BAE Systems Bofors’ (Hall A, Stand AP301) latest 40mm Mk 4 naval gun is being displayed as part of a Saab turnkey combat system proposed for PT Lundin’s stealth trimaran fast attack craft.
Private venture development of the 40mm Mk 4 mounting – the latest evolution of the Bofors 40mm L/70 line – began in 2009, with the aim of providing small inshore patrol craft and offshore patrol vessels with a compact, lightweight and affordable multirole weapon system. BAE Systems began land-based firing trials of its 40mm Mk 4 prototype in 2011, and has subsequently undertaken at-sea firing trials on the patrol craft Jägaren. First production orders are expected shortly.
The system has been designed to realise a 40 per cent reduction in weight, volume and price compared with the 40mm Mk 3; BAE Systems believes that this lower price point and reduced installation footprint will open up opportunities in the patrol craft market previously denied to heavier 40mm turrets.
Although evolved from the Mk 3, the new 40mm Mk 4 mounting has been re-engineered so as to bring weight down to less than 2,300kg without ammunition. To achieve this, a new elevating mass (brought across from the Swedish Army’s CV 90 armoured vehicle family) is introduced, electric drives are used in place of hybrid electrohydraulics, the cupola is more compact, and a fully digitised modular system architecture is adopted.
The primary magazine holds 30 rounds. An intermediate magazine holds an additional 70 rounds, giving an on-mount capacity of 100 rounds. Loading of ammunition from the intermediate magazine to the primary magazine is fully automatic, while the intermediate magazine can be reloaded from below deck.
Although the 40mm Mk 4 can fire any 40mm L/70 ammunition, BAE Systems promotes full compatibility with its latest programmable 3P ammunition on the grounds of improved flexibility, optimised effects, and reduced logistics overheads.
3P ammunition can be programmed in any one of six different modes for different target threats: gated proximity for air defence; gated proximity mode with impact priority (air defence large targets); time mode (against small, fast and manoeuvring surface targets and concealed onshore targets); impact mode for engaging surface targets; armour-piercing mode against armoured surface targets; and proximity in the default mode.
The 40mm Mk 4 gun has a maximum range of 12.5km, and a cyclic rate of fire of up to 300 rounds a minute. Rather than being limited to single shot or fully automatic, the operator can now select any firing rate between 30rds/min and 300rds/min.
The 40mm Mk 4 has been baselined by Saab and PT Lundin as the main gun armament for the latter’s 63m stealth fast attack trimaran.
For this particular application, the weapon cupola would be shaped to match the faceted topside structure of the vessel itself, so maintaining the vessel’s low radar signature.


The recent progresses made in the domain of artificial intelligence has made it clear that our computers need to have a moral code. As we know, autonomous cars will roam the roads in the near future, the military have automated drones, robopets and smart-toys have already been introduced to our living space, and so will be elder-care robots.
So the evolution of artificial intelligence and that of robotics is bringing us closer to the possible reality of the moral decisions and moral behaviour of artificial moral agents (AMAs). Artificial moral agents are robots or artificially intelligent computers that behave morally or as though moral.
Given the situation there seems to be a very clear purpose: the AI systems should have ethical responsibility, should show the presence of moral thinking. That being said, the fact is that it is much more complicated at a second glance because there has to be taken into consideration countless factors as well as all the interactions between them. For example, moral decisions are influenced by rights (right to privacy), roles (role in society, in a family), previous actions (past promises), intentions, motives and other relevant aspects and the implementation of all these into an AI system is a great obstacle that hasn’t been overcome to this day.
A considerable step taken in this direction are the Three Laws of Robotics devised by Isaac Asimov:
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or allow a human being to come to harm through lack of action;
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings except when such orders come into conflict with the First Law;
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not come into conflict with the First or Second Law.
These three iconic laws have been tested over time in order to detect ways in which they could cause paradoxical or unexpected behaviour, or if and how they could be broken. Asimov’s final conclusion is that no set of rules can fully anticipate all the possible circumstances of a particular behaviour.
For example, in 2009 during an experiment conducted at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne in Switzerland, robots were programmed to cooperate in a task of finding beneficial resources and avoiding poisonous ones, but after a while some of them learned to lie and not share the information when they found a beneficial resource in order to gather all the points for itself.
In this kind of situations one can conclude that computers with artificial intelligence have an entirely different thought process that us, and it it very likely that our ideas and values cannot be programmed into AI systems exactly as we intend to.
There have been multiple approaches regarding the ethical behaviour of robots, like Immanuel Kant’s theory which seemed to provide a computational structure for moral decisions. In the end because of the complexity of the human nature, the most straightforward and widely accepted solution is that ethical laws should be programmed directly without being ambiguous.
Regarding the possibility of robots making moral decisions there is a continuous dispute.
-Some experts argue that the final responsibility for the decision that a computer makes lies with the developers because they created the system. Also they insist that people should never stop supervising the evolution of a robot’s thought process.
-Other experts and academics say that there is a responsibility gap, which cannot be bridged by traditional concepts of responsibility ascription. Specifically, it refers to the inability of ascribing responsibility for the actions of autonomous, learning machines because the operator of an AI system is not capable of predicting the future behaviour of the machine and thus cannot be held morally responsible or liable for it.
Andreas Matthias discussed three cases according to which the developers of a system with artificial intelligence should no be held responsible for its actions and decisions.
1. AI computers are mostly unpredictable because of their nature;
2. There are a lot of layers of obscurity between the operator and the system when hand coded programs are replaced with more complex means;
3. AI systems have rules of operation that can be altered during the operation of the machine.
All in all, the most accepted conclusion is that the reason why it is so difficult to code moral values so that a robot will behave ethically is because we, as human beings have very complex definitions and views of what it really means to make moral decisions. We will have to wait for philosophy to provide us with a definite, universally accepted and unambiguous moral theory that can be coded into a machine. Until then a computer’s actions in potentially harmful scenarios could be consistent with moral rules but not with common sense.


text: Doom Dept: I get in these meetings at my work and if I have pen in hand I'll usually draw something like Dr Doom. Actually I've probably drawn like 50 Dr Dooms in the past month. This is a kinda "bring on the bad guys" take on drawing Doom and some other dudes. Errant Pitch Dept: This is a baseball dude I sketch a lot. In Case You Care Dept: Here's a thought on the next cover. It'll be kind of like this, but not this. But basically this.

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Photographed on 30 September 2015 somewhere between Warsaw and Poznan. A V12 diesel-electric 2,000 hp Co-Co freight locomotive, originally imported from Russia. This was in the 1960s when Poland was unable to build such powerful locomotives.
Built by the Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Factory (in today's Lugansk, Ukraine). Poland received a total of 1,191 of these, which in Poland were designated ST44. However their heavy fuel consumption and the fact that they caused track damage meant that most were withdrawn from use. The remaining locomotives used in industry and by private companies, like this one, have regained their Soviet M62 designation.
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Behind the show-stopping and eclectic looks in FOX’s latest smash hit series Empire is the show’s costume visionary of Season 1, Rita McGhee. Her costume design history stems back to Sunday’s Best, The Martin Show, Let’s Stay Together, and many more. This Emmy-nominated designer reminds us of a fairy godmother with the way she not only brings a character front and center through fashion, but in the way she tells a story through all of the characters. Although she did not work on the second season of Empire, she has established a fashionable foundation for all the characters that no one will never forget.
Cliché: What ignited your passion to become involved in costume design?
Rita McGhee: I was always fascinated with the story that clothes tell and how you can create a story through wardrobe, color, fit, fabric, and style. I was always fascinated with the way it speaks for itself, and that there’s a history behind clothes.
How do you go about representing each character’s unique style in the costumes you prepare for them?
Well, I find out what the actor needs, who the character is, and who is the actor portraying that character. I get notes from the actor and I look at their body type and I look at what works for them. I get their age, what they like, what they don’t like, and then I go from there and pick different colors, shapes, and patterns—for instance, colors that represent strength, or something that could represent sorrow. I’ll do a pattern, usually a very strong pattern, with a great design or a great print on it. I also look at things that are distracting, depending on what the scene is, so I’m very intentional about the background and research what it is. I also get my notes from my actors so we can work together. It’s a collaborative effort of filmmaking, of making it work for the actors, so that it can be seen and heard without saying anything.
Who was your favorite character to dress throughout Season 1 and why?
They were all fun to dress. All of them were interesting and all of them told a story. I liked that I was able to create a story with all of the characters and that it was a different story they were telling in the wardrobe. Everyone was my favorite. Cookie Lyon was my favorite because she wore furs and she was louder. Anika Calhoun was my favorite because she was strong and bold. Rhonda Lyon was my favorite because she was soft and bold, and then she was sexy and carefree. Then Jamal Lyon was my favorite because he was understated. Each person, each character, each actor, was a different personality. I liked dressing all of them.
Is it ever challenging when it comes to brainstorming the right look for a character?
It’s always challenging! My motto is, “Challenges make you a champion.” It’s about being in life: being around people; being in a relationship with my family, my loved ones, and my friends; looking at real life situations. So many different things inspire me: music, weather, colors, other movies, films, and books. I have a good team; I work with my sister. To keep the creative flow going, I listen to my actors and I listen to the notes. I think resting, too, is important.
What are you working on next?
Right now, I’m working on Zoe Ever After starring Brandy. Brandy just came off of Broadway in Chicago, so this project for her is with BET. It’s going to be filled with fashion and love and great stories about family and togetherness and working things through, so I’m very excited about that. In the future, I just want to work on great projects and continue to make a difference in the work that I do, and to work on really good projects that people are affected by.
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Simplifying Security: The Future of Automation in Identity & Access Management
As technology has rapidly evolved in recent years, organizations have been presented with new challenges in the realm of cybersecurity. As cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication and complexity, it has become increasingly important for enterprises to ensure comprehensive security of their digital assets. One of the key components of this security is identity and access management (IAM), which has traditionally been a manual and time-consuming process. However, with the rapid advancement of automation technology, many organizations are beginning to turn towards automated IAM solutions to enhance their security measures. This shift towards automation not only simplifies the security process, but it also allows businesses to save time and resources while reducing risk.
Unlock the Door of Secure Automation with Identity & Access Management
Say goodbye to tedious, manually-intensive tasks with automated user account provisioning. By integrating identity and access management (IAM) solutions into your system, you can simplify and streamline the process of granting or revoking access rights to your employees. With this automation, you can easily manage an ever-increasing number of users, roles, and permissions, while ensuring that your organization is protected from potential security risks. The combination of automation and IAM is the perfect recipe to simplify security and streamline your business operations.
Seamless Integration of Policies & Procedures
Companies need to simplify their security processes to keep up with the constant changes in technology. One way to do this is through the seamless integration of policies and procedures. This means creating a system where everything runs smoothly without any hiccups. Automated user account provisioning is a way to achieve this by setting up automated accounts for new hires. With this system in place, a new employee’s access is automatically set up with the right permissions once they are added to the employee roster. It’s as easy as taking a sip of coffee on a Monday morning. This not only makes things simpler for IT teams, but it also translates to increased productivity for employees who no longer have to wait for access to be granted, allowing everyone to focus on the work that matters most. Simplifying security is the future, and seamless integration of policies and procedures, along with automated user account provisioning, is the way to get there.
Streamlining & Securing User Access: The Key to a Bright Future
The future of identity and access management lies in automating user account provisioning, streamlining and securing user access, and simplifying security for businesses of all sizes. Automated user account provisioning saves time and resources, freeing up IT teams to focus on more important tasks. It also reduces the risk of errors or security breaches that can occur when account creation is done manually.


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TAMPA — Brad Mayes threw four touchdowns and Gordon Stetson scored three times to lead Berkeley Prep to 44 first-half points as the Buccaneers beat Middleton.
Stetson scored the game’s first touchdown on an 8-yard run. Later in the first quarter, the sophomore returned a kickoff 67 yards for a score. In the second quarter, Mayes found him for a 34-yard touchdown hookup.
Mayes’ first touchdown throw went to 6-foot-5 target Jacob Mathis for 6 yards. He later found the junior receiver again for a 4-yard score.
Mayes’ other touchdown was a 54-yard throw to Addison Grams.
Mayes was 9-for-11 for 185 yards, with all of his passing done in the first half.
Stetson had 32 rushing yards and 118 receiving to go along with his kickoff return TD.
The Buccaneers defense set up three offensive drives inside the 10-yard line, and Bo Peek sacked Antonio Nelson for a safety.
On the game’s final play, the Tigers’ Nelson found Russell Booth for a 90-yard score.
Berkeley Prep 23 21 0 0 — 44
Middleton 0 0 0 6 — 6
B—Stetson 8 run (Guttentag kick)
B—Safety, quarterback sack in end zone
B—Stetson 67 kickoff return (Guttentag kick)
B—Mathis 6 pass from Mayes (Guttentag kick)
B—Stetson 34 pass from Mayes (Guttentag kick)
B—Mathis 4 pass from Mayes (Guttentag kick)
B—Grams 6 pass from Mayes (Guttentag kick)
M—Booth 90 pass from Nelson (no kick)

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Purchasing a subscription is easy and if you aren't sure about buying one, then take the tour to see if the OED online has the features you need.
To make the OED more concise, the Second Edition of the print version included these supplements as well as new material.
The Oxford English Dictionary online, sometimes abbreviated to OED, is a compendium of words in the English language.
One of the main features of using the online version at OED is that words and references are updated quicker.
The latest version of OED runs 20 volumes plus additional supplements for new words.
Check with your local library to see if they are members of OED Online.
In the 1970's a two-volume version of the OED appeared.
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- Experience Koumbie’s Hustle & Heart at the festival.
The Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival has come a long way since its first year, co-founders Tara Taylor and Shelley Fashan remember. "We had one day and one sponsor in our first year," Taylor says with a chuckle.
The festival focuses on diverse, emerging filmmakers. "We used to joke that we're the Black Atlantic Film Festival," she says.
Now in its seventh year, Emerging Lens has expanded to four days. The festival hasn't just expanded its length, but its scope—originally featuring only African Nova Scotian films and filmmakers, the festival has been accepting submissions worldwide since a film from Sudan blew them away in 2015.
"Really, we're all just humans, you know," Fashan says of the festival's expanded reach.
Beyond diversifying applicants, the festival has also been diversifying mediums of performance through annual cultural performances to kick it off, including spoken word poetry and interpretative painting.
Taylor says she is most proud of the work that has come from the festival–specifically Studio Black, an anthology about African Nova Scotian folklore that aired on CBC in 2015. And it's only growing.
"This is our third year being international and we're so happy that we had over 3,000 submissions this year," she says.
Only 70 or so will place in the festival. Of the thousands of submissions, they have come from as close as Halifax with films like Hustle & Heart by mononymous local Koumbie, to films from as far away as Iraq.
Fashan says that events like this are important "for the reason you won't find us on Netflix."
She credits Emerging Lens as providing the first space for Andre Fenton to perform, a local poet who just released his first collection, Ode to Teen Angst, last month.
Another aspect of the festival is its pitch session–according to Taylor for the first three years it didn't have any participants, while now it is a popular staple.
Fashan breaks into tears reflecting on the opportunities that the festival has afforded new filmmakers, and local artists in general. She relates a story of filmmaker Cazhhmere, who was frequently asked across Canada the dreaded question "Where are you from?"
"She can't be seen as Canadian because of the colour of her skin," says Fashan. "That's why their stories are important, because they help break down some of these barriers or change their perspective."


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The essays in Archaeology and History in Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece honor the contributions of Timothy E. Gregory to our understanding of Greece from the Roman period to modern times. Evoking Gregory's diverse interests, the volume brings together anthropologists, art historians, archaeologists, historians, and philologists to address such contested topics as the end of Antiquity, the so-called Byzantine Dark Ages, the contours of the emerging Byzantine civilization, and identity in post-Medieval Greece. These papers demonstrate the continued vitality of both traditional and innovative approaches to the study of material culture and emphasise that historical interpretation should be the product of methodological self-awareness. In particular, this volume shows how the study of the material culture of post-Classical Greece over the last 30 years has made significant contributions to both the larger archaeological and historical discourse. The essays in this volume are organized under three headings - Archaeology and Method, the Archaeology of Identity, and the Changing Landscape - which highlight three main focuses of Gregory's research. Each essay interlaces new analyses with the contributions Gregory has made to our understanding of Medieval and Post-Medieval Greece. Read together these essays not only make a significant contribution to how we understand the post-Classical Greek world, but also to how we study the material culture of the Mediterranean world more broadly.
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Contents: Part I: Introduction: A tribute toTimothy E. Gregory, William R. Caraher, Linda Jones Hall and R. Scott Moore. Part II Methods and Analyses: Medieval archaeology in Greece: a historical overview, Effie F. Athanassopoulos; Presenting and negotiating the evidence: continuing debates of relationships between text and archaeology in Roman social history, Penelope M. Allison; Earthquakes and subsidence at Kenchreai: using recent earthquakes to reconsider the archaeological and literary evidence, Richard M. Rothaus, Eduard G. Reinhardt and Jay S. Noller; Pausanias, William Martin Leake and the 'depopulation' of Ancient Greece, Jon M. Frey; Integrating archaeological survey and remote sensing in a study of the Neolithic-Copper Age transition on the Great Hungarian Plain, Richard W. Yerkes; Interpreting the past through the present: the ethnographic, ethnoarchaeological, and experimental study of early agriculture, P. Nick Kardulias; Late antique archaeology and the internet, Samuel B. Fee; A decade later: the chronotype system revisited, R. Scott Moore. Part III The Archaeology of Identity: Lesbos in late antiquity: live evidence and new models for religious change, Anthony Kaldellis; Baths of Constantinople: an urban symbol in a changing world, Fikret YegÃ¼l; The Panagia Myrtidiotissa: the changing image of a Kytherian icon, Stavros A. Paspalas; The archaeology of xenetia: Greek-American material culture, 1873-1924, Kostis Kourelis. Part IV The Changing Landscape: The end of Ancient Corinth? Views from the landscape, David K. Pettegrew; Constructing memories: hagiography, church architecture, and the religious landscape of Middle Byzantine Greece, William S. Caraher; Leo's Peloponnesian fire-tower and the Byzantine watch-tower on Acrocorinth, Joseph L. Rife; Cemeteries in the countryside: an archaeological investigation of the modern mortuary landscape in the Eastern Korinthia and Northern Kythera, Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory; Index.


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UAB Miesto Energija has been providing heat supply activities in Klaipėda FEZ since 2003. The company currently supplies heat to 15 consumers of Klaipėda FEZ - industrial companies.
The company does not have its own heat production source in the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone, as it promotes competition in the heat production sector and purchases heat from independent heat producers, which it supplies to FEZ consumers through its own heat transmission networks.
The main activity of UAB Miesto Energija is centralized heat supply for heating and technological processes.
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Lorna Maseko on cheating and smoking weed
The Top Billing beauty takes the hot seat of Nicky Greenwall's 4th season of Screentime tonight.
Lorna will be addressing all those nasty rumours and cheating allegations, which still pops up when one Google's her name.
"I don't Google myself because I hate negativity around my life and I hate being bashed down for negativity," she explained.
Lorna added that she did do some really naughty things when she was younger but she's from that person today. "Yes, I smoked weed when I was 18... now I'm 31 and I'm not that person. It was the worst time of my life because people don't realise that it's not just me they were attacking but also my family, friends and everyone around me," she explained.
The TV bombshell explained that these days she goes to school motivating young girls about issues teenagers face and doesn't appreciate it when negativity overpowers the good she tries to do.
Check out the teaser here:

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Class of 2017 it’s time to get your pics done for graduation announcements! Did you know we do both senior portrait sessions and custom cards?
These senior portraits were taken in downtown Houston last year. One of my favs! I loved her care-free style and spirit!
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In form, Human Smoke is unique. Nicholson Baker seeks to tell the story of the origins of World War II through a chronological sequence of several hundred vignettes, as if one were to screen Gone with the Wind through a series of uncaptioned snapshots. Yet however impressionistic Baker’s technique may seem, he is pursuing an ambitious and sweeping reinterpretation of his subject: He evidently regards the “good war” as bad, a colossal mistake. In other words, Baker is tilting against the most deeply settled and ardently embraced piece of conventional wisdom in the current armory of American myth. His prime targets are Prime Minister Winston Churchill, perhaps the most highly touted figure of the past century, and, to a lesser extent, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, though Baker has not forgotten to provide a portrait of Hitler as incomparably worse than either. His heroes are Mohandas K. Gandhi and an assortment of American Quakers and other pacifists who opposed the war—people of whom most readers will be hearing for the first time.
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Ueschinen Hut Hike & Climb
This workshop is run at the Centre’s Ueschinen Hut in the Ueschinen valley and is aimed at beginners. You will hike up to the Centre's mountain hut in the afternoon and spend the night there enjoying great scenery. The climbing workshops are held on the next morning before hiking back to the Centre.
This is only a guide. Times might change according to the weather and the group’s ability.
|Meet your staff guide outside the Chalet, check all equipment||14:00|
|Walk to the Ueschinen Hut via the Ueschinen valley||14:15|
|Arrive at the Ueschinen Hut||16:30|
|Briefing for day 2||19:00|
|Clean the hut and prepare for climbing||08:30|
|Climb at Morning Rock (easy)||09:30|
|Climb at Milk Rock (easy)||13:00|
|Hike back to the Centre||15:00|
|Arrive back at the Centre||17:00|
- Price adult (16+): CHF 40.00
- Price child (15-): CHF 40.00
Price includes: KISC Guide, climbing equipment, overnight at the Ueschinen Hut
- Less than 7 days before activity: fee of 50% of the price per person
- Less than 48 hours in advance: non-refundable
This hike is not available to start on Saturdays.
A leader or responsible person over 18 years old must be present as part of the group.
The level of the climbing session is easy, please keep that in mind and prepare your group accordingly.
- Don’t forget to plan your meals. If you want meals provided by KISC you need to book them separately. We advise to book a hut food package that includes dinner on the first day and breakfast on the second day. For the lunch on the second day, you can book packed lunch which is prepared by your group on the morning of the first day.
- There is a kitchen at the hut available to use for all groups staying there. This includes a stoves, access to fresh water, cooking utensiles, plates, cups, cutlery, oil and spices.
When cooking your dinner at the hut, please remember to cook for your Pinkie guide too.
Please help us to take care of our huts for future groups by cleaning the hut before you leave, and recycling as you would do at the centre. Your Pinkie guide will be on hand to answer any questions you have about this.
In high season it may be necessary to share rooms with another group. The hut has 3 rooms of 12, 9 and 9. Beds are not allocated in advance so allocation needs to be decided by groups upon arrival.
- A sheet sleeping bag liner is required for the overnight. If you do not have one then you can rent a sleeping bag liner from Reception for a CHF 3.00 fee and CHF 50.00 deposit (subject to availability).
All participants must have everything on the list. If a participant does not have all of the required items, they will not be able to join the activity.
- Rucksack - 20 to 40 litres
- Hiking boots with ankle support (no trainers)
- Waterproof jacket and waterproof trousers
- Warm clothing - long trousers, fleece, warm hat and gloves (no jeans)
- Sun protection - sun cream, sunglasses, sun hat
- Water bottle - 2 litres
- Food - packed lunch and snacks
- Personal medication (asthma inhalers, etc.)
- Pocket money (optional)
Extra equipment for overnight activities:
- Sheet sleeping bag liner (not a regular sleeping bag)
- Food - dinner and breakfast

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Blake Shelton Accepts Hosting Gig for Elvis Presley Tribute Special
One of the biggest names in modern country music is doing his part to honor one of the most impactful artists in music history. Variety confirms that Blake Shelton has been tapped to host a 2019 Elvis Presley tribute concert special, Elvis All-Star Tribute Special, in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the famous special Singer Presents …. Elvis that aired in 1968.
Also dubbed the '68 Comeback Special, the show came at a crucial point in Presley's career. It was his first live performance in seven years and helped reignite his music career after he had taken a break from touring to star in films like Blue Hawaii, Kid Galahad and Viva Las Vegas. The original special aired Dec. 3, 1968 and saw the King performing many of his iconic hits, including "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," "Love Me Tender" and "Can't Help Falling in Love."
The showrunners of the tribute concert have brought in the in-the-round style stage used in the original production and will nod to other famous moments in Presley's career.
"I’ve always wanted to do a tribute to these shows, and the 50th anniversary marks the perfect occasion. There are only a few moments in television history as iconic," Grammy Awards producer Ken Ehrlich says. "We've really tried to be as authentic as we could to that original look."
Elvis All-Star Tribute Special is set to air on Feb. 17 on NBC.
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The scariest film of the last decade, apparently – but does Host live up to the claims that it is the horror film we all need for the Covid Age?
A collection of vintage hygiene films that now seem more relevant than ever.
Reporting from the front lines of the relentless drive to get back to normal, no matter what.
Why can’t we try to make the New Normal an improvement on the Old Normal?
Britain’s biggest horror film festival falls victim to the expanding Covid crisis.
In the latest Reprobate podcast, we talk to Nikolas Schreck, author, filmmaker, musician, spiritual adventurer and provocateur about Charles Manson, Covid and conspiracy theories among other things.
Let’s celebrate the idea of the office commute coming to an end.
How the pandemic has led to entrenched beliefs and a mistrust of disagreement and debate.
The British film director’s union wants to take us back to Brief Encounter levels of sexual intimacy.
Melissa Todd makes the case against sending kids to school.
The case against compulsory mask-wearing.
Scoffing at the idea wearing a protective face covering in public places is neither big or clever.


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|VOICES: The Journal of New York Folklore debuted December 2000. It merged our previous periodicals, New York Folklore and the New York Folklore Newsletter and continues the numbering of our former journal, so that the first issue was Volume 26, Fall/Winter 2000. You can see view back issues of Voices here.|
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The 20-page Newsletter published quarterly through 1999 contained information and services to the field of folklore with special feature articles. You can find excerpts from our past newsletters here. You can also find excerpts of the Voices section of previous newsletters here. This special section, the eight-page center of the newsletter, presented folklore in the words and images of its creators and practitioners.
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It weighs 32 grams without ink filling.
The filling is done out using a plunger or piston with external access.
The nib is 18 carat gold and is so marked.
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Find details of local Food & Music Festivals - Costa Blanca, Spain.
The annual Calpe Christmas Fair will be held in the Old Town of Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain from 6-10 December 2017.
This Moraira Fiesta is hosted every year in Teulada and includes the Wine Harvest Parade and Folk dancing.
The Calpe "Feria de Andaluza" is an Andalusian Fair in Calpe, Spain, that celebrates Andalusian traditions and customs.
Taste a wide selection of local tapas specialities.
The "Xàbia al Plat Mariner" takes place in Javea, Spain. During the festival, 12 local restaurants in Javea offer specially created menus in November which have been inspired by local cuisine and seafood. The meals range in price from €25 to €45 and advance reservation is recommended.
Javea Folk Festival - Xabia Folk is a popular festival of traditional folk music in Javea, Costa Blanca, Spain, organised by the Ayuntamiento de Xàbia. The 2018 festival will start with a special concert on Friday April 20th at 8.00pm at the Casa de Cultura in Plaça del Baix in the the Old town. All concerts at Javea Folk Festival are free.
This Moraira Fiesta is in honour of the "Divina Pastora" (the Divine Shepherdess), and is held in Teulada. The fiesta involves the annual meeting of singers that sing traditional Spanish songs in many modalities and styles.


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WORCESTER, Mass.—The Babson College men's swimming & diving team broke a pair of individual school records and its second program record in a relay of the weekend on day three of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship on Saturday at WPI.
The Beavers picked up 114 points on Saturday to maintain its fifth-place position with 291 points through 14 events. The Green and White is one point clear of sixth-place Springfield, while nationally-ranked MIT enjoys a 259-point lead over Coast Guard entering the final six events of the meet on Sunday.
Senior Anton Pronichenko (Palisades, Calif.) and first-year Alex Damiecki (Centerville, Mass.) were Babson's top performers on Saturday as both set new individual marks in their respective events in the morning before teaming with senior Kevin Shivers (Mercersburg, Pa.) and junior Mitchell Posk (Boynton Beach, Fla.) to post a school record in the final event of the night, the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet came in sixth overall with a time of 1:34.75 to break a record set back in 2015 by 0.78 seconds.
Damiecki opened the day by touching the wall with a time of 50.87 in the prelims of the 100-yard butterfly that not only earned him a spot in the 'A' final, but also broke Chris Roan's '16 school record set back in 2013 by nearly a second. Damiecki bettered his new school mark in the finals, coming in seventh with a time of 50.65.
Pronichenko, who was part of the Beavers' 400-yard medley relay record on Friday night touched the wall with a school-record time of 57.97 in the prelims of the 100-yard breaststroke. After qualifying with the seventh best time, he came in 10th in the 'A' final with a time of 58.12.
Shivers came in third in the 'B' final (13th overall) of the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 54.15, while first-year Jack Lucero (Huntington Beach, Fla.) made the 'B' final in the 400-yard IM and finished 14th overall with a time of 4:15.15. Posk also reached the 'B' final in the 200-yard freestyle, where his time of 1:47.25 was good for 15th position.
First-year Michael Cerny (Windsor, Conn.) made the 'B' final in the 100 backstroke and finished 17th overall with a time of 58.24. He also came in 24th in the prelims of the 100 butterfly, while classmate Louis NeJame (Duxbury, Mass.) reached the 'B' final in the 100 breaststroke and came in 20th overall with a time of 1:04.98.
Babson returns to the pool for the final day of competition on Sunday at 10 a.m.


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In spite of its reputation as a safe, friendly destination – along with strong links to the diaspora and a wide range of cultural, natural and historical sites – Ghana’s tourism sector has yet to reach its potential, prompting the country to embark on an ambitious strategy aimed at increasing visitor numbers over the next 12 years.
Ghana’s tourism sector has strengthened in recent years, with a thriving domestic segment helping to generate forecasts of steady growth. However, while the country is one of West Africa’s best-known tourist destinations, there is widespread recognition that more could be done to boost the industry’s contribution to economic growth, employment and foreign-currency earnings.
Speaking in June on what needed to be done to this end, Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, said that tapping the industry’s potential would require not just greater investment but also more local government collaboration.
Her comments, made during a visit of tourist sites in the Northern Region, were aimed at generating debate on how such areas of interest could be developed to support broader growth. During her tour, Ofosu-Adjare urged local governments to allocate more resources to tourism development, as well as enhance marketing strategies. As a relatively labour-intensive sector, tourism has the capacity to be an important generator of jobs, particularly in rural areas, she said.
Data from the World Travel & Tourism Council puts the direct contribution from tourism and travel to the economy at GHS2.6bn ($663.4m) in 2013, equal to 3% of GDP, with 55% of this generated from domestic travel spending. The industry’s broader contribution to GDP in the year reached 7.2%, or GHS6.2bn ($1.6bn), the council said in a 2014 report. Tourism accounted for 311,000 jobs, representing around 5.8% of overall employment. Growth is forecast to remain steady, at an annual average of 4.5% to 2024.
However, the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has set an ambitious target of welcoming 5m visitors annually by 2027, up from current levels of around 1m. Supporting its bid is a multi-faceted strategy designed to strengthen and broaden the country’s tourism appeal. The initiative, which has been adopted by the government, also focuses on developing high-value niche segments.
The long-term strategy has a concerted marketing drive at its core, with the aim of capitalising on the country’s natural beauty in places like Mole National Park in the northwest to historic sites like the former slave fort at Cape Coast Castle. The strategy, which maps tourism growth between 2013 and 2027, was outlined in the National Tourism Development Plan, published in November 2012. The plan also places considerable emphasis on private sector involvement for developing facilities, infrastructure, products and marketing.
Looking longer term
The plan will be rolled out in three stages, with the first phase − running to 2017 – aiming to build on Ghana’s existing strengths, such as its reputation as a safe destination and focus on niche markets, including the cultural, historical and business segments.
The government aims to broaden Ghana’s tourism offerings in the second phase as growth gains pace, beginning by targeting other segments, such as backpackers and the high-end market. In the final phase, Ghana will be looking to spread tourism development more widely across the country, and beyond the “Golden Triangle” between Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast, where most visitors are based. Ghana’s natural, historical and cultural sites, such as Lake Volta, the hills of the east and the predominantly Muslim north, offer ample scope for expansion.
The GTA also aims to tackle weaknesses in the industry, such as inconsistent service standards. Efforts to identify an international partner, with a view to setting up a dedicated hospitality college or university in the country, are already under way. The strategy’s implementation is being aided by the Tourism Development Fund, financed by a 1% levy on tourism activities, which is being used to develop facilities and infrastructure, and support local initiatives in the sector.
The GTA expects arrivals to grow strongly this year to more than 1.5m, up from 930,000 last year, when the regional Ebola outbreak weighed on visitor numbers. Ghana emerged from the crisis largely unaffected, and other factors, such as improved connectivity, bode well for a swift rebound and could prove to be a sound basis for longer-term growth.
Ghana’s drive to develop its tourism brand could play a part in enhancing Africa’s overall image as a destination. In August, for example, Ghana will host the UN World Tourism Organisation regional conference, entitled “Enhancing Brand Africa”, which focuses on re-crafting Africa’s image as a tourism destination and harnessing the potential of tourism to support sustainable development.


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25 th April , 2019
The name “Lenny S” in the world of music and hip-hop holds major weight. Lenny Santiago, better known as Lenny S is a Senior Vice President at Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by Jay Z. Raised in the Bronx, Lenny went from hustling, passing out flyers on the streets to promote artists to now managing some of the biggest artists in the world at Roc Nation such as DJ Khaled.
Those familiar with Santiago’s brand, know that photography has been a longtime hobby of the successful music exec. He’s captured some of the biggest stars in entertainment throughout history, such as Jay Z, LeBron James, Beyoncé, Diddy, Drake, Dave Chappelle, and others. Until recently, it was just a hobby. But Lenny presented his first exhibition recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland in which a whole gallery wall was dedicated to his photography. Santiago’s “Kodak Lens” project chronicles some of hip-hop’s most iconic as well as intimate moments. Santiago’s photographs were exquisitely framed and hung in an irregular pattern on the gallery’s main wall.
Santiago admittedly has no preference of what camera he uses, often he will simply take out his phone and brilliantly capture a moment that shows the brilliance of his photographic eye. As Santiago’s executive career continues to elevate, so does his photography. His body of work has become crisp and focused while centralizing hip-hop celebrities that are still marginalized in many mainstream celebrity circles.
In photojournalistic style, Santiago works like many contemporary fine art painters who focus on people of color and depict them in ways that highlight their regality as well as their humanity. With Santiago’s close-range shots, he brings out characteristics of rarely seen tenderness, and with his long-range captures, he illustrates how these stars colossal monuments that demand attention and respect.
A red carpet was placed in front of the photo installation, along with a red velvet rope, a curatorial move that provided exhibition attendees the experience well known to the people Santiago captures, the paparazzi.
Within the collection of photos of hip-hop artists that are household names, what stood out the most, were several photos of Nipsey Hussle and wife Lauren London. Santiago captured the recently slain rapper and community activist in candid moments of joy, and love for his wife and family.
Santiago shot Hussle prolifically throughout his career, creating a narrative that tells the full story of the man who the world is now mourning the loss of. Even for those who did not know Nipsey personally, or were unfamiliar with his work, Santiago’s images offer a glimpse into the interiority of the artist and allows viewers to connect with Hussle’s passion for community building and altruism.
Another noteworthy image is a portrait of Frank Ocean. Using the deep tonality of black and white, Santiago depicted the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and member of the hip-hop collective Odd Future, in a pensive, vulnerable state that showed the artist in a fleeting moment that places the viewer within the composition. Santiago has a way of making those who view his photography feel as if they are in the photographs themselves. This feeling of the viewer being within the photograph was most experienced in Santiago’s capturing of the annual Roc Nation pre-Grammy brunch which took place this past February, in Los Angeles. Santiago to the advantage of the pruned tree line vista, where artist posed and created captivating compositions, that used light and symmetry to make hip-hop artist appear magical and otherworldly. These images transported exhibition-goers to the world glittering world of Jay Z, Beyoncé, Diddy, Fabolous, Pusha T, Rick Ross and more.
Lenny also surprised guests with his infamous gold couch. Santiago’s office features a metallic gold leather Chesterfield that has become synonymous with its owner. Attendees took advantage of the chance to sit on the same sofa as many hip-hop legends have. Santiago’s couch became an exhibition within the exhibition as guests positioned themselves to take solo, and group shots, all of them were excited for the chance to be photographically documented with Santiago. It was an impromptu piece of contemporary performance art that brought various people together. The love in the room was tangible.
Not sure if this was a “one night only” kind of exhibition for Lenny S, but there was a real force and beauty behind the work. We’re hoping it won’t be his last.


- 02-19-2013, 01:56 PM #3
These are a couple of nice releases, but I AGAIN feel compelled to bring up the price. $3 for a couple of basic games is too much for me. If these were sold for $1 each, I'd maybe buy them all, but there are too many games I am enjoying on my phone right now to warrant $3 on Yahtzee.
I'll also take a second to make another negative point, sadly: While I love the work that is being done through Nokia, I'd greatly appreciate if they hit up the other OEMs (especially HTC), then offered them these games for a small chunk of change. Though Nokia is doing a fantastic job with the platform (loving my 920 and Nokia Music), we're getting into a bad place, in my opinion. Part of why I left Android was fragmentation and the inconsistency of update distribution. This is the BIGGEST case of fragmentation I've ever seen though, even if these are technically "limited" exclusive (the limit seems pretty high, though). I know it's not fair to blame Nokia, and what they're doing isn't even affecting me, but I do wonder how the public is going to perceive the platform when they here that only one of the OEMs is getting high-level software support. I mean, if you like the 8X on Verizon a lot, and don't care for the 822, how will you react if you're told that your 8X will lag SEVERELY behind the 822 in software releases? Will you go with the 822, or will you look to Android, where games are MOSTLY released on all platforms at once?
I guess I just wanted to rant a little, but great job again for Nokia to keep the games coming. They need to take what they did to get EA on-board and try that tactic with Microsoft, who shouldn't even need convincing in the first place.
- 02-19-2013, 05:33 PM #4
So you want Nokia to reach these agreements with game developers to port their stuff to WP8 (often involving financial incentives), but you want other OEMs, who don't offer those incentives, to benefit either way?
Yeah, OK, sure.
- 02-20-2013, 12:55 AM #7
- 02-20-2013, 12:56 AM #8
However, it seems that Huwaei and ZTE are just getting started on Windows Phone, so maybe they'll bring some quality stuff to the game.
- 02-20-2013, 02:20 AM #9
- 02-20-2013, 02:23 AM #10
Samsung and HTC have nothing I want. Nokia could make a decent amount of money offering the Nokia-exclusive games to other OEM-made devices. There's a difference between a Sense skin on HTC and several games Nokia didn't actually make.
- 02-20-2013, 10:34 AM #11
I totally disagree with you regarding Nokia. I don't think that Nokia should take the initiative a reach out to the other oems - Nokia took the initiative to reach out to developers, so why can't HTC and Samsung do the same? Ultimately, it is Microsoft's responsibility to attract and retain developers for Windows Phone; afterall, it is their OS! Nokia is reaching out to developers to reward those of us who have chosen to support Nokia by purchasing a Lumia device, which I find rewarding even if there were no exclusive apps/games. Someone having to decide whether to purchase a L822 vs. a 8x because of software/apps support, is no different than any other decision point one has to make when deciding to purchase one phone over another.
It's easy to rant about Nokia, many people do; but Microsoft owns the OS, and if it was truly detrimental to the OS and ecosystem, then Microsoft is complicit - solely Microsoft.
- 02-20-2013, 12:27 PM #12
I'm not even ranting about Nokia, or saying that they SHOULD try to get a hold of other OEMs. I'm simply saying that it would be better for the platform if fragmentation was not present. Whether that means Nokia calls HTC, HTC calls Nokia, or whatever, fragmentation is a negative for the platform, same as it was for me with Android. My issue isn't with what Nokia is doing at all, as they are the ONLY company (Microsoft included) showing that they are all-in with Windows Phone.
I know all about that decision, though. My sister got an 822 over the 8X back a few months ago. I told her Nokia has better software, but to say that software fragmentation is just like any feature is silly. The level at which this happens is basically changing the ecosystem altogether.
Oh, and while it's nice those other games went free, they aren't games I was planning to buy, and I haven't played them at all, minus one level of Sonic CD, which I proceeded to delete (don't dislike it, just have other games to play, and it takes up 241 MB of phone space). It doesn't justify spending $3 on other games I'm not that big on, especially when I have Gun Bros to finish (which will take a weeks or two), then Skulls of the Shogun to play.
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Harmonious Fusion of Alpine Atmosphere and Japanese-style Relaxation
Hotel Taigakukan is a historical mountain resort with harmonious fusion of alpine atmosphere and Japanese-style relaxation.
As the hotel name shows (Taigaku has a meaning of facing mountains in Japanese), Taigakukan is located on a place facing Northern Alps, and it commands a stunning view of mountains and Hakuba Happo-one. Besides, the place is very accessible, and it is three-minute-walk from Happo Bus Terminal and four-minute-walk from Nakiyama area.
The public big bath has the indoor and open-air baths and the sauna. The natural hot spring of quality and warmth of the woods give a luxury relaxing time and make the guests feel themselves compelled to stay for a long time.
Japanese-Western-style Dishes of Seasonal Ingredients
Guestrooms with harmony of Japanese and Western-style
There are various types of guestrooms. Japanese-style Room (with bath and toilet) and Japanese-style Room with Twin Beds that has a Japanese traditional Tatami space are highly recommended.
Happo Hot Spring and Hakuba Shio-no-michi Hot Spring
There are many healing spaces everywhere in Taigakukan, such as the patio. They will provide a relaxing time after bathing and the guests can spend a pleasant time with their friends.
By the way, Taigakukan had participated in filming of the movie, “Giniro no Season”, released in 2008. It appears in the movie as “Hotel Hanamizuki”.
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Lecture | February 27 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall
Sustainable infrastructure planning is critical in all places. But in the developing world, the lack of basic water and sanitation services for over three billion people still contributes to disease, death, low productivity, and poor school attendance (especially for girls). Brazil is a critical case for examining the role of innovation, community participation, and discourse in transforming the sanitation sector on a large scale. Known locally as condominial sewers, the new technology is making sanitation services more inclusive. In this presentation, the author will shed light on the driving discourses of development that emerged during the innovation period, and will introduce techniques for measuring participation and infrastructure performance.
Dr. Eartha Nance is a certified floodplain manager and a board-licensed professional civil engineer with over 15 years of practice in the environmental engineering field. During New Orleans recovery from Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Nance served as a public official providing expertise in disaster mitigation and environmental management. During a three-year tenure she raised and managed over $59 million in recovery-related grants, created new municipal divisions in hazard mitigation and alternative energy, and spearheaded the development of citywide plans for sustainability and hazard mitigation.
Dr. Nance is interested in the intersection of environmental hazards, community participation, and urban infrastructure in complex settings such as vulnerable communities, developing countries, and high-hazard areas. She is currently Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, and of Political Science at the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.


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Hammett says he was 'bummed out for about two or three days' following the unfortunate incident
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed that he lost 250 ideas for songs when he misplaced his phone six months ago.
The metal band are currently working on the follow-up to their 2008 album ‘Death Magnetic’, with Hammett recently telling the Jasta Show podcast that progress on the LP has been hindered by this unfortunate mistake.
“I lost my iPhone with 250 musical ideas [recorded],” Hammett said. “I was crushed. It didn’t get backed up. When it happened, I was bummed out for about two or three days… I’m still looking for it to this day… It still might turn up, I’m hoping that it will.”
Hammett continued to reveal that he could only remember about eight of the 250 guitar riffs, urging fellow musicians: “All you musicians out there who use your phone, make sure it’s backed up, right?”
The guitarist also spoke about the band’s upcoming record, which he previously claimed is “25 percent done”, saying: “The stuff that’s coming up is super-riffy, super-heavy… I would say it’s a lot similar to ‘Death Magnetic’, but different in certain parts. James [Hetfield, frontman] is doing a lot of really, really cool melody stuff these days, a lot of vocal layers.”
Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich recently joined Royal Blood live onstage during their gig in San Francisco earlier this week. The British rock duo were performing at the US city’s Slim’s venue on earlier this month (April 15), with the pair inviting Ulrich to pick up the sticks for set closer ‘Out Of The Black’.
The band first met Ulrich when he attended the group’s San Francisco show last September. As previously reported, after the show Royal Blood were taken to the house from the Mrs Doubtfire film by Ulrich.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that David Bowie thinks Lou Reed’s Metallica collaboration is his “greatest work” and “masterpiece”.
2011’s ‘Lulu’ was largely slated by critics and fans alike at the time of its release, but during her speech at Reed’s induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame over the weekend, the late singer’s widow Laurie Anderson said that consensus on the record is changing.
“One of [Lou’s] last projects was his album with Metallica,” Anderson said in her speech. “And this was really challenging, and I have a hard time with it. There are many struggles and so much radiance. And after Lou’s death, David Bowie made a big point of saying to me, ‘Listen, this is Lou’s greatest work. This is his masterpiece. Just wait, it will be like ‘Berlin’. It will take everyone a while to catch up.'”
Anderson added: “I’ve been reading the lyrics and it is so fierce. It’s written by a man who understood fear and rage and venom and terror and revenge and love. And it is raging.”


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Kneading is a gentle treatment which makes use of the arms to gently knead mushy tissues of the back, neck, and buttocks. A therapist will use their arms to massage these areas gently but firmly. Kneading can be very helpful, as it stimulates the discharge of tension and stress within the muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
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Pressure is mounting against embattled Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, as a second major group in the city on Friday called for her immediate resignation.
The Greater Baltimore Committee’s board of directors wrote Pugh “no longer possesses the public trust or moral authority” to lead the Maryland city.
“This was a difficult decision requiring a great deal of thought, but the GBC believes the Mayor can no longer provide the leadership and effective government that Baltimore needs and deserves at this time,” the committee’s president and CEO, Donald C. Fry said in the Friday statement. “The GBC Board determined that it is necessary for Mayor Pugh to resign so the city can move on, heal and leverage the many positive assets it has going for it.”
The board said it was in the best interest of the city for Pugh to step down from her post because Baltimore needs “a strong Mayor who is laser-focused on the needs of the city, its residents, and businesses and can lead the city forward.”
Pugh, who last week took an indefinite leave of absence from office, is under fire after she reportedly received $500,000 from the University of Maryland Medical System for her self-authored “Healthy Holly,” a children’s book series.
The university paid Pugh for 100,000 copies of her books between 2011 and 2018 while she was on its board. The books were intended to go to schools and day care centers, however, some 50,000 copies remain unaccounted for and may never have been printed.
Earlier this week, the Baltimore City Council also called on Pugh to step down immediately.
The 14 members of the Baltimore City Council sent a two-sentence letter to Pugh on Monday urging her to resign, effective immediately. All members of the city council except acting mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young signed the letter.
“The entire membership of the Baltimore City Council believes that it is not in the best interest of the City of Baltimore for you to continue to serve as Mayor,” the council members wrote to Pugh. “We urge you to tender your resignation, effective immediately.”
Pugh’s spokesman told the Baltimore Sun on Saturday that Pugh intends to return to her post once her health has sufficiently improved.
Fox News' Nicole Darrah contributed to this report.


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BOSTON -- The House on Tuesday night passed health care reform legislation that uses $337 million in new assessments to stabilize community hospitals and charts a new course to help the Legislature make decisions about scope of practice changes for medical professionals.
The vote was 117-32, with Democrats voting for the bill and Republicans nearly united against it.
The new assessments -- $247.5 million on insurers and $90 million on the largest hospitals -- are the centerpiece of a bill that House Majority Leader Ronald Mariano said tries to keep in play lower-cost community hospitals as payment reforms and consolidations shake out in the health care industry.
"It is our hope that over the three years of this bill, and the three years of support that these hospitals will get, the dynamic in health care will change," Mariano said. "And I'm not going to say we won't be here three years from now making adjustments on what health care looks like then, but we will at least know that we have done things to put these hospitals on a very strong and firm footing. And that's the focal point of the bill, probably the largest endeavor that we take under this bill and probably the most important thing that we can do in this bill."
The House reduced the planned assessments Tuesday night, adopting an amendment offered by Lowell Democrat Rep.
Under the bill, grants to community hospitals will be based on factors such as patient acuity and patient mix. Mariano described community hospitals, such as one in Holyoke, as so dependent on public payments that changes in commercial payments would not make a major difference, but in recent days he has said the hope is the move away from fee-for-service to global payments will boost the community hospitals' share of the commercial market.
The bill represents the latest overhaul of health care laws as lawmakers try to hold on to the insurance access gains achieved since Gov. Mitt Romney signed a universal access law in 2006. Since then, costs have continued to grow and the state's massive MassHealth program has consumed more of state spending.
The legislation expands the powers of the state's Betsy Lehman Center and calls on that agency to share medical insight with lawmakers as they review bills aimed at changing the scope of practice of medical professionals. Such bills are being considered to reduce costs and widen access to care. "There will be many scope of practice issues going forward and we hope that this will professionalize getting to the full use of your license," said Mariano.

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SLIT, or sublingual immunotherapy, delivers small amounts of specific allergens to the patient in drops it tablets which dissolve under the tongue prior to the onset of the allergy season with the aim of gradually accustoming or desensitising the immune system to that allergen so that when it meets if for real it does not react.
Italian researchers, led by Dr. Gabriele Di Lorenzo of the University of Palermo, have now combined the results of 19 clinical trials (lasting from three months to three years) conducted since 1995 on the effectiveness of immunotherapy tablets and drops against hay fever caused by grass pollen.
Across the studies, which included a total of 2,971 adults and children with grass-pollen allergies, immunotherapy reduced symptoms by about 20–30% on average, and allowed patients to reduce their use of antihistamines and other medications. The treatment appeared to be highly effective for many, but not all. patients. The researchers said that more work is needed to identify which patients might be most likely to benefit.
Dr Harold Nelson, an allergist at National Jewish Health in Denver, However, noted that while antihistamines reduce symptoms by about 12–15%, on average and nasal steroids appear to cut symptoms by about 17%, allergy shots appear to outperform the sublingual versions, with a symptom reduction about twice that of sublingual immunotherapy. Moreover, the long-term effectiveness of the grass-pollen tablets is not yet fully clear.
However, Dr Nelson said that if sublingual products do win approval in the US, they will likely boost the number of hay fever sufferers who want to use under-the-tongue immunotherapy as, ‘even though the effectiveness is less than that of allergy shots, the convenience of an at-home version of immunotherapy is a plus, and the sublingual therapy tends to have fewer side effects than shots’.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, online August 5, 2010.
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