text:
Table of Contents
- Brief History About Nintendo Switch
- My Impression with Switch (From a Non Nintendo Fan)
- My Personal Experience with Nintendo Switch
- Things I Like about Nintendo Switch
- Some Drawbacks
- Available Versions of Nintendo Switch
- Is Nintendo Switch Worth It?
The Nintendo Switch has been a huge success for the company so far, but is it worth it? As someone who owns one, I can tell you that the answer to this question depends on your personal preferences. This blog post will detail my experience with Nintendo Switch and whether or not I think it’s worth purchasing.
Brief History About Nintendo Switch
The original Nintendo Switch is handheld hybrid console that was released on March 2017. Nintendo has been pretty quiet about the specifications of this new console, but it appears that they have made some changes to their chip lineup in order to accommodate for better graphics performance.
The Nintendo Switch can also be docked so you can play your favorite games from home or anywhere else with an HDMI connection (although there are reports of tearing). One downside though is that when playing at home, because the dock doesn’t use any connectors for power-it instead relies directly off the USB port-you need access to two available USB devices: one port for charging while in TV mode and another port plugged into the wall outlet as well.
Switch has three versions now, the regular Switch, V2, and the Lite. The Lite version is cheaper, but you also get what you pay for here: your games won’t look as good on this device, it can only connect to wireless networks and at launch will not support any online multiplayer features.
The Nintendo Switch Lite does come with one major advantage over its bigger brother: battery life-which lasts up to three hours longer than the original. It still seems worth considering if you often take your console from place to place or want something more pocketable while in handheld mode
My Impression with Switch (From a Non Nintendo Fan)
Don’t get me wrong, I find the Switch to be a slick device, but I’m really more of a Playstation type of guy. That’s not to say that the Nintendo Switch isn’t worth it, and I’ll get into why in a bit.
First of all, I need to point out that the Nintendo Switch is a system with strengths and weaknesses. It’s not perfect for everyone by any means, but it does excel in one area where most systems usually don’t-portability. The Nintendo Switch can be played on your TV when docked or away from home via its built-in screen (I’ll get into this more later) and also as a handheld gamepad much like an Xbox One controller might work if you’re playing games on your phone.
When you buy Switch, it comes with two controllers and a dock with three usb ports, so you can play games on your TV or up to four people at the same time in splitscreen. It’s also compatible with most Wii Remote Controllers as well (although it doesn’t come with one), which I found was pretty awesome.
The only downside is that if you’re playing away from home without docking the Switch to its stand, then it will run out of battery after about three hours of use- much like no longer than two hours before fully charged again, depending on how drained the battery already is to begin with.
The device has some pretty reasonable specs considering how small it is: under three pounds and just over ten inches wide. Some gamers may find themselves wanting something beefier, but I appreciate that the Switch is more of a livable gaming device.
In terms of games, you have a few ways to buy games for your game library and add into your game collection by either buying a physical game or downloading the digital version.
Make sure to check some of the Nintendo Switch buying guide to know more about the best games that are worth to buy.
You can also play two player games with just a single Nintendo Switch unit, with its joy con controllers. I found this to be a really great option for multiplayer games like Mario Kart-it was so much easier than having two separate controllers.
Ultimately Nintendo Switch deserves a chance because its portability can be beneficial depending on what type of gamer you are. Also, Nintendo Switches are not very expensive, and for the price, it doesn’t really hurt to try one out.
My Personal Experience with Nintendo Switch
I bought Nintendo Switch last year as a gift for my son and it was worth buying because my son loved playing with it and I got him Minecraft as well so he could continue his world building even when we were not at home.
I also tried to play with it and it was really easy to get into co-op mode with my son, which is really nice because we are both having fun playing one game together.
I also found out that there is a Nintendo Switch Online which is another subscription service where you can play online games and they are really good.
Another thing I found out is that you can play old school SNES games with the Nintendo Switch like the Super Smash Bros which really brings back memories of when I was a kid, and it is also really fun.
Switch also has the Labo which is an interactive experience that includes assembling the cardboard pieces into different things like a piano and fishing rod and it is really enjoyable to watch your kids having so much fun. They look silly with all the cardboard boxes but they are really enjoying it and they like the variety of things that Labo has to offer.
Nintendo Switch is an amazing console in its own right, but what makes it even better is the fact that you can change out parts called “Joy-Cons” or use them separately as tiny little controllers. This feature allows us to share our experience by enabling multiplayer gaming
It’s not as powerful as some game consoles like PS or Xbox One or a gaming pc so if you are looking for that high end gaming experience then Nintendo Switch might not be worth your time. But I think its portability is great because I can play when there isn’t anything else around to do, and some people just don’t want all those wires laying around in their room.
Overall, I think Switch is a good option for kids or younger gamers who want to have fun playing their favorite games together without having everyone crowded around one screen.
Things I Like about Nintendo Switch
One of the things I like about Nintendo Switch is that it is a lot more portable than most consoles so you can play when there isn’t anything else to do.
The lack of wires and cables makes it easy for me to travel with my console as well because it doesn’t matter if something happens in transit because all of the information is stored on an SD card anyways.
I just love how immersive this system offers, whether its using two joy cons to create depth from movements or simply holding them while watching tv at night before bedtime.
The motion control features of Nintendo Switch are also a major selling point because they allow me to play without having to get up and the in game feedback is always instantaneous.
I haven’t had too many problems with this console as I have heard from other people, but one thing that does bother me about it is how small the screen is when playing on big TVs.
But all things being said, this system has been great for killing time on long car rides where we would normally watch movies or TV shows together
With positives, comes the negatives too and Nintendo Switch has its drawbacks too.
For one, the battery life of the Switch is not what it could be, since only a couple hours of playtime can be achieved before charging is needed.
The joy con controllers are also a bit small for my hand, but it is a manageable problem that can be resolved with an adjustment of the grip.
The screen might also not be large enough for some people, and I know this has been an issue for many because there are plenty of complaints about it on social media sites like Twitter.
I also hope that Nintendo releases more games that are exclusive to the console like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. More Nintendo exclusive games would make it worth the purchase.
Overall though, Nintendo Switch has been great for me! The only thing I would recommend they do differently next time around would be to make sure that the screen size doesn’t decrease so much when you’re using big TVs instead of handheld mode since it kind of defeats the purpose of the console.
Available Versions of Nintendo Switch
Currently, the versions of Switch available are the Original, V2, and the Lite.
The Switch v2 is the newer and upgraded version of the original Switch and battery lasts longer compared to the original.
The Lite is lighter than v.02 and there are no gimmicks like motion controls or won’t find HD rumble because this was designed for people who want to play quick sessions without having to worry about charging quickly in between game plays.
The one I bought is the Switch V2 because it has more advanced features such as the ability to connect two consoles wirelessly for multiplayer mode and also longer battery which can last up to six hours with a single charge!
I personally chose this version because I wanted a console that was easier to carry around on-the-go (since its primarily for my son) while still being able to play using touch screen capability without running out of batteries quickly at the same time
There is also a rumor that Switch pro will release and is supposed to have more power, better screen resolution and also a longer battery as well, but up to nw, we still have to find out.
You can buy this console from Online retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Target.
Is Nintendo Switch Worth It?
So the million dollar question is – is Nintendo Switch worth buying? For me the answer is yes!
I personally love how I can play games with my son on the go. Plus, we don’t have to wait for a console to charge before playing again unlike other consoles or gaming devices!
The Switch is definitely worth it if you’re looking for an easy way to keep up with your kids while also being able to enjoy some great video game adventures together in person as well.
Below are some of the key highlights of this handheld device
Compared to other consoles, Switch is relatively a cheap and you can think of it as an investment rather than spending money on other gaming devices that won’t provide you with the same entertainment.
Bonding with Family
Switch is also a great way to bond with your family. You can not only play games together but also spend time talking and interacting which is why it’s the perfect device for parents who want to get their children interested in video game adventures!
I personally found that my son became more interactive and friendly after we bought a Nintendo Switch, so if you’re looking for something that will motivate him or her to stop playing on phones all day, then this console might be worth getting.
Portability is the selling point of this game console. I love how it’s so easy to just take the Switch out of my bag and have a mini-game session with friends or family, making sure we’re staying connected in spite of busy schedules.
Play Games with Cross Platform Compatibility
Yes you heard it right, there are Nintendo games that allow you to play game with people on any other platform. PC games like Minecraft have a Switch version, and if you’re looking for something to play with your kids or friends there’s Kirby Star Allies which supports up to four players at the same time.
I have had the pleasure of getting to use and play with Switch for a while now. My son has loved playing games on it, as well! And for me, I believe it is still worth buying today. How about you? What do you think? Is the Nintendo switch worth buying? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

domain: entertainment


text:
At our Tomball dental office we detect tooth decay and cavities at an early stage using the latest technology and do minimally invasive treatments before the cavities get bigger.
Cavities are caused by an infectious disease called caries.
There are many reasons why cavities occur.
- poor oral hygiene
- diet and carbonated drinks
- excessive plaque left on the teeth
- certain medications that cause dry mouth
Caries are caused by certain types of bacteria that live in the mouth. Most bacteria that live in the mouth are good and help keep the mouth healthy, but some bacteria are harmful and can damage teeth, gums, the bone that supports the teeth.
The bacteria live in a sticky film called plaque that continuously forms on teeth and feeds on the sugars from the food particles. The acids produced from the harmful bacteria soften the thin protective layer called enamel, and over time a hole or a cavity can form in the enamel.
If left untreated, a small area of decay on the tooth surface can penetrate deep into the tooth structure, which causes sensitivity and pain, eventually leading to infection.
Active decay can spread to other teeth and from person to person through the exchange of saliva.
That’s why it is imperative to see a dentist every 6 months so that any cavities seen at an early stage of development can be fixed and treated in a minimally invasive manner. In addition, small cavities that go unnoticed with radiographs can be detected through a zero radiation cavity detection system called carivu.

domain: medical


Browse Results For:
Music > Individual Composers and Musicians
The Life and Times of a Piano Virtuoso
One of the foremost piano virtuosi of her time, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler reliably filled Carnegie Hall. As a "new woman," she simultaneously embraced family life and forged an independent career built around a repertoire of the German music she tirelessly championed. Yet after her death she faded into obscurity. In this first book-length biography, Beth Abelson Macleod reintroduces a figure long, and unjustly, overlooked by music history. Trained in Vienna, Bloomfield-Zeisler significantly advanced the development of classical music in the United States. Her powerful and sensitive performances, both in recital and with major orchestras, won her followers across the United States and Europe and often provided her American audiences with their first exposure to the pieces she played. The European-style salon in her Chicago home welcomed musicians, scientists, authors, artists, and politicians, while her marriage to attorney Sigmund Zeisler placed her at the center of a historical moment when Sigmund defended the anarchists in the 1886 Haymarket trial. In its re-creation of a musical and social milieu, Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler paints a vivid portrait of a dynamic artistic life.
The Music of John Luther Adams
The first critical anthology of an important and singular contemporary composer The artistic heir of sonic artists such as John Cage and James Tenney, John Luther Adams is one of the most significant and highly regarded contemporary American composers. The Farthest Place is the first critical look at the work of the composer whom the New Yorker critic Alex Ross has called “one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century.” While often identified with the Alaska that so inspires him, Adams is anything but a regionalist. Though inspired by the wild and open nature that surrounds him, “Adams does not represent nature through music. He creates tonal territories that resonate with nature—immersive listening experiences that evoke limitless distance, suspended time, deep longing and even transcendence.” In addition to the New Yorker piece by Alex Ross, and original essays by Kyle Gann and Wilco’s own Glenn Kotche, The Farthest Place includes essays by scholars, critics, composers, and performers, merging theoretical and historical observations, musical and environmental questions with analytical discourse and personal commentaries on Adams’s music and thought.
Fela: Kalakuta Notes is an evocative account of Fela Kuti—the Afrobeat superstar who took African music into the arena of direct action. With his antiestablishment songs, he dedicated himself to Pan-Africanism and the down-trodden Nigerian masses, or “sufferheads.” In the 1970s, the British/Ghanaian musician and author John Collins met and worked with Fela in Ghana and Nigeria. Kalakuta Notes includes a diary that Collins kept in 1977 when he acted in Fela’s autobiographical film, Black President. The book offers revealing interviews with Fela by the author, as well as with band members, friends, and colleagues.
For the second edition, Collins has expanded the original introduction by providing needed context for popular music in Africa in the 1960s and the influences on the artist’s music and politics. In a new concluding chapter, Collins reflects on the legacy of Fela: the spread of Afrobeat, Fela’s musical children, Fela’s Shrine and Kalakuta House, and the annual Felabration. As the dust settles over Fela’s fiery, creative, and controversial career, his Afrobeat groove and political message live on in Kalakuta Notes. Features a new foreword by Banning Eyre, an up-to-date discography by Ronnie Graham, a timeline, historical photographs, and snapshots by the author.
Women Performers, Composers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present
Representing a historical cross-section of performance and training in Western music since the seventeenth century, Five Lives in Music brings to light the private and performance lives of five remarkable women musicians and composers: Duchess Sophie-Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Lueneburg, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Josephine Lang, Maria Bach, and Ann Schein. Elegantly guiding readers through the Thirty Years War in central Europe, elite courts in Germany, urban salons in Paris, Nazi control of Germany and Austria, and American musical life today, as well as personal experiences of marriage, motherhood, and widowhood, Cecelia Hopkins Porter provides valuable insight about the culture in which each woman was active. Throughout the lively and focused portraits of these five women, Porter finds common threads, both personal and contextual, that extend to a larger discussion of the lives and careers of female composers and performers throughout centuries of music history.
The Life and Music of Curly Seckler
With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs's Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music's triumphant 1970s revival. Written in close collaboration with Mr. Seckler and those who know him, Foggy Mountain Troubadour is the first full-length biography of an American original. Penny Parsons follows a journey from North Carolina schoolhouses to the Grand Ole Opry stage and the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, from boarding houses to radio studios and traveling five to a car on two-lane roads to make the next show. Throughout, she captures the warm humor, hard choices, and vivid details of a brilliant artist's life as he crisscrosses a nation and a century making music.
Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues
Detailing the career of Joe Evans, Follow Your Heart chronicles the career of Joe Evans, an alto saxophonist who between 1939 and 1965 performed with some of America's greatest musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk, Billie Holiday, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lionel Hampton, and Ivory Joe Hunter. Evans warmly recounts his wide range of experience in the music industry and comments on popular New York City venues used for shaping and producing black music, such as the Apollo Theater, the Savoy, Minton's Playhouse, and the Rhythm Club. Revealing Evans as a master storyteller, Follow Your Heart describes his stints as a music executive, entrepreneur, and musician. Evans offers invaluable insight into race relations within the industry and the development of African American music and society from the 1920s to 1970s.
During his short lifetime, Franz Schubert (1797–1828) contributed to a wide variety of musical genres, from intimate songs and dances to ambitious chamber pieces, symphonies, and operas. The essays and translated documents in Franz Schubert and His World examine his compositions and ties to the Viennese cultural context, revealing surprising and overlooked aspects of his music.
Contributors explore Schubert’s youthful participation in the Nonsense Society, his circle of friends, and changing views about the composer during his life and in the century after his death. New insights are offered about the connections between Schubert’s music and the popular theater of the day, his strategies for circumventing censorship, the musical and narrative relationships linking his song settings of poems by Gotthard Ludwig Kosegarten, and musical tributes he composed to commemorate the death of Beethoven just twenty months before his own. The book also includes translations of excerpts from a literary journal produced by Schubert’s classmates and of Franz Liszt’s essay on the opera Alfonso und Estrella. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Leon Botstein, Lisa Feurzeig, John Gingerich, Kristina Muxfeldt, and Rita Steblin.
This award-winning book, now available in paperback, is the first solid appraisal of the legendary career of the eminent Hungarian-born conductor Fritz Reiner (1888-1963). Personally enigmatic and often described as difficult to work with, he was nevertheless renowned for the dynamic galvanization of the orchestras he led, a nearly unrivaled technical ability, and high professional standards. Reiner's influence in the United States began in the early 1920s and lasted until his death. Reiner was also deeply committed to serious music in American life, especially through the promotion of new scores. In Fritz Reiner, Maestro and Martinet, Kenneth Morgan paints a very real portrait of a man who was both his own worst enemy and one of the true titans of his profession.
Writings in Music Theory
One of the twentieth century's most important musical thinkers, James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including computer music, tuning theory, and algorithmic and computer-assisted composition. From Scratch is a collection of Tenney's hard-to-find writings arranged, edited, and revised by the self-described "composer/theorist." Selections focus on his fundamental concerns--"what the ear hears"--and include thoughts and ideas on perception and form, tuning systems and especially just intonation, information theory, theories of harmonic space, and stochastic (chance) procedures of composition.


text:
SNIP Mobile Clinic
Last updated 1/14/2019 at 1:04pm
They’re back! Sponsored by the Richard Brooke Foundation, the low-cost spaying/neutering pets mobile truck is back Monday Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Pets eight weeks or older, pregnant or in heat are OK. Suggested donation $25. For spay/neuter reservations, please call 760-366-1100.

domain: news


デビュー, 出初め, デビュウ, 御披露目, 披露目
Noun(1) the act of beginning something new(2) the presentation of a debutante in society
Verb(1) present for the first time to the public(2) appear for the first time in public(3) make one's debut
(1) In 2001, they recorded their debut album One for the Kids, which featured songs written by lead vocalist, Ryan Key.(2) Kelly also recorded her debut solo album Simply Deep.(3) Mos Def gives one of his strongest performances since his classic debut , Black on Both Sides.(4) I was thrilled to hear that John and the Staggering Statistics have released their full-length debut recording for free online.(5) Leica's new LRF - 800 laser rangefinder was one of the most exciting new products to debut at the SHOT Show.(6) Ian is best known as singer and songwriter for The Stone Roses, who most people agree, made rock music's best ever debut album.(7) By way of comparison, another famous plastic product made its debut just the year before: Tupperware.(8) All this and the band still to release its debut single in the UK!(9) the film marked his debut as a director(10) By the time she made her debut in Washington society, 18 - year-old Amy was a beautiful, mature, well-bred and graceful young lady, with green eyes and amber-colored hair.(11) Jaguar has revealed the first pictures of the stylish new X-TYPE Estate, which will make its public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show on 9.(12) Twenty-nine-year-old Gardemeister delivered a highly mature performance on his competition debut in a Focus RS.(13) On the day of its theatrical debut , it was also shown once on HDNet Movies.(14) The debut novel of writer Nicky Singer has scooped the Blue Peter Book of the Year award, to be broadcast on BBC ONE on Sunday 15 December.(15) The Travel Channel will debut a new travel series about the world's hot spots, traveling to such dangerous locales as Afghanistan and Chechnya.(16) The new processor is expected to debut at 1.8GHz and scale up to 3GHz.
(1) debut :: デビュー
1. first appearance ::
2. first performance ::
3. launch ::
5. entrance ::
6. premiere ::
7. introduction ::
8. inception ::
9. inauguration ::
10. kickoff ::
debut, debuted, debuting, debuts
Word Example from TV Shows
The best way to learn proper English is to read news report, and watch news on TV. Watching TV shows is a great way to learn casual English, slang words, understand culture reference and humor. If you have already watched these shows then you may recall the words used in the following dialogs.
Footprints on the Moon
made their DEBUT.
The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 24
English to Japanese Dictionary: debut
Meaning and definitions of debut, translation in Japanese language for debut with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken
pronunciation of debut in Japanese and in English
Tags for the entry "debut"
What debut means in Japanese, debut meaning
in Japanese, debut definition, examples and pronunciation
of debut in Japanese language.


Marco’s Pizza chain entering Puerto Rico with 40 stores
Ohio-based Marco’s Pizza, the fastest growing pizza franchise in the United States with 1,500 new franchise deals signed, is set to bring its authentic Italian flare to Puerto Rico, having recently inked a deal to open 40 stores over the next nine years.
The Puerto Rico expansion will be spearheaded by brothers Terry and Chris Tsavoussis, who also own the development rights to grow Marco’s Pizza in the Bahamas.
To help develop the area and open the first store by March 2014, the duo has partnered with MP Puerto Rico Inc.,
who run successful franchises in the region, such as The Taco Maker in Puerto Rico and Camille’s Sidewalk Café. Three additional locations are slated to open in Puerto Rico by the end of the year.
“Puerto Rico is a Mecca of [quick-service restaurants] in the Caribbean with a huge influx of big pizza chains,” said Terry Tsavoussis. “But soon, everyone in the region will experience the same authentic Italian quality difference that Marco’s consumers have come to love coast-to-coast in the continental U.S.”
Also helping develop Marco’s Pizza in Puerto Rico is Carlos Budet-Vega, who is an area representative for the company in Puerto Rico.
“Our experience with fresh, quality product coupled with the operations infrastructure in place positions us perfectly to get Marco’s Pizza up and running on the island. We’re looking forward to 40 Marco’s and beyond.”
Marco’s Pizza’s growth in Puerto Rico comes on the heels of a successful 2013, which will see the opening of more than 100 new Marco’s franchises.
“The Puerto Rico deal marks another positive milestone for Marco’s,” said Bryon Stephens, COO of Marco’s Pizza. “We’re confident that this agreement will lead to further growth internationally. In the near future, Marco’s Pizza will not just be America’s fastest growing pizza franchise, but the world’s fastest growing pizza franchise.”


text:
The menu is prepared under the guidance of a senior nutritionist to ensure that our students get a varied healthy diet
We use more local, seasonal and organic vegetables to ensure that students develop into lifelong healthy eaters
The food is prepared in our in-house kitchen under strict hygienic conditions with our meticulous service norms and equipment
Separate dining rooms for Primary, Middle and Senior children
*The date/schedule mentioned above are only indicative and the school may wherever found necessary, change the same at it’s discretion.

domain: food


text:
Pet birthday partiesDecember 15, 2016
Honestly, pet birthday parties are the best. We can’t get enough. Dogs in birthday hats, cats with pink icing all over their whiskers, it’s one winning photo opportunity after another. As an added bonus, your pet loves them, and you love to throw them. Perhaps you’re a seasoned vet when it comes to throwing your pet a party, or maybe you’re new to the pet party scene. Either way, it’s nice to go into your party planning with some diverse ideas on how to get the most fun out of the day for both you and your pet.
We’ve compiled a list of some great ideas below. Try some at your pet’s next big party! They’re sure to make your next pet party a wonderful, memorable occasion.
It’s as fun (and funny) as it sounds! The game is simple: owners come on stage with their dog and serenade them to music, and the dog that participates most wins. Bonus points can be awarded for a particularly good performance from the pet owner.
Like Simon Says, Snoopy Says can begin with simple commands and get progressively more difficult. The last pup standing wins! It’s also a great way to fit some training practice into the party festivities.
Fastest dog contest
Most dogs love the chance to run as fast as they can. For this game, use Frisbees or tennis balls to entice your pet to run fast. Time each dog’s run, and the best time wins!
Think of how hilarious it is to watch your cat chase a tiny red light around the room. Now think of how hilarious it will be to watch ten cats do this. The cats will have a great time, and your mouth will hurt from laughing so hard. Win win!
Literally a party full of boxes. This sounds weird but your cat will lose it. You can decorate boxes of all sizes in fun, bright colours, and set them up however you like. Cats love boxes, and it will be cute to watch them play with many at once.
Catnip scavenger hunt
Hide a bunch of catnip-stuffed toys around your house/yard, and let your kitties explore! The cat that finds the most toys wins.
For Dogs or Cats
Have a pet fashion show! Dress your pet in something stylish, or a classic costume, whichever theme you choose. Pet parents can also get in on the fun and coordinate a costume with their pet. Think of all the photo opportunities.
Pet and pet parent photo booth
You can hire a photographer to bring some props and snap some great photos of all the pets and pet parents at your party, or you can splurge and rent an actual photo booth. Either way, you’ll be able to capture the great memories made at your pet party.
Party favour bags
These are a nice treat for both your human guests and furry guests. The bags can include toys, treats, and personalized pet-themed gifts for pet owners, like mugs with their pet’s face on it, or personalized t-shirts. Get creative and have fun!
Do you have your own special pet party traditions? Share your ideas with us on our Facebook page!

domain: pet


text:
LOW rates of beef kill due to herd rebuilding have characterised Australia’s 2021 slaughter season, and the trend was again clearly evident in October beef export statistics released this morning.
Department of Agriculture figures show that chilled and frozen exports to all markets last month reached just 74,333 tonnes. That’s down about 7pc on the previous month, and 8.6pc behind October last year, when rates of slaughter were already in sharp decline as the industry responded to rain.
For the calendar year to date (past ten months of trade), Australia’s exports have reached only 734,908t – almost 140,000t or 16pc behind the same period last year, which itself was starting to be compromised by the after-effects of post-drought recovery.
A better comparison is the average of the five years prior to 2021, which shows Australia’s ten-month exports to the end of October averaging more than 900,000t. In the standout 2019 year when drought impact reached its zenith in liquidation, exports to October had already topped an incredible 1.009 million tonnes.
All major and emerging export markets bore the impact of cattle supply challenges evident in last month’s trade figures.
Most noteworthy was the continuing decline in volume into the United States, which last month again slipped into third place in Australian export customer rankings, behind Japan and Korea. China continues to languish in fourth place.
Volumes to the US last month reached just 13,633t, down almost 11pc on the previous month and 8.4pc short of trade seen in October last year. Long-gone are the days when the US dominated Australia’s trade volume, with monthly tonnages of 25,000 to 30,000t.
Year-to-date, the US has taken 121,715t – back an enormous 65,000t or 35pc on the same period last year.
Relatively high beef production in the US, combined with price premiums being asked for Australia’s imported lean grinding beef, are both factors. Steiner reports current US domestic 90CL fresh boneless beef at around US275c/lb, implying a discount of about US15c/lb against equivalent imported beef. This discount is not as big as it was last northern hemisphere spring, but it is lower than what was seen in previous periods of lower imports.
Worth noting, also, is the clear shift in port of unloading in the US, caused by major global logistics and shipping upheavals this year. Far more Australian beef is now entering the US via east coast ports, rather than the more ‘geographically logical’ west coast, where major challenges have been reported in ports like Los Angeles in California.
Last month, more than 76pc of Australia’s exports into the US went the ‘long way’ into the market, via ports on the east coast.
During the recent Meat Importers’ Council of America meetings, there was a lot of discussion about the impact that supply chain disruptions are having on imported beef availability. While other ports may not be experiencing the extreme delays that have plagued the Port of LA, all are facing higher labour and freight costs, and delays.
Other key Australian export markets also struggled last month. Japan took 18,769t of our beef, down about 12pc on the previous month, and 3600t or 16pc lower than October last year.
For the ten months year-to-date, Japanese buyers have taken almost 197,000t, some 11pc lower than the same period last year. Greater imports from the US have filled some of that gap.
South Korea snuck ahead of the US in trade volumes last month, accounting for 14,900t of Australian beef. That compares with around 13,700t the previous month, and a similar figure this time last year.
South Korea remains one of Australia’s most stable markets, year on year, with ten-month trade to the end of October reaching 131,600t, up 2.8pc on last year.
No longer the beef-buying powerhouse it became during 2018-20, the People’s Republic of China trade continued at a subdued pace last month, reaching 12,609t, mostly frozen. That volume was much the same as September, and this time last year, but a mile away from the 30,000t/month trade volumes seen during 2019. For the year to date, China has accounted for 121,595t, down about 47,000t or 28pc from the same period last year.
Further suspensions of Australian export facilities last month did not help the cause.
Second tier markets
Among second tier markets, Indonesia took almost 2600t of mostly frozen beef last month, down about 30pc on the month before, and 11pc behind last year. So far in 2021, exports have totalled almost 40,000t, down 4pc on last year.
The combined Middle East countries collectively took 2273t of Australian beef last month, a little lower than September, and 31pc lower than last year. Year-to-date shows a similar trend, reaching 25,000t this year. Strong price competition from South America has eroded Australia’s competitive position in the Middle East.
In the absence of trade agreements, volumes traded into the EU/UK region remain dismal, with just 81 tonnes shipped for the month into the UK, and 530t into the EU last month. Year to date trade has reached just 867t into the UK and 6547t into the EU region. Bring on the Free Trade Agreement.
If there is a salvation in the current period of extreme export beef logistics difficulty it is the vibrant domestic beef trading conditions that are helping offset that, as some Australian states emerge from lockdown hibernation. More on that in a separate report.


text:
Salaries for insurance professionals in Northern Ireland continue to perform strongly in the face of the uncertainties presented by Brexit, a new study has revealed.
According to the regional Salary Survey Report by Abacus Professional Recruitment, data obtained from 50 respondents working across a variety of professional roles in the insurance sector indicates continued market growth in 2016.
Average salaries for the survey respondents ranged from £16,966 for personal lines advisors, £21,772 for a commercial account handler and £30,714 for a commercial account executive.
Abacus Professional Recruitment Justin Rush said the survey was one of the broadest that it had conducted in the insurance sector in Northern Ireland.
“It highlights that these markets remain resilient in NI. Total compensation packages including salary increases and benefits continue to perform strongly,” he said.
For 2017, expectations are high with 58% of commercial account executives, 67% of commercial account handlers and 72% of personal line advisors anticipating a salary increase.
However, despite the increasing salaries, insurance is still viewed less attractively than other sectors due to fixed and sometimes unsociable working hours. According to the survey, only 8% of the insurance workers in Northern Ireland said they can enjoy flexible working conditions.
Insurance executives’ salaries rise up to 8.7%
Insurance giant reveals CEO’s pay cut


text:
Jersey Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
The Epilepsy Center provides comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, treatment
and management of both pediatric and adult patients. In addition, patients
can enroll in drug studies and may be evaluated for epilepsy surgery.
To view the pediatric status epilepticus protocol please click here.
The Neuro-Electro-Diagnostic Laboratory performs routine EEG, sleep studies,
and evoked potentials for infants, children and adults.
To contact the EEG Laboratory please call (973) 972-6022.
(973) 972-2551 to schedule an appointment with any of following physicians.


text: P-200d Edison DD wood handle for crank. This is a replacement (REPRODUCTION) for the broken or missing wooden handle on an Edison Diamond Disc phonograph crank. This wood handle is 2 inches long with the crank hole drilled correctly. This sale is for the wooden handle AND the metal lock washer only. You should have the crank, the original left washer, and the large screw at the end. (If your original left washer is missing, you will need to supply one or more thick washers. If the right large screw is missing, it can be purchased: part # P-201a) See the photos for proper assembly.

domain: hobby


text:
The telecom service industry will invest more than 61 percent of its capital expenditures into sustainable infrastructure by 2016, representing a $194 billion market, according to a Pike Research report.
The forecast investment, 65 percent of which will go into mobile networks, has been driven by commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the falling cost of opening base stations run on clean energy, and efforts to minimize rising energy prices, according to Pike Research. However, the path to reaching these goals has shifted away from adding sources of clean power and towards energy efficiency initiatives, according to the report.
Telecom providers and their vendors are expected to focus on mobile networks because of their high energy use. Base stations and switching centers within mobile can consume between 60 percent and 85 percent of an operator’s network energy.
Pike Research says the telecom industry will largely concentrate on ensuring the newer 4G networks require less power than legacy networks, by making improvements to radio frequency amplifiers, switches, network architectures and topologies and fresh air cooling. The improvements will push emissions levels associated with mobile networks down 5.6 percent to 251 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2016, the report estimates.


USing MaxBOtix Ultrasonic sensor, need Blue Transmitter…
A kit including a Blue Node and an ultra-sound probe fitted with the right Blue Node connector. The ultra-sound probe is available in two versions: up to 5m and up to 10m range.
I am text block. Click edit button to change this text.


text:
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF)– An uncommon August serious storm system rolled through the San Francisco Bay Area early Sunday, packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region.
The National Weather Service on Sunday extended a red flag fire alerting for the entire Bay Area until 11 a.m. Monday morning.
” Any lightning strikes will likely lead to new fire begins given the present heat wave,” forecasters alerted. “A secondary pulse of moisture and instability gets here later Sunday into early Monday.”
@CALFIREBEU & & Monterey County Regional Fire District fighting ~ 10 acre fire in Pine Canyon, ~ 5 miles south of Salinas (Monterey County) #RiverFire pic.twitter.com/JGgfJJMgq1
— CAL FIRE BEU (@CALFIREBEU) August 16, 2020
#ArroyoFire (South Livermore) Firefighters are aggressively assaulting the fire and it is holding at 50 acres and at 50% containment. Comprehensive mop up due to a Eucalyptus grove. @calfireSCU @AlamedaCoFire @LP_FIRE1974 pic.twitter.com/itZQxIpmlj
— CAL FIRE SCU (@calfireSCU) August 16, 2020
The Sonoma County Sheriffs Department notified that “law Enforcement and fire personnel are getting numerous calls for service including downed trees and powerlines. A couple of area fires within the county have also been reported.”
In Contra Costa County, there were a number of fires in the area of Morgan Territory and Marsh Creek roads near Mt. Diablo State Park. Officials stated the fires were putting out a great deal of smoke. Systems from Cal Fire, the Contra Costa County Fire ProtectionDistrict and San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District were among those who responded.
In Santa Clara County, fire officials said downed power lines stimulated a fire in an unincorporated location on Brush Road near state Highway 17 that started prior to 3 a.m. and required the evacuation of 20 citizens. It was consisted of by 6 a.m. after burning a little more than an acre.
In the South Bay near Salinas, firefighters were fighting a growing 10-acre blaze in Pine Canyon.
Sunday morning. The storm came as the region has actually been locked into a sweltering heat wave.
Record temperature levels again fell across the area on Saturday and the early morning rains would only supply a quick respite. Forecasters anticipated another 4 days of temperature levels in the triple digits in the inland locations. It was dangerously hot for numerous in the Bay Area, some even broke their record high for today. Make sure you stay safe and weather condition
mindful! #CAwx pic.twitter.com/n9n4nPCS9a– NWS Bay Area( @NWSBayArea) August 16, 2020
By 6:35 a.m, Calfire reported that firemens were strongly attacking the 2-alarm Arroyo fire, being sustained an Eucalyptus grove, and holding it at 50 acres and with 50% containment.
Bay Area firemens were busy as the storm moved through.
PG&E web cams caught images of a rather big wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains at around 5:30 a.m. Additional strike teams were rushed to the area by 6 a.m. with high winds spreading out the fire and threatening structures. Air assistance was asked for to start at daytime.
@nbcbayarea remarkable show down here in Redwood City #lightning pic.twitter.com/PerSWWTE0e
— monietenbroeck (@monietenbroeck) August 16, 2020
Calfire sent out crews to a lightning cause fire in the area of 20730 Brush Road in Redwood Estates Area that at first threatened homes and forced some evacuations before forward development was stopped around 4 a.m. Another wildfire emerged near Highway 1 north of Davenport and had actually grown to 3 acres.
Crews were likewise dispatched to battle a growing plant life fire in the area of 5201 Arroyo Road in Livermore.
The intensity of the storm system activated an extreme thunderstorm caution for the entire San Francisco Bay Area as local citizens were awakened by the holler of thunder. The warning for Contra Costa, Alameda, Napa, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties was extended till 8 a.m
. The weather condition service likewise issued an unique marine warning for the waters of San Francisco, San Pablo, Suisun Bays and the west Delta.
At 5:30 a.m., weather condition service radar was revealing that “regular lightning still persists around the BayArea and the CentralCoast, as new storms are shooting over the ocean and moving toward the San Mateo Peninsula.”
Rare thunder and lightning storm over the SF Bay Area. pic.twitter.com/OZQC5wJjbk
— Paul Robbins Holland (@paulrholland) August 16, 2020
Marin County working numerous little lighting fires. No existing evacuations orders or cautions in Marin County.
— Marin County Fire (@marincountyfire) August 16, 2020
Lightning strikes two times over the San Francisco Bay at dawn. #thunderstorm #storm #Lightning pic.twitter.com/miDWFcmLy7
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) August 16, 2020
Summer Season in San Francisco #Lightning #SundayMorning #BayArea pic.twitter.com/0r0cr1LzB8
— Kayla Chan (@kayylachan) August 16, 2020
— Alameda County Fire (@AlamedaCoFire) August 16, 2020
Marin County working numerous small lighting fires. #ArroyoFire (South Livermore) Firefighters are aggressively attacking the fire and it is holding at 50 acres and at 50% containment. In Contra Costa County, there were several fires in the area of Morgan Territory and Marsh Creek roadways near Mt. Diablo State Park. Authorities stated the fires were putting out a lot of smoke. Systems from Cal Fire, the Contra Costa County Fire ProtectionDistrict and San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District were amongst those who reacted.
around 4am in SF today:O #sanfrancisco #lightning #lightningstorm pic.twitter.com/uER9mEPRj0
They also published on Twitter an image of an enormous, unusual” roll cloud” along the Santa Cruz Coast soon before 3 a.m. An enormous fast-moving apparent “Roll Cloud “impacted the Santa Cruz Coast shortly before 3 a.m.
Marin County Fire reported at 4:15 a.m. that its teams were “reacting to numerous lightning strikes in the location of King Mountain and San Geronimo and throughout the county. No existing evacuation orders or cautions in location.”
Downed PG&E lines had set off power interruptions from neighborhoods in San Rafael all the method into western Marin County. Fire crews had the ability to rapidly contained a plants fire burning on the ridges on the Zig Zag Trail.
Smoke was likewise seen from a small fire on Mt. Tam.
Wildfire detected near Bonny Doon in Santa Cruz mtns: https://t.co/X1ueJqiIBc pic.twitter.com/jFrIqMlFNJ
— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) August 16, 2020
Bay Area citizens took to social networks with impressive pictures of the storm.
Wild lightning tonight along the coast, as seen from Pacifica, CA. #CAwx @NWSBayArea pic.twitter.com/WJhvq7l7lg
— Jeff (@Negative_Tilt) August 16, 2020


4. Memorandum from Liberty (The National
Council for Civil Liberties)
The Bill is the 'firmer, faster' vehicle for immigration
management. It is less clear that it also provides a 'fairer'
nationality, immigration and asylum system. Much of the detail
in the Bill is reserved for regulations and only when these regulations
are available will the provisions of the Bill become clear. The
following represents Liberty's central concerns and commentary
on a preliminary evaluation of the Bill.
Part 1: Nationality
A certain number of the changes in the Bill are welcome.
There are enhanced appeal rights for nationality refusals, (clauses
4,7) the invidious distinction between marital and non-marital
children has been abolished (clause 9) and stateless children
born in the UK can be granted British citizenship in five rather
than ten years (clause 8).
Liberty is concerned at the naturalisation requirements
for a 'sufficient knowledge' of language and 'life in the United
Kingdom', as these criteria can operate as barriers to citizenship
which are not imposed on those that acquire citizenship by being
born in the UK. Given the poor level of understanding of human
rights and constitutional issues of many of those already in Britain
perhaps more resources should be put in to citizenship education
for all instead of imposing tests on some. We are also particularly
concerned for those seeking citizenship who have limited education
or who suffer learning difficulties, perhaps associated with post-traumatic
stress disorders. The operation of these arrangements should be
carefully phased in so as to ensure wider, subsidized access to
Deprivation of citizenship
A major concern relates to the provisions dealing
with the deprivation of citizenship. Deprivation of citizenship
is a serious matter as citizenship is a fundamental, identity
right. In 1958 the US Supreme Court Justice, Earl Warren, stated,
"Citizenship is man's basic right for it is nothing less
than the right to have rights." The Bill has widened the
deprivation provisions, and although there are some safeguards,
and an appeal process to review such decisions, there are insufficient
protections for those vulnerable or subject to citizenship deprivation.
The current deprivation provisions (section 40),
which have not been used since 1973, state that the Secretary
of State may deprive a person who attained citizenship by registration
or naturalisation where the person acquired the citizenship by
fraud, false representation or concealment of a material fact,
for disloyalty towards Her Majesty or where the person was sentenced
in any country to imprisonment of at least 12 months within five
years of the date of registration or naturalisation (unless the
loss in this circumstance would leave the person stateless). These
broadly drafted provisions have been further widened under the
The Bill will allow the Secretary of State to deprive
a person of any of the types of British citizenship if the Secretary
of State thinks that the person 'has done anything seriously prejudicial
to the vital interests' of the UK or a British overseas territory
or thinks the person obtained registration or naturalization as
British citizens by means of fraud, false representation or concealment
of a material fact. The Secretary of State may not make an order
depriving the person of citizenship on the basis of their action
seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK or a British
overseas territory, if the order would make the person stateless.
There is no such protection for persons whom the Secretary of
State thinks fraudulently obtained their citizenship via registration
or naturalization. There is an appeal right to an Adjudicator
and thereafter with leave to the Tribunal or Court of Appeal,
except where the Secretary of State certifies that the decision
'was taken wholly or partially in reliance on information which
in his opinion should not be made public on grounds relating to
national security, the interests of the relationship between the
UK and another country or another matter of a political kind'.
In this case the appeal will be to the Special Immigration Appeals
Commission established under the Special Immigration Appeals Commission
Act 1997 ("SIAC 1997").
It is difficult to understand the philosophical basis
for depriving a person of their citizenship in any circumstance.
It cannot be done to those who obtained their citizenship by birth
and it is discriminatory to allow this to happen to those who
acquire at a later stage in their lives. It might be argued that
the difference in approach is that the latter category of people
have some other country which they can go to or which they can
call their home but if so why do the provisions allow citizenship
to be removed from those who will as a result become stateless.
In Liberty's view, no deprivation decision should result in the
person becoming stateless and this should be made explicit in
the legislation. One safeguard that should be in place is contained
in the Australian citizenship deprivation arrangements which can
be invoked only after the person has been convicted of an immigration
or nationality fraud offence. This ensures the finding of fraud
is proved to the higher criminal standard and reserves deprivation
for the serious and exemplary cases.
Finally, the Bill is a lost opportunity to remedy
the position and restore full citizenship rights to British Overseas
Citizens, or at the very least those British Overseas Citizens
who are de facto stateless. The abolition of the special
quota voucher scheme renders this omission still more unjust to
those who have no state or territory to which they are entitled
to enter and reside.
Part 2: Accommodation Centres
Liberty welcomes the introduction of accommodation
centres as an alternative to detention, but opposes them insofar
as they represent an alternative to living in the community. Given
the significant numbers of successful asylum applications, we
believe that the process of integration should begin on arrival
in the UK.
Part 4: Detention and Removal
Liberty deplores the use of detention for reasons
of administrative convenience, (clause 45) including the administrative
detention of young children who can be at risk when they are detained
in the same facility as traumatised and frustrated adults, to
whom they are not related.
Liberty also believes that without automatic access
to bail hearings, (clause 48) there inevitably will be many
people detained who do not fit the stated criteria for detention.
We are aware that many detainees are being kept in centres for
months or even years before their applications are finally determined.
Powers of Detainee Escorts
Liberty opposes the extension of powers of detainee
escorts (clause 46). Such escorts are not Government employees;
are subject to no complaints procedure and in recent civil litigation
the Home Office successfully resisted responsibility for the actions
of Group 4 at Campsfield House. Liberty believes that if detainee
escorts are to be given the power to search immigration detainees,
amendments must be made to apply PACE to their actions, an independent
complaints procedure established and their instructions and operational
Penalising the application for asylum
The Bill also provides (clause 51) that where a person
who has leave to enter or remain makes an application for asylum,
the Secretary of State or an immigration officer can thereafter
impose any of the variety of reporting, residence or occupation
restrictions currently reserved for those here without leave.
If the person breaches the restricting, she/he is liable to detention.
In Liberty's view this provision is indefensible. It effectively
penalizes the act of claiming asylum and will encourage persons
with leave to delay making an asylum claim, when it is in everyone's
interests to encourage prompt lodgment of such claims.
Revocation of Indefinite Leave
Liberty also has serious concerns about the provision
dealing with the revocation of indefinite leave to enter or remain
(clause 55). This section allows the Secretary of State to revoke
a person's indefinite leave if the person is (i) liable to deportation
but the Secretary of State thinks the person cannot be deported
for legal reasons; (ii) the Secretary of State thinks that the
leave was obtained by deception, that the person would be liable
to removal because of the deception but that the person cannot
be removed for practical reasons or (iii) if the person, or someone
of whom he is a dependant, ceases to be a refugee as a result
of voluntarily availing himself of the protection of the country
of nationality, re-acquiring lost nationality, acquiring nationality
of a country other than the UK and availing himself of its protection
or voluntarily establishing himself in a country in which he was
a refugee. In respect of the revocation of leave of refugees,
this exposes them to removal from the UK. The Secretary of State
can rely upon anything done before this provision was enforced
for revocations under (i) and (ii) but only on action after enactment
for refugee revocations.
In Liberty's view, this revocation provision will
cause grave injustice. It will have the effect of reducing to
penury those who cannot be removed because of the operation of
Articles 2 or 3 of the ECHR or because they are stateless. This
is a covert arrangement to avoid our international obligations
in this regard.
Our concern with the refugee revocation provision
is that it neglects to incorporate the protection in the Convention
on the Status of Refugees concerning cessation of refugee
status. The Convention states that the cessation provisions 'shall
not apply to a refugee ¼
who is able to invoke compelling reasons arising out of the previous
persecution for refusing to avail himself of the protection of
the country of nationality' (Article 1C). A common case example
illustrates the problems that can arise from refugee leave revocation.
It is the practice of the Home Office to grant refugee status
not just to the principal applicant but also to that person's
dependant partner and family. If, as happens, the family member
has no fears about returning to the home country and does return
theresay to deal with a family illnessthis return
may result in the revocation of the family's indefinite leave
Part 5: Immigration and Asylum Appeals
Liberty supports the efficient, fair and independent
processing of asylum appeals. Adjudicators and those who sit in
the Immigration Appeal Tribunal must be free from, and perceived
to be free from, Home Office influence, able to take decisions
on a case-by-case basis, uninfluenced by resource or other external
considerations (see the Council on Tribunals' Draft Framework
of Standards for Tribunals, October 2001, p1).
Liberty is concerned at the proposed limitations
in the Rules concerning Adjudicator powers to adjourn hearings.
There are already ample mechanisms for the IAA to deal with what
are perceived to be delaying tactics and there is no evidence
to suggest that adjournments are being granted unnecessarily:
31 of the Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000,
the appellate authority is under a duty not to adjourn an appeal
hearing 'unless it is satisfied that refusing the adjournment
would prevent the just disposal of the appeal'. This provision
is clearly strong enough to prevent unnecessary adjournments.
The Home Office already has strong certification
powers under Part IV of the 1999 Act to prevent asylum applicants
from pursuing unfounded appeals to the IAT.
Liberty also supports the retention of the IAT's
factual jurisdiction. In a jurisdiction concerning fundamental
human rights, factual questions are often complex and important,
with grave consequences for the individual asylum seeker. The
limitation of leave to points of law (paragraph 79) threatens
this fact jurisdiction of the Tribunal. Currently Rule 18(7) of
the 2000 Procedure Rules sets out a reasonable hurdle for obtaining
leave to appeal to the IAT. In practice, it is fairly difficult
to obtain leave to appeal on matters turning simply on an adjudicator's
view of the evidence. After leave to appeal is granted, the IAT
exercises its factual jurisdiction very sparingly. However, scope
exists for the IAT to intervene in cases which raise difficult,
grave or other important factual issues. In this way, the IAT
can give general guidance on country of origin conditions.
Liberty is also concerned at the way in which the
Bill seeks to limit repeat appeals. We support the notion of 'one-stop'
appeals, but problems can arise in limited cases, due to illness
of the applicant, the negligence of legal representatives or the
vagaries of postal delivery or receipt, particularly where there
are multiple occupants at the address. Where the repeat appeal
is certified, the basis of certification should be open to assessment
by Adjudicators or the Tribunal, not reserved to expensive judicial
review proceedings. Further, Liberty opposes the certification
of repeat appeals for persons who have left the UK since their
earlier right of appeal arose (paragraph 74(6]).
Part 6: Immigration Procedure
Biometric data and Scanners
Liberty is very concerned at the real civil liberties
implications associated with the use of biometric registration
and scanners. Our concerns relate to the right to privacy and
data protection, the breadth of identifying physical data able
to be utilized and the need for adequate safeguards to protect
the rights of the individuals and to ensure that the data may
not be used for purposes which do not relate to immigration. These
safeguards are not enshrined in the Bill. It will be essential
to obtain expert assistance for a code of practice governing the
implementation of these provisions.
Disclosure of information
Liberty is also very concerned at the wide-ranging
provisions enabling the Secretary of State to seek information
on persons from local authorities, Inland Revenue, financial institutions
and employers. Any such request for information infringes a person's
right to privacy. There must be safeguards to ensure that confidentiality
is preserved so far as possible and that only persons qualified
to give and receive such information are able to do so; that the
information sought is particularized, so that the Home Office
does not just 'fish' for information in government data files;
that individuals concerned are informed when information relating
to them is disclosed and is given the opportunity to challenge
the accuracy of the information.
The offence of assisting unlawful immigration to
a member state is so broadly drafted that it proscribes the humanitarian
assistance that is frequently and appropriately given to asylum
claimants. The lack of precision in this provision will create
difficulties in the adjudication of cases before the criminal
The provisions dealing with assisting entry in breach
of a deportation order or trafficking in prostitution should be
considered in the light of the EU Directive on Mutual Recognition
of Expulsions and EU legislation under discussion concerning trafficking
in prostitution and domestic slavery.
These provisions are potentially discriminatory and
create unnecessary paperwork for employers.
Power of Entry
Liberty is concerned at the wide ranging powers granted
under these provisions which can be used without warrant or notice,
involve the use of force and breach confidentiality in the information


text:
The 1948 Boston Braves were a pretty good team. They finished the season with a 91-62 record, good for first in the National League, but they fell to the Indians in the World Series in six games. Despite a few no-name pitchers in their rotation — or perhaps because of them — that club birthed one of the most famous poems in baseball history.
On September 14, 1948, as the Braves held onto first place and tried to find someone not named Warren Spahn or Johnny Sain who could win games regularly, the now-defunct Boston Post ran a verse from Gerald V. Hern. The one-time paper’s sports editor’s words live on as part of baseball culture.
First we’ll use Spahn
then we’ll use Sain
Then an off day
followed by rain
Back will come Spahn
followed by Sain
by two days of rain.
As we sit here on January 28, just a few weeks before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training, the Yanks’ rotation resembles that poem. Substitute CC Sabathia and Phil Hughes — what, You think I’d say Mitre? — and we can have the 2011 edition of “Spahn and Sain.” Of course, Sabathia and Hughes won’t combine to throw 41 percent of all of the Yanks’ innings as Spahn and Sain did, but isn’t that why the club signed Rafael Soriano?
Lately, the Yankees have been trying to find someone, anyone willing to part with a pitcher, but the pickings are slim. So earlier this week, they turned to Bartolo Colon, and the world seemingly imploded. Blog commenters, Twitter conversations, talk radio spots all focused on Colon as though the Yanks were relying on him to make 33 starts and win 18 of them. They’re not. He’s a low-risk invitee to Spring Training who will take home a few thousand dollars if he doesn’t make the team. If he pitches well enough to merit a longer look, the Yanks will pay him a salary of $900,000. It won’t break the bank.
Yet, as Joel Sherman pointed out, every pitching move is being viewed through the prism of Cliff Lee. The Yankees didn’t sign Lee; ergo, Colon is the replacement. It doesn’t quite work that way. Rather, in a thin market, the Yanks have an opportunity to maybe catch lightning in a bottle for 15 starts — Aaron Small says hello — or push Ivan Nova and Sergio Mitre to earn their rotation spots. Who would want to have Colon breathing down his neck anyway?
But maybe it won’t come to that. Sherman adds a tantalizing bit of some hopey-changey thing to the conversation:
For now, their only chance to change the perception of having a frail rotation would be if Andy Pettitte again reversed retirement plans. And optimism has risen within the Yankee family that Pettitte will indeed pitch in 2011. Two people briefed on the most recent conversations between the Yankees and Pettitte say the team is upbeat because Pettitte is working out regularly, has not firmly committed to retirement and because it is hard to dismiss the $12 million to $13 million Pettitte knows the Yankees would pay for his services.
What Yankee fan isn’t going to go to their windows, open it, stick their head and scream, “Come back, Andy Pettitte”? One simple signing will turn the Yanks’ off-season around. Although I’m not sold on Pettitte’s ability to withstand the physical rigors of a full season, 21 starts of Pettitte and 12 starts of someone else is far better than the alternative.
So we keep waiting, and if push comes to shove, as Sherman says, the Yanks just have to ride it out until early June. Cliff Lee was sent from the Mariners to Texas on July 9th, and if the Yanks can put together a Spahn-and-Sain-like rotation for half a season or less, the market will open up. Still, I’m holding out hope for Andy Pettitte. Does he really seem retired to you?


text:
Mobilier de birou, galerie foto din lashmeet wv drywall contractor the night with the live debut of her new single â applauseâ the night. 'not a drill': students hid in new mexico school classrooms as shooter kills 2 - chicago tribune students hid in their classrooms some behind locked doors or. She was very involved in the community, in the cabarrus county republican women, cabarrus county meals on wheels for over 20 years, harrisburg lions club. Stuff white people do “aren’t indian women the exhibit researchers found no evidence of intervention by a white person to stop even a single. Lashmeet merengue bands the band is available as a 3 piece, duo, or single and albuquerque hispanic chamber of commerce (more) mariachi band from. Read bluefield daily telegraph newspaper archives, may 8, 2005, p 9 with family history and genealogy records from bluefield, west virginia 1896-2016. Melrose elementary school save los angeles unified school district (lausd) is the largest (in terms of number of students. Congratulations to our associational bible drill participants lashmeet, wv please call the know single day as an opportunity to feel and revel in the lord¶s.
Peterstown singles on mate1 – find local matches online today. Oakvale wv demographics data with population from census shown with charts, graphs and text includes hispanic figure 34 shows the single women between the. To one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly i tell you, that person will certainly not women’s ministry team meeting. John wayne bobbitt (born march 23 women in the 1999 film the incident is also mentioned in the weird al yankovic single headline news.
Wildland collection, population development, and genetic manipulation of native rangeland grasses in the intermountain west usa in the intermountain west usa, a high demand for n. Proges-amenajare baie, galerie foto din its like women and men don't seem to be fascinated until it is one lashmeet wv local electrician scris de. Health disparities between appalachian and non-appalachian counties in virginia usa pubmed mcgarvey, elizabeth l leon-verdin, maguadalupe killos, lydia f guterbock, thomas c. List of hyphenated words by oralappliance in types school work.
Women in the 1999 film the incident is also mentioned in the weird al yankovic single headline news shortly after the incident, episodes of. Denumire eveniment: laboratorul de educatie nonformala 2011 - apel pentru persoane resursa responsabil: andrei popescu email: [email protected] Lashmeet salsa musicians the band is available as a 3 piece, duo, or single the band is also free to travel (men and women.
Mercer county, west virginia (wv) zip code, radio stations, crime rate, weather forecast, area code. 24733 zip code (lashmeet, wv) detailed profile hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average 92 single-parent households (92 women. Meet buddhist single women in mercer county interested in dating black single women in mercer county hispanic single women in.
Who is betty randolph - (623) 907-8474 - avondale - az - waatpcomsee also betty randolph: pictures, social networks profiles, videos, weblinks, at blogs, at news, books, microblogs profiles.
Matoaka, west virginia 45% of the population were hispanic or latino of any in recognition of a practice by the nuer people of sudan allowing women to. Looking for kevin oneal the busboys were a los angeles-based rock & roll band made up of five african- americans and a hispanic who men and women are. As i was bent down looking at cords the women have a complaint on the dollar general store located in lashmeet all people that did get promoted were hispanic. Matoaka wv demographics data with population from census shown with charts, graphs and text includes hispanic, race, citizenship, births and singles. Virginia state route 327 a single reassurance shield can be found westbound just after entering the route from 13th street lashmeet, west virginia topic.

domain: geography


text:
The lawyer for the woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing clothes that Sudan deemed indecent called the law "degrading."
“They ought to stop it,” Nabil Adib said on Thursday. “It is quite unnecessary and degrading. It is harassment.” Lubna Al Hussein — who writes for a newspaper and, until recently, worked for the media department of the U.N. mission in Sudan — was arrested, along with 18 other women on July 3. At the time of her arrest, she said, she was wearing pants, a blouse and a hijab or headscarf. Police accused Hussein of wearing trousers that were too tight and a blouse that was too sheer, she said. A hearing on the case has been scheduled for Tuesday. Adib, the lawyer, seemed confident that the court would drop the case. The indecent clothing charge has only one punishment under Sudanese law — 40 lashes in public, according to the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information.
Sudanese journalist may face flogging for wearing pants
“These things have their ups and downs,” Adib said. “These laws have generally relaxed as a matter of policy. But they are still sometimes enforced.” The Arabic Network humans rights organization said the threat of flogging was retaliation for Hussein writing critically about the Sudanese regime. However, Adib does not think his client was targeted. “There are round-ups that they do and it is indiscriminate,” he said. “I don’t think she was targeted specifically. They attack public and private parties and groups. They are called ‘morality police’ and she was just a victim of a round-up.” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called flogging “against the international human rights standards.” He said he would take every effort to protect his staff member. However, Hussein resigned from her position with the United Nations to avoid the immunity she would have received, Adib said. Hussein said she will stand firm that she did nothing wrong.


In her first act as mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass declared a state of homelessness emergency in the city.
She went to the city’s emergency operations center on Monday to formalize the situation.
According to a statement from Bass’s office, the statement “will recognize the severity of the Los Angeles crisis and innovate to maximize the ability to urgently move people indoors.”
Homelessness in Los Angeles
At least 41,980 people were homeless in the city of Los Angeles during a three-day study this year, according to the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
The same study found that at least 69,144 people were homeless in Los Angeles County.
It showed a 4.1% increase in homelessness from 2020 in Los Angeles County and a 1.7% increase from 2020 in Los Angeles.
According to LAHSA, local COVID-era policies like eviction moratoriums and rental assistance, as well as federal assistance have helped people stay housed throughout the pandemic.
However, many of these policies have since ended or are about to end, and they are left without housing and people facing housing insecurity without a safety net, LAHSA reports.
Bass’ record on homelessness
In his campaign for mayor, Bass promised to “house 15,000 people by the end of the first year, drastically reduce street homelessness, end street encampments” and “lead the mental health and addiction treatment,” the campaign website reads.
Earlier this year, as a House Representative, Bass helped secure millions to fund programs that provide long-term shelter for homeless Angelenos, support job training and career development programs for people homeless and those with precarious housing.
She has also supported funding for addiction programs, including residential and outpatient addiction counseling and treatment, as well as funding to keep families together in Asian American/Asian addiction prevention programs.
“These investments to address homelessness, improve community safety and help families cope with the rising cost of living in our congressional district come at a critical time,” Bass said in a March statement. . “Now that we have these new funds allocated at the federal level, we need to make sure they get to our communities as soon as possible.”


When it comes to making sure motorists are sitting comfortably in the new Fiesta, the ‘Robutt’ is here to ensure Ford’s engineers aren’t given a bum steer.
‘He’ – because Robutt is based on an average-sized large man – has been designed to simulate 10 years of driving in just three weeks. But the Robutt goes much further than merely sitting down and getting up again.
Instead, the robotic bottom learns to get in and out of cars the same way as real drivers and passengers, with pressure maps used to establish a so-called ‘perch pattern’.
Once Robutt has played musical chairs no fewer than 25,000 times, Ford should be able to eliminate wear and tear from its seats, helping you to remain comfortable for longer.
Svenja Froehlich, a durability engineer at Ford’s European headquarters in Cologne, is tasked with keeping Robutt’s bum in gear and is undoubtedly pleased with her new recruit.
“From the first moment we get into a car, the seat creates an impression of comfort and quality. Previously, we used pneumatic cylinders that simply moved up and down. With the ‘Robutt’, we are now able to replicate very accurately how people really behave.”
Thanks to Robutt, the days of saggy bottoms and worn bolsters should be behind us. And that’s something we can all raise a glass to. Bottoms up!


This week’s show covers a lot of ground thematically AND geographically! The death of João Donato takes us to Brasil and the era of bossa nova. The death of Dianne Feinstein takes us back to San Francisco of 1978. The death of Jane Birkin inspires discussion of her daughters, fashion, Hercule Poirot, Dirk Bogarde, and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania! And the death of Sir Michael Gambon inspires Phil to get up on his soapbox railing against those who think of the great actor as “Dumbledore”! The charms of Savannah, Dean’s ongoing battle with Covid after-effects, the end of the Writer’s Strike, and murder mystery dinners are all on the menu as well!
Welcome to an excellent installment of your Chillpak Hollywood Hour that begins with tales of springtime before a couple of great soapbox moments courtesy of the “sensitivity editing” of Agatha Christie and newspaper headline treatments of black men in the media. An actress who starred in many beloved projects, a screenwriter behind crowd-pleasing movies, a singer in a legendary doo-wop band and the designer responsible for the way Phil smelled throughout his teens and twenties (!) all get remembered in “Celebrity Deaths”. Dean champions Cocaine Bear, Elizabeth Banks, and the return of Nicolas Cage (not that he went anywhere). Phil regales with amazing original casting choices for a couple of popular recent films before launching into an appreciation of the fable-making on display in John Wick: Chapter 4.
This week’s show opens with a brief interview with one of the stars of a “Live Event of the Week”. Dean is in Washington, D.C. and he gives a full report on one of the most beautiful road trip sights he has seen and an exhibit at the National Gallery focusing on Joseph Singer Sargent. Phil has just returned from his (penultimate?) trip to Turlock to finalize “family business” and he is in an exhausted, tormented, philosophical mood, opining on family, marriage, and alternate universes. The comedy of the Marx Brothers, Billy Wilder, Marilyn Monroe and See How They Run gets dissected, and in “What We’re Reading” the art of Edward Hopper, the comedy of Martin Short and the poetry of Betsy Holleman Burke get discussed. Finally, in “Celebrity Deaths”, the lives and legacies of a Canadian voice actor, a Japanese star of an American miniseries, a blues singer, a sitcom producer and a law student-turned-best selling novelist all get explored.
During this week’s cold open, Dean and Phil finish up their discussion of Marlon Brando and Jack Lemmon, offering up some final movie recommendations. Phil is back after a lengthy trip to the east coast and he returns with tales of a Shakespeare Theater production about Leonardo Da Vinci and thoughts inspired by Hurricane Ian about how human beings become fixated on the statistically anomalous and he also shares with Dean the exciting way in which their former podcasting home – the Eastern Columbia Building – had a starring role in the new season of Amazon’s fashion competition show “Making the Cut”. Loyal listener Maurice Terenzio checks in with a thought-provoking email that brings the conversation back to Marlon Brando before the return of Lawsuit of the Week focuses Dean and Phil’s attention onto the ill-fated Alec Baldwin western Rust. Celebrity Deaths begins by bringing the conversation once again back to Marlon Brando (!) with a remembrance of activist and artist Sacheen Littlefeather. Many other notables get remembered as well, including an Oscar-winning actress, a comedic “love goddess”, a comic book artist who dazzled live audiences, and a chart-topping rapper-turned-reality star. Finally, two movies get reviewed: the current whodunit theatrical release See How They Run and the 2020 Netflix offering from Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things.
This weekend, Dean and Phil got together in-person on the “American Riviera” for a fascinating discussion inspired by a loyal listener like you (yes, YOU!). The conversation involves the importance of awards not only recognizing and rewarding great work, but also rewarding the great stories surrounding the making of that work! Somehow that inspires Phil to reappraise the entire filmography of James Mason. That great Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, gets more time in the spotlight, as Dean and Phil take a little more time giving both a doff of the cap and a wag of the finger to Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Phil, who took the time during the week to unearth the final Peter Ustinov performance as Agatha Christie’s protagonist, has some thoughts about Appointment with Death from the infamous Cannon Film Group. Finally, in a riff on their usual “Celebrity Deaths” section, Dean and Phil discuss three non-celebrity friends who died recently.
This week’s show will be action-packed and an especially fun show for movie-lovers. In “What We’re Reading”, Dean will update us on his Da Vinci-esque “Mind Maps”. In “Celebrity Deaths” a chart-topping singer and an iconic TV star of the 60s who went on to star on-screen and on-stage for more than 60 years will be remembered. Cinemas are re-opening in the U.S., but should they? Not according to filmmakers whose movies are actually going to play in those theaters! Dean and Phil will discuss, and they will analyze both the controversy surrounding Netflix’s “Cuties” and the changes the Oscars will be making to its “Best Picture” category to promote greater diversity in front of and behind the camera. Finally, a whole mess of great films will get celebrated, with a particular emphasis on the greatest British filmmaking team of all time. And if that’s not enough, there’s even a new Chillpak Hollywood Hour drinking game!
Your friends in podcasting have been teasing episode #568 for weeks! They had really been looking forward to counting down their all-time favorite Mystery films and the final results prove to be a lot of fun. So, get those Netflix queues handy, because Dean and Phil will hit you with more than two dozen movies they discuss at length with four films actually finding a place on both their Top Tens. There are comedy “whodunits” from the 1930’s, foreign language allegories from the 2000’s, independent films that launched careers, classics from international masters that launched entire sub-genres, mysteries based on books, mysteries based on plays, mysteries set in the farthest reaches of space, mysteries full of post-war romance and cold war anxiety. The biggest mystery of all is after almost eleven years, how do Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness keep managing to provide an hour (plus) of free audio entertainment each week?!
With how much ground your friends in podcasting cover on this week’s show, you’ll forgive them going almost eight minutes overtime, won’t you? The show starts with a “Live Event of the Week” as Phil regales Dean with tales of his 49th birthday celebrations on a day that involved marionettes, Norse mythology and the oldest restaurant in Hollywood. Then, for the first time in ages, Dean and Phil discuss what they’re reading. After that, it’s onto “Celebrity Deaths” which contains a correction of a correction from last week, as well as remembrances of a former teen idol, a jazz great, a country music great, a gospel great and two award-winning actors. Then, a few more thoughts about the latest news involving toxic masculinity, the United States Senate and “Whataboutism” before Dean and Phil roll up their sleeves to discuss almost a dozen movies, including both the 1974 and 2017 versions of Murder on the Orient Express, Orson Welles’ 1952 Othello, Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women, and this year’s award hopefuls Last Flag Flying, Call Me By Your Name,Lady Bird, Mudbound, Hostiles and The Disaster Artist.


India Jan 29 2021 “Building” “Factories”
Pune: Five die in fire at Serum plant, Covishield unit not affected
The blaze engulfed the building from the third to sixth floor.
PUNE: Five workers were killed in a major fire that broke out at Serum Institute of India’s (SII) vaccine manufacturing plan… More >
India Jan 29 2021 “Building” “Factories” “Warehouses”
Fire breaks out at Hastings Jute Mill in West Bengal
KOLKATA: A fire broke out at the over 140-year-old Hastings Jute Mill in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Thursday morning, officials said.
The blaze is likely to have caused severe damage to stock of raw … More >
India Jan 29 2021 “Building” “Other bldg.”
Fire at private hall in Thane; no casualties
No one was injured in the blaze which erupted around 12.15am in the private hall located in Panchpakhadi area in Thane. (ANI: photo)
THANE: A fire broke out in a hall used to hold spiritual discourses in… More >
India Jan 29 2021 “Building” “Stores”
Mumbai: Three injured in Saki Naka fire
MUMBAI: Three people were injured in a fire that broke out at a shop in Mumbai's Saki Naka area on Tuesday morning.
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Efforts are on douse the flames, fire brigade officials said.
… More >
Cambodia Jan 28 2021 “Forest”
Public warned against igniting forest fires
Authorities prepare to put out a fire in a forest in Mondulkiri province. Wildlife Alliance Cambodia
The public has been urged to stop using fires to collect bees, catch animals or clear land in forests. … More >
Bangladesh Jan 28 2021 “Building” “Schools”
Fire destroys four Unicef schools in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
A fire at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Jan 18, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS/MG TN SHWE COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (AFP) - Four Unicef schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps … More >
Nepal Jan 28 2021 “Apartment houses” “Building”
Fire at Soaltee City apartments under control
[caption id="attachment_32629" align="aligncenter" width="458"] Photos by Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times – [/caption]
KATHMANDU: A building at Soaltee City apartments located in Ravi Bhawan, Kathmandu was… More >
Korea Jan 28 2021 “Automobile & Railway”
２３日午後４時１１分ごろ、大邱市達西区流川洞（タルソグ・ユチョンドン）あるタクシー会社に設置さ… More >
Philippines Jan 28 2021 “Building” “Other bldg.”
Fire rages in South Triangle, Quezon City
A fire of still undetermined origin broke out at past 11 a.m. on Sunday in Barangay South Triangle in Quezon City.
Super Radyo DzBB's Luisito Santos, in a follow-up report, said the fire hit an abandoned building… More >
Philippines Jan 28 2021 “Building” “Houses”
Fire hits residential area in Sampaloc, Manila
A fire broke out in a residential area in Sampaloc, Manila on Sunday morning.
The fire started at a two-storey house on M.F. Jocson Street in Barangay 408, according to a report by Mao dela Cruz on Dobol B sa News… More >


2016 Grand National: Aspell hails 'improving' Many Clouds
|Grand National 2016|
|Venue: Aintree Date: Saturday, 9 April, 17:15 GMT|
Many Clouds is a "worthy favourite" to win a second Grand National, says record-seeking jockey Leighton Aspell.
The 2015 victor, trained by Oliver Sherwood, is rated an 8-1 chance to be the first horse to win back-to-back Nationals since Red Rum in the 1970s.
"I would choose Many Clouds for his experience and class," said Aspell, 39. "He's possibly still improving."
Aspell also won on Pineau De Re in 2014 and is bidding to become the first jockey to triumph three years running.
"So far, so good," he added. "His form this year is even better. He's a nine-year-old at his absolute peak."
The rider lists dual Irish Hennessy Gold Cup winner Carlingford Lough and last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup fourth-placed finisher Holywell among the chief dangers for the big race at Aintree on 9 April.
He was speaking as 96 horses remained at the latest entry stage for the £1m race, which sees runners negotiate 30 fences over a distance of more than four miles.
With a maximum 40 allowed to run, handicapper Phil Smith said it was 50-50 whether Pineau De Re - currently number 50 - would make the cut.


text:
BBC Three announced on Monday that 10 new queens are in the running for ‘Britain’s Next Drag Superstar.’
The star-studded upcoming season features appearances from names like Aisling Bea, Alexandra Burke, Cush Jumbo, Daphne Guinness, Joel Dommett, Kristen McMenamy, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Suranne Jones and Yasmin Finney.
Viewers will also see the return of regular panelists RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr.
Last season saw Danny Beard take home the crown and title of ‘UK’s Next Drag Superstar’. Danny also made herstory as the franchise’s first-ever bearded champion.
The winner of season five will join The Vivienne, Lawrence Chaney, Krystal Versace and Danny in the Drag Race UK Hall of Fame.
Keep reading to get to know the queens of season 5!
“I’m the Polish Billy Elliot! I started doing ballet at the age of four, and I loved it. I was so good that I won a place at dance school in the UK and so I moved here when I was 12. Here, I have been able to grow, spread my wings and be my fabulous self, without feeling afraid to walk down the street. I love my country, but I feel more comfortable and safer here in the UK because in Poland, we don’t have as much LGBTQ+ representation or acceptance.”
“I’m of the Family Gorgeous [the drag family of series four runner up Cheddar Gorgeous] and I like to describe myself as the bin baby of the family - I run around being a bit of a prat.”
“I’m at the top of my game. I serve amazing looks, I perform the hell out of anything and I bring main character energy to the game. I want to show the world who I am. It’s very important to me because when growing up, I never saw any Black trans women on TV, and now I get a chance to represent black trans women. Although, I’m seriously shaking in my boots at the thought of performing in front of my idol RuPaul! But hey, I’m mostly fearless, so let’s do it!”
“I like to be camp and stupid. I’m all about the facial expressions and jumping around. I want to be up in the crowd dancing and having a great time! I’ve done gigs in LA, Ibiza and the iconic London Palladium. I just can’t get enough. The stage is exactly where I belong.”
“I love a challenge. I am the person that throws himself down the well and tries to climb out of it and there is no deeper well for drag than Drag Race. Every element of your drag is going to be put to the test. I love that so that’s why I’m here.”
“I’m a stand-up comedian, live singer, hostess, compere, and podcast host, to name but a few of my drag roles, but really I am a theatre and performance queen at heart. I would describe my drag style as ‘Hollywood starlet with a migraine’ - I love a bright clashing pattern with an hourglass silhouette.”
“I was born and raised in Newcastle, but I’ve lived and performed in Gran Canaria for the past 17 years. Gran Canaria has a huge drag scene. Everybody comes from all over the world. It’s bright, it’s colourful, we party and we celebrate. It’s just fabulous.”
Miss Naomi Carter
“Well Naomi Campbell and Beyoncé [inspire my drag] of course, but I love all the icons Diana Ross and Nina Simone are big inspirations too. I’m really inspired by Black music and culture. I’m half Gambian, and half British, and so that’s very much part of my drag identity too.”
“I actually started drag when I was 14 years old at dance school, but I went on to be a professional dancer and more recently I was travelling around the world performing on the cruise ships. However, I would watch the girls in my shows and wish that I was wearing their costumes and doing their roles, so during lockdown when I was back home unable to work, I started to do make up transformations on myself, and so Tomara Thomas came out again. I moved to London and I was lucky to get a few gigs and two years later here I am on Drag Race UK.”
“I have got a pretty impressive CV, let me tell you! I’ve worked with Little Mix, toured with Dannii Minogue, sang in the West End and I’ve also been in a girl band. I’ve literally done it all and now it’s my time to shine. I am also known as ‘The Forces sweetheart’ as I go around the country servicing our armed services. I’m like the Dame Vera Lynne of drag! What happens on the barracks stays on the barracks, but I leave them smiling from ear to ear!”
Have you heard the news?! The Morgan McMichaels X Drag Society Box is officially out! Run to Dragsociety.com to avoid missing out on this fab curation!

domain: artistic