of Korea's Kang Kyung-wha is also visiting Singapore./.


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Moment of Levity: The Big Picture
CUE THE SURFARIS
It may not be graceful on grass, but imagine if Arizona's Stephen Drew were pulling this slide on top of a board while riding a wave? It's a pretty decent wipe out pose, no? And Drew clearly could pull off the whole surfer look, even if he could enhance it a ton by growing out those locks a little bit ... (Ross D. Franklin/AP)
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New Delhi, Publish Date: Dec 18 2018
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has written to party president Rahul Gandhi submitting his resignation from the primary membership of the party, sources in the party said on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Delhi High Court convicted Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to imprisonment for life.
“I tender my resignation with immediate effect from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress in the wake of the judgement of the hon’be high court of Delhi against me,” he said in the letter to Gandhi. ( PTI )


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Isn't it interesting how, as a people, we have fewer and fewer rights every day - yet as a nation, we have the right to do whatever the fuck we want, whenever the fuck we want to whoever the fuck we want to do it to?
And how we can look on remotely at catastrophic events the world over, feeling comfortably apathetic and removed, ignorantly sure it could never happen to us...
A troubling double standard...
Since my last blog post, it seems that the world is growing ever closer to that apocalyptic climax, where mother nature and our own stupidity will team up to shrug us off this earth like water droplets off a dog.
The three-fold catastrophe in Japan served as a wake-up call in most educated circles. Alternative energy gurus across the globe sarcastically quipped that you can't get cancer from a windmill. Japan is probably the best constructed country in the world to deal with natural disasters. There are some towns, even by the ocean, where if it weren't for the long lines awaiting food, you'd have no idea anything had happened.
As I sit here in downtown LA, perusing the time torn relics hobbled next to fancy top-heavy sky scrapers, I wonder...what are the chances that I'll be out of town when this shit falls into the ocean? I hate to be so doomsday about it, but that's pretty much what will happen. In a recent interview with a foreman at one of California's two nuclear power plants, San Onofre - on the beach by the way - a reporter asked how that power plant would do against a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami. In retrospect, the question seems silly. This particular power plant has had dozens of violations in the past few years including failed emergency generators, improperly wired batteries and falsified fire safety data.
I can almost smell the radiation. Fun news tho - between that and the new airport scanners, maybe we can afford to live without electricity as we'll all probably be independently luminescent by then - fuck!
Back to the riveting interview: the foreman of the San Onofre plant admitted that the power plant had been constructed to withstand a tsunami wave of 30 feet, having built reinforced concrete walls around it. In regards to the earthquake, apparently it was constructed to withstand a 7.0...
BUT - he said it would more than likely handle a 9.0. As the camera panned back to Wolf Blitzer in the studio, he cocked his head to the side and said, "I'm not really sure how those facts match up."
Well, no shit, Wolf. Because they don't. We are royally screwed when mother nature shakes her angry fist in our direction. The South Pacific has been getting a lot of shakes...we're due. All seismologists agree it's not "if," it's "when." And they feel with all the seismic activity as of late, it'll more than likely be sooner.
And as Germany this week, shut down all nuclear power plants that are over 30 years old, we look on with nonchalant arrogance, scoffing at security issues at the majority of our power plants.
Could it be that we're too tied up in our THIRD GOD DAMN MIDDLE EASTERN WAR?!
In a grotesquely eerie timing, on March 19th, we set off 110 missiles into Libya. The very next day marked our 7 year anniversary of the shit storm in Iraq. Happy Birthday middle east - we just can't get enough of you!
A journalist from the week noted that "The majority of Americans agree, whether liberal, conservative or in between" that we have no business being in the Middle East, that Libya is not worth the life of one American soldier. "The U.S. has just spent a decade at war, trying to save Iraqis and Afghans from themselves. Enough."
Well, it apparently isn't enough for the corporate cocks up top. They smell more oil, and more opportunities to use these freedom hungry rebels to their advantage.
It is the same tune as it has always been: we don't give a flying frisbee about the rights of people - particularly dirty foreigners. We care about dollar signs and bottom lines. The rebels in Libya have not proven that they can run a country any more effectively than any mob. I'm not saying I disagree with or dishonor their plight, but fighting for your life and for your freedom is a lot different than running a country.
So, once again, with complete disregard for facts or public opinion, Obama gives the OK to send in the cavalry. On a side note, is there any way we can get his peace prize revoked? If this is the criteria for a peace prize, I think Bush should get one too - to put next to his little green soldiers and his oil tankers.
The dangerous disregard for life and Middle-Eastern public opinion (never mind our own) continues to drown us in a corporate quicksand that is increasingly harder to survive in. It wrecks our own economy and infrastructure while simultaneously doing the same to all those we touch - for the top 1% we are Midas. For the 99% of the rest of us, it is death.
And, what do we have to say about it?
I would normally put some sort of expletive here to show how my face looks as I write this. But today, it's just sad and disappointed. Yes, we do disagree with the mandate in Libya. Yes, we overwhelmingly feel nuclear power is stupid and at the very least that security has to be flawless! Yet all we do is mutter our opinions to ourselves and then continue on with our day, as if doing something is too pre-emptive for problems that don't really seem too pressing.
You don't feel that damn pressure? You don't feel the raping of your rights, your wallets, your future...if you don't, check your nerves, b/c it's fucking painful. But make sure you have priceless health care (i.e. unless you're a corporate cuddly, you don't) , otherwise you'll end up homeless after a nurse tells you to cough.
So, what are we doing? Honestly. What the fuck are people doing to make them so blind to their own demise? Nothing...and that is the problem.
If you think things are bad now, just wait. Sit and do nothing - be nothing. Continue on with your meandering days, go ahead and plan your next 10 years, buy that baby stroller for the poor bastards who will come after us. And then just sit back and wait.
War, famine, natural disasters, nuclear explosions, lack of water, shelter, power, hospitals - not to mention the workings of an industrialized society: education, roads, public works, social programs.
The ascent of man reached its peak, and now we are nose-diving.


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Selective modulator of progesterone receptors with slightly antagonistic effect on it.
It is used on the treatment of uterine fibroids (Donnez 2012, Vázquez 2013) and as an emergency contraceptive.
This comment informs about its use for TREATMENT OF FIBROIDS
A high plasma protein-binding capacity explains its small passage (0.02 mg / L) into breastmilk observed at the first day (HRA Pharma 2015: 8.3).
As an emergency contraceptive it is a medication of limited and occasional use. World Health Organization considers it compatible with breastfeeding on such cases. (WHO 2015). See specific info on "Ulipristal acetate (contraceptive)".
On the treatment of fibroids, the issue of a possible increased risk is posed on long lasting treatments (one daily intake on cycles of 3 months each at a maximum of 4 cycles with a two-months resting period between cycles). Theoretically, the relative daily dose ingested by the infant would reach 1%, that is, on an each complete cycle (90 days) the infant would not even have been able to ingest the dose (weight-based) corresponding to one-day treatment.
There are no published data on this medication related to breastfeeding, hence, a known safer alternative should be evaluated by following the best health caregiver knowledge.
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I’ve got to say this – for me, Ant-Man was the funniest character in the MCU till now. But man, did Thor 3 just surprise me.
A lot happens with Thor in Ragnarok. His hammer, as an audience have already seen in the trailer, is destroyed in the very first meeting with Hela. And without his trusted weapon, we get to see the God of Thunder in a whole new avatar. He gets stranded on a garbage planet named Sakaar where he’s taken prisoner by the eccentric Grandmaster who melts people for fun and organizes fights between individuals from different realms. Thor comes across Hulk, his friend from ‘work’ and the banter between two makes for some of the best scenes.
Thor: Ragnarok without a doubt, is one of the funniest Marvel films. There is so much humor and quirkiness sprinkled all across the script that you probably will miss out on a few successive jokes. But that is a downside, too. Ragnarok is an event about the destruction of Asgard, so the stakes are definitely sky high here. But the script’s protruding funny bone kinda diminishes the gravity of it.
The style of filmmaking Marvel adapted for Thor 3 gives you indie vibes, which is unusual by MCU standards. The narrative has Taika Waititi’s footprints all over. It is loud with its action sequences and makes very good use of CGI. Hulk is particularly very well done here. It’s interesting to see how Marvel has managed to tie the Planet Hulk story arc into Ragnarok.
By now, Hemsworth, Ruffalo, and Hiddleston are so comfortable in their character skins that it’s needless to talk about. Valkyrie is a well-written character, too, along with Korg, and Heimdall, who plays an important role in keeping the Asgardian people alive. Cate Blanchett pulls off Hela with a panache and Jeff Goldblum is brilliant as well.
Also, I’m glad they actually used Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song in the movie. That too during an awesome action sequence when the God of Thunder is all electric, kicking some serious ass. Marvel even goes to the extent of spoofing their own films, that shows how Marvel has evolved over the years by not taking itself too seriously.
Thor: Ragnarok being the best so far, is also an overhaul that the Thor franchise needed. It is a complete entertainer serving you a plate full of dazzling action garnished with jocularity.
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Laura Kaye impresses again with her ability to combine romance with awareness and healing. Home from service as a Marine, Noah is a lost man; it isn’t until a family party triggers his wartime memories that the true depth of Noah’s issues begin to show themselves. He’s broken and stuck in a realm of anger and he can’t seem to find light at the end of the tunnel. Mixed with his own turmoil is his developing feelings for his best friend Kristina. He’s never seen her as the woman she is today but the lust and companionship he finds in her rivals anyone else’s attempts to pull him from the muck in his mind.
Kristina can’t stand seeing her best friend torn apart and lost within his own emotions. Navigating the minefield that is Noah Cortez proves a large endeavor when, after years of lust on her end, Noah caves and deals her a searing kiss. As she begins to accept her own feelings towards Noah, Kristina has to help him realize the risks he takes in not seeking help with his PTSD and anger.
I loved Kaye’s ability to articulate Noah’s pain in such great detail. This is a man who whole struggling with the pain of a physical injury is also fighting an emotional battle inside. And that battle isn’t just the anger he feels and coming home without his team, it shows his struggle as a man as well. The dichotomy of his physical recovery with the Warrior Fight Club and his emotional redemption with art therapy perfectly showcases all the different avenues that our armed forces can seek help. Always one to push important initiatives alongside a sexy and heartfelt romance, I can’t wait for more of Laura Kate’s Warrior Fight Club and all the issue they’ll overcome!
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Loving her is the biggest fight of his life…
Home from the Marines, Noah Cortez has a secret he doesn’t want his oldest friend, Kristina Moore, to know. It kills him to push her away, especially when he’s noticing just how sexy and confident she’s become in his absence. But, angry and full of fight, he’s not the same man anymore either. Which is why Warrior Fight Club sounds so good.Kristina loves teaching, but she wants more out of life. She wants Noah—the boy she’s crushed on and waited for. Except Noah is all man now—in ways both oh so good and troubling, too. Still, she wants who he’s become—every war-hardened inch. And when they finally stop fighting their attraction, it’s everything Kristina never dared hope for.But Noah is secretly spiraling, and when he lashes out, it threatens what he and Kristina have found. The brotherhood of the fight club helps him confront his demons, but only Noah can convince the woman he loves that he’s finally ready to fight for everything.
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“All done,” Noah said. He gently applied tape to hold the bandage in place, but with the way the back of her hand was swelling, there wasn’t any safe place to press. Sonofabitch. He couldn’t believe this had happened to her. And on his watch.
“You’re taking really good care of me, Noah. Thank you,” Kristina said with a small smile.
“I will always take care of you,” he bit out. And then he realized what he said, and just how vehemently he’d said it. And damn if it hadn’t sounded a whole lot more than friendly. He chanced a glance at Kristina, and it was clear that she’d registered something in his tone, too. He threw away the trash and sat against the edge of the desk. “Why don’t you sit with the ice for a few minutes?”
She rose and stood right in front of him, her pretty eyes even with his given how he was leaning. “I don’t need to sit,” she said in a low voice, her gaze boring into his.
Well, I need you to sit. So sit.”
Her eyebrow went up. Just the one.
Under other circumstances it might’ve made him laugh. Could she ever just fucking listen to him? But he was wound so tight over witnessing her getting hurt, over the idea that it could’ve been so much worse, over seeing her spilled blood, that it was all he could do not to redecorate Mr. Johnson’s office along the lines of his shower wall. He was nearly vibrating with pent-up frustration.
And now Kristina was boxing him in, observing him too closely, not giving him an out.
“Here’s the part where I’m gonna say ‘thank you,’ and you’re going to say ‘you’re welcome.’ Ready? Thank you for protecting me and taking care of me, Noah.” Her expression was expectant, and not a little amused.
Something about her playfulness wound him a notch tighter. Because he wasn’t playing. His gaze dropped from her eyes to her full pink lips, and desire sucker-punched him so hard he nearly gasped. “Does your mouth hurt?” he rasped.
“Why would my—”
Noah was on her in a flash. Hand cupping the side of her face, arm hauling her tight up against him, mouth claiming hers on a deep, needful, soul-healing kiss. Kristina’s muscles braced in surprise, but then she melted against him, going soft and pliant against all his hardness. And he was hard. So hard, so on edge, so in need of release, that he could’ve spun her around, lifted her onto the desk, and buried himself deep right here and right now.
He needed to be more gentle with her, but the need roaring through him wouldn’t allow him to slow down or back off. And her eager responsiveness didn’t help, either.
Her good hand fisted in his hair, her mouth sucked maddeningly at his tongue, and her body writhed against his erection. And goddamn the noises she was making, because the desperate moans and little mewls of need were hot as fuck, every one stroking his cock and making him harder.
Instinct told Noah that Kristina wouldn’t hinder him playing out his little fantasy on the desk.
Except she was hurt. And they were in a fucking sub shop. Annnd, he couldn’t forget about what was behind door number three—they were supposed to be Just. Friends.
Shit,” he rasped. “I did it again.”
She grasped at his face. “Yes, thank you for that, too. Keep doing it.” Kristina went in for another kiss. This time, her tongue penetrated him, like she wanted to fight him for control. And hell if that didn’t set off all kinds of heat inside him.
He flipped them around and pinned her to the desk, nearly leaning her backwards over it. The position brought his hard-on flush with that sweet, hot spot between her legs. She cried out and tried to grind against him, but his weight and her skirt kept her pinned tight.
Hurt. Sub shop. Friends.
Shit, wait.” He stepped back, putting space between them. Because he didn’t think he’d have the strength to resist a third time. Especially when she stared at him with such abject fucking need, her cheeks flush with desire, her hair mussed from his hands, her luscious breasts heaving under that clingy V-neck top. “You’re hurt.”
“And?” Kristina asked.
Noah glared. “Kristina, I’m kinda on the edge here, if you can’t tell.”
She slipped up onto the desk and spread her legs, just the little bit the skirt allowed.
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Brophy Family and Youth Services (Brophy) is the primary provider for youth and family services in South West Victoria. Brophy first provided a community service in Warrnambool in 1972 when Father Tom Brophy and a group of volunteers decided to establish a boys home to prevent young boys who were unable to live at home from having to be sent to the orphanages at Geelong and Ballarat.
Brophy has evolved from providing hostel accommodation for homeless youth and developed into a comprehensive range of services for young people, individuals and families. The agency provides regional services to Portland, Hamilton, Camperdown, Warrnambool and districts through its outreach programs. Its main office is located in Warrnambool and sub regional offices in Hamilton and Portland.
The Community and Youth Complex is a services and information hub providing a unique, holistic approach to meeting the needs of young people and families in Southwest Victoria. It services the needs of youth and the community in the areas of health, welfare, education, training, employment and social connectedness throughout the Southwest by:
- Providing a one stop information and referral service
- Delivery of youth programs, activities and enterprises
- Coordination and linkage of youth services
- Youth health care, including a GP clinic
Brophy’s Family & Children’s Services Hub delivers a broad range of Family Services, which aim to provide an enhanced family support service to vulnerable families. These services are delivered with an alliance of regional partners.
The Foyer provides 18 independent living units and aims to provide an affordable, supported accommodation campus for young adults at risk of homelessness, to assist in transitioning into stable living arrangements and secure employment and training.
Today, Brophy is contracted to deliver over 35 community programs across Southwest Victoria provided by over 100 staff and more than 120 volunteers.
Brophy Family & Youth Services’ Mission has remained true and consistent over the years, which is to provide community service with a focus on social justice and disadvantage. This is what Father Brophy was about; “trying to keep kids in the community and standing up for many families to assist them in difficult times.”
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The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is extending shrimping season until 6 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2019.
This applies to Mississippi territorial waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel. Waters north of the ICW remain closed. Waters east of the Gulfport Ship Channel and south of the ICW are open to shrimping year-round.
MDMR is conducting routine shrimp sampling, and if there is an indication that large numbers of juvenile brown shrimp have moved into this area, shrimp season may be closed earlier than 6 a.m. on May 10.
For more information, call the toll-free Shrimp Information Hotline at 1-866-WE-TRAWL (938-7295).


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Jetway has broken all the rules (I guess) by letting their HD 4870 page out of the bag. This particular model only has 512MB of GDDR5 and according to them it (and their HD 4850) has only 480 shader processors. That must be a mistake on their part.
On the 9800 GTX+ side we have Inno3D and Galaxy representin'. Galaxy never lists the speeds for their cards but the Inno3D model has a memory speed of 1,100MHz (2,200 DDR) which is great because places like PC Perspective only had ~1,000MHz listed for the GTX+. The original 9800 GTX had a 1,100MHz memory speed, so I'm glad that at least some GTX+s will be that fast as well.
Here is a picture of the Jetway HD 4870 for you:

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On Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, there will be significant impact to travel as a result of the weekend of Prudential RideLondon cycling events. Certain roads and river crossings in east, central and southwest London and Surrey will be closed to traffic.
Travel advice There will be extensive road closures on and around the route; roads will be closed from early morning and will re-open when it is safe to do so. A number of bridges in London and Surrey, as well as the Blackwall Tunnel, will be closed at times over the weekend. Road users are advised to avoid areas near the event route wherever possible. If you make or receive deliveries in London and Surrey, you may be affected by congestion


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At least PLN 10 million. This is what Polish financial speculator and influencer Rafał Zaorski was supposed to offer to one of Wykop.pl board member Michał Białek in a phone conversation. As he reveals, he would like to bring Wykop to the Web3 era and introduce cryptocurrencies and related technologies to one of the most popular Polish social networks. However, Białek’s response suggests that the transaction is unlikely to take place.
Rafał Zaorski offered to buy Wykop.pl from Michał Białek
The American Internet has its Reddit and Digg.com in its time. Based on them, the Polish answer, Wykop.pl, was created in 2005. Users are responsible for the content appearing on the main page, who vote by voting on which post will be “excavated” and which will be “buried”.
Wykop.pl is currently owned by the Poznań-based company Wykop, whose board members include, among others, Michał Białek, one of the most recognizable faces behind the website in recent years. According to data from the SimilarWeb portal, Wykop.pl is among the 20 largest Polish internet portals and had 9.5 million unique users in January 2022 (Wykop data).
On May 29, a message from Rafał Zaorski appeared on Twitter, which has recently become one of the most popular users of the social platform in the Polish investment world. Zaorski asks, “is it possible to buy the excavation and for how much”
can you buy @excavation and for how much? Hmm
– Rafal Zaorski (@rafal_zaorski) May 29, 2022
There has been speculation on the web about the value of Wykop.pl. User krychu789 wrote, among other things: “Last year, the excavation generated income of 3.3 million PLN and a profit of about 700,000 PLN. The results are worse than a year ago. By estimating so quickly, the excavation not worth more than PLN 10 million”. User damianooo8 added that “A few years ago, Allegro (when he owned) launched the Wykop for 7 million. The stats have gone down a bit since then, so maybe it’s cheaper now, but the price depends on the buyer and what they would need the Trench for. »
Zaorski himself decided to offer more, which is due to the last tweet he shared on Tuesday morning. He indicated that he had a telephone conversation with Michał Białek and offered him an eight-figure amount, which is at least PLN 10 million.
In his view, it’s the cost of “setting the beacons, freedom of speech” and paying users in cryptocurrencies for their activity. Zaorski suggests he wants Web2 to end in the trench and transition to Web3. The deadline for accepting his offer is June 1, 2022, 08:00
In response to the entry, a comment from the person concerned, Michał Białek, immediately appeared. This shows that the offer is probably not on the table and has been rejected. However, until there is additional information, nothing can be ruled out or confirmed.
@rafal_zaorski I don’t know if it was a connection error, but you knew my answer right away 🙂
– Michał Białek (@mihau81) May 31, 2022
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What country, like Elon Musk?
Internet users quickly realized that Zaorski, like Elon Musk, had ended up on the social media platform. While the American billionaire plans to take over Twitter, the Polish speculator has so far confined himself to more modest projects. Zaorski’s first question was answered, among other things, by the following:
At the end of March, Zaorski’s Twitter was followed by 60,000 people, now it’s nearly 80,000 more (a total of nearly 140,000 followers).
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[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened 0.44 per cent higher Tuesday on a weaker yen and gains on Wall Street, while Sharp tumbled nearly 10 per cent after a report that the embattled electronics maker is seeking aid from banks.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 83.64 points to 18,910.52 at the start.
The dollar bought 120.23 yen early Tuesday, up from 120.17 yen in New York Monday afternoon and the 119-yen range seen in Tokyo earlier on Monday.
A lower yen gives a boost to Japanese exporters as it makes them more competitive abroad and increases profits when repatriated.
The euro fetched $1.1178 and 134.34 yen, against US$1.1182 and 134.38 yen in US trade.
Shares in Sharp tumbled 9.84 per cent to 229 yen after the Nikkei business daily reported that the struggling electronics maker plans to request aid from two main lenders, including a 150 billion yen (US$1.24 billion) debt-for-equity swap, before rebounding slightly.
On the New York bourse, the Nasdaq finished above 5,000 Monday for the first time in 15 years, capping a long-running recovery in the exchange after the dot-com bubble burst spectacularly in 2000.
The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 0.90 per cent to 5,008.10, breaking the 5,000 barrier for only the third time in its history.
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ConCom turns enforcement over to DEP
The Paxton Conservation Commission has turned enforcement of a March 2006 cease and desist order over to the state Department of Environmental Protection after Richards Avenue landowners Mark and Cynthia Love failed to file a formal notice of intent for work they had done and continued to do on their property at 313 Richards Ave.
The cease and desist order pertained to the filling of 1,500-3,000 square feet of wetlands and draining of acreage into tributaries of the reservoir, according to Conservation Commission Chair Chris Keenan. The work surrounds a barn and riding ring on the four-acre property.
The commission voted at its September 14 meeting to turn enforcement over to the DEP after the Loves did not file a notice of intent before the meeting. That paperwork would have included a plan for the work the Loves have done on their property and any they planned to do. Keenan said the landowners agreed to file the notice of intent after the cease and desist order was issued by ConCom.
Keenan said the Loves built a riding ring and were keeping animals in an area too close to wetlands. Regulations prohibit the keeping of animals within 200 feet of wetlands. He said they had also installed drainage pipes that funneled water from their property onto an adjoining property and then into the reservoir.
Mark Love said Monday they had filed a variance with copies sent to all pertinent state agencies, and that they believed that would solve the problems. A variance allows changes to property that are not usually allowed, with justification from the parties requesting the variance and frequently with conditions applied.
That variance, however, was filed with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, and doesn't cover the local ConCom requirements, or its state enforcement officer, the DEP.
"This was not an attempt to disrespect the local commission or our neighbors," Love said.
When it comes to the local ConCom notice of intent, Love said he believes that the variance filed with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and sent to the DEP covers that issue.
"In our estimation, we did that filing," he said.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation has jurisdiction over another statute ConCom says the Loves violated. But, John Scannell, DCR Regional Director for the Division of Water Supply Protection at Wachusett Reservoir says the DEP and DCR have jurisdiction over two different statutes. He said variance filed with DCR, though it may include some similar information, probably doesn't meet the requirements of the DEP, which will examine the ConCom issues.
The DCR has jurisdiction over the Watershed Protection Act, which protects the water supply. DEP, whose local arm is the conservation commission, has jurisdiction over protection of wetlands in general.
"What we thought we were doing was improving our property," Love said.
He also believes the issues are "fairly minor," and said he and his wife are willing to fix anything out of compliance.
"If there are any changes to be made, we'll make them," he said.
If anything, Love said, they've been the victims of an "overzealous contractor."
The Loves have now hired a wetlands specialist to help them with what many agree is a complicated set of rules regarding watersheds and wetlands under two different statutes.
A DCR hearing has been continued but no date has been set. Love expects a meeting with DEP October 12 will solve most issues.
DEP representatives confirmed that the Loves will have a private hearing October 12, but it will revolve around the local enforcement issues, not the DCR variance.
When it comes to the neighbors, however, the solution might not be simple.
Holly and James Robert, who own property that abuts the Loves' and live on property across the street, say the Loves are discharging water onto their property through three newly installed pipes. They also say the Loves' contractor broke a stone wall on their property while installing pipes and that the drainage wiped out a culvert. They're concerned about the Loves keeping horses on the property, and the wetlands and watershed issues.
Holly Robert said the problems have been going on for more than a year, ever since they noticed a drainage pipe on their property. She said they didn't address the issue at the time, but this spring when a veritable "pond" appeared where none had been before, they investigated further. That's when they heard from contractors who had done the work of the other pipes. She said they found pipes discharging into a culvert that runs under Richards Avenue and across the street into an area that drains into the reservoir.
They've repaired their washed-out driveway, removed the pipe on their property and placed hay bales where they can to stem the flow of the other pipes. They consider some of the actions taken by the Loves to be cause for civil action.
The couple reported the situation to DCR last fall, and hoped that would solve the problems.
"We assumed if we told someone it would be taken care of," Holly Robert said.
Mark Love said he and his wife want to be good neighbors, and aren't sure what they've done to anger the Roberts. He said one drainage pipe was a repair of an existing pipe they discovered while doing work on their property.
Whatever the Richards Avenue discussions might be, state agencies' wheels turn slowly, but definitely. There is the possibility that the agencies will require the Loves to undo or redo some of the work on their property, or face monetary penalties, according to DCR and DEP officials.


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BURY MY HEART AT CHAMPAIGN
Chief Illiniwek goes the way most other Native Americans went when they clashed with well-heeled white men:
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- The University of Illinois will drop its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men's basketball home game of the season on Wednesday, officials said.
The move makes the school eligible to host postseason NCAA championship events, but it angered many Illini fans who say the chief honors American Indians.
The NCAA in 2005 deemed Illiniwek -- portrayed by buckskin-clad students who dance at home football and basketball games and other athletic events -- an offensive use of American Indian imagery and barred the university from hosting postseason events.
American Indian groups and others have complained for years that the mascot, used since 1926, is demeaning.
Illinois still will be able to use the name Illini because it's short for Illinois and the school can use the term Fighting Illini, because it's considered a reference to the team's competitive spirit, school officials said. It is unclear if the school will get a new mascot.
Ooh, ooh. I have a suggestion:
More in keeping with recent history.
Meanwhile, C&F has found out that the NCAA wasn't the only one helping the Native American advocates in their push to eliminate Illiniwek. They were also helped by supperlobbyist Jack Abramoff.
In fairness, C&F would also rather be associated with him than with Illinois football.


New Orleans Saints rookie star running back Alvin Kamara exits Thursday Night Football versus the Atlanta Falcons with an obvious head injury.
Early in the first quarter during Thursday Night Football in Week 14 between NFC South rivals in the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons, Saints star rookie running back Alvin Kamara sustained a hit by Falcons linebacker Deion Jones on a screen and had to exit the ball game with a head injury.
New Orleans was humming on that first drive against the archrival Falcons, but the four-yard loss and Kamara having to leave the ballgame forced the Saints to kick a field goal. Kamara would go in the medical tent on the sideline at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to be evaluated for a concussion. He would then walk into the bowels of Mercedes-Benz Stadium for further evaluation in the visitor’s locker room.
This is the first meeting between these two bitter NFC South rivals of the season. They will meet in New Orleans in two weeks for a Sunday game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in Week 16. New Orleans leads Atlanta by two games in the NFC South race with four remaining. The Saints have been dynamic offensively thanks in large part to a great first year out of Kamara.
UPDATE: Kamara has been ruled out the rest of the game with a concussion.
This is a tough blow not just for the Saints, but Kamara personally. He is a native of suburban Atlanta and played his college football in the SEC for at first the Alabama Crimson Tide before starring for the Tennessee Volunteers.
The Saints still have a former Heisman Trophy winner at running back in Mark Ingram Jr. Drew Brees isn’t too shabby at quarterback for them either. However, potentially losing Kamara for the game is not the start to a rivalry game that the Saints would have hoped for. Hopefully, Kamara can come back out there for the Saints sooner rather than later.


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