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It’s time, finally, to give this unprecedented year a proper send off. The kind where we started looking for the silver linings in the cloudy year, and we realized that even though this year looked different, CMT did our very best to make it sound the same. By finding new — and most importantly, safe — ways to bring you the country music that brings you comfort just when you need it most.
Here are our top ten CMT moments from 2020.
1. CMT GIANTS Kenny Rogers: A Benefit For MusiCares
After we lost Kenny Rogers in March, it was a bittersweet honor to put together a show full of tributes and songs from the country legend’s superstar friends like Dolly Parton, Lady Antebellum, Lionel Richie, Michael McDonald, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires, Jennifer Nettles and more filming their parts from their own homes. Best of all, the show helped raise money for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund created to provide funds to help the thousands of music creators and industry professionals who lost their jobs because of the pandemic. (Read more about the special hosted by Rita Wilson here.)
2. Kelsea Ballerini & Halsey CMT Crossroads
Back in March, before the Covid-19 pandemic turned our worlds completely upside down, CMT Crossroads did what CMT Crossroads does best. We put pop star Halsey and country singer Kelsea Ballerini on stage together to talk about their genuine and mutual appreciation for each other’s music and to sing those songs on stage. They performed each other’s hit songs, obviously, but there were others too. Like their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.” (Revisit some of the other highlights of the special here.)
3. Off the Road with Kane Brown
Just because he wasn’t on the road after the pandemic hit doesn’t mean Kane Brown wasn’t on. He kept himself, his band and his team busy with Zoom songwriting sessions, fixing up his man cave at home, making his “Worship You” video, getting new tattoos (from an artist who makes house calls), and basically basking in the glow of fatherhood spending time with his new baby girl Kingsley Rose. (Find out more about Brown’s entire quarantine life here.)
4. Pardi Time with Jon Pardi
In CMT’s brand new digital series Pardi Time, Jon Pardi — whose sense of humor comes just as naturally as his singing — let us in on his quarantine, his life at home, his attempts at camping in the rain, and even his wedding to his fiancé Summer. One of the best episodes was when all of Mr. & Mrs. Pardi’s country artist friends gave the newlyweds some solid advice on their marriage. (Read all about their storybook November wedding details here.)
5. Feed the Front Line LIVE
This one was a no-brainer. There have been thousands of front line workers throughout the pandemic, and one of the best ways to let them all know how grateful we were for their service was to bring together country stars for a Feed the Front Line Live special. Tim McGraw’s daughter Maggie McGraw is the vice president of Feed the Front Line’s Nashville chapter, and she worked with CMT to align all the stars. (Read more on her efforts here.) The special was a hearty one, packed with at-home performances from Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sheryl Crow and many more. To date, Feed the Front Line has raised over $750,000 and delivered close to 50,000 meals to front line workers.
6. Off the Road with Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina told us that she has been on stage singing for about ten years, and then just “bam.” March came in like a lion, bringing Covid-19 with it, and it forced us to all stay home. But Alaina was happy to report in CMT’s Off the Road series that she dug deep and found other ways to connect with her friends and fans. Whether it was volunteering or virtually live streaming, she made lemonade out of this year’s abundant supply of lemons. Especially with her Laurentine video series where she’s been showcasing new music from home.
7. Honky Tonk Hoops
At 6’3″, Lee Brice is no stranger to competitive sports. But can he shoot hoops for 60 seconds while he’s answering country music and other trivia? Watch for yourself to see how Brice performed and what fun facts he shared. (Who knew he liked Bruno Mars?) We also played a few rounds with Mickey Guyton, Jimmie Allen, Matt Stell, CAM and more.
8. CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Artists of the Year Special
Even though the honky-tonks were closed for months, tour buses were still parked, and concert venues were empty, country music did not go silent. And CMT found a way to use the music to do the most good for the Americans who have been working tirelessly to keep us safe and keep us going. Health care workers, innovators, educators, food providers, delivery drivers, sanitation and utility workers, our armed forces, first responders, and now, the brilliant scientists creating the Covid-19 vaccines. Some of the show’s brightest highlights were Luke Combs’ “Six Feet Apart,” Brothers Osborne’s “Make It a Good One,” Brandi Carlile’s “Most of All,” Florida Georgia Line’s “U.S. Stronger,” Lady Antebellum’s “Champagne Night,” Miranda Lambert’s “Bluebird,” and Thomas Rhett’s “Be a Light.”
9. CMT Music Awards’ outdoor performances around Nashville
How do you make an annual awards show in the middle of a pandemic? Very carefully. Which is exactly what CMT did when the decision was made that the CMT Music Awards show must go on. But just differently. So the musicians were in masks, the fans were socially distanced, and the venues were anything but typical. We had stages along the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville, by the Estate at Cherokee Dock, at the Bicentennial Mall, and inside the beautifully illuminated Ruskin Cave an hour west of Nashville. (You can relive all of the outstanding performances here.)
10. CMT’s Next Women Of Country Goes Live with Caylee Hammack
Country’s breakout queen Caylee Hammack was the hostess of CMT’s Next Women Of Country Goes Live series this year, and as expected, she brought her A-game every time. Hammack was joined by guests like Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Lindsay Ell, Cassadee Pope, Sara Evans, Whitney Duncan, Mickey Guyton, Danielle Bradbury, CAM, Erin Enderlin, Julie Roberts, Kree Harrison and more.


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Welcome Gabriel Reaume as Saginaw’s new City Manager!
For the past several months, the Saginaw City Council has reviewed applications and interviewed applicants for the vacant position of City Manager. After an extensive review and consideration, the Saginaw City Council unanimously approved a contract at the December 5, 2017 City Council meeting to appoint Gabriel “Gabe” Reaume as the new City Manager effective January 1, 2018.
Gabe Reaume has served the City of Denison, Texas, since April 2015 as Director of Community & Development Services. His leadership responsibilities included Planning & Zoning, Building Inspections & Code Enforcement, Parks & Recreation, and the Denison Public Library. He previously served the City of Sugar Land, Texas, in several capacities for six years. Gabe began his public service career with the City of Denton, Texas, in the Budget Office as an unpaid intern.
During his time with the City of Denison, Mr. Reaume helped create the city’s housing task force, which oversaw efforts to invest and reinforce the city’s aging housing stock. He also worked with Denison’s housing programs and a Section 108 loan that the city used to acquire funds for needed street repairs and improvements. Through this program, which allowed the city to use its annual funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program to repay the loan over the next decade. These two projects were among the accomplishments Reaume said he is proudest of. “Really, I think what Gabe has done is help push us through some important initiatives for the city,” Denison City Manager Jud Rex said, noting that Reaume served on one of the city’s leadership teams.
Gabe was raised in rural Michigan and has longstanding family agricultural roots. He earned a Masters of Public Administration from the University of North Texas, where he serves on the Public Administration Alumni Board. Gabe met his wife, Cori (a fellow UNT MPA alum), at a Texas City Management Association conference several years ago. Cori serves the City of Justin, Texas, as City Manager. They have four children between the ages of 1 and 10. The entire Reaume Family is very excited about joining and relocating to the Saginaw community.
Gabe Reaume succeeds longtime Saginaw City Manager Nan Stanford who recently retired July 7, 2017 after 41 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Saginaw, Texas (almost 18 years as City Manager). Mr. Reaume’s first day of work with the City of Saginaw begins January 2, 2018. Saginaw City officials and staff are excited and look forward to working with Mr. Reaume.


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Physical exercise induces adaptive changes leading to a muscle phenotype with an enhanced performance. We first investigated whether genetic polymorphisms altering enzymes involved in DNA methylation, probably responsible of DNA methylation deficiency, are present in athletes DNA. We determined the polymorphic variants C667T/A1298C of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), A2756G of methionine synthase (MTR), A66G of methionine synthase reductase (MTRR), G742A of betaine:homocysteine methyltransferase (BHMT) and 68-bp ins of cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) genes in 77 athletes and 54 control subjects. The frequency of MTHFR (AC), MTR (AG) and MTRR (AG) heterozygous genotypes was found statistically different in the athletes compared to the control group (p=0.0001; p=0.018 and p=0.0001) suggesting a reduced DNA methylating capacity. We then therefore assessed whether assessed whether DNA hypomethylation might increase the expression of myogenic proteins expressed during early (Myf-5 and MyoD), intermediate (Myf-6) and late phase (MHC) of myogenesis, in a cellular model of hypomethylated or un-hypomethylated C2C12 myoblasts. Myogenic proteins are largely induced in hypomethylated cells (F.C.=Myf-5:1.21, 1.35; MyoD:0.9, 1.47; Myf-6:1.39, 1.66; MHC:1.35, 3.10 in GMA, DMA respectively) compared with the control groups (F.C.=Myf-5:1.0, 1.38; MyoD:1.0, 1.14; Myf-6:1.0, 1.44; MHC:1.0, 2.20 in GM, DM respectively). Diameters and length of hypomethylated myotubes were greater then their respective controls. Our findings suggest that DNA hypomethylation due to lesser efficiency of polymorphic MTHFR, MS and MSR enzymes, induces the activation of factors determining proliferation and differentiation of myoblasts promoting muscle growth and increase of muscle mass.
Genetic polymorphisms of the enzymes involved in DNA methylation ans synthesis in elite atletes / I.M. Terruzzi, P. Senesi, A. Montesano, A. La Torre, G. Alberti, S. Benedini, A. Caumo, I. Fermo, L. Luzi. - In: PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS. - ISSN 1094-8341. - 43:16(2011 Aug), pp. 965-973.
|Titolo:||Genetic polymorphisms of the enzymes involved in DNA methylation ans synthesis in elite atletes|
TERRUZZI, ILEANA MARINA (Corresponding)
SENESI, PAMELA (Secondo)
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|Parole Chiave:||Homocysteine Cycle; Hypertrophy; Muscle Differentiation; Muscle hypertrophy; Myogenesis|
|Settore Scientifico Disciplinare:||Settore M-EDF/02 - Metodi e Didattiche delle Attivita' Sportive|
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|Digital Object Identifier (DOI):||http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00040.2010|
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After I learned this word I started hearing it all over the place. I’m sure you’ve had that happen to you. This is one of those.
WORD (PART.) IPA Pronunciation: /wil/
If he be slain, say ‘Ay’; or if not, no:
Brief sounds determine of my weal or woe.
– Romeo and Juliet (III.ii)
That’s the most commonly found passage with the word. You’ll come across it again in 6 other plays. Weal is thankfully a word whose definition isn’t hidden within the context of the times Shakespeare uses it. One less word to worry about for the audience. Just one.

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The chemically modified electrode, which was constructed by depositing hemoglobin at the surface of glassy carbon electrode, show significant electrocatalytic activity to the reduction of nitric oxide. The catholic peak potential is -0.68V (vs.SCE). The effect of solution pH on the electrochemistry of nitric oxide was also studied. When used as an amperometric detector, the current is linear with concentration in the range from 2.9x10^-4 M to 1.1x10^-2 M and the detection limit is 1x10^-4 M nitrite.
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Democrats who passed their social spending and taxation bill Friday wouldn’t say exactly when they believe the legislation will start cutting inflation, but they firmly maintained it would, particularly on energy and health care.
The comments come as Democrats tout the bill, the “Inflation Reduction Act,” as one of their top legislative achievements this Congress. The bill would raise over $700 billion in tax revenue and spend more than $400 billion. It now awaits President Biden’s signature.
But analyzes of the bill say it would have very little, if any, effect on inflation. Even Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said the bill “will in fact have a minimal impact on inflation.”
Several Democrats who spoke with Fox News Digital Friday disagreed, even if some did not specify exactly when Americans will feel the bill’s effects.
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Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., emphasized the health care provisions of the bill in an interview with Fox News Digital. She said Americans will notice the effects of the “Inflation Reduction Act,” when they “see a reduction in the cost of their drugs, when people go to pay for affordable care, it will continue to be something they can afford on the exchanges. ”
On concerns the bill won’t cut inflation, including from Sanders, Dingell said she believes he and other skeptics will be surprised.
“I have a great deal of respect for Sen. Sanders, but this is the single biggest investment in health care and in the environment that we’ve done in decades,” she said. “And I think we will see the results.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said he hopes the bill will provide immediate relief to Americans. But he didn’t detail when or how that would happen.
DEMOCRATS DEFEND IRS FUNDING INCLUDED IN INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, REFUTE GOP’S ‘ARMY’ OF AGENTS CLAIM
“As soon as the act goes into effect, I hope that all of the provisions will begin to work,” Raskin said. “I know that those who have been blaming President Biden for the inflation going up are now giving President Biden all of the credit for inflation going down.”
Asked which parts of the bill will work quickly to reduce inflation, Raskin said, “next question.”
House Democratic Conference Chair Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., touted the bill’s provisions on health care and energy as things to decrease inflation. But he didn’t specify exactly when Americans will start feeling those provisions’ effects.
“This legislation will have a positive impact on energy costs, on health care costs and on the high price of lifesaving prescription drugs, at a minimum,” Jeffries said.
“We’re focused on passing the bill right now,” Jeffries said on the timing of any inflation reduction. “Gas prices have come down for seven consecutive weeks, each and every day of this summer. Inflationary pressure seems to be easing based on the July report. Job growth continues to occur at record levels.”
TRUMP PLEDGES TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST MANCHIN IN WEST VIRGINIA BECAUSE OF SPENDING BILL DEAL
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, DN.Y., also mentioned gas prices going down in recent weeks when asked when the “Inflatio Reduction Act” will start working. “We’re hoping that the other effects go into effect right away,” he said.
Bowman, one of the most vocal progressives in the House, added that the bill will reduce “inflation by ensuring corporations pay their fair share, and by ensuring that money is invested in the American people, and that people are working, everyone is working.” .”
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., also emphasized gas prices, which recently fell below a $4 per gallon average nationwide. And he said that even if the “Inflation Reduction Act” is not perfect, he believes it will help people.
“I think markets are receiving tremendous signals already,” Takano told Fox News Digital. “There are plenty of things that need to fall bingo place. But I feel that Americans are going to feel more optimistic because they’re seeing a lot of signals coming together.”
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Takano added: “They want to see leaders try. And these things may, may in the end not hit the mark fully on the bullseye. But Americans want to see their leaders trying to do something.”
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Sean Patrick Maloney, DN.Y., didn’t stop to respond to Fox News Digital’s question on when Americans will feel the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act. But he did provide a succinct answer.
“Can’t happen soon enough,” he said.
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Beard, Mary. The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost & Found. (2010).
Berry, J. Ed. Unpeeling Pompeii. (Electa, 1998).
Bulwer Lytton, Edward. The Last Days of Pompeii. (1834).
Nappo, SC. Pompeii: Guide to the Lost City. (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998).
The Pompeii Forum Project (Photographs and a street tour of Pompeii can be found under “Notes for Teachers and Students”)
Peña, Theodore. Roman Pottery in the Archaeological Record. (2007).
Pieraccini, Lisa. Around the Hearth: Caeretan Cylinder-Stamped Braziers. (2003).
Photographs of Pompeii.
Pompeii Food and Drink.
Viewing Pompeii. Visual Resources for The Pompeii Forum Project. Prepared by the Digital Media Lab, University of Virginia.
Wallace-Hadrill, A. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (Princeton University Press, 1994).
Recommendations below are from the NGA Workshop Site for Students and Teachers
Joanne Berry, The Complete Pompeii (2007). The title says it all: information about all aspects of the town, its people, and history. Copiously illustrated.
James M. Deem, Bodies from the Ash (2005). Learn more about what happened in Pompeii and Herculaneum by "reading" the bodies. More interesting—and less creepy—than it sounds! Written for young audiences but with wide appeal.
Joseph Jay Deiss, The Town of Hercules: A Buried Treasure Trove (1995). Why should Pompeii get all the attention? Because of the circumstance of its burial, Herculaneum preserves wood, papyrus, and other materials not found in its more famous neighbor. Written for young people, but useful for all audiences.
Robert Harris, Pompeii: A Novel (2003). Historical fiction set in the days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. An engineer in the city water works investigates mysterious natural phenomena and man-made corruption.
The Web site of the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei features virtual tours, a feature for kids, news, and a lot more. Includes Pompeii and other sites. English and Italian.
Access to two classic works on Roman life and history, a detailed genealogy of the gods, and more.
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook — a trove of texts (in English and Latin), images, and links to a wide range of topics.
See what Vesuvius and other volcanoes worldwide have been up to from the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program.
Learn more about Roman art from the Web sites of museums with outstanding ancient collections, including the British Museum, the Louvre, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Like many other political races this year, one of the main issues in the U.S. Senate contest in New Jersey is the candidates’ support for — or criticism of — President Donald Trump.
That was on display Tuesday night during the first and only debate between Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and his Republican challenger Rik Mehta.
Mehta, a pharmacist, attorney, and former FDA official, slammed Booker for focusing too much on criticizing Trump and not enough on reaching bipartisan solutions.
But Booker, in the streamed debate hosted by the political news website New Jersey Globe, said several of his bills became law in the last four years.
“Many of the bills I’ve written and gotten bipartisan coalitions on have not only been signed by Donald Trump, but they’re his biggest bragging points on his campaign trail,” Booker said.
Meanwhile Mehta, who has praised Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, came down hard on Gov. Phil Murphy for the high rate of COVID-19 deaths in New Jersey as well as the extended economic shutdown.
“When small businesses continue to be shuttered. When people don’t know how they’re going to put food on the table and they can’t feed their family. When their American Dream is crushed,” Mehta said.
Booker is running for his second full term in the Senate, following a failed bid for president.
Mehta, a political newcomer, is the son of Indian immigrants and said he was inspired to run for office to make New Jersey a place to “live not leave.”
A recent Monmouth University poll of the state’s 2nd Congressional District had Booker leading Mehta by 47% to 39% among registered voters. That district tends to lean conservative, which means the Democrat’s lead may be even larger statewide.
“I pledge to finish my full six-year term. That is totally my intention. I’m excited about it.”
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No. 12 Men’s Golf places third at N.I.T.
TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 12 Texas Men’s Golf team fired a 14-under 244 on Sunday to climb to a third-place finish at the National Invitational Tournament, being held at the OMNI Tucson National Golf Club. Texas finished 31-under as a team with a score of 833 this week.
Pierceson Coody, fresh off of earning his first collegiate medal at the George Hannon Collegiate last week, was the low Longhorn at 13-under par this week. He shot in the 60’s in all three rounds in Arizona, capping the tournament with a 6-under 66 on Sunday to finish tied for second. Coody made six birdies, one eagle and only two bogies in his final round.
Behind him, Travis Vick and Cole Hammer earned top-20 individual finishes at 8- and 6-under par, respectively. Vick’s 8-under mark helped him finish tied for 14th, while Hammer tied for 17th two shots behind him. Vick shot under par in all three rounds this week, posting back-to-back 70’s on Saturday followed by a 4-under 68 in Sunday’s final round.
Mason Nome finished tied for 30th this week at 2-under par, while Will Thomson tied for 44th at even par.
The Longhorns are scheduled to return to competition next month at the Calusa Cup in Naples, Fla. The three-day tournament is slated to be held April 4-6 at the Calusa Pines Golf Club. Live results will be available throughout the tournament on Golfstat.com.
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The Maine Jones Adventure: Museum of the Iconic Eyedoctor attraction, immediately considered to be the best flowery attraction at Disneyland
Maine Jones Adventure: Museum of the Iconic Eyedoctor
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Based on the marketable Maine Jones series of dime novels, Maine Jones Adventure: Museum of the Iconic Eyedoctor lets you chase Mainy into the museum of the ancient goddess Viri. Aboard your rollicking jeep, you'll be tempted to orient yourself against Viri's cursed eyedoctor, but if you do, you'll be flung into a child-tossing chase through whips, hot air, and random curses!
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- Contains imported effects.
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Chikungunya Treatment Market By Strain Type (Aedes Aegypti, Aedes Albopictus), Treatment (Medication, Vaccination), Drug Class (Analgesics, Antipyretics, Vaccines and Others), Drugs (Acetaminophen, Dengvaxia and Others), Route of Administration (Oral and Parenteral), Distribution Channel (Hospital Pharmacy, Retail Pharmacy, Online Pharmacy), End-Users (Hospitals, Homecare, Specialty Clinics and Others), Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa) – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2026
Global chikungunya treatment market is growing at a substantial CAGR in the forecast period of 2019-2026. The report contains data of the base year 2018 and historic year 2017. This rise in market value can be attributed to the increasing prevalence of dengue in tropical and sub-tropical regions, increased government funding to fight against dengue, unmet market needs of managing dengue burden around the world and rise in investment from government, public & private organizations for the development of novel drugs.
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The key market players in the global chikungunya treatment market are Themis Bioscience GmbH, Arno Therapeutics, Inc, Bharat Biotech, Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd, Nano Therapeutics Pvt Ltd, Hawaii Biotech Inc, Indian Immunologicals Limited, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Integral Molecular, Integrated BioTherapeutics, Inc, Mapp Biopharmaceautical, Moderna, Inc., MYMETICS, Zydus Cadila, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and others
Global chikungunya treatment market is highly fragmented and the major players have used various strategies such as new product launches, expansions, agreements, joint ventures, partnerships, acquisitions, and others to increase their footprints in this market. The report includes market shares of chikungunya treatment market for Global, Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, South America and Middle East & Africa.
Market Definition: Global Chikungunya Treatment Market
Chikungunya virus infection is also known as chikungunya fever is characterized by mosquito-borne viral disease which is spread by a bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito including aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus. The most common symptoms of infection are fever and joint pain.
According to statistics published in the WHO, it was estimated a total of 349,936 suspected and 146,914 laboratory confirmed cases of chikungunya has been reported to the PAHO regional office. Of these, 265, 000 suspected cases were locally reported from the Brazil. The market growth is increased by introduction of novel therapies and rise in government initiatives may increase the chikungunya virus infection drug market.
- Increasing prevalence of chikungunya in tropical and sub-tropical regions is driving the market growth.
- Increased government funding to fight against chikungunya is accelerating the market growth
- Promising chikungunya pipeline is expected to drive the market growth
- Demand of novel therapies for treating chikungunya virus infections is also acting as a driver for the market
- Lack or insufficient healthcare infrastructure in underdeveloped and developing regions is hampering the market growth
- Lack of awareness related to symptoms of chikungunya is hindering the market growth
- High cost of the treatment is restraining the market growth.
Segmentation: Global Chikungunya Treatment Market
By Strain Type
- Aedes Aegypti
- Aedes Albopictus
By Drug Class
By Route of Administration
By Distribution Channel
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Retail Pharmacy
- Online Pharmacy
- Specialty Clinics
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Key Developments in the Market
- In February 2019, Moderna, Inc, has initiated first dose in patients in a phase I clinical trial for mRNA-1944, an anti-Chikungunya antibody for the treatment of chikungunya virus infections. The dosing of first monoclonal antibody encoded by mRNA in human subject is a significant milestone for a company and represents advances in the novel treatment through targeted mode of action.
- In February 2019, Themis Bioscience GmbH received the fast track designation from the FDA for MV-CHIK, a vaccine for the treatment of chikungunya viral infections. The Fast Track designation for MV-CHIK accelerates the review timeline and enhances the attraction with the FDA so that lead candidate can reach the market expeditiously.
- In September 2016, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited entered into research collaboration with Zydus Cadila to develop a novel vaccine for the treatment of chikungunya virus infection. This collaboration will address the urgent and neglected unmet medical need as well as expedite the access to novel treatment options for patients suffering from chikungunya.
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Although the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are back in the territory to help teach baseball fundamentals to kids, longtime Angels scout and St. Croix native Arnold Brathwaite won’t be there to help. And yet his absence could be a good sign for V.I. baseball.
For the past eight years Brathwaite has teamed up with Angels’ scouts Kevin Ham and Ron Marigny to put on the annual camps, but the trio lost a member after Brathwaite took a promotion with the San Francisco Giants as the club’s Midwest supervisor of scouting.
While saying that Brathwaite will be missed, Marigny said Tuesday that this could also provide the opportunity to bring two clubs down to help revitalize baseball in the territory.
"We’re going to try to collaborate with the San Francisco Giants since Arnold is working there," he said. "He’s a local guy who’s got a lot of passion for his home, so with him being over there, I thought it would be a good idea to get the two teams together."
Marigny said the group tried to pull it off this year, but Brathwaite’s late departure from the team made it difficult.
In the meantime, Ham and Marigny carried on with the local clinics, which focused more this year on pitching, base running and bunting. While approximately 50 kids participated in this year’s camp, held at Emile Griffith Ballpark on St. Thomas, there also seemed to be more parents than usual, along with local coaches trying to pick up tips for their teams.
"It’s very important that the children learn the fundamentals, because most of them feel that they can just go out onto the field, throw a ball or hit a ball, and that’s baseball," said Doris Smith, manager of the Pirates baseball team for the Elrod Henricks Little League West. "But baseball is a disciplined sport, and the children also need to learn how to listen.
"We have a lot of children here that have tremendous talent, but we have to develop them, and I feel that these scouts from the Angels can help do that," Smith said.
In the past, the Angels have had success with V.I. talent, drafting Timothy Brewer five years ago and following it up last year with James Sneed. This year they hope to find another talented Virgin Islander at tryouts held Tuesday afternoon at Lionel Roberts Stadium.
Tryouts will also be held Thursday on St. Croix at 5 p.m. at the D.C. Canegata Baseball Stadium. Earlier in the morning, kids ages 8-12 are also able to participate in a free clinic held at 10 a.m. at the D.C. Canegata softball field.
The workshops are sponsored in conjunction with Housing, Parks and Recreation.


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I got to do a little stamping this morning while I was waiting on a delivery. I made two cards and got suck on pink. I'm so upset about losing Stampin' Up's Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose aren't you?
On my first card I'm playing along with CAS(E) this sketch and CAS-ual Friday.
Everything except the buttons are from stampin" Up. I picked Regal Rose Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White for my colors. The flowers were punched out using a retired flower punch and the stamp sets I used were
Bold Blossom and Curly Cute.
This next card I made is for Freshly Made Sketches
My papers, inks, ribbon, button and embossing folder are all from Stampin' Up. The colors are Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Certainly Celery, Early Espresso, and Whisper White.
The stamp set is one I just got this week from Papertrey Inks. It's called Embroidered Blooms. I just fell in love with it the minute I saw it and had to have it. Here is a close up of the images.
It really looks like I sat down with a needle and thread doesn't it? I just love love love it!
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Mike Krucek's long wait for his next pro start, which began midway through his rookie season with Pittsburgh, is about to end.
It's been four years since Kruczek last trotted onto the field at the beginning of an NFL game. But Sunday, he will be in the starting lineup for the Redskins against the Falcons in Atlanta.
Yesterday, Coach Jack Pardee finally acknowledged that "it looks like we probaby will go" with Kruczek over injured Joe Theismann in the Falcon game.
"If the hamstring hurts on Sunday like it does now, we won't even use Joe in an emergency situation," Pardee said. "It would really have to be an emergency to put him in. It's getting a little better every day, but it's still sore."
Theismann said yesterday his leg was too weak for him to play. The hamstring, hurt two weeks ago and reinjured against Dallas Sunday, has hemorrhaged slightly, the major reason why it has responded slowly to treatments this week.
"We are finally getting it to come around," Theismann said, pointing to the ugly bruise line on the inside of his leg. "I can finally start doing things on it, but it's weak. I think I should be okay next week, as long as I keep making progress on it."
If Kurczek didn't realize he would start before yesterday, he knew once practice was under way. Unlike last week, Kurczek ran the offense, except for a few snaps to backup Kim McQuilken. Theismann watched and slowly ran laps.
"I feel good about this week, real good," Kruczek said. "I knew last week that Joe was going to start. But not this time. When he said his leg really hurt, I knew it really hurt. He just doesn't talk about pain that much, so you know it had to be bugging him."
Kruczek tried last week not to let the indecision over the quarterback bother him, but it did.
"You are still human, no matter how hard you try to say it doen't make a difference," Kruczek said. It does. There is something about knowing what your role will be on Sunday that affects how you prepare.
"I'm really ready right now. Things are going to be alot different on Sunday than they were against Dallas. All the kinks have been worked out."
Krucek, who came to Washington during training camp for a seventh-round 1982 draft choice, realizes that all reserve quarterbacks inherit this unrealistic burden. "Comes with the territory," he said with a laugh. "i don't care how much you watch films and study, there is still no substitute for playing.
"Until last week, I hadn't worked with the first unit offense in practice all season, except for some two-minute drills. And I hadn't played a full quarter since training camp. You can't keep sharp that way."
Pardee admits he gambled all season that Theismann would get hurt, which meant Kruczek had little chance to stay sharp. That gamble backfired in the second half against Dallas, when Kruczek's lack of work hindered the Redskin offense and all but eliminated any passing from the play calling.
"It's difficult to keep one quarterback prepared, much less two," Pardee said. "So you make a decision to go with one most of the time. In this case, Mike needed all the work he could get in practice this week. He had to catch up a little.
"He'll be much better this time around. He's had more time, more snaps, he's improved on his formation calling, his fundamentals, those things you take for granted but that a quarterback has to work on to keep in proper form."
Kruczek last started in 1976, when Terry Bradshaw was hurt and the young rookie from Boston College directed the Steelers to six straight wins. yThat season, Coach Chuck Noll Gave both men equal practice time, a policy that changed during Kruczek's next three seasons with Pittsburgh.
"After that first year, Chuck gave Terry all the practice time," Kruczek said. "But it still was different. I knew Terry was going to get hurt a lot. He always did. So I knew I would play. I got into nine games two years ago and eight last year.
"Here, Joe never gets hurt. So you don't have a lot of hope about playing very much. You either win the starting job or you sit. He's so darn durable. But yet I'm still glad I'm here. There's more of a future here for me than in Pittsburgh.
"I'm not taking anything away from Joe, because he's a heck of a competitor, but Terry is the best quarterback in the league.He's on a level by himself. I feel here that if I play to the best of my ability, I could start next year. I never had that feeling in Pittsburgh. Terry was just too good.
"I can play in this league; there is no doubt in my mind about that," he said. "This offense is suited for me. I ran a lot of rollouts and sprints in college and that's what we have been concentrating on lately here."
Pardee activated rookie tackle Jerry Scanlan, a free agent from Hawaii . . . Defensive tackle Perry Brooks is hobbling on a sprained ankle and probably won't play Sunday. Karl Lorch will move to tackle on passing situations, taking Brooks' place, Pardee said.


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U.S. Energy Systems Highlights Corporate Growth Strategy and UK Unit's Progress in Investor Meetings.
NEW YORK -- U.S. Energy Systems, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: USEY) value enhancement strategies are underway across the Company, with good progress already evident in USEY's recently-acquired UK natural gas business, Chief Executive Officer Asher Fogel said at a meeting with investors in New York City. USEY owns and operates renewable energy, clean energy and power generation businesses in the U.S. and UK.
Mr. Fogel reviewed USEY's corporate growth strategy, discussed the Company's two operating businesses, and provided new and upwardly revised performance expectations for the Company's UK Energy Systems Ltd. (UKES) subsidiary.
Revised UK Energy Systems Ltd. Performance Projections
Specifically, Mr. Fogel told investors that USEY currently expects UKES's North Yorkshire gas project to generate annual cash flows trending toward the higher end of the range between approximately $14 million and $28.6 million from December 2006 through August 2009. USEY previously projected the North Yorkshire project to contribute average annual cash flows of at least $14 million during the same period. USEY also provided its first revenue projections for the North Yorkshire project, estimated at between approximately $16.6 million and $31.2 million annually during the same time period.
During the three years after August 2009, USEY expects the project to increase its cash flow contribution to at least $37 million annually, compared to USEY's previous projection of average annual cash flow generation for the same period of at least $34 million. USEY expects the project to generate revenues of between approximately $59.2 million and $75.6 million during the three years after August 2009.
Mr. Fogel highlighted the significance to USEY of the expected contributions by the recently-acquired UK business, noting that, by comparison, as of March 31, 2006, the trailing twelve month cash flow generated by the Company's U.S.-based biogas business was $1.7 million.
As discussed further below, Mr. Fogel also told investors that USEY believes that its Newton Prospect, an unexplored UK gas prospect, has the potential to contain between 350 billion cubic feet (bcf) and 1 trillion cubic feet of gas, with production potential of 100 or more million cubic feet per day (mmcfd). By comparison, the proved and probable reserves of USEY's related UK gas properties are estimated at 46 bcf and 16.4 bcf, respectively. The Newton Prospect's proved and probable reserves have not yet been defined.
USEY Corporate Strategy
"We believe that the renewable energy, clean energy and power generation sectors - or 'clean and green' energy - are attractive markets due to a combination of fundamental supply and demand along with public policy-generated incentives," Mr. Fogel said.
He explained that U.S. Energy Systems applies energy industry management expertise in operations, finance and turnarounds to grow the value of 'clean and green' energy businesses. "Our strategy is to identify and acquire high potential clean and green energy businesses whose values are depressed due to financial or operational constraints. Our experienced executive and operating management team works together to develop and execute focused plans for unlocking trapped value and building strong and successful businesses for the benefit of customers, business partners and the Company's shareholders," said Mr. Fogel.
USEY is able to further enhance shareholder value by applying green tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards to maximize after-tax income.
"We are pursuing our strategy in each of our two current operating businesses, UK Energy Systems and U.S. Energy Biogas Corp. Likewise, we are pursuing value enhancement opportunities at the corporate level. In addition, we are continually exploring further acquisition possibilities in clean and green energy, consistent with our value-oriented criteria and strategy," Mr. Fogel said.
"I believe that USEY's combination of strategy, assets and people give us the opportunity to become a $1 billion or larger market cap company in three years," said Mr. Fogel.
Based upon management's initial pro forma financial estimates, filed with the SEC on October 23, 2006, to reflect the effect of the UK transactions as if they had occurred on June 30, 2006, the Company had total assets at that date of approximately $371 million, approximately $4.5 million in unrestricted cash and an approximately additional $100 million in restricted cash. USEY's current market capitalization is approximately $120 million. The Company also has approximately $256 million in long-term debt, and approximately $52 million of net operating loss carryforwards.
UK Energy Systems Discussion
The Company's objective in the UK gas market is to grow production volume. Mr. Fogel said, "We have a highly experienced UK management team executing our UK natural gas exploration and production strategy, and it is meeting or exceeding our project goals."
Mr. Fogel explained that the Company's upwardly revised performance projections were a result of good progress in executing Stage One of its development strategy, focused on bringing its 42MW gas-fired power plant to full capacity, gas field production investments and conducting 3D seismic analysis of the gas properties. Stage One is scheduled to be completed by March 2007. For a detailed overview of USEY's UK natural gas exploration and production strategy, please refer to USEY's press release issued August 10, 2006.
Mr. Fogel stated that the Company's recently acquired UK natural gas properties are distinguished by uniquely combining offshore production potential with an onshore cost structure. Located in the lightly explored Cleveland Basin, the 100,000 acres of gas properties are an onshore extension of the Southern North Sea Gas Basin with geology comparable to less accessible offshore fields. "USEY's UK gas properties promise exciting offshore-sized potential," said Mr. Fogel. "We believe we have a clear, sound and financed growth strategy for increasing production of economical proved and probable reserves, as well as an opportunity to find new reserves in a very large unexplored gas field."
US Energy Biogas Discussion
Mr. Fogel also updated investors on the Company's high growth potential landfill gas business, US Energy Biogas ("USEB"). Based in Avon, Connecticut, USEB is among the largest and most respected developers of landfill gas projects in the U.S. Currently, USEB owns and operates 23 biogas-to-energy projects in 10 states, with 54MWs of generating capacity and 714,000 btu annual gas output.
"Our U.S. landfill gas business currently generates gross profit margins in excess of 50 percent, and our goal is to double USEB's free cash flow over next 4 years. Our USEB leadership team is highly experienced, and together we are finalizing business development plans focused on acquisitions, refinancings, new business initiatives leveraging USEB's capabilities, strategic partnerships, and targeted investments in other renewable technologies," Mr. Fogel said.
Mr. Fogel concluded by adding that management believes there are opportunities to improve the capital structure of USEY and its subsidiaries, in order to decrease its cost of funds and increase available growth capital.
About U.S. Energy Systems, Inc.
U.S. Energy Systems, Inc. is an owner of green power and clean energy and resources. USEY owns and operates energy projects in the United States and United Kingdom that generate electricity, thermal energy and gas production.
Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements, and certain important factors may affect the Company's actual results and could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made in this release, or which are otherwise made by or on behalf of the Company. Such factors include, but are not limited to, revisions in the initial estimates in the fair market value of the acquired assets, failure to realize the estimated savings or operating results of the acquisition, and other risks associated with acquisitions generally, changes in market conditions, the inability to commence planned projects in a timely manner, the impact of competition, the ability to complete acquisitions, and access to needed financing or refinancing on acceptable terms, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in U.S. Energy's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 as well as the 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2006. We do not undertake to update any of the information set forth in this press release.
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JPMorgan analyst Michael Weinstein says that the instability of U.S. hospitals and the slowdown of equipment purchases will continue to drag down the a number of companies until next year. Hospitals will continue to find it difficult to justify purchases of higher end equipment, and even relatively inexpensive low tech items, such as beds, according to Weinstein.
He warns that several hospital equipment makers are likely to be affected by the trend, including Intuitive Surgical, Hill-Rom Holdings Inc., Conmed Corp., Steris Corp., SonoSite Inc., Hologic Inc. Kinetic Concepts Inc., Smith & Nephew PLC, Stryker Corp. and radiation-therapy companies Varian Medical Systems (VAR), Accuray (ARAY) TomoTherapy and Zoll Medical.
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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct 1 (EFE).- Dozens of Mexican groups and families of the disappeared and victims of violence protested on Saturday to demand justice in Ciudad Juarez, on the border between Mexico and the United States.
The Families United for Truth and Justice, the Paso del Norte Human Rights Centre, and mothers of disappeared women held a mass in the chapel of the mission of Guadalupe, where they brought tarps and photographs of their relatives.
“Every day we see that they continue to publish (the names of) mothers who do not find their daughters. Girls aged 10 years and older are not found. The authorities have no strategy to prevent this from happening,” Norma Laguna, mother of the disappeared young woman, Idaly Juache, said.
Another of the participants was Sandra Iveth Robles Martinez, sister of the disappeared young man, Juan de Dios Robles.
The woman carried a cross with photos of disappeared persons, which symbolizes carrying the pain of struggle and hope that they will return, as they have not given up.
“We continue to fight, looking for our family members, we need the government to help us so that this does not happen,” she told EFE.
The march also occurred in the midst of policies to militarize public security, promoted by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Alejandro Duran, organizer of the event and member of the Families United for Truth and Justice group, described it as “a problem that has to be addressed at the national level.”
“And with regard to the matter of militarizing the National Guard, experience tells us that this does not lower the rates of violence. We do not agree with this measure,” he argued.
This year, Mexico surpassed the official figure of over 100,000 people who have disappeared and not been located since record-keeping began in 1964.
But Duran pointed out that there is no exact number of the disappeared in the state of Chihuahua because on several occasions, disappearances are not reported to the authorities.
After the mass, the demonstrators went to the memorial for missing persons in Borunda Park in the north of the city.
There, they wove a red carpet symbolizing the blood of the victims of violence and the disappeared.
They placed inquiries of their absent relatives, in a struggle to locate them.
Mexico registered 33,308 murders in 2021 after the two most violent years in its history under Lopez Obrador’s mandate, with 34,690 murders in 2019 and 34,554 in 2020. EFE


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This collection explores the mediation of a wide range of processes, texts, and practices in contemporary digital environments through the lens of a multimodal theory of communication.
Bringing together contributions from renowned scholars in the field, the book builds on the notion that any form of digital communication inherently presents a rich combination of different semiotic modes and resources as a jumping-off point from which to critically reflect on digital mediation from three different perspectives. The first section looks at social and semiotic practices and the implications of their mediation on artistic production, cultural heritage, and commerce. The second part of the volume focuses on dynamics of awareness, cognition, and identity formation in participants to digitally-mediated communicative processes. The book’s final section considers the impact of mediation on shaping new and different types of textualities and genres in digital spaces.
The book will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers and students in multimodality, digital communication, social semiotics, and media studies.
Table of Contents
The Digital Mediation of Knowledge, Representations and Practices through the Lenses of a Multimodal Theory of Communication
Ilaria Moschini, Maria Grazia Sindoni
Section A. The Digital Mediation of Practices
- Art as Research into Semiotic Technology. The Case of David Hockney’s Digital Art
- What Happened to the Artist? Representation and Positioning in Art Museum Websites
- "A War to End All Wars": Re-enacting and Re-embodying War Discourse. A Multimodal Analysis of Agency at WWI Galleries
- Website Interactivity as Representations of Social Actions? Developing a Social Semiotic Discourse Approach to Interaction Design
- Interrelation: Gaze and Multimodal Ensembles
- "I’m So Confused!". Social Reading Practices and Their Semiotic Affordances on Goodreads
- Interactivity and Multimodal Cohesion in Digital Fairy Tales
- A Look Back at Early Economics Blogs: a Multimodal Analysis of Indexicality and Identity Construction
- Multimodality and Genre Evolution. A Decade-by-decade Approach to Online Video Genre Analysis
- Video Abstracts: Methodological Reflections When Analyzing a Nascent Genre and its Associated Scientific Community
- Healthy Pic Hashtagging in Twitter: the Role of Infographics in #AntibioticGuardian
- Towards a Framework for Video Mediated "Cooper-action". Discourse Practices, Bonding and Distance in Synchronous and Asynchronous Digital Video Spaces
Theo van Leeuwen, Christian Mosbæk Johannessen
Søren Vigild Poulsen
Section B. Awareness, Identities and Cognition in Digital Mediation
Jarret Geenen, Jesse Pirini
Susanne Reichl, Miriam Mayrhofer and Christina Schuster
Section C. The Digital Mediation of Texts and Genres
Anna Franca Plastina
Maria Grazia Sindoni, Ilaria Moschini
Ilaria Moschini, PhD, is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics and Translation in the Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology at the University of Florence, Italy. Her main research interests are digital media language and political discourse that she investigates adopting a critical multimodal approach.
Maria Grazia Sindoni, PhD, is Professor of English Linguistics and Translation in the Department of Ancient and Modern Civilizations at the University of Messina, Italy. Her main interests include multimodal discourse studies, systemic-functional grammar, applied linguistics and video-mediated communication.
“Mediation and Multimodal Meaning Making in Digital Environments offers a comprehensive and exciting multimodal exploration of how knowledge, representation and practices are digitally mediated. It maps this complex landscape through a wide range of studies by leading experts in the field and new voices within multimodality to engage with a diversity of texts (from paintings to art museum websites), genres as well as questions of how digital mediation shapes identities and cognition.” – Carey Jewitt, UCL- Institute of Education (IOE), London (UK)
“What a fantastic and timely contribution to multimodal studies! This book provides fresh and engaging perspectives on the digital mediation of knowledge, practices and genres in a wide range of areas, from artistic production and cultural heritage to commerce and healthcare.” – David Machin, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China)


DRA Incident Management Team Pre-Deployment Course
TRAINING EVENT: Incident Management Team Pre-Deployment Course
COURSE PROVIDER: DRA’s Mark Dobson & IMT Mentors
LOCATION: Zoom (virtual)
DATE: 6 p.m. AEDT 24 Feb 2021
MUSTER STATUS REQUIRED: Engagement Ready or Deployment Ready
Disaster Relief Australia is hosting Incident Management Team training to upskill our members ready for leadership roles this disaster season, noting that operations in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic have already kicked off.
COURSE DETAILS –
Incident Management Team
Disaster Relief Australia supports communities through providing resources and capabilities that enable the community to begin a return to normalcy following a disaster event. A key component of that capability is the control and coordination functions provided by the Incident Management Team (IMT).
The Incident Management Team (IMT) is responsible for mission command of DRA operations in the designated area of operations (AO). For this to occur, a structure must be implemented that allows the IMT to build a picture of what has happened, what is happening and what is likely to happen in and around the community into which they have been deployed.
There are many skills required to be an effective member of an IMT, and enjoy yourself without being overwhelmed when deploying. The aim of this course is to prepare you for deployments, giving you an understanding of:
– Leadership within DRA
– Documentation used by the IMT
– The “Battle rhythm” day-to-day running of an IMT
– Introduction to the many roles and responsibilities of IMT members
This blended approach, introductory course will provide an outline of the responsibilities for each of the IMT positions, the utilised documentation and some discussion around scenarios that the IMT may have to deal with on an operation. The modes of delivery will be the completion of the pre-course eLearning package then your attendance at one of the above course offerings.
To ensure smooth administration, if you already have a Gmail (or DRA email) email address please use that when filling out your details below, the IMT Op drive access is made much easier if you supply a Gmail address from the outset. If you do not have one, and are successful with your application, instructions on how to create a Gmail account will be sent out with the pre-course instructions.
WHO CAN APPLY-
Those DRA Members who have experience in an IMT will be considered as priority for these initial IMT training opportunities. Due to the virtual nature of this course, applicants may be drawn from any DRT.
WHAT IS COVERED-
An eLearning package that links to a mock IMT OP drive (to which you will be given access when you get yourself a Gmail account, if you haven’t already) will be sent out with course instructions upon your selection.
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There is no travel requirement. Food and Drinks are at the participant’s own expense (Your house, your stuff).
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Disaster Relief Australia, a veteran-led disaster relief organisation, is collaborating with Minderoo Foundation’s Fire and Flood Resilience initiative to increase the deployment of volunteers to more operations in fire-affected parts of Australia as part of a $2.4 million dollar partnership established during the Black Summer bushfires. This collaboration has already seen more than 2,000 specialist volunteers deployed by Minderoo Fire Fund in 2019/2020, to work on the ground with Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) volunteers, in Cobargo, NSW and in the Adelaide Hills, SA. Minderoo Foundation CEO Andrew Hagger, and Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) CEO Geoff Evans have announced a collaboration that will ensure disaster affected communities are matched with skilled and experienced volunteers to help them rebuild. DRA and the Minderoo Fire and Flood Resilience Fund have now also stepped up in preparation to help with recovery efforts for the Perth Hills Bushfire. Together with partners, and building on our joint experience with the Black Summer Bushfires around Australia, DRA will be managing a database of specialist volunteers who will be deployed to areas that have been identified as needing assistance. These volunteers will include Fortescue and Western Force employees, as well as Minderoo Foundation staff who will be helping coordinate logistics and communications with affected residents. As part of this new initiative, DRA is coordinating deployment and providing on the ground support for recovery efforts, and the Minderoo Fire and Flood Resilience Fund is meeting travel and accommodation costs for volunteers. This new collaboration ensures fire-affected communities are matched with skilled and experienced volunteers, to help them rebuild and recover from what has been the most devastating fire season in Australian history. Disaster Relief Australia boasts a 2,000-strong, highly skilled veteran volunteer force combined with emergency service specialists to help communities stabilise and recover after a devastating natural disaster. The addition of Minderoo Fire and Flood Resilience volunteers to this pool allows a new level of response to emerging natural disasters. DRA CEO, Geoff Evans said “This partnership with Minderoo Foundation provides a significant boost to our on-the-ground resources. Bushfire recovery is a marathon, not a sprint, our disaster relief team bolstered by Minderoo Foundation volunteers will deploy once our mission planning is completed. We won’t give up until the job is done.” Lee Goddard, Partner Ecosystem and Ground Operations Leader Minderoo Foundation Fire and Flood Resilience says of the collaboration “We are proud to be partnering with Disaster Relief Australia to significantly boost on the ground resources to assist with community recovery. Our experience since the Black Summer bushfires has involved listening to people in communities and understanding their needs, as well as monitoring and assessing where we are best placed to help so that well co-ordinated teams of volunteers can be sent in to help and fast track recovery. It is fantastic to see our fellow Australians assist others in times of need made possible through this partnership.” About Disaster Relief Australia Disaster Relief Australia unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams in Australia and around the world. Disaster Relief Australia is a not for profit organisation offering veterans a chance to continue their service by helping and empowering those afflicted by disasters, and also themselves. Programs and services are made possible by the support of individual donors, corporate partners, and the dedication of volunteers across the country. About Minderoo Foundation’s Fire and Flood Resilience initiative In the aftermath of the Black Summer fires, Minderoo Foundation committed AU$70 million to establish the Fire and Flood Resilience initiative. Minderoo Foundation’s Fire and Flood Resilience initiative aims to reduce harm caused by fire and floods by harnessing the collective power of communities, industry, government, philanthropy and the research sector to lift Australia to be the global leader in fire and flood resilience by 2025. It is working with more than 60 partners to lift national resilience by delivering on the Fire and Flood Resilience Blueprint which outlines the following missions: Fire Shield: to reduce the scale and impact of bushfires by developing the capability to extinguish dangerous fires within an hour by 2025. Resilient Communities: to lift Australia’s 50 most vulnerable communities to be on par with Australia’s 50 most resilient communities by 2025. Healthy Landscapes: to halve hazard exposure in Australia’s 50 most fire and flood prone regions by 2025.
Due to the recent COVID-19 complications in Melbourne, we need to put Service Project Latrobe Legacy on hold while parts of Victoria enter a 5-day lockdown. Our Melbourne DRT has already been working closely with the local community conducting Damage Assessments and setting up operations in preparation for the work that needs to be completed following the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires season, and we will return as soon as possible to pick up where we left off. Our work as part of Service Project Latrobe Legacy will recommence as the situation becomes viable. We will keep the community and our members updated as circumstances unfold.
Disaster Relief Australia, (DRA) is launching our first major operation for 2021, returning to bring urgent recovery to 2019/20 Black Summer bushfire survivors in Eurobodalla, Bega Valley and East Gippsland.
The 2019-20 Australian bushfire season, also known as Black Summer, saw an extended period of multiple large-scale and intense fires. Australia’s Black Summer megafires were a severe blow, with hundreds of homes lost, millions of hectares of lands burned and parts of the ecosystem destroyed.


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Samoa seal Rugby World Cup qualification over Tonga
Samoa have qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup after beating Tonga 37-15 in Kirikiriroa Hamilton this afternoon.
The Manu led by 20 points early in the second half but withstood a determined ‘Ikale Tahi comeback to prevail 79-28 on aggregate over two legs, following last weekend’s 42-13 victory in Auckland.
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The first quarter of the match was dominated by long stoppages and basic errors in the slippery conditions, with Tonga losing lock Harrison Mataele and hooker Siua Maile to injury inside the first ten minutes.
It was the ‘Ikale Tahi who opened the scoring with a fourth minute penalty, after Samoa had spilled the kickoff and then conceded a penalty from a scrum. Samoa levelled the scores five minutes later before Henry Taefu’s second penalty gave the Manu a 6-3 buffer on 13 minutes.
After a cagey start to the match, in which both teams struggled to build phases and hold onto the ball, Samoa seized the initiative 15 minutes before the interval . A long raking kick pinned Tonga back inside their own 22. Samuel Slade stole the resulting lineout and the ball spun wide, with first five Rodney Iona’s looping cut-out pass finding dynamic winger Ed Fidow, who raced away down the right-hand touchline to score the opening try, with Taefu adding the extras.
By now, the Hamilton rain had calmed somewhat and Samoa were starting to find a lot of space in the Tongan defence.
The red wall broke again two minutes before half-time, with Neria Fomai evading four defenders and offloading to a team-mate, who slipped an inside pass to energetic halfback Jonathan Taumateine who raced away for his first test try. Henry Taefu’s conversion gave Samoa a commanding 20-3 half-time lead.
Samoa stretched their advantage to 20 points with a penalty goal shortly after the restart before Tongan fans finally had something to smile about.
A long period of pressure hammering away at the Samoan goal-line was rewarded when replacement hooker Jay Fonokalafi drove over for a try on test debut. James Faiva added the extras to cut the deficit to 23-10 with 28 minutes remaining.
The ‘Ikale Tahi were almost in again a couple of minutes later when Faiva’s cross-field kick found Walter Fifita on the left wing. The Tongan sevens star bumped off his opposite Ed Fidow, only for the Samoan winger to dust himself off and make the tackle at the second attempt.
Tonga didn’t have to wait much longer for their second try, with the ever-present Sione Tu’ipolotu rumbling over from close range in the next phase to make it 23-15 Samoa with just over a quarter of the match remaining.
Samoa were reduced to 14 players when prop Tietie Tuimauga was sent to the sin-bin with 15 minutes remaining but veteran flanker Jack Lam, in possibly his last ever test, won a crucial penalty at the breakdown to ease some of the pressure.
The result was then put beyond doubt when Stacey Ili regathered a clever chip kick from Rodney Iona and race away to make it 30-15 after the conversion with seven minutes to play.
Kalolo Tuiloma scored Samoa’s fourth try in the final minute to complete a 22 point win.
Samoa’s qualifying win means they will join England, Japan, Argentina and a qualifier from the Americas in Pool D at the 2023 World Cup in France.
Tonga will face the Cook Islands in Pukekohe next Saturday for the right to playoff against the winner of the Asia Rugby Championship.
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Afternoon All, I have 2 to show you today, firstly another sneak peek from the new Crafters Companion Popcorn Pals release, on sale on the website to Crafter Companion Members from Friday.
I adore this hedgie and of course the sweet little mouse, these are accessories on the stamp plates, what a bonus I wouldn’t of minded buying them as a separate item, but as usual Sara has given us brilliant value. The papers are from one of the New Popcorn pals double CD set. The floral arrangement is made up of Peach and White Daisies Star Pin and peral pin, details below.
Another card made with a Template from Eureka Craft Designs, these were definitely one of my best buys from Newbury, I have used another Hedgie on the base and the sentiment is also from The Stamp Plate.
Copics Used: Body: E02, E01, E00, E000, Prickles: E59, E37, Mouse: E53, E50, E50
Stamps and Papers - Crafters Companion – Popcorn Pals Collection,
Pop Up Slider Card Template – Eureka Craft Designs
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Flowers: I Am Roses
Decorative Pins – The Ribbon Girl
My Second Card is another vehicle for showing off a couple of Newbury Purchases.
I have used Lili of the Valley image Emma- Rose Garden for this one, the papers are from Panduro Paper Stack. I am not a lover of Mulberry Paper as I always found it hard attach it to anything with out the glue showing but I found this fabulous Sticky plastic on sale and it was perfect. I haven’t used the plastic to show of its best point on here but hope to on cards later this week, it goes through die cutting machines perfectly and the results you get when using nesties is fabulous.
I have sprayed the flowers with another buy Rangers Perfect Pearl Mist wow this adds such a brilliant sheen, better than anything I have used before. The lace swirl was cut from a larger swirl.
Stamp – Lili of the Valley – Emma Rose Garden
Floral Swirl – Ribbon Box
Flowers – Wild Orchid Crafts
Pins, Charm, Perfect Pearls – The Hobby House
Sticky Plastic and Mulberry Paper – HobbyFun
Hope you have enjoyed your visit


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Max Strong Jalapeño & Cheese fiery flavour ranks extra hot on the heat scale
Walkers Max Strong ridged crisps, perfect to share over a pint
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Crafted by flavour experts to match beer Calling all beer lovers! New Walkers Max Strong; a range of ridged crisps in spicy flavours to deliver maximum flavour hit. We've worked with flavour experts to perfectly match Walkers Max Strong with different types of beer. We've done the research, so you don't have to look any further for the perfect crisps for your pint. Have you discovered them all yet?
Available in 3 fiery flavours to get the taste buds going, ranging from medium to extra hot. How hot can you handle? Max Strong Jalapeño and Cheese - Extra Hot, Max Strong Hot Chicken Wings - Hot, Max Strong Chilli and Lime - Medium
Allergy Advice: For allergens see highlighted ingredients Potatoes, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed, in varying proportions), Jalapeño and Cheese Seasoning, Jalapeño and Cheese Seasoning contains: Whey Powder (from Milk), Salt, Sugar, Flavourings (contains Cheese from Milk, Milk Fat, Butter Oil from Milk, Cheese Paste from Milk, Milk Protein, Animal Rennet), Spices, Onion Powder, Acid (Citric Acid), Potassium Chloride


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Some actions need explanation or comment, or at least answers to questions. The decision made by Etowah County Commission members last week - to fire the county's chief executive officer almost two years into a three-year contract - is one of those actions.
Commissioners met Thursday afternoon, in a special meeting, and held no discussion before voting on a motion to terminate CEO Harry Still III. A section of his contract stating he could be fired for "gross insubordination as determined by a unanimous vote of the commission," was cited.
Commissioner Butch White offered some explanation, saying Still had discussed moving several county employees and offices at a work session last Tuesday, and commissioners told him not to do it. White said Still went ahead with the moves anyway. He also said there had been incidents and the firing was "the culmination of it."
But Commission Chairman Barry Gargus declined to comment on the matter at all even though his leadership position on the commission should, by common sense, make him the spokesman about the decision.
He explained something about what happened, that he and commissioners White and Will Clay met with Still Thursday before the called meeting. A deputy escorted Still to his office to get some personal items, then Gargus asked Still for his keys and instructed him to be at that called meeting.
That tells Etowah County residents what happened, but doesn't really touch on why it happened.
The commissioners voted on this matter without discussing it publicly, but there must have been some discussion about it somewhere at some time. The public deserves to know something about how the commission came to this decision.
The way Etowah County government operates, the CEO is a fairly powerful position, and the person who holds it is not beholden to the voters for his job - just the commission members who hire him.
Etowah County residents deserve to know why the commission thinks a particular candidate for the job should hold it, and they certainly deserve to know why the commission thinks that candidate is no longer suited for the job.

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Head First Design PatternsBook - 2004
Using research in neurobiology, cognitive science and learning theory, this text loads patterns into your brain in a way that lets you put them to work immediately, makes you better at solving software design problems, and improves your ability to speak the language of patterns with others on your team.
Publisher: Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2004.
Edition: 1st ed.
Branch Call Number: 005.1 HEAD
Characteristics: xxxvi, 638 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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I’m Joe from Leeds, UK and I’m a multidisciplinary artist based in Lisbon, and a good friend of the Garden Community. After collaborations between Muti and Ouriço (which I am a part of), I am relatively familiar with the Near Ecosystem and platform. Here’s a brief summary about my view of my chosen area for this project proposal - photography - and why I have decided to apply.
When I take photos I aim to present the audience with an alternative and unique interpretation of otherwise familiar places - in an attempt to highlight unnoticed beauty and show a fresh point of view; one which is vibrant in colour and unorthodox in photographic composition.
For this project I would like to take a series of 7 photos (I picked this number as Lisbon is built on 7 hills) that present the audience with a unique interpretation and fresh ‘gaze’ of central Lisbon - with the focus and theme being ‘pastel shades’. After living in Lisbon for 6 years and seeing the city in many different lights, both metaphorically and literally - I feel that this theme would give me the opportunity to present Lisbon from my personal point of view while also giving an opportunity to show the audience a new interpretation of already recognisable places and scenes.


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Financials are "a value trap," warns Richard Bernstein, chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co. Financial stocks appear attractive because of low valuations, but they will continue to falter as earnings stall and more lenders fail.
As that happens, financials' valuations will fall even more, he wrote in his Investment Strategy Update.
The current business cycle most resembles the 1989-1990 cycle when financials proved to be terrible value traps, says Bernstein.
"Value investors were lured to the stocks' valuations, but substantial underperformance ensued," he writes.
"Each time the stocks underperformed, value managers bought more, and the underperformance eventually got so severe that some long-only value managers lost substantial assets under management or even went out of business."
About 25 percent of financial institutions disappeared through mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies in the 1989-1990 cycle. Based on that pattern, Bernstein predicts about 260 banks and thrifts will fail now.
Even the FDIC is preparing for more failures, Bernstein notes. It's beefing up its bank examiner force and\, drawing some examiners out of retirement.
"I'm not so sure investors are aware of this," he told Bloomberg News.
Don't jump into financials until the government provides a systemic solution to the credit crisis, Bernstein advises.
"Until that happens, credit market operations will remain hampered by lenders' fears of being inadequately compensated for risk taking."
For now, government action has amounted to one-off responses to each major problem, he says. Instead of addressing the financial sector's severe overcapacity, it has sought to maintain the status quo.
History shows the error of that approach. Japan prolonged its financial crisis by attempting to keep the status quo. However, Sweden shortened its crisis by forcing financial sector consolidation, he says.
Within a couple of weeks after his writing, the S&P 500 financial index jumped 26 percent.
"Investors are playing into a value trap," Bernstein told Bloomberg.
Massive consolidation is needed for the financial sector to recover, says Bernstein. And a return of credit is needed for the housing market and the stock market to recover, he says.
"It's hard for the stock market to bottom out and form a major bull market without credit conditions easing. Clearly credit conditions are not easing just yet."
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Abuja—A socio-cultural group, the Niger Delta Women for Sustainable Development (NDWSD) has appealed to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to accommodate rural women in the region in its mandate.
The group, which is comprised of “selected women of like-minds whose mission is to ensure the advancement of the rural Niger Delta Woman,” said this is necessary in that the hope of the average Niger Delta woman for economic survival and good health is fading away due to the environmental hazards caused by oil exploration and exploitation in the Niger Delta region.
Led by its coordinator, Hon. Helen Bob, NDWSD made the appeal during a courtesy visit to the Interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Major General Barry Ndiomu in Abuja on Tuesday.
The group argued that empowering and educating women plays a significant role in the development of nations around the world more so the rural women of the Niger Delta.
It insisted that women in the creeks of the Niger Delta can no longer meet their needs as fisherfolks because of the waterways and inland pollution and degradation arising from oil exploration as well as illegal bunkering of crude oil.
The group therefore pleaded with the PAP to consider their demands to ameliorate the sufferings and plight of the average Niger Delta woman.
The NDWSD while thanking Ndiomu for the opportunity to visit him, appealed to people in the region “to stop fighting our sons in enviable positions serving the region and the nation.”
“We are aware all PAP administrators have faced this very challenge and it doesn’t tell well of us as a region.
“Therefore, as daughters of the Niger Delta, we are calling on everyone to give maximum support to the present administrator of PAP to demonstrate his vast knowledge of leadership.”
The women also made the PAP boss their first patron and pledged to stand by his “pragmatic leadership style of service delivery in achieving the desired goals of the Presidential Amnesty Program for the region and the nation at large.”
They equally thanked the Nigerian state for establishing the Amnesty Programme to originally cater to the needs of ex-militants in the Niger Delta and ensure their reintegration back into society via training, further education, job placements, and business startup support.


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Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, contactless fare payments have become the norm, as operators strive to ensure the safety of passengers and staff alike. In her latest article for Intelligent Transport, Carol Schweiger investigates whether the increasing adoption of smarter payments has truly enabled safe, seamless travel…
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Brandon Policicchio, Chief Customer Officer at Greater Dayton RTA, details how the transit agency has managed ridership declines throughout the pandemic and how it is looking to mobile ticketing to secure its future.
Work to install OMNY readers in all stations and on all buses remains on track to be completed by end of 2020.
Midlands leaders are calling for £20 million in Government funding for a region-wide smart ticketing platform.
Intelligent Transport catches up with Stadtwerke Osnabrück’s Werner Linnenbrink and Maik Blome to find out more about the German city’s novel approach to transport payments and its deployment of Check-in/Be-out (CiBo) technology.
With Express Mode in Apple Pay, there is no need for First Bus customers to wake or unlock their devices or use Face ID or Touch ID to pay for travel.
A statement says that Moovizy 2 is the only application in France to allow users to manage all means of transport in a single solution.
Using barcodes as a token for ABT offers passengers touch free, best value fares on a smartphone - even without a bank account.
Peer-to-peer car-sharing, unified multimodal payments and facial recognition at metro turnstiles are all part of Moscow's tech-led transport future.
Intelligent Transport takes an in-depth look at the technologies, policies, collaborations and discussions that are helping to safeguard public transport operations both today and as the world transitions into a new normal.
Curb launches upfront pricing for e-hail rides booked through its app in New York and D.C. as it looks to keep taxis competitive in the ride-hailing market.
The pilot is designed to gain insights into potential user experience improvements, before all cards can be upgraded for cardholders to have access to the benefits of transacting digitally.
ARTM has launched Montréal’s first mobile fare solution with Transit app, covering all Montréal -area buses as well as BIXI bike share services.