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Legislation in Australia allows people to apply for three types of intervention that affect family members:
- a parenting order from a Family Law Court (Family Circuit Court)
- a child protection order from a Children’s Court
- an intervention order from Police or Magistrate’s Court (restraint order)
Specific orders made under each category are described in Complexfamilies.
Family Law Court
Family Law Courts (Family Circuit Courts) were established under Commonwealth legislation initially to deal with separating parents who dispute either the amount of time a child should spent with each parent (time spent), or parental responsibility to make decisions about major long term topics.
Judges of a Family Law Court can request a family assessment that is provided by a family consultant who is a social scientist appointed by the court. Family assessments are commonly broad assessments of the functioning of the whole family that identify specific issues of concern to the Court.
In recent years Family Law Courts have dealt with complex cases that involve child protection issues as well as parenting issues.
Family Law Courts prefer to make only orders that can be enforced.
Children’s Courts are established under State and Territory legislation primarily to protect children when allegations are made of child mal-treatment (abuse or neglect) and of inadequate parenting capacity.
Child protection matters are managed by Child Protection departments. The department can request an assessment that is provided by a social science professional who is an employee of the department. Child protection assessments commonly focus on allegations made about one parent. Orders made by a Children’s Court are implemented by staff of the child protection department.
There is now greater overlap in the roles of Family Law Courts and Children’s Courts as the distinction between parenting and child protection issues has become blurred as Family Circuit Courts commonly hear complex cases as separating parents raise child protection issues in 40% of custody cases.
Police and Magistrate Courts are able to issue an intervention order if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a named person will commit an act of abuse against another person, and if the order is appropriate in the circumstances. Intervention orders are enforced by State Police.
One form of intervention order is an Apprehension of Violence Order AVO.
Abuse to a family member includes physical injury, emotional or psychological harm, unreasonable denial of financial or social or personal autonomy, or damage to property.
Examples of acts that produce emotional or psychological harm to family members are: driving in a reckless manner while a person is a passenger, following a person, loitering near a place of residence, interfering with property, sending offensive material, publishing offensive material, communicating negatively with others about a person, surveillance of a person, making derogatory taunts to the person, withholding medication, threatening to withdraw care from a dependent person, and removing joint property without permission.
An intervention order continues until it is revoked or varied.
FAMILY LAW ACT
Amendments to the Australian Family Law Act introduced in 2006 and have changed practices in Family Law Courts.
Before 2006 when parents divorced Family Law Courts commonly granted one parent both custody of the child and sole parental responsibility. Custody was granted to the parent the child predominantly lived with. The custodial parent was also commonly granted parental responsibility or authority to make decisions about major long term issues affecting a child aged under 16 years. The non-custodial parent was commonly granted visiting rights to see the child often about every second weekend, with no clear right to participate in major parental decisions.
The 2006 amendments to The Family Law Act were designed to encourage both separating parents to continue their role as a parent after they divorced as partners. The 2006 amendments made three significant changes:
- A presumption was introduced that it is in the best interests of a child to maintain a meaningful relationship with both parents, by spending substantial and significant time with both parents
- Separated parents were encouraged to make joint decision in the best interests of their child about major long term issues that would have a lasting effect on their child
- Criteria were introduced to guide judges who made decisions about what is in the best interests of a child. Judges were given authority to make decisions about parenting matters only after it has been demonstrated that the parents are unable to agree on major long term issues following negotiation, mediation and dispute resolution that was provided by and monitored by Family Relationship Centres.
Best interests of the child
The 2006 amendments to the Family Law Act require courts to make decisions in the best interests of a child by considering two primary considerations:
- a parent’s capacity to keep a child safe from physical and psychological harm (parenting capacity), and
- for a child to have a meaningful relationship with both parents.
A later amendment requires Family Law Courts to give greater weight to protecting children from physical and psychological harm arising from a child being subject to or exposed to family violence.
Criteria for best interests of a child
The 2006 amendments to the Family Law Act identified criteria that judges must consider when making decisions about what is in the best interests of a child, including that:
- both parents have a meaningful involvement in the child’s life
- the child is protected from physical and psychological harm from being subject to or exposed to abuse, neglect ill treatment and family violence
- the child receives proper and adequate parenting to help them achieve their potential
- the parents fulfil obligations and duties concerning the care, welfare and development of the child
- child is permitted to spend time with other significant people
- any views expressed by the child are considered , while considering the maturity and level of understanding of the child
- the likely effect of any court decision on the child, including the practicality of ordering regular contact
- the capacity of each parent
- to minimise the likelihood of further proceedings
- Indigenous heritage
- any other facts and circumstances that are considered relevant
Rulings on these topic have been published in court decisions.
Competent Parenting, Parenting Capacity
Australian legislation presumes that all adults have the capacity to be an adequate parent (parenting capacity). A parent’s attitude towards their child, and commitment to meeting the responsibilities of parenthood are relevant to parenting capacity. Any person who alleges that an adult is not a competent parent (or lacks parenting capacity) must provide evidence to substantiate this claim.
A judge must consider the capacity of each parent to provide for the needs of each child including the physical, emotional and intellectual needs of a child.
Standards for adequate parenting are being established in case law, often after evidence is presented by at least one expert.
Views of Child
Judges in Family Law Courts are required to listen to views expressed by a mature child, or to hear the child’s wishes.
Australian law courts distinguish between adults who are able to provide their own informed instructions and children who lack the capacity to give informed instructions or to make informed decisions (capacity to decide). Family Law Courts are able to appoint a solicitor (Independent Children’s Lawyer ICL) to represent the best interests of a child who lacks capacity. The ICL is not required to present views expressed by the child, or even to interview the child.
The age of maturity in Australia when children are recognised as able to make their own legally binding decisions affecting family matters is 16 years.
A family law court may recognise that a child younger than 16 years is able to make a legally binding decision on a specific topic, or may recognise that a child has decision making capacity.
Behaviours that amount to family violence are: assault, sexual assault or other sexually abusive behaviour, stalking, repeated derogatory taunts, intentionally destroying or damaging property, intentionally causing death or injury to an animal, unreasonably denying a family member the financial autonomy s/he would otherwise have, unreasonably withholding financial support needed to meet the reasonable living expenses of a family member or his or her child at a time when the family member is entirely or predominantly dependent on the person for financial support, preventing the family member from making or keeping connections with his or her family, friends or culture, and unlawfully depriving the family member or any member of the family, of his or her liberty.
A child is exposed to family violence if the child overhears threats of death or personal injury, sees or hears an assault, comforts or assists a family member who has been assaulted, cleans up a site that has been intentionally damaged, or is present when police or ambulance officers attend an incident of family violence.
Types of Family Violence
Four types of family violence are distinguished in the Family Law Act:
- coercive controlling violence is an ongoing pattern of use of threats, force, emotional abuse and other coercive means to unilaterally dominate a person and induce fear, submission and compliance.
- violent resistance occurs when a partner uses violence as a defence in response to abuse by a partner, as an immediate reaction to an assault that is intended to protect oneself and others from injury.
- situational couple violence does not have its basis in the dynamic of power and control, but results from situations or disputes between partners that escalate into physical violence.
- separation instigated violence is violence instigated by a separation where there is no history of violence in the relationship or in other contexts.
Abuse of a Child
Abuse of a child (child abuse) is defined in section 4 of the Australian Family Law Act as:
- an assault including a sexual assault
- a person involving a child in a sexual activity in which the child is used as a sexual object, and where there is unequal power in the relationship between the child and the person
- non-accidental physical injury to a child
- causing a child to suffer serious psychological harm including when the harm is caused by the child being subjected to or exposed to family violence
- serious neglect of a child
Powers of Family Law Courts
Legislation authorises Australian Family Law Courts to make decisions about three topics affecting children:
- parenting responsibility to make major long-term decisions affecting their child,
- time a child spends with each parent (time spent), and
- which parent a child communicates with (parent-child communication)
Parental responsibility – Major long term decisions
Biological parents share the authority to make decisions on major topics affecting their child until the child reaches the age of 16 years. However if separated parents cannot agree about major long term issues affecting a child following negotiation and mediation, then a Court may allocate authority (parental responsibility) to make major decisions affecting a child to one parent or guardian, or the court may itself make a decision.
Australian legislation requires courts to begin with a presumption that it is in the best interests of a child for parents to share parental responsibility. This presumption can be rebutted if evidence is presented that specific conditions have occurred including:
- abuse of the child or another child
- family violence
- the parents engage in such a high level of ongoing conflict that they cannot agree on major long term issues that affect a child, or
- a parent is shown to lack parenting capacity.
Family Courts can order any of three arrangements when allocating parental authority that authorises parents to make major long term decisions about a child:
- shared care, where parents cooperate and make joint decision about the child
- a decision is delegated to one parent with a requirement to consult the other parent about a specific issue and to make a genuine effort to reach a joint decision (decision delegated)
- sole parental responsibility, when one parent is authorised to make final decisions on all matters after consulting with the other parent.
Decisions about Major Topics
Separated parents are encouraged to make joint decision about major topics that have a long term impact on their child, focusing on the best interests of the child. Separated parents are encouraged to consult with each other before making a final decision.
Topics that are identified in the Family Law Act as having a major long term impact on a child are: the child’s education, religious and cultural upbringing, health and special needs, child’s name, and any change to a child’s living arrangements that make it significantly more difficult for the child to spend time with either parent.
Some courts have included further topics such as: inter-state travel, regular extracurricula activities outside of school hours, and an application for a child to have a passport.
A parent forming a new relationship is not included in the Family Law Act as a major topic that affects children.
If parents do not agree on what is in the best interests of their child after discussion and mediation, then one parent can take a dispute to a family law court for a decision about the disputed topic.
Powers over Decision Making
Family law courts can order any of six decision-making processes about major topics that have a long term effect on a child:
- joint decision-making (shared parental responsibility)
- sole parental responsibility where one parent is required to consult with the other parent before making a final decision
- sole parental responsibility with no conditions
- delegated authority for one parent to make decisions on specific topics that have been disputed
- a family law court may itself make a decision about a disputed topic
- decision making authority may be allocated to a third party such as a member of the extended family, if neither parent is capable.
Any parent who applies to a court to vary an order from joint decision-making must provide convincing evidence that joint decision-making is not working in the best interests of the child (burden of proof). A parent who applies for sole parenting responsibility needs to submit evidence that they are more likely to make decisions in the best interests of the child.
Decisions on daily welfare
Court rulings have clarified that decisions about non-major topics (daily welfare) are made by the parent with whom the child is spending time, unless a different order is made by the court.
Time Spent with Child (Access)
If it is demonstrated that parents are unable to reach agreement following discussion and mediation about time spent with a child, then a judge will make a decision about how much time a child will spend with each parent.
- primary care occurs when a child spends over 70% of time with one parent (255 nights per year)
- substantial and significant time occurs when a child spends between 30% and 40% of time per year with each parent (between 110 and 146 days per year). Each parent then participates in daily routine activities with the child as well as on special occasions.
- shared care occurs when a child spends between 40% and 60% of nights (between 147 and 219 nights per year) with each parent.
Five other terms are commonly used to describe the time a child spends with parents:
- access occurs where a child spends time during the day with a parent but not overnight stays. Access or visits allow the parent to participate in fun activities but do not allow the parent to participate in the full range of parenting activities.
- overnight stays occur when a child sleeps in a parent’s house, and the parent is involved in the full range of parenting activities
- supervised access occurs where contact is supervised
- structured communication occurs where a parent is permitted to send letters, gifts, and to make phone calls or to send email messages but where personal contact is not permitted
- restraint orders prohibit a parent from contacting a child.
Who a Child Communicates with
The Family Law Act authorises judges to make orders about the type of communication a child may have with a parent.
A judge may order that a parent’s communication with a child be restricted communication or structured communication where the parent is limited to sending letters, cards and photographs but personal contact is prohibited.
A judge issues final orders about parenting arrangements after hearing submissions about the case. A parent can request a change to final orders only if it can be shown that there has been a significant change of circumstances that justifies re-opening the case. Arguments about changed circumstances that have been submitted to Family Law Courts are summarised in Court Rulings.
A parent can draw the attention of a family law court that another person has contravened or not complied with a court order by submitting a contravention form.
CHILD PROTECTION LEGISLATION
State and territory Governments in Australia have passed child protection legislation that governs the operations of Children’s Courts.
Child protection legislation commonly requires named professionals to make mandatory notifications if they have reasonable grounds to be concerned that a child is being or is at risk of being maltreated by child abuse or neglect.
A review by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in 2010-2011 found that only 15% of notifications required statutory action by child protection departments, while the other 85% of notifications were not immediately acted upon.
Child Protection Assessments
Child protection assessments examine whether there are risk factors for a child being mistreated.
A child protection assessment can lead to a range of recommendations including:
- that parents are competent parents or adequate parents and there is no need for further involvement
- that a family is a vulnerable family and specific forms of support are warranted
- that children are at-risk and intervention by the child protection department is required.
Child Protection Orders
Children’s Courts are able to issue child protection orders for either a short term care and protection order for about a year, or a long term guardianship order until a child is aged 18 years. Orders are implemented by staff of the Child Protection Department.
Australian law has the following presumptions. Any person who wishes to establish the reverse of a presumption has the onus of submitting evidence to prove their case (burden of proof).
Competence of parents
Australian legislation presumes that all adults are capable of being an adequate parent if provided with reasonable support.
The Australian Family Law Act has a presumption that when parents separate it is in the best interests of their children to have a meaningful relationship with both parents, provided there is no evidence of family violence or maltreatment that reduces the safety of children.
- the child spending significant time with each parent (shared care), and
- parents making joint decisions about major topics that promote the best interests of the child (co-parent).


Hero Maestro 110 scooter is the next big launch from Hero MotoCorp!
Once the dust settles around the Hero Impulse 150 dual purpose motorcycle, which Hero MotoCorp launched last week, the world’s largest motorcycle maker(by volumes) will try and make inroads into a segment that it hasn’t had too much success in, the four stroke automatic scooter segment.
For this foray, Hero MotoCorp is readying up a 110cc four stroke scooter which was unveiled alongside the Impulse 150, in a grandiose ceremony that marked the unveiling of the Hero MotoCorp’s logo and future road map at the O2 arena in London, earlier this year.
The last scooter that Hero launched was the Pleasure, when it was still called Hero Honda. The Pleasure was a slightly smaller version of the Honda Activa targeted squarely at women, and featured virtually the same technical specifications as the Honda Activa including the 102cc four stroke engine.
Hero even went a step ahead by coming up with the “Why should boys have all the fun” branding for the Pleasure along with special dealership outlets for women to sample and buy the Pleasure called “Just For Her”. Despite all this, the Pleasure has been a tepid seller.
Like the Pleasure, the Maestro is also a product that uses Honda’s technology out and out, right from the 110cc four stroke engine to most of the other technical details. One crucial change in the Maestro could be the fact that this scooter might be targeted both at men and women rather than a women focused branding campaign like that of the Pleasure.
The larger dimensions of the Maestro along with higher storage spaces all around are prime indicators of the unisex appeal of the Maestro. The only major changes from the Activa would be in the instrumentation of the Maestro, which will feature an LCD console.
The rest of the specifications will closely mirror the Honda Activa. So, the Hero Maestro will use a 110cc four stroke engine capable of generating a peak power of 8.2 Bhp and a peak torque of 9 Nm. The scooter will come with metal body panels, which are expected to be a better bet on bad roads as they will not rattle lile fiber body panels.
The Maestro will however not get telescopic front forks and a front disc brake, even as optional equipment. Even so, the Hero Maestro could find many takers if Hero Motocorp ensures that the waiting period for this scooter is short as prospective Activa buyers could jump ship as what they’re getting in the Maestro is essentially an Activa, backed by Hero Motocorp’s huge service network and minus the super long waiting period.


Each winter, there always seems to be one sweater that's sacrificed to the fashion gods. It's been shrunk to doll-size proportions because you swore you could wash it yourself, or it ends up warped and faded in the back of your closet.
It can be downright maddening -- especially when you saved up forever for that amazing Marc Jacobs sweater you had to have, like, yesterday. (Can you tell I'm just a little bitter?)
Here at KnowMore, we're working hard to minimize sweater-catastrophes, so we chatted with Mary Marlowe Leverette of About.com's Guide to Laundry for tips on keeping your garments in fighting shape.
IT'S A CASHMIRACLE:
Contrary to popular belief, cashmere sweaters don't always need to be dry-cleaned. Save some dough by learning when to drop them off and when to drop them in the washing machine.
If cashmere is used to make a structured sweater or coat, the garment should be dry-cleaned.
For soft, unstructured, cashmere sweaters, hand wash in cool water using a mild detergent. Cashmere is, after all, the hair of a goat and is used to being wet!
When hand washing, rinse well and never wring.
Dry your sweater flat and reshape during drying.
Got wrinkles? Iron the garment inside out and while its still damp.
Be sure to place a press cloth between the iron and the cashmere. What's a press cloth, you ask? Basically, it serves as a protective barrier between the iron and the sweater. You can buy one, but clean, household items work just as well. Think cotton towels or dish cloths.
Almost all fabrics can be washed gently, but sometimes it's the inner linings and construction that can't get wet. So if the care label says "dry clean only," believe it!
We know, we know. While it would be amazing to have a sweater stash that's purely cashmere, most of us don't have the luxury. When debating how to wash the other fabrics in your wardrobe, ask yourself these questions:
Are there spots or stains that you don't know how to treat?
Is the garment made from acetate or rayon? Both can shrink or become misshapen in water.
Is there a special finish on the garment? Stiff fabrics have a stabilizing finish to help them hold their shape that water can ruin.
Is the garment difficult to iron? Structured garments, such as suits, can be difficult to iron and often lose their shape when washed.
Is the garment leather or suede?
Is the garment made of a fiber that you're not familiar with and have never successfully washed at home?
Is the garment special to you?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, take your prized fashion possession to a professional dry cleaner.
Always remember to treat a stain as quickly as possible after it happens.
Begin by removing any solid matter (like that leftover onion dip -- yuck!) using the dull edge of a kitchen knife.
Never rub the stain because you will push it deeper into the fabric.
Blot the area with clear water and a clean white cloth.
PAGING DR. PILL:
Sometimes it seems like you practically need to be a surgeon to remove pills without leaving a gaping hole in your sweater. Here's how to do it right (sans scalpel, I might add):
Weigh the value of the garment before you attempt to slice. Is it really worth it? Will anyone really notice the pills, or are they simply bothering you?
If they're an eye sore, pull the fabric taught on a curved surface and carefully cut or shave the pill from the fabric.
For a more hi-tech solution, try D-Fuzz-It. It costs about $3.00 and won't harm the fabric.
Always fold sweaters and knits. Placing them on any type of hanger will eventually allow their weight to warp and stretch them.
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A MAJOR incident at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this afternoon (Saturday) has ended with a man being helped down from the restaurant’s rooftop terrace.
Much of the town centre was brought to a standstill due to the incident which, according to witness reports, saw a man being urged down from the railing outside the RSC Rooftop Restaurant by police.
Road closures were put in place along Waterside and along part of Sheep Street and ambulances were in attendance.
Pedestrians were moved away from the area by police officers and RSC staff.
Waterside was reopened by around 3.40pm as the police cordons were removed.
The RSC said it intended to go ahead with the evening’s performance of Julius Caesar but dining in the restaurant would be cancelled.
Warwickshire Police stated on its Twitter page: “Emergency services are currently responding to a concern for welfare of a man at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on Waterside in Stratford. Please avoid the area while we respond to this incident. Thank you for your patience.”

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Lebanon vowed to revive its funds to the United Nations’ working funds on Friday after shedding its proper to vote within the 193-member UN Normal Meeting, in response to the nation’s state-run Nationwide Information Company (NNA).
Lebanon is considered one of six nations to lose its voting rights for failing to satisfy minimal contributions, together with Venezuela, South Sudan, Gabon, Dominica and Equatorial Guinea, UN Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres stated in a letter on Thursday.
In response to the suspension, the Lebanese International Ministry stated on Friday that the fee transaction “will happen instantly,” NNA stated.
“The Division of International Affairs and Emigrants wish to make clear that each one levels of fee of the required quantity have been accomplished,” the ministry stated in a press release, in response to the NNA.
“Following the mandatory contacts with every of the Lebanese Prime Ministers and Finance Ministers, it was confirmed that the ultimate fee course of will happen immediately in a fashion that respects Lebanon’s rights on the United Nations.”
In response to Article 19 of the UN Constitution, members whose dues are in arrears equal to or better than their dues for the earlier two full years shall lose their voting rights. The Normal Meeting additionally has the facility to resolve “if the non-payment is because of circumstances past the member’s management”, by which case the nation doesn’t lose its proper to vote.
The minimal funds required to revive voting rights to Lebanon are $1,835,303, the Secretary-Normal’s letter stated.
For greater than three years, Lebanon has been experiencing “probably the most devastating, multifaceted disaster in its fashionable historical past,” as described by the World Financial institution.
In a report on Lebanon, the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) described the state of affairs within the nation as “the worst Financial disaster because the finish of the civil struggle.”
The unfolding monetary disaster that started in October 2019 was exacerbated by the impression of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the huge explosion within the port of Beirut in August 2020.
Lebanon’s banks have excluded most depositors from their financial savings because the financial disaster, leaving a lot of the inhabitants unable to pay for primary companies and forcing depositors to cease banks demanding entry to their funds.
The Lebanese lira hit a brand new all-time low of $50,000 to $1 on Thursday, forex merchants instructed Reuters, down greater than 95% because the nation’s monetary system imploded in 2019.
Round 2 million folks in Lebanon, together with 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are presently going through meals insecurity, The Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO) and the World Meals Program stated in a report on Thursday that the “state of affairs is predicted to worsen within the coming months”.
Within the midst of the monetary disaster, a political deadlock prevented parliament from electing a president for the nation. On Thursday he failed to take action for the eleventh time in a row. A number of MPs staged a sit-in to place stress on different factions to achieve a consensus on the vote.
“We insist on the necessity to elect a President for the Republic… and accordingly we’ve begun this sit-in in Parliament… to precise our have to have a President able to stopping the nation from collapsing.” to finish it!” stated Najat Saliba, a Member of Parliament took half in Thursday’s sit-in.

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OPEC: Oil To Remain Below $100 Per Barrel Through 2020s
Those hoping for a return to $100 per barrel of oil are in for a long wait, as OPEC says oil will remain below the price point through the 2020s.
A report by the group forecasts oil will trade for around $76/barrel in 2025 under optimistic conditions, The Wall Street Journal reports, with $40/barrel under more dire straits. The forecasts take into account the group’s competitors in the United States coping through low prices amid increased production.
To combat this, the report recommends OPEC return to the production-quota system it ditched in 2011 amid conflict over how much each member state would be allowed to produce. Members are reluctant to go back, preferring to attract new business instead of being tied down by quotas most ignored already. However, the proposal would grant poorer members, like Algeria and Venezuela, the right to produce more oil, and would come into force if OPEC’s share of the global oil market fell below 32 percent, the size of the share it holds now.
The report comes amid worries among the members about their ability to balance their respective budgets with oil money. According to the International Monetary Fund, only Qatar and Kuwait can weather trading at $76/barrel, while most need trading to be as much as $130/barrel for a properly balanced budget.
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At the risk of sounding like the grammar police, isn't the use of the word "point" in the phrase "price point" kinda, well, pointless? I'm not convinced that it really adds much meaning. Pet peeve, I guess.
Another redundant phrase that's de rigeur these days is "on the ground."
What was OPEC predicting for the next decade or so 1n 1972?
The U.S. consumes more oil than India and China combined I believe.


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While the committee can chop Medicaid and Medicare as part of a negotiated agreement, automatic cuts would not affect Medicaid funding; there would be a 2 percent reduction in Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers. That would make the hit to many other programs all the more severe.
“I don’t know if a lot of people have appreciated how big a hit the discretionary health programs” could take if there are automatic cuts, said Richard Deem, senior vice president of advocacy for the American Medical Association. “I think a lot of people are going to wake up to that too late.”
At stake is federal money that, among other things, helps HIV patients pay for lifesaving medication, funds biomedical research and helps prevent and respond to food borne illnesses and disease outbreaks.
Automatic reductions, for example, could translate into less staff to handle food contamination, said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. Recently, Colorado cantaloupes sickened 116 people in 25 states with listeria, killing 23, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Someone has to go into stores and make sure the stuff has been taken off the shelves. I am very worried about what [automatic cutting] does to the public’s capacity to be safe.”
If the full $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts go into effect, funding for non-defense discretionary programs in 2013 would face reductions of 7.8 percent, dropping each year to 5.5 percent in 2021, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates. Richard Kogan, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, places the first year’s hit at over 9 percent, however.
Health advocates fear deep cuts will harm the public by reducing services and investment in several areas, including:
Public health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is particularly vulnerable because it was hit hard in the last round of budget cuts, according to Benjamin. In fiscal year 2011, federal funding for the CDC declined by $740 million. “They’ve already cut deeply into the bone at CDC,” he said.
The agency plays an important role in detecting and responding to emergencies such as tornadoes, hurricanes, food-borne illnesses, and infectious disease outbreaks. It also helps fund state and local public health departments and labs, which Benjamin said is extremely important as states struggle with massive budget deficits. Since 2007, he said, 44,000 jobs in local and state health departments have disappeared. “What ultimately happens is you do less things. You inspect restaurants less. You inspect wells less.”
The CDC also subsidizes the cost of vaccines for uninsured and underinsured children. The prices of standard childhood vaccines are rising, Benjamin said. “The more vaccines we require kids to have, the less money we have to pay for it. If we discovered tomorrow a marvelous new vaccine, we probably wouldn’t have the resources to put that into place.”
Medical research. U.S. investment in biomedical research is beginning to lag behind some other nations, namely China and India, at a time when robust funding could help with job creation, Director Francis Collins said at a May hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.
Collins said at the hearing that the BGI genome center in Shenzhen, China, “is capable of sequencing more than 10,000 human genomes a year. The capacity of that one Chinese institution now surpasses the combined capacity of all genome sequencing centers in the United States.”
“This critical area of scientific innovation stimulated by the U.S.-led Human Genome Project is now being developed more aggressively in China than it is here – a sobering story indeed and one that I hope would inspire our nation to redouble its efforts on the research front.”
Congress in recent years has given NIH small increases that haven’t kept pace with medical inflation, advocates claim. Funding actually declined in 2006. Lawmakers are still negotiating funding levels for fiscal year 2012, which began Oct. 1. House appropriators are considering a small increase in NIH funding, while their Senate counterparts are contemplating a small reduction. Reductions in NIH funding “will lessen the chance of research breakthroughs in cancer. It will interrupt clinical trials at the National Cancer Institute,” said Dick Woodruff, vice president of federal relations and strategic alliances at the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network.
HIV/AIDS. About 500,000 HIV-infected people currently get help with expensive care and lifesaving medication through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Ronald Johnson, vice president of policy and advocacy at AIDS United, says that automatic cuts would be devastating.
Ryan White help is a last resort for many people who are low-income, uninsured or underinsured. On average, a year’s worth of medication costs about $15,000 to $20,000, and total care for an infected person can run about $100,000, according to Johnson.
He also fears cuts to federal funding that help states provide free or subsidized HIV testing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent $800 million to states in fiscal year 2011.
While the programs’ cost may be significant, they have decreased the spread of AIDS, said Johnson. “If a person gets on treatment early and adheres to it, that person on the whole is less infectious, so the chance of transmission is reduced significantly.”
Disease prevention. Prevention funding in the health law is already under fire, by both Democrats and Republicans. Republicans have pushed to repeal the funding and President Barack Obama said recently that he would support decreasing it by $3.5 billion over 10 years.
The prevention fund has provided money for programs aimed at reducing obesity and tobacco use, among other public health priorities.
Reductions are short-sighted, said Jeffrey Levi, executive director of Trust for America’s Health. “The irony here is that there is so much focus on health care costs, yet there is significant evidence that the kind of prevention programs that the [health law] is supporting can have a positive impact on health care utilization and costs,” he said.
While the House and Senate appropriations committees would decide the initial 2013 funding levels for each agency and program, across-the-board cuts in sequestration would occur on top of the initial funding decisions and apply equally to all non-exempt, non-defense programs within an agency, Kogan said.
Many lobbyists, representing all sectors of the mammoth health care system, say they doubt that the committee of 12 lawmakers will be able to reach consensus on issues that have stumped Congress for decades, including overhauling the tax code and reining in fast-growing entitlement spending. The committee's deadline for action is Nov. 23, after which Congress would have until Dec. 23 to approve any deal.
The committee’s task is made even harder by a divided Congress, ongoing battles about federal health program funding for fiscal year 2012 and a presidential campaign season that is already in full swing. Whatever Congress cuts this year could be restored in whole or part in the future.
Benjamin says lawmakers should look for acceptable savings in the big spending Medicaid and Medicare programs. If they don’t, “There will be all kinds of unanticipated and unintended consequences” from automatic cuts, he said. “The tradeoff will be having to cut something that you really don’t want to cut.”

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Armenian police began sweeping the roadway of the central streets of Yerevan from the demonstrators, Interfax reports.
One of the roads has already been cleared of demonstrators and blocked by police officers.
The protests with the blocking of roads occur through the whole centre of Yerevan. From time to time there are skirmishes between drivers and demonstrators.
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If the meeting of the National Assembly of Armenia is an exit meeting, we will take Yerevan under our control. This was stated in a conversation with journalists on April 16 by Nikol Pashinyan, head of the 'Yelk' parliamentary faction, leader of the 'My step' initiative.
'Yerevan, indeed, will become the capital of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, we will cover everything,' Pashinyan said. According to him, their main goal is to disrupt tomorrow's meeting and ensure the presence of citizens on the streets.
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A civil disobedience action started in Yerevan this morning. Participants protesting against the appointment of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister blocked several central streets of the city, RIA Novosti reports.
Police officers demand to release the roadway of the streets, but they do not take any active measures.
The day before the leader of the protest movement, head of the 'Yelk' parliamentary faction Nikol Pashinyan said that his supporters intend to block bridges, streets and metro stations.
People hurrying to work complain about the situation. Pashinyan apologised for the inconvenience, but recalled that a political action is being carried out: 'We apologise to those citizens who were inconvenienced. But we are trying, with this small inconvenience, to avoid a greater inconvenience, the name of which is Serzh Sargsyan and the RPA.'
According to him, other streets will soon be blocked.
In turn, the police cordoned off the venue of the action in order to prevent the movement of the participants of the rally to Bagramyan Avenue.

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ommence your tour in Zagreb, the capital city. Continue on to Plitvice Lakes National Park, which sits between its sixteen lakes. Plitvice is inter-connected by a series of waterfalls, and set in deep woodland populated by deer, bears, wolves, boars and rare bird species. Discover the beauty of the country and explore Split, the second largest city in Croatia. Split is one of the most fascinating ports in the Adriatic, boasting a long and eventful history. Continue on to Dubrovnik. The ancient walled city of Dubrovnik is one of the hottest new destinations in the Adriatic. The prosperity of the city has always been enriched by its historical maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, it was known as the Republic of Ragusa. It soon became the only eastern Adriatic city-state to rival Venice. Supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy, the city achieved a remarkable level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries. Explore the region with expert guides accompanying your private driver and vehicle. Visit Cavtat and spend a day in nearby Montenegro and Kotor (optional). We Combine the best lodging and sights and give you the freedom to tour all day. Private touring means you run the itinerary - it doesn't run you. Relax with 24/7 support from the Kensington team.
Take a private airport transfer with vehicle and English speaking driver in Zagreb.
A welcome package with your vouchers, a city map, train tickets (if relevant) and any other touristic information that we deem you may find useful will be waiting for you upon your arrival at your first hotel on your trip.
Escape to the Best Western Premier Astoria (4*) and experience the ultimate in comfort and service accommodating guests traveling for business and pleasure. Built in 1932, this Croatian hotel is centrally located in the charming capital of Zagreb and offers guests a quiet, peaceful atmosphere and warm personalized service.
An English-speaking guide will meet you at your hotel and take you on a half day (3hrs) private walking tour of Zagreb. The capital of Croatia illustrates both, the continental and the Mediterranean spirit of the nation it spearheads. This is a city with tumultuous history, warm and inviting. Take in the Ban Jelacic (the main city square), and head up to the historic Upper Town and Zagreb. Steeped in history, here you will see the churches of St. Marks and St. Catherines, the Cathedral. Then make your way to the Lower Town where you can view the Croatian National Theatre, and experience the remainder of the afternoon at leisure visiting shops or cafes.
Enjoy a private transfer to Split today with a guided 4-hour stop at Plitvice Lakes.a complex of 16 lakes (also known as The Devil’s Garden) located between the mountains of Mala Kapela. The 19.5 hectares of wooden hills enclose the lakes by a series of waterfalls and cascades. Admire the landscape formed by the mineral-rich waters which carve new paths through the rock, and enjoy your time in the middle of the nature. You will meet your local guide at the park before entering. Admission included.
The stylish Hotel Luxe (4*) in Split is situated 400 meters from Diocletian's Palace, the ferry port and the Bacvice Beach. The air-conditioned rooms offer free Wi-Fi. All rooms in the Hotel Luxe are equipped with the latest technology like LED satellite TVs. At the breakfast room a rich buffet is served and the popular bar is a great place to spend some relaxing hours. Wellness and fitness facilities include a sauna, a jacuzzi and a gym, which can be used free of charge. Massages are also offered.
Meet your private transfer at your hotel for a drop-off at the starting point of your 3hr private walking tour with a guide today in Split. Explore the city which is dominated by the Diocletian’s Palace (a UNESCO World Heritage site), and explore the historical part of the city. The Palace is one of the most famous and integral architectural and cultural constructs on the Croatian Adriatic Coast. Visit the Silver Gate which is the entrance to the Old town, the Cathedral and Bell tower of St. Dominus. Discover the waterfront promenade of Split, the lively open green market and the monuments not only from antiquity, but also from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods. After the tour, you can enjoy some time at your leisure to immerse yourself into town’s famous Mediterranean charm. (Entrance fees for Diocletians Palace substructure & Cathedral included). Return transfer included.
Take a private transfer from Split to Dubrovnik with today. The transfer should take approximately 3.5 hours.
Meet your local guide for a private 3 hour walking tour of Dubrovnik, one of the most beautiful stone-built cities in the world. As one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Dubrovnik owes its special charm to the historic monuments which testify to its rich history. While strolling with your guide down Stradun, the main street, you will get to stop and visit the Franciscan monastery of the “Order of Friars Minors” that preserves one of the three oldest pharmacies in Europe.
Continue down to Orlando Column and the Sponza Palace and visit the Church of St. Blasius, the patron-saint of the town. Discover Rector’s Palace, and the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and its treasury.
The rest of the afternoon is at your leisure to explore this stunning town on your own. We recommend you to take a walk along the city walls (2500m around the old town), visit one of the numerous museums or take a funicular ride to the top of the Srđ hill. Return transfers to/from your hotel are included as well as entrance fees to Franciscan Monastery, Rectors Palace and Cathedral.
The Bellevue Hotel (4*) sits on a living rock 30 meters above the Miramare bay and just walking distance from the Dubrovnik Old Town; a haven for people seeking a true getaway. This modern five-storey property is situated in spectacular location just 800 meters from the city center, historical monuments, museums, churches, monasteries, art galleries, shops and boutiques. The hotel’s interior is defined by a chic-art concept, organic materials and a fresh Mediterranean feel. Beautiful panoramic views of the sea, as well as the use of traditional arts and artisans and renowned Croatian artists create a unique and tranquil ambience. Experience a treat for all senses, a world of discrete luxury, natural details and elegance, and magnificent panoramic sea views at the Bellevue Hotel.
This morning meet your guide and driver in the hotel lobby for a private tour of the Dubrovnik Hinterland – the region of Konavle. Your first destination is the ancient Mediterranean town of Cavtat. After a 7th century invasion which destroyed the town, refugees from the Cavtat formed another settlement, Dubrovnik, cementing a permanent link between Dubrovnik and Cavtat. Your guide will take you for a stroll through this picturesque little town and up to the top of the hill where you will discover the extraordinary Mausoleum of Račić Family. After the walk, you will continue your exploration of the traditional countryside of Konavle. In the village of Čilipi, the local family Novaković will welcome you at their humble estate that has a small ethno museum presenting Konavle region history, a tavern with a wine cellar and a variety of agricultural structures. While you enjoy their hospitality, they will serve a traditional lunch (included). After the lunch, your guide and driver will take you back to Dubrovnik.
Take a private airport transfer with an English speaking driver in Dubrovnik.
VISA/PASSPORTA passport is required for travel to Croatia. A visa is not required for U.S. and Canadian passport holders for tourist or business trips of fewer than 90 days within a six-month period. All foreign citizens must register with the local police within 24 hours of arrival as well as inform them of any change in their address. Registration of foreign visitors staying in hotels or accommodations rented through an accommodation company is done automatically by the hotelier or accommodation company.
Citizens of other countries may require a visa. Please ask your Sales Advisor. These requirements change often and therefore it is best that you check with the Embassy of Croatia for the most up to date visa information.
HEALTHHealth insurance is recommended. Medical facilities are good quality. We recommend that you see a health-care provider who specializes in Travel Medicine. The doctor or health-care provider will determine what vaccinations and medication you will need, depending on factors such as your health and immunization history, areas of the country you will be visiting, and planned activities. For more information on travel requirements, visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/croatia.aspx COUNTRY INFOCapital: Zagreb. Government: Republic. Independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed in 1991. Language: The official language is Croatian (Hrvatski). Also Serbian, Slovenian, Hungarian and Italian are spoken. People working in tourism generally speak excellent English, plus some Italian and German. Religion: Roman Catholic Croats (87.8% of the total population) and Eastern Orthodox Serbs (4.4%), as well as small communities of Protestants, Jews and Muslims. Time: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October). Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz. Telephone: Country code +385. Mobile Telephone: Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is good. Internet: Cafes can be found in Zagreb and other main towns.
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NORTHERN IRELAND: Ministers Walsh and Rodgers announce further joint measures on FMD
The Ministers with responsibility for Agriculture in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland, Mr Joe Walsh T.D. and Mrs Bríd Rodgers, MLA, yesterday jointly announced further measures to combat the threat of Foot and Mouth Disease. The Ministers have agreed to the immediate precautionary slaughter of all sheep within, and between, 3km radius zones centred on the sites of the outbreaks in Meigh, County Armagh and Proleek, County Louth. The purpose of this cull is to eradicate any Foot and Mouth Disease virus which may be present in the sheep population in the areas where the two outbreaks occurred. The cull will commence as soon as possible and the normal compensation arrangements will apply.
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It’s happening: George Osborne admits Tories will privatise student loans
The move, long rumoured, has finally been announced as part of plans to raise student numbers
It was a throwaway comment hidden at the tail end of a long Autumn Statement, but it was unquestionably there for those who cared to listen: “the new loans will be financed by selling the student loan book”. The chancellor, George Osborne, has made public his government’s long-rumoured plan to privatise the student loan system in England and Wales.
It was dropped in as the peg of another policy, that of removing the cap on the student numbers, to allow 60,000 extra young people every year to attend university from 2015.
Student campaigners are already up in arms about the proposals. Rachel Wenstone, the NUS vice president for higher education, said “yet another fire sale of the student loan book should be ringing alarm bells”.
“Using the sale of public assets to fund this project is a short-term fix because the current student loans system is completely unsustainable and this selling of public assets is stacking up problems for the next generation.”
“Osborne’s announcement today that the government will sell off the student loan book represents a massive attack on millions of people,” said Aaron Kiely, of the Student Assembly Against Austerity.
“As a secret report for the government has confirmed, the private debt collectors that will buy up our debts will seek to make as much profit as they can by raising interest rates. To put it bluntly, privatising student loans means a retrospective hike in tuition fees.
“Students and graduates are not going to tolerate being burdened with even more debt without a fight. The Student Assembly Against Austerity has called a major national week of action in early February to coordinate protests across the country demanding that the government drop this disgraceful policy.”
And on Twitter, Diane Abbott MP was equally unequivocal: “Osborne is going to privatise student loans. Higher interest rates for graduates”.
A spokesman for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, confirmed that student loans taken out between 1998 and 2012 have “the potential” to be sold “over the next five years”, but denied that terms and conditions for borrowers would change.
“Interest won’t go up, borrowers’ terms and conditions will not change, and the system will still be administered by the Student Loans Company and HMRC, collecting repayments via the PAYE system,” he said.
If completed, the sale of the loan book, which would be done in tranches, would deliver roughly £10-15 billion to the Government over a five-year period. However any future repayments of capital and interest from the loans that are sold will be lost.
A spokesman for the Russell Group of elite universities, meanwhile, said he was concerned at a policy that would grow student numbers so substantially.
“The Government has said additional student numbers will be paid for through the sale of student loans but only time will tell if this sale will fully meet the costs of this expansion.
“Providing higher education for everyone who wants it will require substantial long-term contributions from public funding and will present challenges for any future government that is unwilling or unable to continue to fund this.
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Man dies from drinking waterA man is Shropshire, near London, England died recently from drinking water. Yahoo reported his death:
A haulage firm boss from Shropshire collapsed and died after drinking too much water.
Andrew Smith suffered from the rare condition polydipsia, which causes excessive thirst.
The 47-year-old was taking prescription medicine that made him thirsty but his family said they never knew the risks of excessive water intake.
His brother Robert said no one in the family was told about the risk of polydipsia.He said: "None of us were aware that could happen.
Well, there you have it. Never drink water again! It's bad for you (I am joking). I guess it's a case of "too much of any good thing can be bad." I wonder if the water was filtered properly....
"He was taking tablets which naturally made him thirsty and mum mentioned to the doctor on October 8 that he was drinking a lot but they didn't even mention it then."

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I am usually not given over to flights of fancy, but today, I thought I would make an exception when it comes to irresponsible speculation. For the record, everything outlined below is merely guesswork. Perhaps it would be too generous to even call it educated guesswork. But the kind reader can come to his or her own conclusions.
Long-time students of Charlie Munger are quite aware of Wesco (WSC), which Charlie has been Chairman of for some years.
However, the Daily Journal Corporation (DJCO), while smaller, is perhaps the fullest public expression of Charlie Munger's business creativity. According to the DJCO's latest proxy statement, Munger, Marshall & Co control 41.1% of the company's stock. Mr. Munger and Mr. Marshall are the sole general partners of the Munger, Marshall & Co partnership.
DJCO consistently achieves return on capital, margin, and free cash flow metrics which make it the envy of its less well run, larger peers, as TheStreet.com recently pointed out (link: www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10605504/...).
As a canvass upon which Charlie might paint, it could be an interesting window into his personal investing (or maybe not). To be clear, I cannot prove that Charlie Munger controls the investment policy and portfolio of the Daily Journal Corporation. However, I would be highly surprised, as a general partner of its major shareholder, if he did not.
Throughout the financial crisis, and indeed, for many years, the DJCO has sat on a massive portfolio of U.S. Treasury Notes and Bills (http://sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&match=&CIK=djco&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&owner=exclude&Find=Find+Companies&action=getcompany).
In my estimation, it looks like DJCO took much of its considerable cash flow for many years, and let it pile up on its balance sheet. DJCO is, and has been, very cheap on a price/cash flow basis once one recognizes that it's investment portfolio is not actually needed in daily publishing operations, but is a wonderful bonus.
Then, quite suddenly, in the quarter ending March 31st, DJCO reported owning $24.7 million in common stocks, after not holding any common stocks for years according to 10-K filings. In my estimation, Charlie Munger pounced. But on what?
In the next quarter ending on June 30th, DJCO reported holdings of $41,126,000 in common stocks. Page 8 of 17 in the latest 10-Q reports that the common stocks had an amortized cost basis of $15,501,000. Even with the market's rise and Charlie's investment acumen, I doubt that such an increase in the fair value of the common stocks could represent a diversified portfolio, but I could be wrong. Charlie is known for advocating concentration.
If we follow the dictates of Occam's Razor, what would be the most obvious candidate? Call me Master of the Obvious, but it doesn't take a genius to guess that one mystery stock might be BYD Company Limited (symbol 1211 in HK), maker of, among other things, batteries and electric cars.
What are my reasons for the speculation that BYD is the most obvious candidate?
I. Charlie Munger found BYD and recommended that Warren invest in it through Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (link: online.wsj.com/article/SB124113732066375...)
II. Charlie Munger is extremely enthusiastic about BYD's management. According to the Wall Street Journal, Charlie Munger described Wang Chuanfu, BYD's CEO as, "likely to be one of the most important business people who ever lived." Charlie often puts his money where his mouth is. I would be surprised if DJCO's investment portfolio was an exception.
According to Fortune, Charlie says CEO Wang Chuanfu "is a combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch - something like Edison in solving technical problems, and something like Welch in getting done what he needs to do. I have never seen anything like it." (link: money.cnn.com/2009/04/13/technology/gunt.../)
III. During the quarters in question, BYD has had a rapid appreciation in stock price which, if my calculations are correct, would make an increase in any DJCO stake from roughly $15.5 million to $41.1 million possible.
Of course, I would be very embarrassed to be wrong, and don't want to get sued for suggesting that a large part of DJCO's portfolio may be in one company, or even in BYD at all.
It is possible that Charlie Munger has nothing to do with DJCO's investment portfolio, it is possible that DJCO holds no BYD, and it is possible that DJCO's portfolio is chock full of dozens of common stocks which, on average, have gone up tremendously. DJCO could own anything. Somehow, though, I doubt it. J.P “Rick” Guerin is another board member and an investor, so it is possible that other board members, or even management itself is allocating capital (but somehow I doubt it).
Perhaps, I am focusing on a publicly disclosed investment by Berkshire, at the expense of considering that Charlie, as a discreet man, may have dozens of stock ideas like BYD which might have similar appreciation potential. I am merely speculating.
However, when a company Charlie controls, directly or indirectly, by virtue of such a large ownership interest suddenly moves a large part of its holdings from Treasuries to common stocks, I take notice and cannot help but guess as to what they are buying.
If BYD is in DJCO's portfolio, however, it has appreciated significantly from the latest quarterly filing. But perhaps it doesn't really matter what stocks are in DJCO's portfolio, or who is investing it. Whoever it is, they are doing a wonderful job since moving a large chunk of capital from cash to stocks.
Disclosure: Harry Long has no positions in BYD Company Limited or DJCO, but may soon.


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Techopedia defines Esports as a “Competitive first-person shooter games, large online multiplayer role playing games and action games till there is a competitive element present in the game.
The Esport viewership has seen a huge leap in the viewership from 397 million in 2019 to 474 million in 2021 and according to the reports by some E-sport pundits, it is expected that the viewership will reach around 577 million by 2024.
In Esports world there are different categories of games to be played by the professionals like first-person shooters (FPS), multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), with MOBA genre being the most popular in the E-sports world in terms of participation and viewership. The following is a selection of MOBA genre games which have or had a professional sphere:
- Battlegrounds Mobile India: BGMI previously known as PUB-G India is an online multiplayer battle royale game developed and published by PUB-G studios. The game is made just for the Indian users.
- Free Fire: Free Fire is a battle royale game, which is developed by 111dots studio and is published by Garena. The game became the most downloaded mobile game worldwide in the year 2019 and has received the award for the ‘Best Player Vote Game’ in 2019 by the Google Play Store.
- Call Of Duty: Call Of Duty (COD) is a first person shooter video game franchise which is published by Activision. The game was first launched in October 2003, and the set of the game was designed in a way that it looks like we are in the The latest update of the games which was last updated in November 2021 has generated 4.09 million downloads worldwide.
40M new online gamers to emerge soon: Here's why marketers need a game plan for the sector#indianesports #esports #marketing #sports #videogames@WeAreTeamIndia @IndiaSports @ianuragthakur @IeSF_Master @AESF_Official @GE_Federation @19thAGofficialhttps://t.co/kh5BpnfUhF
— Esports Federation of India (@esfindia) January 4, 2022
In India these three games are the best for an Esports athlete. India have participated in many marquee events with theses three games and have proved them to be better than others.
Total Gaming an India Esports gaming team have participated in many events and have able to finished in top 3 quite a few times and have a winning of around $101,166.
Orange Rock a well known India team have won the iQOO All Stars Cup last cup August, and they have a total earning of around $12 7,561.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Ah, creme brulee old friend, where have you been? We have not seen each other in awhile! So yes, it has been awhile since I have made and posted a recipe for creme brulee, but it has been in the works for sometime. I have wanted to do a citrus inspired creme brulee, maybe meyer lemon flavored. But, I decided that it was finally time to try a blood orange creme brulee. I devised this recipe that has exactly the consistency of a properly made creme brulee, but has the tangy orange flavor of the blood orange. The result was a wonderful, tangy creme brulee that was a pretty peachy color. This is a great party recipe, as the recipe makes about eight creme brulees (unfortunately I only had four dishes), and you can let each guest brulee their own with the creme brulee kitchen torch, after going over safety rules of course.
Sasha's Blood Orange Creme Brulee
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
7 egg yolks
2 cups of heavy cream
1 cup blood orange juice (you could also use blood orange puree)
To make the creme brulee, combine the sugar, heavy cream and blood orange juice in a saucepan. Heat over low heat and stir until sugar is dissolved, and the mixture bubbles slightly around the edges. Beat the egg yolks in a bowl. Remove the cream mixture from the heat and add in the egg yolks. Meanwhile boil a large pot of water.
Add the mixture to each of the brulee dishes and place in a large high walled pan (I used a broiling pan). Fill the pan with the hot water about 2/3 of the way up the sides of the creme brulee dishes. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
Chill for at least two hours - even overnight is fine. Top with a bit of granulated sugar in a thin later (superfine sugar is even better for this) and brulee, following the instructions of your kitchen torch.

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Food supply issues risk worsening malnutrition in Northern Ireland British Dietetic Association says
As we receive yet more evidence that the confused implementation of Brexit is causing food shortages in Northern Ireland, the BDA is calling on the Northern Ireland and UK Governments to take urgent action.
In this third nation-wide lockdown, the British Dietetic Association has called on governments across the UK to finally take urgent and sustained action on food insecurity for people of all ages.
The European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) have published the first issue of their journal, Kompass Nutrition & Dietetics.
Guidance on safer eating for haematology patients
Simple and practical tips and tricks that can help keep your nutrition on track with a vegan diet.
Consultation Response - Total restriction of online advertising for products high in fat sugar and salt
BDA's response to the UK government consultation on restricting online advertising of HFSS foods.
All Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) should have access to efficient digital health and care record systems, which allow their services to use, collect and share meaningful data.
To ensure cultural diversity and inclusivity in dietary advice, dietitians should be open to gaining more understanding of the traditional diets of different ethnic communities.
Read the latest NICE COVID-19 rapid guideline, focused on Vitamin D.
The menopause is an ideal time to take stock of eating habits and begin some gradual changes to help ensure the best health possible while entering this new phase of life.
Physical activity and relaxation techniques can be valuable tools to help you remain calm and continue to protect your health when forced to stay indoors.
It’s plausible that "nolo" beers could offer health and nutritional benefits, but without the negative effects linked to the alcohol and calorie content.
Isolation over winter could challenge even the best of us but eating as well as you can, will help to keep you body, mind, and mood all in great shape. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
BDA Critical Care Specialist Group COVID-19 Best Practice Guidance: Feeding Patients on Critical Care Units in the Prone Position (awake and sedated).
Second Edition of best practice guidance developed by the BDA Critical Care Group for feeding patients while in the prone position both awake and sedated.
Thushara Dassanayake pays tribute to how members of the Imperial Renal Dietetic team jumped in at the deep end to become Dialysis Buddies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid restrictions have brought a new dimension to the challenges of working in an eating disorders service, says Eating Disorders Dietitian Lucy Gardner.
Therapeutic dogs – Brecon the Welsh springer spaniel is helping patients at an eating disorders service.
Many media outlets use this time of year to share harmful messaging around weight gain, Dietitian Sophie Medlin explains why this is so damaging.
We are strongly encouraging all BDA members working in patient-facing roles who are offered the COVID-19 vaccine to take it if they can.


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KKR vs CSK Live Score, Today Match KKR vs CSK Scorecard of Dream11 IPL 2020. The T20 match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Live cricket score on October 7, 07:30 PM IST at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
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KKR vs CSK LIVE SCORE, KKR cs CSK LIVE SCORECARD TODAY, KKR vs CSK LINEUP
The 20th match of the Dream11 IPL 2020 Schedule is going to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings. Both teams are packed with great players and it’s expected to be another exciting match in the Dream11 IPL 2020.[single-match-score match_id=45607]
PROBABLE PLAYING XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier
Chennai Super Kings:
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo/ Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi
Good news for fans that there is no rain prediction during the match and we will expect to see a full-on match of Dream11 IPL 2020. RR has got a solid team and will play this match as favorites.
The track at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium has a good balance between the bat and the ball. On this pitch, we have seen some good high scores in the T10 tournament as well. In UAE, it’s often the case that we see good batting-friendly pitches at the start of the tournament, and then gradually as the pitches get used we see some thrilling low scoring matches.
Average first innings score: 140 (Last 44 matches completed at this venue)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 25; Lost – 19; Tied-0
KKR vs CSK MATCH DETAILS
Match: KKR vs CSK T20 Match
Date & Time: October 7 07:30 PM IST.
Event: Dream11 IPL 2020
Location: Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Dream11 IPL 2020: KKR cs CSK TODAY MATCH PREDICTION
Captain Options – Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni
Vice-Captain Options – Eoin Morgan, Shane Watson
Suggested Fantasy XI for Dream11
Keeper – MS Dhoni
Batters – Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Faf du Plessis
All-Rounders – Andre Russell, Ravindra Jadeja
Bowlers – Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lungi Ngidi
KKR vs CSK Live Score & Live Streaming Guide
All the passionate cricket fans can get KKR cs CSK Live Score Updates without refresh the Page on Cricbuzz, CricinGif, CricketGateway, and many other apps. Just Sit and watch Live Score.
- Live Score for Dream 11 IPL 2020
- Live Score for Fantasy Cricket
- Live Score for Cricket Lovers
Cricbuzz provides the Fastest, accurate, and Latest Live Scorecard. Live Score updates are best for those who are using Dream 11 and other fantasy APP.

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Today, the House unanimously passed H.R. 5797, the Mill Lacs Lake Freedom to Fish Act of 2012. Authored by U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack (MN), the legislation would remove burdensome, administrative overreach by the U.S. Coast Guard and restore the state's authority to permit and inspect the vessels on Lake Mille Lacs.
In March of 2010, the Coast Guard began requiring fishing guides on Lake Mille Lacs to acquire a federal "six-pack" boating license to continue to do their jobs. This certification is difficult to obtain and can cost individual fishing guides up to $2,000 in fees, training, and travel costs. In fact, the two closest testing locations are located in Toledo, OH and St. Louis, MO. Citing historical interstate commerce, this policy change was based on a 1981 Army Corps of Engineers determination that the lake had been used in the 1800s for logging. Ironically, this decision was made despite the fact that the Rum River, which formerly connected the lake to the Mississippi River, had been dammed for decades.
"With all the gridlock in Washington, we must not lose sight of the common sense, bipartisan reforms that can actually get done. This new Coast Guard regulation, being funded at taxpayer expense, will take a toll on the Mille Lacs Lake resort-based economy and will make fishing more expensive. I appreciate all the Coast Guard does, but the DNR already patrols Mille Lacs Lake," said Rep. Cravaack. "Ultimately, Mille Lacs Lake belongs to Minnesotans and should not be controlled by federal government bureaucrats. My legislation will stop fishing guides from being forced to spend over $2000 to obtain a license they don't need," he added.
The Mille Lacs Lake Freedom to Fish Act was previously passed out of House committee with the support of Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and Ranking Member Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV). The legislation was also introduced in the Senate, where it is sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar and co-sponsored by Sen. Al Franken.
"The bottom line is the cost the federal government is imposing on obtaining the six-pack certification for captains. Less control from the federal government on Mille Lacs Lake is a good thing. By federalizing the licensing process, jobs are being taken away. Although I have a Masters License, at my age I'm doubtful I could obtain the licensing due to the cost of the coursework," said George Nitti, Owner of Nitti's Hunters Point Resort.
H.R. 5797 has been fully vetted by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. The legislation is also supported by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota Anglers for Habitat, National Association of Charterboat Operators, Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance, and fishing guides and resort owners.
Representative Cravaack serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee -- where he is Vice Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee -- the Homeland Security Committee, and the Science, Space and Technology Committee. The 8th Congressional District covers 18 counties in Northeast Minnesota.


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Bees from my Topbar hive in Indiana.
Hey /r/bees, thanks for the guidance on boxing up that swam I asked about two days ago. Pics inside!
My house has had a secret bee hive in it for about 2 years. Bee keeper I know guesses there's about 80,000.
Its a bad pic, but does anyone know what this bee is doing? It was in the same spot at the base of a hollow tree for hours.
It's not often that you compliment the ladies on their beard but I suppose I'll make an exception this time.
Help?! 10s of honeybees found dead on kitchen bench. No chemicals used. They crawled through a hole in the brickwork. Why?
I work in a decent sized garden with a lot of pollinator-friendly plants. I love getting pictures of them.
I've been getting into watercolours, decided to do one of something very close to my heart
Great Golden Digger Wasps: was able to capture two on the same flowering onion in my garden and from a much closer distance
I hope this is okay here: one of my garden's Great Golden Digger Wasps(Sphex ichneumoneus)
Bees are building in my birdhouse. What should I do with them?prefer not to kill, but too many kids playing around them.


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The Washington Post is waking up to an obvious truth about the most corrupt Represenative in Congress. Democratic Congressman John Murtha's decades of shoveling pork projects to his beleaguered Western Pennsylvania district have not created a viable economy there:
The Post analysis illustrates the fleeting success of some of the companies backed by earmarks. Some of the jobs generated by Murtha's earmarks cost about $2 million each, and scores disappeared as soon as projects were completed.
Peter Fiske, a former defense executive in Murtha's district, said awarding earmarks to fledgling companies often backfires, a problem that might be avoided with a more rigorous assessment of project risks. Fiske helped found RAPT Industries, a company that Murtha forecast would generate 45 new jobs. It shuttered its four-person office this year.
“If you looked at Congressman Murtha's efforts in the same way you look at an investor's efforts, it's easy to see that the business model originally conceived hasn't really panned out in terms of its rate of return, ” Fiske said.
It's great story, so read the rest. Also note that a few years back Murtha's district was passed up for a major new clean coal refinery that went to West Virginia, despite possessing the country’s largest coal and natural-gas reserves. That would have created permanent, not fleeting, jobs. Many of Murtha's consituents believe his heavy political hand on the district no doubt had something to do with being passed over, and many previous Murtha boosters have soured on him since.


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My iPhone camera is broken and I'm out of film so I can’t use my trusty old Nikon.
The phone’s broken camera is reflective of my own inability to process all that is going on here right now. I keep sane by being able to take quick snapshots while I’m walking down the street and capturing a moment of perfect symmetry; carrying a camera makes me aware of the way the afternoon sun hits the building under renovation, or of the energetic flurry of bikes on the streets, or the juxtaposition between the mosque and the skyscraper. It allows me to step away and watch my surroundings. So instead of taking photos, of creating the frame, of adjusting the exposure, I am left to absorb my surroundings passively.
My friend came by the café to visit and we talked about current events. She asked me how I’m handling it. I simply told her I’m not. I’m trying not to read the news. I’m trying not to hear the stories. I’m trying not to feel fear and heartbreak. Yet even while hiding away in a cozy corner of Tel Aviv where my path follows a pretty specific route between a few local places where I can get by foot or by bike in less than fifteen minutes, I can’t avoid it.
Since the beginning of October, ten Israelis have died in stabbing incidents (and or shot); meanwhile, 48 incidents of Palestinians who stabbed or tried to stab Israelis resulted in the assailant being shot and killed.
I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw was an update from a friend that a 21-year-old Palestinian who was shot in the West Bank died this morning. Our apartment’s Thanksgiving plans shifted when the 20-year-old brother of a friend was stabbed near Hebron while on his army duty. The country feels small. Earlier this week a regular came into the café and just said, “You heard there was another attack? Right around the corner from here. Two Jewish Israelis were stabbed and died near that synagogue.” Mahene Yehuda Market, the heartbeat of West Jerusalem, turned into a panic when two young Palestinian girls (14 and 16 years old) used scissors to stab a 70-year-old man. One of the girls was shot and killed, because all the police force was unable to subdue a 16-year-old girl with scissors. An Israeli undercover operation went awry as soldiers snuck into a hospital in the West Bank where they abducted a patient (who had previously that week been injured post-attacking an Israeli) and killed his cousin in the process. Kerry came for a visit this week; no one listened. Netanyahu’s government has proposed more settlements and developments of separate settlement roads that bypass Palestinian areas. The sound of sirens puts you on immediately on edge.
But my camera is broken. So I quickly shut the open window. I don’t click that link to that news article. I avoid Twitter. Instead, I research pecan pie recipes and wonder whether or not Martha Stewart would approve of Israeli pecans and pretend that it is Thanksgiving in Tel Aviv. It’s hard to do though with the temperature over 80 degree (27C) weather. I write a list of what I’m thankful for; I try to find the little slivers of humanity amidst the madness. I save up money to fix my phone, I order more film.