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Sole organist for Papal Mass says ‘wildest dreams’ have come true
Dubai - It was at the age of 10 when Griffiths first stumbled on a church organ.
Published: Sat 26 Jan 2019, 2:42 PM
Last updated: Sat 26 Jan 2019, 5:05 PM
Revealed: Toccata from Symphony No 5 by Charles-Marie Widor and March by Felix Mendelssohn to be played at upcoming Papal Mass, lead by sole organist Paul Griffiths (CEO of Dubai Airports).
It was the promise of some extra pocket money that kickstarted Paul Griffiths’s love affair with the church organ when he was a young boy. Now decades later he has been tasked with his biggest role yet, leading the musicians at the Papal Mass in Abu Dhabi next month.
Better known as the CEO of Dubai Airports, Griffiths told Khaleej Times never in his “wildest dreams” did he think such an opportunity would come his way. “There are probably a handful of occasions in my life where the phrase ‘not in my wildest dreams’ could fit, but this is a particularly poignant one. ‘I played the organ for the Papal Mass’. What a great thing to be able to tell my children and grandchildren,” he said.
It was at the age of 10 when Griffiths first stumbled on a church organ. And for him, it was “life’s eureka moment”.
“My best friend asked if I wanted to join the church choir. I said no, but then he told me I’d get paid, so I immediately asked when I could start. At practice one day, he brought me over to the organ and I was starstruck by the beautiful piece of machinery.”
The image of three keyboards, hundreds of keys and the grand arrangement of pipes against its backdrop intrigued him, and days later he began teaching himself to play.
“I remember sitting in school once practising the piano during my lunch break. A teacher overheard and complimented me. She asked how long I had been playing for and I replied, ‘I started on Tuesday’. I guess I just really took to it,” he laughed.
With his sights set on becoming a cathedral organist, Griffiths’s father persuaded him against the idea.
“He told me to make it a hobby instead, as music was an incredibly hard thing to make a living out of. At first I rebelled, but not long after I stepped into the aviation field. I always continued playing though, that will never stop.”
As a fellow of the Royal College of Organists, Griffiths has played in places such as Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral in the UK.
But it was about two months ago when he got the unexpected call of his life about leading the musicians at the Papal Mass.
“They needed an organist for the Mass and my name had been put forward. I was in complete shock, but obviously delighted. It’s not something I ever expected to be asked in my lifetime, so it was an immense privilege.”
Together with his wife (who will be composing a lot of the music), Griffiths will be the sole organist at the mass.
Live-streamed to millions of people around the world, he will be accompanied by eight brass players and a 120-member choir.
“I won’t lie. It’s an intimidating prospect leading the singing and brass players with my one instrument in front of millions, but as with everything, preparation is key. I’ve done this kind of thing before, similar arrangements, but what is different is the scale to which I am doing it. It’s exciting but I know with the talent we have on board it will be great.”
An organ from the UK will be flown in specially for the mass and Griffiths predicts he’ll have “about an hour” to practise on it a day before the main event. It’s a digital computer organ based on a famous early 20th century American pipe organ builder, E M Skinner. Each pipe of the real large pipe organ is digitally sampled so the organ will sound the same as a pipe organ with thousands of pipes.
“That’s actually quite normal. As an organist you’re used to playing organs you haven’t played before, so it’s not an issue,” he said.
While Griffiths’s wife, the Dubai-based composer Joanna Marsh, will be adapting some of the music chosen, weaving in “new harmonies, introductions and interludes that will form part of the liturgy of the mass”, he revealed some of the arrangements that will be heard on the day. “At the end of the mass, I will play an organ piece which is often heard at weddings — the Toccata from Symphony No 5 by Charles-Marie Widor — followed by a brass and organ arrangement of a March by Felix Mendelssohn, which is very fitting for such a momentous occasion. I made the suggestion for certain pieces of music and thankfully, they thought it was a good fit.”
With his own organ housed within his family villa in Dubai, Griffiths is practising most days in the lead up to the mass, from 6am to 7.30am and 8pm to 11pm.
“It takes a lot but it is such a contrast from my day job. Getting absorbed in the first few pages of 19th century French music is actually such a romantic thing. It transports me to another world and is very good for the soul.”
After more than 11 years living in the UAE, this visit will mark the first from a Pope to the Middle East, and Griffiths said to be a part of that historic UAE moment during the Year of Tolerance is “such an enormous privilege” and one he will never forget.


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A former Commissioner for Agriculture in Delta, Mr. Jerry Ossai, has urged the Federal Government to reconsider the reported plan to remove subsidy on petroleum products.
Ossai told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba that the proposal would put a greater burden on the ordinary people and urged the government to have a re-think on the issue.
A practising farmer, Ossai said farmers were already faced with enough challenges such as lack of funds and poor road network which often made evacuation of farm produce to markets difficult.
He said removing subsidy on fuel as was being proposed would compound the burden of farmers and other citizens.
â€œIf the cost of petroleum products goes up, cost of transportation will also go up, and we all know what that will mean to the average person,â€ he said.
Ossai said while government might be trying to check wastage in its finances with the subsidy removal, the effect would be a vicious cycle of poverty.
â€œFor example, the major component for feeding my pigs is used grains from the brewery and the distance from my farm to the brewery in Onitsha is about 40 kilometers.
â€œCurrently, I buy a truck-load of the spent grain at between N7,000 and N10,000. I transport the same at the cost of between N15,000 and N20,000.
â€œIf the prices of petroleum products go up, it might cost me between N20,000 and N25,000 to transport the same quantity of grain and its price at the brewery may also rise and the ripple effect will go round.
â€œIt is a vicious cycle; the government might think it is trying to raise revenue for the economy but it is at the same time impoverishing the common man,â€ he said.

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For the third time in a row, the World Engine of the Year award has been won by none other than *drum rolls* the 1.0-litre Ford EcoBoost engine. The much acclaimed 1.0-litre 3-cylinder turbocharged engine won the coveted honour for the third consecutive year after a panel of automobile journalists from all over the world unanimously voted for the same, beating Ferrari’s 4.5-litre V8 and Volkswagen’s 1.4-litre TSI twincharger to the title. Ford’s blue-eyed boy, the engine has been plonked into a plethora of models in the company’s line-up including the Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo and our very own EcoSport.
Apart from the 2014 World Engine of the Year award, the Ford EcoBoost mill also won in the sub 1.0-litre segment, while BMWs 647cc two-cylinder electric-gasoline range extender from the i3 was the first runner-up; followed by Volkswagen’s 999cc 3-cylinder unit. In the 1.0-1.4-litre category, the Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI (Jetta, Tiguan, Skoda Octavia) took the top honours, followed by Fiat’s 1.4-litre MultiAir turbo (Abarth Punto, 500L, Dodge Dart) and Volkswagen’s 1.4-litre TSI.
The Green engine of the year award has been won by Tesla’s full electric powertrain that scored 248 points, while the Mercedes-AMG 2.0-litre turbo motor powering the A45 and CLA45 AMGs won the ‘best new engine of the year award’. Coming to the Best Performance Engine and above 4.0-litre awards, it was Ferrari’s 4.5-litre V8 for the 458 Speciale which took top honours.
The Ford 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine, the 3-cylinder, turbocharged motor made its debut in 2012 and has been the recipient of over 17 awards across the globe. Ford offers the same 1.0-litre EcoBoost in three states of tune which are 100 PS, 125 PS and 140 PS. The engine available in India is tuned to produce 125 PS of power on the EcoSport and will soon power the Ford Fiesta as well (but not before 2015). The EcoBoost mill is available in over 72 countries. Check out the complete winners list below.


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A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands Tuesday afternoon, toppling tables and sending people fleeing for higher ground.
Although there were no immediate reports of widespread damage or injuries, Australia’s prime minister stated that a roof at the country’s High Commission had collapsed. After the threat passed, the initial tsunami warning was withdrawn.
Solomon Islands government spokesman George Herming told AP he was in his office on the second floor of a building in Honiara when the earthquake struck. He claimed to have crawled beneath his table.
“It’s a big one that surprised everyone,” Herming said.
“We have tables and desks, books, and everything scattered all over the place as a result of the earthquake,” he said, “but there is no major structural or building damage.”
According to Herming, there are no large high-rise buildings in the Solomon Islands, which has a population of about 700,000 people. He stated that there was some panic in the town, as well as traffic jams as everyone attempted to drive to higher ground.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that all Australian High Commission personnel were safe.
“There are no known injuries, but the roof of the High Commission annex has collapsed, implying widespread damage,” Albanese told Parliament.
“Because of the tsunami warning, staff have been relocated to higher ground.” Our High Commission is working hard to ensure the safety of all Australians in the Solomon Islands. There are issues because the phone lines have gone down. So there are communication issues,” Albanese added.
Charley Piringi, a freelance journalist, said he was standing outside near schools on Honiara’s outskirts when the earthquake sent the children fleeing.
“The earthquake shook the place,” he explained. “It was a massive one.” We were all stunned, and everyone ran everywhere.”
According to the US Geological Survey, the quake’s epicentre was in the ocean about 56 kilometres (35 miles) southwest of Honiara at a depth of 13 kilometres (8 miles).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially issued a tsunami warning for the region, but later downgraded it as the threat passed.
The Solomon Islands are located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc along the Pacific Ocean’s rim that is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Death Toll from Indonesia Earthquake
Meanwhile, the death toll from an earthquake on Indonesia rose to 268 on Tuesday, as rescuers looked for survivors in the rubble and relatives began burying their loved ones.
Rescue efforts in West Java, Indonesia’s most populous province, focused on any survivors still buried beneath debris in areas made difficult to reach by the quake’s mass of obstacles thrown onto the roads.
The epicentre of Monday’s shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake was near Cianjur, where the majority of the victims died, hundreds were injured, and dozens were feared trapped as buildings collapsed and landslides were triggered.
According to Suharyanto, the head of Indonesia’s national disaster mitigation agency, the death toll rose dramatically again later Tuesday, from 162 to 268.
At least 151 people are still missing, and over 1,000 have been injured, according to the official, who goes by one name like many Indonesians.

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Dance & Music Festival for artistes with disabilities in Delhi
'Flying Wings – An Integrated Dance & Music Festival’ was organised in New Delhi on Saturday.
The show was unique in every sense and saw the participation of several artistes with disabilities performing dances.
There were Kathak performances by artists with disabilities at the dance and music festival. Aamad Dance Centre, Delhi-based NGO had organised the event at the Kamani Auditorium.
The organisers wanted to promote the feeling of inclusion and also bringing hope, dignity and equality to the people with disabilities.
The first performance was by artistes on wheel chairs, who presented a dance performance on the melodious sufi song ‘Khwaja Mere Khwaja’.
This was followed by a Kathak performance, ‘Natak Sudha’, choreographed by Rani Khanam who is a famous Kathak artiste and founder of Aamad.

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Sam Houston was larger than life so his statue should be too. In 1994, local artist David Adickes completed a 70 foot statue of the Texan hero which was erected by Interstate 45. Take a minute to stop and pay tribute to this interesting guy. Also at the site is the Huntsville Visitors Center, a picnic area and an amphitheater for special programs complete with a Sam Houston head (statue of course).
A little further down through the woods a large shadow crosses the path. If you look to your right you cannot help but see the spectacular monument “A Tribute to Courage” of Sam Houston. This is the worlds tallest statue of an American Hero. Other than being all of the above, he was the Commander in Chief of the Army of the Republic of Texas and served as Governor of Tennesse and of Texas. Standing at 6ft 6”, he was a big man in many respects and helped make Texas a state. The Mighty Man stands at a height of 67ft on a 10 foot granite base (almost twice my height).
David Adickes built the statue to honor Sam Houston on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Dedicated on October 22 1994 the 67 foot tall statue was placed on a 10 foot tall pedestal. Standing next to it you feel really small.
After passing the Visitors Center you wander down a wooded path where you pass a replica of the statues face - only since this is eye level it is much easier to see. The path then leads around the back of the statue and from there you are on your own. There is plenty of room to take pictures from all angles and distances.
I can't remember now whether there was charge, but I don't think so. The little shop had some nice souvenirs to choose from.

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Improvement of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Hi-II maize (Zea mays) using standard binary vectors
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- Vega, J.M., Yu, W., Kennon, A.R. et al. Plant Cell Rep (2008) 27: 297. doi:10.1007/s00299-007-0463-z
High-frequency transformation of maize (Zea mays L.) using standard binary vectors is advantageous for functional genomics and other genetic engineering studies. Recent advances in Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of maize have made it possible for the public to transform maize using standard binary vectors without a need of the superbinary vector. While maize Hi-II has been a preferred maize genotype to use in various maize transformation efforts, there is still potential and need in further improving its transformation frequency. Here we report the enhanced Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of immature zygotic embryos of maize Hi-II using standard binary vectors. This improved transformation process employs low-salt media in combined use with antioxidant l-cysteine alone or l-cysteine and dithiothreitol (DTT) during the Agrobacterium infection stage. Three levels of N6 medium salts, 10, 50, and 100%, were tested. Both 10 and 50% salts were found to enhance the T-DNA transfer in Hi-II. Addition of DTT to the cocultivation medium also improves the T-DNA transformation. About 12% overall and the highest average of 18% transformation frequencies were achieved from a large number of experiments using immature embryos grown in various seasons. The enhanced transformation protocol established here will be advantageous for maize genetic engineering studies including transformation-based functional genomics.

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Check out my latest Interview on the NexGen MilSpouse podcast! where I talk about my latest documentary, "To Love and Support: The American Military Spouse." I tell my life story, explain how I ended up in documentary filmmaking, and share what inspired me to choose military spouses as my topic of choice. Listen Here!
Documentary, "To Love and Support: The American Military Spouse" is accepted into the HIIDA Film Festival! The film receives recognition and awards in categories for both Feature Documentary and Producer. Special thanks to the cast and crew for all their hard work and participation!


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Dominated by the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, Tennessee truly embodies the rustic vibe of the American southeast. With a population of just over 6.5 million, Tennessee features a wide mix of urban and rural areas. Of particular intrigue are the hotspots of Nashville and Memphis, both of which are well-known for their contributions to country and rock ‘n’ roll.
However, with the upsides of Tennessee also come a few downfalls. One in particular is drug abuse. Use of illicit drugs in the state has continued to rise the past few years, just as it has around the country. In particular, Tennessee is being hit hard by the opioid painkiller epidemic that’s spreading across Appalachia.

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A study conducted by researchers at UK conveyancing solicitors, Bird & Co, has identified the European countries most frequently searched on Google by UK residents looking to relocate overseas, with Spain topping the charts.
For some time, UK citizens have been experiencing mounting pressure and economic uncertainty caused by the continuous surge in house prices and the cost-of-living crisis. As a result, and according to Bird & Co’s research, it appears that a number of individuals are contemplating moving abroad, perhaps in search of a more attractive and financially comfortable lifestyle.
Solicitors at Bird & Co analysed Google search data from residents in the UK, using the search terms "moving to [country name] from UK" for all 44 European countries. The data showed the estimated average volume of monthly searches over the past 12 months, revealing the areas of most interest to UK citizens.
The top ten most searched countries, with the estimated average volume of monthly searches over the last 12 months, were:
Spain - 1,600
Ireland & Portugal - 800
France - 700
Germany - 500
Switzerland - 450
Norway - 400
Italy & Greece - 350
Netherlands – 300
Partner and Head of Property at Bird & Co, Daniel Chard, said of the research:
“As per the recent findings, Spain has emerged as the most searched country by UK residents looking to relocate overseas. The ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the UK, coupled with Spain's more affordable standard of living, could be the reason behind this trend.
“Spain's economic stability and housing market can be a safer investment for prospective homeowners, especially considering the UK's discouraging mortgage rates. Additionally, the warmer climate there makes it an appealing location for those seeking to relocate.
“Ireland and Portugal are also emerging as popular destinations, with relatively simple immigration and residency options. Since, the UK’s departure from the European Union, some individuals may be exploring new relocation options.
“Ireland's status as an EU member state, and its close cultural and historical ties with the UK, may make it an attractive alternative place to live. What’s more, while Ireland has its own language and unique cultural identity, the fact that English is the universally spoken language might make it a popular and feasible relocation destination for some UK residents wishing to relocate.
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Youngsters from disadvantaged homes will be given brand new winter clothing after a Glasgow shopping centre stepped in to help a charity appeal.
The Back to School Bank’s Keep a Child Warm Campaign is asking for donations of brand new warm clothes and footwear that will be passed on to school pupils of all ages, who are in need.
And a special collection point for winter coats, jumpers, hats, scarves, gloves, boots, sock or tights and even slippers and warm pyjamas has been set up in the lower central atrium of Intu Braehead.
The Back to School Bank charity, in Paisley was set up by Lochfield primary teacher, Lynne Gilday to buy and distribute school uniforms, PE kit, shoes, coats, hats and scarves along with pens, pencils, calculators and other stationery to youngsters whose families may be struggling financially.
Lynne explained why a special winter clothing appeal was launched: “We were getting more and more referrals of children who were in dire need of warm winter clothing.
“There are kids going to school in lightweight jackets and shoes - even sandshoes, in some case - and their families have next to nothing in terms of money to buy clothes. We’re not just asking for donations of school uniforms, but any kind of warm winter clothing.
“It’s heartbreaking to hear stories of how some kids don’t have proper winter clothing in this day and age and it’s through no fault of their own as their families are struggling to make ends meet.”
Lynne added: “We’re looking for brand new clothing as some of these kids have never worn anything to school but hand-me-downs, or second-hand clothes that are not the right size for them.
“We want to give these children the same sense of pride in wearing new clothes as other children have.
“One mum described us giving her a parcel of clothes for her children as it being like Christmas had come early.”
Community development manager at intu Braehead, Lydia Brown said: “This is one appeal for help that will make a real, practical difference to a youngster’s life. It could see them turning up at school with their clothes dry once they take their coat off rather than soaking wet from the rain or snow.
“This is a cause really worth supporting and I would ask everyone who can afford to buy some warm clothing to drop the items off at our collection point.”
Anyone wishing to donate to the Back to School Bank can also email email@example.com .

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9355 Crown Crest Rd, Parker, CO | Directions 8013839.548148 -104.773173
Definitely not the best chain Italian I've had. It rates below an Olive Garden and Maggiano's. My husband had chicken marsala and the chicken was rubbery - he said it tasted microwaved. He then got chicken parmigiano and his chicken was all sinuey. It was quite gross actually. I can't complain as I had the lasagna and it was fine. Overall not recommending. Service was great - just very poor quality food.
Where'd they find their chef? – I was served a sun dried tomato penne pasta dish that contained MORE sun dried tomatoes than penne pasta. Any untrained chef should know that sun dried tomatoes are a strong accept flavor and should not make up 1/2 of the dish.
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Dig This became NZ’s first national gardening show when it replaced a series of regional programmes in 1975. For 15 minutes, before the English football highlights on Sunday mornings, presenter Eion Scarrow (who had honed his skills fronting the Auckland show since 1971) dirtied his hands in a specially created garden in the grounds of Avalon Studios in Lower Hutt (allowing a generation of trainee directors to develop their own craft). His advice was no-nonsense and so was his wardrobe of home knitted jerseys, gumboots, overalls and towelling hats.
Beloved host Eion Scarrow dispensed down to earth advice for home gardeners in this long-running gardening series - NZ telly’s first national gardening show. In this episode he guides viewers on how to shift an established tree (a 6-8 week process) before moving on to what to plant at this time of the year (March). The viewers’ letters (“not lettuce”) segment tackles questions about rootstock in grafting rhododendrons, preventing onions and gum trees from rotting, pitfalls in establishing a blueberry crop, and dealing with a plant with (sci-fi) runaway roots.


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Feel The Rumble Of A Working Comstock Gold Mill With This Historic Experience In Nevada
The days of the prosperous Comstock are long gone, but there are several reminders from the historic era that have persevered to this day. The Comstock Gold Mill in Nevada is one fascinating destination that offers a rare glimpse at this incredible period of time and it’s worth swinging by when you find yourself in Virginia City. Open in the summer months for tours, visitors can feel the rumble of a real, working gold mill from the 19th century when they take on this historic experience.
We’re aware that these uncertain times are limiting many aspects of life as we all practice social and physical distancing. While we’re continuing to feature destinations that make our state wonderful, we don’t expect or encourage you to go check them out immediately. We believe that supporting local attractions is important now more than ever and we hope our articles inspire your future adventures! And on that note, please nominate your favorite local business that could use some love right now: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nominate/
Have you visited the Comstock Gold Mill in Virginia City? It’s incredible to think this piece of machinery still actually works! Share your thoughts and experiences with us in the comments below.

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Westbank First Nation (WFN) announced a new program that will help revitalize the Okanagan language.
Launched on September 30, the online language tutorial series will focus on teaching nsyilxcÉn. WFN received $ 100,000 from the First Peoples’ Cultural Council as part of its Pathways to Language Vitality program.
The funding helped produce study materials, an immersion program, and community collaboration.
The program was originally intended to be a series of in-person lessons, but the program has been reworked into an online series for safety.
WFN advisor Jordan Coble and Okanagan Nation Alliance member Levi Brent co-created the series, which is spread across 45 video tutorials.
âOur language is in danger and people for generations have worked to keep our language, our identity, our source of who we are, alive. As new tools are provided, we need to adapt to spark the interest of our people to engage in our language and experience the joy it brings, âCoble said.
“We just hope this resource can help spark your interest by creating a safe space and allowing you to control your learning pace and hopefully learn a little while having fun.”
Students of the course can browse the material at their own pace and they will still have access to lessons and other learning resources.
The course is open to anyone wishing to learn and revitalize nsyilxcÉn, including members of the Syilx Nation, as well as guests.
The website will also contain information about the nsyilxcÉn language, other language learning opportunities and additional sources.
The Syilx Language House and the En’owkin Center both offer language courses. UBCO, in partnership with the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology and the En’owkin Center, now offers a four-year nsyilxcÉn language proficiency program.


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Kenia Serrano is a member of the Cuban National Assembly, as well as the president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the People. We sat down with her to discuss the normalization of diplomatic relations, Cuban-developed medical technologies that the U.S. has been denying its residents because of the blockade, the release of the Cuban 5 and the security of our beloved Black Liberation Army political exile Assata Shakur.
Recently, the U.N. Human Rights Committee issued a report excoriating the United States for its human rights violations. It focuses on violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which the country is party. The report mentions 25 human rights issues where the United States is failing. This piece focuses on a few of those issues – Guantanamo, NSA surveillance, accountability for Bush-era human rights violations, drone strikes, racism in the prison system, racial profiling, police violence and criminalization of the homeless.

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Australia’s soul legend Renée Geyer will turn 67 years old tomorrow with two milestones to celebrate. She has also clocked up 50 years in the music industry.
Treasured Australian singer songwriter Broderick Smith will release ‘Man Out Of Time’, his first album in around a decade, in October.August 22, 2018
Bluesfest has added another 12 acts including Garland Jeffreys and Backsliders and the Juke Joint stage is coming back as well.February 7, 2014
Canada’s Harry Manx has had to withdraw from the Woodford Folk Festival. Backsliders will fill his spot.December 10, 2013
Perth pop rockers Eskimo Joe and the Kanye West and Jay-Z union head up the new releases.August 12, 2011


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Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to ensure that the world’s poorest families have secure rights over the land they till. Founded as the Rural Development Institute, Landesa has helped more than 105 million poor families gain legal control over their land since 1967. When families have secure rights to land, they can invest in their land to sustainably increase their harvests and reap the benefits—improved nutrition, health, and education—for generations.
The webinar, Women’s Land Rights Assessments in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, and Ghana, organized by Landesa, will take place on Thursday, Sept. 30th, 2021, from 3 pm-4:30 East African Time, 8 am – 9:30 ET.
The webinar will present the findings of research conducted by the Women Land Rights Practitioner Network formed by Landesa’s visiting professionals from Africa. The network, in Africa, has members from five countries — namely, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Liberia and Ghana. This year, network members conducted case study research on specific predominant women’s land rights issue in their respectivecountry. Landesa supported the network members with a small fund to undertake the research and is facilitating the webinar so that they can present their findings.
Moderated by Beth Roberts – Director, Center for Women’s Land Rights at Landesa
• Ms. Julie Weah – WLR Practitioner Network, Liberia
• Mr. Tom Balemesa- WLR Practitioner Network, Uganda
• Ms. Jacqueline Ingutiah- WLR Practitioner Network, Kenya
• Ms. Scholastica Haule- WLR Practitioner Network, Tanzania

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You’ve Been Connecting, Now She Really Wants To End Up Being Only Friends — What Now ??
I was dating a girl for more than a couple of months now, we have along pretty good and both have a great time as soon as we are around both. Got a text information arbitrarily to meet on Saturday night. We installed and that I could not truly rest thus thought it might most useful easily remaining to personal spot and she consented. The next day i acquired a text from this point claiming: “Hey, how you feeling? Thus not sure how you feel i like hanging out with you but feel we are a lot more pals”
I responded: “Check I really like you, had been would love to get caught up later to share it. Ever see you getting more than buddies? I am baffled. I becamen’t positive the way you felt this is why I believed slightly shameful yesterday. Keen to have a chat about it as soon as we’re both sober. Pleased if you wish to give it a try or maybe just stay friends. Instead tell you this physically but I do as if you and take pleasure in becoming close to you. Throwing me I didn’t inform you yesterday evening.”
Girl responded: “Im not certain. I’m on for the majority of of the day today”
I was thinking i’d offer the lady some room and because now i’ven’t truly informed her We liked the lady, believed i’d get involved in it cool for a little. Possibly I have kept it long. It’s been 2 days and the two of us haven’t called both.
Her feedback was actually very vague and I’m unsure do I need to pursue the lady or let it rest? My personal first effect had been that she was racking your brains on how I thought. For me it seems she’s gotn’t closed the entranceway yet but I am not sure what you should do. Your ideas?
There is a great deal to untangle, right here. We’ll start with the primary reason your own friend’s reaction to your own messages has-been so lackluster.
She generally offered you your own taking walks commands, romance-wise, and you also attempted to convince this lady commit a unique path. Whenever she says, “I feel like we’re much more buddies,” she doesn’t mean right now, or even for as soon as, or until this time after that Monday. She is saying the partnership between you two feels as though friendship, and that is in which its remaining.
As soon as you state you are “Happy when you need to give it a go or maybe just remain buddies,” you’re saying, “we notice that, but i do believe I might desire to be a connection with you.” And you’re stating it in a waffling, not-really-committed way. If you mentioned, “I believe in another way, i do believe we should be in connection,” next perhaps she would be providing you with the time of day, therefore the couple would-be having a chat face-to-face. Within this alternative reality, she might however see you as a permanent buddy with advantages, nevertheless the topic would at the very least be up for conversation.
Now, it is possible by using her first book just what she actually wanted to state ended up being, “do you wish to switch this into a relationship?” but placing by herself online thought very susceptible, thus she attempted to stimulate an answer away from you.
In either case, the feedback, should you want to get serious because of this person, should be either “I want to date you,” or “Meet me personally at my location. I’ll deliver the wine and roses, you bring the astounding enthusiasm you won’t ever recognized you believed for me personally.”
Maybe not, “Relationship or friendship? Eh, I’m good with either.”
What a mess. I’d feel detrimental to you, Simon, except you did some dumb, wimpy things, and you’re paying the cost. Karma, in so far as I’m worried, is actually operating correctly. Here’s why.
First, you’ve been match for seniorsmaking this individual for a few months. She texts you effectively stating you’re not boyfriend product, and this is the first occasion you determine to inform her you actually like the girl. The 1st time. After three months of going out and thumping uglies, both parties should go on it as a given that some mutual interest prevails. But to wait patiently until the eleventh-hour to let their realize that you truly like this lady as a human being, and that being involved in her measurably improves your well being? Whatever insecurities fueled that decision, and whatever other mitigating factors might exist, that comes off as callous as most readily useful and cowardly at worst.
Next, you proclaimed your correct, uh, kind-of-wanna-date-you-but-not-quite-sure? via text. Come on, guy. Make a voice call. Arrange to meet directly. No matter what common really as a form of communication, book consumes a lesser tier. As soon as you say one thing by text, you’re claiming it’s not super crucial. That is great in case you are hashing out of the specifics of a lunch day or maybe just letting someone special understand you’re interested in all of them. Nevertheless when it comes to actual talk, try genuine chat. Texting makes it appear to be you don’t really proper care.
Finally, you waited a long time to establish boundaries and purposes. Everyday relationship is enjoyable, particularly when you’re young. You are free to sleep with many folks and never follow very many regulations and also have an awesome, sensuous time. But in every connection, committed or perhaps, both sides must be for a passing fancy page.
Early, you both need certainly to discuss whether what you’re performing provides the possibility to grow into one thing committed. From then on, continue steadily to register. Hold lines of interaction open. No, it isn’t really many titillating discussion in the world. However it prevents what’s occurring today: considering your own behavior â which is the conduct of a guy who isn’t what curious â she is currently relegated you to definitely Friend With Advantages; at the same time, stewing alone, you started to your choice that you may genuinely wish to start one thing with this specific individual.
But to no avail: Neither people have actually talked-about it, you both achieved your personal conclusions entirely alone,, and all that’s remaining are a couple of dodgy texts and increasing psychological unavailability.
My information, Simon? Call it quits and chalk this upwards as an object example. What you may and this also person had, it is over. You’ll satisfy and date more and more people, and courtesy this knowledge, you’ll be much more forthright regarding the feelings, and about boundaries and expectations, and continue in a fashion that wont end damaging your self or others. Take that which you’ve learned, and move forward.

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How to Extend the Shelf Life of Food Products - Ask the Expert!
Extending the shelf life of a product is a crucial issue for many food manufacturers. But how is shelf life determined and how can it be prolonged?
Ilaria Trento, Food & Microbiology Scientist at FILL Good, will examine this topic by answering some key questions.
WHAT IS SHELF LIFE?
The shelf life of a food product is the length of time during which its safety, health, and organoleptic characteristics are preserved.
A distinction should be made between:
- Primary shelf life: the length of time following the production and packaging phase during which food retains an adequate quality level under specific storage conditions.
- Secondary shelf life, also known as pantry shelf life: the length of time following the opening of the original packaging during which food keeps nutritional, sensory, and hygienic properties at acceptable levels.
Acceptance is the result of a number of factors:
- Growth of undesired or dangerous microorganisms,
- Colour, smell or taste alteration;
- Oxidation with consequent loss of vitamins and nutrients;
- Development of new undesired sensory characteristics.
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT FOOD SHELF LIFE?
In the first place, shelf life depends on the product's inherent features such as its ingredients, chemical and physical characteristics, microbiological profile, and the presence of any preservatives.
As a consequence, raw materials are the first element to take into account as their quality affects that of the finished product. In no way can a packaging or storage system make up for any lacks or deficiencies deriving from the raw materials.
To determine a product shelf life, three more factors should be considered:
- Food processing or transformation;
- The type of packaging and packaging process;
- Environmental factors, such as temperature and storage conditions.
To summarise the above:
HOW TO EXTEND THE SHELF LIFE OF A FOOD PRODUCT?
Working on one or more of the four factors mentioned before can extend a product shelf life. For instance, we can:
- Modify the product ingredients and its inherent properties;
- Introduce changes to the manufacturing process;
- Choose another type of packaging;
- Change the environmental factors.
Of course, the food itself and the way it is processed are most important when it comes to achieving a finished product with a “profitable” shelf life; therefore, selecting premium raw materials and the most suitable technology should be a priority for any manufacturer wishing to optimise packaging solutions and environmental factors as well.
HOW TO DETERMINE THE SHELF LIFE OF A FOOD PRODUCT?
To assess the length of time a food product can be stored in the most accurate way, shelf life testing will be necessary.
The starting point to determine shelf life is finding an acceptance indicator, i.e. a key factor that, being monitored over time, will reveal when the food levels become unacceptable.
Acceptance indicators include a reduction in the vitamin content, changes in the aroma, oxidation, or the growth of specific microorganisms beyond a certain threshold that make the food unsafe.
Once the main indicators have been identified, they are monitored throughout the expected shelf life period so as to determine when they exceed the acceptance limits and the product life comes to an end.
WHO CAN EXTEND SHELF LIFE?
Extending the shelf life of a product is the result of good teamwork!
By working together, the manufacturer, the company supplying the filling solutions and the testing laboratory will identify the most adequate shelf life tests as well as the best options in terms of product processing, filling and packaging.
Would you like to extend the shelf life of your products? Contact one of our experts to receive more information and discover the solutions that best suit your needs.


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Meanwhile, DomDaniel, the villain from the first book in the series, is back, even though his bones were picked clean by the Quake Ooze Brownies at the end of the first book. Septimus's oldest brother, Simon, madly jealous that Septimus took his "rightful" place as apprentice, has recovered DomDaniel's bones and is now the necromancer's apprentice. Simon storms into the castle on an enormous black horse, snatches up Jenna, heir to the throne but also Simon's stepsister. No one believes Septimus when he says Jenna's been kidnapped - surely Simon has just taken her out for a ride, they all say, even the ExtraOrdinary Wizard. So Septimus sets off to bring her back.
I found this second installment in the Septimus Heap series to be alternately enjoyable and irritating. I love the world that Sage has built, and all the many amazing things in it, such as the Dragon Boat and the ice tunnels beneath the castle, as well as the wide array of characters and their relationships with each other. At the same time, I found it immensely annoying that, although Septimus has been training to be a wizard for a year and is the seventh son of a seventh son (and therefore possesses great magical powers), he hardly does any useful magic at all - and neither does anyone else - except for Simon. The "good guys" bumbled around incompetently for most of the book, and most of their successes were due to blind luck and extremly unlikely coincidences.
The exception here, for me, was Jenna, the princess. She had no intention of waiting around to be rescued (luckily, because no competent rescue was really going to happen), used her ingenuity and intelligence to figure out how to get away, and throughout the rest of the book she was the one who saw things for what they were and did the things that needed to be done. Without Jenna, the book would have fallen apart.
I read the first book in this series, and for the second I thought I'd try out the audio version. Gerard Doyle did a very nice job of narrating the book, and I think I enjoyed it more than I would have just reading it. Despite my quibbles, I do believe I will check back into the world of Septimus Heap and Jenna to see where their destinies lead them in the next book of the series. I have come to care for these characters (even as they occasionally annoy me), and I am particularly rooting for Jenna!
Books in the Septimus Heap series to date:
- Queste (to be published April 2008)
Flyte (#2 in the Septimus Heap series) by Angie Sage; narrated by Gerard Doyle (Recorded Books, 2006)
Other blog reviews:
An Opinion on Everything
Confessions of a Book Addict

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s out of ou上海品茶微信女神会所r expectations, and it was maintained because of countercyclical policies,” said Zhang Xiaojing, a senior economist with the CASS.
But the deleveraging process should continue, and more measures will be introduced to ease the debt burden, especially
for the private sector, said Lian Weiliang, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
One of the key measures is to further promote the debt-to-equity s
wap program, to inject more social funds into indebted companies through holding the co
mpanies’ shares, the NDRC official said. “We will choose more qualified private companies to join this program.”
By the end of April, the total value of debt-to-equity swap reached 2.3 trillion yuan ($332.8
billion). More than 20 percent was for the centra上海品茶微信女神会所l State-owned enterprises, inclu
ding China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd, State Power Investment Co Ltd, and China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, acc
ording to data from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
bor-inte上海千花网女神会所nsive products, and the country saw deficits for products including aircraft, integrated circuits, auto
mobiles and agricultural products, indicating that both countries have capitalized on their respective industrial advantages.
“Strict controls by the US over exports to China is one of the important reasons for the trade deficit,” the re
port said, adding that the measures involve around 3,100 items in 10 categories, mostly high-tech products.
Tom Harper, a researcher at the University of Surrey in southea
stern England, said since the Sino-US trade friction escalated, the impact is already being
felt on global supply chains. For example, China has sought to move away from the US to other countries for the goo
ds it needs. Brazil, for example, has begun to supply China with soybeans previously bought from the US.
These moves demonstrate the dangers of trade conflicts, with US farmers bearing the brunt of Chinese tariffs, Harper said.
in 2002 when it should have been closed. But the city’s detritus has kept on arriving each day in hundreds of trucks.
“About 2,000 tons of garbage is dumped at Ghazipur each day,” a Delhi municipal official said on condition of anonymity.
In 2018, a section of the hill collapsed in heavy rains killing two people. Dumping was banne
d after the deaths, but the measure lasted only a few days because authorities could not find an alternative.
Fires, sparked by methane gas coming from the dump, regularly break out and take days to extinguish.
Shambhavi Shukla, senior researcher at the Center for Science and Environment in New D
elhi, said methane belching from the garbage can become even more deadly when mixed with atmosphere.
Leachate, a black toxic liquid, oozes from the dump into a local canal.
operation documents covering such areas as investment, 5G technologie
s, e-commerce, natural gas, soybeans, nuclear power and the Belt and Road.
In talks with Putin, Xi said that both countries are facing changes in the world that were not seen in the past century.
The people of both countries and the international community have greater expectations of China and Russia, Xi said.
There is no end to the development of China-Russia relations, Xi said, adding that China wo
uld like to make joint efforts with Russia to bring more benefits to the people of both nations.
Noting that this is his first state visit to Russia since he was reelected pres
ident last year, Xi said that the two leaders have maintained close contact in recent years.

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The Institute for Youth Development KULT hosted a meeting with the Association of Employers of BiH, our partners on the initiative “Improving Human Rights Corporate Accountability in the BiH Business Sector”, funded by the European Union.
During the meeting, partners presented current activities and documents produced so far: Charter on Business and Human Rights, Baseline Analysis of Human Rights in the Business Sector in BiH, Methodology and online platform www.volontiraj.ba. We agreed on an outline for continuing our cooperation on encouraging companies to adopt these documents and developing the platform www.volontiraj.ba for matching companies and associations. Partners also plan to cooperate on preparing, organizing and implementing a public campaign to inform BiH companies about the benefits of signing the Charter and introducing corporate volunteering into their culture.
The initiative “Improving Human Rights in the BiH Business Sector” is based on UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and aims to ensure respect for human rights in all segments of business operations of BiH business owners, regardless of their size or type of activity.
The Institute for Youth Development KULT, in cooperation with the Association of Employers of FBiH, will send the Charter to businesses and present the concept of corporate volunteering so as many companies as possible sign the Charter and integrate its principles into their business operations.


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To hold an interest in a property, one must typically be either a landlord or a tenant. A property owned by a landlord is known as freehold estate. There are two criteria that properties must have to be deemed freehold estates. First, it must be immovable, meaning it literally cannot be moved from one place to another. Second, there is no fixed timeline of real estate property ownership, meaning that if certain guidelines are met, it may be transferred, sold, or bequeathed in perpetuity.
Types of freehold estate
There are three types of freehold estate:
Fee simple absolute
This is the most common definition used to define the clear absolute ownership of a real property. The current owner has the ability to use it as they see fit, as long as its usage meets local zoning laws. Additionally, provided the owner pays the mortgage, estate charges, and taxes, he or she can keep the property, transfer or sell it, or gift it to an heir as part of estate planning.
Despite the name, this type of fee simple estate deed is not truly absolute. It's actually limited by the four government powers in real estate: police power, eminent domain, taxation, and escheat. Police power is the government's right to enforce regulations for land development for the sake of public's safety. Eminent domain is the government's right to convert private property to public property (after compensating the owner). Property owners by law must pay property taxes. Lastly, escheat is the ability of the government to seize unclaimed property or assets of an estate.
Fee simple defeasible
In this case, while the owner still has a claim on the land, he or she must only use it in the way it is intended. For example, if a parcel of farmland is meant to be kept as such, it cannot be transformed into the site of an apartment complex, or any other building, for that matter. Should the owner attempt to do this, their ownership will cease; this is known as fee simple determinable. If the ownership is terminated with the agreement of the owner or the owner's estate, then the ownership term is known as a fee simple subsequent.
In this type of freehold estate, a person (the grantee) holds an interest in the estate for the lifetime of another person (the grantor) who allowed for the interest in the first place. In this case, the grantee is known as the life tenant. The life tenant can reside at the property with all rights and privileges -- though they're required by law to maintain it -- until the death of the grantor, at which time the life tenant must vacate the property and forfeit any interest in it. Should the life tenant predecease the grantor, the property reverts back to the grantor in what is known as estate in reversion.


Peoria County officials say they have been hearing complaints about a proposed hog facility near Princeville. Area residents have also been asking the county to conduct a public hearing so their complaints can be heard.
County Administrator Scott Sorrell says there will be no such public hearing, because the county does not have a say in the matter.
Sorrell says, according to state law, Peoria County has no rights to affect change in the matter because the facility will have less than 2,500 hogs.
“Just like our residents, state law does not allow us a voice in this instance. Therefore, we do not intend to have a public meeting, as we would not be able to act upon any comments garnered,” Sorrell said in a news release. “What we can do moving forward is work with our legislators to change the statute.”
Sorrell has outlined three possible solutions that, he says, are important to Peoria County.
“First, the State Water Survey should play a greater role in the review process to assess impacts on the ground water supply. Second, there needs to be greater transparency and notification provided to local governments for a proposed facility, including the opportunity for local governments, like Peoria County, to gain meaningful input from citizens and county professional staff. Third, the Department of Agriculture should also consider a prohibition of any Livestock Management Facility within 1.5 miles of any municipality to preserve the municipality’s ground water supply and potential adverse impact on property values,” Sorrell said.


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Situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, the mysterious nation of Iceland is a wondrous destination full of opportunity for natural exploration as well as a vibrant cultural scene. Here you can find anything from cosy city apartments to wooden cottages by the sea. Swim in geothermal lagoons and witness the Northern Lights in this stunning Nordic nation.
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Unlike most of Europe, Iceland only has two distinct seasons - summer and winter. Summers bring mild weather with temperatures reaching a high of around 15 degrees. Winters are cold with frequent snowfall. Daytime temperatures rarely get above 2-3 degrees - nights are significantly cooler.
One of the primary reasons people visit Iceland is to witness the spectacular Northern Lights - otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis. The best time to see the Northern Lights in Iceland is between the months of September and March. Though the months of November, January and February are the darkest, these are also the months with the most snow which can prohibit visibility.
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Reykjavik is a wonderful locality to base yourself and rent a vacation house when you visit Iceland. Not only are many great natural spots locates nearby, but it is also a worthy destination in its own right. Hallgrímskirkja Cathedral is like no other you'll see. The triangular shaped church is the biggest in Iceland and the 6th tallest structure in the country.
Other notable attractions in the city include the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik 871 (a collection of old Viking buildings) and the National Art Gallery, home to works of art from some world-renowned names. The Living Art Museum is a great choice for those looking for something a little more experimental.
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While there is a great deal of metropolitan culture to appreciate, primarily in the nation's capital Reykjavik, the main draws for most visitors are the stunning landscape and the outdoor opportunities. No visit to Iceland would be complete without some rejuvenation in a geothermal spa - volcanically heated pools of natural salt water. The most frequented, and for good reason, is the Blue Lagoon - its proximity to the capital makes for the perfect half day trip. For those feeling adventurous, hiking is a very popular activity, though routes can be challenging and it is advised to prepare well.
The Gullfoss waterfall is one of the country's natural highlights. This double 32m high waterfall is located in the south of the island, just over an hour's drive from the capital. Heading further east, you'll discover Europe's largest glacier, Vatnajökull. Not only that, you'll also get to witness Europe's most powerful waterfall and the highest mountain in the country.
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Based on the novel by Romeo Risica, The Dagger of Adultery, is an epic motion picture. (A noir psychological thriller) Dwayne Love,a world class music icon, becomes a desperate and hunted protagonist. From the deck of their Malibu beach estate, what seemed to be the perfect family is destroyed in one harrowing night of murder and mystery. Upon the horrific discovery of the slashed and bloodied body of his wife, Love realizes he has been framed as the prime suspect. In a state of confusion and frenzy, Love is forced to become a fugitive, and desperately attempts to unravel the mystery of his wife's slaying, while proving his innocence. Love's turbulent quest leads him across three continents in search of the murder weapon, a fabled relic known as the Dagger of Adultery. "Whoever receives the dagger has surely committed an act of adultery and therefore their family will all die by its serpentine blade". Love's pursuit guides him from the murky back alleys of Prague, to a perilous ship hoarding criminals that sails to Rio, Brazil. After suffering horrific burns, Love awakens in a decrepit gothic hospital in Rio de Janeiro, his memory erased by the harrowing and mysterious incident that committed him there. The shifting timeline unfolds over what begins as a fractured series of dreams. Love is fraught with demons of his own making, and relies on the support of a priest locked in a crisis of faith, who becomes drawn into Love's struggle by his own need for atonement. Betrayal and desperation play out against an intricate backdrop of dream and memory as crimes, real and imagined, are brought to bear. And the unlikely duo proceed to unlock a reality far more unlikely and extraordinary than the visions that haunt Love.
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In a scene straight out of ’50s schlock horror director Willam Castle‘s playbook, paramedics were called to a Toronto film screening of the cannibal horror film Raw, after multiple audience members fainted.
“An ambulance had to be called to the scene as the film became too much for a couple patrons,” Ryan Werner, who is handling the film’s marketing, said in a statement.
Raw was written and directed by Julia Ducournau, and tells of a vegetarian woman becoming a cannibal after being forced to eat raw rabbit liver during a veterinarian school initiation.
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This relatively innocent tasting quickly develops into a lust for man-flesh as the lead protagonist, Justine, turns from a naive freshman into blood-thirsty cannibal.
“Often so realistic that they are hard to look at, scenes that viewers of a sensitive nature may find disturbing see lacerated extremities, bite marks and gaping wounds perfectly walk the line between the visceral fun of practical effects and overt attention-grabbing,” Variety wrote of the film.
Critics are describing the movie as a “huge, satisfying surprise” and “a cross between Suspiria and Ginger Snaps,” but also warn viewers may need to “reach for the barf bag.”
Hmmm. Sounds like a marketing ploy to me, however it’s gotta be better than that warmed-over Blair Witch retread we’ve got this weekend.
Raw is a French language film. Its initial release date was 14 May, at the Cannes film festival. The movie currently has a 100% “fresh” rating on review website Rotten Tomatoes., although there is no American release date yet .


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The January execution of Amber McLaughlin drew headlines not just because she was the first openly transgender person executed in the United States but also because a judge, rather than a jury, sentenced her to die.
Missouri law allows judges to impose the death penalty when the jury is unable to agree on punishment. The only other state with a similar law is Indiana.
Although that law remains controversial, the Missouri Supreme Court has upheld its constitutionality, most recently in 2019.
After Craig Michael Wood was convicted of abducting, raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, a jury unanimously found several aggravating factors that qualified Wood for the death penalty but deadlocked on whether there were mitigating factors that outweighed those aggravators.
The judge then sentenced Wood to death, which the Supreme Court affirmed. In a 4-3 ruling, the majority said determining whether a defendant is eligible for a death sentence requires the jury to make factual findings, while selecting the defendant’s punishment is a discretionary act to apply mercy or not.
“Neither a jury nor a judge can prove or disprove a conclusion the evidence on one side outweighs the evidence on the other,” Judge Zel. M. Fischer wrote for the majority. “After the jury found the existence of multiple aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt, the determination of whether Wood’s personal circumstances mitigated the brutality of his crime was a discretionary judgment call that neither the state nor federal constitution entrusts exclusively to the jury.”
The Missouri Supreme Court reached similar conclusions in 2013 in State v. Shockley and in 2008 in a challenge brought by McLaughlin. Wood had argued that those cases should no longer be followed under a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Hurst v. Florida. But Missouri’s high court said that ruling merely barred judges from independently finding the aggravating circumstances supporting the death sentence.
Wood’s case brought a dissent from three judges who disagreed that Missouri’s law does not require a factual determination in weighing the aggravating and mitigating factors.
“It does,” Judge Laura Denvir Stith wrote. “It requires the jury to weigh and balance the evidence supporting mitigation with the evidence in aggravation — a weighing and balancing each of our jurors is called on to make every day in our courts.”
RELATED: Death’s decline: The death penalty remains in full effect in Missouri, but its use is dwindling


Several Sunni blocs in Iraq said Tuesday they accept to back the nomination of a Shiite military leader for the Defense portfolio.
Iraqi parliament's Speaker, Mohamed al-Halbousi sent letters to several leaders from the Counter-Terrorism Service to nominate one of them for the post of defense minister, without being restricted by the fact that the post is usually allotted to Sunnis.
Head of the "Anbar Is Our Identity" alliance, Abdullah Al-Kharbeet told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday: “We believe that the matter is linked to a national merit that requires appointing the most efficient candidate, rather than being linked to the share of that party or the other based on sectarian and ethnic quotas.”
He said: “We want to break down this 'Muhassasa' system that greatly ruined Iraq.”
A Muhassasa system allows leaders of different ethnic backgrounds to take various roles in the government, including some key ministries.
A leading Iraqi political figure told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Sunni stance on the Defense Ministry post has greatly embarrassed Shiite political blocs, particularly Al Binaa bloc, which not only insist on the system of Muhassasa but also on a sole candidate to the Ministry of Interior: Falih al-Fayadh.
Meanwhile, US Energy Secretary Rick Perry arrived in Baghdad on a trade mission Tuesday and he met with President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to discuss the US sanctions on Iran.
The US official urged Iraq to reduce its energy dependence on Iran and open its own energy sector to American investment.
"The time has come for Iraq to break its dependence ... on less reliable nations seeking domination and control," he said, in an apparent reference to Iran.
Asked whether Iraqis demanded that Baghdad be exempted from the US sanctions on Iraq, an Iraqi official told Asharq Al-Awsat: “Baghdad had repeatedly asked Washington to be excluded from those sanctions but never received an answer.”


This is a book of ways in which a great gunsmith could modify the guns that they create and use. Useful information, no doubt.
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This pattern shows the techniques involved in sawing off the barrel of a shotgun - in the process, you lose accuracy but gain in damage. Not having a barrel also makes it weigh a fair bit less.
It looks like the basic application of this would be of quite low quality.
You would need to tinker with an object to apply this pattern.
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text: AbstractMagnesium alloys are highly attractive for the use as temporary implant materials, due to their high biocompatibility and biodegradability. However, the prediction of the degradation rate of the implants is difficult, therefore, a large number of experiments are required. Computational modelling can aid in enabling the predictability, if sufficiently accurate models can be established. This work presents a generalized model of the degradation of pure magnesium in simulated body fluid over the course of 28 days considering uncertainty aspects. The model includes the computation of the metallic material thinning and is calibrated using the mean degradation depth of several experimental datasets simultaneously. Additionally, the formation and precipitation of relevant degradation products on the sample surface is modelled, based on the ionic composition of simulated body fluid. The computed mean degradation depth is in good agreement with the experimental data (NRMSE=0.07). However, the quality of the depth profile curves of the determined elemental weight percentage of the degradation products differs between elements (such as NRMSE=0.40 for phosphorus vs. NRMSE=1.03 for magnesium). This indicates that the implementation of precipitate formation may need further developments. The sensitivity analysis showed that the model parameters are correlated and which is related to the complexity and the high computational costs of the model. Overall, the model provides a correlating fit to the experimental data of pure Mg samples of different geometries degrading in simulated body fluid with reliable error estimation.


Why do they fight? What’s the real reason, beyond the circumstances of the moment, or the doctrines used to sell violence to those who would otherwise have peace? When the news and social feeds are filled with stories of escalating conflict, this is the only question that matters over the long term. The reasons have to be addressed.
When I try to understand the real reasons, I find myself getting lost in the current talking point meta-war between Israel and Palestine. So I turn to the buffer and distance offered by science fiction. Science fiction can provide a metaphor to understand conflict, and the “confrontation with the Inhuman Other” has been fertile soil for the genre. And in the unexpectedly satisfying Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, science fiction transcends metaphor to build a myth, an illustration of a truth both timeless and bleak.
Though a sequel of a remake, the movie is a standalone piece, leading with an efficient bit of narration to establish that civilization has crumbled, there is a history of mutual blame between human and intelligent ape, and the two races have no reason or desire to interact. This is the story of what happens when they do. This is a “clash of civilizations” myth about why there is no two-state solution on the Planet of the Apes.
There are no straw men either. Both humans and apes have leaders with an interest in peace and an understanding of politics. The hawkish factions of both tribes have legitimate reasons not to trust. As viewers, we believe in the legitimacy of both civilizations’ right to exist. The movie’s plot is a catalog of earnest attempts at bridge-building and how they fail, with theoretically rational decisions paving the road to disaster:
- Can we trust their offer of peace when we know they’re preparing for war?
- Should we help them become strong, if that strength could be used against us?
- Does offering forgiveness show us as weak? And does it betray those who were harmed by what is being forgiven?
- Do instances of aid erase transgressions against us?
The answers hinge on basic presumptions about your own people, and theirs. Actions taken out of hope can sometimes create connections, but actions motivated by fear always end up justifying that fear. And as a rallying cry, fear is far more effective. When the survival of one’s people is the perceived stake, the risk of trust becomes too high for a rational leader to embrace. War becomes inevitable, a fact realized even by those who worked for peace.
Why do they fight? Because they can neither trust nor forgive. Because they fear, and nothing short of domination of the other tribe can erase that fear. On their planet and ours.