Venice creates domestic partnership registry
Published: Monday, April 15, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
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VENICE - Unmarried couples who wish to be in the city of Venice's new domestic partnership registry may download applications at venicegov.com/Municipal_links/City_Clerk/domestic.asp or pick up a packet at City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays.
To file the application, they need to make an appointment by calling (941) 486-2626.
The registry is intended to ensure unmarried partners, regardless of gender, can make health care, funeral and other decisions for each other.
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Hawaiian idyll: Canadians finding bargains in the Aloha State
According to an article written by Grania Litwin, PostMedia News and seen online at www.Canada.com, "Snorkelling, swimming, surfing and suntanning aren't the only reasons Canadians visit Hawaii these days.
They're saying aloha to condos and homes that have plummeted in price as much as 60 per cent since January 2008, while the Canuck buck soars. Why buy a cottage on a lake in Canada when you can be on a beach with gardenia-scented breezes?
``What's really driving the market is foreclosures,'' says Re/Max Resort Realty's Howard Dinits, who lives on Maui.
``Many island properties here were bought as second homes by speculators in the States. In the economic downturn, people used revenue from these holiday rentals to make payments on their main homes - then they defaulted on the island properties.
``In some areas prices have dropped 40 to 60 per cent and it's as bad as Phoenix.''
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We drove to Santa Fe along Route 14. We saw the quaint towns of Madrid (pronnounced MA-drid) and Cerillos.
Santa Fe struck us a little like Disneyland. It's full of expensive shops. Also lots and lots of art galleries and craft stores. We went to the Georgia O'Keefe museum.
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We spent another lovely evening with Anna catching up with each other. Anna wished us good night ("ar labu nakti") and sweet dreams ("saldu dusu") in Latvian.

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text: I just joined the site. I tried searching for a thread but the search feature is disabled. Are there any bisexual men, or gay men who post on here? I'm a bisexual man as my posts have said and I'm just wondering if anyone else that posts here is a bisexual man? Or are there gay men who post on here? Do lesbian and bisexual women post here as well? What about trans people?

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Ms. Arlette Ricci, of the Nina Ricci perfume and fashion fortune, has been convicted of tax fraud for hiding millions in an HSBC account. The world doesn’t like tax evaders, and offshore accounts have become especially sensitive worldwide. Although U.S. taxpayers have the most rigorous tax regime, with banks worldwide now ferreting out Americans under its massive FATCA law, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
But France is after tax evaders too. Unlike many French criminal sentences, this one involves a year-long prison term, followed by a two year suspended sentence. Ms. Ricci also drew a fine of 1 million euros, and the court even confiscated two properties worth 4 million euros. These figures do not count the millions in back taxes that also must be repaid.
Ms. Ricci can appeal, as seems likely. Her lawyer has suggested that the sentence is unduly harsh. A request for revising the sentencing conditions is expected. Ms. Ricci’s daughter, Margot Vignat, 51, was also convicted. However, she received a more lenient eight-month suspended sentence.
HSBC’s Swiss private banking arm is being investigated after a leak revealed large scale tax fraud. Many other tax prosecutions are expected, and in that sense, Ms. Ricci’s case was a kind of test case for the Swissleaks scandal. The names of thousands of HSBC clients were handed over to the French government in 2009 by whistleblower Herve Falciani, a former employee of the bank’s Swiss unit.
In the UK, France and elsewhere, there is increasing intolerance for undisclosed accounts, a kind of spillover effect from FATCA, America’s global tax enforcement law that applies virtually everywhere. FATCA was quietly enacted in 2010, and had a four-year ramp up. What is most amazing is not its impact on Americans—although that is considerable—but its impact on the world.
Never before has an American tax law attempted such an astounding reach. FATCA requires foreign banks to reveal Americans with accounts over $50,000. Non-compliant institutions could be frozen out of U.S. markets, so everyone is complying. FATCA grew out of a controversial rule. America taxes its citizens—and even permanent residents—on their worldwide income regardless of where they live.
In 2009, the IRS struck a groundbreaking deal with UBS for $780 million in penalties and American names. More recently, Credit Suisse took a guilty plea and paid a record $2.6 billion fine. And other Swiss banks are also striking deals under a massive Department of Justice program.
Banks worldwide are handing over American account details to the IRS. Some banks send FATCA letters promising disclosure to IRS, but some just disclose with no warning. With Swiss bank deals, prosecutions, summonses, and FATCA, the IRS has quicker, better and more complete information than ever. And as Ms. Ricci’s case proves, you don’t have to be American to end up in tax trouble over offshore accounts.
For alerts to future tax articles, follow me on Forbes. You can reach me at Wood@WoodLLP.com. This discussion is not intended as legal advice, and cannot be relied upon for any purpose without the services of a qualified professional.
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New York — MTA Bridges and Tunnels selected WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff to perform biennial bridge inspections at the Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Bridge and the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge. The biennial bridge inspection includes thorough inspection and examination of all structural components of both bridges. These components include the inspection of decks, structural framing, towers, pin and hanger assembly, trusses, towers and piers, fenders, dolphins, retaining walls, abutments, all approach structures and appurtenances, signs and supporting structures, light standards, and electrical equipment on bridges and toll plazas including utilities, lighting and communication equipment.
Services also potentially entail auxiliary design work to prepare design documents for structural repairs of inspected elements requiring immediate repair, auxiliary testing work to determine the extent of deterioration, interim/special inspections, and scoping studies to define the scope of future projects related to the facility. The contract includes a mechanical and electrical inspection of the Marine Parkway lift span. Work on the inspections will be completed in late 2017.
The Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge was completed in 1937 by the Marine Parkway Authority to provide access to the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, which previously could be reached only by ferry or by a circuitous route around the eastern end of Jamaica Bay. When it was built, the bridge's vertical lift span was the longest in the world. The land at both ends of the bridge is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. In 1978, Gil Hodges' name was added to the bridge in honor of the Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman and Mets manager.
The Cross Bay Bridge, a low-level bascule bridge (drawbridge), was completed in 1939 by the New York City Parkway Authority. In 1970, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority completed the present Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, a high-level fixed bridge, which permits boats to pass under it without the traffic delays caused by the lifting of a bascule bridge. Located four miles east of the Marine Parkway Bridge, the Cross Bay Bridge connects the peninsula to the rest of Queens, the Belt Parkway, and the Southern State Parkway.


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Background: Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus infection precedes the development of cervical cancer. Here we evaluated the contribution of HPV16/18 viral load and the presence of infections with multiple HPV types to persistence and clearance of HPV16/18 infections. Methods: Vaginal self-swabs were obtained from young women (16-29 y) with one year interval. HPV genotyping was performed using the highly sensitive SPF10-DEIA-LiPA(25) system. HPV16/18 DNA loads were quantified via an adapted, highly sensitive qPCR protocol targeting the L1 gene. Results: We identified 227 HPV16 and 111 HPV18 infections with follow-up. For HPV16 132/227 (58%) were persistent and 95/227 cleared. For HPV18 49/111 (44%) infections were persistent and 62/111 cleared. Baseline viral load was significantly higher in persistent infections than in clearing infections for both HPV16 (p = 0.022) and HPV18 (p = 0.013). At baseline, only HPV16 viral load was significantly higher in multiple HPV infections compared with single infections (p = 0.003). In logistic regression analysis HPV16 and HPV18 viral load were found to contribute to persistency with OR = 1.279 (95%CI =1.074-1.524) and OR= 1.256 (95%CI = 1.028-1.533) per log-unit increase HPV16 and HPV18 viral load respectively. The presence of multiple HPV type infections was not associated with higher persistency. Conclusion: HPV16/18 viral load might be used as a marker for persisting infections and is affected by the presence of multiple HPV infections. Evaluation of these parameters at the population level may be of value to assess the presence of persistent or clearing HPV16/18 infections as an early marker, and may provide useful quantitative information in (epidemiological) vaccine monitoring studies.
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On Monday, a group of security software vendors and testing experts announced publication of a set of best practices for testing products that claim to remove spyware.
The initiative's current partners include McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro, as well as ICSA Labs and Thompson Cyber Security Labs. The full document can be found at www.spywaretesting.org, along with security news, member information, and eventually discussion groups.
While the document is aimed at security professionals involved in product testing, its recommendations are easy enough to understand. The group recommends choosing a large sample set of viable and well-known threats categorized by severity. Each malware sample should be installed on a clean test system.
The documents advocate that testers use third-party monitoring tools to snapshot the file system and Windows registry before and after the installation. Testers will then install and run the software being evaluated, taking another snapshot after removal, the document says. By comparing the snapshots testers can determine just what file and registry changes the malware made, and whether the security product reversed those changes.
Using this empirical evidence rather than reports or logs generated by the security program itself, testers can generate clear evaluations and comparisons. The document goes on to suggest methods for evaluating the degree to which a product has succeeded in removing a threat and suggests a standard set of data to be included when reporting on such tests. It does not spell out techniques for testing security products that aim to prevent installation of malware on a clean system.
The group plans to work on standardized spyware naming conventions, starting with definitions collected by the Anti-Spyware Coalition. They will also work on best practices for threat-data sharing and emergency information distribution.
PC Magazine applauds the effort and looks forward to the day when antispyware testing will be handled by independent labs, as antivirus testing is already. Until then, we will continue to perform our own antispyware testing, which parallels the document's recommendations on a smaller scale.


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ON THE eve of his 200th game, Brisbane Lion Luke Power has revealed he almost left the Sunshine State to return home to Melbourne after the Lions' third premiership.
The star midfielder, who will reach the milestone against Hawthorn at the Gabba on Saturday night, said family ties came close to luring him south after the 2003 Grand Final.
"It was obviously a family thing and whether I wanted to pursue my football in Melbourne, where my family was, or stay up here where I've always played," Power said.
Three years ago the off-contract Power also contemplated big offers from Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon and St Kilda.
Adding extra spice, master niggler and then teammate Jason Akermanis had revealed that if Power left, it could be because of a rift with Lions coach Leigh Matthews.
But when the dust settled, Power signed a five-year deal with the Lions in September 2005.
He said yesterday the lure of reclaiming the club's former glory had kept him in Queensland.
"At the time I wanted to be part of Brisbane's next success. Hopefully at the moment we are on the verge of that," he said.
But Power will not rule out a return to Melbourne once his deal ends in 2010.
"It's hard to say, and circumstances can change pretty quickly in football. I'm with the Lions for the next three years and I'm pretty happy here," the 2004 All-Australian said.
"Maybe the Gold Coast might give me an extra year once I finish -- that's just a joke."
Power will become the 24th Lions player to reach 200 games.
It has already been a good week for Power. After featuring in the huge come-from-behind away win against Port Adelaide on Saturday night, he was named in the 40-strong Victorian squad for May 10's Hall of Fame tribute match.
After three lean seasons, the revitalised Lions have begun 2008 well with a 2-2 record.
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IN the Aegean region and south of the Caucasus the Nordics appear after 1100 B.C., but there were unquestionably invasions and raids from the north for many centuries previous to our first records. These early migrations probably were not in sufficient force to modify the blood of the autochthonous races or to substitute Aryan languages for the ancient Mediterranean and Asiatic tongues.
These men of the North came from the grasslands of Russia in successive waves, and among the first of whom we have fairly clear knowledge were the Achaeans and Phrygians. Aryan invaders are mentioned in the dim chronicles of the Mesopotamian empires about 1700 B.C., as Kassites, and later as Mitanni. Aryan names of prisoners captured beyond the mountains in the north, and of Aryan deities before whom oaths were taken, are recorded about 1400 B.C., but one of the first definite accounts of Nordics south of the Caucasus describes the presence of Nordic Persians at Lake Urmia about 900 B.C. There were many incursions from that time on, the Cimmerians raiding across the Caucasus as early as 680 B.C., and shortly afterward overrunning all Asia Minor.
The easterly extension of the Russian steppes north of the Caspian-Aral Sea in Turkestan, as far as the foothills of the Pamirs, was occupied by the Sace or Massagetae, who were also Nordics and akin to the Cimmerians and Persians. For several centuries groups of Nordics drifted as nomad shepherds across the Caucasus into the empire of the Medes, introducing little by little the Aryan tongue, which later developed into Old Persian.
In 538 B.C. these Persians had become sufficiently numerous to overthrow their rulers, and under the leadership of the great Cyrus they organized the Persian Empire, one of the most enduring of Oriental states. The base of the population of the Persian Empire rested on the round skull Medes who belonged to the Armenoid subdivision of the Alpines. Under the leadership of their priestly caste of Magi, these Medes rebelled again and again against their Nordic masters before the two peoples became fused.
From 525 to 485 B.C., during the reign of Darius, whose sculptured portraits show a man of pure Nordic type, the tall, blond Persians had become almost exclusively a class of great ruling nobles, and had forgotten the simplicity of their shepherd ancestors. Their language belonged to the Eastern or Iranian division of Aryan speech, and was known as Old Persian, which continued to be spoken until the fourth century before our era. From it were derived Pehlevi, or Parthian, and modern Persian. The great book of the old Persians, the Avesta, which was written in Zendic, also an Iranian language, does not go back to the reign of Darius, and was remodelled after our era, but the Old Persian of Darius was closely related to the Zendic of Bactria, and to the Sanskrit of Hindustan. From Zendic, also called Medic, are derived Ghalcha, Balochi, Kurdish, and other dialects.
The rise to imperial power of the dolichocephalic Aryan-speaking Persians was largely due to the genius of their leaders, but the Aryanization of western Asia by them is one of the most amazing events in history. The whole region became completely transformed so far as the acceptance by the conquered of the language and religion of the Persians was concerned, but the blood of the Nordic race quickly became diluted, and a few centuries later disappears from history.
At the time of the great wars with Greece the pure Persian blood was still unimpaired and in control, and in the literature of the time there is little evidence of race antagonism between the Greek and the Persian leaders, although their rival cultures were sharply contrasted. In the time of Alexander the Great the pure Persian blood was obviously confined to the nobles, and it was the policy of Alexander to Hellenize the Persians and to amalgamate his Greeks with them. The amount Of pure Macedonian blood was not sufficient to reinforce the Nordic strain of the Persians, and the net result was the entire loss of the Greek stock.
It is a question whether the Armenians of Asia Minor derived their Aryan speech from this invasion of the Nordic Persians, or whether they received it at an earlier date from the Phrygians, and from the west. These Phrygians entered Asia Minor by way of the Dardanelles and broke up the Hittite Empire. Their language was Aryan, and probably related to Thracian. In favor of the theory of the introduction of the Armenian language by the Phrygians from the west, rather than by the Persians from the east, is the highly significant fact that the basic structure of that tongue shows its relationship to be with the western rather than with the eastern group of Aryan languages, and this, too, in spite of a very large Persian vocabulary.
The Armenians themselves, like all the other natives of the plateaux and highlands as far east as the Hindu Kush Mountains, while of Aryan speech, are of the Armenoid subdivision, in sharp contrast to the predominant types south of the mountains in Persia, Afghanistan, and Hindustan, all of which are dolichocephalic and of Mediter- ranean affinity, but generally betraying traces of admixture with still more ancient races of negroid origin, especially in India.
We now come to the last and easternmost extension of Aryan languages in Asia. As mentioned above, the grasslands and steppes of Russia extend north of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea to ancient Bactria, now Turkestan. This whole country was occupied by the Nordic Sacae and the closely related Massagetae. At a very early date, probably about the beginning of the second millennium B.C., or perhaps even earlier, the first Nordics crossed over the Afghan passes, entered the plains of India, and organized a state in the Penjab, "the land of the five rivers," bringing with them Aryan speech among a population probably of Mediterranean type, and represented to-day by the Dravidians. The Nordic Sacae arrived later in India and introduced the Vedas, religious poems, which were at first transmitted orally, and which were reduced to written form in Old Sanskrit by the Brahmans at the comparatively late date of 300 A.D. From this classic Sanskrit are derived all the modern Aryan languages of Hindustan, as well as the Singalese of Ceylon and the chief dialects of Assam.
There is great diversity of opinion as to the date of the first entry of these Aryan-speaking tribes into the Penjab, and the consensus of opinion seems to indicate a period between 1600 and 1700 B.C. or even somewhat earlier. However, the very close affinity of Sanskrit to the Old Persian of Darius and to the Zendavesta would strongly indicate that the final introduction of Aryan languages in the form of Sanskrit occurred at a much later date.
If close relationship between languages indicates correlation in time, then the entry of the Sacae into India would appear to have been nearly simultaneous with the crossing of the Caucasus by the Nordic Cimmerians and their Persian successors.
The relationship between the Zendavesta and the Sanskrit Vedas is as near as that between High and Low German, and consequently such close affinity prevents our thrusting back the date of the separation of the Persians and the Sacae more than a few centuries.
A simultaneous migration southward of nomad shepherds on both sides of the Caspian-Aral Sea would naturally occur in a general movement southward, and such migrations may have taken place several times. In all probability these Nordic invasions occurred one after another for a thousand years or more, the later ones obscuring and blurring the memory of their predecessors.
When shepherd tribes leave their grasslands and attack their agricultural neighbors, the reason is nearly always famine due to prolonged drought, and causes such as these have again and again in history put the nomad tribes in motion over large areas. During many centuries fresh tribes composed of Nordics, or under the leadership of Nordics, but all Aryan-speaking, poured over the Afghan passes from the northwest and pushed before them the earlier arrivals. Clear traces of these successive floods of conquerors are to be found in the Vedas themselves.
The Sacae and Massagetae were, like the Persians, blond dolichocephs, and they have left behind them dim traces of their blood among the living, Mongolized nomads of Turkestan, the Kirghizes. Ancient Bactria maintained its Nordic and Aryan aspect long after Alexander's time, and did not become Mongolized and receive the sinister name of Turkestan until the seventh century, when it was the first victim of the great series of ferocious invasions from the north and east, which, under various Mongol leaders, destroyed civilization in Asia and threatened its existence in Europe. These tall, blue eyed, Aryan-speaking Sacae were the most easterly members of the Nordic race of whom we have record. The Chinese knew well these "green eyed devils," whom they called by their Tatar name, the "Wu-suns," the tall ones, and with whom they came into contact in about 200 B.C. in what is now Chinese Turkestan.
The Zendic form of the Iranian group of Aryan languages continued to be spoken by these Sacae who remained in old Bactria, and from it is derived a whole group of closely related dialects still spoken in the Pamirs, of which Ghalcha is the best known.
The most easterly known Aryan tongue has been recently discovered in Turkestan. It is called Tokharian, and is undoubtedly a pure Aryan language, related, curiously enough, to the western group rather than to the Indo-Iranian. It has been deciphered from recently found inscriptions, and was a living language prior to the ninth century A.D. This constitutes another proof of the extent and duration of the Nordic occupation of Bactria.
Of all the wonderful conquests of the Sacae there remain as evidence of their invasions only these Indian and Afghan languages. Dim traces of their blood, as stated before, have been found in the Pamirs and in Afghanistan, but in the south their blond traits have vanished, even from the Penjab. It may be that the stature of some of the hill tribes and of the Sikhs, and some of the facial characters of the latter, are derived from this source, but all blondness of skin, hair, or eye of the original Sacae have utterly vanished.
The long skulls all through India are to be attributed to the Mediterranean race rather than to this Nordic invasion, while the Pre-Dravidians and negroids of south India, with which the former are largely mixed, are also dolichocephs.
In short, the introduction in Iran and India of Aryan languages, Iranian, Ghalchic, and Sanskrit, represents a linguistic and not an ethnic conquest.
In concluding this revision of the racial foundations upon which the history of Europe has been based, it is scarcely necessary to point out that the actual results of the spectacular conquests and invasions of history have been far less permanent than those of the more insidious victories arising from the crossing of two diverse races, and that in such mixtures the relative prepotency of the various human subspecies in Europe appears to be in inverse ratio to their social value.
The continuity of physical traits and the limitation of the effects of environment to the individual only are now so thoroughly recognized by scientists that it is at most a question of time when the social consequences which result from such crossings will be generally understood by the public at large. As soon as the true bearing and import of the facts are appreciated by lawmakers, a complete change in our political structure will inevitably occur, and our present reliance on the influences of education will be superseded by a readjustment based on racial values.
Bearing in mind the extreme antiquity of physical and spiritual characters and the persistency with which they outlive those elements of environment termed language, nationality, and forms of government, we must consider the relation of these facts to the development of the race in America. We may be certain that the progress of evolution is in full operation to-day under those laws of nature which control it, and that the only sure guide to the future lies in the study of the operation of these laws in the past.
We Americans must realize that the altruistic ideals which have controlled our social development during the past century, and the maudlin sentimentalism that has made America "an asylum for the oppressed," are sweeping the nation toward a racial abyss. If the Melting Pot is allowed to boil without control, and we continue to follow our national motto and deliberately blind ourselves to all "distinctions of race, creed, or color," the type of native American of Colonial descent will become as extinct as the Athenian of the age of Pericles, and the Viking of the days of Rollo.

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Love them!!! Thanks so much
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professional dancer performing around the world in various
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Sara began her fitness career years twelve years ago. She became a Pilates enthusiast after it helped rehab her back after a serious injury. Sara was so impressed with the improvements that the method made in her own health that she decided to make it a career.
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The Technologies, Law and Society Research Group presents Frances Haugen, Facebook whistle-blower, in conversation with Jess Kelly, tech correspondent with Newstalk fm.
Frances Haugen is a data engineer, and formerly a product manager with Facebook. In 2021, she disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In October 2021, she told the US Congress that Meta's "leadership know how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people". She has testified to the US Congress, the European Parliament, the UK Parliament, and the Oireachtas, that government regulation of Meta is increasingly necessary. In her conversation with Jess Kelly, Frances will discuss what changes Meta can make, and what regulations legislators can introduce, to make platforms safer.
The event is presented by the Technologies, Law and Society Research Group in the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin and the Schuler Democracy Forum in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute.
The event is open to the public, but spaces are limited, so registration is essential.
Event registration can be completed here
Further information about the event can be accessed here
The event will also be streamed live and the link for accessing this can be found here

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New vision for high traffic streets with Corridor Transformation Plan
The City of Saskatoon Corridor Transformation Plan aims to re-imagine the major transportation corridors that currently serve to move traffic from one place to another and turn them into vibrant, connected neighbourhoods that fit holistically into the city of the future. The Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services will be presented the Corridor Transformation Plan on January 14, 2020.
“The Corridor Planning Program (CPP) is a key component of The Growth Plan to Half a Million,” says Chris Schulz, Special Project Manager for the Plan for Growth. “It is intended to provide a mechanism that allows us to balance future outward growth of the City with infill development.” A map of the corridor planning area is attached.
The Corridor Planning Program, along with other Growth Plan components like the Transit Plan and Brownfield Renewal, aims to help ensure that future growth and development in Saskatoon occurs in a sustainable and livable way. “The Corridor Transformation Plan is meant to assist us in creating transit-friendly and walkable areas where people can live, work, learn, and play,” says Schulz. “The Plan provides a vision and guidelines that will set the stage for turning busy roads like 8th Street into animated places where people want to stay.”
The Transit Villages Plan, a part of the corridor program that looks at specific transit hubs, will also be presented at the January 14th Planning, Development, and Community Services meeting.
Report information, including technical recommendations, is available on the City of Saskatoon website at saskatoon.ca/corridor-planning. The official agenda for the Committee meeting, including supporting documents, can be found at saskatoon.ca/city-hall.

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The majority of car accidents are resolved between the involved parties and their insurance companies without having to bring in legal help. However, each year, many people hire personal injury lawyers to help them resolve their car accident claims. Sometimes, these claims even end up being disputed in court.
But how can you tell whether or not your car accident was serious enough to warrant seeking out the advice of a personal injury attorney? Well, there are a few things you should think about before you decide whether or not to contact a lawyer.
Have you suffered major losses as a result of the accident?
The first thing to consider is whether or not you actually suffered any major losses due to the car accident. If you were not hurt, and your car insurance covered your repairs, you don’t have any losses that cause you to need compensation to recover from the impact of the accident. On the other hand, if you’ve been badly hurt and had to pay tons of medical bills or been unable to work, you have suffered significant losses, and if the accident was not your fault, you deserve compensation. Another circumstance where a personal injury lawyer may be consulted is if you lost a loved one due to the accident. If someone in the car with you was killed due to the negligence of the other driver, you may have a case.
Has your insurance claim been unfairly denied?
Another reason you may need the help of a personal injury lawyer after a car accident is if your insurance adjuster is treating you unfairly. If you feel like your claim has been denied without a good reason, it can be hard for you to put up a fight alone. An experienced attorney will be able to help you challenge an unfair claim decision, since he or she knows all of the steps necessary to do so and will know all of the laws and regulations in your area.
Are you being charged with more fault for an accident than you feel is fair?
If you’ve been assigned a percentage of the fault for an accident, but you know that you were a victim of the other driver’s negligence, you need to speak to an attorney. An attorney can help you figure out how to prove the other driver’s negligence and may be able to help you get a fairer settlement.
These are just a few of the factors to think about before hiring a personal injury attorney after a car accident. Unlike other types of personal injury claims, such as worker’s compensation cases, the process of filing a claim after a car accident can vary greatly, depending on state laws. If you have any confusion about your rights, speak to an attorney before deciding if you want to pursue a claim. Most personal injury lawyers will offer a free consultation where your case will be evaluated, and you will be advised on the best course of action.


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Katy Perry and Robert Pattinson were spotted at a Bjork concert this weekend at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
The Twilight actor and Part of Me singer have grown close in recent months following high profile splits from respective partners, Kristen Stewart and John Mayer.
The famous friends have reportedly been helping each other through the break-up blues, as friends say they have "serious chemistry".
"Katy and Robert have been spending a lot of time together recently and it’s safe to say there is serious chemistry," a source told Grazia magazine.
"But she doesn’t want to ruin their friendship by rushing into anything."
The couple attended the gig separately, keen to avoid photographers.
Last month the pair surprised guests at a wedding rehearsal in Santa Barbara, California which triggered rumours they were dating.
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Shoppingworld wait is over
By JULIA ILES
THE wait is over ? Clarence Valley Council will today make a decision regarding the fate of the proposed $50million Grafton Shoppingworld extension.
The application to redevelop Shoppingworld was lodged in February by the McConaghy Group, although the project has been in the pipeline since the 1990s. It has been a divisive issue within the community.
Council will meet today to consider granting McConaghy conditional approval for the project.
Proceedings will start with an on-site inspection in the Duke Street carpark at 9.30am before moving to council's Grafton chambers for the meeting, which will begin at 11am and is open to the public.
Independent planning consultants have compiled reports on possible effects of the development, which have been presented to all nine councillors.
A report to council from independent property consulting firm HillDPA, suggests the development would capture expenditure that currently goes to nearby centres.
The report also found as well as creating competition, the redevelopment would introduce two new major retailers.
It concludes the development would be beneficial to Grafton and found that Shoppingworld would have no significant impact on other centres in the trade area.
The McConaghy Group claims the redevelopment will create 350 retail jobs, along with indirect employment in the accommodation sector.
Members of the Grafton business community will be represented at the meeting, including representatives from the Grafton Chamber of Commerce and City Centre Traders.
Robert McConaghy is also expec- ted to be present.


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"Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly."
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."George MacDonald on William Shakespeare
"For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth."George MacDonald on Bo Bennett
"The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool."George MacDonald on Stephen King
"Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks."George MacDonald on Isaac Watts
"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."George MacDonald on Golda Meir
"Age is not all decay it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk."
"Attitudes are more important than facts."
"It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen."
"Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it."
"It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity."

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Unlike modern baleen whales it was small, about the size of a modern porpoise at around 2m long (6’6″), and the wear on its multi-cusped teeth suggest it was a predator taking slicing bites of fish – possibly using suction-assisted feeding like its close relatives the aetiocetids.
Once again it’s a PBS Eons commission roundup day!
Last week’s weird-snouted Furcacetus wasn’t the only recently-discovered ancient platanistoid dolphin that deserves some attention.
Ensidelphis riveroi was described in the same paper, and also lived in the coastal waters around Peru during the early Miocene, about 19 million years ago. It was a little less closely related to its modern river-dwelling cousins than Furcacetus, and was slightly larger, estimated to have measured about 3m long (9’10”).
But what made it weird was its incredibly long snout, lined with around 256 tiny sharp teeth, which also curved markedly to the right side along its 55cm (1’10”) length.
With only one known skull of Ensidelphis it’s impossible to tell if this was a natural condition for the species or if it was some sort of anomalous individual. It doesn’t seem to be a deformation of the fossil, at least.
Similar unusual right-side bending has been seen in the skulls of a few individuals of modern South Asian river dolphins, franciscanas, and Amazon river dolphins, possibly caused by injuries at a young age being exaggerated as the animals grew. However, many other platanistoid dolphins (especially squalodelphinids) are known to have naturally had similar bends in their snouts – but always to the opposite side, curving to the left instead of the right.
But naturally bent or not, what might Ensidelphis have been doing with that incredibly lengthy snoot?
Its long slender jaws would have had a fairly weak bite, so it probably wasn’t able to catch large prey, and it had a very flexible neck. Possibly it swam along near the seafloor using its snout to probe and sweep around in the sediment for buried small prey.
Modern South Asian river dolphins swim along on their sides while doing this – almost always on their right sides, interestingly enough – and if Ensidelphis did the same sort of thing then a snout bent in that direction might have been an advantage.
The two living subspecies of the South Asian river dolphin are the last surviving members of a lineage known as the Platanistoidea, an early evolutionary branch of the toothed whales. This group was once much more diverse and widespread than their modern representatives, found in oceanic habitats around the world from the Oligocene to the mid-Miocene.
Many of them had forward-pointing protruding teeth at the tips of their snouts, resembling those of some plesiosaurs or pterosaurs, suggesting they were a convergent adaptation used for snagging hold of slippery soft-bodied aquatic prey.
Furcacetus flexirostrum is one the newest additions to this group, named and described in late March 2020. It lived in Pacific coastal waters around Peru during the early Miocene, about 19-18 million years ago, and was about the same size as modern South Asian river dolphins at around 2.3m long (7’7″).
And it had a uniquely-shaped snout for a cetacean, curving upwards for most of its length but then turning downwards right at the tip, which along with large forward-pointing teeth gave its jaws a vaguely crocodilian appearance.
Cetaceans are just weird animals in general. Fully aquatic mammals best described as “fat screaming torpedoes“, with bizarre head anatomy and their nostrils pulled up to the top of their heads behind their eyes. Some of them are among the largest animals to ever exist, some of them can live to over 200 years old, and some can dive to incredible depths below the ocean surface.
Living during the mid to late Miocene, about 14-7 million years ago, Eurhinodelphis ranged across the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, with fossil remains known from Western Europe, Turkey, and the East Coast of the United States. It was a fairly small dolphin-like cetacean about 2m long (6’6″), and was part of a lineage of early toothed whales called eurhinodelphinids.
Its upper jaw was around five times longer than the rest of its skull, and toothless past the point where the lower jaw ended. Much like the modern billfish it resembled, it probably used its snout to slash at fast-moving fish, stunning them and making them easier to catch.
It was thought to have been a fairly simple linear process from toothed ancestors to a mix of teeth and baleen and then to fully toothless with just baleen, but more recent discoveries have begun to cast doubt on that idea. The teeth of ancestral baleen whales weren’t suited to filter-feeding at all, instead still being adapted for predatory piercing and chewing – actions which would have been constantly interfering with and damaging any proto-baleen forming alongside them, and making it seem much more unlikely that there would have ever been a transitional form that had both teeth and baleen at the same time.
But then how did baleen whales get their baleen?
Maiabalaena nesbittae here provides a possible solution. Discovered in Oregon, USA, this early baleen whale dates to the early Oligocene, around 33 million years ago, and compared to most of its modern relatives it was comparatively tiny, only about 4.6m long (15′).
And it had no teeth at all, but possibly also no baleen.
Baleen rarely fossilizes, so it’s unclear whether Maiabalaena actually had any or not, but the shape of its skull suggests it probably didn’t – it lacked the broad thickened upper jaw associated with supporting racks of baleen plates. It instead seems to have been adapted for suction feeding similar to modern belugas and beaked whales, using muscular cheeks and tongue to manipulate water pressure and pull small prey like fish and squid straight into its mouth.
Since it lived at a time when the Antarctic Circumpolar Current was forming and cooling the oceans, changing ecosystems and prey availability, it may represent a previously unknown stage in baleen whale evolution – a point when they’d moved towards specializing for suction feeding and lost their teeth entirely, before transitioning again over to filter-feeding with baleen in a completely separate evolutionary development a few million years later.
The modern sperm whale is already an impressive animal, being by far the largest of the living toothed whales and famous for its ability to dive over 2km down (1.2 miles) to feed on deep-sea animals like giant squid.
But some of its ancient relatives were terrifying.
Livyatan melvillei here has an appropriately monstrous name, inspired by both the Hebrew name for the Leviathan and Herman Melville, the author of Moby-Dick. Known from the Pacific coast of South America during the late Miocene, around 10-9 million years ago, it’s estimated to have measured somewhere between 13.5m and 17.5m long (~44′-57′) – comparable in size to an adult male sperm whale.
Unlike the relatively slender mouth of its modern cousin, however, it instead had thick strong jaws full of enormous teeth.
It was part of a loose grouping of what are known as “macroraptorial sperm whales“, which all had similarly toothy jaws and occupied the same sort of ecological niche as modern orcas, specializing in hunting prey like large fish, squid, seals, and other whales.
A huge fossil tooth found in Australia suggests that Livyatan or a very close relative of it survived at least into the early Pliocene, about 5 million years ago. Around this time a cooling climate and dwindling numbers of its preferred prey would have eventually made a population of such enormous apex predators unsustainable, and driven this “killer sperm whale” into extinction – probably around the same time megalodon disappeared, about 3.6 million years ago.
While most modern toothed whales have jaws full of teeth that are all the same simple pointed shape – an adaptation for better holding onto slippery prey – their ancient ancestors had teeth much more like other mammals, with differentiated incisors, canines, and molars.
At over 3.5m long (11′6″) it was one of the larger known toothed whales around at the time, but it wasn’t the direct ancestor of any living whales. Instead it was more of an evolutionary “cousin” to them, part of an older offshoot lineage that lived alongside the early members of modern toothed whale groups.
Inticetus had a long and unusually wide-based snout, somewhat croc-like in appearance, with sharp pointed teeth at the front and multi-lobed cheek teeth further back. A lack of obvious wear on its back teeth suggests it wasn’t using them to chew up its food, and it may have had a fairly specialized diet – possibly using those back teeth to sieve small prey out of the water in a similar manner to modern lobodontine seals.
Inticetus-like teeth have also been found in Miocene-aged deposits in the eastern USA, the Atlantic coast of France, and southeast Italy, indicating that this ancient whale lineage was quite widespread.
Remingtonocetids were an early branch of the whale evolutionary family tree, known from about 49-41 million years ago and splitting off somewhere between the famous “walking whale” Ambulocetus and the more oceanic protocetids. With otter-like bodies, tiny eyes, and long gharial-like snouts, they lived in near-shore shallow marine habitats and probably swam using a combination of their hind feet and tails.
They were initially found only in Pakistan and India, but then Rayanistes afer here was discovered all the way over in Egypt – suggesting that these early whales were much more widespread than previously thought, dispersing through the Tethys Sea at about the same time as their protocetid cousins.
Dating to the Middle Eocene (~45-41 mya), Rayanistes was probably about 2.5m long (8′2”). It had powerful hindlimb musculature that would have given it a very strong kicking swimming stroke, but it probably couldn’t actually support its own weight on land since its femur wasn’t very well anchored into its pelvis.
Despite commonly being called “killer whales” modern orcas are actually the largest living members of the oceanic dolphin family. Their ancestors are thought to have diverged from other dolphins between 10 and 5 million years ago – and surprisingly their closest relatives are the much smaller snubfin dolphins found in Australasia.
Living during the Pliocene (5-2 mya) in the Mediterranean, Orcinus citoniensis was an early member of the orca lineage, and was probably a transitional form between their early dolphin ancestors and the modern Orcinus orca.
It was half the size of modern orcas, at about 4m long (~13′). While it had a higher tooth count than its living relatives its teeth were also proportionally smaller, suggesting it wasn’t specialized for tackling large prey and probably fed mainly on fish and squid.

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Written by volunteers from Ipswich Basketball Association.
For a full review of the Day 5 games as well as the draws, ladders and top performers, click here.
All is in readiness for today's Grand Finals with Victoria set for an interstate rivalry classic in the Under-20's Men after Vic Navy and Vic White both advanced to the gold-medal playoff.
Vic Navy fought off NSW by 18 points who will now face South Australia for the bronze medal after they fell to Vic White while the all-round performance of Bul Kuol (14 points, seven rebounds, five assists) helped ACT beat WA to play off against Queensland this morning.
The gold-medal playoff is sure to be a high scoring affair with the likes of Dejan Vasiljevic and Tom Wilson going against Gabe Hadley and Tristlan Lloyd while Jock Perry's battle with Ovie Magbegor on the boards will set the tone for the match.
In the Under-20's Women's tournament, Vic Navy used a 31-12 opening term to take care of Queensland set up a Grand Final showdown with South Australia who defeated Vic White by eight points as five players reached double figures.
That spread of scoring will be a concern for Vic Navy but in their previous meeting, the bench play of Georgia Pineau and Monique Andriuolo who combined for 34 points and 21 rebounds answered the call.
In today's other final for the U20's Women, NSW will play off against WA as Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard and Morgan Ballantyne try to give the Western Australians their first taste of success at the Champs after Amy Atwell suffered a devastating knee injury.
For the Ivor Burge Men, Vic Metro were too good for Vic Country in their interstate Semi-Final and will now look to continue their impressive run with a win over South Australia who pipped NSW by four points in a nail-biter as NSW made a desperate run in the final term.
Tasmania will face WA in the other playoff after WA earned their first win of the Champs while holding ACT to just 46 points. An amazing 82 rebounds for the side set up the win, led by Kenneth Opuku's 16 points and 31 boards.
Vic Metro and NSW have set up a mouth-watering encounter in the Ivor Burge Women's Grand Final after they both recorded big wins in their Semi-Finals.
NSW reached the century mark by beating Vic Country (who will play South Australia for a bronze medal) behind a triple-double for Brittany Anderson (20 points, ten rebounds, 16 assists) and a 20-20 game for Nicole Harris (26 points, 21 boards) although injuries for Vic Country did not make this a fair fight.
They will have their hands full with Vic Metro though, whose stifling defence held SA to 25 points as six players reached double figures and Samantha Hough (25 points, 11 rebounds), Danielle Phillips (18 and 15) and Jasmine Dellas (11 and 11) recorded double-doubles.
For draws, results and LiveStats, click here.


§ Mr. Clappison
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many copies of the Government's annual report 1999–2000 have been(a) sold, (b) given away and (c) returned unsold; how many copies are held in stock; and what is the cost of the annual report.
§ Marjorie Mowlam
Approximately 10,000 copies of the Government Annual Report 1999–2000 were sold; 4,000 were given away; and 7,000 were returned unsold from bookshops. (Those unwanted copies which were distributed via a magazine distribution company were not returned but recycled alongside other unsold magazines). Six thousand copies are currently held in stock. The cost of the Government Annual Report 1999–2000 was £125,000.


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Jaw-dropping contempt for Trump and his voters from National Review star columnist Kevin Williamson
It is sad, but perhaps inevitable that contemptuous, raw class-hatred for Trump voters would be featured so prominently in the National Review almost immediately after the swearing-in of Joe Biden yesterday. National Review, after all, produced the infamous "Against Trump" issue in January 2016, assembling conservatives from many publications in an effort to derail the nomination of the man who became our 45th president.
The chief complaints about Trump centered on style...and class. But graciousness in victory apparently is not an element of civility that appeals to Kevin Williamson, a talented wordsmith and star at what was once the flagship publication of the conservative movement. You may recall that roughly half a year before the February 15, 2016 "Against Trump" issue appeared, Williamson descended to vitriol with a June 16, 2015 column on Trump's announcement of his candidacy in the Trump Tower lobby titled, "Witless Ape Rides Escalator," explicitly dehumanizing him.
Yesterday, he bookended his Trump coverage by returning to an insult that, if he had applied it to Trump's predecessor, would have gotten him deplatformed and condemned to ignominy (ask Roseanne Barr). In "Witless Ape Rides Helicopter," Williamson broadened his contempt for Trump into an attack on the voters who dared to reject Williamson's views and voted Trump into office, and then added millions to their ranks and voted for his re-election. They are all morons, you see, toothless, rural semi-humans whom Williamson calls "Cletus," no doubt after a character on The Simpsons, described by Fandom as "a stereotypical redneck[.]"
Williamson begins his screed:
Well, that sucked.
Memo to MAGA and all its myriad fellow-travelers: Maybe Death of a Salesman as presented by Leni Riefenstahl just wasn't the show Americans were dying to tune into this season.
And, while we're at it, maybe turning your party over to Generalissimo Walter Mitty, his hideous scheming spawn, and the studio audience from Hee-Haw was not just absolutely aces as a political strategy.
Think on it, Cletus. I know this whole thing still sounds like your idea of a good time — how's that working out for you?
Nazi, cornball-humor, country-music-loving idiots support Trump, you see, and they still haven't figured out how Hillary Clinton would have been a much better president.
Williamson likes the Cletus insult so much that he uses it twice:
You Trumpish Republicans sneered that Joe Biden was too corrupt and too senescent to win a presidential campaign, that he was one part mafioso and one part turnip.
That turnip kicked your dumb asses from Delaware to D.C.
So you rioted. Real smart move, Cletus.
It is almost as if Williamson is trying to satirize the elitism that has always been part of National Review's persona. Founded by William F. Buckley after he rocketed to cultural prominence after writing his book, God and Man at Yale, National Review sought to make conservatism respectable in the eyes of the cultural elite.
With his latest chapter of the Witless Ape saga, Williamson has inverted Buckley's original tactic of reaching up, using a large vocabulary and complex syntax as signs of intelligence, into kicking down, employing stereotypes, ungrammatical language ("Think on it..."; "Real smart move"), and vulgarity to demean Trump-supporters, who are the mainstream of conservatism now, whether or not National Review and the Williamsons of the world approve it.
Maybe Williamson is hoping to get his job at The Atlantic back. I'm not sure what future his National Review has.


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Lu Han Wu Yifan's new song Lu Han Wu Yifan's new song where to listen
At noon on April 1, singer Lu Han interacted with Wu Yifan on his microblog: 'I want a cup of coffee' attracted netizens. At the same time, singer Wu Yifan also responded on his microblog: 'let's have a cup of ice American style'. This surprised netizens who thought it was just a joke on April Fool's day. Unexpectedly, a new song "coffee (LH x kW)" cooperated by two musicians was pleasantly launched on this day!
In the spring sun, hands in pockets wandering in the streets. The pressure of life, long meetings & hellip; It's better to forget it first. Under the classic hiphop rhythm and fresh orchestration, the whole song has no complicated emotions. They put aside all the trivial troubles and tensions we often encounter in life and choose to use a cup of ice 'coffee' to release their fatigue. I believe you who have heard this song can also taste the unique feeling brought by this cup of special coffee.


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As the battleground of the Syrian conflict rages offline, the internet is playing an important role in allowing its citizens to communicate with the rest of the world. Jillian C. York reports
A year and three months after protests began in Syria, a conflict the UN has begun to call civil war rages on. While streets in Homs and Damascus have turned into battlefields, the online war for Syria continues: it is both a war of words and one of dirty tricks, waged by supporters and opponents of the regime — Syrian and non-Syrian alike — and possibly the regime itself.
A little more than a year ago, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) — a loosely-knit band of hackers — emerged, quickly gaining the support of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad who, in a speech, called the SEA a “virtual army in cyberspace.” The “army” has continued its activities, hacking websites and spamming Facebook pages in an effort to win the information war.
But other methods have emerged from the pro-regime camp that make the SEA’s efforts look like child’s play. For months, academic and rights groups have been documenting efforts by pro-regime hackers to distribute malware that installs surveillance tools on the recipient’s computer. A recent example documented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation distributes malware via Skype; once a recipient’s machine is infected, their Skype account then sends a link out to contacts which, when clicked, installs the malware on their machines as well.
In an earlier incident, pro-government hackers set up a fake version of YouTube that attacked users in two different ways: first by requiring them to enter their YouTube login credentials, compromising their account; and second, by installing malware disguised as an Adobe Flash Player update.
This spate of attacks has left many Syrians seeking resources on how to stay safe online. A number of organisations — the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Committee to Protect Journalists, to name just a couple — offer such information.
The regime continues to target journalists and citizen journalists (many of whom are staunchly in the opposition camp). Just a few months ago, the offices of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression were raided, its staff arrested. Only some have since been freed. More devastating was the recent loss of a young determined activist and Fulbright scholar, Bassel Shehade, who had spent much of the previous year using his skills to train other activists on using cameras to document human rights abuses.
The cumulative effect of all these efforts against activists has not, fortunately, been silence. Bloggers continue to blog, activists continue to upload YouTube videos and post to Twitter, and many do so using their real names. Humour — often a relief in the darkest times —has lent itself to campaigns, with powerful images dominating the Facebook groups of the Syrian revolution.
Nevertheless, the information war continues, with opposition factions, regime supporters, and even the regime itself vying for the role of truth bearer. Seeking truth through the chaos is difficult enough when framed through the lens of traditional media, but becomes far complex when contending with thousands of voices on social media, as well as sockpuppets and paid trolls.
Though it is important to remember that the Syrian conflict is primarily an offline one, and not lose sight of the limitations of the internet for political change, it is nonetheless clear that the internet plays an important role in allowing Syrians to communicate with the world.


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David wanted to recce a new walk from Lliber to Jalon via “fat mans squeeze”. He invited us to join him and we all met in the car park in Lliber
Unfortunately the weather was pretty miserable, grey skies and low cloud. We all agreed that it would be pointless to climb mountains in this sort of weather, and particularly as none of us were confident we could find the right path
Instead we decided to do a short walk to Senija, which is an easy low level walk. When we reached the village we had a cup of coffee, and it was warm enough to sit outside
As we returned to Lliber the rain started, and we sought shelter in the bar in the square. They are not really all that interested in what is on the TV. But it is difficult to ignore it when it is so large, so close and so loud.
We should have called this “dos cafe” walk. Shame that we did not take a photo of the bar in Senija.

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Koro Bessho (C), Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses a press encounter after UN Security Council closed-door consultations at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 15, 2017. The UN Security Council on Friday condemned "the highly provocative launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)" and expressed commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution to the crisis. (Xinhua/Li Rui)
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday condemned "the highly provocative launch of a ballistic missile" by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and expressed commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution to the crisis.
In a press statement released after closed-door consultations, the 15 members of the council urged all UN member states to "fully, comprehensively and immediately" implement all relevant Security Council resolutions concerning the DPRK, particularly the newly adopted Resolution 2375, which caps the DPRK's oil imports and bans all its textile exports and remittances by its overseas laborers.
"The Security Council also emphasized the vital importance of the DPRK immediately showing sincere commitment to denuclearization through concrete action, and stressed the importance of working to reduce tension on the Korean Peninsula," said Tekeda Alemu, president of the Security Council, in a readout of the press statement.
The council members stressed the importance of maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia at large, and welcomed international efforts to facilitate a peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the crisis through dialogue, said Alemu, the Ethiopian ambassador to the United Nations.
The emergency Security Council consultations were requested by the United States and Japan following the DPRK's launch of a ballistic missile on Friday local time, which flew over Japan's Hokkaido.
Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, Koro Bessho, said the DPRK's latest missile launch is a grave threat to the security of Japan and also to the whole world.
"Put together with what they have been doing in the last several months, it is very clear that it is a real threat to the peace and security of the world as a whole," he told reporters before the consultations. He stressed that existing sanctions must be implemented comprehensively, fully and immediately.
The DPRK's latest missile launch means that two of its ballistic missiles have flown over Japan in three weeks' time.
Speaking to reporters before the consultations, British ambassador Matthew Rycroft said the DPRK's "illegal, provocative, reckless act" once again demonstrates its complete disregard for the sovereignty of Japan and its citizens.
He also called for the implementation of the existing sanctions, through which, he said, the international community can cut off money flow to the DPRK and constrain its capability in developing its nuclear and missile programs.
Swedish ambassador Olof Skoog said "a very rigid and vigorous implementation" of the sanctions are all the more urgent.
French ambassador Fancois Delattre said the latest missile launch by the DPRK confirms the gravity of the threat, which has evolved from regional to global.
He stressed the importance of "firmness and unity" of the Security Council. "Our firmness today is our best antidote to the risk of war, to the risk of confrontation. Our firmness today is our best tool to promote a political solution tomorrow," he told reporters.
Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia warned that there is no alternative to a peaceful solution. He stress the importance of a political solution provided for in Resolution 2375.
"Threats, tests, launches, mutual threats should be stopped. We should engage in meaningful negotiations," he told reporters after the consultations.
The DPRK's missile launch, which violates Security Council resolutions, came just days after the council imposed fresh sanctions on the DPRK over its nuclear test on Sept. 3.


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A Christmas loving schoolboy previously given months to live has finally celebrated the big day with his family, thanks to a new trial drug.
Caleb Stirrat and his triplet sisters Poppy and Alyssia were born prematurely in 2016 after parents Karen and Andy underwent IVF treatment.
In 2019 doctors found Caleb was suffering from a rare atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour and the family was warned he had a less than 50/50 chance of survival, reports the Daily Record.
They travelled to the USA for pioneering treatment which seemed to remove the cancer but it returned more aggressively.
But the future is looking much brighter for Caleb after he battled meningitis while undergoing intensive treatment for rare brain cancer over Christms and he is now enjoying school with his sisters.
Mum Karen said: “When you look back at where we were last year to now and all the things he has achieved, it’s amazing.
“He’s started school and is finally enjoying Christmas.
“Last year he didn’t get to do anything because he was so ill with meningitis so we’re just so happy he’s getting to experience it all.
“Caleb loves Christmas. He’s fascinated by it and it’s his favourite time of year so it’s been really special.”
The family had sought a second opinion after being given Caleb’s terminal diagnosis and found an oncologist in Manchester who offered Caleb a new drug.
More than a year on, he remains on the drug and has chemotherapy twice a day, with anti-sickness medication administered through a tube and frequent health checks.
Karen added: “Because it’s a trial drug they don’t see it as being a cure. But we can’t even contemplate that because he’s doing ok and we’re taking each day as it comes.
“They initially said he should be on the drug for two years. He may have to come off it at some point and we will have to take a decision as to what to do next. We don’t have a plan B as such.
“We’re on a knife edge wondering what will happen next and what the next scan will show. But we try not to get too caught up in that because he still needs to have a life.
“We just let him live his life. He’s a child and you can’t wrap him up in cotton wool because that’s not a life.
“We don’t know what each year will bring. But for now, you look at him and see him running around like a normal child. If it wasn’t for his tube you probably wouldn’t know any different.
“We just let him live his life.”


The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has frequently utilized government ministries and agencies to publicize the supposed benefits and urgency of signing an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China.
But many questions remain over the economic and trade activities that the negotiations will cover, and over the processes that would introduce an ECFA.
A policy explanation released by the Mainland Affairs Council said that the ECFA would be transparent and thus gain public support. The truth, however, is that most Taiwanese do not understand what the ECFA will contain or is supposed to do, which means any talk of endorsing the government’s decision is premature.
The level of public participation in public affairs is an important indicator of sustainable development. If the government is serious about sustainable development, seeking public opinion across different sectors of society should be at the top of its list in promoting an ECFA.
In addition, some private industries like petroleum and plastic have consistently worked with or urged the government to promote an ECFA. This is not a good example of corporate social responsibility and is in conflict with the basic spirit and goals of sustainable development.
Signing an ECFA would lower tariffs and help exports for Taiwanese industries relating to plastics, chemicals, iron, steel and machinery. These vested interests would obviously benefit from an ECFA, but they are industries that emit high amounts of carbon, consume large amounts of energy and produce large amounts of pollution.
If the government is serious about implementing its energy conservation and carbon emission reduction policy, it should develop policies that accelerate the transformation and elimination of the abovementioned industries as soon as possible, while establishing an industrial model that includes low carbon emissions, low energy consumption and the minimizing of pollution.
Although there is some academic support for signing an ECFA, almost all who support it base their theories on traditional ways of thinking about a free economy and trade, saying that further cross-strait trade is the only way to increase Taiwan’s economic output.
The free economy model has its good points and we can make use of them, but the promotion of a sustainable development model needs a wider range of ideas and much more discussion. It is inappropriate to allow traditional thinking on a free economy to head this effort.
For example, theories on a green economy and the lifestyle it entails are based on the concept of sustainable development. Such theories emphasize local production and consumption and do not encourage long-distance international trade. This is an example of how thought on sustainable economics is developing in step with what we need most at this time.
I would remind the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) that ignoring or downplaying the unique political relations that exist between Taiwan and China is not the approach of a responsible government. Further, blindly attempting to increase trade is not a way to encourage sustainable development.
The government should focus on ways to improve quality of life. Only on such a foundation can it design models for industrial transformation and cross-strait trade that are beneficial to Taiwan’s sustainable development.


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Peanut allergies are a real and growing problem, with allergies to peanuts having more than quadrupled in the U.S. in the 13 years prior to 2010. This trend is worrisome to not only health care professionals, but also to the parents of children who suffer from peanut allergies. According to the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, more than 2 percent of children age 18 years and younger have a peanut allergy and it is the leading cause of death related to food allergy in the United States.
I don't know about you, but this problem did not seem to exist when I was growing up; I had only one friend with a nut allergy. Today, I live and breathe it every day with a 13 year-old daughter who suffers from severe nut allergies. Thankfully, from a young age she took control of her allergy and wouldn't ingest food unless the product label clearly stated no nuts. But, I distinctly remember the fear of sending her off to preschool and grammar school with no way to really protect her from an accidental exposure, other than to arm her with an epi-pen. Now is a promising time. Research in this space is at an all time high, thanks to pioneers including Kari Nadeau at Stanford University School of Medicine, Hugh Sampson at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Wesley Burks at University of North Carolina School of Medicine, among others. This problem is so real that families relocate in order to enroll their child in a study at these institutions. Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker recently donated $24 million to Stanford University School of Medicine to establish an allergy center.
As both a healthcare investor and someone who has direct experience with nut allergies, this is a space we've been tracking for quiet some time. My daughter was also enrolled in the clinical trials at Stanford and I have seen first hand how these clinical studies have helped children. But, for kids who are dealing with this now and don't have access to academic studies, we need real options for treatment. I am hopeful because there is now real data in terms of solutions. Following is an overview of this promise.
The pediatric community has long recommended parents avoid giving peanut products to young children, however a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week shows that giving peanuts in the first year of life may greatly reduce the chance of developing allergies, and that avoidance may worsen it. As the Wall Street Journal reported, the study, "found that 17.2% of the children who avoided peanuts until age 5 ended up with a peanut allergy compared with 3.2% of those who regularly ate peanuts, said George Du Toit, a consultant in pediatric allergy at King's College London and a co-investigator of the study."
There are also several companies developing promising therapies progressing through clinical trials and on track to becoming FDA-approved. Two companies in particular are focused on desensitizing children to nut allergens through immunotherapy. One company does this by using a delivery technology in the form of a patch that is placed on the skin and delivers allergens. The other is focused on delivering pharmaceutical grade food allergens where patients ingest small and increasing amounts of the food in which they are allergic, such as peanuts, with the goal to achieve desensitization. Both hope to make accidental exposure less dangerous, and both companies have produced promising clinical data in patients. For information regarding ongoing clinical trials you can visit clinicaltrials.gov. If you are a parent with a child who suffers from food allergies, the Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) is a non-profit whose mission is to improve the quality of life and the health of individuals with food allergies and is an information-rich resource.
I am eager to see these promising options become widely available and extremely hopeful that before long the research will find causes and cures to make nut and other allergies irrelevant.
Christine Aylward is Managing Director of Foresite Capital, a company investing in health care technology and allergy treatment therapy.


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First performed and recorded by David Brooks & Marion Bell (1947).
Hit versions by Mildred Bailey (US #21 1947), Mary Martin (US #21 1947), Frank Sinatra (US #20 1947), Gene Kelly, (1954), Michael Johnson (US #32/MOR #4 1978).
Also recorded by Lester Young (1952), Nat “King” Cole (1953), Frank Sinatra (1961), Shirley Bassey (1979).
From the wiki: “‘Almost Like Being in Love’ was written by the songwriting team of Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner in 1947, for the musical Brigadoon. The song was first performed on Broadway and recorded by David Brooks and Marion Bell from the original cast. It would later be performed by Gene Kelly in the 1954 film version of Brigadoon.
“Mildred Bailey first charted ‘Almost Like Being in Love’ in 1947, along with an equally-popular cover by Mary Martin. Frank Sinatra recorded two popular versions: first in 1947 and, again, in 1961 for the album Come Swing With Me, the version generally heard today. Lester Young’s instrumental cover was released in 1952; Nat ‘King’ Cole recorded his version in 1953, a recording used years later, in 1993, for the soundtrack of Groundhog Day.
“‘Almost Like Being in Love’ was revived, as a downbeat ballad, in 1978 by singer Michael Johnson. British singing sensation Shirley Bassey covered Johnson’s arrangement in 1979.”


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Rio Negro High Court Orders Protection for the Rights of Indigenous Communities Facing MiningPublished by MAC on 2005-08-18
Source: Diario Judicial
CODECI's presentation concerns mining project Calcatreu, of Canadian company Aquiline Resources.
Río Negro High Court Orders Protection for the Rights of Indigenous Communities Facing Mining Operations
Thursday, 18 August, 2005
The Superior Court of Río Negro, Argentina has ordered the provincial administration to protect the rights of indigenous communities threatened by mining operations on their lands. Luis Lutz, Victor Hugo, Sodero Nievas and Alberto Balladina, members of the Court, accepted the appeal for legal protection presented by the Development Council of Indigenous Communities (CODECI) and ordered various Rio Negro government organisms to carry out a series of efforts to respect the cultural and social heritage of the indigenous communities who live in the zones where the mining operation Calcatreu is projected to be carried out.
Regarding the appeal presented by CODECI, the Rio Negro government entity in charge of maintaining the rights of indigenous communities of the province, the court said that "when there is a possibility of preventing presumed risk or potencial collective damage to the involved indigenous communities, it is appropriate to give legal protection under the power of the local and federal law, in representation of unnamed persons."
CODECI's presentation concerns mining project Calcatreu, of Canadian company Aquiline Resources, who intend to carry out exploration of lands inhabited by indigenous persons, and plan future mining operations of mineral deposits there, without taking into account the rights of the inhabitants. The judges stated that the in the Calcatreu project "there are rights and guarantees committed to the indigenous communities and their human resources, their environment and their habitat, in additon to treaties and conventions on which they are based and the laws which serve them."
Furthermore, the Superior Court asserted that in the project "there have been omissions, negligence, procedural delays, lack of coordination and marginalization on the part of the administration, against both the indigenous communities whose essential rights are affected, as well as CODECI in their dual role as official organism of the Ministry of Government and as an institutionalized space for the government-popular joint management of the establishment and implementation of political decisions".
"This isn't a minor matter, rather it is of utmost institutional importance and crucial for the existance of both a society and a State which is plural, democratic and egalitarian," said the judges. They also stated that the mining project is advancing "without respect to the legal and constitutional norms, nor international law, which gives protection to indigenous communities, their natural resources and their environment, these communities should be informed, consulted, have a role in the management of these resources and in respect to their ethnic, cultural and social heritage." Towards this end, the court sustained the appeal for legal protection and ordered provincial administrative organisms to intervene in the project to "respectfully observe and apply the current laws with regards to ethnic plurality; to respect to the social and cultural heritage; preservation of natural resources and the environment; information, consultation and participation of indigenous communities of the entire affected area".


Aint She Sweet - The Beatles - First Recording Of The Beatles
Ain't She Sweet was an American album featuring four tracks recorded in Hamburg in by The Beatles featuring Tony Sheridan except for the title song with vocal by John Lennon and cover versions of Beatles and British Invasion -era songs recorded by the Swallows.
When this material was released by Atco Recordsthere were mono catalogue number and stereo SD editions. Atco also Aint She Sweet - The Beatles - First Recording Of The Beatles additional drum overdubs to the four Sheridan cuts on top of the original drum Amare (Do.Ma.
Rmx) - DJ Sanny J Feat. Micky B. - Amare. American drummer Bernard Purdie claims to have performed overdubs of unspecified Beatles records, which would most likely have been for Ain't She Sweetbut this has never been officially confirmed.
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The finger-pointing continues at the State Capitol as lawmakers try to wrap up a special session. At a press conference led by DFL leadership, Governor Tim Walz was critical of Republicans–particularly with regard to police accountability bills passed by the Minnesota Senate.
“Weak sauce legislation to get out of town and pretend like you made change ends now.”
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says any implication that the Senate is doing nothing is false, and to hear accusations from the governor and Democrats…
“It shocked me that the House hasn’t even passed criminal justice reform and we passed five police accountability bills earlier this week, five of them!”
Gazelka reiterated that the special session would end Friday night, though he said lawmakers would come back to finish unresolved business if the governor calls them back.

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Plot:A college student, Laura, finds herself being stalked by a supernatural presence after she 'unfriends' a lonely, unstable classmate. Soon she finds her friends being picked off one by one. It's basically someone's remake of 'Unfriended', just with less going for it.
Review:I should start by stating that when I watched this film, I had to endure a bunch of irksome teens (who looked younger than the '15' rating the film supposedly had). As I've frequently come to expect from this genre, it attracts the typical bunch of pathetic, hyperactive teens who think they're 'cool' or 'hysterical' or such watching this stuff. This gaggle decided to go beyond just the needless screeching and giggling by recording their 'reactions' during the film and taking photos of themselves using the flash. And then they'd proceed to replay their recordings immediately and make a noise about that. Suffice it to say, it didn't make the film easy to watch.
But, anyway, how was the film itself? In my opinion, it was generic, predictable horror going through the motions. As ever. It rushes through its checklist of overused plot points to get to the unsurprising conclusion all while shying away from gore (it cheaply cuts away just before things happen), atmosphere, and any kind of fun (it resorts to the standard, foreseeable jump 'scares'). Yet it did feel it was hovering near a point where it could have done something more enjoyable. Alas, they never realise it and go down their primitive route.
In the end, this is in the same group as some of 2016's other 'horror' misfires such as 'The Boy', 'The Other Side of the Door', and 'The Forest'. It's not very well made and it doesn't offer anything different. Just another half arsed trudge through the familiar (all of which is in the trailer anyway). However, in the film's defence, perhaps I would have enjoyed it more had I been able to watch it in peace. I'll never know, especially as I don't plan to sit through it again.