Private colleges have appealed to the government for financial support, saying some 450,000 employees risk losing jobs due to the closure of institutions to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Proprietors of the institutions offering certificate and diploma courses say they are not able to pay rent, salaries or other utility bills, as they rely on fees paid by students.
“Private TVETs solely depend on tuition fees paid by students to run day to day operations and meet fixed financial obligations of rent and salary payments, and other operational expenditures, including servicing bank loans,” reads the report by the proprietors of colleges.
There are 825 private TVETs countrywide, with about 260,000 students.
“Private TVET institutions face loss of thousands of jobs. We request the government to save the sector by including them in the development partners' grants and affordable loans to prevent loss of more than 450,000 jobs of both teaching and non-teaching staff,” reads the report.
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Ahead of the planned reopening in September, TVETs management proposes that the government procures affordable standard e-learning system to enable them subscribe at an affordable fee.
They are appealing for zero-rating of learning gadgets like laptops and smart phones for TVET students.
The colleges also want internet made a public utility to make the bundles affordable to students.
The proposals are contained in a 10-page report by Kenya National Association of Private Colleges (Kenapco) issued by secretary general Ekrah Ndung'u.
She says the closure of the institutions has forced them to send staff on unpaid leave.
According to the report most of the institutions are accruing rent and other utility bills for premises not being utilised. “These colleges are on the brink of collapse, as the pandemic continues to ravage our country economically and socially,” reads the report.
It says private colleges offer direct employment to thousands of trainers or lecturers and non-teaching staff.
“During such global changes, the private TVETs sector needs government support to help the country achieve its agenda,” reads the report.
Kenapco argues that investors and parents in private colleges are taxpayers who contribute immensely in the economic development of the country.
“TVETS play a big role in providing labour that is needed to achieve the Big Four agenda and Kenapco shoulders the government’s responsibility of providing accessible, affordable TVET education,” it says.
Kenapco argues that institutions maintain high standards of hygiene in compliance with statutory regulations, with right occupational standards in compliance with public health inspections and guidelines.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced additional areas, which we feel will help in improving our levels of preparedness as we look after our students in the future, like erecting hand washing points in institutions, sanitisers, disinfecting institutions and other measures to fight this pandemic,” reads the report.


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Dagenham student’s film chosen for top film festival
A BUDDING young movie maker is to see her work screened at a prestigious film festival.
A BUDDING young movie-maker is to see her work screened at a film festival.
Ade Sanni’s film, Hold That Thought, will be featured at the Co-operative Film Festival, a national showcase for up-and-coming movie-making talent,
Ade, from Dagenham, says she’s delighted her six minute short was chosen from hundreds of entries.
Describing the film the 18-year-old added: “It about a boy who grows tired of the constant nagging from his girlfriend. She is always telling him off so when he plays on his X-Box he fantasises about controlling her with his remote.”
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Ade completed a BTEC National Diploma in Media Production at Havering College this summer and is about to start her studies for a BA Honours degree in Film Production at Bournemouth University.
The Co-Operative Film Festival will be held at the National Media Museum in Bradford on October 7 and 8.
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Paul Thomas Anderson's film"The Master" -- highly anticipated in part because its story seems to have much in common with Scientology -- will debut a month earlier than originally scheduled. Weinstein Co. announced Friday that it will open the Philip...
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Brian Carter successfully concluded a protracted dispute between the firm’s clients (lessees/optionees) and their lessors/optionors regarding a residential and commercial property.
When a fire destroyed a four-plex on the property, lessors sought to terminate the clients’ lease and option, and failed to cooperate with the clients’ efforts to rebuild the four-plex with insurance proceeds. Lessors ultimately filed two lawsuits, including an unlawful detainer, to terminate the lease/option, raising claims of breach that clients and the firm viewed as manufactured. Mr. Carter defended clients, cross-complained and ultimately extracted an agreement to mediate (with JAMS). At mediation a settlement agreement was reached and signed.
The trouble continued, however, in the form of what the firm and the clients perceived as lessor/defendants’ failure to perform under the settlement. Multiple further hearings later, and with favorable results at the arbitration-like hearings over those disputes, the clients finally received performance to their satisfaction (i.e., payment) for their release of their interest in the property. This dispute highlights the dangers of lease/options, which are often far inferior to a purchase of the title because it creates a situation where two competing persons/groups/entities view themselves as the owner or ultimate owner.

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Sri Lankan Food in NYC: Little Sri Lanka New York Food Tour
Sri Lankan food in NYC. Little Sri Lanka in New York food tour. Where to eat Sri Lankan food in NYC. Little Sri Lanka New York. Staten Island Sri Lankan food. Little Sri Lanka Staten Island.
Sri Lankan food is one of our favorites. We first tried it in Staten Island about five years ago. Then, we gained a deeper love for it when we visited the country in 2017. So, we decided to film a whole video on the cuisine in Staten Island, which is home to a Little Sri Lanka and has the largest Sri Lankan community in NYC.
Take a look at the list below for all of the stops on this tour. These can be found on the below map:
1: Sagara Restaurant
98 Victory Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10301
First stop of this tour is Sagara Restaurant in Tompkinsville, Staten Island. They were well-reviewed by Ligaya Mishan from the NY Times Hungry City column. Since we had three spots to visit, we kept our order to one dish. First, we started off with a masala tea, very fragrant and delicious. Then, we received our mutton curry lamprais. This was a delicious and beautifully arranged dish wrapped in a banana leaf.

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Learn about Fire Safety, see the fire trucks, and lots of fun, games, and prizes! Saturday, October 8, from 12:00pm – 3:00pm.Pest Alert: Spotted Lanternfly
Upper Saucon Township has been approached by the Pa Dept. of Agriculture to make the public aware of this highly-invasive pest. The Spotted Lanternfly has the ability to devastate orchard crops and grapes.Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Dispose of expired and unused prescription drugs, Saturday, October 22, 2016, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, at the Upper Saucon Township Police, 5500 Camp Meeting Road.Senator Browne’s Senior Expo
Join Sen. Browne and other exhibitors throughout the region and state for this information session on Thursday, October 13, from 10:00am – 1:00pm at the Country Meadows of Allentown, 410 North Krocks Road.Trick or Treat Activities
The Upper Saucon Township Board of Supervisors have set the date for the 2016 Halloween Trick or Treat activities. This year’s date will be on Friday, October 28, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The rain date will be the following night, Saturday October 29.Recycle Your Old Electronics, Appliances, And Other E-Waste Items
Saturday, October 15, 2016 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Southern Lehigh Public Library 3200 Preston Lane For more information, please see our flyer.


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MONKTON, Md. (WJZ) — For the past six years, a special camp in Baltimore County has brought together children with limb differences to take part in a care-free summer camp experience.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic this year, the camp went on, helping kids break boundaries and make unforgettable memories with others just like them.READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Tornado Watch Lingers For Eastern Shore Counties
“This camp is fun,” attendee Sophia Mortenson said. “I’m able to just like be myself I guess… and be with my friends.”
Dr. Joshua Abzug, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Maryland, created “Camp Open Arms” six years ago in Monkton to provide a safe, nurturing space for children with limb differences.
“(It’s a space) where there’s no bullying, no racism, they don’t have to worry about anyone making fun of them and they can overcome challenges that they may not be willing or comfortable trying in other environments,” he said.
At camp, the childrens’ differences bring them together.
“Since we all like have something in common, we’re all like, we all have some limb difference, that it’s kind of easier to be around I guess,” Mortenson said.
That makes a big difference for camp attendees.
“We love camp,” Jessica Harmon, whose daughter Rosa attends, said. “She’s made a lot of friends, she’s overcome so many fears that she’s had.”
To ensure campers’ safety in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, staff members put new protocols in place.READ MORE: Tourists Pour Onto Ocean City Boardwalk Despite Gloomy Weather To Kick Off Summer
“Even in the heat and humidity, the children have been in their masks and staying far apart as much as possible,” Abzug said.
To follow CDC guidelines, events and activities were held outside.
Fittingly, this year’s camp theme was the great outdoors.
“We’ve done ropes course, yesterday we got to go ride horses,” Mortenson said.
“There was water games which was really fun,” camper Maddie Bynion added.
The campers also learned how to overcome challenges like being brave.
Although the camp is only a week long, the campers leave with lifelong friendships.
“I just tell them its okay, you’re not alone in the world,” Bynion said.MORE NEWS: Baltimore County Seeks Public Assistance Finding Missing Man
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In the first four months of 2016, while India organised a review of its naval fleet and a global maritime summit to signal its readiness to take on a bigger role in the Indian Ocean region, China announced the setting up of its first permanent naval base in Djibouti, around 3,200km west of Mumbai. It also secured support from Sri Lanka to build another port, and from the Myanmar government, to build a deep sea port.
China’s strategy to become a major player in the region is reflected in the manner in which it has succeeded in securing extensive support for the Maritime Silk Road of its “One Belt, One Road” initiative. On the other hand, in sharp contrast, is India’s disjointed, haphazard attempt to leverage what could be a significant strategic asset in the Indian Ocean—the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
In the Bay of Bengal, far removed from India’s mainland, are Andaman & Nicobar’s 572 Islands that form the south-east border of the country. From north to south the islands form an arc that extends 1,000 km. While the northern most part of the archipelago is only 22 nautical miles away from Myanmar, the southern most point called the Indira Point is a mere 90 nautical miles from Indonesia.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands dominate the Bay of Bengal and Six Degree and Ten Degree Channels through which over 60,000 commercial vessels move west to east and back annually. The northern groups of islands are separated from the southern group by 80 nautical miles wide 10 Degree Channel which, are international waters.
Among the nine major bottlenecks that control the entry to this region from West to East as well as the West are Malacca Strait and Six Degree Channel. Andaman and Nicobar Islands sit in this strategically important zone, close to an important SLOC or Sea Lane of Communication where India can play a significant role in denying access and restrict entry with its growing naval prowess.
As the islands provide India with a commanding geostrategic presence—with-domination of the Bay of Bengal and access to South and Southeast Asia, a focused development plan for the islands would greatly enhance the country’s military capabilities and allow it to check a growing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Several sightings of Chinese submarines have been reported close to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in recent months. Naval vessels and submarines routinely berth in the China-built Hembantota port in Sri Lanka while another China-built port—-of Gwadar in Pakistan—-promises to give direct sea access from China’s Xinjiang, on its northwest frontier, through Pakistan.
Fifteen years after the setting up of a Tri-Service Command in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, there is still insufficient clarity on what India wants to do with the islands to meet its foreign policy objectives. The Modi government has, in the last two years, certainly moved away from the reticence of previous governments to push for a greater role in engagement with the other Indian Ocean littoral states—Bangladesh, the Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Visiting Indian Ocean countries like Mauritius and Seychelles last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would “work to ensure a safe, stable and secure Indian Ocean region” while focusing on its security, signalling New Delhi’s readiness to play a role beyond.
With the signing of a broad framework on defence cooperations in the Indian and Pacific oceans, Modi has decided to partner with the United States to play a greater role in the IOR and South China Sea.
Speaking at the Maritime India Summit held earlier in the year, the Prime Minister reiterated that the IOR is one of his priorities while engaging with nations in the immediate and extended maritime neighbourhood. Soon after coming to power in 2014, he brushed aside environmental concerns and cleared a decade-old proposal to set up a radar station on an island a few miles from the Coco Islands, which Myanmar had leased to China for setting up a listening post. It is reported that infrastructure development by China in the Coco Islands took place in a short span of time and, besides the radar station, the Chinese also built an airstrip while India took 10 years just to decide on building a radar station on Narcondam Islands close by.
Undeniably, the decisiveness shown in getting clearance for this radar station through signaled the new government’s approach to security in the IOR, but that has to be sustained and followed up with a clear-headed response to growing challenges in the surrounding seas with regular movement of Chinese submarines and naval vessels, piracy and threat of terrorism.
After all, any policy for playing a bigger role in the Indian Ocean must have the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as its centrepiece. The Modi government has decided to build on the islands’ strengths and announced a plan to develop port infrastructure and connectivity between the islands last year, with a Rs.10,000 crore allocation. However, any prospective planning for the development of essential infrastructure thereon would need a clear political objective to pass the slow decision-making process in the country and the indifference of its bureaucracy.
Until now, the islands were treated like any other union territory controlled by the central government, where infrastructure development or the opening up of uninhabited islands were never addressed, despite the islands’ locational importance. This outlook ensured that an undersea cable link between India’s mainland and the islands remains incomplete even after several years. Road and airstrip construction, even the building of jetties, has been slow or absent. Internet connectivity, even at the naval base in Port Blair is reported to be erratic. More than a decade after the tsunami of 2004, an important road linking the north with the south has still not been rebuilt. Indeed, until as late as last year, night landings were not even possible at Port Blair airport.
A few years ago, a naval aviation base was set up at INS Baaz in Campbell Bay, but the infrastructure needs of the navy also have to be addressed. Ship repair facilities need to be provided, for which, clearances must come through faster. Currently, only small naval vessels and coast guard boats ply the islands.
Some years back, the Tata Group was given permission to build a resort on one of the islands, only to see the project shelved due to environmental concerns. Now, the central government has proposed to open up five islands to tourism, but environmentalists have strongly opposed the idea as they fear it would threaten indigenous tribes and a sensitive ecosystem. Some experts argue that opening up uninhabited islands to tourism activity is a good way to establish Indian presence and it also allows for human intelligence gathering in these remote national assets. In the last several years, there have been instances when smugglers landed on uninhabited islands and no one in security circles had any knowledge. Environment minister Prakash Javdekar, on a visit to the islands in February, conceded that government policies have not been thought out well.
Such decisions on the building or non-building of infrastructure, whether for defence or civilian use, tend be taken independently, in absence of a clear understanding of how to position the islands.
In the long haul, a robust foreign policy on the IOR will require clarity on how the Andaman & Nicobar Islands should be positioned. In recent days, Japan has shown interest in developing a deep sea port in A&N and the shipping ministry is preparing a long-term plan. It is a favourable development. But, time is of essence when maritime strategy has to be operationalised on the ground with tight deadlines and the Modi government must set up a special team of experts and bureaucrats to get the development of A&N off the ground.
Sunil Raman, a former BBC journalist, heads Public Affairs for Hill & Knowlton Strategies in India.
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Chiropractor and Nutrition Consultant Dr. Mark McCullough Publishes New Blog Offering Tips For A Healthier 2014
Dr. Mark McCullough provides three practical pieces of advice for his readers.
Battle Creek, MI – Dec. 19, 2013 – Battle Creek Chiropractor, Dr. Mark McCullough, President of McCullough Family Chiropractic and Founder and CEO of Pure Health Solutions, LLC, recently published a blog on his website offering tips to help readers enjoy a healthier 2014. The blog, titled “Live Healthy: Three Resolutions for a Healthier 2014” highlights three practical tips for his readers.
Dr. McCullough writes, “2014 is nearly here, and we want it to be a happy and healthy year for you and your family.”
Dr. Mark is a contributor to the following books: The Definitive Guide to Youth Athletic Strength, Conditioning, and Performance; The Success Secret; New York Times, USA Today, and Wall-Street Journal Best-seller One Minute Wellness; and author of The G-Zone: Glucose. Dr. Mark is founder and CEO of Pure Health Solutions, LLC, a nutritional consultancy; McCullough Family Chiropractic; Battle Creek CrossFit, a CrossFit Affiliate in Battle Creek, MI; as well as co-founder of McCullough Health Centers, a training/ coaching/ practice management program for chiropractors, with opportunities for them to oversee a satellite McCullough Health Centers clinic.
Dr. Mark also served as the Team Doctor for the 2005 IBL Champion Battle Creek Knights from 2005-09 and is currently the Team Physician for Team Active Cycling and Multisport Team as well as the Priority Health Cycling and Multisport Team. Dr. Mark’s mission is in serving his patients and helping potential students of Natural Whole Body Health realize and achieve their potential as Doctors.
The entire blog can be found here.
To learn more about Dr. Mark McCullough please visit http://www.ivaluelife.com/.


A man has died following an incident on the M8 which closed the motorway in Glasgow for three hours.
We told how the road was closed westbound after junction 22, Plantation, after what was police described as an 'ongoing incident'.
Officers have now confirmed they were called to a concern for person call on the motorway near Junction 23 at around 2.05pm on Sunday, January 9.
Emergency services raced to the scene and a 56-year-old man was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been made aware.
The road was closed for around three hours and police say a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Police responded to a concern for person call on the M8 motorway near to Junction 23 westbound, Glasgow around 2.05pm on Sunday, 9 January, 2022.
"Emergency services attended and a 56-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been made aware.
"The road was closed for around three hours and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal."
Traffic Scotland initially tweeted an alert around 2.20pm on Sunday to say the section of road had been closed due to a road traffic collision.
In a further tweet just before 4pm they said the road remained closed due to an ongoing incident, with delays of about 45 minutes from the M74 junction 1A to M77 junction 1 and 25 minute delays between M8 junction 20 and the M77 junction 1.
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Title: Play Dead
Author: Ryan Brown
Release Date: July 2011
Today's #1 New York Times bestselling thriller writers agree: Ryan Brown's compulsively readable first novel is unbeatable—a darkly humorous, rich and pungent zombie shocker that melds our national obsession with football and the newest wave of fascination with the undead.
For the first time in Killington High School history, the Jackrabbits football team is one win away from the district championship where it will face its most vicious rival, the Elmwood Heights Badgers. On the way to the game, the Jackrabbits's bus plunges into a river, killing every player except for bad-boy quarterback Cole Logan who is certain the crash was no accident—given that Cole himself was severely injured in a brutal attack by three ski-masked men earlier that day. Bent on payback, Cole turns to a mysterious fan skilled in black magic to resurrect his teammates. But unless the undead Jackrabbits defeat their murderous rival on the field, the team is destined for hell. In a desperate race against time, with only his coach's clever daughter, Savannah Hickman, to assist him, Cole must lead his zombie team to victory
. . . in a final showdown where the stakes aren't just life or death—but damnation or salvation. Boundlessly imaginative and thrillingly satisfying, Play Dead gives small-town Texas an electrifying jolt of the supernatural, and is unquestioningly The Zombie Novel of the Year!
The Comeback Story of the Season .
"Play Dead" by Ryan Brown is a story that is just plain fun.
The author mentioned that he wanted to write a story about the possible effects of steroids,when he saw what was going on with steroids in sports. In this story, he certainly succeeds.
Set in Texas, the story is also a satire about the fanatical following of high school football and the manner in which football can almost take over small town life. This seems particularly true in Texas but is often seen elsewhere.
In this story, the local high school football team, the Killington Jackrabbits, are having their best year and are only one win away from going to the district championships.
The key to the team is quarterback Cole Logan. He's attacked one morning by three steroid using members of the rival team, the hated Elmwood Heights Badgers. Cole ends up having two of his fingers cut off when he refuses to agree to throw the game. However, not thinking clearly, they cut the fingers off of the wrong hand and Cole is still able to throw the ball.
When this doesn't succeed in stopping the Jackrabbits, the members of the Badgers devise a new scheme. The result is that the school bus carrying the Jackribbits has an accident where the bus plunges off a bridge into the water below, killing the entire team, or maybe not.
Both Cole and the coaches daughter, Savanna Hickman are entertaining characters. These high schoolers are drawn to each other in a love-hate relationship that is interesting to see and humorous in the situations in which they find themselves.
`Play Dead' is a book of Southern Gothic brilliance. Even if you don't especially like the idea of a `zombie' novel, the book has a lot more to offer - the story of a football-crazy small town, with a rebel protagonist, an unlikely romance and a game with souls on the line. Ryan Brown is like the male Charlaine Harris - using the dynamic South for a horror backdrop - and `Play Dead' has ensured he is now a supernatural author to watch.

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Rajni & ARR – Success Factors
I was watching “ENTHIRAN” music release function on the TV………
Rajni continues to evoke the same sense of awe in me…may be it is something which has become a habit from the childhood – starting from primary school, i remember waiting with granny in the queue outside the theatres – much earlier than the showtime, so that we get the tickets first [Granny always thought it is important to get the seats in the front rows to get a clearer view of the movie and the sound!! 🙂 ]
It is always a happy memory – watching any of Rajni’s movies ……..while it was his style and stunts which enticed us during our childhood days, it was the mass appeal when we were in college (our classmates could all invariably agree if it is a Rajni movie over the fluid dynamics lab!) – but over the period of time, when i grew out of the stunts and mass appeal, it is extremely intriguing to watch Rajni “BEING HIMSELF” , when he is offscreen….
When my kids watch him in the screen on and off movies, they are surprised that how transformed he is in movies – nevertheless, i can feel even the little one has taken an interest in watching him.
Cut over to present….. – it is the big show in Malaysia – ‘ Enthiran’ music release day – realyed in TV – Rajni walks in – stylish – a very simple trousers and formal shirts, no make up, but the style….he was on stage….he talks and laughts……. – i was totally engrossed – he was funny , quoting on how he felt working with Aishwarya (Amitabhji telling me ‘Rajni …Khabardar’)…he was hum ble, praising all the lead players in the film….and when he talked about AR Rahman – he said the three factors which is unique about ARR and why ARR is more of a yogi (dressed in black formals!)
1. ARR is hardworking and sincere , 2. ARR has chose the path of love (path of love Vs path of hate) and 3. ARR has surrendered to the super power (‘Ella pugazhum Irayvannuke’).
It was such an amazing consolidation by Rajni – but what was more striking was that all the three holdsgood much better for Rajni !!! Call him being humble!!
ps – I found Ani has also posted about this – No wonder why Rajni fans were upset that he is too humble!


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Whistleblowers “terrified” at TVA nuke plants?, CBS News, July 20, 2011:
A crying Janice Overall told CBS News her husband, Curtis, “paid the ultimate price.” [...] an award-winning employee who helped run Watts Bar’s unique ice containment system, designed to prevent a nuclear meltdown.
But in 1995, after Overall discovered what he believed were problems with the system on the eve of Watts Bar’s long-delayed startup, he got harassed with threatening notes, and even a fake bomb discovered in the back of his pickup. Battling a bad heart and deep depression, Overall died in 2007 at the age of 56, without any proof of who had harassed him. [...]
“People are terrified to come forward at TVA,” [attorney Lynne Bernabei] asserts. “It’s just like back in 1985. Nothing has changed. They’re terrified to come forward because they know that they will not get employment at TVA.” [...]
Says Bernabei, “The whole regulatory system is based on self-reporting by the utility employees. If those employees are scared of coming forward, you’re not going to get the safety problems reported, and you’re gonna have a plant that is not safe.”
CBS News spoke with one whistleblower, Gail Richards, who said she was too afraid to appear on-camera for “fear of further risk of retaliation for me and my family by the TVA and NRC.”
CBS also discussed a 1986 report documenting what investigators called “widespread intimidation, harassment and discrimination by TVA management,” along with “widespread mistrust.”
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|Roof||158.35 m (519.5 ft)|
|Floor count||41 (38 above ground, 3 underground)|
|Floor area||76,634.30 m2 (824,884.7 sq ft)|
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The Prudential Tower(プルデンシャルタワー) is a skyscraper located in Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan. It contains offices, residences, and shops, with 38 floors above ground and a total floor area of 76,634 square meters. It is situated on the Sotobori-dōri trunk road, near the National Diet Building and other central government institutions, including the Prime Minister's Official Residence.
A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s. The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century. Skyscrapers may host offices, residential spaces, and retail spaces. For buildings above a height of 300 m (984 ft), the term supertall skyscrapers can be used, while skyscrapers reaching beyond 600 m (1,969 ft) are classified as megatall skyscrapers.
Nagatachō is a district of Tokyo, Japan, located in Chiyoda Ward. It is the location of the Diet of Japan and the Prime Minister's residence (Kantei). The Supreme Court of Japan is located in neighboring Hayabusachō. Nagatachō's name is often used to refer figuratively to the Japanese government, as opposed to Kasumigaseki which refers to the administration.
Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2018, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
Floors 26–38 of this mixed-use building are residential, floors 3–24 offices, and the bottom floors retail space. The building can be accessed from five subway lines through the Tokyo Metro stations Akasaka-mitsuke and Nagatachō.
The Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd., commonly known as Tokyo Metro, is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan. While it is not the only rapid transit system operating in Tokyo, it has the higher ridership among the two subway operators: in 2014, the Tokyo Metro had an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, while the other system, the Toei Subway, had 2.85 million average daily rides. The company replaced the Teito Rapid Transit Authority, commonly known as Eidan or TRTA, on April 1, 2004.
Akasaka-mitsuke Station is a subway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Nagatachō Station is a subway station in the Nagatacho district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Prior to and during World War II, the site was occupied by a luxury Japanese restaurant that was one of the command bases used by dissident military officers during the February 26 Incident in 1936. The restaurant was destroyed during the bombing of Tokyo in 1945.
The February 26 Incident, also known as the 2-26 Incident, was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936.
The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is regarded as the single most destructive bombing raid in human history. 16 square miles (41 km2) of central Tokyo were destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over 1 million homeless.
Aiichirō Fujiyama's business conglomerate planned to build a luxury apartment complex on the site after the war, but the award of the 1964 Summer Olympics to Tokyo led to a "hotel boom" in the city. The site was re-purposed for the Hotel New Japan, one of the first modern hotels in Tokyo, which opened in 1960 and became a center of political, social and media activity in Tokyo during the 1960s and 1970s. The hotel was severely damaged in February 1982 after a guest smoking in bed started a fire, which spread quickly due to a combination of inadequate safety equipment and inadequate staff response, killing 33 people. The Tokyo metropolitan government ordered the hotel closed shortly thereafter, although the hotel's basement nightclub, New Latin Quarter, remained operational through 1989. There are urban legends that the Prudential Tower is haunted by ghosts as a result of the disaster.
Aiichirō Fujiyama was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and business executive.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being cancelled because of World War II.
An urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend is a genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true, especially as having happened to a friend or family member, often with macabre or humorous elements. These legends can be entertainment, but often concern mysterious peril or troubling events, such as disappearances and strange objects. They may also be moralistic confirmation of prejudices or ways to make sense of societal anxieties.
Chiyoda Life Insurance, a major creditor of the hotel's bankrupt owner, acquired the long-abandoned hotel site in 1996 and began development of an office tower on the site. Chiyoda itself entered bankruptcy in 2000, following which Prudential Life Insurance acquired the project and completed construction through cooperation with Mori Building. Construction of the 158-meter tower was finished in 2002.
Prudential Financial, Inc. is an American Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the United States and in over 40 other countries.
Mori Building Company, Limited is a family-owned Japanese property management firm. As of 2015 its president and CEO is Shingo Tsuji. Its headquarters are in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.
Kasumigaseki is a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is the location of most of Japan's cabinet ministry offices. The name is often used as a metonym for the Japanese government bureaucracy, as opposed to Nagatachō, which refers to the elected government or the legislative branch. Kasumigaseki Station was one of the stations affected during the Tokyo subway sarin attack.
Akihabara Station is a railway station in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods.
Imperial Hotel, Ltd. is a company that operates hotels in Japan. Its flagship hotel is the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo (帝国ホテル東京), and its headquarters are located in the Chiyoda Ward of Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace, Hibiya Park, and Ginza.
Tameike-Sannō Station is a subway station in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is located in the wards of Chiyoda and Minato.
The Shinjuku Park Tower is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1994.
Yūrakuchō (有楽町) is a business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, situated in between the Ginza and Hibiya Park, southeast of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. The district takes its name from Oda Nagamasu, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga. Nagamasu built his mansion here on land near the Sukiya-bashi Gate of Edo Castle granted by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The place name dates from the Meiji period. It arises from an altered pronunciation of Urakusai.
Shiba (芝) is an area of Minato ward in Tokyo, Japan and one of districts in the Shiba area.
Tokyo District Court is a district court located at 1-1-4 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
The Sanno Park Tower is a 44-story skyscraper located in Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan. It is the second highest building of the ward, after the Shin-Marunouchi Building. The building stands over Tameike-Sannō Station which is served by the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (G06), Tokyo Metro Namboku Line (N06) and linked to Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station (M14) on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
Hirakawachō is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1-chōme and 2-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 1,104. Note that Kanda-Hirakawachō, also located in the Chiyoda ward, is a completely different district. Hirakawachō's postal code is 102-0093.
Toranomon (虎ノ門) is a business district of Minato, Tokyo.
The Yamato Life Insurance Company was a life-insurance company in Japan. Yamato's headquarters were in Uchisaiwaichō, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded on September 20, 1889, and was capitalized at ¥12,086,963,000. It has policies valued at ¥34,500,000,000.
Kaihimmakuhari Station is a railway station in Mihama-ku, Chiba city, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
Fukagawa (深川) is an area in Kōtō, Japan. It is one of the representative shitamachi of Tokyo. Formerly, it was a ward of the historical Tokyo City.
Uchisaiwaichō (内幸町) is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, at the south-east corner of the ward bordering with Chūō and Minato. Its postal code is 100-0011.
Tokyo Garden Terrace is a 227,200-square-meter mixed-use development in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2016, it includes office, residential, commercial, hotel, and leisure space.
Chiyoda is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.
The Kanto Three Great Acalas (関東三大不動) is a collective term, recorded in the Japanese history, for the three temples that are dedicated to the Acala in Kantō region governed by shōgun.
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.
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Thursday, 9 Feb 2012
Sony has gone on record to say that the NEX system will have 15 lenses by the end of 2013.
Details are still sketchy for the moment, but an industry source has revealed to Forbes that Nokia will be announcing at least one high-end smartphone, alongside an unusual software feature normally found only on high-end smartphones.
Sigma has announced a price drop for its SD1 flagship DSLR and upgrades for its DP1 and DP2 large sensor compacts. All three cameras are getting a new name too.
Utilizing Olympus' MR (Multi Recording) technology, the SZ Traveller is capable of capturing 1080 Full HD movies and 16-megapixel stills concurrently.
Roccat will showcase its Savu Hybrid Gaming Mouse at the CeBit 2012, along with its newest top secret gaming tech project which will only be revealed to certain visitors.
Samsung has confirmed that it will not be hosting a press conference at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, reports PCMag.
Apple is streaming a Paul McCartney concert live via iTunes. But more interestingly, the event will be the first live content available for streaming to AppleTV users indicating that Apple might be getting serious about tackling broadcast.
Chinese information technology website DoNews claimed that Apple is bringing support for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Russian languages to Siri in March.
Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012
With data rates of 300Mbps, the RT-N15U can be wall-mounted, and houses a USB port, which allows it to support an entire host of applications and functions including an AIO printer and a FTP server.
Adopting quad-speed frame sequential display technology which is able to minimize crosstalk distortion, the 3D Display offers a high contrast of 5000:1 and wide viewing angle of 176 degrees.


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Article 12(2)(a) and Article 17(1)(a) QD
It can be noted that the ground ‘crime against peace’ is not likely to be of relevance in the cases of applicants from Syria.
Reported crimes such as murder, torture, and rape by the different actors could amount to crimes against humanity when committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population. Crimes in the context of past events, such as the Muslim Brotherhood uprising could also trigger the consideration of exclusion in relation to ‘crimes against humanity’.
Violations of international humanitarian law by different parties in the current and in past conflicts in Syria could amount to war crimes, such as the deliberate and systematic attacks on hospitals, the use of prohibited weapons and the deliberate indiscriminate attacks on civilians, etc.
Some acts in the current conflicts, such as extrajudicial killings, torture, forced disappearance, could amount to both a war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to COI, especially (former) members of the SAA, the GoS intelligence- and security services and associated armed groups (e.g. NDF), as well as anti-government armed groups (e.g. FSA, ISIL, Jabhat al-Nusra/HTS, SNA), Kurdish political actors (PYD), and security forces (SDF, YPG, Asayish) can be implicated in acts that would qualify as war crimes and/or crimes against humanity.
In terms of qualifying the relevant acts as war crimes, the following classification of some of the conflicts taking place in Syria may be relevant:
■ non-international armed conflict between GoS and various anti-GoS armed groups, most notably HTS, SNA and ISIL;
■ international armed conflict between the US-led coalition against ISIL and GoS (due to its military intervention in Syria without the consent of the GoS);
■ international armed conflict between Syria and Turkey, as the GoS has not accepted Turkish presence on its territory; mlitary confrontations between Syrian and Turkish armed forces also took place during the conflict;
■ international armed conflict between Syria and Israel, which has been conducting airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria without the consent of the GoS;
■ non-international armed conflict between Turkey and the YPG forces.
[Security 2020, 1.1, Annex II]
Article 12(2)(b) and Article 17(1)(b) QD
Criminal activity in Syria is widely reported, including kidnappings, assassinations, gun smuggling, drug smuggling, human trafficking and robberies. Such serious (non-political) crimes would trigger the application of Article 12(2)(b)/Article 17(1)(b) QD.
Some serious (non-political) crimes could be linked to an armed conflict (e.g. if they are committed in order to finance the activities of armed groups) or could amount to fundamentally inhumane acts committed as a part of a systematic or widespread attack against a civilian population, in which case they should instead be examined under Article 12(2)(a)/Article 17(1)(a) QD.
Article 12(2)(c) and Article 17(1)(c) QD
(Former) membership in terrorist groups such as ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra/HTS could trigger relevant considerations and require an examination of the applicant’s activities under Article 12(2)(c)/Article 17(1)(c) QD, in addition to the considerations under Article 12(2)(b)/Article 17(1)(b) QD. The application of exclusion should be based on an individual assessment of the specific facts in the context of the applicant’s activities within that organisation. The position of the applicant within the organisation would constitute a relevant consideration and a high-ranking position could justify a (rebuttable) presumption of individual responsibility. Nevertheless, it remains necessary to examine all relevant circumstances before an exclusion decision can be made.
Where the available information indicates possible involvement in crimes against peace, war crimes or crimes against humanity, the assessment would need to be made in light of the exclusion grounds under Article 12(2)(a)/Article 17(1)(a) QD.


Went to the range Saturday, had both G17s, a .38, and a Bersa .380. Just for the heck of it I rented a G21. I love my G17, bur the 21 was just simply spectacular....come my birthday I will have one. I dont have the picture, but I put in a 1" grouping of 5 rounds at 50 feet. My 14 year old daughter could handle it as well as my wife. SWEET!


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After 3 days of procrastination, I finally completed my Clownfish. I was unproductive in the past few days but I'm glad that the result came out great. The clownfish is perfectly suited for the pixel art style. The colors are well defined which makes it easy to create the pattern.
"Just keep swimming... keep swimming... just keep swimming." A line I remember from watching the movie Finding Nemo.
Here's a film strip of the WIP:
While here's a gif version of the WIP:

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A bombardment of assaults and counterassaults between the occupying settler State of Israel and the occupied State of Palestine have soared in recent weeks to an intensity not seen in years, say observers. The unrelenting discord has been raging for eight decades. Resistance groups, human rights organizations and justice advocates are calling for more international attention to the Palestinian cause and for Israel to be further investigated for war crimes and human rights violations that are increasing and becoming deadlier.
“It’s a terrible escalation. That’s the bottom line,” said Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Bennis noted the escalation is primarily around Jenin and Nablus—two Palestinian territories in the West Bank, and in other cities supposedly under full Palestinian control and security. “But there is no Palestinian control,” said Ms. Bennis. “This is straight-up Israeli assaults, and they’re going on mostly at night,” she added.
Recently, there has been an uptick in house raids by Israeli forces, with many not leading to any arrests. Youth are being taken away for interrogation—usually, in the middle of the night, designed to terrify them, and their parents are not told where they’re going. “It’s complete violations of a whole host of international laws,” Ms. Bennis told The Final Call.
An example of targeting teenagers was a Palestinian WAFA news report of Israeli forces arresting five Palestinian minors: Omar Hani Marie, 15, Hadi Ziad Shurafa, 14, and Abdel-Qader Melhem, 17, and two unnamed teens, in separate incidents in occupied Jerusalem and Tulkarm, a West Bank province on October 27. Rights advocates argue these actions regularly occur with impunity.
At least 125 Palestinians died in clashes with Israeli forces this year. Israel argues the majority killed were combatants, opponents maintain an inordinate number slain were civilians, including women and stone-throwing young people protesting the raids, and others uninvolved in confrontations.
Amnesty International conducted research between August 9 and September 2 into alleged violations of international humanitarian law by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups stemming from Israel’s August offensive on the Gaza Strip. In a report named, ‘They Were Just Kids’—Evidence Of War Crimes During Israel’s August 2022 Gaza Offensive” Amnesty International found credible evidence that the Zionist State and Palestinian Armed resistance groups allegedly committed war crimes in the violence.
Israeli authorities have denied Amnesty International access to Gaza since 2012, and the rights organization collected information through contracting a Gaza-based fieldworker.
“Amnesty International is concerned that the international community’s failure to hold Israel accountable for its crimes under international law is contributing to the entrenchment of this impunity,” said the report.
The violations documented by Amnesty International fit into a wider pattern of unlawful attacks in Gaza perpetrated in the context of an ongoing 15-year-old illegal blockade — a key tool through which Israel enforces its apartheid system to segregate, fragment, oppress and dominate Palestinians for the benefit of Israel’s Jewish population.
The report said Israel has benefited from impunity for apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity and deadly repression of protests against a blockade on Palestinian areas.
Amnesty International said the blockade itself may amount to a crime against humanity, and Israel’s overall “cruel and institutionalized” regime of “domination and oppression” of Palestinians amounts to the crime of apartheid. Palestinian armed groups also eluded accountability for apparent war crimes they allegedly committed, said the report.
The rights group called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to urgently investigate any apparent war crimes committed during the August 2022 offensive and include crime against humanity of apartheid in its current investigation of Israel.
A new wave of youth-led resistance
Meanwhile, on October 25, the Israeli army killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in the city of Nablus. The raid targeted “Areen Al-Usud (The Lions’ Den),” a Nablus-based Palestinian resistance group, that Israel says was responsible for killing an Israeli soldier and other attempted attacks. The raid was one of the deadliest in the West Bank this year and comes amid heightening tensions.
“The intensity of the repression and the violence; oppression that’s happening now in Nablus and Jenin, and some of the other places in the West Bank hasn’t been seen in almost 20 years,” said Muhammad Sankari of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)-Chicago.
Mr. Sankari told The Final Call, the methods being deployed by the Israeli Occupying Forces are becoming more lethal as in years past. One instance he cited, for example, was the “targeted assassination” of a resistance leader in his mid-20s by placing an explosive device on his motorcycle. That specific technique has not been seen since the second intifada or uprisings in the early 2000s.
“On one level it’s like the intensity of the repression and the violence the Israelis are using in the West Bank; and on the other hand … the flip side of that … the level of organized resistance coming out of the West Bank is something that hasn’t been seen in many, many years,” Mr. Sankari explained.
He noted that a new generation of resistance fighters is arising who are more intense and different from older guard leadership like the governing Palestinian Authority. Among young Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority has a credibility problem and is seen as working “hand in hand” with the Israelis, including assisting with arresting people resisting the occupation.
Under the relationship, the authority has a “security coordination” agreement originating from the 1993 Oslo Accords. The ramping up of the resistance is being led by people under the age of 30, generationally disconnected from the Oslo agreement, which they view as a betrayal, said Mr. Sankari. They are taking the onus to rise up right now.
“For us, this is why this is kind of a critical moment,” added Mr. Sankari. He sees the energy as a new and different day in the Palestinian struggle for liberation. The generation that is now uprising is important because this generation is what the Israelis invested the most heavily in, Mr. Sankari stated.
He explained the Israelis were hoping to distract the 18 to 26 year-olds with measures of social and economic mobility sprinkled around the West Bank. They only knew Palestine after the 1990s and the Oslo Accords. The Israelis hoped this generation would be caught up with restaurants, having a nice car and their occupations, not freedom. “And that’ll be that, but it failed,” he said. “The fact that it failed, Israel now is reeling, and recognizing that they weren’t able to stop this transfer of people wanting their liberation from generation to generation,” said Mr. Sankari.
Israel in cohorts with America, and some Arab and Gulf nations signing the “Abraham Accords” of normalization with Israel, determined the Palestinian question was being sidelined. Younger Palestinians rejected the marginalization as an end.
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network led demonstrations in Chicago with other pro-Palestinian groups protesting the Nablus raid and killings that also sparked street demonstrations in Occupied Palestine. Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip staged a general strike in protest. Stores shuttered throughout Nablus, Ramallah, Gaza City, and other Palestinian municipalities.
Protesters gathered near the perimeter fence that divides the Gaza Strip and Israel. The fence is a demarcation line constructed by the Zionist state that pro-justice activists say is manifest proof that Israel is an apartheid state. Media images showed protesters waving Palestinian flags and burning dozens of tires, venting their ire over Israeli repression. A spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the raid a “war crime.”
The assault is part of the daily spiral of bloodshed and a heinous crime added to Israel’s record of criminality.
America and Israel will pay for tyranny
The scriptures say every nation will be judged out of their own books and recorded deeds. Both their good and evil actions will be weighed on the scale of justice ultimately by the God of justice. Peace is an illusion without justice.
Addressing Israel and its United States benefactor, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam has warned that America will lose in the Middle East. “You will be put out of that area of the world,” said Minister Farrakhan in Part 12 of a weekly lecture series called “The Time and What Must Be Done,” in 2013. “You think that you will survive. I warned you a long time ago … Israel: You have not had any peace,” he said, referring to past remarks he made, that still apply today.
“For 40 years you have not had any peace, nor will you have any peace,” said the Minister. Peace cannot be achieved structured on injustice, lying and thievery, he warned. A peace plan will fail because “the peace that you want is peace on your terms! And that is not going to happen,” said the Minister.
In his illuminating book, “The Fall of America,” Minister Farrakhan’s teacher, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad warned about the terrible consequences for imposing Israel on Palestine. “America and England deposited their little brother, Israel, on foreign soil, Palestine, which is Arab land. They deprived the Arabs of their own land and sent them into exile,” wrote Mr. Muhammad. “This injustice against the Arabs is now costing America the power and authority that she once exercised in the East. She is on her way out of the Near East. This means bloodshed and plenty of it,” added Mr. Muhammad.
Facing upcoming elections, Israel is spinning in a state of political flux and chaos within its own government, replete with a probable come-back of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Its two coalitions—the “Netanyahu Coalition” and “non-Netanyahu coalition” are vying for votes.
“And in the Israeli context, the best way to get votes is to present yourself as tougher against the Palestinians than the other guy,” said Ms. Bennis. “This is something they can brag about, how many Palestinians have you killed,” she said.
“That goes to the timing of it. But it doesn’t go to the substance, the substance is this is an ongoing reality that is a part of an apartheid system, rooted in settler colonialism,” Ms. Bennis explained.
Coupled with Israel oppressing Palestinians in their own land, the world has been distracted from the issue by crises like Russia and Ukraine, say observers, despite major rights organizations providing key legal analysis about Israeli violations. In addition, the U.S. lacks the political will to fairly address justice for Palestinians or break the cover it affords Israel from global condemnation.
As long as the Israelis are “given carte blanche” by the Europeans and the United States, they will continue to escalate in more brutal ways, said Mr. Sankari. “Israel is becoming more desperate, as their plan and their ability to just completely destroy the Palestinian national liberation movement, has just become increasingly unsuccessful,” he said.


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Read the news yesterday that 18 people have died so far this year from dengue fever. According to statistics, “Eight states had recorded increases led by Kelantan (162 per cent), Johor (40 per cent), Selangor (33 per cent), Perak (18 percent), Sabah (13 per cent), Melaka (10 per cent), Pahang(8 per cent) and Sarawak (2 percent)” ~(Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai - BERNAMA)
...and "Thirteen new “hot dengue areas” had been identified bringing the total to 39. Selangor had the most number with 33 followed by Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya with 4 while Johor and Sarawak had one each."
Our area has been considered as one of the "hot dengue areas" so is often "visited" by officers from health department for the "spraying" of insecticide.
A little bit of research of dengue fever :
"Dengue is an infection of the dengue virus and one of the most common arthropod borne viruses. It is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes in the Aedes genus and is considered a major health threat. Dengue is usually a minor febrile illness that resolves without treatment, but it can develop into dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal, on rare occasions."
"Symptoms of dengue include headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, rash, and swollen glands. Since dengue is caused by a virus, there is no specific medicine to treat it. Treatment instead focuses on relieving the symptoms."
"Eliminate potential breeding grounds for the vector mosquitoes. This includes even small amounts of stagnant water, especially those around human habitation. Pots and old tires should be kept empty and even water in flower vases should be changed regularly".
I was told that one of the home treatments for this is to drink lots of plain water and lots of isotonic drink. Last year when our nephew was admitted to the hospital during Eid-ul-Fitr celebration, we supplied him with lots of 100plus drinks and we believe it helped him recovered sooner.
Few days ago I received "Dengue Fever Remedy" in my mail box, interesting... as according to those who have tried the remedy, the patients' blood platelet counts started to increase after drinking the juice :
Not sure if it really works but hopefully it does. And I think I've read somewhere that crab soup can also help, have to dig into my mail boxes.
"2 pcs of papaya leaves, clean, pound and filter. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. The juice is very bitter."
"It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever. The papaya leaf juice has cooling effect, so it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away."
However, whatever the methods are for any kind of diseases, we can try our best, but only Allah SWT can heal.
May my family and friends be granted with good health...ameen.

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Seoni: In some great news for
conservationists, a tigress has given birth to five cubs in
Madhya Pradesh`s Pench Tiger Reserve where an elephant calf
was also born.
The atmosphere in the tiger reserve is filled with joy
and tourists are being greeted with the news of newborn, park
officials told reporters today.
The cubs were born in the Alikatta Range while
Saraswati gave birth to the elephant calf weighing nearly 100
kg, they said.
The park officials along with the veterinarians are
taking care of cubs and the calf.
All arrangements have been made for security of the
newborns in the reserve, the officials said adding earlier,
before the rainy season, a tigress had given a birth to a cub
in the national park.


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In the first book, Emily discovers that she is a mermaid, and a human! Her adventures in the first book are about her learning she’s a mermaid, hiding her secret from her friends and her Mom and discovering the mermaid world.
The second book begins when her family is reunited (her Mom is human, her Dad is a merman) and moves to All Points Island, a special island where merfolks and humans live together.
Emily is very curious, adventurous, and brave. One day when she went exploring the island with her best friend, Shona, she went into a cave that she wasn’t supposed to go in. When they got to the end of the cave, there was a big rock in the way, so she and Shona moved the rock. The cave and the water started to shake and they saw scary, slimy, tentacles coming out of the hole. They had woken the KRAKEN—a terrible, mean, ugly, huge monster that was supposed to sleep for 100 years but Emily and Shona had woken it.
The kraken scares everyone, even Neptune, the King of the Seas, and the monster attacks ships and causes big waves wherever he goes. The kraken must be stopped but only the people who awoke him can control him.
Emily and Shona must face the kraken before it destroys the whole island!!!! They show great courage and friendship to save the island.
I loved the book because Emily is a “normal” girl that has crazy adventures. OK, maybe being ½ human

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LANSING, Mich., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- All that's required now for Michigan's new smoking ban to become law is Gov. Jennifer Granholm's signature.
The Michigan House voted 75-30 Thursday to send her the measure outlawing smoking in bars, restaurants and the bulk of all other workplaces, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday. The state Senate had voted 24-13 earlier in the day.
Granholm says she will sign the bill into law, Michigan Public Radio reported.
The exceptions to the ban include the three casinos in Detroit, where smoking will be allowed on the gaming floors but not in their bars and restaurants, and in casinos on Indian tribal lands where smoking is allowed, the Free Press said. Also excepted will be cigar bars and tobacco shops, home offices and inside the cabs of freight trucks, Michigan Public Radio said.
The ban would take effect May 1. Thirty-seven other states already have some sort of smoking ban in place.


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The Center for Retail Research claims that cheese is the world's most frequently stolen food and it has been labeled a "high risk food." There is growing interest in the more expensive cheese such as Parmesan. Next in line as most stolen are fresh meat, chocolate, alcohol, seafood, and infant formula.
Overall, retail 'shrinkage', which includes theft is up to $119 billion in 2011, up 6.6% since 2010. 35.9% of retailers reported that actual and attempted shoplifting rose last year and 24% had higher employee theft. Shoplifters are highest in the Asia pacific and Europe. Organized crime theft is highest in the US.
Almost four percent of the world's cheese supply ends up stolen, putting cheese on top of the list. Shoplifting rates as a whole are going up, because of the current economic situation. Now we can say with certainty that shoplifting is a cheesy crime.

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Research Paper | Medical Science | India | Volume 8 Issue 3, March 2019
qSOFA or SIRS - The Better Predictor of Bacterial Sepsis in the Emergency Room
Abhiram A K, Bharath Prasad, Sreekrishnan TP, Sabrish B, Arun Kumar, Naveen Mohan, Dhanasekharan BS, Gireesh Kumar KP
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a major cause of Emergency Medicine Department admissions and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.2Early identification is of prime importance in the management of the same. The Sepsis -3 taskforce introduced the qSOFA (quick Sepsis related organ failure assessment) to identify patients in sepsis outside the ICU. However the novel SIRS criteria even though non specific helps to identify patients in sepsis. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study was to validate the efficiency of qSOFA in comparison with SIRS criteria to diagnose bacterial sepsis using Procalcitonin as a marker of sepsis. Another objective was to find the association of qSOFA with mortality at 28 days. METHODS: The study is a Prospective Cross Sectional Validation study was carried out among patients admitted to the Emergency Room at a tertiary care hospital. The efficacy of qSOFA and SIRS is compared to procalcitonin which in this study is taken as a marker of bacterial sepsis. Also the association of qSOFA with 28 day mortality is also found. RESULTS: A total of 128 consecutive patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included in the study.59.5 % of patients positive for SIRS criteria had Procalcitonin >1ng /dL, and this was statistically significant (p value 1ng/dL, and this was statistically significant (p value =0.102) when compared to qSOFA negative cases. This association had a sensitivity of 33.3 %, specificity of 80 % and an accuracy of 51.5 %.63.9 % of patients with a positive qSOFA criteria had expired by the end of 28 days, which showed statistical significance when compared to the qSOFA negative group (p value
Keywords: qSOFA, SIRS, SEPSIS, PROCALCITONIN
Edition: Volume 8 Issue 3, March 2019,
Pages: 164 - 167
How to Cite this Article?
Abhiram A K, Bharath Prasad, Sreekrishnan TP, Sabrish B, Arun Kumar, Naveen Mohan, Dhanasekharan BS, Gireesh Kumar KP, "qSOFA or SIRS - The Better Predictor of Bacterial Sepsis in the Emergency Room", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=ART20195922, Volume 8 Issue 3, March 2019, 164 - 167
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Version 1 of this dataset hold the selected results of a spatio temporal analysis of soil nutriment status. This work is based on more than 2 millions topsoil samples in France over a 25 year period since 1990. The results are aggregated at administrative levels so called canton and small agricultural region. The dataset provide the results of the statistical algorithm which aimed to test the possible trend in P K Mg soil test values before and after 2004. We ran the algorithm on the raw data (content in exchangeable P , K and Mg) and on the interpreted values in relation to the agronomic diagnosis. This diagnosis evaluates the necessity of fertilising the crops to allow farmers to achieve their potential yield, according to the soil status characterised by the soil test.

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Index Fund investments are mirror images of the entire investing universe. For example, an Australian Shares Index Fund consists of about 200 or 300 investments in each of the largest companies on the ASX weighted by market capitalisation. People invest in Index Funds usually for two reasons. Firstly, simplicity. You do not have to choose particular investments as you own them all and secondly Index Funds, being passive investments, are inexpensive.
What has been interesting of late is the under-performance of the top 20 ASX listed companies (as represented by the iShares ETF S&P/ASX 20) relative to the broader market, being the S&P/ASX 300 TR Index. The top 20 companies on the ASX account for around 75 per cent to 80 per cent of the return of the index and since the 1st July 2015 to the end of October 2015 this part of the market has performed poorly, returning negative 5.71 per cent against the broader index of negative 2.33 per cent. This is probably not surprising given the large declines in some of the materials companies, some of the banks and the likes of Woolworths.
Montgomery does not consider many of the businesses that make up the top 20 as true “blue chips”. Why invest in companies just because they are big? Remember at Montgomery we only invest in businesses that are high quality, display bright prospects and where we can purchase them below our estimate of intrinsic value. Many of the companies in The Montgomery Fund (and the Montgomery [Private] Fund) are currently outside of the top 20 and the difference in performance can be seen more recently in Chart 1 and since inception (17/8/12) in Chart 2.
In summary, don’t be lulled into a false sense of security always thinking big is beautiful and please ensure every company held in your portfolio has an investment rationale. Don’t be afraid to look different to the pack.

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Feel the river Tara in the right way, the deepest and the most beautiful canyon in Europe (the second in the world). This canyon is 1300 metres deep and it is under the protection of UNESCO as a part of world heritage. For all participants we provide the world's top branded equipment and guides with experience that will make this adventure unforgettable.
You can use your stay on the river to enjoy in the beauty of the canyon and you also have the opportunity to taste the local specialties of Montenegro cuisine. The arrangement includes transport to the river, equipment, skipper and meals. Rafting can be combined with other activities such as cycling, hiking, horseback riding, visiting cultural and historical values… The total length of rafting is 96 km. We offer one-day tours which are 14km, 18km and 38 km long or tree-day tours of 96 km. Depending on which section you choose, you will enjoy in beauty of nature, swimming in the most beautiful parts of the river, feel the force of breathtaking rapids, see the unique waterfalls, strong small rivers, the unique bridge on the river Tara and the other attractive locations.


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A story posted recently by blogger Jonathan Welsh of Driver’s Seat has me thinking about how creative people always find ways to overcome apparent obstacles. Welsh’s article tells the story of a new Jeep campaign that features Grammy-winning singer Lenny Kravitz. There’s nothing revolutionary about a celebrity shilling for a car company, but there’s a small twist to this scenario. Kravitz, you see, isn’t just pitching someone else’s product, he’s introducing a new song of his own – debuting it on a car commercial. It’s an interesting way to get paid (by Jeep) to build awareness and enthusiasm for his upcoming album, and, it’s a commentary on how the music industry has changed in the past few years.
I think Kravitz has it right. With the incredible pace of change in the music business these days, just cutting a record and putting it into stores isn’t enough. Musicians have had to get clever to get attention. Many have found ways to leverage the Internet, the very platform that forever changed their industry by facilitating file sharing, for their benefit. As you would expect, they create Facebook fan pages, Tweet messages to their followers, and post event photos on their websites. These things are the price of admission today. But many are doing something more – something special. They are finding ways to really connect on a more personal level with their fans (who are also, of course, their customers).
The iconic ‘70s rock band KISS, for example, let fans choose the locations for a recent American tour by voting via the KISS website. If you voted for Gene and the boys to come to your town, wouldn’t you be sure to show up and bring some friends? Other bands post early versions of songs in development or potential cover art and run online focus groups to get fan’s input.
The band Radiohead beat the file-sharing public at their own game when they released their album In Rainbows in 2007 as a free download – asking only that fans pay what they thought it was worth. It turns out; their fans liked it well enough to pay approximately the same price that it would have commanded had it been sold through conventional channels. And, the band got to keep a much bigger portion of the money. More importantly, taking this approach created a deeper connection and built trust between the band and the people who love them.
In what may be the ultimate meeting of band and fans, Cincinnati folk-pop group Over the Rhine just released The Long Surrender, which was completely financed by fans via a social-media appeal. That’s right, fans of the band fronted the money (interest free, by the way) to produce the album. Wouldn’t you love it if your customers would do that for you? Those who chose to contribute got an advance copy of the album and their names were listed on the band’s website along with a sincere thank you. Even better, they got to feel like they were part of the artistic process – almost a part of the band.
Tricks like these help create the one-on-one connections that keep music lovers engaged (and therefore buying more music). Smart musicians are not waiting for the public to find them; they are taking their art to the masses in big ways – and reaping the rewards.
What you sell may not be as sexy (or “sexy,” if you’re not a fan) as Lady Gaga’s “bubble dress,” which got her millions of hits on the Internet, but a lot of these same lessons from the music business still apply. So, connect with your customers. Put yourself out there in new and creative ways. Heed the Doobie Brothers and start “Takin’ it to the Streets.”


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Blue flowers in December 2022
In December,Hyacinth, scientific name: Hyacinthus orientalis , begins to bloom. Florist's Cineraria, scientific name: Pericallis × Hybrida, primulas (Primula spp.), and Garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) also continue to bloom for about six months from cold weather. Saintpaulia, scientific name: Saintpaulia ionantha, blooms all year round in the greenhouse.
Moraea polystachya or Blue moraea, (Moraea polystachya), is a bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa and Namibia. Take 3-6 sword-like green leaves from the rhizome. Flowers gro
Vinca major (scientific name: Vinca major) is Southern Europe to North Africa native. It is an evergreen semi shrub which is heat resistant and cold toughening cranial nature of the family Apocynaceae
Garden pansy 'Morpho'
Pansy Morpho (Scientific name: Viola × wittrockiana "Morpho") is one of the gardening varieties of northern European native gardening varieties of the family Violaceae cold-resistant annual plants Ga
Cleisocentron merrillianum (Scientific name: Cleisocentron merrillianum) is a species of orchid in the genus Cleisocentron in the family Orchidaceae, native to Borneo. It is also known as the "Blue Or
Primula polyantha (Scientific name: Primula polyantha) is a gardening variety of the family Primulaceae. It is a cross between Primula beris and Primula vulgaris (Primrose), and is a breed of primrose
Kongiku (scientific name: Aster microcephalus var. Ovatus 'Hortensis') is hardy perennial plant of Asteraceae genus. A lot of small flowers made of dark blue purple tongue-shaped flowers and yellow tu
Cineraria or Florist's Cineraria (Scientific name: Pericallis × Hybrida) is non-cold-resistant perennial of family Asteraceae. Leaves are heart shaped. Flowers will continue to bloom for a long time f
Garden pansy , scientific name:Viola×wittrockiana , is a garden variety and is hardy annual grass of the department Violaceae , of Viola genus in bloomong the sunny streets, parks and other locations.
Hyacinth (scientific name: Hyacinthus orientalis) is native to the Mediterranean coast and is a cold-resistant bulb plant of the Asparagaceae. It is a plant that is relatively easy to cultivate. Like
Primula juliana (Primula × juliana) is a combination of Primula polyantha (P. polyantha) and Primula Juriae (P. juliae) native to Caucasus and is a small dwarf-hard and cold-resistant perennial plant
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Music Midtown returns with Eminem, Zac Brown Band
Music festival season may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the sounds are stopping, as shows are still being announced for the fall.
One of the main names near and dear to my heart is Music Midtown, the annual musical celebration at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. This is because of all the festival lineups I’ve posted about, Music Midtown is the only one I’ve actually attended (Coachella and Bonnaroo are on my bucket list).
In 2011, I attended the revival of the festival when it was alt-rock leaning — with Coldplay, The Black Keys and Cage the Elephant serving as the main acts — and was relegated to one day. From 2012 on it has spanned to two days and featured nearly every genre imaginable.
The initial lineup for this year’s festival, set for Sept. 19-20, was announced earlier this week, with tickets going on sale Saturday. Hip-hop, country, rock and whatever you would classify John Mayer as are vouched for with Eminem, Zac Brown Band and Jack White serving as headliners.
As usual, some of the more interesting names come when you scroll down from the bigger acts. Musical purists will get their fix with Gregg Allman and Run DMC while Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Iggy Azalea are three of the biggest names in music right now and will all be battling the Atlanta weather in September.
More acts are set to be announced, but here are some that you may want to familiarize yourself with so you can sing along the words.
• Fitz and the Tantrums: A modern alternative band with Motown vibes. Their second album came out in 2013, spearheaded by single “The Walker.”
• Twenty One Pilots: For what it’s worth, their major-label debut “Vessel” was one of my favorites last year. They are a mix of alternative rock infused with hip-hop beats (and any instrument they can find lying around thrown in). It wouldn’t be a surprise if they stole the show at Piedmont Park.
• Sleeper Agent / Music Man: Both of these acts were recently in Montgomery when they opened for New Politics at Rock Bottom. Both also will be supporting recent material, as Sleeper Agent’s “About Last Night” came out in February and Magic Man’s “Before the Waves” will be out in July. Will definitely be worth your time.
Other acts already announced: B.o.B., Bastille, Needtobreathe, Mayer Hawthorne, Banks, The Strypes, AER, Bear Hands and Ron Pope.
Head to musicmidtown.com for information on tickets including VIP and Super VIP packages.


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The NWSL's board of governors formed an executive committee to oversee the league's decisions going forward after commissioner Lisa Baird resigned in the wake of sexual coercion and abuse allegations against now-former North Carolina Courage manager Paul Riley.
The committee, made up of the Orlando Pride's Amanda Duffy, Kansas City's Angie Long and the OL Reign's Sophie Sauvage, released the following statement Sunday:
"On behalf of the entire league, we are heartbroken for what far too many players have had to endure in order to simply play the game they love, and we are so incredibly sorry. We understand that we must undertake a significant systemic and cultural transformation to address the issues required to become the type of league that NWSL players and their fans deserve and regain the trust of both. We're committed to doing just that and recognize that this won't happen overnight, but only through vigilance over time."
The NWSL added the league would be implementing "several critical investigative and reform initiatives to protect players and staff, and the environments in which athletes live, train, and compete to give athletes the agency and ability to safely report misconduct of any form."
NWSL general counsel Lisa Levine is also no longer with the league.
The NWSL finds itself at the center of a major scandal involving several head coaches and executives, most prominently Riley, with several players telling The Athletic's Meg Linehan that he sexually coerced them and made comments about their sexuality and weight.
A number of USWNT players spoke out against the NWSL:
Alex Morgan @alexmorgan13
(1/3)The league was informed of these allegations multiple times and refused multiple times to investigate the allegations. The league must accept responsibility for a process that failed to protect its own players from this abuse. https://t.co/KDRBhhVBcT
Megan Rapinoe @mPinoe
Never once during this whole time was the right person protected. Not Mana, not Sinead, not us not the players not the little girls who will become us not the big girls who already are us not any of US. This statement is beyond disrespectful. https://t.co/HDPkFhFEc6
"Due to the severity and seriousness of the allegations being made by players, we can confirm that FIFA's judicial bodies are actively looking into the matter and have opened a preliminary investigation," FIFA said in a statement. "As part of this, FIFA will be reaching out to the respective parties, including US Soccer and NWSL, for further information about the various safeguarding concerns and allegations of abuse that have been raised."
The Washington Spirit's Rickie Burns was also terminated with cause last week and had previously been suspended after being accused of abuse. Gotham FC general manager Alyse LaHue was fired in July after being investigated for potential violations of the league's anti-harassment policy, though she denied all claims of wrongdoing.
And OL Reign coach Farid Benstiti resigned in July, with the club's chief executive officer and minority owner Bill Predmore revealing last week it was requested after an undisclosed incident. Lindsey Horan also accused Benstiti of sexism and making inappropriate comments about her weight in the past.


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ON NORDIC SKIS IN CANADA'S WILDERNESS
By Ruth Robinson; RUTH ROBINSON is an editor in the Style department of The Times.
Published: January 26, 1986
Every skier has a favorite place with reliable snow, challenging slopes and superb mountain vistas. For cross-country skiers, particularly those who like their snow untracked and are partial to high alpine meadows, the Tonquin Valley in the Canadian Rockies may well measure up to the ideal.
The gently undulating valley in Jasper National Park in Alberta is dominated by the Amethyst Lakes and the Ramparts, a rock wall of castellated peaks, six of which run along the Great Divide. In summer the lakes are a sparkling glacial green that reflects the mountains; when frozen in winter they form a perfect ground for ski touring. Dr. J. Monroe Thorington, a Philadelphia mountaineer who was co-editor of the first climbing guides to the Canadian Rockies in the 1920's, described the Tonquin Valley as having ''a singular beauty almost unequaled in alpine regions of North America.'' It is not, however, easy to reach. Getting there from Jasper is an adventure in itself any time of year, involving a hike, horseback ride or ski trek of 14 to 19 miles, depending on the route selected. As a day trip, this is reserved for the fleet and strong.
Consequently, many people do as we did one Saturday last March: ski in for a week's stay. Our base was the Wates-Gibson Hut on Outpost Lake owned by the Alpine Club of Canada. The hut is within easy reach of the valley and other fine ski terrain and, at an altitude of 6,275 feet, high enough to put powder snow at the doorstep. Our group of 20, ranging in age from 24 to 74, had been organized by George Stefanick of the club's Edmonton section, an experienced skier who has run many club camps.
The journey in was not too arduous. The Dixon family, which operates a camp on Amethyst Lakes, took in our supplies and personal effects by snowmobile. From a parking lot 10 miles outside Jasper we rode the first eight miles up the road from Route 93A to the Edith Cavell Youth Hostel precariously perched on top of our luggage on sleds pulled by the snowmobiles. It wasn't comfortable going around icy hairpin turns but it was fast.
From the hostel to the hut - 11 miles, most of it along the Astoria River - we skied in small groups at our own pace following snowmobile and ski tracks. The lunch stop was at the site of a former warden's cabin where there was a picnic table and an outhouse. Oldhorn Mountain rose to our right and Throne Mountain to the left. There were the first views, too, of the Ramparts. A gentle climb to Chrome Lake followed, with the quality of the snow improving as we gained altitude, then more climbing, steeper now. The final haul to the hut was up a steep wooded slope.
The timid among us took off our skis and walked up the icy narrow snowmobile track (although later in the week we were able to negotiate the ascent on skis by moving diagonally back and forth on fresh snow). It took a while for the whole party to assemble. Four skiers followed the wrong tracks and had to retrace their steps, arriving just as a rescue party was setting out.
The Wates-Gibson Hut, a log cabin tucked away safely in the spruce trees, with no danger of avalanche, proved a cozy haven with a well-equipped kitchen and living-dining room downstairs. There was always hot water on the wood stove for washing - George Stefanick was a martinet for cleanliness - or for hot drinks. It was usually so warm that we kept the doors to the upstairs sleeping area closed lest it become too hot for our sleeping bags. (The hut is named in memory of Cyril G. Wates and Rex Gibson, former club presidents who climbed extensively in the area.) Two easy trips familiarized me with the environs. The first went up behind the hut through the trees to a high point above timberline with views down into the Eremite Valley. It was a good trip save for the difficult descent through a boulder-strewn gully back to Outpost Lake. The second, to the Eremite Valley, was a gentle ascent following ski tracks up and up through the trees to steeper slopes above timberline. But then the weather closed in and we beat a hasty retreat back to the pleasures of the hut.
There always seemed to be people lazing around here before or after trips to nearby slopes suitable for making telemark turns on cross-country skis and there was always plenty to do. The week was organized on a cost-sharing basis (my share for food, lodging and snowmobile transportation was $128) on the understanding we all shared in the running of the camp. There was a sign-up sheet for such duties as breakfast and dinner preparation and cleanup, fetching water and wood and filling oil lamps. Water was a particularly arduous task, involving a steep descent to the lake on steps cut into the snow, filling pails from a hole cut in the ice and climbing back up to the hut. When the water had been used, say for washing up, the slops had to be disposed of in a pit dug for that purpose. Ten pails of water were used up in a flash.
Despite the primitive conditions we lived well, with wine for dinner every night and fresh meat - even steak as a special treat - that had been brought in frozen and stored in barrels in the snow. There were enough cabbage, carrots, onions and green peppers to insure a fresh salad daily. After breakfast, a hearty meal which typically consisted of hot cereal and bacon and eggs or hot cereal and French toast, trail lunches were made up from a variety of items set out on the table - candy, chocolate, cookies, dried fruits, nuts, breads, cheeses, sausage and other cold meats, to say nothing of jam, honey and peanut butter. Thermos bottles were filled with hot coffee or tea.