General Motors subcompact SUV, Buick Encore GX, was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2019. It was exhibited alongside the second-generation Encore. The Buick Encore GX was introduced to the US market in 2020. It featured new styling with body-colored moldings and sporty bumpers front and rear with red accents.
The Buick Encore GX is a compact SUV that fits perfectly between the larger Encore and the Envision SUV. GM’s VSSF platform was shared with the Chevrolet Trailblazer. There were no mechanical upgrades to the mainstream lineup. The 137-hp 1.2-liter turbocharged engine and the more powerful 155-hp 1.3-liter turbocharged engine were both available. Version 2021 added wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto standard features, and satellite radio. The Essence trim received an upgraded engine in 2022. The 2023 model had no significant changes, except for the discontinuation of Encore. The GX was the smallest Buick crossover and an acceptable entry point into crossover ownership.
It seems that the Buick Encore GX is about to undergo a complete makeover for the model year 2024. This includes an updated front design and rear design, improvements in interior design, possibly a larger infotainment screen, and other in-cabin technology.
2024 Buick Encore GX Redesign
Buick began a revival effort to improve the appeal of its often unimpressive products. The Encore GX subcompact car will get cosmetic upgrades front- and rear to enhance curb appeal. The updated look may closely resemble the Envista. It will emphasize Buick’s new design language with the headlamps lower in faux corner vents, and slimmer daytime running lamps at its top. The Encore GX will also feature the Buick’s familiar shields, along with the new Buick emblem. At this time, the Buick EncoreGX’s full exterior redesign is still unknown.
We don’t anticipate any significant changes in interior space for 2024. The 2023 Buick Encore GX has 40.9 inches and 36 inches respectively of front and back legroom. With all the seats up, cargo space is 23.5 cubes and increases to 50.2 cubes when the rear seats are down. This is less than the 2023 Kia Seltos which has 43.1 inches and 38.0 inches of front and back legroom and 26.6 to 62.8 cubes of cargo space. The 2023 Ford Bronco has 42.4 inches and 36.9 inches of front and rear legroom, as well as up to 65.2 cubic yards of cargo space.
The Encore GX 2024 will see a major refresh for the front-seat passengers. There are a lot of tech features in the 2023 Buick Encore. We expect the standard CarPlay, Android Auto, and Wi-Fi hotspot features to be carried over to the next model year in 2024. The brand might also incorporate the dual gauge cluster and infotainment arrangement under a single pane glass. The new dashboard design may also include a driver’s display that features a simple display with a tachometer and clear numerical readings for speed.
Engine & Specs
A feature like active noise cancellation and regular push-button starting will likely be retained. You should have features such as parking assistance, a head-up display, wireless charging, and premium Bose sound. The top-spec Buick Encore GX models will feature the same 1.3-liter turbocharged, three-cylinder engine that makes 155 horsepower. It also produces 174 pound-feet. The 1.2-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine will be available in the more basic models. It produces 137 horsepower and 162 pounds feet.
The FWD model comes with a CVT transmission, but the AWD version has a nine-speed automatic transmission. The 2023 Buick Encore GX can go from 0 to 60 mph in 9.3 seconds with the AWD option, but this is slow due to the heavy AWD setup. The 2023 Buick Encore’s 1.3-liter engine produces 29 mpg in city driving and 32 mpg on the highway when it is equipped with FWD. These figures drop to 26 and 29 mpg respectively with AWD. The highway rating of the 1.2-liter engine is 31 mpg with similar city fuel economy ratings. You will still be able to tow 1,000 pounds.
2024 Buick Encore GX Expected
Already, the updated Buick Encore GX has made its way to China. It’s already been a success there in the past along with its Envision counterpart. The official debut of the Buick Encore GX will be possible soon, as USA testing has already begun. As a 2024 model, the Buick Encore GX will be available for purchase in the first quarter or second quarter of 2023.
The Encore GX base model is a high-end compact crossover that has stood out, particularly when compared to the Subaru Crosstrek, Honda HR-V, and Kia Seltos. This could change with the 2024 redesign.


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Limiting erosion and stabilising your paddocks will be a priority after a fire.
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The 2020 Oat Disease Review has been led by DPIRD pathologist Dr Kylie Chambers, who is a member of the National Hay Agronomy project team.
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May 4, 2023
As growers of tree nuts and other crops in California learn the extent of damage from this year’s massive flooding, they can expect a “surge” of help from those who administer federal aid programs, a top USDA official said.
Many farms are having to wait for waters to recede or crops to develop to see the extent of damage, noted Robert Bonnie, the USDA’s under secretary for farm production and conservation. He said the Farm Service Agency is seeing an increase in demand.
“When the demand comes as flood waters recede, you’ll see a surge of workers on the ground,” Bonnie said in response to a question from Farm Press during an April 25 panel discussion in Washington, D.C., hosted by North American Agricultural Journalists.
Bonnie said during a trip to California last fall, he heard from rice farmers who were concerned that reduced plantings because of drought could cause secondary harm to businesses that cater to the industry. Now some may draw on prevented planting insurance because of flooding, he said.
His comments come as the Almond Board of California and Almond Alliance of California have urged growers to report their actual and potential losses quickly if they want to have the greatest success with insurance and disaster claims.
Take three steps
Aubrey Bettencourt, CEO of the Almond Alliance of California, is advising her members to immediately do three things:
Call your local FSA office and file a notice of loss. Bettencourt says this is crucial to starting a file for claims and government assistance.
Report losses to the local county agricultural commissioner’s office. This information will be collected and passed up to the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the USDA for potential state and disaster designations.
Contact your local insurance agent. It will be important for all three to have photo and video documentation of the damage and losses.
Bettencourt, who was California’s state FSA director from 2017 to 2019, said that once a disaster file is opened on a farm, additional information can be added to it. Keep the local FSA office appraised of additional losses.
“If you experience more damage, you can add this to your file,” she recently said.
The Almond Board of California urged growers to document damage to their orchards or buildings with pictures, receipts and farm records. Any of those details will help expedite assistance, noted Blong Xiong, the Farm Service Agency’s California executive director.
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Lately I have been doing more work ‘En Plein Air’, which simply means, in the outdoors. The idea of working outside can be daunting at first for budding artists and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start when putting together an equipment list or a ‘strategy’ for the day’s art-work.
If you plan to work somewhere that is easily accessible by transport, then you can take almost anything. If, however, you plan to do a bit of a ‘walk in’ or want to ‘work on a walk’ you need to plan and make the most of it through collecting visual information, as you will also need to consider taking a comfort kit (all the usual kit you would take as a walker out for the day is recommended).
So, what you plan to achieve ‘En Plein Air’ will dictate what you need to take with you by transport or on foot and how much time you have or plan to spend on the artworks.
There will also be environmental factors to consider, the weather (paints will set quicker in hot and windy weather), animals, especially insects that have a tendency to fly into your canvas whilst painting and sometimes you will have onlookers who will inevitably be intrigued by what you are doing (be aware and stay safe!).
‘Working on a walk’
If I am planning to create some works whilst on a walk I make the most of a very simple equipment list. Traditionally in ‘En Plein Air’ working, artists would have used Oil Paints but my ‘working on a walk’ kit will often consist of a pencil case with some choice charcoal pencils, graphite pencils, oil pastels, rubber, sharpener and a sketchbook or roll of paper. I will usually have a camera (sometimes only on my phone due to weight considerations) and I quickly collect visual information through sketches, photographs and taking rubbings of interesting surface textures (with paper and oil pastel) as I often don’t have a lot of time to create an artwork there and then. These photographs, rubbings and quick sketches will then be worked on or from, in the studio.
If you have more time, a simple portable watercolour kit, brushes and distinguishable bottle of water (not your drinking water!), container, palette, sketchbook and any other choice mediums is also fairly feasible on a short walk (you can even buy equipment that is designed for portability and working outdoors). All dirty water will be put back into the bottle it came from so that I can dispose of it safely later and I recommend a separate, distinguishable, water bottle for drinking and for artwork, as nobody wants to drink dirty paint water by accident! I will often use disposable plastic bottles like cleaned out milk bottles and squash bottles that I am not worried about ruining with dirty paint water. I take all waste products home with me to dispose of safely to prevent harm to the environment.
The great thing about working in this way is that you are freed from creating a ‘final piece’, but it gets you to look more closely at the landscape you are in and working with natural and changing light. I often catch myself looking at the landscape and in my mind cropping it, finding compositions and thinking about mixing colours.
‘Working from near transport’
If you have the advantage of working from near transport links or your car, you certainly have more options, you may even have more time. You may still need to be self-sufficient depending on where you are in which case the ‘Comfort Kit List’ would still be advisable. Working near to transport or a short walk from the car I can be more ambitious. I can often manage my large tool kit (which contains a wide range of tools and media), a canvas board, easel (recommended), stool (optional), windbreaker or weights to stop the easel and canvas from taking off in the wind (I check the weather forecast). I find empty cleaned out jam jars and cleaned out milk bottles useful for water that I will use to clean my brushes and then return with for safe disposal, a plentiful supply of rags for a multitude of tasks and cling film for wrapping wet paintings. You can get portable kits with space to store wet canvases if you find this easier but it depends on how ‘big’ you want to work. Just note that cling film can shift and smudge works so make sure you take it off as soon as you can and make any corrections before the paint sets. I don’t recommend wrapping for acrylic works that will probably be dry before you get back and will set with a cling film pattern, if you can get the cling film off afterwards! I take all waste products home with me to prevent harm to the environment.
My ‘En Plein Air’ Comfort Kit List:
Drinking water and a Flask with a hot drink (often tea!)
Food and emergency food
Warm and waterproof layers as appropriate for the weather forecast
Sun cream and hat (for hot sunny days).
Navigation equipment if I’m planning on doing work on a hike/walk (know how to use navigation equipment!)
Mobile phone with camera
First Aid Kit/ Any medication you need
Wipes or cloths to clean your hands with or gloves
A rucksack/bag to put it all in
Important: Tell someone where you are going and how long you will be, take a mobile phone (will you have signal?), never trespass or break any laws or codes and make sure that whatever you do, that the safety of you and others are paramount. Always take waste products and water home with you for safe disposal to prevent harm to the environment.
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JAMAAL Rolle, whose portraits of Bahamian icons and international figures are earning rave reviews, and The Tribune have teamed up to offer one lucky reader the chance to have their portrait drawn by the Celebrity Artist himself.
It's a new era for the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB). Under the directorship of Erica James, the national institution set the bar for Bahamian art, stretching the boundaries of the Bahamian cultural imagination and establishing Bahamian visual art within a historical context at home.
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Africa has the highest burden of HIV/Aids and malaria with escalating rates of non-communicable diseases. How will the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus deal with the mounting challenges? The Conversation Africa asked academics across the continent what impact his appointment will have, and for advice on what he needs to do, to manage the challenges.
What is the significance of his appointment?
Dr Thumbi Mwangi, Washington State University, Kenya Medical Research Institute: It’s two fold. As an African he has been closely involved in the battle against neglected tropical diseases like rabies, trachoma, guinea worm and others which affect 1 billion people. He was health minister in Ethiopia where neglected tropical diseases are common. He needs no lectures on why the WHO must remain at the forefront of fighting them.
Secondly, his ownership of the agenda as set out in his campaign manifesto – to work towards “a world where everyone can lead healthy and productive lives, regardless of where they are or where they live” – should be seen and felt.
Dr Andrew Githeko, Kenya Medical Research Institute: Dr Tedros brings a wealth of experience and skills in governance, diplomacy, advocacy and resource mobilisation.
His efforts as health minister in Ethiopia produced measurable and significant outcomes. He’s familiar with addressing infectious diseases like malaria as well as non infectious diseases.
He also led research into effective ways of controlling malaria and greatly improved the ways in which it’s prevented and controlled.
On top of this, he played a momentous role in bilateral and multilateral malaria initiatives including those supported by The Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the Global Fund.
As a researcher he will be sympathetic to the plight of researchers from developing countries.
Dr Karen Daniels, South African Medical Research Council: Dr Tedros comes from The Horn of Africa which remains a politically fragile setting, vulnerable to the impact of conflict and natural disasters. What this means is that he’s been in the health care trenches, like many of us who live and work in health settings across the continent. This is precisely where it’s been shown that Africa can find African solutions to African problems.
A leader like this is needed at the helm of the WHO. Dr Tedros will understand that Africans can be included in partnerships rather than dominated in the quest to find solutions to the unique challenges that the continent faces.
From an African health policy and systems research perspective, there are many reasons to laud his appointment. He brings the combined perspective of having been a researcher, a health systems manager, minister of health for Ethiopia, and a policymaker.
Professor Bob Mash, Stellenbosch University: Dr Tedros is the first WHO director-general to have firsthand knowledge of the challenges facing African countries and health systems. One of his priority areas is “health for all” and providing universal health coverage. This implies a commitment to the strengthening of health systems, particularly primary health care.
This should stimulate research on disease orientated programmes as well as cross cutting systematic issues like the primary care workforce, access to care, patient-centredness, community orientated primary care as well as continuity, coordination and comprehensiveness of care.
But his experience in Ethiopia may not have sensitised him as much to the global problem of non-communicable diseases that’s also becoming a problem on the African continent. One of my concerns is whether he will give sufficient attention to the epidemic of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
What are three biggest challenges facing him? What should he tackle first?
Dr Mwangi, Washington State University, Kenya Medical Research Institute : The WHO has faced financial constraints addressing global health challenges including outbreaks of emerging infections.
Countries that are adversely affected by neglected tropical diseases need his voice and the diplomacy of his organisation to keep these diseases high on the global agenda, as well as top priority in affected countries.
Dr Tedros needs to make three focused commitments while he’s at the helm.
The first is domestic financing: for a long time countries affected by neglected tropical diseases have relied mainly on external funds. He needs to urge them to commit their own budgets to these diseases. Domestic budgets can help significantly. We need relatively low cost solutions such as drug tablets that are out of patent, improved hygiene for the affected populations and existence of effective vaccines.
Dr Tedros should also encourage partners to keep their commitments.
Secondly, there should be a deliberate effort to integrate the detection, surveillance and treatment of these diseases into the health system. Countries stand a much better chance of reducing and finally eliminating neglected tropical diseases if the interventions are embedded in primary health care systems.
The One Health concept that brings together the human and animal health perspectives should also be practised. Dr Tedros supports this concept. His challenge will be how to break the current silos in individual sectors.
Innovations offer important toolkits to consider. This includes mobile phones to diagnose and report diseases as well as attempts such as use of drones to supply emergency medical care and use of rabies vaccine that needs little refrigeration that can be delivered by community health workers.
Dr Githeko, Kenya Medical Research Institute: When it comes to malaria his greatest challenge will be to sustain – and increase – resources to the various control programmes, particularly in sub Saharan Africa.
Resistance to malaria medicines is a global health threat. Dr Tedros should support malaria endemic countries to expand and accelerate national efforts to control and eliminate malaria.
The WHO should urge member states to improve the training of health workers so that they closely follow the protocols in the treatment and management of malaria. This will save more lives.
The infrastructure in health facilities should also be improved to test for malaria, and to treat it more efficiently. This can only be achieved through concerted efforts and commitments by WHO member states.
The research wings in various countries need to be supported to encourage novel research of drug and insecticide resistance. Support for research will be critical to address scientific, behavioural, and socioeconomic factors that affect malaria control.
Dr Karen Daniels, South African Medical Research Council: There is a vicious cycle in which the burden of increased communicable and non-communicable diseases weaken health systems. Dr Tedros has the challenge of strengthening these systems, something he’s already committed to.
This has to be supported by sound health policy and systems research, to help find solutions to the continent’s health challenges. But better home grown solutions need more investment in national and Pan African centres of excellence. Dr Tedros could help by enabling greater WHO investment in health policy and systems research. These centres of excellence should be founded on close collaboration between researchers, health systems managers, health systems policymakers, as well as communities and civil society organisations.
Centres of excellence could facilitate closer collaboration between health policy, the research community and the WHO. This could help ensure that research is more closely aligned to the real challenges faced in our own countries. We will hopefully begin to reduce the “know-do gap” where research evidence exists, but isn’t taken up in implementation.
Professor Mash, Stellenbosch University: One of his greatest challenges will be strengthening health systems at primary health care level. Governments need to be convinced to invest in primary health care as the hub and not the marginalised periphery where poorly trained and low level health care workers offer fragmented and poor quality care. Strong multidisciplinary teams should include a family physician.
Strong primary health care is a prerequisite for providing universal health coverage. Ideally this should be through a national health insurance or systems that – at the very least – don’t impoverish people or increase inequality.

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President Biden’s three-state swing west this week captures, in a nutshell, the White House’s midterm strategy for a president who remains deeply unpopular: tout his administration’s accomplishments and perform where he can effectively rally loyalists — all while continuing to rake . in cash for the campaign.
Mr. Biden’s first stop on Wednesday is near the town of Vail, Colorado, where he is to mark the first national monument of his administration at the behest of Democratic Senator Michael Bennet, the state’s top senator facing a competitive re-election bid. Afterward, the president will head to California to hold a pair of events promoting two of his most significant legislative accomplishments and launch a fundraiser for the House Democrats’ campaign.
Finally, the president will stop in Oregon, where the Democrats’ grip on the governor’s seat in Salem is threatened by an unaffiliated candidate who has won double-digit support in the polls, giving the Republican an opportunity to win the race in November. Early voting begins in Oregon and Colorado next week and is already underway in California.
“We’ve been told very clearly that the president is going to go, the vice president is going to go,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. “They’re going to talk about the accomplishments that we’ve seen in this administration over the last 19 months.”
In particular, he stays away from states where his presence might hurt Democrats; along the way, he skips Nevada and Arizona, where incumbent Democratic senators are fighting tough re-election bids.
It’s all part of a campaign plan fine-tuned in the past few months for Mr. Biden, who is eager to tour the country but faces traditional midterm headwinds against the political party in power, a patchy economic outlook and the president’s approval rating. which remained stubbornly underwater.
To counter Republican criticism about the economy and inflation, Democratic candidates have highlighted accomplishments such as bipartisan infrastructure, manufacturing bills and a sweeping climate, tax and health care package. These successes also helped spur a late summer rise in an evaluation of Mr. Biden’s own job performance earlier this year.
Democratic candidates are also much more likely to show up with Mr. Biden if it’s an official White House event highlighting their accomplishments, such as a groundbreaking for a computer chip manufacturing facility in suburban Ohio that was helped tremendously by a law that boosts domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
That’s the approach in Colorado, where the White House says the president will talk about his administration’s efforts to “protect, preserve and restore some of America’s most precious lands and waters for the benefit of future generations.”
The president is set to designate Camp Hale — the alpine training site where American soldiers prepared for battle in the Italian Alps during World War II — as the first national monument of his administration. Many of the soldiers who trained at Camp Hale returned to Colorado after the war and helped create a lucrative ski industry in the state. While most national monuments protect outstanding natural landscapes, there are at least 12 other military sites designated as national monuments by other presidents.
“I am grateful to President Biden for answering Colorado’s call to honor our veterans, protect our wildlife and public lands, and strengthen our outdoor recreation economy,” Bennet said in a statement Wednesday morning.
Bennet will stand alongside Mr. Biden for the announcement, which comes after years of advocacy by the senator and other Democrats in the state. Bennet, who has been in office since 2009, faces a challenge from GOP candidate Joe O’Dea, a businessman with a moderate profile who Republicans believe is among the party’s top recruits this cycle. O’Dea dismissed the trip as a stunt.
“It doesn’t change our economy. It doesn’t change the price of gas,” O’Dea said of the Camp Hale designation in an interview. He added that while Camp Hale is a “special place”, Mr Biden’s unilateral action was a “usurpation of power”.
The political climate in Colorado prompted the Senate Leadership Fund, the primary super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the Senate, to make its first investment of the cycle in Colorado last week by sending $1.25 million to O’Dea’s super PAC.
“We’ve been monitoring Colorado and we like what we’re seeing there,” said Steven Law, the group’s president.
The president will return to his standard midterm vote in California, where he intends to highlight the Democrats’ climate and health care package, which the party hopes is its political panacea for voters’ fears about inflation, despite the bill’s unseen impact on prices in the short term. .
Democrats also believe a referendum vote to enshrine access to abortion and contraception in the state constitution will keep the issue front and center for their California candidates, even as the issue fades elsewhere. But rising gas prices— California has the highest in the nation at about $6.20 a gallon—will be an unwelcome political backdrop for Mr. Biden.
Republicans think they can cash in on gas prices, inflation and the economy as they look to defend and pick up five statewide House seats. Both parties are eyeing at least two offensive opportunities in the Orange County area, where Biden will talk about spending cuts on Friday, one day after the federal government releases its final inflation report ahead of Election Day.
Mr. Biden will also talk about the bipartisan infrastructure bill signed last fall in a separate speech in Los Angeles and hold his first fundraiser of the cycle, directly benefiting the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The president has hosted a dozen receptions for the Democratic National Committee this year, bringing in more than $20 million.
It is in Oregon that Mr. Biden’s political appeal will be tested among Democratic voters.
The party is in danger of losing the governor’s race in the traditionally blue state, as Betsy Johnson — a former Republican and Democrat who has since left both parties — launched a well-funded bid against both Democratic candidate Tina Kotek and the GOP candidate. Christine Drazan. Democratic officials hope that in Oregon, Mr. Biden can help solidify the party’s support behind Kotko.
“That’s a huge factor in this race,” David Turner, a spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association, said of Johnson’s candidacy. “I don’t think we’d be talking about this race if Betsy Johnson wasn’t in it.”
For months, Republicans have sensed an opportunity in the Oregon race, not just from Johnson’s bid but also from a message about homelessness and crime, which have been top concerns for the state’s voters.
“Democrats are panicking, their multi-year grip on the governor’s office slipping away as Christine Drazan connects with a majority of Oregon voters who want change,” said Jesse Hunt, a spokesman for the Republican Governors Association. “The Democratic regime of Joe Biden, Kate Brown, Tina Kotek and Betsy Johnson has done nothing to make Oregon safer or more prosperous.”
Associated Press writers Nicholas Riccardi and Jesse Bedayn in Denver contributed to this report.


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Conceived as a sarong, this is a more formal version of a dress style that had been offered in earlier collections. The fabric is wrapped from a back seam with an asymmetrical hem. Dior resolved the asymmetry of the hem but, in doing so, lost the width of fabric required to continue the side drape. As a result, an extra is gathered into the side seam to form a free-flowing train. The appearance is of continuous fabric but, in fact, Dior had to concoct the process.


I need to change out both knuckle assemblies for my 2008 GEM e4 w/9.21" discs and can’t find the parts anywhere. The Polaris dealers all say Polaris is not supporting the older model GEMs with parts. Any ideas?
I don’t know about the e4 but the elxd uses artic cat atv front knuckles, wheel bearings calipers etc. I think the only difference between the e4 and elxd is the lug pattern but I’m not positive. I don’t know about the brake rotors or the hub that attaches the rotors thought, I think they may be different but not sure.
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SA banks in massive data breach
via SA banks in massive data breach – Finger Lickin Fraud.
A variant of malware called Dexter, inserted into point-of-sale devices at South African fast-food outlets, has cost local banks tens of millions of rand in what is being described as one of the worst breaches of customer card data in the country’s history.
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Meanwhile many human rights campaigners are banned from leaving the UAE
Michael Halliday has a spoken of his relief, with sex between men punishable by death under UAE federal law
Michael Halliday denies an allegation that he stole from a shop he managed in Dubai
Gay sex is punishable by death under the United Arab Emirate’s Federal Penal Code
Place names are almost never changed for the better. David Head was taken by the Despotate of Epirus, a medieval state in Albania and western Greece. But, partly because it's why I know them, I restricted this list to countries that have issued postage stamps.
Saravdeep Mann is alleged to have set about Martyn Baylay while yelling: 'I’m going to kill you. You f***ing British bastard.'
Behind the glittering facade, arrests, imprisonments and torture go largely unchallenged by countries keen to secure business deals. Now an award-winning activist says Britain must take a stand. Bill Law lifts the veil on life in the UAE
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Ski jumping? Sounds like a recipe for disaster…
Ah, everybody’s favourite fictional cheeseburger-loving hitman
The Purple One returns!
The FIA hopes the changes will increase the competition faced by the champion Sebastian Vettel
Sean Emmett had been unable to leave the United Arab Emirates for 10 months as police had confiscated his passport following the death of his wife, who fell several floors from a hotel
England's batting deficiencies well exposed by Australia on day two of the First Test
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Massage therapy can be very helpful for people with bursitis. Massage therapy can reduce bursitis pain and increase blood supply to tissues, allowing the body to recover faster and heal on its own. The goal of treatment is to reduce compression and relieve pressure on the bag. In general, massage may not be safe for patients with bursitis.
In some cases, it can be useful if you consider it carefully. The first thing to keep in mind when you want to apply a massage for hip bursitis is that your massage therapist must be very experienced, have a medical massage license, have experience with clients with bursitis, have a short massage session, and have very light pressure. Massage with these customer handles with delicacy, knowledge and care. Although massage can't cure bursitis, it can help relieve muscle pain and tension surrounding the joint.
This will help relieve inflammation and pressure on the joint. Massage therapy may not affect shoulder bursitis much and may relieve symptoms in the short term. While there are no known protocols or specific types of massage to treat shoulder bursitis, it is likely that almost any type of massage that the client or patient prefers will help, as long as it does not worsen bursitis, pain, or shoulder function. For non-medication treatment, massage therapy is the best option, but it is important not to apply the massage right over the bag, as this will worsen the pain and prevent deep tissue massage.
Improve Flexibility Your massage therapist will determine if any specific area of your leg or spine muscles are tense. A native of San Diego for nearly 40 years, Nick Ng is the editor of Massage & Fitness Magazine, an online publication for manual therapists and the public who want to explore the science behind touch, pain and exercise, and how to apply it in their practical practice or in their daily lives. Reduce pain and swelling If bursitis of the hip is the result of repetitive activities, your massage therapist will advise you to avoid or modify your activities to allow healing to begin. Improve Movement Your massage therapist will select the right treatments and activities to help you have normal movement in your hip and leg area.
Readers should consider this information to be general information, to ensure how safe the massage can be for clients suffering from hip bursitis. The massage therapist can apply different types of techniques or treatments to reduce and control swelling and pain. This may include heat, ice, electrical stimulation, some exercises, bandaging, and manual massage therapy. This process could start with more “passive” movements that the massage therapist performs so that you can move your hip joint and progress smoothly to active exercises and stretching that you can do yourself.


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Patent Policy in Genomics and Human Genetics: A Public Health Perspective
This report presents the findings of a workshop in which key figures from the UK Department of Health, academic experts, and lawyers discussed the patenting of human DNA sequencing, to find the best balance between developing incentives for commercial research and development, whilst safeguarding tangible benefits to public health services.
The report makes eight proposals covering issues including the 100,000 Genomes Project and the Health and Social Care Act, which allows the collection and sharing with commercial organizations of confidential information from medical records.


A video has emerged of a Ukrainian Man Portable Air Defense (MANPAD) system missing an incoming Iranian drone used by Russia that goes on to hit its target in Kyiv successfully.
Su-34 Crash: Russia Reportedly Loses Its 17th Su-34 Fighter Bomber As Sukhoi Jet Rams Into A Residential Building
Ukrainian MANPADs, that consist of mainly Russian-origin Igla launchers themselves, have shot down several Russian Su-35s air superiority fighters and Su-34 fighter bomber aircraft.
However, in the latest incident, they missed simple and cheap drones like Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), which have proven to be quite effective, having destroyed several Ukrainian targets.
Iran has sent Russia its Shahed-136 loitering munition (or Kamikaze attack drones), which Russia has rechristened as Geran-2. While several dozen Shahed-136 have been shot down in Ukraine, an equal number have also destroyed Ukrainian tanks, buildings housing military command centers, and surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems. Ukrainian officials had admitted the drones’ menace in a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Experts have again pointed to how simple, moderately advanced, and non-overtly sophisticated systems can be effective in war if used by a tactically proficient military user.
Many of the Ukrainian and Russian systems that have dealt severe damage to both sides are Cold War-era platforms, particularly the Ukrainian S-300, 9K33 OSA, and even MiG-29 and Su-27 jets that Russia made. It will soon start using the US-made National Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), while German IRIS-T air defense missile platforms have been reported to have reached Ukrainian units.
Ukraine also uses American-made FIM-92 Stinger MANPADs, many of which had been supplied before the war. But it is unclear whether the missile shooting at the Iranian drone is a Stinger or a Russian Igla. Neither is a breakup available of the hits scored by each system.
Videos – MANPADs Misses A Straight Clean Kill!
Social media networks were ablaze with two videos of the same incident from different angles. The first video shows a long shot of a drone, believed to be the Geran-2, diving down at a steep angle and a missile fired from a rooftop of a building directly towards it from the front.
The missile, however, streaks past it, and the drone lands and explodes at the base of another building, a little further from the one in which the missile is fired. A huge fireball then engulfs the first few floors.
The Spanish El Pais newspaper captures a second video of the incident, recording the MANPAD firing closer. However, the drone is not seen here until the large fireball explosion on the building a block away. The context of the video and the shape of the buildings seen in the first video confirms that it is the same incident.
Vijainder K Thakur, a former IAF Jaguar pilot, provided a simple explanation why the MANPAD could not lock and hit the UAV despite being an otherwise easy kill. “The Geran-2 is a Low Observability (LO) drone that has no radar or heat signature for a missile to lock on to,” Thakur said.
The Shahed-136/Geran-2 doesn’t even have an electro-optical tracking system (EOTS) like the Turkish Bayraktar TB-2, which was shot down in large numbers by Russia. Drones are also relatively easy to shoot down since they cannot pull tight maneuvers like fighter aircraft or carry heavier jamming equipment.
The Iranian drones are very loud, with their cheap engines, which many Ukrainian-friendly social media users have observed is a dead giveaway. Nevertheless, a large number of Shahed-136/Geran-2 have been shot down, and this seems to be a one-off incident where a MANPAD could not get a lock on the drone. It would not be prudent to write off either the drone or the MANPAD system.
Retired Indian Army Air Defense officer Col Shailesh Rai, while also attributing the miss to the absence of an Infrared (IR) signature for the missile lock-on, wondered a curious doubt. “The question is, how are they launching it? This is because the missile will not launch without a lock?”
Rai also explained the MANPAD launch sequence for the Igla-1M. “The lock-on is achieved before launching for passive sensors. After powering the missile and pressing half the trigger, the operator hears the lock-on signal. Then he presses it fully to launch. Launching it before the lock on could result in the missile missing the target,” Rai explains.
The operator, therefore, possibly fired the missile in the general line of the target, Rai concludes. He also clarified that MANPADs do not have a ‘lock-on-after-launch’ capability, which is present in larger air-to-air (AAM) and surface-to-air (SAM) when this correspondent wondered whether it was what allowed the missile to be launched without a lock.
Cheap But Deadly!
The Shahed-136 is a one-way attack UAV with a claimed range of 2,500 kilometers. “Russia is increasingly sourcing weaponry from heavily sanctioned states like Iran and North Korea as its stocks dwindle,” the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) had said.
However, this is unlikely since Iran’s decision to supply its drones also has a significant geopolitical motivation. It perceives US actions backing Israeli strikes, pulling out and delaying re-entering nuclear deals, and continuing devastating sanctions as threatening its sovereignty.
Long been on the same page with Russia for the last few decades, the present US policy to continue the war by keeping arming Ukraine while also trying to contain and corner Iran has widely been considered to be Iran’s brazen motivation to arm Russia while continuing to deny it.
“The Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company produced the Shahed-136 suicide drone, which can typically carry warheads weighing between five to thirty kilograms.
Iran had previously refuted claims that it had given Russia weaponry or drones similar to the Shahed-136. Later, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander bragged about supplying Russia with these drones,” a previous report in the EurAsian Times said.


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The Late Night Creep is one of Vancity's only sources to hear hiphop, reggae, r&b music in a LIVE on air mixshow format. Hosted by DJ LokoBoy & friends, The Late Night Creep has carved itself with a niche following at CFRO for over five years and running. From classics to the New New, always expect to hear something different whenever you tune in. Guest mixers/DJs have included Big Jacks, Relik, Wrispect, the Goodfellas,Remsta, Ryan Live, Kidd, Reign, 151, & more. Every Tuesday 1am-3am

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Techspec LT series of fixed focal length lenses
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We stayed in an overwater bungalow and it was beautiful, very private out on the deck. Snorkeling from the bungalow was excellent. In addition to the fish, we saw octopus and squid. All of the employees were very friendly and helpful. The breakfast every morning was expansive and very good. The location was excellent, as we could walk to town and shop or eat. We ate at Rudy's twice, and it was great. We shopped at Eva Perles; she is wonderful, gracious and knowledgeable. The grocery store is very close, and I really appreciated the opportunity to stock my own bar. All in all, one of the great highlights of a trip to New Zealand and French Polynesia.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- The Moorea Pearl Resort & Spa nestles on the island shore, just by the village of Maharepa in an ideal location, between the majestic Cook’s Bay and the Gulf of Moorea. It’s very convenient, at just 10 minutes from the airport and 15 minutes from the ferry terminal, and with boutiques, restaurants and a small shopping center close at hand. The style of the resort is a tasteful combination of the traditional and the contemporary with a powerful sense of Polynesia. There are 28 over-water bungalows built over the lagoon on piles, 8 more bungalows on the beach and 28 spread through the beautiful grounds with their own private pools and little gardens. The remaining 22 rooms and 8 duplexes of this 94-unit resort are in a small building. Whichever accommodation you choose, you will have air-conditioned comfort (the bungalows also have ceiling fans), an outside terrace, mini-bar, hairdryer, safe, flat-screen television and DVD player, I-pod dock and WiFi. From your hotel base we will be happy to arrange a full range of exciting excursions and activities and of course you can relax at the resort where you’ll enjoy one of the largest infinity pools of the island. Each bungalow has a sunny outside terrace with comfortable loungers. From the over-water ones, there is direct access to the lagoon. The premium over-water bungalows are especially well situated, close to the coral reef ledge so you can immediately swim off and discover a fascinating world of colored fish and exotic corals. Near the over-water bungalows, we have developed our own coral nursery- To’A Nui - a coral regeneration project and part of our commitment to protecting the fragile environment that surrounds us. This site encourages the proliferation of marine life whose beauty is so easily enjoyed with simple snorkeling equipment. You will find a luxurious and convivial resort on a human scale, offering a warm welcome to honeymooners,romantic couples, families, nature lovers and scuba-divers. We have two restaurants - The Mahanai - and the acclaimed gourmet restaurant - The Matiehani. The Autera’a is a perfect terrace bar for sipping your favorite beverage. Other facilities include a bar, two meeting rooms, a boutique and a full range of activities and excursions both on land and on the water. We also have a dive center, a Polynesian tattoo facility and a spa. The Manea Spa specializes in massages and treatments using traditional Polynesian methods and 100% natural products from the island’s flowers and plants, including the famous monoi oils from the coconut palm. Thespa has a hammam, Jacuzzi and the «Rumi Ãvai» where you can discover the pleasures of our unique aquatic massages. ... more less
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UK’s Law Commission has proposed to legally define digital assets as personal property. Digital assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs will be categorized ..
Dubai Police will roll out its second edition of NFT collectibles at the GITEX 2022. In this edition, the force will give out 150 free NFTs to those who were ..
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Royal Bank of Scotland has made no secret of its intention to beef up Citizens Financial Group Inc. by purchasing a retail bank in the northeastern United States.
Now, after a yearlong search, a seller tailored to the Providence, R.I., units specifications has apparently surfaced.
Market talk late last week had Citizens in advanced negotiations to buy the retail banking arm of Pittsburghs Mellon Financial Corp.
Given recent trends at both companies, such a deal would seem to make sense all around, analysts said. For instance, it would be consistent with Mellons new emphasis on asset management and fee-based business lines instead of retail, though Mellon would giving up an earnings contributor.
Gerard S. Cassidy, a bank analyst at Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital, said Mellon is turning itself into a State Street-like company by exiting less-profitable businesses and holding on to the more profitable, faster-growing, fee-based businesses. Its a natural evolution for the company.
Thomas F. Theurkauf, a bank analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc., said, Mellon has been heading in this direction for years toward higher-growth sectors. Should it divest a majority of its regional banking operations, it would accelerate that strategy, he said.
Citizens, meanwhile, is more than capable of absorbing the branch network and can easily afford the $3 billion price tag that analysts have put on the Mellon operation. Citizens has assets of $31 billion and its Scottish parent has $477.6 billion.
None of the companies involved would comment on any deal speculation, which first appeared in the Boston Globe. But executives from Royal Bank and Citizens have repeatedly said they want to take the Citizens retail banking model and extend it to markets adjacent to its current one of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
Royal Banks group chief executive, Fred Goodwin, said earlier this year that the radar screen has been on adjoining states for some time.
Mellon has about 350 branches, mainly in Pennsylvania with some in New Jersey and Delaware. That would line up well with Citizens and offer a second chance at a market Royal Bank passed on when it chose not to go after Jersey-based Summit Bancorp which went for $7 billion to FleetBoston Financial Corp. while it was busy integrating a major merger at home, that of National Westminster PLC.
U.K. newspapers quoted Mr. Goodwin as saying, We would have bid on Summit if we had been further down the line.
Now the timing appears to be right.
Several payoffs would compensate Mellon for the retail loss, analysts said.
Mellons retail bank and middle-market bank are profitable, so there would be an earnings give up, said Joseph C. Duwan of Conning & Co. However, the street would like the richer business mix, which would have a higher proportion of fee income, and a sizeable amount of capital would be freed up, Mr. Duwan said.
The retail bank would wind up in the arms of a company that, in the words of Citizens chairman and chief executive Lawrence K. Fish, is going in the opposite direction from Mellon.
We have no plans to be in financial services. Were a bank, Mr. Fish said in an interview last year. Were not a global bank, or a processing bank, or an investment bank. We do retail and small- and middle-market banking.
As many familiar with the company were quick to note, Citizens under Mr. Fish has also shown a ready and adept hand at mergers and acquisitions.

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On Monday, a bunch of stocks that are usually favored by retail traders fell in volatile trading, after AMC Entertainment Holdings’ shares saw its shares tumble.
This was because of the news that Cineworld, the UK-based cinema chain, was contemplating filing for bankruptcy in the United States.
AMC saw its shares tumble by nearly 40% on the day that the US-based movie chain’s preferred shares begin trading in the market.
AMC’s preferred stock
GameStop Corp and Bed Bath & Beyond also declined, as the preferred stock of AMC, which was trading under the ticker ‘APE’, opened on the New York Stock Exchange at $6.21.
The common shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings’ were trading lower by 40% at a value of $10.93. According to the American movie chain, the preferred shares of the company are intended as dividends.
The company disclosed that they would have voting rights similar to the common stock of AMC and can also be used for raising capital down the road.
Volatile trading saw both classes of shares have their trading halted a number of times. APE and AMC shares were together trading at a value of $17.14.
This was significantly lower than the last closing price of AMC at $18.02.
Bed Bath & Beyond
There was a 3% drop in the shares of Bed Bath & Beyond, as it extended its Friday’s slump of 40% after billionaire investor Ryan Cohen took the markets by surprise when he dumped his stake in the struggling retailer.
Last year, Cohen had created a following that comprised of loyal individual investors, all of whom were betting on the turnaround of GameStop Corp. The video game retailer had dropped on Monday by almost 4%.
Market analysts said that a lot of meme stock traders had jumped on the Ryan Cohen bandwagon and with his exit, a number of them were also pressing the same button.
They also said that investors were similar in GameStop, Bed Bath & Beyond, and AMC. Some traders said that AMC stock had tumbled because of stock issues and news of its competitor, Cineworld.
The company owns Regal cinemas in the US and warned that it could file for bankruptcy because its debt had risen during the pandemic.
AMC had reiterated on Friday that the third quarter of this year has a film slate that is ‘relatively weak’. The business of cinema operators had taken a hit due to the COVID-19 lockdowns.
But, 2021 saw AMC raise funds of about $1.8 billion, as it capitalized on the rally that had been seen in meme stocks, thanks to retail investors, which was opposite to what Cineworld had experienced.
There has been a 150% increase in the shares of AMC since the end of 2019, while Cineworld has lost almost 99% of its value during the same time span.
The short-term challenges for AMC remain clear and the market is simply pricing in the drops in AMC that have already been seen.


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Saturday, September 10th, 2016
Marcus Morales, a Geronimo native who describes his music as post modern blues and folk rock, will perform tonight at Aquabrew, 150 S. LBJ Drive downtown. PLUS: More events and live entertainment in San Marcos, Hunter and Wimberley.
Friday, July 15th, 2016
A look at tonight’s live shows and other entertainment in and around San Marcos.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
David Starfire and a few lasers will light up the night at Taxi's Pianobar tonight


Wondering if it’s possible to croudfund a batch of metal cases for the MKI? It is possible without proper support from the company (3D model files etc… )?
Would love to pay extra 100 - 150 euro for well made case!
Maybe it’s possible to seduct Norand to offer such an upgrade option directly from the company? Would be amazing!


The notoriously ancient R32 train cars, which were introduced in the 1960s and still run along the C line, will soon be a thing of the past. The New York Post reports that some of those cars will be swapped out in favor of extra-long cars that can accommodate more riders along the line.
As the Post point out, the R32 trains are only 60 feet long. MTA officials told the Post that some of them—not all—will be replaced by R46s, which span 75 feet and hold roughly 25 percent more riders. The upgrade is part of the larger subway action plan that debuted this summer, aimed at addressing the transit system’s breakdown.
The longer cars started running Saturday, but some transit advocates point out that the MTA will need to do more than that to lessen rider congestion along the line. "They need to have more frequent service on the C line," Andrew Albert, an MTA board member who heads the New York City Transit Riders Council, told the Post. "More frequent trains is the best answer."
Still, the continued replacement of R32s is a win for groups like the Riders Alliance, which points to the outdated trains as an example of the system's dire state. (Members of the group even donned 1960s attire for a 2015 rally calling attention to the C train cars still in service from 1964.)
When the designs were first introduced, the R32s were considered the "train of the future." But today, with roughly 200 of the original R32s still operating on New York City’s C, J, and Z lines, they are the oldest subway cars still in service here, and among the oldest still operating in the world.
In no small part to the aging cars, the C line has been ranked the worst in the system by the Straphangers Campaign more often than any other subway line.


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Veterans and Mental Health
Veterans of Military Service, particularly those deployed to combat areas, are at increased risk for mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and problems functioning in social and work settings. The long duration and repeated deployments experienced by combat veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan make it more likely that these veterans may experience mental health challenges. (source: JAMA 2006;1023-32)
CDPH encourages all eligible veterans to enroll for health care benefits to make sure they receive all benefits offered through the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s national health care system. VA offers comprehensive medical care, including medical outpatient and inpatient services, and mental health care. VA mental health care is governed by nine guiding principles, including:
- Focus on Recovery – Empowering the Veteran to take charge of his/her treatment.
- Coordinated Care for the Whole Person – Emphasizing roles of physical health, satisfying work, social support, and healthy living in mental health
- Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care – Integrating mental health treatment in primary care treatment team
- Mental Health Treatment Coordinator – Coordinating overall mental health goals
- Around-the-Clock Service – 24/7 availability of emergency mental health care
- Care that is Sensitive to Gender & Cultural Issues – Sensitivity to military culture, gender differences, and ethnic issues
- Care Close to Home - Working with other health care providers in the community
- Evidence-Based Treatment – Providing only those treatments proven to work
- Family & Couple Services – Able to include immediate family or legal guardian in services, such as family therapy, marriage counseling, grief counseling, etc.

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White Chocolate & Cherry Cookies
Recipe type: Cookie
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsps baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 sticks butter, melted
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 oz white baking chocolate, or 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup dried cherries
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl melt butter and beat in sugar until combined.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined
- Add flour mixture gradually and stir each addition until mixed together
- Add white chocolate, cherries and pecans and stir together
- Drop dough using a teaspoon onto sheet 2" apart
- Bake 10 minutes or until edges are firm (do not overbake)
- Remove from oven and cool on sheet 1 minute before transferring to wire rack
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This new patio quince has been developed by fruit authority Will Sibley, who has for many years been working on a range of fruit trees for the home gardener. Naturally compact in habit, it has been grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock and will thrive in a container for many years to come. It produces an abundance of attractive blossom followed by large round fruits that are very sweet for a quince and make superb jelly. The tree is very disease resistant and will produce up to 50 fruits within 3 years. Can be kept restricted to a height of 1.2m (4ft).
Supplied as a one year old tree in a 4 litre pot. The tree is grafted at about 30cm (1ft) above soil level and has 2-3 shoots about 20cm (8in) long that will quickly develop into a bushy head.
Season: Oct - Dec.
Plant size: 4 litre pot.
Available for delivery: from late July 2019
Please note: Sibley's Patio Quince is excluded from the 'Buy any 2 Pot Grown Fruit Trees SAVE £5' offer.
Actinidia arguta 'Issai'
Also known as the ‘hardy kiwi’, this species of kiwi (Actinidia arguta) produces grape-sized fruits with very thin ‘fuzzless’ skins. The flavour is sweeter than the ‘fuzzy’ kiwi and the fruits can be eaten whole - they don’t even need to be peeled. Kids love them! The vine is very hardy (down to -34°C).
Plant size: 3 litre pot.
Available for delivery: all year.
Rheum hybridum 'Thompson's Terrifically Tasty'
This aptly named variety goes back more than 80 years to the village of Great Oakley in Essex. It has been selected year on year and replanted by the Thompsons, who grow rhubarb commercially for sale into the London wholesale markets. It's great attribute is that it is the very first outdoor rhubarb on the market, as early as February, which means that it competes with the forced 'Golden Triangle' rhubarb but without all the bother of harvesting in the cellar with a candle on your head! In the first New Year flush the stems are shortish but thick and plentiful. The second crop in mid summer is an altogether larger stem of fine mid red colour. The flavour is delicious and when cooked with a handful of elderflowers makes a superb dessert.
Available for delivery: late November - mid April.
One of the showiest Japanese flowering cherries and probably the most widely grown, producing masses of dense double-pink blossom in late April. The spring foliage is coppery-red turning green in summer and then orange in autumn. The tree is strong growing with an upright habit and wide arching branches. Very reliable and easy to grow. Chalk tolerant.
Height x spread in 10 years: up to 5m (16ft).
rootgrow™ can offer huge benefits to almost all garden plants. It is the only product that will support your plants for their entire lifetime, making it probably the best value purchase you will make. Comprising of (UK origin) Mycorrhizal fungi, rootgrow™ is 100% natural and is the only planting aid to carry the RHS seal of approval.
For better establishment, naturally healthier plants, better drought resistance and stronger flowering and fruiting, rootgrow™ is all you need. Mycorrhizal fungi will colonise the plant and develop into a huge secondary root system that will increase the root area of your plants by up to 700 times in just a few weeks. This will help the plant find essential nutrients, minerals and moisture, enabling the plant to establish quicker and reducing the risk of failure.
One simple application at planting time is all that is required. Once you have used this amazing product you will wonder how you ever managed to grow your plants without it!
Almost all new plants will benefit from rootgrow™ but there are a few exceptions: blueberries, cranberries, lingonberries, rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers & brassicas. It should be noted that using rootgrow™ on these plants will not harm them - it just won’t work.
One 150g sachet will treat up to 25 bare root plants or 7 x 3 litre pots.
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More than 20 Tea-Publicans joined Democrats in a 79-18 vote advancing a constitutional amendment meant to reverse two recent Supreme Court decisions on campaign spending, well over the 60 votes for cloture that were needed.
Not because the evil GOP bastards support the amendment, but because they want to run out the clock in the Senate debating it, only to vote against the amendment in the end.
The Hill reports, Senate moves forward with amendment to the Constitution on elections:
Republicans are likely to vote against the amendment when it comes up for a final vote, but, by allowing it to proceed, ensured it would tie up the Senate for most of the week.
The amendment is almost certain to fail, as it would need to win two-thirds support to pass the Senate, and then would still need to move through the House and be ratified by two-thirds of the states.
“We should have debate on this important amendment,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said before voting for cloture. “The majority should be made to answer why they want to silence critics.”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he would gladly debate the issue for as long as Republicans require because the amendment is necessary to keep “dark money” out of politics.
“You’re either for campaign spending reform or not,” Reid said ahead of the vote. “This constitutional amendment is what we need to bring sanity back to elections and restore Americans’ confidence in our democracy.”
Monday’s vote means Democrats will have less time to hold other political votes during the two-week session before adjourning for the midterm elections. Reid has said he also wants to hold votes on Democrats’ political priorities, such as equal pay for women and refinancing student loan rates.
Reid has threatened to keep senators in town over the weekend in order to accomplish all of his legislative goals. But the Senate only has two weeks to pass a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded after Sept. 30 and reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.
Republicans have offered support for the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and McCutcheon v. FEC. They say campaign spending is a form of free speech and that the decisions removing certain limits on spending protected First Amendment rights.
The 2010 Citizens United ruling struck down restrictions that had barred corporations and unions from spending money from their general treasury funds to support or oppose candidates. In McCutcheon, the court struck aggregate limits on individual contributions to candidates.
Democratic political groups, such as the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), pushed hard for a vote, saying the issue motivates Democrats to go out to the polls.
“Citizens United gives corporate special interests the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money in our elections,” said Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who is up for reelection this November. “It’s wrong, and I’ve been fighting it since the day the Supreme Court announced its egregious decision.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the vote was a political stunt by Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. McConnell, and most of Senate GOP leadership, voted for the cloture motion.
“It’s painfully clear the majority leader’s priorities have to do with Nov. 4,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said. “So, it’s all politics all the time, no matter what.”
The amendment from Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) would authorize Congress and the states to regulate and limit fundraising and spending on federal candidates.
It would also prohibit the Supreme Court from reversing any future campaign finance legislation passed by Congress.
As long as Tea-Publicans are in a position to obstruct the will of the American people in service to their corporate masters, our political system will continue to be undermined by “dark money” from über-rich wealthy elite corporate Plutocrats who buy the government. If you want to change this, vote out Tea-Publicans and vote in Democrats.


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Agglutinin, substance that causes particles to congeal in a group or mass, particularly a typical antibody that occurs in the blood serums of immunized and normal human beings and animals. When an agglutinin is added to a uniform suspension of particles (such as bacteria, protozoa, or red cells) that contains the specific surface structure (antigen) with which the agglutinin reacts, the suspended objects adhere to each other, form clumps, fall to the bottom, and leave the suspending diluent clear. This phenomenon of agglutination is a typical antigen–antibody reaction—highly specific, reversible, and involving small reacting groups on the surface of each.
A particular antibody is usually in greatest amount (titre) in individuals who have been immunized with the specific antigen by infection or by other active immunizing procedures. For this reason, agglutination is used as an indirect test for past or present infection or immunization with the specific antigen, as indicated by the presence of agglutinins in the serum. Conversely, serums containing agglutinins to known antigens can be used to identify various bacteria, red cells, and other particulate materials containing the specific antigen.
Isohemagglutinins, substances that agglutinate the red blood cells of others of the same species, are also found in humans. Thus, there are four main blood groups, which differ with respect to two antigens, A and B, in the red blood cells and two isohemagglutinins, anti-A and anti-B, in the serum. Thus, in humans, type O has neither antigen but both agglutinins, type A has A antigen and anti-B agglutinin, type B has B antigen and anti-A agglutinin, and type AB has both antigens but neither agglutinin. See also blood typing.
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Antigen, substance that is capable of stimulating an immune response, specifically activating lymphocytes, which are the body’s infection-fighting white blood cells. In general, two main divisions of antigens are recognized: foreign antigens (or heteroantigens) and autoantigens (or self-antigens). Foreign antigens originate from outside the body. Examples include parts of or…
Blood typing, classification of blood in terms of distinctive inherited characteristics that are associated with the antigens located on the surface of red blood cells (erythrocytes). The ABO and the Rh blood groups are among those most commonly considered. Identification of these determinants has become indispensable in connection with blood…

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The Black Gate
A circling crowded host is spread upon the vast and martial plain:
The legions of the Enemy draw nigh,
Drunk with the honeyed gall of hate and nourished to a heart profane,
Enslaved to Night by Mordor’s will beneath the Window of the Eye.
If out from deep Abyss could storm be poured from vintage stores of rage,
New roil of death from ancient evil flow,
Spill Nothing down upon the world, make null this frail and mortal Age,
Begrudging e’en the breath a man might in his dying moment know:
Such End as that is what the Night would bring, if none but we remained
Beneath this wing-belabored, cloud-wracked sky.
If swords of men, though bright and keen, were left to us our only friend,
The walls of hearth and home behind would soon forever broken lie.
But out of Time and Time beyond the measured riddle of our days,
Tomorrow and Tomorrow’s long-ago,
The sternness and the tenderness of Love’s sweet-temp’ring, gentle grace
In secret binds the prison chains upon the Once and Never Foe.
The ramparts of that Shadow, black and cold, will ne’er again be found;
The stones will shiver, each his ending flee.
The earth herself her mouth will open wide, e’en as they tumble down
Into a ruin great as that which brought the bending of the Sea.
Though high against the hidden stars stand yet the towers of the Night,
And lean with hateful gaze unto the West,
Swift-shattered, they shall vanish in the turning of the world to Light,
And in their fall the earth will as the gardens of the Shire be blessed.
Cry sad lament for Innocence, for Love who walked the shrouded Road,
Left bright of sun and pale of moon behind.
For grief exchanged he cheer and mirth, embraced the bitter doom forbode;
Yet in his sorrow shall the world a fount of summer gladness find.
And those of hearts wherein the beauteous hymn of trembling starlight dwells
Will see the Night bereft of hate’s desire,
For by that promise silver-clear like sweetly ringing Elven-bells
~ Each step endured by Love ~
The Ring draws ever nearer to the Fire.


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T cells are potent immune responders and cytokine producers. Appropriate regulation of T cell-derived cytokines is needed to allow enough production to coordinate immune responses but restrict excessive production to limit tissue damage. Herein, we explore post-transcriptional and transcriptional control of T cell cytokine production in multiple contexts. We find that during homeostasis, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells require the collective functions of the ZFP36 family of RNA-binding proteins (ZFP36, ZFP36L1, and ZFP36L2) to negatively cytokine production. Triple deletion of ZFP36 family members exclusively in T cells results in a spontaneous and lethal autoinflammatory syndrome not present when deleting any combination of two ZFP36 family members, highlighting their functional redundancy. The ZFP36 family members collectively promote the normal degradation of cytokine mRNAs and prevent cytokine protein production.
In contrast to their functional redundancy during homeostasis, we find that ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 are uniquely required to support CD4+ T cell encephalitogenicity during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. T cell-specific deletion of ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 results in diminished antigen-specific priming of CD4+ T cell responses, potentially from impaired fitness of antigen-specific T cells. Our studies reveal that, depending on the immunological context, there is functional redundancy within the ZFP36 family members that is crucial for regulating different types of T cell responses.
We also examine the role of transcription factor Bhlhe40 in TH17 cells during EAE. We find that deletion of Bhlhe40 in IL-17A-producing cells (Il17a-Cre) results in clinical protection comparable to deletion in all T cells (Cd4-Cre). Il17a-Cre Bhlhe40fl/fl mice have fewer cytokine producing CD4+ T cells in their central nervous system at the peak of disease during EAE, resulting in fewer and less activated infiltrating myeloid cells. We use single cell RNA-sequencing to further characterize changes in the infiltrating myeloid cell population when Bhlhe40 is absent in IL-17A-producing cells.
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Maxim Artyomov, Megan Cooper, Deborah Lenschow, Gregory Wu,
Cook, Melissa Erin, "ZFP36 Family-Mediated Post-Transcriptional and Bhlhe40-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of T Cell Responses" (2023). Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2846.
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The Sun beams the Arizonasky onto the mountains, valleys and canyons walls. Clouds will add and change color making no two sunsets alike. Naturally dyed ropes are cut and shredded to become fluffy, airy and dreamy as the Sun’s rays disappear on the horizon.
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Oil giant and scientists get together to tell a fishy tale
THE habits and habitat of fish and crustaceans living in the waters of the Atlantic frontier west of Shetland have been captured on film for the first time, in a ground-breaking collaboration between marine scientists and Britain’s oil and gas industry.
The footage includes dramatic pictures of a monkfish feasting on a cod supper and squat lobsters catching and eating krill.
For the past two years, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), used to carry out subsea operations for oil companies, have been harnessed to give marine researchers insights into the flora and fauna in the area.
The SERPENT project (scientific and environmental ROV partnership using existing industrial technology) is a collaboration involving the Deep Seas Group at the Southampton Oceanography Centre, one of the world’s largest marine research institutes, the oil giant BP, the drilling contractor Transcocean, and the underwater contractor, Subsea 7.
The results of the project were hailed yesterday, as it was revealed that some of the footage will feature in a BBC documentary series, Planet Earth, due to be screened in 2006.
Dr Ian Hudson, the manager of the project, said that video footage and digital stills taken beneath the drilling rigs operating in BP’s Schiehallion and Foinaven fields had resulted in the discovery of aspects of marine life which had never been seen before.
He said: "These previously unobserved behaviours include dramatic footage of a monkfish hunting and attacking a cod; a squat lobster, previously thought to be a mud-feeder, catching krill; and a sea cucumber feeding in situ.
"Several scientific papers have been published as a result.
"The project is producing results that are making the scientific world sit up and take notice. It has only been made possible through the industry support that we have had for this project."
The scientists now plan to show the results of their two years of research to oil industry leaders at a forum in Aberdeen on 2 March.
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A new radio station has been introduced in Glasgow which has big plans to shake up Scotland’s airwaves.
London Greek Radio, (LGR), has been added to the DAB+ multiplex in Glasgow, extending their radio coverage to Glasgow’s population of almost 600,000.
Scotland has an estimated Greek and Cypriot population of more than 50,000 and the new station’s hopes are to garner many more listeners across the Glaswegian City with a fusion of talk and Greek music when it launched on Wednesday 11th April.
LGR is believed to be the first ethnic London radio station to cross the border into Scotland now playing European music in Glasgow on DAB+ Digital Radio.
Antonaki Jay, LGR’s Station Manager said, “We’re really big on serving Scotland and will now include more features for the communities we serve outside of London to include local people, local issues and local news.”
He added, “We’ll be covering a wide range of news, gossip and Greek music with different presenters tailored to the various diverse communities we broadcast to.”
LGR has already attracted some top presenters after more than thirty-five years on the air. It will be led by veteran host Vasilis Panayi and will feature DJs including Andreas Michaelides, Kat Neocleous, DJ Sooty, Soulla Violaris and Tony Neophytou.
Inevitably, Antonaki says that Greek music will be their “mainstay.” Describing their brand as “the Heartbeat of the Greek community”, he reveals hopes to begin a regular phone-in during the evenings to connect Greeks in Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London, (where the station is already broadcasting on DAB+).
LGR’s Chairman, John Kyriakides, said, “We are broadening our scope to reach out to the wider Greek and Mediterranean audiences. With digital radio, we can go further and will be looking at doing things differently at LGR.
“We’ll be talking about everyone in the Greek communities in Glasgow, including small businesses and local people and aim to reach out to more than just Greek people in Scotland too. We feel the whole Greek culture may have been somewhat overlooked to some extent.”
Antonaki Jay, who was at the helm of joining Glasgow’s DAB+ platform – hopes LGR’s edgier playlist of more of today’s biggest Greek and Cypriot tunes with some home-grown talent thrown in the mix will attract listeners who are fed up of chart-topping earworms on mainstream stations.
He said: “We’ll play a wide range of music from Natasa Theodoridou and Konstantinos Argyros, through to Giannis Ploutarhos and Melina Aslanidou – an eclectic mix. Not too heavy, though.
“We’ll also host unsigned Greek singers, bands and performers either via telephone or in the studio. We want to give these acts a chance to be heard and celebrate Scottish-Hellenic talent.
“We love our Greek music and we really hope to build our audience through that.”
LGR will be spinning Greek music and covering a wide range of cultural programmes with more depth, which will no doubt appeal to hundreds across Glasgow.
Vasili Panayi, lifelong programmer at LGR said, “We know we’re not Heart or Clyde. We don’t have any sort of competition. For us, this is a first being in Glasgow!”
He added: “This will be a multi-platform digital outlet that interacts with its audience through social media and telephone, as well as email, text and messenger platforms. We’ll be connected to our listeners and giving Greek people in Scotland a voice.
“LGR will be more than just a radio station.”
London Greek Radio (LGR) is a 24-hour station, with live broadcasting between 7 am until Midnight. It launched in Glasgow on Wednesday 11th April.
LGR joins several stations on DAB+ as more radio stations are preparing to broadcast on Glasgow’s airwaves, as the city becomes Scotland’s digital radio hotspot.
Listeners will need a newer DAB+ compatible radio, recognisable through the Digital Radio Tick Mark on packaging, to receive the full set of stations via DAB and DAB+ digital radio.
54% of Glasgow homes own a DAB radio, according to latest statistics. The number of DAB stations that can be received in Glasgow has increased by thirty in the past year and is growing rapidly.
LGR is now broadcasting via 103.3 FM in London, across the world online and already on DAB+ in Birmingham, London and Manchester. Glasgow is now available in stereo using DAB+.


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Good morning I am here today with another layout using the stunning Alexandra Renke - Magic Flower Collection for Annas Craft Cupboard. Today I am looking at Embossing Powders and how they can be added to create a stunning mixed media background and hopefully you will be inspired to pull out your old stamps and give it a go.
So why use Embossing Powder? Hmmm apart from its pretty and glossy. It is a permanent medium that resists any other medium and it is activated by heat. So its perfect for creating your own background and making your own resist style papers. It comes in a range of colours, brands and styles.
I have chosen gold for my background but you could use clear..... if you did that you could have a transparent background - another step further would be - to remove the powder off with an iron and computer paper after you have finished with your mist - to remove the shine of the powder.
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WLMH aims at influencing policy change in the space of mental health, globally. The support of world leaders, civil society activists, policy experts and professionals in the field of mental health will allow WLMH to transform perceptions of mental health globally. Additionally, maintaining close contact with local populations, we look to engage with civil society through on-ground mental health awareness initiatives and campaigns.
Create a platform for world leaders to collectivize and present coherent arguments in favour of mental health reforms.
Maintain a registry of world leaders with their signature which can be accessed by individuals across the world.
Conduct events & awareness campaigns along with the assistance of offices of leaders globally.
Partner with other global organizations with similar objectives. (e.g. Global Council for Mental Health [WHO])
Facilitate conversations of world leaders with renowned mental health experts and/or practitioners, to assist in developing recommendations for mental health policy.
Drive policy change in the space of mental health, worldwide.

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On her talk show last week, Southampton foodie Rachael Ray presented fellow South Forker Beth Ostrosky Stern with a check for $500,000. The funds will be donated to two of Stern’s favorite animal welfare charities, the North Shore Animal League and Bianca’s Furry Friends.
A staunch animal advocate, Ray names Beth and Howard Stern, also huge animal lovers and advocates, among her very good friends. The large check represented Ray’s personal proceeds thus far from her Nutrish for Cats cat food brand, launched earlier this year.
Named in honor of the Sterns’ beloved cat, Bianca’s Furry Friends is an initiative the famous couple has been working on with the North Shore Animal League to build a state-of-the-art, 14,000-square-foot adoption center for cats. The center will feature cage-free surroundings, outdoor habitats, grooming and adoption facilities, a 24-hour-care nursery, a respiratory ward, surgical suite and a recovery room—all as part of a new second floor at the North Shore Animal League’s Port Washington facility.
North Shore Animal League notes on their website that the new center will not only help cats, but dogs as well, because it will open extra space in the existing facility.
Ray’s donation, and Beth Stern’s appearance on her show, also coincide with the release of Stern’s new children’s book, Yoda: The Story of a Cat and His Kittens. Illustrated bypublished on November 18. The book tells the true tale of Yoda, a “very special cat” rescued by the Sterns. Initially very shy, skinny and matted, Yoda evolved into an Instagram sensation who now still busies himself with caring for the many orphan kittens fostered by the Sterns. Yoda has a serious heart condition, but he has made a miraculous turnaround, and is healthier and thriving more than doctors thought possible.
All of Beth Stern’s proceeds from the book will be donated to Bianca’s Furry Friends. It is available on Amazon.com here.

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Exemplar Enterprises, Inc. announced that it was awarded the Janitorial and Related services contract (AOC11C0004) for the House Wing of the U.S. Capitol Building, including Statuary Hall, that encompasses a total of 74,315 square feet of cleanable area.
“Exemplar has been entrusted with one of the most historic buildings in the United States and our team of service professionals will undoubtedly deliver exceptional janitorial services that will preserve and enhance the House Wing,” said Martha Lutt, Martha Lutt, President and Founder of Exemplar Enterprises, Inc. “Our proven track record, environmental stewardship, and familiarity with the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) cleaning standards will undoubtedly play a role in this all-important contract.”
The custodial service also includes cleaning of the Democratic and Republican Cloakroom as well as public restrooms throughout the House Wing.
Serving as the seat of the United States Congress, The United States Capitol sits atop Capitol Hill, at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded, particularly with the addition of the massive dome. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as fronts, though only the east front was intended for the reception of visitors and dignitaries.

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Doctors bested by AI in breast cancer detection
Google's research could support radiographers in diagnosing the condition in future
Working with DeepMind, Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre, Northwestern University and Royal Surrey County Hospital, the organisation set out to create a piece of software that could spot breast cancer in mammograms more accurately than expert radiologists.
The AI was trained on a data set comprising mammograms from over 76,000 women in the UK and more than 15,000 women in the US. It was then tested on images from a different set of 25,000 UK and 3,000 US women.
Compared to radiologists, the AI produced a marked reduction in false positives for the US (5.7%), and a more modest reduction in false positives for the UK (1.2%). It was even more successful at reducing false negatives, producing a 9.7% fall in this type of error for the US and a 2.7% reduction in the UK.
The creators also ran a separate test to determine how effective it is across healthcare systems, by training it on only UK data then testing it against US data. In this scenario, it produced a 3.5% reduction in false positives and 8.1% reduction in false negatives.
The researchers believe this “sets the stage” for a future where radiologists are supported by AI in the diagnostic process for increased accuracy, particularly in the UK, which is facing a shortage of consultant radiologists in the NHS.
In a blog post, Shravya Shetty, technical lead of Google Health and Daniel Tse, product manager of Google Health, said: “There are some promising signs that the model could potentially increase the accuracy and efficiency of screening programs, as well as reduce wait times and stress for patients.”
They added, however, that “getting there will require continued research, prospective clinical studies and regulatory approval to understand and prove how software systems inspired by this research could improve patient care”.
The initial findings of the research have been published in full in the journal Nature.
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