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If you plan to visit New York make sure to consider employing our New York car hire services as your main means of transportation through this true megalopolis of the world. The city itself is made up of five Boroughs which by themselves can be considered large cities which you can then further divide into various districts.
Whether you refer to is as New York, NYC or “The Big Apple”, this is the most populous city in the entire united states and one of the most populous on the entire planet. The city is so large that it is served by three large airports and several smaller ones, you can have our New York car rental services prepare a car of your choice at any of the airports at an hour that you specify. You can obviously also get into the city via rail, road as well as water.
As mentioned earlier the city is made up of five Boroughs, each of them being large enough to be a city in their own right and each of them featuring a unique culture.
Manhattan is the world-famous island located between the Hudson and East Rivers and features many diverse and unique neighborhoods; this is also where you can see the Empire State Building, Central park, Times Square, Wall Street as well as the trendy neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo.
Brooklyn is the most populous of the boroughs, it is known for its music venues, artists, Coney Island and beaches.
Queens is home to New York’s two international airports as well as the city’s second-largest Chinatown, this Borough is the most ethnically diverse region of the United States with over a hundred and seventy languages being spoken.
The Bronx is home to the Yankees professional baseball team, the Botanical Gardens and the Bronx Zoo.
Staten Island is also an island, located south of Manhattan but as opposed to the rest of the Boroughs this one has a clear suburban character to it.
This is just a very basic overview of what New York has to offer, make sure to employ our New York car hire services as your main means of transportation through the city as you will surely need it.


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Featuring a variety of pet projects with tips for achieving realistic results, this dynamic book includes easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful pet portraits in oil and acrylic. Artist Lorraine Gray provides useful information on the basic tools and techniques, as well as rendering fur, feathers, and hair. You’ll also find tips on painting eyes, noses, ears, and whiskers. Packed with pointers, inspiration, and encouragement, Oil and Acrylic: Pet Portraits
is the perfect resource for those who desire to capture their own pets on canvas or want to render professional pet portraits for a living.
Featuring all of your favorite pets, including a dog, puppy, cat, horse, bird, and more, this dynamic book includes easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful pet portraits in oil and acrylic. Artists also will find useful information on rendering fur, feathers, hair, and other textures, as well as the basics of painting technique and color theory.
About the Author
Lorraine Gray is a pet portrait artist, working in pastels, oil, and acrylic, in Berkshire, England. Lorraine’s love for art and animals started as a young girl, when she spent many hours painting her beloved pet dog and cat. After graduating from school she worked as a secretary for a local company and pursued her hobby through local commissions and pet portraits for her friends and family. Since launching her website, Lorraine has fulfilled commissioned paintings from all around the world. Her pet portraits hang in the USA, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Malta, France, Holland, and Dubai, as well as the UK. Lorraine’s work has been featured in the Kennel Club Exhibition in Piccadilly, London (2006), on programme broadcasting live with BBC1TV from Battersea Dogs and Cats home, where she painted a portrait of the featured dog (2007), and in the magazine Your Cat (2011).
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The young performers of ''My Christmas Angel'' will have the opportunity to dance with a Russian gymnast this weekend.
The production, presented by the Freedom of Movement Dance Company in Watkinsville, will present the talent of Yuri Gorshenin, a trained gymnast, who will perform aerobatics and dancing with the young dancers who auditioned for the annual holiday performance.
Shows are at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oconee County Civic Center.
Gorshenin trained as a gymnast from the age of six in the USSR. He was part of a championship USSR Junior National team, which was highest level in the nation for his age group.
At 18, after graduating with a master's degree in sports, he did military service for two years. When he returned to Moscow, he was recruited by the Moscow Circus as a Cossacks rider. He performed for six years throughout South America, Central America and Mexico.
In 1996, he went to the United States to perform in the Olympics.
Gorshenin's wife, Amanda, was once a performer in a family circus in Bloomington, Ind. She and Gorshenin met in Athens when the circus came here. After several years, they married and he continued to perform throughout the U.S.
After their daughter was born in 2001, Gorshenin wanted to spend more time with his family, so he left the circus and now teaches aerobatics at the Freedom of Dance Academy.
''Inside of my heart, I am a performer,'' Gorshenin said. ''I spent 12 years in the circus. I like to perform. But the second part is also I just wanted to be a part of the Freedom of Movement experience.''
In one scene he will dance with dance company members Callie Edwards, Darli Dunne and Victoria Faust. The program will include performances by professional dancers Shawn Evangilesta, Dawn Hudson and Amanda Gorshenin.
For information, call (706) 769-5338.
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Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony collections at Kohl's launch with online contest
Home & Textiles Today Staff -- Home Textiles Today, July 12, 2011
Menomonee Falls, Wis. - To celebrate the fall 2011 launch of the Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony collections, Kohl's is launching a "Best Friends Getaway" contest, offering 15 winners of an all-expense paid trip to New York City with their best friends. The collections, available at Kohl's beginning this September, include a home offering of bedding and towels in addition to apparel, handbags and jewelry.
The contest invites participants to submit a creative video showing why they love Lopez and/or Anthony. The prize package includes attendance at a NYC Fashion Week event in September, dinner at one of the couple's favorite restaurants, a session at an NYC salon, a $500 Kohl's gift card, $500 spending cash, and a flip cam to record and report the experience.
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Inspired by the wedding of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria (wed in Stockholm on June 19 2010) Ikea partnered with stylist Lo Bjurulf and photographer Denise Grünstein and created an ad campaign to highlight Ikea's newest products. Below is "Paper & Fold" and "French Romance", two of six fantastic table settings featured in the campaign. Yes, this is really Ikea. Check out the link below to view the rest - "Harvest", "Artsy", "Folklore", and "Wood On Wood". The clever and creative styling will surely inspire!
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Kirsten Luce for The New York Times Jacqueline Elkort, with David Margules, samples this year’s harvest of Beaujolais nouveau at a party in Manhattan.
“Cadillac” and “Detroit” were originally French words —one a proper name, the other a geographic term. So maybe it was not so far-fetched that this year’s batch of Beaujolais nouveau, the wine many Americans consider quintessentially French, arrived at a party where it was drunk for the first time in a Cadillac that was made in Detroit.
A vintage Cadillac. A two-door from 1976, when a Cadillac still had a sofa-size back seat, not to mention a trunk even a dead body could stretch out in. It is old enough to have hauled 34 annual batches of Beaujolais nouveau before this one.
Except that its owner, an artist from Brooklyn who got his start in graffiti and now goes by the name Kaves, did not buy it new.
“I traded a painting for it,” he said. “I had a ’54 Buick. It looked like a shark. I got rid of that. I’m a Cadillac man.” He shot his cuffs, showing off little cufflinks with the Cadillac emblem. Read more…
Franck Duboeuf, Georges Duboeuf’s son and co-owner of Les Vins de Georges Duboeuf, brings in a case of Beaujolais Nouveau in a sidecar. (Photos: Jennifer Mitchell Photography)
Right on time, all across New York, the Beaujolais Nouveau arrived, this time by sea and, in some cases, motorcycle.
Just as it does every year, Georges Duboeuf, the largest exporter of Beaujolais Nouveau in France, took the opportunity to make a spectacle of it in downtown New York.
About 20 chefs, including David Bouley, Francois Payard, Marc Murphy, Kevin Garcia and others, sommeliers and the Harley-Davidson Hog Club members created a motorcade to chaperon one of the first cases of wine from Battery Park to Secession, David Bouley’s new restaurant, where lunch was served to 80 people.
As tradition has it, the thin-skinned gamay grapes are bottled six weeks after harvest, which roughly falls in mid-November. The celebration used to be a free-flowing event in the towns in the Beaujolais region, south of Burgundy, between Mâcon and Lyon, where the first tastes of the year’s harvest were served without any restrictions.


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From earning an Academy Award nomination for his very first screen role in THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING to his Oscar win forty years later for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, Alan Arkin has enjoyed an eclectic and distinguished career as both an actor and director. A lifelong cinephile who grew up watching international masterpieces at New York’s legendary Thalia theater, he sits down with his son and fellow actor, Adam Arkin, to discuss his passionate opinions on movies, sharing what he learned about acting from the great French film stars and singling out the director he would have given anything to work with. As something of a specialist in black comedy, the films Arkin has selected unsurprisingly include several superlative examples of the genre, including a devastatingly funny Italian gem (MAFIOSO), a wild counterculture parable (GREASER’S PALACE), and an absurdist art-world satire (THE SQUARE).
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Written by: Jack Holloway, Sales Enablement Executive
The pandemic has forced a number of changes to our working behaviour and patterns. With the majority of the accounting profession now working from home, and employers supporting this change going forward,1 accounting practices are having to adapt to more cloud-based solutions and storage systems to keep up with how workers are now fulfilling their duties.
Audit is no different. With audit teams ending up in the unfamiliar situation of working off-site for the majority of audits, cloud-based audit solutions are now more popular than ever. Many of the top firms have adopted systems and have been largely cloud-based for some time, but those that don’t have the spending power to develop their own software have had to explore the marketplace.
Desktop based solutions can feel safe and there may be a resistance to change. Staying on the desktop though, with more people working remotely, may mean that some teams struggle to complete procedures if the files are not stored in the correct location, causing delays to jobs.
Technology has moved on significantly in the last few years, with top methodology providers now working with software companies on moving into cloud applications.
There are a number of benefits to having a cloud-based platform with everyone working remotely:
With more audit firms using a cloud-based system, this is becoming the normal approach across the industry. Clients may think, given they are also working from home more, that not having a cloud-based solutions appear out-dated. Nowadays, everyone is using cloud storage file systems with GDPR compliance, so there could be resistance to simply using emails to send out data that requires extra levels of security.
Cloud-based audit solutions are often encrypted and house their own file storage managers to make the process easier for clients, as well as keeping that data secure.
Clients can share files more easily and everything is available in one place. This serves as a large timesaver for the audit team with all of the documents stored in an easy to find location.
Ease of access
With everything in the cloud, software can be accessed from anywhere. Audit teams can be located at home, at the client on-site, or in the office; everything is available with just a wi-fi connection. This allows firms to offer staff all of the benefits that working remotely brings.
Cloud-based solutions are also hosted online which means that there are no installations for your IT team to worry about. The only thing needed is a log-on and audit teams can then access the applications and any audit methodologies and templates straight away, making it easy to set-up for your firm.
No more updates
Audit systems are, by their nature, complex. There are a vast number of technical updates or software changes meaning that version updates are frequent, placing a burden on IT teams to install them for every user, or that new functionality is not available to audit teams straight away.
With a cloud-based system this is now applied simply to a server, resulting in teams having access to the latest features immediately, as well as any changes in regulations or methodology that is required. IT teams further reduce the amount of time needed to maintain the software.
Audit files are stored for you
Audit files are required to be kept after sign-off by ISA requirements to ensure that they can be reviewed if necessary. With desktop-based solutions, this would have meant you keeping the files somewhere on your server, or even paper!
With cloud-based solutions, audit files are stored for you online. They are on the software providers’ servers which are usually backed up every night and held securely with the relevant security measures taken without the worry for the audit firm. As well as all of these benefits, desktop software in general is slowly being moved away from by providers. As technology continues to change, cloud-based software is becoming easier to write and develop than before, particularly in a post-pandemic world. In years to come, moving onto a cloud-based platform may become a requirement rather than a preference as the desktop software that requires older operating systems on the machines is no longer used.1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56591189


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Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is the main cause of precancerous and cancerous lesions of the cervix [4-5]. Viral load reflects the number of infected cells and viral copies in individual cells. High viral load has been suggested as a marker of nontransient infection . Therefore, a high viral load may also be associated with the progression of cervical lesions. However, the association between HPV viral load and cervical lesion grade is controversial. There could be undetermined confounding factors, such as age, number of viral types, area and location of cervical lesions [5,12-14]. Few studies have incorporated these factors into the analysis, so the influence of confounding factors cannot be excluded. In the present study, we conducted a multiple linear regression analysis to evaluate factors associated with HR-HPV load. To analyse the influence of sampling factors on viral load, two different sampling methods were used to obtain cervical specimens for viral load detection. The aim of this study was to explore the possible influencing factors of viral load.
In this study, the results showed that age was an independent factor for HR-HPV load and that a significantly increasing age correlated with a higher viral load. This result agrees with previous population-based studies [17-18], which showed that HR-HPV load was higher in older age. Different from previous studies, this study incorporated different variables into the analysis to adjust the effect of confounding factors and showed that age was an independent factor for HR-HPV load. However, contrary to our finding, Flores R et al. reported that HR-HPV load declined with age and was signiﬁcantly higher in younger women . They divided women into three age groups (15-24, 25–32, 32–79 years) and found that younger women presented higher viral load. This observation is understandable, and the effect of age on viral load is probably related to the balance between new acquisition of HR-HPV infections and viral clearance. Young women (<25 years old) may represent new exposures to HPV due to sexual debut when an immune response to HPV has not yet been established. Therefore, the rate of new acquisition of HR-HPV infections exceeds the clearance rate , favouring the rapid accumulation of infections, which might contribute to a high viral load at an early age. Older women (>45 years old) are more likely to experience physiological and immunological disorders during the menopausal transition. Such physiologic and immunologic dysregulation can result in an inability to establish an immune response to HPV, and a high level of HPV infections cannot achieve spontaneous clearance [13,21].
Several studies have reported the association of high viral load with the risk for cervical cancer and its precursors. A large number of studies used the Hybrid Capture II assay to measure viral load, and while some found viral load to be positively associated with increased severity of cervical lesions [6-7], others did not . Different from previous studies, the present study explored the relationship between HR-HPV load and cervical lesion severity when other cofactors were taken into consideration. In agreement with some investigators [6-7], this study showed a positive association between cervical lesion severity and viral load. However, this association lost significance when other cofactors, including age, presence of multiple HR-HPV infections and area of cervical lesions, were considered in multivariate analysis. This fact could be explained by the bias of Hybrid Capture II viral load. One major bias is that this test does not provide an evaluation of cell numbers, which vary substantially with different areas of cervical lesions. Moreover, high viral load detected by Hybrid Capture II may represent single or multiple HPV types among the 13 high-risk types detected by the kit, but this test does not provide the evaluation of the number of HR-HPV types. Therefore, these factors (area and presence of multiple HR-HPV infections) may confound the association between HR-HPV load and cervical lesion severity. Therefore, HR-HPV load determined by Hybrid Capture II alone may not be used as a molecular biomarker of risk for developing cervical (pre-) cancerous lesions.
The prevalence rate of concurrent multiple HPV genotype infections was reported to be approximately 20%-25% in several large studies [22-23], which was nearly consistent with our result (26.7%). The role of multiple infections in carcinogenesis, with synergistic or antagonistic effects, remains to be determined [24-25], although some studies have considered them to be a risk factor for HPV persistence and for preinvasive and invasive cervical lesions . In this study, we analysed the correlation between multiple HPV genotype infections and HR-HPV load, which was calculated by two sampling methods, when possible confounding factors were incorporated into the analysis. The data indicated that multiple HPV genotype infections presented with significantly higher viral loads than single HPV genotype infections, but not significantly so in the simple endocervical sampling method, probably due to the impact of sampling variation on viral load and the relatively small-scale population. This finding indicates that cervical lesions induced by multiple HPV genotype infections are more likely to be associated with increased viral copies.
Current data showed that a distinct upward trend of viral load paralleled the increasing area of cervical lesions in both univariate and multivariate analyses. This result corroborates previous studies that have reported that more severe lesions tended to be larger and to harbour more HPV viral copies [26-28]. Different from previous studies, this study incorporated different variables into the analysis to adjust for the effects of confounding factors and showed that the area of cervical lesions is an independent factor determining viral load. This finding indicates that viral load is strongly affected by the number of infected cells, which increases in parallel with the increasing area of squamous intraepithelial lesions. However, to explore the association between HPV viral load and cervical lesion grade, some studies normalized viral load by using human cells to adjust the absolute viral load (e.g., expressed by copies/10,000 cells) to lessen the impact of the variation of sample volume . This may lead to ignoring the effect of the number of infected cells on viral load.
HPV viral load estimated from cervical scrapings can be easily affected by sampling . The radius of the cytobrush, such as a Digene cervical sampler, which is commonly used in HPV tests, is 0.5 cm. It is limited to collecting specimens in the area of the external orifice of the uterus within a 0.5-cm radius. When cervical lesions extend to the area of the external orifice of the uterus over a 0.5-cm radius, the brush cannot fully reach them, resulting in the collection of an inadequate number of cells that would underestimate the actual viral load. Therefore, to evaluate the impact of sampling methods on viral load, we compared the currently used simple endocervical sampling method with a new method of a combination of endo- and ectocervical sampling. We found that the viral load with a combination of endo- and ectocervical sampling was significantly higher than that with simple endocervical sampling. However, there was no significant difference in viral load between the lesions located in the area of the external orifice of the uterus within and over a 0.5-cm radius. This may be explained by a possible biased selection of participants in our study, in that only a minor proportion of the enrolled women with cervical lesions involved the area of the external orifice of the uterus over a 0.5-cm radius.
To our knowledge, our study is the first to demonstrate that age and area of cervical lesions are independent factors determining viral load, which may contribute valuable data for future discussions related to the potential application of viral load measurement. Nevertheless, several limitations also need to be addressed. First, the number of women with cervical lesions involving the area of the external orifice of the uterus over a 0.5-cm radius is too limited to draw a definitive conclusion for the effect of location of the cervical lesions on viral load and specimen collection methods. In addition, clinical data collected in one institution limit our statistical power to draw definitive conclusions for populations worldwide. Finally, the sample size in our study hinders our capacity to evaluate the association of HR-HPV load with other potential confounders, such as sampling physicians and individual HPV types. Further intensive clinical setup and laboratory investigations are therefore needed.

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|This colorful edible Thanksgiving mobile can hang over the Thanksgiving dinner table or in a doorway. For a fun party favor, personalize each cookie with piping gel and let the guests snip their cookie off the mobile as they leave.|
What you need:
- 1 recipe Butter Cookie dough
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 teaspoons water
- Yellow, red and green food color
- Plastic drinking straw
- Small brush
- Ribbon or yarn
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Roll dough on floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness Using diagrams as guides, cut out 1 large pumpkin cookie, 2 leaf cookies and 3 small pumpkin cookies (patterns below).
- Place large pumpkin cookie on ungreased cookie sheet. Place remaining cookies on another ungreased cookie sheet. Using plastic straw, make hole in top of each pumpkin cookie, about 1/2 inch from top. Make holes in sides of leaf cookies. Make 3 evenly spaced holes along bottom edge of large cookie, about 1/2 inch from edge.
- Place 1 egg yolk in each of 3 separate bowls. Add 1 teaspoon water to each; beat lightly. Color egg wash in 1 bowl orange,* another yellow and the last green. Using a small brush, decorate cookies as shown in photo.
- Bake smaller cookies 10 to 12 minutes until lightly brown around edges. Bake large cookie about 14 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
- Using ribbon, tie cookies together as shown. For ease in balancing mobile, tie large pumpkin cookie to cabinet handle while tying on other cookies.
Makes 1 mobile and 1 dozen cookies.
*Use about 1 drop red food color to every 3 drops yellow to make orange color.
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The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It's posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy's Washington Bureau.
- Around 8 p.m. a magnetic bomb, which was stuck to a police officer's car, was detonated in a controlled explosion on Al-Muheet street in Kadhemiyah neighborhood (north Baghdad). The target was an officer of the Ministry of Interior who noticed the bomb before it detonated. - Police found one dead body in Husseiniyah neighborhood (northeast Baghdad) along the east bank of the Tigris River.


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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has lamented the rate of drug abuse in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Heirs Holdings, in partnership with Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, on Friday announced the “unconditional acquisition” of a 45 percent participating interest in OML 17 through TNOG Oil and Gas Limited, their associated company.
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ Owerri, said it has intercepted 5,200 live ammunition (cartridges of 30GR 70mm Calibre) and various contraband with a duty paid value (DPV) worth over N386 million between November 23 and December 27, 2020, having intensified its anti-smuggling operations.
The Ukraine southpaw is AJ’s overdue mandatory challenger and wants either the WBO belt, or a hefty step-aside fee, to let the undisputed decider happen.
The new Managing Director/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, whose tenure formally commenced on January 1, 2021, has assumed office, becoming the 4th Chief Executive and first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in 1988.
Former Paris Saint-Germain assistant coach Zsolt Low thinks Thomas Tuchel “overachieved” with the club and says he was “surprised” when news of his sacking broke.
No fewer than 11 people sustained injuries when a tanker, loaded with diesel, exploded on the Otedola bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday in Lagos.
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) plans to collaborate with the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the former’s quest to secure inland waterways in the Niger delta.
Oando Plc, an integrated energy company, has blamed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its inability to submit third quarter (Q3) 2020 financial results.
Anthony Joshua has declared that he is willing to take a pay cut to make a potential fight with Tyson Fury happen in the UK, rather than an overseas location.
The House of Representatives has accused the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development of NLNG, Eyono Fatayi Williams, and her management team of withholding vital documents on the LNG Train 7 project.
The House of Representatives Joint Committees on Petroleum (Upstream, Downstream and Gas) have applauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for breaking new grounds in its commitment to transparency and accountability.
The National Population Commission (NPC) on Friday called for the support of traditional rulers in Kwara for the success of its coming enumeration and demarcation exercise in three local government areas of the state.
Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Monday, expressed dismay over alleged poor management of economy following the recession that struck the economy at the weekend as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS.
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Twelve health workers comprising of three doctors and nine nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, the Taraba state capital.
Director General of National Directorate of Employment, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal Government was determined to eradicate poverty and unemployment in the country.
South African Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19 related complications, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
The two had been convicted in August by a sharia court in Nigeria’s northern, mainly Muslim state of Kano. Teenager Omar Farouq was accused of making blasphemous comments during an argument, while Yahaya Aminu Sharif was accused of having shared a blasphemous message on WhatsApp.
The City of London on Thursday approved the removal from its ceremonial Guildhall home of statues of two figures that symbolise the financial sector’s historic role in slavery.
Following the devastating effects of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the Edo State government, yesterday, reviewed its curfew from 10pm to 5am effect from Friday (today), January 15.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, has rescued 40 human traffic victims and arrested 10 trafficking offenders in year 2020.
U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, has unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package to jump-start the economy and speed up the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home from Tuesday, until further notice, following the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The Golden Eaglets booked a place in the final of the WAFU B tournament in Togo following a hard-fought 1-0 win against Burkina Faso in their semi-final clash at the Stade De Kegue, Lome on Friday.


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Wed, 2010-08-04 13:16 | by theadodds
During the month of August, 2010, Red Thread Photography, llc, a custom children’s portrait studio serving Northern Virginia, will donate 100% of its proceeds from portrait session fees and digital negative sales to CARE (care.org), a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
“As a parent, I understand that in these difficult economic times, it can be tough to make as many charitable donations as we would like, and to invest in custom portraits of our children, so I wanted to give clients the opportunity to do both at one time“ says Lisa Hager, owner/photographer of Red Thread Photography, llc.
Hager states that she chose CARE because of its emphasis on women and children and its focus on tackling the underlying causes of poverty so people can become self-sufficient and notes “I have three young children and when I try to imagine my children and I living in the poor conditions so many families must endure, I wanted to work together with my clients to make a meaningful difference in addressing poverty for these families.”
Red Thread Photography, llc would like to raise at least $5,000-$10,000 for CARE during the month of August, 2010. Hager states that she plans to continue dedicating one month of every year to raising money for charity.
Red Thread Photography, llc is an environmentally and socially responsible children’s portrait photography studio serving Northern Virginia and focuses on capturing connection and natural expression.
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Global Brewing Enzymes Market Size, By Source (Microbial and Plant), By Form (Liquid and Powder), By Type (Amylase, Beta-glucanase, Protease, Xylanase, ALDC, Pectinase), Application (Beer and Wine) and by Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America); Growth Potential, Trends Analysis, Competitive Market Size and Forecast, 2015-2025
- Published Date: April 2020
- Report ID: BWC20046
- Available Format: PDF
- Page: 173
Global Brewing Enzymes Market: Overview
The Global Brewing Enzymes market was estimated to be worth of USD 349Mn in 2019, it is projected to grow at a substantial rate, during the forecast period 2020-2025. Brewing Enzymes are vital biochemical catalyst used in brewing products. Brewing Enzymes are extra quality attributes such as clarification, color, texture, or flavor. Augmentation in beer consumption, changing lifestyle and mounting disposable income in the developing countries will boost the global brewing enzymes market in the forecast period. Additionally, the rise in demand for gluten-free and flavored beer is expected to trigger the global brewing enzymes market in the future timeline. Moreover, the surge in demand for Craft breweries and specialty Beer are vital factors projected to influence the global brewing enzymes market in the next few years.
In addition, the growing application of brewing enzymes in beer products such as the production of glucose will boom the global brewing enzymes market in the anticipated period. Furthermore, growing consumer expenses on food & beverages in the developing nations will augment the global brewing enzymes market in the forecast period. Also, a rise in the applications of brewing enzymes for reducing the total production time, and maturation of the final products will play a vital role in the growth of brewing enzymes market in the expected period. Further, the rise in technological innovations and increasing demand for light beer attributed to a rise in health consciousness will accelerate the growth of the global brewing enzymes market in the forthcoming years.
Additionally, rapid urbanization supplemented by mounting demand for alcoholic beverages through dining restaurants, cafes, bars & pubs is expected to fuel the global brewing enzymes market in the future timeline.
Brewing Enzymes Market Source Analysis
On the basis of Source, the global brewing enzymes market is bifurcated into Microbial and Plant. Microbial segment will lead the market owing to its features such as easily handle, more cost-effective sources and can be produced in huge tanks without light. Plant-based brewing Enzymes will boost its uses as hops in beer products.
Brewing Enzymes Market Form Analysis
Based on the Form, the global brewing enzymes market is classified into Liquid and Powder. The Liquid form segment is estimated to hold the major share of the global brewing enzymes software market, due to its application as saves energy, reduces water usage, and streamlines the filtering process. Powder form will boost by its uses to enhance the taste and quality of the beer, and shorten the maturation time.
Brewing Enzymes Market Product Type Analysis
By product type, the global brewing enzymes market has categorized into Amylase, Beta-glucanase, Protease, Xylanase, ALDC, Pectinase. Amylase accounted to hold major share in the brewing Enzymes due to its features such as stable & uniform mashing along with improved filtration. Amylase will influence by their cost-effectiveness, less-time-consuming processes, and less space.
Beta-glucanase product is drive by its uses to enhanced wort separation.
Brewing Enzymes Market Application Analysis
On the basis of Application, the global brewing enzymes market has been bifurcated into the Beer and Wine. Beer segment will lead the market on the account of mounting demand for beer consumption among young consumers, growth in the craft beer segment and number of microbreweries. Wine segment will boom by growing demand for wine, especially in developing nations coupled with the rise in per capita income and changing lifestyles.
The regional analysis of brewing enzymes Market
By geography, the brewing enzymes Market has segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America. North America dominates the global brewing enzymes market over the forecast period on account of the presence of key industry players along with rising competitiveness in the beer industry. The Asia Pacific market will be the fastest-growing market due to the rapid pace of urbanization accompanied by augmentation in consumer spending on food & beverages.
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Global BREWING ENZYMES Market Competitive Landscape
Companies such as Miller Coors, SABMiller, Heineken N.V., A B Miller Plc., Anheuser-Busch InBev, Carlsberg Group, Diageo Plc., Tsingtao Brewery, Boston Beer Company, Beijing Yanjing Brewery are the key players in the global BREWING ENZYMESmarket.
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• Rest of Latin America
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Genentech's Avastin: Aftermath Of FDA Panel's "Thumbs Down"
My inbox is flooded this morning with research notes from analysts in the wake of yesterday's FDA panel meeting on Genentech's Avastin for breast cancer. The advisory committee voted 5-4 against recommending approval of the drug for that use.
The FDA usually follows the advice of its outside panels of experts, but in close votes like this one, it's not unheard of for the agency to go the other way.
In a scathing note to clients, Rodman & Renshaw biotech analyst Mike King is incredulous. He titles the note--and this is probably the most stinging research note title I've ever seen--"Panel Votes in Favor of Cancer Over Hypertension". He's referring to the side effect of high blood pressure. King calls the vote "inexplicable" and singles out the panel chair Dr. Maha Hussein--of Dendreon Provenge fame--for being "categorical in stating her opinion against approval based on unacceptable toxicity and lack of survival data." He also points out that three of the five people who voted against recommending approval were not doctors. I wonder if that will factor into the FDA's call. R & R may make a market in DNA .
Meantime, Cowen & Co. analyst Eric Schmidt is upgrading DNA to Outperform this morning on valuation since the stock has fallen 13 percent over the past few days. The FDA is expected to make a decision on Avastin for breast cancer next February.
And finally a postscript to my blog entry yesterday about Bristol's CEO pulling out of a CNBC interview at the company's analyst meeting because a spokesman said he had the flu. Not only did Jim Cornelius conduct the 30-minute opening presentation, he also handled the q and a session with analysts, the closing remarks and an impromptu little press conference with a small gaggle of reporters during the afternoon break--when he was supposed to be sitting down with me. Mr. Cornelius told the crowd his voice was "croaky," but it was still perfectly audible and strong.
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I hope that you have had a safe and happy Christmas and that you have been able to spend some good time with close family members, even if it hasn’t quite been what you would have wished or planned for.
Following the latest government information issued yesterday afternoon, Wiltshire has moved into Tier 3 and we have some families, including staff who are resident in Tier 4 areas. I want to assure you that whether you live in Tier 3 or 4, there is no restriction on travel for educational purposes; staff and children can therefore attend school.
However, whilst primary children will attend school as normal from next week, there is now no immediate return for most secondary and S6C students. The arrangements for secondary schools and S6C are as follows:
From Tuesday 5th January:
Young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan and/or a social worker or others invited to attend school or college in person should do so. Parents whose work is critical to the Covid-19 response should also send their children to school if childcare is necessary.
Students in all year groups will receive remote education including live teaching. The schools and college will run a normal timetable, which means that your son or daughter will start their day at the usual time. This will cover the curriculum in a similar way to normal face to face teaching and our aim is to ensure that all students, particularly our examination year groups, do not lose any ground with their learning
Students with a scheduled examination during the first week of term will attend to sit the examination
Students that are due to take external examinations in January are expected into college for live lessons in those subjects from the 5th January
By Friday 8th January, students in Years 11 and 13 and some Year 12s will have attended school or college to take a lateral flow Covid test in readiness for their return to face to face teaching on 11th January.
From Monday 11th January:
Remote learning continues for all year groups from 7-10
Students in Year 11 and 13 and those in Year 12 with examinations in the next couple of weeks will return to face to face teaching after a second lateral flow Covid test has been taken and results received.
Year 7-10 and most Year 12 students attend school/college at an appointed time to take a lateral flow test in readiness for return to face to face teaching
Please note that Wiltshire transport buses will be operational from Monday 11th January.
Monday 18th January
Year 7-10 and 12 students return to school after second lateral flow test
All secondary and college students receive face to face teaching as normal
After the initial return to school/college testing programme, we will continue mass testing through a responsive approach. This means that if a case is reported to us we will test the close contacts on a daily basis, allowing students to remain in live learning unless they test positive. We will also be testing staff routinely on a weekly basis.
This two week staggered return which will include testing for all students and staff will help reduce the spread of the virus by identifying those who have no symptoms and will also ensure that when we have a positive case we are able to avoid sending whole year groups home to isolate. The best place for our young people – for their education and their well-being – is in school and college. Please help us by consenting to the testing programme and ensuring that we know immediately if your child or another close family member has tested positive.
You will receive a communication from your child’s school providing you details of the testing process and asking you to sign a consent form; please read this information carefully and share it with your son or daughter. Do also feel free to contact your school or college should you have any questions.
There is no doubt that we are in worrying times across the country with regard to the spread of the virus. However, we are confident that the measures now available to us in our secondary schools and college will help us contain the spread and keep families well.
I wish you a happy and healthy new year. Here’s to a brighter 2021 and a year in which all our children really flourish.
Here is a roundup of news from the College in the Autumn Term.
S6C has capability to run full curriculum online
Last academic year when schools and colleges had to close, we were one of only a small number of colleges that ran our full curriculum online, to timetable, very successfully.
This term some of our teaching and learning has had to move online to support the Government guidelines for social distancing and to keep students and staff safe.
In November the decision was made for clubs and societies and the Life Skills programme to move online. Pastoral Lead, Rebecca Anderson, kicked off the online programme by asking students to look at some material and send in their views on values that shape this country, and the way these can ensure both protection and freedom, if we all work together as society. This was followed up with feedback to Year 12, having read all their responses – celebrating the strengths in their answers and addressing a few ongoing misconceptions. Pastoral Lead, Rebecca Anderson, said, “It has been so good to read so many insightful, kind, and positive views on acceptance, tolerance and diversity. The future is in safe hands with educated and empowered young people!”
Teaching also moved online for Year 12 during the mock week to reduce the number of students in the building and just have the ‘Year 13 bubble’ on site. This decision was made to support all Year 13 students, including students currently learning from home as a pastoral decision during the national lockdown.
Much like when we had to move online during lockdown last academic year, all lessons for Year 12s ran at the same time as the normal timetable, and self-directed study tasks were set to be completed in between lessons. Staff ran all subject lessons using Google Meet which students accessed through their Google classrooms. Staff were able to have a dialogue with the students at appropriate points in the lesson, so students could respond and share their answers and ideas using their microphones and cameras. Students could choose to change their background on Google Meet before logging in or whilst in Meet so that the privacy of their home is maintained.
Fantastic new courses at S6C!
S6C is excited to present our new courses for September 2021 entry: we will be the only college in Salisbury offering Esports for 2021 entry which is an exciting new course that will help you navigate a career within the Esports industry or help you progress to university to either study Esports or subjects like marketing, video game development, computer programming, sports management and coaching and so much more.
S6C will also be offering two accelerated pathway programmes which have been developed to support those students who may not have quite reached the grades to study a full A Level programme and will enable them to leave S6C with a level 3 qualification and a route to their next stage, whether that be employment, apprenticeship or university. As well as this, S6C will be offering new courses in Environmental Science (A Level), Core Maths and, following the success of our Extended Certificate in Applied Science, we can now also offer the Extended Diploma in Applied Science.
S6C students enjoy covid-safe trips to art galleries
Back in term 1 our art students enjoyed covid-safe trips to local art galleries – Messums Gallery in Tisbury and Sarum Studio in Salisbury – where they met artists who gave them a tour and presented their work.
At Messums Gallery, students had the opportunity to sketch, inspired by what they saw, and also recreate a piece from the studio replication of the original Elisabeth Frink’s Studio. Students looked at Frink’s work and watched a video about her life, and life’s work, before they began the task. Art student Amy Patterson said, “at the end of the task, each of us came up with a completely different style and view of what we were creating, as everyone has a different interpretation of art, which is what makes it so great.”
At Sarum Studio, students met Nick Beer who welcomed them and gave them a tour and presentation of techniques used by the Italian traditional school of painting.
Year 12 student Amy said that the trips helped her to “better understand art and sculpture. It showed me that I don’t always have to rely on accuracy and detail, and can instead concentrate more on form, tones and structures. I think that my time there really helped me to further understand the way in which Frink works.”
Student recruitment goes online
We have had to adapt the way we enable students to research their course choices at the College and apply to join us. In September, October and November we held online Open Evenings, where prospective students joined our teachers and some current students in live virtual video chats to hear about the courses and ask questions.
Teachers tried to give an experience close to a real Open Evening here at the College and the feedback from participants was positive with one visitor saying that the evening was “very good. Technology worked brilliantly, we were able to ask direct questions to tutors and discuss questions.”
We have also begun our interviews for applicants wishing to join in September 2021. These are also taking place virtually using telephone calls and video calls to “meet” our prospective students. Video calls gives the applicants an opportunity to share work with the interviewer and enables our teachers to really see the students’ passion.
Mental Health Development Day
On Wednesday 6th October S6C held our annual mental health development day – full of positive messaging, resources and activities to promote mental and emotional wellbeing, so students are empowered to look after themselves and others.
Activities included outdoor sport, playing with clay, mindfulness, yoga, relaxing colouring, an interview on coping skills with a local doctor, an illustration of mental health using a backpack, a video on kindness provided by the Student Union, and making lists of unhelpful and helpful strategies. The newly created MHST (mental health service team) – which we are linked to as part of a national trailblazer test programme – delivered a talk on exam stress, how to manage panic attacks, strategies for minimising anxiety and tips on healthy sleep. It was so good to be able to facilitate the day for students in a Covid secure way and know they have what they need to be able to get advice, information and help, 24/7, whenever they or a friend may need it, now or in the future.
We all need a little help sometimes and being able to discuss mental health issues calmly, positively and practically is healthy and helpful. More information on the extensive pastoral support systems in college can be found on our website or by contacting the Pastoral Lead.
S6C Reverse Advent Calendar and Christmas Jumper Day
At the beginning of December, Rebecca Anderson, Pastoral Lead, launched a reverse advent calendar in the College. Usually advent calendars mean you take an item each day, with a reverse advent calendar, you give an item. Throughout December students and staff have donated unopened food basics, food treats, toiletries, Christmas decorations or novelties, small gifts, seasonal food items, sanitary products, pet food, pet treats and other items that could be spared or bought and donated.
Pastoral Lead, Rebecca Anderson says “Acts of kindness help our own mental health as well as helping those around us, so it’s a win win project!”
Donations have been placed in a box at S6C Reception and will be shared out across food banks and homeless projects in the local area at the end of term.
Vice-Principal, Louise Henderson, says “This year, we are facing a very different Christmas. Covid might deny some of us the family feasts of years past, but it won’t stop us spreading comfort and joy in the Salisbury community with our reverse advent calendar. Covid-19 has put record numbers of families at risk of going hungry and we recognise the importance of service to our community and some festive cheer – to those in need.”
The College has also been supporting Save the Children by participating in the Christmas Jumper day on Friday 11th December. Staff and students were invited to wear their best Christmas jumper and donate to the charity.
**THE PROGRAMME AND LINKS TO LIVE SESSIONS HAVE NOW BEEN SENT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BOOKED – if you have not received it yet please check your spam/junk email folder and if it is not there then please contact the College prior to the Open Evening** If you have not booked yet, there’s still time, please complete the booking form by 3:30pm on Wednesday 25th November.
Following the success of our online Open Evenings in September, we are offering two further virtual Open Evenings on Wednesday 21st October 2020 and Wednesday 25th November 2020 from 4-7pm.
Booking is essential in order to attend the online Open Evenings and takes just a minute to complete. We require contact details in order to send joining instructions for the evening which will only be sent to those who have booked.
Creative faculty – Tuesday 22nd September 2020 – 5-7pm STEM faculty – Wednesday 23rd September 2020 – 5-7pm Humanities faculty – Thursday 24th September 2020 – 5-7pm
Each evening will cover a different faculty to give students the opportunity to sample as many subjects as possible and get a flavour of what S6C has to offer. Programmes for each evening will be published next week.
Students will have the opportunity to talk to subject teachers to find out more about our courses. Our current students will be on hand to talk about their experiences of life at S6C, and there will be a Q&A session with our principal and an information session from our SENCO and Pastoral Lead.
Many of the changes feature the provision of new scholars-only services. These routes are not required to have the covid-19 capacity restrictions that remain in place on the general network.
These changes have been made with assistance from Wiltshire Council, using funding provided by the DfE.
Given the level of uncertainty this year, issues in the first week or two are perhaps inevitable as scholars become used to the new arrangements and as new travel patterns become established. Please be assured that we will be closely monitoring loads and will endeavour to react as quickly as possible to any problems.
Salisbury 6th Form College is ready for a full return for all students for the new academic year. As a small sixth sixth form college, S6C is able to resume face-to-face teaching for all students safely due to lower numbers of students on site at any one time. Safety precautions have also been implemented to ensure students and staff can follow the current government guidelines to keep our college community safe.
Teaching will resume in the College building on Tuesday 8th September for current students starting Year 13 and the day will begin with an assembly to welcome them back and confirm any changes to procedures in the building in order to adhere to guidelines. Following the assembly, lessons will resume in classrooms. New students joining the College will be welcomed on Thursday 3rd September and they will have a day of induction to the College before lessons commence in classrooms on Friday 4th September.
As a Google College, all new students will be shown the online Google Classroom and how to use Google Meet for live video sessions, this will ensure that, should the need arise for live online teaching to recommence, all students will be confident to access online learning.
When on site, students will follow a one-way system around the building in order to adhere to social distancing rules and keep students and staff safe. Hand gel dispensers are also available around the College and students and staff will be reminded to use these when moving around the building. The College has also been deep-cleaned and is ready to welcome our students back!
Enrolment for 2020/21 applicants is now open! If you have not yet applied for 2020/21 but would like to, please contact us on the phone number or email below.
Please use the link below to begin your enrolment. You will need to upload a picture of yourself for your Student ID along with a digital copy of your results. A photo of your results is acceptable if you do not have a digital copy.
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There used to be a time when sci-fi films delivered more than laser-fueled swashbuckling, aliens and space ships leaping into the stars blow stuff up. When sci-fi functioned in antiseptically spartan environments and focused less on action and more on ideas and man’s place in a scientifically accelerated world. Duncan Jones’ Moon is a tight look back at those films or better yet, a heavily influenced and transportational return to form.
Set somewhere in the near but indeterminate future, life on earth is a clean, green dream come true thanks to Helium 3, a wonder element found only on the moon and harvested exclusively by megacorp Lunar Industries. The whole operation is almost completely automated and requires only a single individual– Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell)– to maintain its lunar rovers, delivery systems and four combines. Sam is assisted by GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey), an A.I. robot that hangs from the cieling and cleverly conveys emotion via an on board emoticon screen. Janitor/Site Engineer Sam Bell is approaching the final weeks of his three-year lunar stint. He’s mind-numbingly lonely and feeling the effects of three isolated years away from his wife and daughter when he discovers a lunar rover is missing.
GERTY hems and haws but finally lets Sam leave the base to check things out. When he finds a crashed rover, and discovers what it carries, well– I’ll go so far as to say this isn’t a twisty movie, but the revelations and events that unfold thereafter shouldn’t be spoiled. And again, that’s not because Moon is full of mind-bending surprises. It’s fairly straightforward and willing to immediately address what many films would have saved for their third act. While this decision (in addition to another that creatively compounds and juxtaposes Sam’s character arc) may seem anticlimactic to some popcorn acclimated viewers, it frees Moon to more insightfully explore what it means to be a connectionless Sam Bell, what it means to be alone and what it means to be alive.
If all that sounds ethereal, artsy and boring, Moon is anything but thanks almost wholly to Sam Rockwell’s performance. Rockwell, by necessity, anchors Moon’s introspection with a compelling display of heartbreaking humanity and emotion. Aside from a few video feeds and Kevin Spacey’s telltale voice as GERTY, he’s the only human in the movie and appears from beginning to end and channels vulnerability, bravado, anger and inquiry in a portrayal that demands sympathy and introspection. His performance, alive and warm amidst the sterile moon base and the moon’s ashen surface, is Moon‘s heart and sells it from beginning to end.
Spacey, as Moon‘s secondary player GERTY, needs mention as well. As the voice of the robotic station attendant who the trailers (full of red herrings, BTW) portend as ominous, Spacey’s monotone inflection is artificially detached while soothingly amiable. It’s a thing of magic– one that lends itself well to flipping the longheld sci-fi expectation of a nefarious artificial intelligence.
What’s truly surprising about Moon is how large this production feels. While it’s insular and private in its fiction, Moon’s world feels vast thanks to virtually seamless effects and beautiful, utilitarian art direction. Clint Mansell’s exceptionally haunting score is so sparse and affectingly lonely, its main theme is still playing through my head a day after viewing. It’s a score that symbiotically lifts the material, combined with the fantastic and 70’s sci-fi inspired production design, into a movie patient mainstream audiences could get into if given the chance.
There’s a pile of discussion that could be expanded in relation to Moon‘s themes (of which there are many, not the least of which is big corporate dehumanization) but to do so would ruin the joy of the discovery experience and should be left to peel back on first viewing. Even if you’re familiar with the plot’s central premise as hinted at in the tag line “250,000 miles from home, the hardest thing to face…is yourself”, Moon‘s altruism and deeper questions–again, fueled by an exceptional Sam Rockwell– are poignant and layered regardless.
Moon is phenomenal. Duncan Jones, a first-time feature director with a huge future, has delivered something special here. I’m all superlative, but Moon is simply fantastic.


What is so striking about the Russia story is its totally schizophrenic nature. The headlines are full of politics and it seems the mainstream press has invested every ounce of their energy into demonising Russia. But investors seem to love Russia (silently).
Russian retail banking stock Sberbank is a darling of portfolio investors, but until recently more investors held the stock of regional supermarket chain Magnit, which accounted for a third of the MSCI EM overweight by itself. That just changed following Magnit’s founder’s Galitsky’s decision to sell up. The politics may be horrible, but Russia is now the second biggest overweight in international EM portfolios.
I had to include this second and slightly geeky story as well. But its an important story as Russian investment grew for the first time in five years in 2017, according to the latest Rosstat figures. If Putin is going to keep the “butter” part of his state of the nation promises then Russia needs to grow faster. And if it is going to grow faster it needs to invest more. And it is. Trouble is the bulk of the investment is state-led. The private sector needs to get on board too. So we are not there yet.
We have a piece coming out tomorrow (Intl Women’s Day – don’t forget to buy the wife some flowers!) looking at the economic part of the speech. Bottom line is Putin promised more than he can deliver, but the emphasis has clearly switched to less guns and more butter.


wordpress.com IS BLOCKED IN CHINA
wordpress.org is a slightly different animal. This is where you can get under the bonnet of WordPress. Using this version you can install WordPress on any appropriate server. In addition you can add features, personally backup your site and customise it to your needs. You can turn this version of WordPress into almost any kind of site you like.
wordpress.org IS NOT BLOCKED IN CHINA
However, there are a few little points that need to be acknowledged when considering using wordpress.org in China.
Download and Install Page Specific Menu
Register Website with Baidu
Which server I should use?
If you are using WordPress in China, you can also put your server outside China. This way you can set up a basic website pretty quickly and not have to concern yourself with any PRC politics of any nature.
But won’t my site be blocked if it’s outside the great firewall? Maybe. Some hosting companies are blocked by the firewall, and some are not. If you want to read our advice on where to place your server + deal with some of the issues with setting up WordPress in China check out our recent article. We’re not publishing a list of China safe servers as this information can change regularly. If you’re interested in setting up a WordPress site for use inside the PRC then probably the best thing to do is drop us an e-mail when you’re ready and we can give you an up to date guide.
Choose a Chinese hosting Service
Developing a website for the Chinese market takes more than just building it, it takes hosting your website on a Chinese server. Using a hosting service outside of China can make your website run slowly and get it blocked by the Great Firewall of China. You might be thinking that hosting a website on a Chinese server is difficult if not impossible. Luckily, Bluehost now has a sister site called Bluehost China that offers internet hosting services in China. While the Bluehost China landing page is in Chinese, the control panel is in English (It is basically the same backend you would find on the American version of Bluehost). Also, Bluehost China offers English customer service. With that said, you should still have someone who speaks Chinese to help you set up your Bluehost China account (or you can read my upcoming post on building a website on Bluehost China).
How Do I Check What Is Blocked In China?
If You Are Currently Oustide China and you want to know if any specific website is blocked, then use www.blockedinchina.net . This won’t be able to tell you if a particular service provider is blocked, but you may be able to use it to give you an indication of which site you can’t access from within the PRC.
If you are interested to know more about the details of China’s internet restrictions, then the most comprehensive source of information greatfire.org


Their national wildlife Rescue Centre at Fishcross in Clackmannanshire is currently caring for over 50 hedgehogs, the majority of which are too small and weak to survive outside during the cold weather.
Centre Manager Colin Seddon said, “Hedgehogs should be hibernating by now but there will be some out there who won’t survive without help.
“We would be particularly concerned for a hedgehog seen outside during the day and would urge anyone who finds one to call us.
“Most of the hedgehogs in our care haven’t been able to store up the necessary body fat to go into hibernation or are from late litters. Many were half their ideal weight when they were rescued.
“Hedgehogs will be out foraging for food such as earthworms, beetles, slugs, snails, insects, fruit and carrion but they’ll be finding it very difficult at this time of year.
“Anyone trying to contain a hedgehog should pick it up using gardening gloves or a thick towel and place it in a secure box. It can then be left with fresh water and tinned cat food, ideally chicken flavoured, until we arrive.
“Our rescued hedgehogs will be released once they have reached a suitable weight of over 600g and the weather has warmed up to a consistent night time temperature of over four degrees centigrade.”
Anyone who finds a hedgehog this winter is being asked to call the Scottish SPCA Animal Helpline on 03000 999 999.


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» Get real-time voice guidance based on your goals
» Stay at the right intensity for the most effective workout*
3. ANALYZE and UNDERSTAND your training session
» Log all your training sessions, indoors or out, with sport profiles for a comprehensive training diary
» See what you achieved with each workout: improved endurance, increased strength or burned fat*
» See how many calories you burned*
» Understand the impact of your workout at different intensity levels*
» Re-live your routes on the map
» Analyze your training sessions and history
» Understand your overall fitness with Polar Flow, Polar's comprehensive and free web service for health and fitness
4. SHARE your achievements with your friends
» Share your training with friends, challenge them to beat your record or just spread the good vibes after an awesome workout.
- See your live heart rate with the Polar H10 or OH1 heart rate sensor*
- Track distance indoors with a Polar stride sensor (Polar stride sensor required)
- Connect to Apple Health
- Connect with Apple Watch
* Features available with the Polar H10 or OH1 heart rate sensor.
POLAR H10 HEART RATE SENSOR
Connect the Polar H10 heart rate sensor to Polar Beat and get accurate, live heart rate to your phone. With live heart rate, you can make sure you're training at the right intensity. By training smarter, not harder, you can reach your goals faster, stay healthy and avoid over and under training. Polar H10 even allows you to track your training session without your phone with you and transfer your heart rate data to Polar Beat after you finish.
POLAR OH1 HEART RATE SENSOR
Polar OH1 is an optical heart rate monitor armband that combines versatility, comfort and simplicity. It fits comfortably around your arm and tracks heart rate with Polar’s high-quality optical heart rate solution. With Polar OH1 and Polar Beat you get live heart rate data right on the screen of your phone.
With the Polar Beat premium features and Polar H10 or OH1 heart rate sensor you can unlock the next level of personal fitness: specific training targets, personalized feedback and fitness assessments.
[+] Polar Fitness Test – Measure your fitness level while you lie down and relax
[+] Polar Running Index – See how your running performance is developing
[+] Polar EnergyPointer – See the main effect of your workout in real time - whether you’re burning fat or improving fitness
[+] Polar Benefit Target – Set specific training targets - like boosting recovery or improving endurance and get guidance to achieve it
**Premium features are now available for free with any Polar Bluetooth Low Energy heart rate sensor.
DOWNLOAD Polar Beat now and turn your phone into a personal trainer.
CONNECT WITH US
Note: Continuous use of GPS can dramatically decrease your phone’s battery life.
◆ FULLY PHONE-LESS EXPERIENCE WITH POLAR OH1
Turn your workouts into your phone-free me-time! From now on you can go phoneless with your Polar OH1 and Polar Beat. Leave your phone into the locker and track your beats with OH1. After the session all your data syncs conveniently to Beat app.
Additionally, we’ve smashed a few bugs to improve your experience using the Beat app. Happy training! :)
Ratings and Reviews
Works well per description
I’ve been using Polar for a few years now and despite the fierce competition and abundance of devices and apps I’ve remained a loyal customer. This is mostly due to listening to feedback and creating/ refining the apps to meet expectations and industry trends.
At the end of the day the app needs to show and consolidate simple physical data in a reliable and well presented way. There is always place to improve and add extra features but at its core the app does what it needs to without any major issues.
Doesn’t sync sessions to app account on IPad
Generally the app is satisfactory. I like the fitness tracking map scroll option, helps to achieve a deeper understanding of your complete workout and break it down.
I liked this component so much I downloaded the app additionally to my iPad device so I could then view my workouts on it after completing the session on my iPhone. This is where the app was a utter let down. Only 3 out of all of my competed sessions were synced to the iPad. Tried logging out and back in but hasn’t changed my sessions . . Or lack of.
Feedback - improvements
Great app btw!
1.Could we have the ability to re-order the training types (running, workout etc.) I would like to have all my favs at the top.
2. Add markers to the heart rate timeline while doing a workout.
- Polar Electro Oy
- 143.5 MB
- Health & Fitness
Requires iOS 11.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Age Rating
- Rated 4+
- This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease battery life.
- © Polar Electro Oy
Up to six family members will be able to use this app with Family Sharing enabled.


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This Globe and Mail report will come as no surprise:
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint against Maclean's magazine over a controversial article on the future of Islam, magazine officials said yesterday.
Meanwhile, a decision from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal over the same issue isn't expected for several months.
The Canadian Islamic Congress launched the dual complaints over an article by Maclean's journalist Mark Steyn. The article, The Future Belongs to Islam, came under fire by Muslim critics who claimed it spreads Islamophobia.
Earlier this month, closing arguments were made before B.C.'s Human Rights Tribunal over the article, which appeared in Maclean's in October, 2006.
In dismissing the complaint, the Commission stated:
Overall, the views expressed in the Steyn article, when considered as a whole and in context, are not of an extreme nature as defined by the Supreme Court in the Taylor decision. Considering the purpose and scope of section 13 (1), and taking into account that an interpretation of s 13(1) must be consistent with the minimal impairment of free speech, there is no reasonable basis in the evidence to warrant the appointment of a Tribunal.
For these reasons, the complaint is dismissed.
The full text of the CHRC decision is now online: Canadian Islamic Congress v. Rogers Media Inc.
For more discussion of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the John Ross Taylor case referenced in the CHRC ruling, see our December 17, 2007 post, Mark Steyn, Macleans and Canadian Human Rights.
For the record, then, let me state the obvious:
- These are merely complaints, and have not yet been adjudicated;
- Allegations such as these will not necessarily be substantiated through the complaint processes or at a hearing;
- Our press also has broad freedoms and protection in Canada - these will weigh heavily in the balance of any tribunal determination of these complaints.
- If the complaints are weak or frivolous, they are not likely to have any success at all. The complainants nonetheless have the right to be heard. That is how our judicial processes work and that too, is a freedom worth protecting.
For additional commentary on the fallout of this dismissal, see:
- Martyrdom denied, part deux - Dawg's Blog
- Canadian Human Rights Commission denies Steyn martyrdom -The Galloping Beaver
- Macleans Magazine Loses Its CHRC Complaint - Big City Lib
- Maclean's responds to recent decision from the Canadian Human Rights Commission - CNW Press Release
- Islamic Congress responds to Canadian Human Rights Commission's decision on human rights complaint filed against Maclean's - CNW Press Release
For what's it's worth, Mr Steyn assures his readers that victory notwithstanding, the campaign to restore free speech to Canada will continue, unabated.
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto


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21 Tasting Notes
Nice, fruity Second flush. Really tasty. Needed a few tries to get it that way, thou
My favourite Second Flush. Really gentle taste!
Awesome White tea, I love it very much. it is, like Gormaya said, like herbs and fullmouthed. It has really a nice, non-astringent, non-sweet, but very BRIGHT taste, but is miles away from tasting too watery — the taste is, like said, very fullmouthed.
This is my favourite tea for relaxing. Steep 2 minutes at ca. 70-80°C / 160-175 F.
Another thing. The look of the tea in a glass cup is incomparable. Such a bright golden color I have never seen.
My favourite Earl Grey. Experiment a little to reach your personal brew time/temperature combination, and you will LOVE it. To this day, I drank over a pound of this tea, and it has its unrevokable place in my collection.
It tastes actually a lot better than the normal “Japan Sencha” (same company). You taste a fine sweetness, a grassy note, and everything balances out very fine. This is a nice sencha, will be drinking it alot.
Refreshing! Like it more than Le Touareg.

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By now, everyone is aware of the effects of climate change on our world. One of the biggest contributing factors towards increased carbon in the atmosphere is, of course, transportation. This is an issue all around the world and here at home. Is going green on transport the answer? It certainly is! But why could it make sense for you? Read on to find out more.
Why Go Green?
As previously mentioned, the earth is warming up. A lot of this is due to carbon emissions from traditional forms of transportation, including cars, motorbikes, boats, and planes. The good folks over at https://www.electricbikeparadise.com/ say, “With the severe acts of climate change, it is all of our duty to play our part in conserving the Earth.” and we couldn’t agree more. If you agree, then keep reading as we discuss various ways of going green!
What Is Green Transportation?
Green transportation is all about using more efficient and effective modes of transport compared to traditional methods. Over 90% of road transportation currently relies on oil, which, as we all know, is an unsustainable resource. Green alternatives would instead be reliant on other systems such as electricity. Similar statistics are seen in rail and air travel. In theory, all types of transport could be made more sustainable and eco-friendly, but many have yet to be developed or are not yet very popular. You may have heard of some green or eco-friendly modes of transportation already, but we have listed some below for further information!
Examples of Green Transportation Methods
One thing we’re all getting more used to seeing are electric bikes. They are everywhere now, including for hourly rental in most big cities. They use very little energy as your pedaling charges the batteries. Those batteries, in turn, then help push you along faster. This is a lovely win-win situation, you charge the battery, and the battery helps you up hills! Most electric bikes are generally limited to a certain speed (around 20mph), but still get you around far quicker than walking, and far greener than driving!
We are also seeing far more electric cars on the roads these days, however, the latest studies show only 2.6% of global car sales are fully electric. Though this is a vast increase in figures from just two or three years ago. If we could get all the cars on the planet electric, we would massively reduce carbon emissions. Electric cars are becoming far more economical and longer-lasting than their original counterparts. Some companies are now trying to make their trucks and busses electric as well. If you opt for an electric car, you may spend more at first, but also may save a lot of money not buying traditional fuel!
Scooters, like electric bikes, seem to be available to rent in most major cities around the USA and the rest of the world now. You can also buy them for your personal use. Again, they use very little energy compared to traditional transport methods but have a limited speed of around 12-16mph. Perfect for cruising around a city, without damaging the environment. Only a small amount of electricity is required to charge their batteries.
Yes, the classic bicycle! Manpower, potentially the greenest energy on the planet! Cycling is becoming ever more popular in major cities around the world. Last year it was estimated that 15-20 million bicycles were sold in the USA alone last year. Apart from the energy used in the factory making them – which is still less than the energy used to make a motorbike – they then require no power at all, apart from your legs! Cycling to work could be the greenest option ever.
Something starting to creep into modern life is green trains. Diesel has been the most common form of fuel for trains for the last few decades. Now there are hybrid diesel-electric engines making clever use of technology to create faster, safer, and greener trains. They are starting to appear around the world, and should help cut emissions greatly!
What’s Still To Come?
Two things missing from this list are ships and planes. We are still waiting for the technology to transpose from road and rail vehicles over to air and sea travel. There are, of course, people working on this, but it is still some way off. Many believe electric planes are only a decade or so away, but will at first be quite small as technology develops.
So, as you can see, with personal transportation, there are so many reasons why going green could be great for you. Think about if any of these are suitable for you and whether you would like to invest in some green transportation. Happy travels!


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GULFPORT, Miss. – There is a new place to stop on the Mississippi Blues trail in Gulfport. The marker is located at the “Four Corners” intersection of Arkansas Avenue, and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and meant to honor all the musicians important to the area.
The maker is titled “Gulfport Boogie” named after a song recorded by Blues Hall of Fame pianist Roosevelt Sykes, who lived in Gulfport in the 1950s.
During the mid-1900s the “Four Corners” intersection just outside of the city limits and was the hotbed of nightclubs in the African American community. Artist like Drummer Johnnie “Jaimoe” Lee Johnson, better known as drummer for the Allman Brothers, took the stage during his early music career and was raised in Mississippi City.
The roster of local blues, jazz and soul performers has included brothers Cleve and Clezell Booth, Sugar Billy, Yvonne Tims (who had the Blues Evolution band with her brother Johnny Jefferson), Buster Teague, Charles and Ruby Wheeler, Jabo Walker, Billy Gray, and more recently acts such as Dr. G.L. John. Cozy Corley, who relocated to Gulfport from Hattiesburg, was the first artist to have a record released on the Malaco label in Jackson. Another blues personality of note, radio broadcaster and club owner Rip Daniels, was born in Gulfport.

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40 kHz Ultrasonic Presence Detector. Ceiling Mount. The US Quattro COM1-24 is a low voltage (40 kHz) Ultrasonic Technology Presence Detector that utilizes STEINEL’s state of the art ultrasonic signal processing to providing superior stable volumetric omnidirectional detection. Ultrasonic is used for best practice in design and retrofit applications where the sensor will not have a clear line of site view of the occupants in the desired coverage area. Operational choices of manual on or auto on with either momentary or maintained switch options. The force off light level feature provides the option to turn lights off when sufficient daylight is present for additional energy savings. The convenient “COM-Link” feature enables multiple sensors to link together via the communication link for pier to pier grouping achieving expanded detection zones with convenient control set up functions set at only one primary sensor for the entire group. Mounting options provide for 4” Square box, 4” Octagon box, Round 3.0 Mud-Ring or directly to the ceiling with quick mount spring tabs. The available service and user wireless remotes provide simplified commissioning and occupant convenience.
The Control PRO group of sensors are available in multiple technologies for the control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning as well as lighting (as in the COM2-24 versions) and optional 1-10 volt dimming and daylighting options (in the DIM-24 versions).
- Low voltage (18-24 VDC/VAC) sensor for use with a power pack or building automation system
- Omnidirectional ultrasonic (40 kHz) presence detection
- Service and user wireless remotes available
- Manual ON mode (MAN) / Automatic mode (AUTO)
- Momentary / Maintained switch option
- ‘ON’ only / ‘ON’ & ‘OFF’ manual switching
- Light level feature turns lights off when sufficient daylight is present
- Mounts to a 4” square box, 4” octagon box, round 3.0 mud-ring or directly to the ceiling with quick mount spring tabs
- IQ Mode dynamically adjusts the ‘ON’ time delay by learning individual room occupancy