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Two international rights groups are threatening legal action if Ireland’s Revenue Commissioners and the Irish customs authorities do not ban cotton imports from China which are manufactured using forced labour.
The groups seeking the ban are Global Legal Action Network and the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress.
If Chinese textile goods are not banned from being sold in Ireland, the two groups said they will refer the issue to the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.
They further said the groups will seek a ruling that would “re-write the relationship between retail stores and goods produced through forced labour” across the EU.
“The status quo is that we are open for business for goods produced against a backdrop of crimes against humanity and forced labour,” said Gearoid O Chin, director of the Global Legal Action Network, which has offices in Galway and London, as quoted by the Irish Times. “Retail stores are selling these goods in the full knowledge of what is going on” in Xinjiang, noted O Chin.
Earlier, the U.S. imposed restrictions on all imports from Xinjiang, believing that goods from the region have been produced using forced labour, unless it can be proven otherwise.
In 2014, the Beijing regime began to target the Uighur and other Turkic ethnic groups, who are largely Muslim.
Meanwhile, this past August the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights published a report detailing the existence of a network of camps by the authorities in Xinjiang. The report said, “the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of the Uighur and predominantly Muslim groups… may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.”
Earlier, both groups sought to have a ban imposed by UK authorities, though without success.
China is the world’s largest producer of cotton, with more than 80 per cent coming from Xinjiang.
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Do Your Academic Reporting Dashboards Reflect and Impact How Your Institution Operates?
Academic reporting helps institutions promote operational efficiency and student success. This can be achieved by breaking down data silos with integrated academic reporting, investing in academic reporting that is easily accessible, and prioritizing action-oriented reporting.
Higher ed leaders agree that academic reporting is critical for achieving institutional goals; however, the degree to which institutions are able to successfully draw and respond to quantitative insights varies. According to NASPA, AIR, and Educause, “few institutions are systematically collecting, integrating, and using their data.”
Optimized academic reporting accurately reflects your institution’s operations, and enables administrators to make data-driven decisions. Explore recommendations below to ensure that your institution invests in academic reporting that promotes operational efficiency and student success.
Aim to break down down data silos with integrated academic reporting
University administrators often spend the majority of their time on manual, duplicate data entry across systems. Data hosted across multiple systems means administrators have limited access to the data needed to support decision making. For example, the average institution might have 4-6 different tools to support class scheduling, preventing administrators for accessing a single source of truth that provides a holistic look at institutional operations.
Integrated academic reporting across processes draws out relevant and up-to-date insights. The curriculum lifecycle is a great example of this. In order to project student demand, get accurate course and section recommendations, and estimate financial margins of departments and programs, reporting must take into account:
- Past enrollment trends
- Current enrollment data
- Current student needs based on their degree requirements & completion pathways.
This data spans systems and can rapidly change during enrollment windows. Without integrated reporting, institutions risk drawing insights based on incomplete and/ or outdated data.
Invest in academic reporting that is easy to access and understand
Research shows that while most institutions invest in academic reporting related projects, fewer than half are able to effectively implement the results. This is largely the result of data analysis being the sole responsibility of IT and Institutional Research offices. While these professionals are adept at building models, capturing data, and interpreting the results, the rest of campus doesn’t have the same skills. Consequently, administrators without these advanced data analysis skills cannot easily run the analyses they need and rely on other offices to build and interpret reports for them. Due to this, reports are often built ad hoc in response to specific requests, and rarely relate or build off of one another.
Institutions should invest in customizable, no-code reporting that expands insight into academic operations for all administrators. Reports should make information such as enrollment trends, program completion velocity, and cost analysis easy to understand with little to no filtering or analysis required by the end user. Easy to understand dashboards present administrators with data points that are meaningful to their workflows and allow for data-driven decisions without IT involvement.
Prioritize predictive and action oriented academic reporting
Data and analytics are only valuable if they are able to inform and drive action on your campus. Academic reporting must be paired or integrated with tools that make it easy to act on recommendations, allowing administrators to focus on strategic decision making for their unit.
For example, analyses that show a department is not offering enough seats in a certain course aren’t enough by themselves to drive action. Administrators need to quickly act on the recommendation to add seats or sections so that they can keep students on track to completion and recoup tuition dollars. The more effectively a reporting tool enables administrators to act on recommendations, the greater the impact on operational efficiency and student outcomes.


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News reaching societywatch.net has it that embattled CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), has been granted bail.
Nana Appiah Mensah made an appearance before an Accra court; his second since his return from the Dubai where he was under arrest for fraud related charges.
The Presiding judge requested for a bail worth GHc 1 Billion. However, lawyers representing NAM1 argued that the amount was too much.
Their plea was not accepted as the bail price has been set at GHc 1 Billion with 5 sureties.
Societywatch.net will remain on the standby to update out cherished readers on any latest development.

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Intimate Wildlife Encounters & Irresistible Beaches
Phillip Island has long been a holiday hotspot, attracting visitors from all corners of the globe. It’s easy to see why.
This pint-sized destination packs so much into its tiny frame: glorious beaches, thrilling wildlife encounters, family-friendly attractions, exciting motorsport action, boutique wineries, and much more.
Whatever interest or experience inspires your break, BIG4 Holiday Parks offers family-friendly cabin accommodation, caravan sites, and camping in Phillip Island.
Parks in the Phillip Island area
Intimate wildlife encounters are Phillip Island’s biggest draw. The little penguins are like rock stars here – except they won’t trash their accommodation – and these adorable creatures wow audiences each night. View a national icon from treetop boardwalks at the Koala Conservation Centre, or join a cruise to watch fur seals at play at Seal Rocks.
Alternatively, the Nobbies Centre has plenty of information about the seals and a host of other local subjects, all while revealing dramatic views.
Phillip Island’s beaches are irresistible and well suited to swimming and surfing. In fact, Phillip Island has been declared a National Surfing Reserve. Also admire the impressive coastline along a walking trail: the hike to the jagged-edged Pinnacles rock formation at Cape Woolamai is a standout.
For fast-paced thrills, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit will excite. While all eyes are on it for annual events such as the MotoGP, the circuit is a year-round attraction. Taking a spine-tingling Hot Lap is a pulsating experience.
For family fun on Phillip Island, try the likes of A Maze ‘N Things, Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, Churchill Island, and Rhyll Trout and Bush Tucker Farm.
Meanwhile, boutique wineries and a host of local produce-focused eateries are sure to satisfy.

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Concepts and approach The basic concept behind SoftFIRE is the construction of a federated infrastructure comprising experimental networks and programmable resources designed according to NFV/SDN principles and made available by partners. The focus is on the orchestration of resources according to the needs of different applications. As a first step, the project is creating a virtualization and programmable layer that allows to execute virtual images. During the course of the project,Third Parties and some Project Partners can enrich the set of initial components with specific services and functions that make it easier to develop applications in specific domains. Virtual resources can ctivated, controlled and moved according to the needs of applications and services. Virtualized and governing resources will offer APIs to services and applications in order to provide an easy but granular control. The project has identified a uniform set of interfaces among the different technological island for governing virtualized interfaces, however some resources could have very specialized APIs that would not be normalized in order to offer specific functionalities to the upper layer. Figure 1 sketches out the interfaces from a programmer perspective. Figure 1 The set of uniform interfaces is used by Third parties in order to develop solutions on the SoftFIRE testbed. SoftFIRE aims also at the control of resources. Figure 1 depicts a logical representation of the SoftFIRE testbed from a control perspective. Resources and networks are controllable by means of APIs and virtualized objects (these virtualized objects do represent functions and capabilities needed by services and applications in order to optimize the usage of the network). Figure 2 A goal of SoftFIRE is to create an interoperable, programmable and manageable software infrastructure capable of allowing the control over resources or chunks of networks. These resources are distributed in different sites. This capability is represented in Figure 2 as the Southbound API, i.e., a set of interfaces that allows exerting the control on resources and network equipment. These resources have data interfaces that allow the flows of data between different domains and administrative islands, and control/management interfaces for governing the resources or aggregate them. In the long term these interfaces could evolve towards the definition of a Software Development Kit (out of the current goals of the SoftFIRE Project). The Westbound and Eastbound APIs of Figure 2 support the interaction with external nodes. In particular the Westbound API will support interactions with edge nodes (namely terminals, access points and devices typically pertaining to the User Domain), while the Eastbound API will support interactions with nodes and devices under the control of service providers or enterprises. In this way it is possible to integrate in the SoftFIRE testbed different infrastructures and to create services that need features and capabilities offered by different administrative domains. The service layer of Figure 2 is a set of functions and objects and related interfaces that provide reusable services. They are to be used to create new applications. Services and applications that need to have functions that span over edge, core and enterprise domains will be able to access these functionalities by means of APIs. The project, by means of Open Calls will aim at building compelling use cases in order to prove the viability of the infrastructure, to check the validity of the exposed functionalities and to functionally extend the set of basic functions needed to support an open, rich and composite service and application ecosystem. In addition, SoftFIRE is also working in providing mechanisms and tools useful to create a sort of security framework for supporting NFV/SDN developments.


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So a while back I started writing rants. This is ages ago but they are still here on this webpage although you’d have to go to the very first month of this blog, everything after that is game reviews and then later Youtube videos which I’m trying to get back around to hopefully, but that’s another story for another time.
So my writing experience went from ranting, to game reviews. This landed me a volunteer job at a site I’d rather not name as I didn’t enjoy my time there and it doesn’t deserve to move up in the journalism world even though it has slightly. This is however where I met my friend Brandon whose helped me with many of my Youtube videos but also my writing. Brandon himself has written two books and is currently working on his own right now (for those interested).
Anyway Brandon has helped me do some of my own writing and even given some feedback which I value and seeing as I put up that motivation piece I thought I might update this site with more writing pieces of my own.
Writing has helped calm me down, made me feel better from stress and also just allowed myself to bounce idea’s off of a wall so here is one of the first pieces I wrote as an exposition to a story I hope one day to maybe make – enjoy and if you want please leave feedback 🙂
There are men who define themselves by certain traits, attributes and abilities. There are those who define their humanity through being able to talk, converse and socialise. There are those who define their humanity through art, music and literature. My humanity would be defined by the more base desires, passions and acts, those of hurt, violence, murder and more.
The rest of humanity seems to have been able to trick itself, imagine they’re above the basest needs and wants that drive all animals. They act transcendent of it, as if it never was the case.
I however revel in it.
I walk, talk and breathe it. I never feel more alive or challenged as to when I work. I bathe in the deeds that I perform soaking up every ounce of fear, adrenaline and freedom, in every ounce of what makes me human. Every delicious millisecond going to make up the sweetest blissful feeling of being at one with who I am, an Animal, a Human, a Convict.

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Here is a roundup of a recent mountain lion reports and opinions:
In mid-Dec. 2012 we heard frightening cats screams in our woods, like nothing we have ever heard before. Our house cats were terrified. Yesterday my husband saw the paw prints and are having them analyzed. Powhatan, Va.
I live outside of the village of Orlean, Virginia on 10 acres which is a very small homesite in this rural area. About 9pm on December 14th, I was walking my dogs behind my house at the edge of woods when I heard something I had only heard on TV. It sounded like a VERY large cat but I wasn’t sure. My husband played several calls on his computer for me to identify. About the fifth one, he played the exact call that I heard. Only then did he tell me I had identified a couger.
There is a mountain lion caught on a game cam dragging a 8 point buck in mendotta, Va. Personally seen
Reports of Mountain Lion in Grundy, Va
A mountain lion was spotted recently in Cross Junction, VA. I did not see it…but the news was reported in our community newsletter.
I saw a mountain lion along hwy. 7 near Bluemont, VA in Nov. 2012. I was on my way to the Obama/Clinton/Dave Matthews rally. At first, I thought it was a dear, but as I approached, could see that it was a mountain lion. It was crouching underneath the guard rail. I’m assuming there may have been some road kill there. I could see the muscles in it’s shoulders.
I have not seen a big cat but I certainly heard what I believe to have been a cougar in August 2012 in the woods behind my house. I have a hard time believing it could have been anything but a big cat.
I live in southern Franklin County, VA and frequently see coyotes and recently had a very large black bear walk out of the woods and right up my driveway. So, the predators, and prey, are plentiful. No doubt a cougar could be fat and happy around here.
My husband saw one in the back of our field in 2007 in Jeffersonton – which is not very far from Amissville. I firmly believe that we are in a mountain lion’s territory and that they exist here in Northern Culpeper/Fauquier/Rappahannock county. I don’t believe what the Wildlife officials state in dismissing the existence of Mountain Lions/Cougars/Panthers in our Commonwealth. They deny the existence because they would then qualify for endangered species status and would need habitat to be maintained.
I think that the re-introduction of elk and wolves into the Commonwealth points to the knowledge that Wildlife officials have of Mountain Lions in our area. Wolves and bears are two of the only “predators” of the mountain lion. Also, they never caught the mountain lion and black panther that were sighted outside of Andrews AFB years ago so we may have black panther DNA reintroduced into the area as well.
I’m from abingdon va and do a lot of fishing around tumbling creek. Me and a friend was wading up the river and the fish was bitting good in one area so we stopped for an hour or so and there was a tree that fell in the river about ten yards from me when I saw what I kno was a mt lion jump up on the tree walk down to the water got a drink and walked back up in the woods. Very scary.
I was at my father-n-law’s in Dickenson County and sitting on the porch one night and a very large black cat what I consider a Panther walked right around the front of the porch sneaking around to the side. The very next day the dogs were going crazy and it was screaming up in the woods behind the house.
And one from the skeptical point of view…
Sorry, but I respectfully don’t believe it. I do suppose there could be the occassional released or escaped pet, but not a population. Cougars are treed by dogs. Its how they are hunted.
with the number of dogs running and treeing animals in Virginia in the hunting seasons, don’t we suppose at least one in the past 30 years would have been treed? Eyes play tricks.

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Extended gains on banking, realty and construction stocks pushed the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) index further upwards yesterday for the sixth session in a row.
Interestingly, after announcing huge provisions for long-term debts, ADCB is gaining investors' confidence and the stock witnessed reasonable buying interest. Except for Bank of Sharjah and InvestB, all remaining banking stocks traded closed higher.
Mirroring the undercurrent of positive market sentiment, the ADX general index gained 33.09 points, or 1.23 per cent, to close the session at 2723.96 points against its previous close of 2690.87 points.
Wadah Al Taha, senior financial analyst, told Emirates Business: "The fourth quarter earning numbers continued to move the market up. I think the market performs well as long as oil trades above $70 a barrel. Oil prices will have an indirect impact on the UAE bourses."
ADCB shares added 4.68 per cent and closed at Dh1.79. Market players have turned out to be positive over the bank's performance as they expect that after heavy provisions, the bank will start afresh in 2010.
"Strategic investors don't depend upon mere profit factor. Of course, high provisions cut off profits, but give confidence to investors as the banks are cleaning off their records. Moreover, banks like ADCB have higher adequacy ratios of Tier-1 and Tier-2 capital, when compared to other banks. This gives a signal of stability to the investors and improves the confidence level among them," said Al Taha.
GCC MARKETS POSITIVE
Owing to several positive factors, all GCC bourses closed higher yesterday with most bluechips, particularly banking stocks, keeping the indexes moving upwards.
With a 1.50 per cent rise, Qatar led the gains in the region's markets followed by the ADX with 1.23 per cent, Bahrain with 0.83 per cent, the DFM with 0.67 per cent, Saudi Arabia's Tadawul with 0.31 per cent, Muscat with 0.29 per cent and Kuwait with 0.23 per cent.
The Zain stock on the Kuwaiti bourse was under pressure following news reports that its CEO, Saad Al Barrak, had resigned.
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Britney Spears is free from the conservation that has ruled her life, career and finances for nearly 14 years. A Los Angeles judge terminated the ordered arrangement Friday at the request of the pop star’s legal team, ending her long-running battle.
The hearing was the first since her father, Jamie Spears, was suspended from his role as co-conservator. The decision takes effect immediately.
The verdict comes after Spears made a distressing statement about the conservation in court this June, calling it “abusive” and saying it left her feeling “bullied” and “alone.”
“This week will be very interesting for me,” Britney wrote on Instagram earlier this week. “I haven’t prayed for anything else in my life.”

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Kukla's Korner Hockey
by Paul on 02/14/09 at 05:15 PM ET
from Craig Stancher of ColoradoAvalanche.com,
Defenseman Adam Foote will accompany his teammates on their trip to Detroit and could be available for Sunday’s game against the Red Wings. Following Saturday’s practice at Family Sports Center, Foote proclaimed himself, “ready to go.”
“It’s been awhile,” said Foote, who also mentioned the level of frustration that comes with being sidelined. “There always is when you’re injured, whether your team is winning or going through a lull. That will never change.
“The last couple of games we played with a lot of energy and we deserved better. We didn’t get the two points, but we have to stick with that same game plan.”
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Vol. 2, Issue 3 (2017)
The study of physico-chemical parameters and bacteriological examination of Rishikund hot water spring, (Dist-Munger), Bihar, India
Author(s): Dr. BK Gupta, Prasoon Prakash, Dr. Md. Faiz Ahmad
Abstract: Spring water is the main source of water providing life to the people in the mountain region especially in the Himalaya. Springs are a natural source of ground water. Springs are generally community-owned and community-managed. The hot water spring samples were taken from the main water source where maximum peoples were using them for drinking purpose. The present study was carried out on the Physico-Chemical as well as Bacteriological analysis of two selected hot water spring sites at Rishikund region of Munger district of Bihar namely– 1st central kund site and Karelia point site. The samples were collected on quarterly basis from October 2014 to June 2016. The various parameters like T.S, T.S.S, Fe, Silica, Fluoride, Nitrate, Dissolved Oxygen, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulphide, Colour, and Turbidity, Carbonate Alkalinity, Bicarbonate Alkalinity, SPC and MPN count of these water samples were analyzed. The results indicate that these sources of water are suitable for drinking and other house hold consumption for the people of the region.


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|Ben is focused intently on assembling his magnetic construction while lots of games go on around him on Thanksgiving day.|
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. For most of us, Thanksgiving is a time to reconnect with family and to reflect on the things that we are thankful for in our lives. Since I live half a country away from most of my family, I don’t get to see them very often. Twice a year we fly up to visit them, once for Thanksgiving and then once in the summer. I am grateful for this time with my family, even though it passes by too quickly.
My husband and I have lived in Florida for 13 years now, but we grew up in Indiana. In many ways, going back to Indiana feels like opening a time capsule. As I look out the car window at the farmlands and the houses that flash by, it feels as if time stood still. So many things around me look just as they did when I was a little girl.
In other way, however, traveling back home makes me realize that time is
speeding by way too fast.
When I travel back to Indiana, I slow down long enough to realize something that I don’t always notice in my daily rush back home in Florida.
My little boy is growing up.
It’s the little things that get me the most.
Like the way he wears a backpack now at the airport and walks next to me, rather than riding in a stroller. Come to think of it, I can’t remember the last time he rode in his stroller.
Or the fact that he no longer counts as a small child when boarding the airplane, which means we can no longer board early. And, rather than throw a fit about it, he waited calmly in line with the others because he is a “big boy”.
Or the way he calls me Mom now, instead of Mommy.
Or the way he watches out for me, like when he reached out to touch my arm to make sure I was okay when I got sent back to Start during a family game of Sorry.
And let’s not forget that he washes his own hair. In the shower. By himself.
Ben loves seeing his family, but big family gatherings are still hard for him, and Thanksgiving was the biggest get together of the trip. The day was loaded with potential sensory triggers.
A house that he’d never been to before filled with people he only sees a couple of times a year. A meal filled with food he barely tolerates, and one food he loves (if prepared the way he likes). Lots of action happening all at once, in a closely confined space. All of these things could spell sensory overload. Add this to the fact that there would be several young cousins and a couple dogs (which he’s so-so about) mingling about, and relatives who would be excited and clamoring to see him.
Ben handled the day on his terms. He excitedly staked a claim at the table closest to the door as soon as we arrived at the house. Soon after, the meal was served, and, luckily his favorite food (turkey) was to his liking, and he ate a ton. He even made polite “small talk” with the adults around him.
“Do you like the mashed potatoes?” my uncle asked.
“A little bit,” he answered (even though he hadn’t eaten a bite).
“So, what grade are you in?” my cousin asked him.
“Who’s your teacher?”
“Do you have any friends?”
He answered everyone’s questions, and even though his answers were one word, he kept the conversation going. He didn’t let it lag.
After the meal, the family members congregated in the living room, visiting and catching up. A few cousins started a card game at a nearby table. As the noise level rose in the house, Ben’s activity level rose to match. The louder the noise level of the room, the louder he became. His facial expressions became more pronounced, his hand waving wilder, and his body movements more manic. However, when he started to become overwhelmed, he pulled himself into a quiet room by himself to draw pictures and find his calm again.
Only once did he really lose control that Thanksgiving day. My Dad and I saw it coming. My aunt had pulled out a magnetic building set for him to play with. It was the perfect toy for him and it captivated him for a long time. He sat at the table, quietly concentrating on attaching the pieces together into an intricate array of shapes and designs. It was when he tried to the design 3 dimensional that the frustration set in. As he started stacking the sticks higher and higher, his elaborate construction collapsed around him. The first time he merely gasped in exasperation. The second time, as it fell, he tore his creation apart in frustration. At that point, I calmly suggested that it might be time to try something new, but he was having none of it. He had a vision in his mind of how this thing should look, and he was going to see it through. I knew that continuing with this project could only spell disaster, but I also knew that removing him from the room now would only cause a huge scene. I also knew that he needed to learn to deal with frustration, so I let him go. For about five minutes all seemed well. He stacked the sticks higher and higher. And then, the fateful moment came. One stick too many, and the whole structure crumpled under the weight. Ben was undone. My Dad and I worked to guide him out of the living room so that he could have a moment to regain his composure in privacy, but it was no small feat pulling him away from his toy. After several moments of loud, angry tears (and one Oreo cookie dessert later), all was right in the world again.
But, this story isn’t about Ben melting down. The wonderful part of this was my family’s reaction to this tearful scene. Not one of them gave me a sideways glance. No one lectured me on my parenting skills or called Ben a spoiled brat. Instead, they allowed Ben the dignity and space to regain his composure again. Not long after, everyone was gathering their coats and saying goodbye. We had to wait until a few of our relatives went ahead since our car was parked behind. Again, Ben started to become agitated, but no one said anything. Everyone understood. Ben was able to give hugs and say goodbyes, and hold the memory of a good day where he visited family, ate turkey, and had yummy desserts.
Most of my relatives only get to see Ben twice a year at Thanksgiving and at the 4th of July. I know that the majority of their memories of him come from these family gatherings, which, due to the sensory overload and heavy social expectations, are not always his best moments. Yet still, they complimented me on the growth that Ben has made in his conversations, his language abilities, and his overall maturity. They recognized the growth he had made and made an effort to get to know him on his terms.
It is human nature to fear what we do not understand, but my family has made an effort to understand Ben’s autism. They have shown him nothing but love and support. I am grateful for this, but I hope for more. I hope that one day, society will have a better understanding of autism. As more people become educated and aware, whether it’s because of a loved one like Ben or because of someone they have met along the way, autism will seem a lot less scary. I hope that more people will learn to love and accept those around them and learn give others the benefit of the doubt when they see someone struggling or having a hard time. A little compassion goes a long way.
Ben still has a lot of growing up to do, but the good news is that he has a tribe rallied around him. They may not live next door, but they have his back every time.

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I've been having a lot of problems with my back, so on Thursday of last week my doctor ordered an MRI. He just called and said that it's no wonder I've been complaining of pain. The MRI shows disc herniation at the 3/4 lumbar... arthritis... degenerative disc disease at 3 3/4 4 and 5... and that I have annular ligament tears. He said there really isn't much I can do but give it time to heal and take some over the counter anti-inflammatories, etc. and use ice treatment and then he's sending me to a back clinic.
The question I have is arthritis the same thing as DDD or are those two different things? He said that I had arthritis and then he said that I had the DDD happening. I'm only 32 and I've been in a lot of pain. They gave me 5mg hydrocodones, but I've been having to double them to 10mg to get relief.
I'm not quite sure what to do... all I know is that I hurt a lot and I don't know what to do to fix myself. Anyone have any advice?
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We caught up with Spanish artist Fabio Lopez Gonzalo aka DOURONE as he participates in the 2018 Crystal Ship Festival to learn more about his creative process, his duo with Elodiellol their upcoming projects.
B: Can you tell us more about your background?
D: (Fabio)My background is a boy who lived far away from the center of Madrid and very far from his friends and for that reason he was a long time just drawing. When I was little I used to go to my grandmother’s house, I used to go shopping in the market and I always said “Granny, can we go down the drawing aisle?” That hall was a graffiti spot.
When I understood what that hallway was, I started to paint graffiti and since we did not have a group of graffiti friends we created the STA crew, that’s where all of 1999 started.
After my tour has been very varied, in my family there is a lot of creativity so I was never afraid to try different techniques, tools, etc. all my journey has been an apprenticeship and a self-taught evolution, since unfortunately I was not a very good student and I did not study Fine Arts or anything like that, it was also a very hard and very rewarding journey.
I always knew that I wanted to dedicate myself to something creative.
B: How was the situation towards street art/graffiti / legal and illegal graffiti when you grew up in Madrid?
D: When I started, I did not know very well what graffiti was, I did not listen the street art concept until much later.
My first graffiti was a tag but of 6 meters and the next day I bought a magazine from the store (authentic stiletto) and saw what the 3d was, the power line, a throw-up, a pomp, a wild style, a pastel model … and I also understood the rules of the game, in my time it was like this: a silver or throw-up can step on with a piece, and a piece can be stepped on with a mural, that on the one hand.
On the other side was the seniority and the quality of the work and on the other the level of vandalism of each crew.
When they stepped on you, there were the “fines” that consisted of staying at a place and time you had agreed on before, so that you could return the money or the spays that you had spent on the piece and if you did not pay the fine, you would hit with him, to gain respect based on fear.
Madrid in my time was a pretty tough spot, there were many crews and a lot of urban culture. I also think that there was a lot of respect for the older ones. Legal and illegal, the rule was that graffiti is not for sale.
B: Dourone is now an artistic duo, so tell me more about how it started and what is your creative process?
D: This is a nice story since the duo is created from a couple relationship ..
Dourone exists since 1999, when it started in graffiti, and in 2012, Elodiellol and I started our relationship and our professional history together.
We can say that when Dourone really becomes something more serious and professional.
Elodie is the part totally complementary to mine and that’s why I do not call it a duo, I call it 1 + 1 = 3, which means that between the two of us we reach create a third identity without nullifying us as unique.
We have both been learning together and putting everything in its place.
The creative process is the strangest part, I have to create it and put it on a support but I know that this creative process would not be the same if Elodie was not with me in all the conversations and exchanges of support and support in everything that I believe .
When we paint large murals we make them between the two and we get a coordination that works fluid and without errors, based on a lot of time working together.
B: What influenced you to start painting murals?
D: Since I was little I was very interested, so it was a natural process that took me to paint a mural.
In my time the graffiti artists were in the social group where I fit best because I love painting. Painting in public places was normal because graffiti is about that … and painting bigger also for me was a natural process: first you paint in a notebook later on a wall, then a facade of a building and then a tower …
It’s like first a silver, then a piece and finally a mural, for me it was about improving and learning.
When you paint large murals the creative process is much longer and you have a much more intense experience with your mural, and I am still surprised to see a large mural finished, it also has to be said that it is much more sacrificed, tired and sometimes the experience is made too long and it seems that it never ends.
B: What do you like/enjoy about painting in public spaces?
D: At first I liked the adrenaline of painting illegally and that they knew me more in the world of graffiti, then I liked the fact of painting on a wall.
I painted on quiet walls where I could spend many hours painting with my friends a well-worked mural, finally stop making letters to make more illustrations and I realized what it was to paint in a public place with a language that almost everyone understood or it came to influence people in some way.
Based on years of painting I have been accumulating many good experiences and that has been the engine to continue painting. Now it has become part of my life and my work, thanks to that I have been able to travel and meet a lot of people.
B: Your artworks featuring female portraits convey specific messages and values like Respect, Freedom, Trust, Can you tell us more?
D: As you say my female portraits spoke about respect, diversity and freedom. Those three values are very important to me in my life, but as I said, it goes by stages. Now I keep these three values and still learning from them but my work is being simplified and being more complex.
My new work deals with the beauty, composition, color and emotion that it transmits. Now I am very interested in emotions that are difficult to describe, it is a huge world since in each country and each customs has different words that define that emotion (rare)
B: Can you share anecdotal experience from painting a mural in another country? Have you seen any cultural differences through your travels?
D: I have many good and bad experiences but I can tell you two that are excellent.
The first one is from a mural we painted in Paris, and in the weeks they stepped on it with a tag. The tag had disappeared the next week. The next week they step on it with more tags and disappear again: someone was restoring the mural ..
All this story we were seeing through Instragram and we did not understand very well what was happening, so we went to the mural to see it and we realized that it was restored but not by a person who knew how to paint since it was very badly done but the final result was not bad.
The following year we returned to paint the same wall as every year, then a man of about 80 years old appears and tells us that he was expecting us that he liked what we painted a lot. Then he confessed that he liked a lot the previous mural and that he had been taking care of it and restoring it. At that moment we were amazed to know who was the person who had been fixing it because we would never have thought that this man would worry so much for a mural on the street.
And the other story was in France to but in Boulogne-Sur-Mer for their first street art edition festival.
We were painting on a 3 storey building and noticed that an old woman was looking at us from the windows of her house. The next day she came to visit us and bring us some sodas and biscuits without any word. She kept doing that every day until the very last day.
When she saw that we were about to finish it, she came to us and told us that she was living in this house, right in front of the mural we were painting since she was a little girl.
She took our hands and with tears on her eyes she told us:” You know that in this exact place you have your boom lift as you can see, there is a hole between the two buildings. You know why? In 1942, the Germans exploded a bomb right here. I witnessed everything… And now everyday, every time I will look through my window I will see your wonderful and colourful mural. Thank you so much for your present, you cannot imagine what it means to me..” We tried not to cry with her..
And yes of course, there are a lot of cultural differences from one country to another and that is what enrich our experience.
B: What are you creating for the Crystal Ship? Tell us more?
D: What I am creating for the Crystal Ship in an artwork that is based on one of those emotions difficult to describe. OPIA, ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye.
B: What are your next projects as well?
D: For this year there are already several closed projects such as the art fair participation in Paris (Urban art fair) a mural in Vannes in France (commission work).
And this year we are invited to participate to the Kaboo Festival in San Diego USA.
Now we are working hard to give us time to do all the projects we want to carry out this year.
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Art Plus#17, p.40-45
written by Samwai Lam
translated by Jenny Wong
Applauded for his mixed and border-crossing artwork, the local talent Tang Kwok-hin (Hin) started his artistic pursuit as a painter. He spent a year in Dan Shui, China and studied arts and English after sitting for the public examination. Away from the lure of the city, Hin dedicated himself to sketching and painting day after day. It was not until he entered university that he realized arts was more than pencil and paper. As a Fine Arts student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hin leant about different forms of media and their function as a representation of ideas. He has then become obsessed with the meaning of symbol, and set out to deconstruct objects via “replacement” and “appropriation”; by unearthing the signified and what could have been signified, the artist attempts to record the existent world and explore the latent one.
Collaging Images and Words
“Symbolic Collage” is Hin’s signature style. He first developed this approach to art in 2007 when he created Yi Shui Xi Cheng. Images from the labels of wine bottles seem to share a certain style from the Medieval Europe regardless of their origins: they all feature knights, castle or mountain. Hin collected and combined these imageries to form an imaginary landscape. Appropriation as an artistic concept is at work here: wine bottle primarily functions as a container of alcohol, but Yi Shui Xi Cheng appropriates its meaning as a container by alienating its function from the actual usage. Hin highlights that the notion of “appropriation” can be understood in two forms, he quotes from Liu Fan’s “The Meaning of Appropriation” in his thesis: “…Appropriation can be the extraction of elements from Nature or art work, be that of image, symbol, material or colour; it can also be the borrowing of ideas, subjects or content from other work. Appropriation can mean the creative reinvention of art work; it can also mean repetition, copying, or even stealing of other work. It also involves art’s limitation of Nature, and the transplantation and localisation of techniques and idiosyncrasy”. In fact, “appropriation” is not very different from “intertextuality”. They both reinvent existing text/symbol to create a new text/symbol that becomes part of the totality and something beyond it.
History of Reconstruction
Internet is one of the important tools of appropriation. “I assume the position of ordinary citizen and their understanding of history is constructed via Internet, Google search engine, images from Wikipedia; such is the generality of things”. For instance, in order to recapture Hong Kong, Hin searched and collected hundreds of images of trees, birds or cars, all of which are ordinary things that filled tourists’ first impression of the city. Internet has dismantled all physical boundaries as Hin collected worldwide images with a click. These images belong to a world called “Mu Mu Dao”, in Chinese, it literally means the ‘island of eye and tree’; while the Chinese characters of eye and tree can form a compound which represent ‘photo’. In The Photobook of Mu Mu Dao, one can also spot the rural-urban relationship which is characterized by development, succession and tension. For example, Hin collaged images of the closing of old shop and the opening of chain stores. The “photobook” project is highly successful and the artist was awarded first prize in the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial Awards 2009. Appropriation is also the bridge between personal memory and imagination. In the installation I call you Nancy, Hin imagined his unborn sister had lived and led a life in Mu Mu Dao. This imaginary work is carefully crafted, “If she was as girl, I imagined that she was Nancy. I began to search for pictures of Nancy on the Internet. This fictitious girl was born in 1984, and this photo album recorded her 25-year life. Her personality was set according to the expectation of my parents and the photos I gathered online”. There are 20 pieces of work in the collection, and the first one is the floor plan of an exhibition other works also represent fragments of the city in Nancy’s eyes. Apart from collaged image, the project also involves a video of Hin’s mother flipping the album. It is appropriation in multiple forms: it draws resources from familial and personal memory and expectation, reflects on the universal value of Internet, and displaces the meaning of symbol from its social context. A series of accidents and coincidences are drawn to the discourse of imagination, which leads to the birth of a new way of reading.
“Reinventing the existent”
Hin describes his mode of creation as “reinventing the existent”. As the artist states in his thesis, he does not use traditional “inventive” tools to create meanings. “For the artist, this concept is different from creating from nothingness, that is, drawing on tabula rasa; ‘reinventing the existent’ means drawing on a used canvas or covering the drawn parts and disguising it as an untouched canvas. Appropriation is not limited to two-dimensional art. In the 2011 Urban Utopia: If and only if, exhibition by Ho Sin Tung and Tang Kwok Hin, Hin collected various abandoned wooden objects from ruins and garbage areas. The wooden objects were then divided into two halves and transformed into different entities: on one side, Hin removed the colour and non-wooden parts from the object, thus restoring the wood to it “original” state; on the other side, the artist “preserved” the abandoned state of the wooden object, which is a product of over-exploitation and over-consumption in modern society.
Hin’s three-dimensional work intentionally restores/preserves the originality of things so as to accentuate the social aspect of the readymade, Food Cabinets an example. For one month, he only ate and drank packaged products from Garden, a packaged food industry giant. He would then re-pack the package as if it had never been consumed. The restored package was stored in a transparent cabinet, a blatant representation of the urban myth of (over-)consumption. The meaning (or the loss of it), of these empty consumed containers is an issue Hin continues to explore.
Tang Kwok Hin is a versatile artist unrestricted by forms and genres, and his concept-based works are supported by a very cohesive and consistent attitude towards arts and society. The philosophical questions he poses resonate with the experimentation of avant-garde artists in the 1960s, as they both challenge the presumed and normalised status quo. His work speaks to the nature of art and uncannily links work of art with everyday life objects. A few decades ago, avant-garde artists declared commodity as art; in 2013 Hong Kong, Hin “(re-)appropriates the commodity and transforms it to art. Hin’s work is self-reflexive, it is more about questioning the nature of being, than a realistic portrayal of it. Such is the perpetual pursuit of the artist.


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Camila Cabello, a talented singer and songwriter, has taken the music industry by storm with her mesmerizing voice and captivating shows. From her early days in the girl group Fifth Harmony to her successful solo career, Camila has become a well-known name and a role model for aspiring artists all over the world. In this piece, we’ll talk about Camila Cabello’s background, her big accomplishments, and how she’s changed the music business.
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In this part, we’ll talk briefly about Camila Cabello’s career and how she’s changed the music business. We will talk about how she went from being a bright young artist to a worldwide star.
Early Life and Influences on Music
Camila Cabello was born in the Cuban city of Havana on March 3, 1997. She loved music from a young age and got ideas from different kinds of music, like dance, R&B, and Latin. As a child, Camila looked up to musicians like Alejandro Sanz, Celia Cruz, and Ed Sheeran, whose music had a big impact on her own.
Fifth Harmony will help you get famous.
When Camila tried out for the reality TV show “The X Factor” in 2012, she got her big break in the music business. Even though she tried out as a solo singer at first, the judges thought she had talent and suggested she join a girl group. Fifth Harmony is a famous group made up of Camila and four other great singers.
Trying to Start a Solo Career
After having a lot of success with Fifth Harmony, Camila chose to go out on her own. In 2016, she released her first song as a solo artist. It was called “Crying in the Club,” and it was praised by critics and showed off her amazing vocal range. This was the start of a new part of Camila’s singing life.
Singles that do well on the charts
Since going solo, Camila Cabello’s songs “Havana,” “Never Be the Same,” and “Seorita” have all topped the charts. Her unique mix of pop, Latin, and R&B sounds good to people all over the world, and her songs have been at the top of the charts in many countries.
Collaborations and Projects That Stand Out
Camila has worked with a number of well-known artists, which shows how versatile she is and how willing she is to try out different kinds of music. The song “Seorita,” which she made with Shawn Mendes, was a huge hit and won her a lot of praise. She has also worked with Machine Gun Kelly, Young Thug, and Ed Sheeran, which has helped her become even more well-known in the music business.
Personal and charitable projects
Camila Cabello does a lot of charitable work in addition to her music business. She has spoken out about mental health and supports groups that help people feel better and give them more power. Camila’s desire to make the world a better place goes beyond her singing and encourages her fans to do the same.
Pop music has been affected and changed by
The unique sound and captivating acts of Camila Cabello have made a big difference in the world of pop music. Her use of Latin sounds in her music has helped Latin pop become more popular in the United States. A new breed of musicians has been influenced by her success as a female artist and her ability to connect with audiences on an emotional level.
Problems and Changes as an Artist
Camila Cabello has had her share of problems and problems to solve, just like any other artist. Throughout her work, she has shown that she is strong and committed to growing as a person. She has grown as an artist and as a person, always pushing the limits and looking for new ways to be creative.
Plans for the future and exciting new projects
As Camila Cabello’s work grows, fans are looking forward to what she will do next. With each new album, she shows how much she’s grown as an artist and gets people excited for what’s next. Camila’s artistic journey is sure to be full of new ideas and creativity, whether it’s through new albums, partnerships, or other exciting projects.
Camila Cabello’s rise to fame is a sign of how talented she is and how hard she works. From her early days in Fifth Harmony to her success as a solo artist, she has won over the hearts of millions of people with her soulful singing and lyrics that people can relate to. As she continues to make waves in the music business, Camila will leave an indelible mark on pop music for years to come.
When did Camila Cabello come into the world?
A: On March 3, 1997, Camila Cabello was born.
What kinds of music do Camila Cabello like?
A: Camila gets ideas from different types of music, like pop, R&B, and Latin. Alejandro Sanz, Celia Cruz, and Ed Sheeran are a few of her favorite musicians.
What was Camila Cabello’s first song that she did on her own?
A: “Crying in the Club,” Camila’s first solo song, came out in 2016.
Who has Camila Cabello worked with before?
A: Artists like Shawn Mendes, Machine Gun Kelly, Young Thug, and Ed Sheeran have worked with Camila.
What kinds of charitable projects does Camila Cabello back?
A: Camila works hard to help raise knowledge about mental health and to support groups that promote well-being and empowerment.
In the end, the fact that Camila Cabello went from being a bright young artist to a global superstar shows how talented, hardworking, and dedicated she is. Her unique blend of musical styles, captivating performances, and charitable work have made her an icon in the music business. Camila’s influence on pop music and the number of her loyal fans will continue to grow as she grows as an artist.
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Muslim radicals are troubled by a new cartoon circulating on the Internet. But it's not for reasons you might think. This week, users at the elite terrorist forum Shumukh created a pro-Al Qaeda cartoon series to appeal to younger, would-be jihadists. But according to The Telegraph's foreign affairs correspondent Damien McElroy, some readers of the jihadist forum don't think it's suitable for children: "There was strong criticism of the cartoons on internet forums for jihadists. Users complained they made the scarf-wearing fighters look too 'scary' for children," he writes. Maybe the protagonist militants should have had a talking animal sidekick?
The cartoon is believed to be published by Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical preacher who's lived in both Britain and the United States and Samir Khan, who was born in North Carolina, reports McElroy. "They are trying out new methods to make terrorism exciting to young people and even to children," national security analyst Noman Benotman tells him. So what's so spooky about this new cartoon? According to Will McCants, the editor of Jihadica, a well-respected militant studies website, "posters in Shumukh have said the demon glare of the mujahideen might scare kids a bit too much." It's true, they do kind of look like the bad guys:


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If you like a fruity and tart sauce for your chicken, this Raspberry Balsamic Chicken is for you. Made with fresh raspberries and thyme, it is a fresh and flavorful recipe for spring.
Easter is this week! I thought I would share what I made last year. It was a very small and quiet celebration. This is a chicken dish that says spring! You use fresh raspberries and thyme to create the raspberry balsamic sauce.
I love using fresh fruit and herbs in my cooking and baking. This Peach and Raspberry Cake is a great one to bake and bring to a dinner party or to surprise a friend.
Most of my dishes are modern but I love bringing out my grandmother’s china from time to time. I know many people don’t want their family china anymore, but I love the memories using them bring and the stories they tell us. Using these brightened a somewhat dreary day!
I have another recipe that uses raspberry preserves but this recipe, from Food and Wine, uses fresh raspberries that you puree,
How To Puree Raspberries
I took a pint of raspberries and used a handheld sieve to press them through.
The juice goes through while the seeds are collected and discarded. You could also blend in a blender and put through the sieve.
If you are short on time, don’t have fresh raspberries or a sieve, substitute a few tablespoons of raspberry preserves.
How to Make Raspberry Balsamic Chicken
Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken breast. Add oil to a heated skillet. Add chicken and brown on each side. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side, until just cooked through. Remove from pan and place on plate.
Add shallots and cook until translucent.
Return chicken to the skillet, turning to coat. Let warm through and serve. Add fresh raspberries and thyme to finish the dish.

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SAN DIEGO (Oct. 31, 2006) -- Chargers star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman dropped his appeal and will begin serving a four-game suspension for testing positive for steroids this week.
Merriman, who's tied for the NFL lead with 8 1/2 sacks, will miss games at home against Cleveland, at Cincinnati, at Denver and against the Oakland Raiders.
The suspension won't officially begin until after Merriman addresses his teammates on Nov. 1. After that, he'll be barred from the team's headquarters until he's eligible to return on Nov. 27. The Chargers were off Oct. 31.
Had Merriman gone through with the appeal and lost, there was the chance that he'd miss both games against Denver, which is tied with the Chargers for the AFC West lead. The Chargers host the Broncos on Dec. 10.
Merriman, the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2005, said the positive drug test stemmed from a tainted supplement.
Word of Merriman's positive test leaked on Oct. 22. Merriman announced Oct. 24 he was appealing, and had three sacks in the team's 38-24 win over the St. Louis Rams.
Merriman's suspension is another blow to one of the NFL's toughest defenses.
Outside linebacker Shaun Phillips and end Igor Olshansky are doubtful for the Cleveland game. Outside linebacker Steve Foley was shot by an off-duty police officer on Sept. 3 and will miss the season.


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- 8 oz. block cream cheese softened
- 1/2 c butter
- 1 1/3 c powdered sugar
- 1 c cool whip
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 pints strawberries
- 1 sleeve graham crackers crushed
- Rinse all strawberries and let dry.
- Using a knife, cut out the centers of the strawberries from the top.
- Mix all cream ingredients together. Pipe into the strawberries.