Usage of payday loans in Missouri is pegged at 11%, second only to Oklahoma, 13%, among states where data is available, according to Pew.
The recent strife in Ferguson wasn’t caused by a lack of affordable and accessible financial services, but community leaders say the two are linked. Hardship in the region was made worse by the Great Recession and mortgage crisis. It’s created a transient population of down-and-outers who shift from rental property to rental property.
“The ability to move forward was made harder,” said Chris Krehmeyer, chief executive of Beyond Housing, a nonprofit housing, community and financial-assistance organization that serves the region.
At least one bank branch in the region is there through the urging of Beyond Housing, which counts executives from Bank of America and United Missouri Bank on its board.
Krehmeyer sees Ferguson’s robust payday-loan industry as a sign that chronic economic issues — high unemployment, foreclosure rates, housing values that have not recovered (they’re down 37% from the pre-recession peak) — have left many in Ferguson credit-poor and with records so blemished they can’t get credit at a traditional bank.
“It’s an indicator that there’s a market there” for payday lenders, Krehmeyer said. “If you have blemishes significant in your past,” payday lending is one of few options to the cash-strapped. “It’s hard to get off that treadmill.”
When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited Ferguson on Aug. 20, he primarily focused on police relations in the community. Patrick Green, the mayor of Normandy, a neighboring city, attended the closed meeting with Holder. In an interview, he told me economic issues didn’t come up.
Green understood that wasn’t the primary purpose of Holder’s visit. But, he said, the issues are closely linked. Much of Ferguson’s unrest has to do with the transient population in its rental-apartment complexes — such as the one shooting victim Brown lived in — and whether someone there can get a job.
Swanstrom, the professor at the University of Missouri, said Ferguson suffers from “socio-economic segregation.”
“It’s place as well as race,” he said. “The place has created an incendiary situation” through high rates of poverty, trends in the retail banking center and weak civic institutions.
It’s really more than that. The presence of a banking industry and access to affordable credit create a stronger sense of community. Home ownership and small businesses, financed through banks, are the economic lifeblood of cities and neighborhoods.
Moreover, Mayor Green says a lack of credit, and educational and economic opportunities aren’t a problem limited to this small town. “Ferguson is not an island,” he said.
Local officials note that some banks have been developing new loan and credit products to those who have poor credit histories. “They aren’t plentiful, and they aren’t a magical elixir,” Krehmeyer notes.
Residents still see “liquidity challenges from paycheck to paycheck,” he said.
That’s made West Florissant Avenue a great location for purveyors of short-term, high-interest-rate loans. It’s also made the area a place where people can feel rejected, less rooted and trapped and, in some cases, exploited.


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Russia holds extensive agenda for Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Russian publishing houses will be represented at the Children’s Book Fair at the beginning of April in the Italian province of Bologna, Rospechat internet portal informs. Visitors will be invited to familiarize themselves with new versions of well-known fairytales. Besides, novices by the contemporary children’s storywriters will also be demonstrated.
The Fair will not be limited to children’s issues only. There are books for the youth, textbooks and many other editions among the exhibited literature. The Fair will be accomplished by the exposition about a distinguished Russian graphic artist Vladimir Lebedev living at the beginning of the 20 century. Young artists will present their artworks. The agenda includes round table “Children of the Future: from the Soviet Avant garde Children’s Books of the 20s until present day”, presentations of new books and campaign Give a Book with Love.
Teachers from School of Joy residing in Bologna and Russian language teachers from Bologna University will present their programme at the Russian forum site, namely, lessons on the topic of “Drama and stagings in the pedagogical process and methodology of teaching Russian literature and language”. This event is to become a new step of collaboration between Rospechat and expat community of Italy.

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Search operations continued on Thursday at an opencast coal mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Odisha’s Talcher where three workers are feared trapped.A 30-member National Disaster Response Force team is trying to trace the workers under massive heaps of coal and debris. Rescue operations have been affected due to intermittent rain.Mound collapseThe accident had taken place around 11 p.m. on Tuesday when a portion of an earthen mound caved in and trapped several workers. While nine persons were rescued, one body was recovered. The public sector firm had said that labourers working on the night shift at Bharatpur opencast mine in Talcher Coalfields had come under a dump slide due to a strata failure. MCL (Technical/Operations) director O.P. Singh said sincere efforts were being made to trace the trapped workers.The incident was also raised in the State Assembly with Senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra saying that the MCL authorities should be taken to task for their laxity, apart from giving adequate compensation to the kin of the victims.
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DEPUTY GOVERNOR PROMISES MORE EFFICIENT SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT Invest Turks and Caicos launches tonight Related Items:Enhancing National Competitiveness Conference, invest tci Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppProvidenciales, TCI, June 1, 2016 – Members of the Invest Turks and Caicos (Invest TCI) team has spent the past three weeks promoting these Islands as an attractive destination for foreign investment at regional conferences, summits and roadshows..The team attended the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS) in Miami Florida, May 10-11, the Annual Caribbean Investment Summit (CIS), also in Miami on May 12-13th and the 3rd Annual Premier’s Roadshow, May 22nd-27th which saw the team visiting five major US cities over the time period.During their attendance at these events, The Invest TCI team met with numerous investors, developers, government officials, major hotel chains and management groups as well as fellow Investment Promotion Agencies from around the region. The events were a great way to meet investors and network with industry associates. An Investment Opportunities presentation and cocktail hosted by Invest TCI as part of the Premier’s Roadshow in New York City proved to be particularly beneficial for the Agency. The private event saw the attendance of a dozen high profile investors who learnt more about the investment climate in the Islands and also met the Premier, Honourable Dr. Rufus Ewing who was present at the cocktail reception and opened the event. Representatives of Grace Bay Resorts were also present and were able to provide first-hand experience of operating a business on the islands.“We are confident that we have accomplished our goal at these events”, said John Rutherford, CEO of Invest Turks and Caicos. ‘’We set out to let the investment community know the Turks and Caicos Islands are open for business investment and that Invest TCI is ready to facilitate and streamline new investments into the country. “There is no doubt that the Turks & Caicos islands are known for its white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, however, there is work to be done in promoting the islands as a destination for investment and we were able to achieve that through networking, one on one meetings and our own investor event.The Invest TCI team will continue to promote the islands at targeted industry events throughout the year with the aim of encouraging international investors and developers to invest in the Turks and Caicos.For more information on Invest Turks and Caicos, visit the website at investturksandcaicos.tc. Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Recommended for you Turks and Caicos Islanders will lead new Invest TCI board
Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp Related Items: Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp#Bahamas, December 22, 2017 – Nassau – Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Michael Pintard gave sound advice to participants of the Grand Bahama Micro and Small Business Economic Empowerment Entrepreneurial Incentive Programme on how to get funding.Shortly after arriving at a recent training session at the C.A. Smith Building, the Minister asked the 18 participants to introduce themselves and share their information on their businesses. He told them there were a number of funding options that could assist: commercial entities as well as investment firms looking to invest in small businesses.The Minister pointed out they should not get into businesses they were not passionate about. He noted the government intends to put together a directory for persons to find funding; and that, moreover, if the business is the dream, one could find a network of people to make that dream happen.Twenty-eight year old Victoria Robinson-Joseph has started working on her egg farm. Currently working from home, she hopes to move to the Grand Bahama Highway. She brought her recently hatched chicks to class for all to see.(BIS Photo/Andrew Miller)By: Robyn Adderley (BIS)
KUSI Newsroom, 27-year-old woman shot and killed in Skyline Posted: August 25, 2018 Categories: Local San Diego News FacebookTwitter SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — A 27-year-old woman was shot to death Saturday when she got out of a vehicle and approached another vehicle in the Skyline neighborhood of San Diego, authorities said.The shooting was reported about 5:30 p.m. at South Meadowbrook and Skyline drives, San Diego police Lt. Matt Dobbs said.“The initial investigation has revealed the victim was driving northbound on South Meadowbrook Drive in a vehicle with her companion,” Dobbs said. “They stopped behind another vehicle for a red light at Skyline Drive. The victim exited her vehicle and approached the second vehicle,” he said. It was described as a black two-door Mercedes-Benz driven by a black man in his 20s to 30s.“Witnesses reported hearing a possible gunshot and the victim stumbled away before collapsing in a parking lot,” Dobbs said. “The second vehicle drove away northbound on Meadowbrook Drive.”Lifesaving efforts were begun and the woman was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, he said. Her name was withheld pending notification of kin.Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call homicide detectives at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477. August 25, 2018 KUSI Newsroom


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I have Flor Tiles in a rug. They are this pattern.
The rest of the room has gray furniture, taupe throw pillows, dark wood accents.
The curtains are also about the same shade of dark green, but I plan on replacing them, too. So so dark.
I wanted to match the light blue in the tiles to paint the walls, but I think that’s a little too “Baby Boy Blue”
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This trio from London has combined the heart-stopping realism of Nana Vorperian's vocals, sparse hip-hop orientated beats, and a fondness for jazzed-out, keyed flavors to produce an honest portrait of modern urban life. The sincerity of Nana's vocals can be related to as easily as a friend's real-life woes. "Fractures" captures the anguish of a love lost perfectly, courtesy of sighing strings, a vibraphone that feigns happiness and captivating vocals. "Medusa Pts 1 & 2" sees frustrated beats, tear-shaped keys and a weaving flute combine alongside Nana's distraught vocals. Timeless jazz-hop nu-soul for people with a heart.
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Games are often won and lost on a team’s quarterback play. If this Saturday was any indication, the UR football team has nothing to worry about.Amassing 320 yards of total offense, just 68 yards shy of a school record, junior quarterback Aaron Molisani led UR to a vital league win over St. Lawrence University, 31-7, bringing their league record to 1-1.Sophomore wideout Osaze Ogbahon saw Molisani’s play as essential to UR’s victory.”Aaron is our offensive leader,” Ogbahon said. “He makes the team go and without him I don’t know where we’d be. He puts up numbers and is consistently a double threat on the ground and through the air.”UR was the first to strike offensively in the first quarter, when Molisani made a perfect read and went untouched for a 25-yard rushing score.”The play called was a QB draw with the option to throw to the back in case of blitz,” Molisani said. “The backer dropped into zone and I was gone. With help from the receivers blocking downfield, six points were on the board.”St. Lawrence was quick to answer with a touchdown on their next drive. The tie was short-lived as UR’s special teams and defense answered. Freshman place kicker Rob Corey connected on a 26-yard field goal. After a defensive stand backed St. Lawrence inside their 10-yard line, the UR punt team forced a safety.Both defenses stiffened in the second quarter, making it tough for either offense. Undeterred, UR struck again late in that quarter.Facing a third and six, Molisani hit Ogbahon, who turned a quick screen pass into a 51-yard score. Ogbahon was clearly excited about the play – his first collegiate touchdown – but still praised the work of his teammates.”It’s difficult to manage the emotions that come out – you just want to jump up and celebrate with your teammates [who] make it possible,” Ogbahon said. “I think that play was evidence of why football is the ultimate team sport, because it was 11 guys all doing their job and when that happens success will follow.”SLU mistakes led to the Yellowjackets’ next two scores. It took just a single play for Molisani to hit junior wideout David Ferris – after a poor St. Lawrence punt – ending the third quarter.After junior cornerback Mike Dermody’s interception to start the fourth quarter, Molisani connected with junior wideout Nate Gibbons on a 34-yard touchdown pass. “Receivers like ours make my job easy,” Molisani said. “[Ogbahon], Ferris and Gibbons all made big plays that resulted in touchdowns.” The trio combined for 145 of Molisani’s passing yards.Defensively, UR held St. Lawrence to 334 yards and caused four turnovers. The effort was spearheaded by sophomore linebacker Paul Kum-Nji, who recorded eight tackles, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.Junior linebacker Matt Simon matched Kum-Nji’s tackle total as well.Echoing his teammates above, Kum-Nji attributed his performance to others.”The credit goes to my coaches and teammates, especially our front seven,” Kum-Nji said. “Because of their hard work I was able to make many of those tackles without having to deal with blockers.”Against St. Lawrence, the offense and defense both put together a dominating performance, which Molisani views as necessary for the rest of the season.UR will have a chance to build on that success and reach the .500 mark for the season as they take on the United States Merchant Marine Academy, as part of Meliora Weekend, on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. at Fauver Stadium. Allard can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Rick Neighbors, the Democratic candidate running for Congress against longtime incumbent Robert Aderholt, was in Guntersville, Alabama Saturday, May 9th.
He passed out protective masks as part of his “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” campaign at Williamson Park in the Lakeview Community. The Marshall County Democratic Party was at the event with Rick Neighbors passing out personal copies of the U.S. Constitution along with the masks.
Rick Neighbors for U.S. Congress was in Boaz, Alabama Saturday, May 23rd with his “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” campaign team giving out free face masks. We hope you stopped by for a free pocket-size copy of the U.S. Constitution. We’re in the parking lot of Alan Jackson and Associates at 452 U.S. Hwy. 431.


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Amusement parks in England
AMUSEMENT PARKS IN ENGLAND
How about a day out at one of England's thrilling theme parks? There are plenty to choose from across the country, so here are a few recommendations to help you find a park ideal for you and your family or friends.
DFDS ports are ideally located on both the northern and southern English coastlines to allow you to reach your favourite amusement parks with ease.
Make sure to keep a look out for any special offers on our 4 routes from Europe to the UK, too.
Amusement parks near Newhaven
After 4 hours of relaxation onboard the DFDS ferry from Dieppe, you will arrive rested and ready to have fun at the Drusillas Park, less than a 20 minute drive from our Newhaven port. This zoo and amusement park is home to hundreds of exotic animals, as well as themed play areas. You can even organise your birthday party at the park and spend an unforgettable time discovering the animals and even feeding them.
Not far from Newhaven you can visit Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway Park that will take you into the world of model trains.
Amusement parks near Dover
Take your car to one of our DFDS ferries to Dover and visit Adventure Island at Southend-on-Sea. It’s an admission-free amusement park where the rides are divided into 3 categories and you only pay for the ones that suit you the most.
You can also visit Center Parcs Elveden Forest near Cambridge. It offers many outdoor activities such as archery and paddle boarding as well as indoor entertainment including creative workshops, climbing walls and fitness classes.
Amusement parks near Newcastle
Visit The Forbidden Corner amusement park which is about a two-hour drive from DFDS Newcastle Port. The park, a unique labyrinth of tunnels, chambers and surprises, has earned the Certificate of Excellence by Trip Advisor and was named Best Large Visitor Attraction at the White Rose Awards in 2015.
Located less than a two-hour drive from our Newcastle port, York Maze Amusement Park is ideal for a family getaway. Rides, shows, water fights and mini-golf are just some of the many activities that will delight both children and adults.

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With a long lost map, Big Dan and his ship hands are off on their biggest quest of all: to get the gold of Black Rock Hill. But odd things are happening on the ship. And ship cat Dex spots that two bad ship hands are plotting a scam to get the gold. Can Dex and his new pal Mist stop the scam?
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Warning: This post contains spoilers for To All the Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You is officially out on Netflix, which means your group chat is most likely blowing up with a heated discussion as sides form and friendships break under pressure. It's the biggest debate since Bella had to choose between a moody vampire and a chiseled werewolf in Twilight. The question remains: Are you Team Peter or Team John? On the outside, both men seem like equally viable options. They're super cute, very sweet, and they both obviously care about Lara Jean. Of course, that's what makes this decision so hard, and Lara Jean struggles with it throughout the movie.
While LJ makes her choice in the end, as Seventeen editors and TATBILB enthusiasts, Assistant Editor Carolyn Twersky and Entertainment Editor Tamara Fuentes felt there was more to discuss. So, they broke down Peter and John, really laid out all of the boys' best and worst qualities and they believe, that after a lot of deliberation, they can definitively say who Lara Jean should end up with.
Disclaimer: Both Carolyn and Tamara entered this discussion with existing biases. Carolyn admits to being Team John, swayed by his mature demeanor and proven respect for Lara Jean. Tamara, meanwhile, is Team Peter as he has shown that he is a great boyfriend to LJ (and his gorgeous smile and charming personality don’t hurt either).
Who has a better history with Lara Jean?
Carolyn Twersky: OK, I feel like this is a pretty obvious one. Who was Lara Jean’s friend in 6th grade? Who matched her iconic french toast Halloween costume with an equally enviable deviled egg? Who more or less changed his name and started going by John Ambrose simply to have something in common with LJ?! Yup, that’s right, John Ambrose McClaren. They used to hang out at the treehouse together, reading. And where was Peter? Probably kissing Lara Jean’s then-BFF, finishing the pizza and eating all of John’s cupcakes!
Yes, Lara Jean’s technically had crushes on both of them in the past (along with Lucas, Josh, and the easily forgotten Kenny), but something about Lara Jean’s young love for John seems the most genuine. It’s based off more than popularity and good looks (though it doesn’t help that he is super cute). LJ saw past John’s stutter and into his heart, and those feelings were obviously real enough that they came right back the second Lara Jean saw his name on a return address letter head.
Tamara Fuentes: While I totally agree that John Ambrose and Lara Jean knew each other longer, I think how Peter and Lara Jean started their relationship back in seventh grade is much more adorable! It was like fate came between them during that Spin the Bottle game at LJ’s first girl/boy party and the two shared a sweet little kiss that would totally bring them back together in the future.
Obviously, they had to wait a little bit before finally figuring out their feelings for each other (ugh, thanks, Gen). But they found each other in the end and it was the same innocent little spark like when they first shared a kiss. Peter obvs still had feelings for her even years later or else he wouldn’t have come up with the idea of being a fake BF with her. Plus, since John Ambrose ended up moving away and Peter stayed in town, they truly got to know each other better over the years.
CT: Finding love over a game of Spin the Bottle truly is every young girl’s dream, but you (possibly unintentionally) bring up another point that I believe also falls in John’s favor. Lara Jean and Peter’s history, while cute, is complicated. There’s drama, jealousy, and even nonconsensual make out videos involved. While it is definitely possible to get past all of that (what high school relationship is without a little bit of drama?), I question if their love is strong enough.
TF: If it wasn’t, I don’t think they would’ve made it past the first movie. Instead, they decided to give their love a try even though they know that it will probably get complicated now that it’s real. At least with Peter, she knows everything that has happened to him over the years and what he’s been like growing up. With John Ambrose, he’s just showing his good side to Lara Jean when he’s with him. What is he hiding? How do we know he’s not just as complicated as Peter when it comes to things like this? Peter is definitely the safer choice because Lara Jean knows what she’s getting herself into.
CT: True, but love isn’t supposed to be safe! I think Stormy would agree with me on that one. And Lara Jean may know less about John, but I think the prospect of learning about someone, peeling back their layers over time, and finding little surprises along the way is all part of falling in love. Plus, something tells me John is a good guy inside and out, but hey, I could be wrong.
But we are talking about history here! And simply because, in my opinion, it’s way less complicated and way more filled with chocolate peanut butter cupcakes, my vote is for John.
TF: As much as I love Peter K., you kind of convinced me there by bringing up that Stormy would agree that John is the better one of the two with their history. I have to admit, my heart fluttered a bit seeing them together in their cute little costumes as a kid. So in terms of history, John Ambrose is the winner!
Winner: John Ambrose
Who does she have the most chemistry with?
TF: Although John Ambrose might have won the first round, Peter K. totally has this one in the bag! Going back to their first kiss, there was clearly chemistry there from the very beginning, especially if Lara Jean wrote a letter to him right after it. Plus, even their fake relationship started off with a kiss on the track field, proving that Lara Jean was still super into him years later. And who can forget the hot tub scene?! Things were definitely heating up between them and it wasn’t just because of the water. It’s clear that they’re super into each other and the chemistry has been there from the start!
CT: It’s hard to deny that Peter and Lara Jean have chemistry, especially when the first movie was steamy AF, but I need to give my boy John a chance. The first time LJ sees John at Bellevue, it literally knocks her down! And from then on, the sexual tension is pretty palpable. I mean, the second Lara Jean is a single woman, one of the first things she does is kiss John. And that Star Ball scene out in the snow...all I can say is, “wow.”
TF: While John and LJ have totally had some cute moments together, I don’t think they’re as big as her moments with Peter. LJ might have literally fallen in front of John Ambrose when they first met, but that can easily be argued to be due to the marbles on the ground. Plus, the Star Ball scene out in the snow was cute, but as soon as she kissed him out there, she knew that Peter was the one. So does that moment really count as chemistry for them? I don’t think so.
CT: Yeah, I can’t argue with that. Any cuteness of that moment is erased when Peter is revealed to have the greatest timing ever and he arrives at the dance just when Lara Jean needs him. And that final kiss does blow her smooch with John out of the water. The heart wants what it wants, and LJ’s heart seems to want Peter.
Winner: Peter Kavinsky
Who is a better fit for Lara Jean?
CT: OK, I like this one because we’re pretty much just looking at the two guys on paper and no one’s resume looks better than John Ambrose! Former Model UN participant? Check. Bellevue volunteer? Check. Avid reader? Check. Prefers to spend time with senior citizens rather than play flip cup with people his own age? Oh yeah, that’s a check! And the best part? Lara Jean loves all of these things too! Talk about a perfect match!
TF: This one is a little hard when it comes to Peter because they couldn’t be more different, but I think that kind of works in his favor. Even in their fake relationship, Peter made an effort to get to know her and even changed some of his habits to suit her. He started to pick her up before school ‘cause she doesn’t like to drive. He even drove all the way across town to get her the Korean yogurt that she likes. In the second film, he allowed her to drive to the lantern festival without knowing what she had up her sleeve. Peter K. allows her to be her own person despite him liking different things, which I think is so important in a relationship.
CT: I agree, and I will admit, it’s not always ideal to date someone exactly like you, because then how will you grow in your relationship? That being said, in this instance, Peter and LJ are a little too different. Yes, he is a good boyfriend, but he expects things of her that she doesn’t seem entirely comfortable with (going to parties, dressing up to cheer him on during his lacrosse games). Meanwhile, she and John could probably sit at a table and talk for hours about books and politics. You can maybe argue that they are too similar, but like you said earlier, we don’t know too much about John, and maybe he has something up his sleeve that will shake up the relationship just enough. Either way, I think it’s obvious that John is the better fit.
TF: I do have to admit, I felt pretty uncomfortable when LJ dressed up for his lacrosse game, only to figure out that he was seen with Gen just a bit earlier or how he didn’t call her to let her know that he was going to be late for their coffee date earlier. They both have different things they enjoy, but sometimes it doesn’t mesh well. But John and LJ seemed to not skip a beat when it came to being together as soon as they saw each other again.
Winner: John Ambrose
Who would be a better boyfriend?
TF: I feel like this is a tough question since they each have their own reasons why they would make a better boyfriend. I feel like Peter challenges Lara Jean to go outside her comfort zone, but still allows her to be her own person. We see in the first film that Peter isn’t afraid of discussing the hard stuff with her and is completely open to hearing about her experiences. He also didn’t pressure her to have sex with him in the second film, showing he totally respects her and doesn’t want to push her to do anything that she really doesn’t want to do. Plus, even though they’ve already been “dating” for a while, he still planned a special night for her at the beginning of the film for their first official date. Also, he made an effort to get to know LJ and her family throughout the films, making him total BF material with the ultimate stamp of approval from dad.
CT: I can’t argue with any of that! Peter has definitely proved that he is A+ boyfriend material. Unfortunately, we haven’t really seen John in action, so while I would love to assume that he would be a great boyfriend, we don’t really have any proof. Of course, there was that adorable way he almost asked Lara Jean to the dance in sixth grade, but he chickened out before she could see all of his hard work! I may have to give this one to Peter until John can prove otherwise. Up to now, he hasn’t had much of a chance.
Winner: Peter Kavinsky
Who had Lara Jean’s best interests in TATBILB 2?
CT: Lara Jean is lucky, because she really does have two great guys after her heart, which is of course why we are here, fighting about this love triangle in the first place. Of course, I can’t read Peter or John’s minds, so I really don’t know who has Lara Jean’s best interests at heart. Despite that, going off what we know, I have to go with John again on this one. He is such a sweet guy, that much is obvious! When faced with decisions, he seems to always do that right thing, and I can’t imagine him ever hurting LJ in any way.
Peter is not a bad guy by any means. But compared to John, he does come off a little bit worse at times. He kept secrets from Lara Jean, ones that affected her immensely, and for that reason, I think that John may be the winner here.
TF: For this one, I have to fight for Peter K. I think he definitely had Lara Jean’s best interests in his mind. While I don’t think he is the best BF in the world, he did allow her to figure out what she wanted to do and when she broke things off with him, he didn’t fight her on it. She allowed her to make her own decision and follow her own heart. And then, despite them being broken up, he still showed up for her in a time that he knew would make her uncomfortable (driving in the snow). He totally didn’t have to do that, but he definitely cares for her very deeply.
Meanwhile, John Ambrose sometimes feels like he wants to just best Peter, instead of fighting for Lara Jean. Although Peter’s ideas might totally not seem right, he still keeps her mind first, which makes him the clear winner in my mind.
CT: I do agree that John does seem to have this weird complex with Peter, but I think that when it comes to Lara Jean, nothing else matters and he seems like the kind of guy who would do anything for his girlfriend. I’m happy with calling this one a tie if that works for you. I think both of these boys would risk a lot for our girl.
Who does she have a better future with?
TF: I think this ends being the biggest question, especially as we head into the third and final film. While it's pretty sad to know that we only have one more movie with these characters, Lara Jean has a huge choice to make between who she wants to keep in her life. I think for this one, she has a better chance with Peter. They've already been through the hard stuff, which means they can definitely go through anything that life tries to throw at them. It seems like they're both willing to start to work on their relationship together and be each other's biggest supporters. Especially as they head into the next school year and college, this will be extremely important. Plus, as seen in this film, they've learned to trust one another. Since they might not be around each other after graduation, trust will be the biggest thing that will determine whether this will work or not and I think for them it will.
CT: Yes, Peter does claim loyalty at the end of the film, but I'm not so sure how he will hold up in a college setting. As you mentioned, the characters will all be heading away from home soon, so if Lara Jean is going to keep her boyfriend as she enters freshman year, she needs someone who she can really trust, and I'm not sure if Peter is that guy. Even if he is, LJ's paranoia may get the best of her. You saw how she acted when Peter got all of those valentines. There are going to be a lot of girls at college that think Peter is very cute, and that thought may drive Lara Jean mad. On the other hand, I don't think she would have that worry with John.
Not to mention, while Peter may be a good choice for Lara Jean's high school boyfriend, I think that she is soon going to mature past him, and John will prove to be the better fit.
TF: I think Peter has shown a lot of growth this past film, which makes me hesitant to agree that she would mature past him. I think they might be into very different things in college like he might join a frat or sports team, while LJ might be the editor of her school’s literary magazine or start her own book club. But I think you make a good point about Lara Jean's trust. While she might say she trusts him, the safest choice for this would probably be John Ambrose. Not to say that Peter would cheat on her, but her uncertainty with him and other girls might not be good for their relationship. In that case, I think I might have to bow out of this fight and give it to John Ambrose. As much as I love Peter and know he wouldn't do anything to deliberately hurt Lara Jean in the future, it's her inability to trust him 100 percent (like the V-Day cards) that makes me hesitant to say that they could make it work.
CT: Exactly, and while Peter seems like every high schooler's dream BF, John is totally the kind of guy you want date in high school. He's artsy (um, those piano playing skills!), intelligent, probably politically active. Lara Jean may not be ready to date him right now, but trust me, two years from now, he will be the perfect fit.
Winner: John Ambrose
And the winner is....
CT: I'm not going to lie, I'm feeling pretty victorious here. But hey, I always knew that my guy John was grade-A boyfriend material. I have to say, Peter is a great guy, and he obviously is doing something right if he won over Lara Jean's heart, but I don't think this fight is over yet, and I'll be rooting for John until the credits roll on the third movie.
I'm all for LJ doing whatever she wants to do and dating who she wants to date, but I will forever be Team John.
TF: It's a little tough to lose this fight for Peter, but he did end up with LJ at the end so I'll call this even. With Peter being the one who Lara Jean will stick with for the next film, it'll definitely be interesting to see what kind of trouble they'll be facing in the last movie. That being said, I do have to admit that I fell a little bit in love with John Ambrose throughout this movie. So, if John Ambrose wants to give me a call, I'm totally available.
Carolyn Twersky is an associate editor for Seventeen covering celebrities, entertainment, politics, trends, and health. On her off time, she's probably watching Ru Paul's Drag Race, traversing NYC for the best donuts, or, most likely, enjoying time in her favorite place in the world: her bed.
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text: FXStreet (Delhi) – Research Team at BBH, notes that the Brazilian asset prices sold off yesterday on the bank of the latest developments in the corruption investigation and the monetary policy developments. Key Quotes “On the former, in short, police arrested three important figures: the leader of ruling PT in the senate, Delcidio Amaral; an agribusiness baron, Jose Carlos Bumlai, who is very close to former president Lula; and Andre Esteves, CEO of the investment bank BTG Pactual.” “There are two possible consequences from this that could concern markets. First, the arrest of such a powerful figure in the PT could create headwinds and reverse the relatively favourable political moment the government is experiencing, curbing its chances to push through fiscal measures. Second, some could grow concerned about systemic risks stemming from the BTG story. We think there are some grounds for concluding the first, but very little to support the second. Either way, it’s too soon to tell.” For more information, read our latest forex news.

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Just when you thought that Nintendo was finished with the 3DS, as units of the Nintendo Switch fly off shelves, here comes Mario Party: The Top 100 to confirm Nintendo's ongoing commitment to its veteran handheld line.
If you've played a Mario Party game in the past, you will likely have a good idea of what to expect here. The clue is in the title of course, but this game will feature 100 minigames from across the IP's history; examples include Bumper Balls, Hotel Goomba and Three Throw.
To celebrate this impending launch on 10th November, Nintendo has released a lovely new trailer that you can view above.
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin said in early 2018 that Russia was developing a nuclear-powered torpedo that carries a "massive" nuclear weapon.
- New videos posted to the Russian Ministry of Defense's YouTube account appear to show a prototype of such a torpedo codenamed "Poseidon."
- If Poseidon is ever completed, it might be able to create a 300-foot tsunami.
- One arms-control expert described such a hypothetical weapon as "Putin's doomsday machine."
- But nuclear-weapons researchers have pointed out that an underwater bomb's explosive power and fallout would be less than a nuke detonated in the air.
Shortly after President Donald Trump's controversial meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Russian government published several videos that appear to show off a host of new nuclear weapons systems.
Putin first publicly described that nuclear-powered device on March 1 during an address to the Russian Federal Assembly. He said the autonomous drone would quietly travel to "great depths," move faster than a submarine or boat, "have hardly any vulnerabilities for the enemy to exploit," and "carry massive nuclear ordnance," according to a Kremlin translation of Putin's remarks.
"Unmanned underwater vehicles can carry either conventional or nuclear warheads, which enables them to engage various targets, including aircraft groups, coastal fortifications, and infrastructure," Putin said.
The videos the Russian president presented in March were primarily computer renderings, though Putin claimed Russia had finished testing a nuclear-powered engine for the torpedo in December. However, on July 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense uploaded several new clips to its YouTube account that may show real-world hardware — including one of a torpedo-shaped device called "Poseidon."
Defense analyst H.I. Sutton wrote in a blog post that the prototype in the new video is "generally consistent" with Russia's prior depictions of a giant, autonomous, nuclear-powered, nuclear-weapon-armed submarine. The device also goes by the code names Oceanic Multipurpose System Status-6, Skif, and Kanyon.
Based on still images from the video, Sutton said he figures Poseidon could be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide and 20 meters (66 feet) long, with room for a nuclear reactor in the center and a large thermonuclear warhead toward the front.
"It is really fantastic," Putin said of the device in March, adding, "there is simply nothing in the world capable of withstanding them."
Why the Russian 'doomsday' device could be terrifying
The Russian government reportedly leaked a diagram of a Poseidon-like weapon in 2015 that suggested it would carry a 50-megaton nuclear bomb about as powerful as Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear device ever detonated.
In a 2015 article in Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on nuclear policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, dubbed the hypothetical weapon "Putin's doomsday machine."
Nuclear physicists say such a weapon detonated below the ocean's surface could trigger a local tsunami, causing great devastation. US nuclear tests of the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, including the underwater operations Crossroads Baker and Hardtack I Wahoo, demonstrated why.
These underwater fireballs were roughly as energetic as the bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki in August 1945. In the tests, they burst through the surface, ejecting pillars of seawater more than a mile high while rippling out powerful shockwaves.
Some warships staged near the explosions were vaporized. Others were tossed like toys in a bathtub and sank, while a few sustained cracked hulls and crippled engines. Notably, the explosions roughly doubled the height of waves to nearby islands, flooding inland areas.
"A well-placed nuclear weapon of yield in the range 20 MT to 50 MT near a sea coast could certainly couple enough energy to equal the 2011 tsunami, and perhaps much more," Rex Richardson, a physicist who researches nuclear weapons, told Business Insider in March, referring to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people in Japan.
"Taking advantage of the rising-sea-floor amplification effect, tsunami waves reaching 100 meters in height" — about 330 feet — "are possible," he said.
Richardson and other experts have also pointed out that a near-shore blast from this type of weapon could suck up tons of ocean sediment, irradiate it, and rain it upon nearby areas — generating catastrophic radioactive fallout.
"Los Angeles or San Diego would be particularly vulnerable to fallout due to the prevailing onshore winds," Richardson said, adding that he lives in San Diego.
The problem with blowing up nukes underwater
Greg Spriggs, a nuclear-weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said a 50-megaton weapon "could possibly induce a tsunami" and hit a shoreline with the energy equivalent to a 650-kiloton blast.
But he also suggested that it "would be a stupid waste of a perfectly good nuclear weapon."
That's because Spriggs believes it's unlikely that even the most powerful nuclear bombs could unleash a significant tsunami after detonating underwater, especially miles from shore.
"The energy in a large nuclear weapon is but a drop in the bucket compared to the energy of a [naturally] occurring tsunami," Spriggs told Business Insider last year. "So any tsunami created by a nuclear weapon couldn't be very large."
For example, the 2011 tsunami in Japan released about 9.3 million megatons of TNT energy. That's hundreds of millions of times as much as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 and roughly 163,000 times as much as the Soviet Union's test of Tsar Bomba on October 30, 1961.
Plus, Spriggs said, the energy of a blast wouldn't all be directed toward shore — it would radiate outward in all directions, so most of it "would be wasted going back out to sea."
A detonation several miles from a coastline would deposit only about 1% of its energy as waves hitting the shore. That scenario may be more likely than an attack closer to shore, assuming US systems could detect an incoming Poseidon torpedo.
But even if such a weapon exploded on the doorstep of a coastal city or base, its purpose would be questionable, Spriggs said.
"This would produce a fraction of the damage the same 50 MT weapon could do if it were detonated above a large city," Spriggs said. "If there is some country out there that is angry enough at the United States to use a nuclear weapon against us, why would they opt to reduce the amount of damage they impose in an attack?"
Why would Putin develop a 'doomsday machine'?
If realized, the "doomsday machine" would join thousands of nuclear weapons in Russia's arsenal.
In Lewis' 2015 article, he wrote that there was speculation that the underwater weapon might be "salted," or surrounded with metals like cobalt, which would dramatically extend fatal radiation levels from fallout for at least several months, or possibly even decades. That's because the burst of neutrons emitted in a nuclear blast could transform those metals into long-lived, highly radioactive chemicals and sprinkle them all over.
"What sort of sick bastards dream up this kind of weapon?" Lewis wrote, noting that such salted weapons were featured in the 1964 science-fiction Cold War parody film "Dr. Strangelove."
But Spriggs said the fallout — also called "source term" — from an underwater explosion would be dramatically reduced.
"In reality, the vast majority of the source term will never escape from the ocean as air-borne particles," Spriggs told Business Insider via email in April. "Most of the fission products and activation products that are thrown into the air during the explosion will be trapped in the water droplets in the water spout and will fall back to the ocean within just a few 1000 feet from the detonation point."
But if a nuclear bomb were dropped from the air, "almost 100% of the source term [...] ends up on the land," Spriggs said. So the fallout from a "salted" weapon blown up above a target could "be many, many orders of magnitude worse than the fallout produced by an underwater detonation."
To Lewis, it doesn't necessarily matter whether the nuclear torpedo will be completed or if the descriptions and videos are Russian posturing designed to prevent the US from attacking Russia or its allies.
"Simply announcing to the world that you find this to be a reasonable approach to [nuclear] deterrence should be enough to mark you out as a dangerous creep," Lewis said.
This story has been updated. It was originally published on April 24, 2018.


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Turkey inks deal for 50 million doses of Russian jab Sputnik V
Turkey has signed an agreement for a total of 50 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the country’s health minister has said, however, warning that there will be jab supply issues in the next month.
Turkey will receive those Russian injections within six months with the first deliveries arriving in May, according to Fahrettin Koca.
“We are at the last stage for Sputnik V vaccine emergency use authorization and technology will be transferred for the production of the jab in Turkey,” the minister said on April 28.
Earlier this week, Turkish pharmaceuticals company Viscoran İlaç and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) agreed to cooperate on the production of Sputnik V in Turkey.
Sputnik V, which demonstrated an efficacy of 97.6 percent, has been registered in 61 countries globally, covering a total population of over 3 billion people, the RDIF said in a statement.
Turkey, which started its inoculation program on Jan. 14, has been using the vaccines developed by Pzifer/BioNTech and the Chinese pharmaceuticals firm Sinovac.
“As of June, the deliveries of the BioNTech vaccine will exceed 30 million doses,” said Koca, who previously informed that Turkey already received 4.5 million doses of this injection.
The minister also announced the two doses of BioNTech vaccine will be administered in a six to eight-week interval.
This decision was made following consultations with Professor Uğur Şahin, co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, Koca said.
To date, Turkey has been administered the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccines 28 days apart.
The announcement caused some confusion at first as many interpreted the decision that those who already received the first dose of the BioNTech vaccine, will be given the second dose within the interval of six to eight weeks.
But the Health Ministry later clarified that the decision will apply to first-time receivers of the jab. “The appointment already made for the second doses are valid,” the ministry said.
People in Tukey need to make an appointment to receive their shots.
Koca also said that preparations for the phase 3 trials would begin in the next few days for the domestic inactivated vaccine and noted that this was the last step for the general usage.
Since the beginning of the inoculation drive, Turkey has administered more than 22.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Over 13.6 million people have received their first doses, while over 8.9 million have been given both doses.
Five people in Istanbul have been diagnosed with the Indian variant of COVID-19, Koca also said.
“This strain was found for the first time. Those individuals who contracted the Indian variant are isolated and closely monitored,” he added.
The minister noted that the U.K. variant is the most common type of the COVID-19 strain detected in Turkey while the Brazilian and South African variants have also been found.

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AM I QUALIFIED TO RIDE THIS TRAIN?
One weekend my husband and I decided to take the train down to Austin, Texas for the weekend. We left early in the morning and would arrive that evening in downtown Austin-just after dinner. We had reservations at a hotel downtown, then would take the train back on Monday. I was so excited! I hadn’t ridden the train since I was a kid. It was going to be an adventure!
Our meals were included, but we were required to sit at tables seating four. So we ate with strangers for breakfast and lunch. I was a little nervous-I like meeting new people, I really do. But to sit and eat a meal for an hour with strangers could be potentially daunting.
At lunch we sat with a couple who actually owned part of an island off the coast of Washington State. They had purchased the island with twenty other couples many years ago. At that time, the island didn’t have electricity, but the wives conspired and after about five years the owners managed to get electricity brought to the island. They still had to take a boat to get groceries, but the couple said that was part of the charm. In fact, their share of the island is in their wills because the children are fighting over who gets it.
At dinner we sat with a published author and her husband. She had published her second book on homesteading, and was working on a third book about harnessing natural resources to fuel your home. She and her husband were on a research trip for this book, and were staying in a rental that was totally self-sufficient.
At lunch on the way back we sat with a young man on his way home for Christmas. He lived in Pennsylvania but was attending college in Oklahoma, because his school had the best degree plan for his career. He planned to be an acoustical engineer and design concert halls, so he was earning an undergraduate degree in engineering and would eventually earn a graduate degree in music. He was also an only child who had brought home all his laundry on the train to wash over Christmas Break.
We ordered dinner in our sleeping car because, quite frankly, we were really tired. But we joked that we simply were not qualified to be on the train-we felt we were literally the most boring people on it. In reality I’m sure that’s not true. But a teacher/farmer and a CPA pale in comparison to island owners, authors, and acoustical engineers. I’m glad the world is such an interesting place to live!
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As France's full-scale war on Islamist militants now rages on in landlocked Mali, African leaders meeting for their biannual African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia this weekend will be hard-pressed to find a way for Africa to take charge of the situation.
Experts say, although they saluted the speedy French intervention to stop Islamists from advancing to take over the capital Bamako earlier this month, African leaders are not clear about how the deployment of African troops in the vast desert of northern Mali will pan out. They are also divided over whose responsibility it will be to "clean up" once France withdraws.
The Malian crisis is a test for the AU's resolve to solve crises with an African standby force and what officials in Addis Ababa call the "African peace and security architecture". However, some ask whether it would be fair to place the AU on the spot now that the dynamic of the conflict has changed radically.
More than 2000 French troops are on the ground to drive out the militants from Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, the Touareg-led Ansar Dine and the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa who took over the northern part of Mali after a coup in Bamako in March last year.
Initially, the fight to restore the unity of Mali was to be led by a joint West African force, mandated by the United Nations, but they were not ready when the Islamists advanced on the town of Konna, near the strategic airport in Sevare, about 500km north of Mali on January 11.
About 3 000 troops from Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Togo and Benin, led by Nigeria, are now preparing to join the Malian army in assisting with this effort, according to a statement by the West African Economic Community (Ecowas). Troops from Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso have already started to arrive in Mali.
Technical preparedness On Tuesday, General Ibrahima Dahirou Dembele, chief of staff of the Malian army, told Radio France International that soldiers from Chad and Niger, trained in desert-like conditions, are ready to enter Mali from Niger and within one month to "liberate" the towns of Gao and Timbuktu.
But Solomon Dersso, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies' office in Addis Ababa, questions the readiness of the force. "Africans are now scrambling to deploy forces after the French intervention without the necessary logistical and technical preparedness."
Dersso said this debate would dominate the AU summit. "The French intervention has radically transformed the crisis." He said no one knew how long it would take to solve the situation in Mali because the underlying factors, such as the proliferation of weapons, "including the ones now being taken from the rebels", had not been solved.
He said he believed the interim government in Mali, still much under the control of the coup leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, didn't really want troops from the region involved. But African leaders are keen to prove that the continent can solve its own problems.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, who is the Ecowas chairperson, has asked the UN to finance the African force. He said in Abidjan: "The time has come for a larger engagement to show solidarity with France and with Africa."
Sidelined Africans were very outspoken about the Nato military intervention in Libya and complained that the AU had been sidelined. The French and UN military intervention in Côte d'Ivoire also caused a rift between Ecowas and critics of the intervention, such as South Africa.
Siphamandla Zondi, from the Institute for Global Dialogue in Midrand, said France's role in Mali was "very different" from its much-criticised role in Côte d'Ivoire, and that was why African leaders accepted it. "The difference is that this intervention was on the request of the Malian government," he said.
President Jacob Zuma last week told the SABC that French President François Hollande called him and other African leaders before the intervention in Mali. "This has never happened before," Zuma said after meeting the current AU chairperson, President Yayi Boni from Benin.
Meanwhile, a high-ranking source in the department of international relations and co-operation said South Africa did question the timing of the well-organised French intervention "two days after Mali requested it", saying "it looked as if France had planned to get involved right from the start". He said Africans were "embarrassed' by the French intervention. In line with AU principles, the Malian crisis was left to Ecowas to resolve. However, the dramatic hostage drama this week in the south of Algeria, which left at least 48 hostages dead, has now finally compelled the North African country to get involved in the Malian crisis.
The drama also emphasised the international nature of the conflict. Algeria, an important member of the AU, was initially opposed to French intervention in its southern neighbour, but has since apparently authorised France to use its airspace for its "Operation Serval" and has closed its southern border.


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text: . . . Truth beauty. That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. Those are the final two lines of John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” The poem is considered one of the greatest odes ever written in the English language. Here’s the nutshell: The poet, or the persona […]Beauty is Truth . . .


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Ahead of the January transfer window, several players have been linked with exit from Soweto giant, Orlando Pirates.
Orlando Pirates could have a busy window trying to clear out about five frozen players from their pay roll.
The 18-year-old Lyle Foster is one of the players to leave with a reported five years deal with French Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco already in place.
Meshack Maphangule is reportedly attracting interest from Chippa, the forward has struggled for game time under Micho.
Both Mamelodi Sundowns and Bidvest Wits are on the tail of Abbubaker Mobara following his inability to make Milutin Sredojevic team, January window looks certain to be his life line in reviving his career.
Abel Mabaso could return to his former club Chippa United after failing to command regular game time since his move this year.
31-year-old Asavela Mbekile is another player who could leave Pirates, he is yet to make his official debut for Pirates since joining the club four months ago.


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2018 marks the tenth anniversary of the Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company woollen mill being listed on the Queensland Heritage Register because of its significance in the history of manufacturing in Queensland.
When asked “are you aware of any circumstances … which would render it expedient to place the ship and people in quarantine?” the Health Officer on board the Wansfell answered “No”.
The ship arrived without incident in Moreton Bay on Sunday 10 November 1861 and the HO’s reply was just as well because after the passengers disembarked, raw wool (along with other cargo) was loaded for the return voyage to supply British mills.
The Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company, built in 1875, was the first woollen mill built in Queensland and was the largest single employer of female labour in Ipswich. By 1891 the factory employed a total of 226 people, 152 of whom were women. This disproportionate number of females to males employed was beneficial for the Company because during the First World War there were few staffing reductions. As the mill worked virtually around the clock, the Labour Department disregarded “unavoidable breaches” of the Factories and Shops Acts 1900 to 1908 in the insatiable quest for cloth for military purposes. Breaches of the Acts were documented in the report by Inspector for Factories and Shops, Margaret Dempsey. The most significant breaches were the safety issue of young women travelling home unaccompanied, and overtime/night work not being fairly remunerated.
Again, in the Second World War of 1939–1945, blankets and cloth for the armed services was a top national priority which kept the mill working long hours. However, union activity brought the Company into conflict with its employees in April-May 1942. The April-May 1942 industrial dispute centred on employee demands for improved payment rates for Christmas, Boxing and New Year’s Day work. Other “matters in dispute” included the cleanliness of the lavatories and abusive language used towards employees by management. Arbitration was sought; and the strike ended mid-May with the resumption of work following an AWU resolution that an application for a re-hearing about payment of wages for the three statutory holidays was pending.
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The Stringfellow family arrived on the Wansfell in 1861 from Manchester. I am a direct descendant of their youngest daughter Alice
Then there is the link to the Woollen Mill which is through my Hegarty side as my great grandfathers brother George Henry Joseph Hegarty was Secretary of the Queensland Woollen Mill in Ipswich.

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I recently attended a dedication ceremony at The Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut where President Biden addressed a new generation of activists, students and faculty. The President shared a deeply personal message about the importance of public service while honoring the Dodd family who have been close friends and political allies for decades.
The event commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust and the President invoked the consequences of ignoring hate speech, lies and violence by remembering his father, a devout Catholic, telling his children at the dinner table that the Nazi trains bearing people to certain annihilation in death camps should have been bombed at the start of the war as soon as the allies knew of the final solution. He taught his children that “silence is complicity.”
The day was sunny and long lines waited for their chance to hear and see the President. When I left my room in the morning to walk over, I was stopped four times by state and campus police who had set up a large perimeter to keep the Presidential entourage safe. Details of the actual start time were kept to the last minute, people had lined up hours early as if waiting to see their favorite celebrity.
Demonstrators vied with heavy secret service presence as we waited to enter. They chanted slogans and denounced the Biden record on a collection of issues: water sovereignty, immigration policy, Haiti, statehood for Puerto Rico and vaccine mandates. There were drive-by trucks trolling Trump flags, fife and drum corps and lots of home-made signs.
The President arrived in one of five enormous helicopters landing on the roof of a parking garage a few hundred yards away. It was very impressive, the crowd watched silently and in awe. It was a reminder that the office of the Presidency carries more than just its occupant.
At times, the loud protests made me angry. They got in the way of the idealism I wanted to feel for a few hours. But in his remarks, President Biden reminded all of us that however imperfect America has been, our democracy is one nation built on the toil and hope of everyone who comes here.
The President warned that today there are fewer functioning democracies in the world than at any time in the past 15 years, with a rise of authoritarianism, demagoguery, racism and the violent suppression of human rights spreading.
The Dodd Center for Human Rights contains the collection of letters and papers of Thomas Dodd who served as the Executive Trial Council for Nazi Criminality at Nuremberg in 1945-46.
At the end of World War II, with 20 million people dead and 6 million Jews deliberately murdered by the Nazi’s, Prime Minister Winston Churchill suggested the 20 high level defendants (Nazi generals and leaders) be lined up and summarily executed. Stalin wanted a brief show trial and executions, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Peter Jackson had hired Thomas Dodd who had spent 15 months in Europe documenting the genocide and violations of human rights by the Nazi’s and together they argued successfully for a full War Crimes Tribunal. The 20 men who stood trial at Nuremberg were forced to listen to extensive testimonies as a full record was created of their barbarism.
Thomas Dodd felt that the world deserved a record of what had happened, that truth coupled with accountability would set an important precedent for generations to come by establishing an international legal framework for bringing to justice those who disregard the human rights of others. It is this same animating idea that has led to the creation of the International Court of Criminal Justice administered through the United Nations that has brought dictators and genocidal criminals to justice.
Truth, accountability, empathy and service, these are fundamental to the functioning of our democracy and these are the values that define human rights for the next generation. The President called on UConn students to engage with the world and to put their skills and educations to work for others.
I have my own history with the Dodd Center, having donated a library of child labor photos and videos that were the product of my 30-year filmmaking partnership with journalist and photographer Robin Romano. As I sat in the audience, surrounded by UConn students who have come to the university from all over the world, I saw the hope and determination in their eyes as the President spoke. The President’s natural empathy for others ran like a current through the day. It was touching and it renewed my spirit and commitment to the work of protecting children’s rights.
Len Morris is co-founder of Media Voices for Children. He lives in Vineyard Haven.
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Part of a special report on solutions for housing affordability in San Francisco. A version of this story ran in the summer 2014 print edition.
The scene on the second floor at SPUR in San Francisco Tuesday evening could well have been a metaphor for the crowding now besetting the city: A standing-room-only mob overflowing into the adjacent lobby where late-commers struggled to see slide presentations offering new ideas to solve the dire lack of affordable housing.
SPUR, a Bay Area urban policy think tank, teamed up with Pecha Kucha, an organization specializing in snappy presentations on innovation and new ideas, to host a slew of housing experts who each sped through 20 slides lasting 20 seconds apiece. Not all of their ideas were entirely new, but some of the presenters fleshed out concepts that have been floating around San Francisco political and development circles:
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Tomiquia Moss, who represented the city housing agency Hope SF, discussed the importance of improving public housing projects without displacing residents. Hope SF is currently renovating and adding units to the Hunters View development, with plans to do the same with other public housing developments in the city, including Potrero Terrace and Sunnydale.
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Fernando Martí, co-director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, said San Francisco should build more subsidized housing for people who cannot afford the market rate. Though the city has built or planned more than twice the amount of market-rate housing that the Association of Bay Area Governments’ master plan recommends, San Francisco has under-produced housing for low- to moderate-income residents. Martí said other Bay Area cities should be part of the solution, too: If cities in Silicon Valley built more homes, then fewer tech workers would choose to live in San Francisco, which would in turn drop the city’s housing prices. Right now, the abundance of high salaries in the tech sector are contributing to gentrification in San Francisco, he said, pushing lower-income residents to cities on the Bay Area’s periphery.
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As expected, numerous days and nights had pa.s.sed and Lord Half a dozen Needs and desires and the other individuals were within the hallway trying to know the divine body system. They still couldn’t know or resonate from it. Even so, a lot more complex the responsibility was, the greater number of rigorous their dreams to obtain it were actually.
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Wherever these folks were, the cultivators all yearned to get the lessons on the top rated figures. News reports regarding Lord 6 Wishes distributed in an astonis.h.i.+ng performance. All top notch factors got stuck force of the wind from it. Increasingly more cultivators believed regarding this with an outstanding pace!
The group was speechless. That resulted in he was going to surrender what he experienced acquired through fateful experiences to Lord 6 Dreams.
“Since our company is of the same mind, that is naturally very best,” Lord Half a dozen Needs and desires said, nodding in endorsement right after enjoying Ye Futian’s answer. “Ye Futian, as you explained so, could it signify that you are pleased to develop within the 6 Desires Perfect Palace?”
“Many thanks a lot, Lord 6 Desires.” As Ye Futian explained this, he waved his palm and promptly, the corpse of Shenjia the truly great Emperor made an appearance.
“Many thanks, Lord Half a dozen Wishes.” As Ye Futian claimed this, he waved his palm and instantly, the corpse of Shenjia the truly great Emperor sprang out.
Ye Futian reported, “Lord Half a dozen Needs, right here is the divine human body of Shenjia the fantastic Emperor. During the past, I had been fortunate to know and resonate while using divine body accidentally, letting me as a way to command it now. Nevertheless, in the end, it really is still not part of me and so, my spiritual soul is greatly tired whenever I personally use it. There’s a danger of me struggling with backlash as well. Now, I am going to let it sit within the Divine Palace. Using your unique cultivation, I am certainly it is possible to more effective command this divine entire body.”
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The eyes from the surrounding cultivators narrowed because they stared in the divine body system. Then, they averted their gazes and looked over Ye Futian. These were all surprised, using surprised expressions. Even Si Ye, who delivered Ye Futian in this article, was consumed aback by his motion. No surprise Ye Futian shown up so relaxed in their process listed here he experienced probably made up his brain on where to start since start.
No matter where these people were, the cultivators all yearned to get the teachings of the top notch numbers. News reports about Lord 6 Desires distributed in an astonis.h.i.+ng speed. All very best energies had captured wind flow from it. An increasing number of cultivators recognized about this at an outstanding performance!
“Let’s go to the middle vicinity,” said Chen Yi simply. They continued with their way.
Six Needs Heaven was an element of the Civilized World, the same as a domain name from the 18 internet domain names inside the Divine Prefecture.
The system of Shenjia the Great Emperor have been made available up. Ye Futian was merely an eighth-level cultivator. Irrespective of how he healed, even if his farming has become tougher following his recovery, it was actually meaningless. Lord Six Desires could destory him at any given time. He was naturally not frightened of Ye Futian stirring up trouble.
Ye Futian presenting the divine body system to Lord Half a dozen Needs and desires meant he was placing his existence from the Lord’s fingers. So as to gain Lord 6 Desires’ rely on, Ye Futian was bold and forced himself past the aim of no returning.
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Though he noticed a chill manage down his spinal cord, Ye Futian failed to betray any emotion on his experience. He appeared extremely sooth, just like his heart had not been wavering for the tiniest.
“Escort Guardian Ye to enhance in Yangxin Mountain peak,” Lord Half a dozen Desires requested on the list of cultivators beside him. Promptly, someone came up and led Ye Futian away from the hall. Ye Futian kept with the guy obediently.
“Many kudos, Lord Six Dreams.” As Ye Futian explained this, he waved his palm and easily, the corpse of Shenjia the truly amazing Emperor came out.
“Since we are of the same mind, that is naturally most effective,” Lord 6 Wants stated, nodding in agreement just after being attentive to Ye Futian’s response. “Ye Futian, because you explained so, will it indicate you are able to grow within the Six Wants Perfect Palace?”
Ye Futian sending the divine entire body to Lord Six Dreams resulted in he was adding his everyday life inside the Lord’s arms. In order to increase Lord Half a dozen Desires’ believe in, Ye Futian was striking and pushed himself earlier the aim of no return.
Ye Futian nodded slightly in response. Then, he looked over Lord 6 Needs and claimed, “My psychic spirit was seriously hurt while i fought with Excellent Elder Motian. I would like some time to repair my cuts. I don’t consider I is able to have any discussions along soon. I would like to relax for a time period of time. Just after my spiritual spirit has healed, I will promote the things i have received through fateful experiences with you so that you can supply some suggestions.”
As required, Lord Half a dozen Wishes was satisfied as he saw Ye Futian proactively supplying up the divine body system of Shenjia the truly great Emperor after which conveying his motivation to share with you what he experienced realized through his fateful encounters. He disclosed a smile on his face and nodded his head. He said to Ye Futian, “No anxieties. Because your psychic heart and soul is seriously hurt, you naturally really need to remainder. We can easily wait till you have retrieved to go over other concerns.”
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Everyone else was speechless. That meant he would surrender what he had obtained through fateful experiences to Lord 6 Wishes.
Even though he felt a chill run down his spine, Ye Futian failed to betray any passion on his face. He sprang out extremely tranquil, almost like his cardiovascular system had not been wavering for the slightest.
“Let’s visit the central vicinity,” explained Chen Yi simply. They extended on their way.
Lord Half a dozen Desires was extremely happy with Ye Futian’s motion. He scanned the surroundings and believed to the cultivators in the Heavenly Palace, “From now on, Ye Futian is often a guardian on the 6 Needs and desires Heavenly Palace. He is among us. Do you really fully grasp?”
Ye Futian nodded slightly responding. Then, he considered Lord Six Needs and desires and said, “My spiritual soul was seriously injured once i fought with Excellent Elder Motian. I wanted serious amounts of mend my wounds. I don’t consider I can possess chats on you in the future. I would like to remainder for a time period of time. Just after my faith based heart and soul has healed, I am going to promote what I have received through fateful encounters together with you to help you give me some pointers.”
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After a number of times, headlines started to pass on around this region.
Ye Futian’s develop was true. It seemed as if he was dumping his heart and soul out. Not surprisingly, it absolutely was insignificant as to whether or not Lord Six Needs and desires presumed him.