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The Miami Dolphins fans will hear more trade rumors than in year’s past, bank on it.
When the off-season finally begins for all 32 teams and the NFL league new year gets closer, the Miami Dolphins will be mentioned a lot.
Trading in the NFL takes a lot of work. You have to have a team with a need for that player’s talent, a desire to add that player, assets to trade for that player, and of course, cap space to sign them or take on their contract. The Miami Dolphins have the cap space and they have the assets should they want to part with them. The question is do they have the desire to fill their needs in the form of a trade.
As fans, we can speculate all day long about what the Dolphins will do and who we believe they should target but the reality is we don’t have eyes and ears inside the facility. That is also the case with 98% of the media who have no clue what is going on inside and the information that they are fed is often wrong.
This year, the Dolphins who have needs, money to spend, and draft capital, will be a popular team to fill in the rumors of “interest”. We already are seeing this with Deshaun Watson who is not on the trade block and not a free agent.
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This year I expect a lot of trades once the league new year kicks off on March 17th. I would also expect to hear about trades within 24 to 48 hours of that start date. The reason is simple, there are a lot of teams that are way over the cap, and with the salary cap dropping this year after the COVID situation in 2020, teams are going to have to dump salaries but also are going to want to get something for the players they need to let go.
This is what is expected to happen with teams like the Saints and Texans. Both teams are way over the cap and will need to shed salaries to get below the league number.
The season isn’t over but we already hearing speculation and in some cases rumors that these players may be available for trade and in many of these instances, I believe they will indeed be moved. Whether Miami will be involved or not, you can bet that speculation will include them in almost all of the trade talk.
Julio Jones: The Falcons need to cut salary and Jones has a lot that can be taken off the books. He is no longer the Falcons’ top receiver, Calvin Ridley, but at 31 he is too expensive to make sense for the Dolphins.
Ezekiel Elliot: Once the top running back in the NFL, Elliot has struggled and while he could be a big addition in a trade, the Cowboys have to make big decisions with their salary cap issues. Miami needing an RB will naturally be mentioned in rumors. Still, it would be shocking to see the Cowboys move Elliot and if they do, it will be costly for the buyer.
J.J. Watt – At the age of 31 don’t buy into the hype and I can’t see the Dolphins taking on that one-year rental for that price. Add the recent yearly injury issues and Watt’s value has diminished considerably.
Carson Wentz – The Eagles are getting younger and moving on from Wentz and handing the keys to Jordan Love. If the Eagles can turn Wentz into draft compensation, they will do it but Miami is not likely the landing spot even with questions as to who will back up Tua Tagovailoa.
Deshaun Watson – There are plenty of rumors already starting with Watson’s name linked to the Dolphins. Maybe “speculation” is a better word. No one is saying that there is any firm rumor on the subject because the rumors are simply about him wanting a trade out of Houston.
These are just a few players that could be switching teams as the league new year starts in March but there will be other players that will likely get traded that are not considered “blockbuster” deals. I expect the Dolphins to make a few deals during March and April leading up to the draft but I don’t expect them to move any of their first four draft picks to do so. I do, however, think they will hear their name linked to just about everyone.


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This 2015 Israeli human study found:
“Each person expresses a nearly unique set of different olfactory receptor genes, and therefore may have unique olfactory perception.”
From news coverage of the study, the researchers thought that their findings may be of use for:
“Smell-based social networks
A diagnostic tool for diseases that affect the sense of smell, such as Parkinson’s
A security biometric.”
The researchers attempted to link the subjects’ olfactory components to components of their immune systems. Since studies such as:
- One way our bodies remember our histories
- Chaos, not balance, and competition for resources are the natural order
- Improvements in tracking and predicting single cell epigenetic changes during embryonic development
provided details on how our immune systems become unique, it would follow that this study’s subjects’ immune systems may have been the underlying cause for the findings.
However, in the study’s limitations paragraph, the researchers stated that this study didn’t demonstrate such causes:
“We did not directly measure genetic makeup.
Given that HLA [human leukocyte antigen genes that regulate our immune systems] captures self and olfactory fingerprints capture self, then there will be a link between HLA and olfactory fingerprints even if they are not the result of linked genes.”
Perhaps the causes for our “unique olfactory perception” will be researched in future studies.
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/28/8750.full “Individual olfactory perception reveals meaningful nonolfactory genetic information”

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Bomere Heath & District Parish Council
About the Severn Loop Parishes
The Severn Loop Parishes are situated to the north and west of the town of Shrewsbury in the County of Shropshire.
Priest in Charge
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Revd Peter Allan. Tel: 01939 240048
Revd Hannah Lins. Tel 07736 012011
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There are seven churches in the Severn Loop:
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The Reus Camerata XXI Orchestra is the driver of this participatory music project, called Cantem!
Rios It was the scene of the accident The first of the three participating concerts Which is included in Singing project!. Initiative, led by Camerata 21seek Strengthening the choral movement in Camp de Tarragona To make it grow and strengthen the bonds between the different choirs and singers. the “Gloria” by Vivaldi It was the chosen reference for the musical compilation Tickets sold out In its first performance at the Bartrina Theater, the audience admired it. The concert can be experienced again on December 29 in Tarragona, and the following day, December 30 in Vals..
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They are participating in the project More than 170 peoplebetween the SingersWhich exceeds 150 people, the orchestra Camerata 21and two soloists, Soprano Mireya Tarrago and mezzo-soprano Tanit Bono. It's all together underneath Directed by Xavier Pastrana. The musical gathering was made possible thanks to the exercises, initially at the individual level and partly, which converged, last week, in intense work with all the participating musicians. The party brings together membersTwenty choirs and singers from 15 different municipalitiesSome have more experience than others, and the truth is that the project wanted to be inclusive, without prior selection and open to everyone with minimal musical knowledge.
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MTD vs MSW Dream11 Prediction: The 5th match of the ECS T10 Malta will see Master Dei take on Msida Warriors on Tuesday, at the Marsa Sports Club. Master Dei will be playing their opening encounter of the competition and will be lacking in on-field expertise and pitch knowledge. They have numerous good talents on board and would like to get their season off to a good start. The Msida Warriors, on the other hand, are off to a good start in the event. They won their first encounter against Southern Crusaders by hunting down the opponent’s 54-run total. However, they were unable to maintain their winning streak and were defeated by the opponents by 19 runs. As a result, we may expect a tough matchup between these two squads.
Fixture Name: Match 5, Master Dei vs Msida Warriors
Competition: ECS T10
Date: 23 November
Time: 1:00 PM IST
Ground: Marsa Sports Club Stadium, Malta
Watch MTD vs MSW Live on Fancode app.
The surface appears to be reasonably balanced, with equal help for both batsmen and bowlers, based on recent matches played on this location. On this wicket, anything over 90 is a challenging total. So, expect a nail-biting match between these two sides.
Team Form Guide:
MTD (recent last): First Match
MSW (recent last): W-L
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Azeem Sathi Stats
Azeem Sathi has been a star performer in this format of the game for Master Dei. He is a sure choice for your fantasy team. Sathi has the ability to to score big and thus is the main-man in the batting department for his side.
Muthu Mutuk Stats
Muthu Mutuk, for Master Dei, will surely be an important performer to watch out for in this first game of the tournament. He is an excellent customer with the ball and can deliver with both wickets and points for your side.
MSW Playing 11 (likely)
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Divyesh Kumar Stats
Divyesh Kumar is an experienced customer in this format of the game, and has the ability to take the game in his own hand. For the warriors camp, he will be a good option to score well in this opening fixture of the tournament.
Shijil Joy Stats
Shijil also has an excellent record with the ball in the shortest format of the game. He is an effective option to break opponent’s partnerships and can prove to be lethal in the death overs. He can deliver you fantasy points and can be a very good pick.
Master Dei will depend upon the likes of Michael Nazir, Muthu Mutuk, Azeem Sathi and Cornelius Younus to deliver well with the bat. The likes of Rupan Das, Shamoon Liaqat, Rency Jacob and Muhammad Zubbair will form part of the bowling attack. On the other hand, Msida Warriors will believe on the likes of Akhil Piostine, Rijesh Jayamalli, Renil Paul and Ratish Nair to come good in the batting department while Minesh Mathai, Shijil Joy, Sebin Joseph and Basil Joy will be crucial with the ball. According to the MTD vs MSW today match prediction Master Dei and Msida Warriors cricket betting tips, MSW are the favourites to win this match.
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WICKET-KEEPERS: Rockey Dianish
BATTERS: Shamoon Liaqat, Tony Louis, Ratish Nair
ALL-ROUNDERS: Muthu Mutuk, Azeem Sathi, Divyesh Kumar, Joy Mathai
BOWLERS: Muhammad Zubbair, Sebin Joseph, Shijil Joy
Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Shamoon Liaqat, Divyesh Kumar
Grand League: Shijil Joy, Tony Louis
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Dying your hair blonde is NOT an achievement.Posted: June 27, 2011
Your younger self?
Would you bully a memory?
This article made my blood boil. It’s written by a Vicky Ward, a journalist *chokes* and it ran today in a British tabloid newspaper.
Ms Ward is 41-years-old, and I think might be an intelligent woman but it’s hard to tell under the vapid coat of stupidity she’s wearing, coupled with a strange belief that because she’s now blonde, has white teeth and stands up straight, she’s a better person.
But what is Ms Ward proud of exactly?
The fact that she’s successfully morphed into a generic reality TV star? (Maybe she’s after her own show?)
In the article, she spends a lot of time pulling apart her younger self. I don’t know why but she seems to dislike herself intensely. My concern is how proud she is of her shallow and vapid transformation.
Excuse me while I pull a classic Carrie Bradshaw move but it makes me wonder: just what is going on in women’s heads these days? Why is being shallow, something to aspire to? I don’t get it.
Do women really want to go back to the days where they were ornamental, or worked until they were married off? (When work wasn’t even work but a mere hobby).
Last night, on the flight to LA back from New York, I watched a handful of TEDWomen Talks on my laptop. One woman, an engineer, was talking about how she was using robot technology to educate children, and another, was about a mother and daughter who run a medical clinic in Somalia. Now, they can be rightly proud of themselves.
Dying your hair blonde is NOT an achievement.
Buying a pretty dress is NOT an achievement.
Writing articles like this is NOT an achievement.
I’m not saying don’t look after yourselves, stay slim and well-groomed but don’t hold those attributes up as the pinnacle of self-worth, success and celebration.
The outside is just part of who we are, it is not the whole.
If she’s finally comfortable in her own skin, then great. But tell me Vicky, what next? Yes, you’re a ‘dazzling blonde’ but show me a real achievement.
Because this is nice, but it’s not the be all and end all.
You can do more. You can do better.
We all can.


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The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) has filed a federal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in an attempt to keep some meat producers from referring to their products as “meat.” What these producers make is actually known as “clean meat.” Clean meat is meat that is grown by way of technology and animal cells instead of traditional animal slaughter. USCA’s petition to the USDA is somewhat groundbreaking as the group usually tends to oppose any regulation involving meat production.
In addition to banning the use of the term “meat,” USCA would like USDA to be the only agency regulating the small producers that make clean meat. This would mean that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would not be involved in overseeing clean meat. USCA is likely requesting USDA’s supervision of clean meat to keep it from gaining ground and eventually overpowering conventional meat. The FDA, on the other hand, may be more open to the possibilities surrounding clean meat, which USCA probably believes would hurt their industry.
Despite success getting their request added to a draft agriculture bill, some representatives are not sold on allowing USDA to solely and autonomously regulate clean meat, saying that there is not enough known about clean meat to say whether or not its production methods are safe.

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Yuli is the nickname given to Carlos Acosta by his father, Pedro, who considers him the son of Ogun, an African god and a fighter. As a child Yuli avoids discipline and education, learning from the streets of an impoverished Havana. His father, however, has other ideas, and knowing that his son has a natural talent for dance, sends him to the National Ballet School of Cuba. Despite his repeated escapes and initial poor behaviour, the boy is inevitably drawn to the world of dance, and begins to shape his legendary career from a young age, becoming the first black dancer to be cast in some of the most prestigious ballet roles, with the Houston Ballet and the Royal Ballet in London.
Q&A with dancers Mireille Hassenboehler and Lauren Anderson following screening.
Co-presented by the Houston Ballet
The mission of the Houston Ballet is to inspire a lasting love and appreciation for dance through artistic excellence, exhilarating performances, innovative choreography and superb educational programs.
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A demonstrator for the Challenger 3 turret pictured during trials in Germany. Courtesy of Defence Imagery / MOD News Licence
Ensuring that Challenger 3 avoids the impediments that have bedevilled Ajax requires that the Army makes clear decisions early and avoids rushing the programme.
The recent report into noise and vibration issues with the Ajax armoured vehicle raises serious concerns as to how large programmes are managed by the British Army. Alongside defects in design and quality control by the manufacturer, General Dynamics Land Systems UK (GDLSUK), the report highlighted cultural issues within the Army including optimism bias. The Army has recently committed to upgrading 148 of its Main Battle Tanks to Challenger 3. Ensuring that similar problems do not afflict this programme is essential to the Army’s future vision.
On the face of it, the Challenger 3 programme appears to be on firm foundations. The prime contractor overseeing the programme – Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) – owns the intellectual property for Challenger 2, the base platform, and the gun around which the new turret is built is owned by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition. Many of the engineers on the project were integral to the delivery of Challenger 2. In contrast to GDLSUK, BAE Systems Land UK and Rheinmetall – the two companies that formed RBSL – have a strong track record designing and building tracked armoured vehicles.
Despite these strong foundations, two outstanding questions could pose serious challenges to delivering the programme on time and on budget, and it is the Army that must ensure that these are resolved. The first question is the preferred ammunition for the main armament. The second is the integration of an active protection system on the vehicle, which is contracted to Rafael, but has significant implications for the base design.
The Hard Road or the Blind Corner?
Central to the decision to upgrade the Challenger 2 was the need to increase its lethality against modern armour. This is to be achieved by changing the rifled 120mm gun on the Challenger 2 to a smoothbore L55A1 120mm gun able to fire munitions at a much greater velocity. Futureproofing the weapon’s effectiveness is to be achieved by integrating a new ammunition nature, either the multipurpose M829A4 or the German KE2020Neo.
The significance of the multipurpose round is that as well as providing improved performance against enemy armour, the round can be programmed prior to firing to achieve effects against structures, vehicles or dismounted personnel, overcoming the need for multiple ammunition natures to be carried and therefore increasing the number of ‘ready rounds’ available for targeting whatever the vehicle may encounter.
Whereas previous single-purpose rounds would usually be loaded into any gun that met the requisite NATO standards for the common calibre, the transition to smart ammunition imposes some constraints on whether the gun is configured for the ammunition. Firstly, there is the software interface between the ballistic computer and the munition. Secondly, to transmit data, there must be a mechanism for passing the data to the round in the breach. There is no NATO standard for these points.
The integration of an Active Protection System (APS) onto Challenger 3 is a major component of ensuring the platform’s survivability against modern anti-tank guided weapons
The M829A4 is a known quantity as it is already in use. However, the software and design are US classified, and the round is manufactured by a direct competitor to Rheinmetall Waffe Munition, the maker of the not-yet-fully-mature KE2020Neo and of the gun for the Challenger 3. Given the proprietary software and hardpoint between breach and gun for the M829A4, firing it through the L55A1 would require modifications to the gun, necessitating the provision of a technical package from one company to its competitor. It would also require US classified material to be passed to a German company. Hence, while it is technologically possible for the Challenger 3 to use US ammunition, it would be programmatically challenging. It would require the British Army to go firm on this decision early, as it has design implications for the weapon around which the new Challenger 3 turret is built.
Designing Challenger 3 to fire the German KE2020Neo poses very few integration issues but does create a potential difficulty as regards the timeline for delivery. The German round is still in development, with testing expected to commence in 2024 and full certification in 2026. The exact performance of the round, therefore, is currently not fully known. Since the munition uses its own interface for accepting data, choosing it would not allow the British Army to revert to the M829A4 should the KE2020Neo prove unsatisfactory. The decision on ammunition must therefore be made early.
The integration of an Active Protection System (APS) onto Challenger 3 is a major component of ensuring the platform’s survivability against modern anti-tank guided weapons. Challenger 3 is to have the Trophy APS made by the Israeli defence company Rafael. This is probably the most capable APS in the world, with a highly credible track record. The challenge that the British Army has is that there is no such thing as an ‘off-the-shelf’ APS.
Trophy utilises radar to detect incoming threats and then intercept them with a shotgun-like system to cause the munition to detonate away from the hull. This requires highly accurate tracking of small objects moving at considerable speed, their appropriate classification, and highly precise cuing of the interception system. The location of the radar, however, significantly alters what it sees. Aerials, crew sights and remote weapons stations can all create blind spots. Even the interaction between the radar and the turret or hull shape can change how the radar perceives its environment.
Although there are a range of APS products on the market, these are best understood as APS methodologies, rather than modular components. Integrating an APS onto a specific new vehicle type is always a unique challenge. The location of the sensors changes the distance and angle between detection and the effector, which in turn changes the equation for when the effector must fire to engage targets at different angles. Some positions just won’t work, or under certain conditions will cause the effectors to frag the radar or other equipment on the vehicle it is supposed to be protecting. The process of calibrating the APS to find the ideal location for optimal performance takes up to three years based on the testing and adjustment process needed on other platforms fielding Trophy.
The difficulty for Challenger 3 is that adjustments to the location of the APS have far from trivial consequences for the design of the rest of the vehicle. An APS adds between 1–3 tonnes of weight to the vehicle, and most importantly, it adds that weight to the highest point of the vehicle and at the edge of the turret, where it has the greatest effect on the vehicle’s performance. Moreover, radars require cooling. In aircraft this is achieved through airflow. For ground vehicles it requires a cooling system. Adjusting the location of the radar during testing therefore means reconfiguring the plumbing beneath it in the turret.
With Ajax raising grave concerns as to the Army’s ability to manage the procurement of its platforms, it must focus on ensuring that Challenger 3 delivers and remain clear-sighted as to the complexities of the project
The shifting of 1–3 tonnes and complex electronics on the periphery of the turret is precisely the kind of issue that could throw up vibration and performance problems, disturbing the carefully calculated balance of forces across the rest of the platform. Changing the position of the APS during trials may therefore require further refinement to other aspects of the design to keep the system as a whole within tolerance. This means that testing of the APS needs to happen early in the process of designing and refining the turret, and not late in the process after large numbers of turrets have been fabricated.
The risk to the Challenger 3 programme here is that the APS procurement has been run separately from the main programme. This means that in many respects the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) is the integrator for the APS system, not RBSL. It is therefore vital that DE&S actively engages with Rafael and RBSL to ensure that there is sufficient data passed between them to conduct accurate modelling and testing. If these things are left too late then there is considerable risk that the APS cannot be effectively integrated within the timeframe envisaged by the Army.
Design and Testing is Paramount
The Challenger 3 programme is set to deliver the majority of vehicles into service towards the end of the decade. With the retirement of Warrior and the difficulties with Ajax, there is widespread discussion in the Army of accelerating its delivery. Increasing the tempo of manufacture, however, is not particularly viable given both the supply chain and facilities, and the implications of keeping the production line open for long enough to secure exports in line with the Defence Industrial Strategy. Acceleration in practical terms therefore means eating away at the time for design and testing.
Rushing the design and testing phases could expose the Challenger 3 programme to considerable risk. The timeline for the development of the German munition will not change, even if the Challenger 3 programme accelerates, while integrating the US munition would add considerable friction to the programme. Cutting the time available to fabricate and test turrets for calibrating the APS could similarly expose the platform to unforeseen vibration and performance issues.
Delivering Challenger 3 therefore requires the Army to make some critical decisions and hold a steady course. The Army must avoid the temptation to seek shortcuts or shift the goalposts. With Ajax raising grave concerns across Whitehall as to the Army’s ability to manage the procurement of its platforms, it must focus on ensuring that Challenger 3 delivers and remain clear-sighted as to the complexities of the project.
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Birth vaccines: Vaccination given at birth
The vaccination is process which helps the child to develop immunity to fight the various diseases. Let us discuss today the immunization needed at birth. Here at birth means as early as possible after birth.
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So which vaccines are needed for child at birth?
· At birth three most important vaccines are needed and they are routinely given to baby before discharge from hospital.
· They include polio oral vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine and BCG vaccine.
About oral polio vaccine:
Polio used to be major health concern few years ago causing a considerable mortality and morbidity. The vaccination which was promoted by WHO and various international organizations in support of governments worldwide in many countries now the polio disease is near extinction. The largest achievement in the medical history as you may call it. Still some sporadic cases are detected in few countries like Afganistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. There is still risk of disease getting spread to other area so this birth vaccination polio is still continued. This is live attenuated vaccine currently having only two strains of polio namely type 1 and type2.
This vaccine is given to all stable and healthy babies as early as after birth, generally before discharge from hospital. If baby is sick at birth and needs NICU may be delayed till baby is stable. This vaccine is preferably given within 15 days of birth. The vaccine is cheap and does not need presence of specialist as it is given orally. Only required thing is vaccine should be stored in cold chain maintained very strictly. There are no or very few side effects. This vaccine is contraindicated to those having HIV AIDS stage 3-4 disease. All other babies of mother with HIV should get this vaccine like all other babies.
About Hepatitis B vaccine:
Hepatitis B vaccine is given to prevent Hepatitis B disease. This vaccine should be given as early as possible after birth. If mother is HBsAg positive this vaccine should be given within 12 hours of birth with anti HBV immunoglobulin to prevent infection to neonate. Smaller the age at the time of infection more are the chances to get chronic infection and its complications after years. So this vaccine is given as early as possible after birth along with polio oral vaccine. For babies of HBsAg negative mothers this vaccine can be given before discharge from hospital. This vaccine is given on thigh anterolateral aspect intramuscular injection dose 0.5 ml. The next doses are given at 6-10-14 weeks of age. If the baby was less than 2 kg at the time of vaccination that dose should not be counted and an additional dose should be given for such baby.
About BCG vaccine:
BCG vaccine is given to prevent complicated life threatening tuberculosis disease. This vaccine is given on shoulder deltoid region. This vaccine is given intradermally that is the dermal layer of the skin. This procedure needs certain skill. The vaccine should be given as early as possible after birth for its maximum benefit. It is usually given before discharge from hospital. After this vaccination in 92 percent children the papule is developed at the injection site in 4 weeks which may grow for few weeks and then subsides by its own. It may leave a small scar that may be permanent in many patients. This is normal reaction after the vaccination.
So after birth OPV – oral polio vaccine, Hepatitis B and BCG these are important vaccination to be given to babies.
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More than 300 passengers were evacuated from a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) train in Hong Kong on Wednesday after an apparent short circuit in a portable mobile-phone charger filled a carriage with smoke.
At 11:30am, a 26-year-old passenger traveling on the West Rail Line from Tuen Mun in the New Territories to Hung Hom in Kowloon was charging his phone with a power bank, Sing Tao Daily reported.
As the train left Tsuen Wan West Station, the man, who was in the sixth car of the train, saw smoke coming from the device. He immediately threw it on the floor, and smoke soon filled the car.
MTR staff evacuated 360 passengers at Mei Foo Station. No one was injured. A staffer found the damaged device on the train floor.
Firemen attended but no fire was found. Police believe the incident stemmed from a short circuit in the power bank.


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Break is over, and there is some afternoon left, so I decided to go ahead and skewer the gourd. This is another big step that is not reversible should I do it wrong. I basically have to make two holes in opposite sides of the gourd that the neck tailpiece will pass through. There are a lot of constraints on those two holes, for example:
I have to keep all of that in mind while I cut these holes.
First, to get the elevation of the front hole correct, I measured the distance between the top of the fingerboad and the bottom of the neck. That distance is where the bottom of the front hole must be to make the neck level with the head.
I used my ruler to draw a line straight across the top of the gourd from front to back. I chose the front of the gourd to be a fairly flat place in order to make the mating of the neck heel to the gourd somewhat easier. Then, I drew a line down from the center of where the neck will go and measured down from the top to the distance I measured on the neck and drew a line.
Since that point is where the bottom of the hole must be, I measure up from that mark 3/8 of an inch and marked the center of the hole at that point. Since I made the neck blank out of dimensioned lumber, the tailpiece is 3/4 inch thick, so half way up is 3/8 inch. Here is what I got.
You can see where I erased the first mark, which is where the bottom of the hole will be and marked the center of the hole up 3/8 inch. You can also see where I wrote "heel" next to it so that I won't get the confused about the front and back of the gourd. Hey, things have not been going all that well today!
The position of the hole at the tail end is a bit more tricky. I want to put it up just a bit higher than the one at the heel of the neck so that the neck will be tilted down. Having a little angle on the neck will make the action lower over the neck when the strings are on it. The question is, how much higher should I make the hole?
I did some quick calculations to see how much of an angle would result in a particular elevation of the hole. I measured the diameter of the gourd, and it is just about 11 inches across where the tailpiece will pierce it. I want to point the tailpiece (and therefore the neck) down by 2 to 3 degrees. So I need to calculate how much to lift up the rear hole in order to put an angle of 2 to 3 degrees on an 11 inch stick.
Here is a drawing of the tailpiece deflection as it goes through the gourd;
n = length of the tailpiece section = 11"
a = angle of the neck
d = deflection upward of the rear hole
tan(a) = d / n = d / 11
I want to figure out what d is to provide a neck angle of 2 - 3 degrees. We can go ahead and solve the equation to get.
tan(2.5º) = d / 11
d = tan(2.5º) * 11 = 0.480"
That is just under a half inch. Or we can try out some numbers for the position of the rear hole and get the following angles.
a = arctan(d / n)
For 1/4" a = 1.30º
For 3/8" a = 1.95º
For 1/2" a = 2.60º
Since a folk banjo like this will be played with a rather high action anyway, and since there will be no way to adjust this angle once it has been set, I decided to be conservative on the angle and set it to about 2º. I went with the middle number, 3/8". None of this is very precise anyway because the gourd is not exactly 11 inches across where the tailpiece goes through it and I cannot measure that precisely on the gourd, etc. etc.
I marked off the same location on the rear of the gourd as I did on the front of the gourd, and then I moved it up 3/8 of an inch and called it done.
You can see the marks on the gourd. I also wrote "tail" in large letters so that I would not screw up this hole either. You just can't be too careful.
The tailpiece is 3/4 inch thick, so to start the holes in the gourd, I will drill a 3/4 inch hole using a brace and bit.
I picked up the brace, used, for a couple of dollars years ago at a rummage sale. I bought the bit new, also many years ago. Using a bit like that is a joy, and it cut a two perfect holes through the gourd in a matter of seconds. The point of the bit is a little screw that screws into the wood and pulls the bit through it. I just held the gourd between my legs and turned the bit and the hole made itself.
You are looking at the front hole in the photo. Now I have to make the holes larger and rectangular. I measured the width of the tailpiece in the approximate locations where it will go through the gourd and marked a rectangle for each of that size, centered on the hole. I made these deliberately small so that I can cut the holes to fit the stick later. They must be snug against the tailpiece to keep it steady.
I threaded my coping saw through each hole and used it to cut the holes square.
Then it got tedious. I put the tailpiece through the front hole and slowly enlarged it to make the stick go further into the hole each time. I simply took off a bit more of the gourd and tried again. Over and over again.
Part way in.
Barely into the rear hole.
I used my chisel to do the fine paring of the sides of the hole to make the neck go all the way through.
I went back and forth between the front and the rear hole. When one got loose, I would cut on the other one to allow the neck to advance a bit. Here it is almost done.
Here is a closeup of the neck to gourd joint.
I need to carve the heel of the neck to make it fit the curve of the gourd. I went through my scrap box and found a length of electrical wire for that.
That is just an old piece of houshold A/C wire from a previous project. I will bend it into the shape of the surface of the gourd.
Then I put the wire next to the banjo neck and transfer the curve to the heel of the neck.
This is going to be a complex 3-D shape to carve since the gourd curves in both directins at once. To get a start on it, I will make a straight cut with a saw that will take out a bunch of the wood. I drew a straight line close to the curved one with my ruler.
I cut that wedge out using my panel saw.
Here it is with the wedge cut out. I cut those two cheeks off after I took the photo.
Well, here it is. For what it is worth, I now have an approximation of a fit of the neck heel to the gourd.
You can see in this closeup, though, that it really is a rough approximation.
I want it to fit better than that, so I will have to carve it into a bowl shape somehow. But the day is over, so I will have to carve the neck heel some other time.
I spent about three hours on this part. Three hours to cut two holes in the gourd and slice one piece off of the neck heel. Woot! But they are really really important holes.

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If you’re looking for a comprehensive review of Xero Accounting Software, you’ve come to the right place. In this post, we’ll take an in-depth look at this popular cloud-based accounting software and cover everything from its features and benefits, to pricing and support.
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Cloud-based accounting software is a type of software that allows users to access their accounting data and perform various bookkeeping tasks using an internet connection and web browser enabled advice. This type of software is typically more convenient and easier to use than traditional desktop-based accounting software, as it can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection and does not require installation on a local computer.
An overview of Xero
Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that offers a range of features and tools designed to help small businesses manage their finances more effectively. The software includes tools for invoicing, tracking expenses, managing inventory, preparing tax returns, and more. Xero also offers various integrations with other business applications, such as point-of-sale systems, payment processors, time tracking software, and CRM systems.
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One of the main ways that Xero helps to speed up bookkeeping is by automating many of the tasks associated with maintaining financial records. For example, the software can automatically import bank transactions and reconcile them with corresponding entries in the accounting records. This can save a significant amount of time compared to manually entering transactions into the system. Additionally, Xero can generate financial reports on demand, which can further help reduce the amount of time needed to complete bookkeeping tasks.
Does Xero integrate with other software?
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Is Xero's support good?
Xero offers 24/7 support via phone, email, and live chat. There is also a large online knowledge base where you can find answers to common questions. In general, users find that the support is responsive and helpful.
Does Xero produce reports?
Yes, Xero can generate a variety of reports based on your accounting data. This includes financial reports, tax reports, sales reports, and more. You can customize the reports to suit your needs and export them into different formats (e.g., PDF, Excel).
Does Xero help with payroll?
Yes. Xero has a dedicated payroll feature that can help simplify the process of paying employees and filing taxes.
Xero Accounting Software - Pros
There are many advantages to using Xero Accounting Software. Perhaps the most obvious benefit is that it can save businesses a lot of time and money. By automating many of the tasks associated with bookkeeping, businesses can free up staff to focus on other areas of the business. This can lead to increased efficiency and productivity, as well as lower overheads.
Another big selling point for Xero is its cloud-based nature. This means that businesses can access their financial information from anywhere, at any time. This is particularly useful for businesses with multiple locations or those who travel frequently. It also makes it easier to share information with accountants and other financial advisers.
Xero also offers a number of features that can help businesses to streamline their operations. For example, the software includes built-in templates for invoicing and quotes, which can save businesses a lot of time when preparing these documents. The software also includes tools for managing inventory and tracking expenses. These features can help businesses to become more organised and efficient.
Xero Accounting Software - Cons
While there are many positive aspects to using Xero Accounting Software, there are some potential drawbacks that businesses should be aware of.
One issue is that, because the software is cloud-based, businesses need to have a reliable internet connection in order to use it effectively. This may not be an issue for some organisations but could be a problem for others, particularly if they are based in remote areas with poor internet coverage.
Another potential downside of Xero is its price. The software isn’t cheap, particularly if you require additional features or support beyond what’s included in the basic package. However, many businesses feel that the cost is justified by the time and money saved by using the software.
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Add-ons and extras
There are a number of add-ons and extras available for Xero users including email marketing, CRM integration, time tracking, ecommerce integration, etc. Prices for these vary depending on which service you choose to use.
How long is the contract term?
Xero does not require a long-term contract like some other accounting software providers do. You can cancel your subscription at any time without penalty.
Does Xero offer a free trial?
Yes! Xero offers a free 30-day trial so you can try out the software before you commit to a paid subscription.
How do I signup to Xero?
You can signup for Xero directly on their website – just click on the “Free Trial” button at the top of the page to get started!
Xero Accounting Software - Our verdict
Xero is a cloud-based accounting software that helps small businesses speed up their bookkeeping. It is easy to use, integrates with other software, and offers a free trial. We recommend Xero for small businesses who are looking for an affordable and user-friendly accounting solution.
While Xero is a great accounting software option for small businesses, it might not be the best fit for every business. We recommend doing your research and evaluating your specific needs before committing to any one software solution.

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To celebrate the October 15th release of Halloween Kills, the new film in the blockbuster horror series from Universal Pictures, Miramax and Blumhouse–Messenger, Instagram, and Facebook are releasing a brand-new Movie Mate™ chat experience featuring the franchise’s iconic star, Jamie Lee Curtis!
In 2018, David Gordon Green’s Halloween, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, set a new record for the biggest opening weekend in history for a horror film featuring an actress in a leading role. In Halloween Kills, Michael Myers resumes his ritual bloodbath, but as Curtis’ Laurie Strode prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires a vigilante mob to rise up and hunt Michael down once and for all.
We believe Halloween screams and scares should be shared with friends and fam. Starting today, Movie Mate™, Messenger’s first-of-its-kind “second screen” chat experience, is available for Halloween (2018), and for Halloween Kills, playing in theaters and streaming only on Peacock, on October 15th.
Tune in as Movie Mate™ answers movie watchers’ burning questions in real time (with a little help from Jamie Lee Curtis) and offers never-before-seen photos and footage, so you’ll feel like a superfan, even if it’s the first time you’ve dared to see a Halloween flick. To access the Halloween Movie Mate™ experience on Messenger, head to the Halloween Movie Facebook page and click ‘send message’ to begin the chat experience or type ‘Halloween Movie Mate’ in the searchbar of the Messenger app. On Instagram, send a DM to @HalloweenMovie to start the experience.
“We’re thrilled to be continuing our partnership with Universal by bringing films from the iconic Halloween franchise to the Movie Mate™ experience. There’s no doubt scary movies are more enjoyable with friends, so for this experience you’ll have the scream queen herself, Jaime Lee Curtis, along for the show. With the Movie Mate™ experience now available on both Messenger and Instagram, even more fans can enhance their movie nights with this immersive and interactive second-screen experience.” said Nicky Bell VP, Global Head of Facebook Creative Shop.
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- About 45,000 customers are without electricity
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, December 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Energy crews are currently responding to widespread outages in Moore County. The company experienced several equipment failures affecting substations, leaving approximately 45,000 customers without power.
“Duke Energy is pursuing multiple repair paths to restore as many customers as possible, as quickly and safely as possible,” said Jason Hollifield, Duke Energy General Manager, Emergency Preparedness. “This is a major local outage affecting almost all customers of Moore County. While some customers will recover sooner, most customers should be prepared for an extended outage that could last until Thursday.”
Hollifield added that crews are working around the clock to complete repairs and restore service to all affected customers. Several important and vital pieces of equipment were damaged during the event. Equipment repair is a multi-step process that will take several days. Once the repairs have been made, the company must test the equipment before beginning the final restoration process.
Due to the nature of the damage, the company is working with local, state and federal agencies on their ongoing investigation into this incident.
For customers affected by outages, plan to relocate family members – especially those with special needs – to another safe location due to the anticipated time needed to fully restore service.
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Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, Caroline from the south, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively possess 50,000 megawatts of power capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, Caroline from the south, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
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Given the current economic crisis and the recent diplomatic rapprochement between the United States and Iran, it makes sense to merge the nations’ respective political systems as well, since the new larger state is certain to create economy-of-scale financial savings for both countries.
With this end in mind, and thanks to the miracle of modern biotechnology, a hybrid leader for the new superstate has been created — and, mind you, under completely halal conditions.
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What should countries do when migrants appear at their borders in desperation? The law requires countries to react very differently depending on whether those migrants came for personal safety or for economic opportunity. How to tell the difference has become a fierce debate in the United States, Europe, Australia, and beyond.
The most common approach is the simplest: ask people why they are moving. That has many drawbacks. Obviously, people could answer strategically. Less obviously, they might not report the root cause of their movement. For example, because violence harms economic development, a person who states that they are moving for opportunity could be fleeing the ripple effects of violence. So to complement survey evidence, it would be helpful to have more direct evidence: observe changes in violence or economic conditions in developing countries and measure their effects on people’s actual decisions to migrate. That is, watch not what migrants say but what they do.
I do this in a new study, three years in the making, on the root causes of child migration from Central America to the United States. I use unprecedented data on all 179,000 children apprehended in the United States after migrating, alone and without visas, from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala from 2011 to 2016 (they’re legally termed Unaccompanied Alien Children, or UACs). I statistically link their migration decisions to violence and employment conditions in the localities they come from. It’s the first study to estimate quantitatively, at this granular level, the relative effects of violence and economic drivers on migration to any rich country.
There were some striking results:
Ten additional murders in the region caused six more children to migrate to the United States. Violence spikes are the main driving factor behind child migration, and one additional homicide per year in the region sustained over the whole period 2011–2016—that is, a cumulative total of six additional homicides—caused a cumulative total of 3.7 additional unaccompanied child apprehensions in the United States. In other words, 10 homicides cause six children to be apprehended in the United States.
Eight percent of all 17-year-olds in the region have been apprehended at the US border since 2011. The number of apprehensions of 17-year-old unaccompanied child migrants from the Northern Triangle from 2011–2016 is a whopping eight percent of the total number of 17-year-olds who were initially living in those countries. This percentage does not include those migrants who were not apprehended, nor those who never made it to US border.
- The relative contributions of violence and economic drivers are roughly equal. The political narrative about these children has been very different across the political spectrum, with one end describing them as essentially refugees and another end describing them as mostly economic migrants. The statistical evidence runs against both of these narratives. It is a complex, mixed flow of people. It is driven in large measure by violence, but in similar measure by economic forces. And economic conditions shape the degree to which children are able to respond to violence by moving.
What does this mean and why does it matter?
Under US and international law, three basic types of migration are recognized: family migrants, economic migrants, and refugees. A migrant cannot legally be more than one of these at the same time. That system was set up two generations ago.
But today, the drivers of migration are much more complex—as this research implies. Any one child migrant could be simultaneously seeking family reunification, the opportunity to contribute economically, and safety from violence. This is most obvious for many migrants from Central America, Sudan, or Afghanistan, but it is increasingly true around the world. What’s more, issues including generalized violence—which contributes to much of the UAC movement from the Northern Triangle as youth flee gang violence—are not recognized within the refugee definition, leaving the UACs arriving at the US border in a legal area largely unprotected under current asylum laws.
As the United Nations begins to consider ways to improve our international migration and refugee frameworks, it’s time to look at the real data and find ways to better match our current system with the reality of what is actually driving migration. It is not economics alone, nor solely violent and individually targeted threats, driving people to pack up their lives and move. As US Vice President Mike Pence prepares to visit Central America, and the world revisits the system of international law governing migration, governments must closely examine the direct and indirect causes of the migration they hope to shape.
CGD blog posts reflect the views of the authors, drawing on prior research and experience in their areas of expertise. CGD is a nonpartisan, independent organization and does not take institutional positions.
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I gathered together some of my favorite food bloggers to share their favorite Christmas breakfast recipes with you. Some can even be prepared the day before so that you don’t have too much to do Christmas morning. I hope you enjoy these 30 Christmas Breakfast Recipes.
For 25+ years our family Christmas celebration started at 10am. There would be fruit and something sweet like monkey bread or cinnamon rolls, as well as lots of Christmas cookies to nibble on while we were opening presents. Last year my sister, who currently hosts Christmas, moved the start time to noon!
That seemed way too late to me so I invited the kids over for Christmas breakfast at 9:30am before we made the 30 minute drive to my sister’s house. Aaron & Summer couldn’t come, they spent their morning with Summer’s family. Jordan and Savannah came and we had bacon, eggs, and a Cinnamon Sugar Dutch Baby. It was a huge hit and a nice way to start off our Christmas Day.
I’m hoping to do that again. Summer and Aaron probably won’t be able to come since they are planning a busy Christmas Eve with Summer’s family and with 2 young foster children in their care, life is smoother when the daily schedule isn’t upset too much. Hopefully Jordan and Savannah will be able to join us again this year. As I started my search for a new Christmas Breakfast Treat, I decided to reach out to my fellow bloggers for some help. I hope you find something new to try as well.
8 French Toast Recipes
- Eggnog Stuffed French Toast from Devour Dinner
- Maple Bacon & Sausage French Toast Bake from The Food Hussy
- French Toast Biscuit Bake from Kori at Home
- Eggnog French Toast from My 3 Little Kittens
- Nutella & Dark Chocolate Stuffed french Toast from Chocolates and Chai
- Pandoro French Toast from Mangia Bedda
- Overnight French Toast Casserole from Trial and Eater
- Healthier Brioche French Toast from Happy Kitchen Rocks
6 Breakfast Casserole Recipes
- Overnight Breakfast Casserole from The Mom Maven
- Cowboy Christmas Breakfast Casserole from Platter Talk
- Overnight Bacon Breakfast Casserole from Simply Stacie
- Breakfast Bake with Hash Brown Crust from The Mom Maven
- Blueberry Pancake Casserole from Natalies Health
- Holiday Breakfast Casserole from The Mom Maven
4 Cinnamon Roll Recipes
- Overnight Homemade Cinnamon Rolls from Of Batter and Dough
- Best Cinnamon Roll Recipe from Julie Blanner
- Giant Cinnamon Rolls from Sugar Dish Me
- Overnight Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting from NeighborFood
4 Pancake Recipes
- Perfect Homemade Pancakes from Gimme That Flavor
- Blackberry Pancakes with Brown Sugar Butter from Chocolates and Chai
- Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes from Happy Kitchen Rocks
- Fluffy Fluffy Pancakes from Chocolates and Chai
8 Other Christmas Breakfast Recipes
- Christmas Morning Monkey Bread from Crayons and Cravings
- Peppermint Mocha Muffins from Family Focus Blog
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Portugal Investor Program
Other Investment Options
If the Canadian Investor program is not suitable and if there is not an appropriate investor program in the United States, many people will consider other immigration by investment: Antigua and Barbuda, Portugal and Spain to name the most popular.
The Portuguese Golden Visa Program offers investors from outside the European Union (EU) a gateway to Europe. In exchange for an investment in the Portuguese economy, the program offers a temporary residence permit for one year that is renewable for two-year periods afterwards. This provides investors with a clear path to permanent residency and citizenship. Investors can establish themselves in one of Europe’s oldest nations – a place where history and modernity meet, with high technology and a high standard of living. At the same time, the minimal residency requirements and access to 25 other Schengen Area countries, the Golden Visa opens up an entire continent.


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What is Antibiotic Certification?
Antibiotic products refer to the products that use feed completely free of antibiotics, hormones, psychotropic drugs, preservatives, pigments, lean meat essence and other drugs to realize the whole process of non-antibiotic feeding of livestock and poultry, and the residual amount of antibiotics in meat, eggs and milk products meet the current EU safety meat standards.
Because animals have been using feed containing antibiotics for a long time, the drug resistance of microorganisms in the body is increasing, the resistance of animals to diseases is getting worse and worse, and the dose of antibiotics is also increasing when treating diseases. People eat meat, eggs and dairy products containing antibiotic residues, which leads to an increase in drug resistance of microorganisms in the human body. Thirty years ago, the treatment effect of antibiotics used in human body was very obvious. The injection of 200000 units of penicillin can achieve good treatment effect. With the widespread abuse of antibiotics, the treatment amount of antibiotics has reached 1.2 million units or more. This situation makes people realize the serious harm of antibiotics to people and animals. The EU has banned the addition of antibiotics in livestock and poultry feed since January 2006. At present, it is internationally recognized that the absence of antibiotics in livestock and poultry breeding is an important standard to reflect the safety of meat and egg food.
The Antibiotic Product Certification Specification is a specification for establishing the production process management mechanism, quality monitoring requirements and traceability system of antibiotic products according to the national standard antibiotic use requirements. The purpose is to guide enterprises to adopt anti-drug production technology, strengthen the quality control of the whole production process of anti-drug products, and produce anti-drug products. The scope of application mainly involves the production enterprises of Antibiotic products such as aquaculture and food processing, and serves as the basis for certification bodies to carry out the certification of Antibiotic products.
Prohibition of the use of antibiotics has gradually become the consensus of the industry and society. The European Union, Japan and South Korea have banned the use of antibiotics and growth agents in feed, and the FDA of the United States has also strictly controlled the use of antibiotics. In recent years, China has also attached great importance to food safety. The report of the 19th CPC National Congress clearly put forward the implementation of food safety strategy. The state has issued some regulations and opinions on the construction of quality certification system, the control of drug resistance of animal-derived bacteria, and the elimination of food safety hazards.


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But although it may be 10,000 miles – and several oceans away – from Brussels, this remote archipelago in the middle of the South Pacific is the unlikely location for an outpost of the European Union.
Up to seven staff run the EU’s delegation in Vanuatu, part of Brussels’s vast diplomatic empire that operates in 140 separate foreign offices, at a cost of more than half a billion euros (about £420 million) a year. It helps to oversee funds worth several billion pounds more.
In total, the European External Action Service (EEAS) – the EU’s foreign office in all but name – employs an army of 3,417 staff, with just under 1,500 people in Brussels and almost 2,000 more in EU delegations – effectively embassies and consulates – across the globe.
It is headed by Baroness Ashton, a Labour peer who was nominated for the post of EU high representative by Gordon Brown.
The aim of the EEAS, which was formed three years ago as a result of the Lisbon Treaty, is to spread the EU message around the world and conduct trade and political negotiations while also helping to manage the EU’s extensive aid operations.
Critics claim that the EU foreign service is not only expensive but – despite being part-funded by the British taxpayer – its diplomats can, at the very least, duplicate the work done by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
“I can think of an enormous number of things much closer to my constituency where we could do with extra money,” said Douglas Carswell, the Conservative MP and prominent Eurosceptic, “and instead we see these unaccountable, unelected euro officials looking for ever dafter ways to spend public money. It is extraordinary.”
In Vanuatu, the EU – mainly through its development budget – has spent more than £80 million on such projects as teaching the locals to play cricket and building – not always successfully – wind turbines on its palm-fringed beaches.
Other schemes include £63,000 spent on Together Kids, a football training scheme, and £80,000 on a project that uses theatre and drama to “prevent gender-based violence in young people”.
The Vanuatu office spent £400 on a bronze plaque, marking 25 years in the country. But last week, the EEAS disclosed it is shutting down its Vanuatu delegation. Earlier this year the House of Lords’ EU committee said the location of outposts needed to be subject to “regular and rigorous review”.
The EU’s website for its Vanuatu office makes no mention that it is closing. According to the website, Vanuatu’s delegation is headed by its chargé d’affaires Robert de Raeve, a Belgian national married to a former African television presenter, Jane Okafor de Raeve, who owns the local gym called Fit for Life in Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila.
The EEAS said last week that he had left in August and was now back at its Brussels HQ.
When in situ, Mr de Raeve – like all diplomats with his experience – is thought to have received a generous package worth, with a series of benefits thrown in, up to £150,000 a year.
Mr de Raeve’s basic salary – in line with more than 200 other EU diplomats on the same senior grade – was estimated to be worth up to £114,000. On top of that he was entitled to a series of benefits worth as much as £45,000.
Those benefits include a household allowance worth up to £4,000 a year; a child allowance of £7,500 for each child; and an expat allowance worth £20,000. As a member of EEAS, he paid tax of about 15 per cent.
The EEAS refuses to comment on salary details for individual members of staff.
The head of the whole operation in the region is Martin Dihm, the EU’s ambassador to Vanuatu, who is based in Papua New Guinea, more than 1,500 miles away, and whose empire also includes the Solomon Islands, another of the “Pacific Paradise” islands where the EU is active.
In the past five years, the Solomon Islands, with its own chargé d’affaires and team of 11 staff, has received almost £100 million in EU funding.
The EU’s aid operations in Vanuatu will now be run from the Solomon Islands while trade and political relations will be the responsibility of the delegation in Papua New Guinea.
The decision to close the Vanuatu delegation will inevitably lead to questions over why the office is only shutting now – given the EU has had a presence in the island nation since 1984 – and why other delegations are not also being closed, given the financial climate.
The only other EEAS office to close this year was in Surinam, the smallest sovereign state in South America.
Details about EU projects in Vanuatu are not always easy to find. No press release has been issued on the EEAS website for more than a year – although prior to that the office typically issued about 10 press notices a year, celebrating such events as Europe Day and International Women’s Day and children’s pictures for an international drawing competition on gender equality as well as announcing details of some schemes.
Although the EEAS runs the delegation, a spokesman pointed out that “development projects are funded and managed by the European Commission”.
EuropeAid, part of the European Commission (EC), funded a £130,000 grant in 2010 to the Vanuatu Cricket Association (VCA) to teach “the basics of the game of cricket” to schoolchildren. A photograph of Mr de Raeve finalising the grant with the VCA appeared in the local newspaper.
In a joint statement, the VCA and the EU expressed “their satisfaction that EU funding will help to take the message of cricket and social issues to the students in the schools outside of the Port Vila area and thus promote national unity as the participants will experience intra-island, inter-island and possibly international competition exposure”.
While Eurosceptics will query why the EU is funding cricket in the South Pacific, the EU itself has expressed its own concern over some green energy schemes in Vanuatu, which it also funded.
It points out that in five years it has ploughed £84 million into energy projects in the whole of the Pacific and more than 100,000 people are now “connected to energy services thanks to EU support”.
The Vanuatu Daily Post reported that £150,000 was paid in advance for the installation of wind turbines and solar panels in Futuna and Aneityum, both small and remote islands.
On Futuna, reported the local newspaper, the turbine was never installed while on Aneityum, a turbine was built but it was soon blown down by strong winds, the “structure dismantled and stored at the local school”.
In May this year, almost six years after the initial advance was handed over, EC officials sent a “final reminder” demanding a financial report on the project be produced by the Vanuatu Renewable Energy Power Association (Vanrepa).
A spokesman for Vanrepa told the local newspaper the projects had been curtailed and that the initial EU funds had all been spent on training programmes and other materials.
A further three grants worth £1 million were earmarked for coconut oil biofuel plants that are still to be built, reported the Vanuatu Daily Post. The projects should have been completed in October.
A EC spokesman said it was important to fund projects in Vanuatu, which was “vulnerable to natural hazards”.
The spokesman added: “The EU follows very closely any operation related to its grants and so it has been with these four grants. To date, the EU is not aware of any misappropriations of funds for these Vanuatu grants.”
But the spokesman added: “Despite regular contact with the representative of the [Vanrepa] project we have not obtained the necessary reports to continue with the project and, therefore, the EU is to request reimbursement of the advance paid (around €189,000 or £158,000).
“For the three coconut oil projects: they have not yet reached their objectives but had reached the final stage.
“The government has expressed its strong determination to see these projects to an end and it is looking into identifying national funds to bring the projects to a successful end.”
An EEAS spokesman said: “While these places may sound agreeable, the choice of location is determined by our delegations being the hubs for development aid programmes.
“Following a review, we now feel that the tasks currently carried out from Vanuatu can better be done from another location, allowing scarce resources to be reallocated to other locations such as our new offices in Libya and Burma. We think this is a positive development.
“Every single decision we take is guided by the need to do more with less, bearing in mind the difficult economic situation.”


Old Town Road singer Lil Nas X to headline TwitchCon Party
Jul 17, 2019
TwitchCon has announced the TwitchCon Party headliner.
Popular country rapper Lil Nas X will be the headliner for the TwitchCon Party, a complimentary concert to the main event. The news was announced on TwitchCon’s website.
Lil Nas X took over the charts in March with his hit song Old Town Road and stands as a huge get for TwitchCon. Old Town Road recently became the third song in history to spend over 15 weeks at number one on the Hot 100 chart. Lil Nas X celebrated by releasing a new remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug, and Mason Ramsey.
The new music video alludes the recent Area 51 meme that is taking over the internet.
Additionally, in an effort to promote his appearance Lil Nas X teamed up with popular streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys for an EP listening party on her stream. Pokimane will also be in attendance for TwitchCon.
Lil Nas X has been one of music’s breakout stars this year. The songwriter was named one of TIME’s most influential people on the internet alongside Ariana Grande, YouTuber Liza Koshy, streamer Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, and others.
The TwitchCon Party Is taking place at Petco Park on September 28. The location is minutes away from the San Diego Convention Center, where the actual convention will be held. Fans that wish to attend must purchase the “3 Day + Party” pass.
The TwitchCon event is more than a meet up for content creators and fans. In addition to the concert, the three-day event will highlight Twitch’s efforts in a number of different fields, including esports. TwitchCon will host different esports competitions, including a Twitch Rivals tournament which will pit streamers against each other.
In the meantime, Twitch Rivals is hosting a Teamfight Tactics showdown starting on July 17 with 64 content creators competing. Divided into two groups, the streamers will compete in five different rounds with the top 16 advancing to day two.
More TwitchCon performers, competitions, and activities will be announced soon.


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Honoring Heroes: Reading and Identifying the Main Idea
Teach finding the main idea and details of paragraphs while learning about Washington D.C. and its monuments.
Number of pages: 3 Subject: Main Idea and Details Grade: 4 Theme: Presidents' Day, Holidays and Celebrations, Memorial Day Type: Test Prep and Tests File Size: 268 KB
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