John Lloyd encourages the community to take part in a national survey that aims to calculate how much safe climate action is happening around the nation.JOHN LLOYD, BENALLA SUSTAINABLE FUTURE GROUP March 26, 2012 11:30am
With all the talk about climate change and the need to dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions around the world it can be difficult to imagine that one person’s, or one family’s, actions can make any difference. Looked at in isolation they will not have a significant impact but taken together with the actions of millions of other people they will certainly contribute to a significant reduction in the emission of greenhouse gasses and a safer climate,
While it is true that governments and industries need to make the biggest changes to significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels they can be influenced by society at large. Governments depend on voters for support and industries need a ‘social licence’ to operate in certain ways.
I would like to tell you about an online project called the “One Person Can __“ Project. It is a nationwide apolitical project which is designed to inform the nation, including our decision makers, about the safe-climate actions all sorts of people are already taking and thus has the potential to influence all levels of government.
The core of the project website, www.onepersoncan.org , is a survey that collects answers to simple questions about typical climate friendly actions such as switching off unnecessary lights, riding a bike or insulating your home. Essentially the One Person Can website says, “Look at how much safe climate action is happening!” Of course the more people who complete the survey the more safe climate actions there are to report.
The survey results will be sorted by state, local government area and federal and state electorates, and will be made known to the various levels of government who will be asked to promote the survey and the results in their communities. So the more people who complete the surveys the greater influence there will be on elected representatives.
Another positive feature of this website is that the questions in the survey may encourage people to take more climate friendly actions than they are currently doing and thus further reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. As well as the questions there are links to a number of comprehensive information panels explaining the actions that are asked about in the survey.
I would encourage everyone to have a look at this website to see how much safe climate action is happening around the nation and to also complete the survey to add their actions to the results. The survey is very easy to do and it will take 10 – 15 minutes to complete.
The website again: www.onepersoncan.org
Today’s guest opinion column comes from former Shepparton resident and Notre Dame College alumni Joshua Nappa, who now studies economics and finance at RMIT in Melbourne. Joshua has written about the potential he sees in Shepparton reduce unemployment and help our retail sector.
Moira Shire's rate notices will be reissued, and will increase, after a calculation error resulted in an estimated shortfall of more than $500,000.
Murchison and Tatura SES units were two of 26 Victoria State Emergency Service volunteer units to receive an allocation of new equipment this week as part of the annual AAMI equipment handover program.
Leitchville-Gunbower’s Lee Pollock played his 250th game last weekend - and it was a ripping match.
Julie Sands and Sheridan Clark have been kept busy, visiting Rochester recently yo dispense free coats to residents.
Kyabram's Nick Holman set to make senior AFL debut.
Fundraising for prostate cancer would seem to be a natural fit for the Australian Defence Force.
Jerilderie Shire deputy mayor Ruth McRae handed the key over for the new Rural Fire Service station last Friday.
Aommunity fair and truck show will be hosted by Heathcote Primary School next month.
Statewide roads and public transport study calls for increased governemnt funding, sparks memories of Cobram passenger rail service.
Win today and Blighty's B grade netballers will find themselves in the Picola & District Netball League grand final.
A $100 million investment program will recommence following parent company Coca-Cola Amatil's decision today to invest $78 million into SPC Ardmona.
Jack Frawley remembered for his service with the 4th light horse bridge at Lone Pine, Gallipoli and the charge of Beersheba, Palestine.
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A DANGEROUS ATTRACTION... Hailing from a family full of law enforcement officials, rookie cop Annabel Colton expects to be treated like the dedicated officer she is. But her overprotective brothers want her off the dangerous case of the serial killer stalking their tiny Texas town. Her determination lands her a stakeout mission at the farm of the prime suspect's brother. Cowboy Jesse Willard – too challenging, too sexy – claims he's not helping his estranged sister evade capture. But as Annabel gets closer and closer to the irresistible rancher, bullets start flying. And their lives will depend on the two of them working together!

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A Definitive Guide on How to Protect Yourself when You are Hit by an Uninsured Driver
Unfortunately, there comes a time when no matter how prepared you are, you may become involved in a car wreck with another driver who does not have his car insurance. It is natural to become frustrated with questions and indecision as to what to do next, who must pay for damage and hospital bills, how to file a claim, how to blame the at-fault driver, and how to relinquish some of the financial loss that occurs from an accident. At times like these, it is beneficial to understand the benefits and procedures in filing an uninsured motorist claim under your own automobile insurance policy.
What is the point of an uninsured motorist claim?
The purpose of such a policy is to adequately compensate the not-at-fault driver for any property damage or medical bills that may arise from an accident involving a driver who did not contain any or enough car insurance to protect themselves. There are a few actions that the faultless driver may take to protect themselves from financial ruin and receive some compensation back after their accident.
Possible Actions to Take When Hit by an Uninsured Driver:
1. Can You Sue the At-Fault Driver?
First, the faultless driver may outright sue the at-fault driver, especially in circumstances in which the at-fault driver may have deep pockets and can cover your bills and expenses right away with their own money. However, lawsuits such as these usually do not prove that drivers who do not contain liability insurance have incredible wealth, therefore no attorney would recommend first filing a lawsuit against an at-fault driver. Instead, most attorneys suggest making a claim under the uninsured motorist provision of your own car insurance policy.
2. Step by Step of Filing a Claim
The purpose of an uninsured motorist claim is to compensate the faultless driver for the damage and expenses that he suffered in the accident and bring him back to financial wholeness that he was before the accident. Therefore, if filed properly with an efficient attorney, the uninsured motorist claim will help pay for medical bills and property damage expenses to cover your losses in the event that you suffer an accident with a driver with no insurance.
3. What if the at-fault driver has insurance but not enough?
There is also the case that an at-fault driver may contain car insurance but may simply not contain enough coverage under their policy to pay for all of the injuries, medical bills, and damages. In that case, you can still file an underinsured motorist claim. In general, both claims would follow the same procedure and result in granting the faultless driver the money he needs to be made whole again.
4. When Should You File A Claim?
There is also the case that an at-fault driver may contain car insurance but may simply not contain enough coverage under their policy to pay for all of the injuries, medical bills, and damages. In that case, you can still file an underinsured motorist claim.
There are also a few steps to take when filing an uninsured motorist claim including:
- receiving a consent to settle document from the uninsured motorist carrier,
- getting a copy of the declarations page of the liability insurance company,
- sending the declarations to the at-fault driver,
- signing the release from the liability insurance company,
- and sending the medical bills and records to the at-fault driver.
It is important to act quickly when filing an uninsured motorist claim so you must be vigilant to give your insurance company notice immediately to file the claim. In a standard filing procedure, the time for such a claim may be limited, and in some cases, a policyholder may only have up to 30 days to file a claim. Luckily, if you are a policyholder under a policy that contains an uninsured motorist provision, you can file a claim as quickly as you can after you discover that the at-fault driver contains a limited policy or no car insurance policy at all.
5. Will my Insurance Company Investigate my Claim?
After filing an uninsured motorist claim following an accident, the insurance company will look into the accident and will likely investigate any damage done to the car and any medical treatment that you or your passengers contained, the nature of the injuries, hospital bills, and more. Your attorney will explain that these investigations take place both to calculate the damages that are needed to be covered under the uninsured motorist claim, but also to ascertain that the faultless driver filed a claim under good faith and without any fraud or over-exaggeration regarding the damage or injuries. It is crucial to stay honest during this time to make the most of the uninsured motorist claim and win back any financial loss you may have incurred in the accident.
All in all, it is always recommended to purchase the right car insurance policy for you and your family and your vehicles, so that everyone may be protected from financial loss. However, if in an unlucky circumstance you are hit by an uninsured driver, there are possibilities for coverage, penalties, and compensation under the faultless driver’s uninsured motorist claim in their own automobile insurance policy. In the event that you are hit by an uninsured or underinsured driver you can:
- File a lawsuit against the at-fault driver, although this is not recommended if the driver does not have the adequate finances to pay your damages
- File a claim under the uninsured motorist provision of your automobile insurance policy within 30 days of the accident
- You can file a claim if the at-fault driver does not have enough coverage under their own policy
- You can file a claim if the at-fault driver does not have any car insurance
- Expect for your insurance company to conduct investigations to determine the liability, damages, and compensation
Thankfully, these policies allow individuals to reclaim their losses, pay their hospital bills, and stay financially safe in the midst of an unfortunate and frustrating car accident.
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The fourth annual MonDak Ag Research Summit has moved online due to COVID-19 and features a series of six webinars, each an hour and a half long, focusing on agricultural issues and research applicable to area farmers and ranchers.
The 2021 webinar series kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. MST with a keynote presentation looking at appropriate fertilizer application decisions in the face of our recent fall drought. That presentation will be followed by three short talks by local MonDak scientists working at state and federal research facilities in Sidney and Williston.
The keynote presenter is Dr. Clain Jones, Montana State University’s Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, who will be addressing nutrient cycling and fertilizer decisions during and after drought. Jones will describe the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and discuss how the need for each changes in a drought — and not always in expected ways!
At MSU, Jones studies soil acidification, cover crops, nitrate leaching, and nitrogen fixation of pulse crops, and shares his and other research results using a range of approaches and collaborations.
Following Jones’ presentation are three shorter talks. Titles and presenters include:
Seed-row banded lime to remediate soil surface acidification — Dr. Jim Staricka, Soil Scientist, NDSU Williston Research and Extension Center
Investigating fertility and cultivar for pea protein improvement – Dr. William Franck, Research Scientist-PhD; MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center – Sidney
Soil health indicators and crop yield affected by long-term tillage and cropping sequence – Dr. Upendra Sainju, Research Soil Scientist; USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory – Sidney
The MonDak Ag Research Summit is coordinated by MSU’s Eastern Agricultural Research Center and USDA ARS’s Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab, both in Sidney; and NDSU’s Williston Research Extension Center in Williston.
Future webinars and keynote presentations in the 2021 MonDak Ag Research Summit series include the following. Note, all webinars run from 10 to 11:30 a.m. MT and include opportunities to ask questions of the speakers during the live sessions.
Jan. 28: The Mechanical Aspects of Precision and Variable Rate Irrigation — Dr. Tom Scherer, Associate Professor (Extension Engineering); Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering; North Dakota State University – Fargo
Feb. 9: Managing Root Rot of Pulses — Dr. Mary Burrows, Professor; Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology; Assoc. Director, Montana Ag Experiment Stations; Montana State University – Bozeman
Feb. 25: 2021 Weed Control Update in the MonDak — Dr. Brian Jenks, Weed Scientist; North Central Research Extension Center – Minot; North Dakota State University
March 11: Seasonal Outlooks and Potential Climate Change Impacts for Eastern MT and Western ND — Patrick Gilchrist, Warning Coordination Meteorologist/Service Coordination Hydrologist, NOAA, National Weather Service Station – Glasgow
March 25: Keynote TBD – Topic: Marketing
Also, pesticide applicator points for Montana participants will also be available for those joining in our live webinars on Feb. 9 and 25. Sorry, viewing the subsequent recordings – also to be made available online – does not qualify for points.

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Shall we give Friday an amazing send off with a beautiful real wedding? I have this one up my sleeve – stunning bride Amy and her dapper hubby George, who were married at Fanhams Hall in Hertfordshire. They chose our friend and sponsor Nicola Norton Photography to capture their day – and the images tell the loveliest story of a fabulous, elegant and fun wedding!
Refined elegance is a thing we do oh so well in this country – and today’s couple Charlotte and Nick chose to keep their day perfectly elegant with pristine details and the prettiest styling. Pale blues and white florals make this a really beautiful day, with the cake and bouquet both being showstoppers I think you will LOVE!
Beautiful bride Charlotte wears a stunning traditional dress with embroidered bodice and layers upon layers of tulle for a fabulous skirt full of movement – while her gorgeous groom Nick looks the part in a traditional morning suit with a pale blue tie and white wedding waistcoat.
It’s the weekend so let’s PLAY! I have the funnest, prettiest, PINKEST wedding to share with you today, with gorgeous couple Poppy and Panos. They married in church and had a reception at Rectory Farm in Cambridge, where they styled the marquee with two beautiful big chandeliers hanging from the roof, and decorated the dace floor with huge pink paddle balloons with pink and white tassels. The David Austin roses everywhere are such a show stopper – this is most definitely a wedding for those of us who love pink!
All images by our fabulous friend and Hertfordshire wedding photographer Nicola Norton Photography.
Happy Monday my lovelies! Is the sun shining for you today? I do hope so – we had the most beautiful sunrise up here in the Lake District and I’m feeling happy and excited for a lovely week ahead! In real life, it’s full of me writing wedding invitation samples on handmade papers with my fave calligraphy pens – and then I’ve a modern calligraphy workshop by the coast on Friday. In wedding blog life (which is a joyful existence lived inside my computer!) this week we have lots of fabulous inspiration for you including a virtual explore of Sussex’s best wedding venues and a rundown of some of the Midlands’ finest wedding bands – if you’re in those areas, check back here through the week to find out more!
Happy weekend my lovelies!! I hope you’re keeping snug and warm, wherever you are! Boy, is it COLD outside!!! But what better way to spend a chilly old English weekend than indulging in a little wedding pretty! Today’s gorgeous happy couple are Debbie and Sunil, who chose Woburn Sculpture Gallery for their marriage and celebrations. Our lovely friend Nicola Norton was their Woburn wedding photographer for the day. Remember the heatwave last summer? This wedding fell bang in the middle of it all… so let’s transport you back to warm, sunny days for something absolutely stunning!

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At the point when a gathering of South Side teenagers partaking in the Obama Youth Jobs Corps program at the Obama Foundation workplaces in Chicago accumulated, the least of the things they would have liked to be honored with was simply the nearness of previous president Barack Obama himself.
The gathering of about a dozen teenagers got an amazing shock when the previous president flew in on them during their visit to the Obama Foundation. They were there to meet with Chief Engagement Officer Michael Strautmanis.
Launched a year ago, the activity corps program intends to bring year-long workforce-status preparing and entry level positions to secondary school sophomores, youngsters and seniors on Chicago’s South Side throughout the following five years. The program is between the Obama Foundation and a national non-benefit youth improvement association, Urban Alliance.
Miaa Cheeks, a 17-year-old and a graduate of Kenwood Academy High School, who works at the foundation as part of the job corps described the experience as: “He opened the door and I was so surprised. I thought, ‘I’m not about to cry in front of the (former) president.’”
The former president sat down for a chat with the teens and spoke about the importance of job-training programs that are creating opportunities for young people across Chicago. He also took time to respond to questions from the teens and listened as they shared their experiences.
“Part of the goal of this program is to expose you to what’s possible,” Obama said.
“Everybody here has already shown extraordinary talent and initiative. All of you are focused in a way that I can’t say I necessarily was when I was your age. So you guys are already ahead of the game,” he continued.
“Part of our goal is also to make sure that you recognize that even as you succeed, that the communities from which you come are going to need you to be active and involved and engaged and focused. Because all of us, as citizens and generally, have an obligation to make sure that we’re tending to the city we live in.”
The OYJC aims to increase access to economic opportunity for low-income high school students in some of the most underserved communities in Chicago with a year-long paid internship.


APIA, Samoa—The Youth Forum preceding the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Apia, Samoa, began ON AUG. 28. Around 260 young people from the Pacific, Caribbean and AIMS (Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea) regions have gathered to discuss the priorities that they will take forward into the coming week of meetings and events at the SIDS Conference.
Dr. Colin Tukuitonga, director-general of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, met with Youth Forum delegates to discuss the issues of health and non-communicable diseases, social development, youth and disability. Of these, Tukuitonga emphasized the challenge of NCDs for the Pacific region: “We have more obese children than ever before. Overweight and obese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and are more likely to develop NCDs like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age.”
The Pacific has outpaced the world in mortality from NCDs. In the Pacific, 75 percent of all deaths annually are due to NCDs and as much as 60 percent of the health care budgets in some Pacific Island countries and territories are going toward expensive, overseas care. And because NCDs often result in premature death (before age 60), they contribute to poverty and lower workforce productivity, which in turn affects national development.
To address NCDs, Tukuitonga said the focus must be on prevention, particularly in supporting healthy lifestyles for children and youth. He highlighted the regional coordinated effort—the Pacific Partnership for a Multi-sector Approach to Prevent and Control NCDs—to strengthen the capacity and expertise to support response efforts in Pacific countries. He said expanding the response to increase the focus on prevention means addressing the risk factors that are often present in childhood, adolescence and youth and he urged the young audience to avoid sugary carbonated drinks and to work together to address smoking among their peers.
Tukuitonga said, “Addressing NCDs and focusing on the youth population will result in a healthier, more productive society, which will in turn contribute opportunities for economic growth. With half the region’s population being under 25 years, this is imperative.” (SPC)


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This cabbage kootu is very special in Tamilnadu.Every vegetarian family will have this kootu alteast ones in a week.It a sidedish.It will be good will rice,roti & puri also.But,lazy cooks like me can use this kootuas main dish for rice.It will be ready within 20mts.
1/2 lb Caggage
1 cup Chana dal (boiled)
1 tsp Cumin seeds
3 Green chilles
1 Medium size onion
1 Medium size tomato
1/2 cup Shedded coconut
Salt for taste
1. Pre-heat the oil in a kadai splutter some cumin seeds.
2. Add the chopped onion & cillies fry till golden brown.Add the chopped tomato,turmeric powder & salt & cook for4-5mts.
3. Add the cabbage & cook for 6-7 mts.
4. Then, add the chana dal & transfer the cabbage in to the pressure cooker & cook till 1whistle.
5. Open the cooker & added the shedded coconut & cook for next 5-6mts.
6. Cabbage kootu is ready serve hot with rice,roti & puri.

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Calpe is situated between Alicante and Valencia on the Costa Blanca. This coast is one of the most visited in Europe. Every summer the tourists go there for its good beaches, the almost guaranteed sunshine, and vibrant social life.
Calpe has high standing resorts and most of their holiday homes have four or five stars. The skyline is dominated by the Rock of Ifach, a giant stone emerging from the sea and linked to shore by rock debris. It divides the city into two large bays extended on both sides. To the south is Playa Arenal, with the old town backing it, and to the north is Playa Levante, the more recently developed tourist area.
Bedroom(s): 2
Capacity: 5
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- TV, satellite (Languages: Spanish, English, German, Dutch, French)
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- Garden, garden furniture, fence parcel, terrace, iron, 70 m2 property, 70 m2 plot, pet-friendly (Dangerous breed dogs not allowed), hot air heating, air conditioning, swimming pool communal+infantile, open-air car parking (2 seats) in the same building.
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Inspired by the likes of Van Morrison, John Martyn and Drugdealer it is sure to be an uplifting, glorious night of music with his Berlin band The Hypochondriacts and the great fat mantra and The Mayans who are all members of the amazing The Hoojamamas.
AWOTT, Conspirators of Pleasure, Mark Vernon, Pavel V
Wednesday 29th May, 8pm
Tickets £8 Advance HERE or £10 on the door
Awott are an experimental postindustrial synth group form Moscow, “Awott – the Liberator, protects those who recognize it. AWOTT is ether, air, fire, water and earth. All the physical desires are satisfied through it. Knows 64 Rithms, AWOTT gifts joy to the Creator. It is pure transcendental Note and timeless. Universal for any age, shapes, size and heights. Everybody loves and respects.”
Conspirators of Pleasure were formed in 2012 by Poulomi Desai (ex Dead Jalebies) and Simon Underwood (founder member of post punk band The Pop Group). They are an improvising duo that seek to bend all the rules, question the sacred, create extraordinary soundscape performances and self-regulating sonic systems, using modified and prepared instruments. Part of their unusual musical armoury includes a prepared sitar, sonically twisted stylophones, prepared bass, modified toys, resurrected radios and visually scarred slide projections. Their compositions explore experimental terrains, twisting technology to transform organic sounds into eerie calls that flow from intense waves of abrasive, noisy, chaos invoking industrial nostalgia, to structured pulsating rhythms, to melancholic, microtonal drones.
Mark Vernon is a Glasgow-based artist whose work exists on the fringes of sound art, music and broadcasting. At the core of his practice lies a fascination with the intimacy of the radio voice, environmental sound, obsolete media and the re-appropriation of found recordings. He incorporates these diverse elements into radiophonic compositions for broadcast, fixed media and live performances.
Disrupted loops and fuzz make his guitar sound like throbbing gristle.
The Frank Burkitt Band with Backa Wolfe
Friday 24th May, 7.30pm
“I was awestruck by the command of blues, jazz, Americana, folk and swing… breadth, depth and talent.”
Rock Society Magazine, Feb 2019
“The band’s vocal harmonies are tight, spot on and a delight. Soulful music that confounds to the end.” ****
Marc Higgins, Northern Sky Magazine (UK), Dec 2018
All the way from New Zealand (via Scotland) The Frank Burkitt Band are delighted to be performing at The Old Hairdresser’s in Glasgow as part of their debut UK Tour in May and June 2019.
Following on from 4 months of shows in the antipodes, where they were announced as winners of the Vodafone NZ Music Award for Best Folk Artist 2019, the band will be travelling the UK for 6 weeks to as far north as Inverness and as far south as Falmouth.
A set with the band can be described as American roots music infused with folk, blues, country and a sprinkling of swing. Unique and profound songwriting, arranged with precision and creativity. A true genre spanning performance awaits. Add to that Frank’s rambling anecdotes and you are in for a special night that will both move and entertain.
They will be joined on their travels by the enchanting Becka Wolfe who will be adding fiddle and vocal harmony to the band’s songs as well as singing her own songs in Arabic, French and English.
Friends of The Fanzine presents THE PHOTO SERIES PT.1
Friday 31st May, 6:30pm, £3
THE PHOTO SERIES PT.1
Tommy Ga-Ken Wa
Ana da Silva & Phew
Closet Organ w/ Ex Wives and special guests.
Beth Malcolm with Dorian Cloudsley
Sunday 9th June 8pm
Get tickets HERE
Singer/songwriter Beth Malcolm and guitarist Dorian Cloudsley finish off their run of UK dates in The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow.
Beth Malcolm is a 21-year-old singer/songwriter from Scotland, currently based in Glasgow. Following several years developing her songwriting, keyboard playing and performing in the UK and Germany, and at festivals such as Celtic Connections and the Country2Country festival in London, Beth released her debut EP ‘Better By Noon’ in 2015. The EP is a self-penned eclectic mix of soft jazz and contemporary folk that has become Beth’s distinctive sound.
Beth met Fat-Suit guitarist Dorian Cloudsley while they were both performing at the DK Open Stage at Celtic Connections in 2017, and they have been writing and performing together ever since. Supporting the likes of Blue Rose Code among others across Scotland, the pair are set to release their first EP together during their June 2019 tour.
Zac Scott, Fox Single Launch, with Grayling & Kate Kyle
Tuesday 4th June
Fresh from announcing his debut album, “For The Love Of…” Zac Scott invites you to The Old Hairdressers on June 4th 2019 to celebrate the launch of his first single from the collection, “Fox.”
Fox is characterised by Zac’s distinctive vocals, an elegant string section and a very memorable chorus. With intensely intimate and confessional lyrics, Fox is a great taster for what is yet to come from the 25-year-old. His new music is inspired by his experiences over the last few years in the north of Scotland and the south of Iceland and was recorded in Glasgow’s Southside with producer Thomas Brumby.
With performances from Dumfries and Galloway’s Kate Kyle (“…possibly the finest songwriting I’ve heard from someone of this age” Bruce McKenzie D&G Life) and Glasgow’s Grayling (“…heart felt lyrics and melodies inspired by the music of the 60’s…”) Zac will perform his new music with a striking 7-piece band, including a string trio.
Trappist Afterland / Moongazing Hare / Bell Lungs
Saturday 15th June. 7.30pm
Trappist Afterland make folk music using vocals, various acoustic stringed instruments; tabla, percussion, harmonium and tanpura drones. They explore psychedelia and chanting amidst folk songs. Although the influence of folk music from various sectors around the world can be heard in Trappist Afterland’s music (The British folk revival, 70’s acid folk, Gamelan music, Middle Eastern music, Indian raga) they still maintain a unique and almost otherworldly quality, that sounds unlike anyone else. With lyrical explorations delving into Gnosticism, Christian mysticism and other esoteric themes, Trappist still manage to keep their music firmly grounded in the present while maintaining a timeless quality.
Hailing from Malmö, Sweden, Moongazing Hare make mystical sounds sculpted out of the tranquil world, evoking drone folk landscapes.
Dream drones, radiant harmonics, and singular field recordings are just some of the elements that sonic investigator, Bell Lungs, blends together in performances both elemental and celestial in their nature. A relentless disassembler and collaborator, her journeys into kaleidoscopic post-folk dimensions have seen her work with poets, scientists, kinetic sculptures, artists, dancers, film and theatre-makers across Europe and North America. Layers of electrical chords, avian swoops, and warped strings are all anticipated.
Thursday 20th June, 7:30pm
Suggested donation: 3£
Zoviet France, O Yuki Conjugate, JD Twitch and Fergus Clark DJs
Saturday 22nd June, 8pm
Two pioneering groups of the industrial ambient sound will perform for us in the intimate setting of the Old Hairdressers attic. Starting their musical journeys in the heyday of the post-punk era and experimenting with tape loops, synthesizers and various acoustic instruments, both Zoviet France and OYC are responsible for some of the most innovative records of their type. Tailored, immersive visual accompaniments will also be utilised during each of their performances.
DJ support from JD Twitch and Fergus Clark
£10 tickets / £6 unwaged. Get tickets HERE
Zoviet France is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists. Their investigations have taken them into fictional cultures where nothing is easily located and reality often slips into the hypnagogic. Having secluded themselves in Newcastle, England since their inception in 1980, Zoviet France have developed a radical relationship with the cheap technologies of old-fashioned tape recorders, homemade acoustic instruments, primitive looping and sampling devices, and basic dub trickery.
O Yuki Conjugate is an English post industrial/ambient musical group founded in 1982 in Nottingham by Roger Horberry and Andrew Hulme. Their music has been variously described as ambient, fourth world, ethnic, tribal and darkwave. In truth it is none of these and the band prefer to call it ‘dirty ambient’. They are currently in their fourth incarnation with just the two original members. Their approach is eclectic but always atmospheric, they play electronics but also found instruments. Their music was inspired by the spirit of post-punk but moved into ambient, pioneering their own brand throughout the 80s when no one else was interested in it. Their debut album ‘Scene In Mirage’ (a mission 1984) perfectly encapuslated their position: one half was beat driven and ‘electronic’, the other ‘organic’ and made of ambient soundscapes.
Ian Nagoski (Canary Records) with Ellen & Kevin Mitchell
Sunday 23rd June, 7pm
Tickets £6 HERE or £8 on the door
Don’t Let Me Be Lost To You: Early 20th Century Near Eastern Musics in New York City
At the height of immigration to the United States 100 years ago, a wave of people from the collapsing Ottoman Empire and settled in the U.S. At the same time, the burgeoning record industry in an around New York City radically hastened the distribution of dissemination of musical cultures and documented thousands of performances by performers from present-day Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Lebanon, Egypt, and Greece within the U.S. And then, for a half-century, those recordings were neglected. Who were these musicians? Where did they go? How did their work affect America?
Ian Nagoski’s talk-and-record-listening conference illuminates a world-within-a-world of a musical culture as it developed over two generations, reveling in the specific and presenting little-heard masterpieces. It is an exploration of the details of artistic expressions of immigrants and the social realities of a “nation of immigrants” and its ambivalences concerning who matters and who gets remembered.
Watch a short film ‘To What Strange Place’ about Ian’s 78 record collecting.
Ian Nagoski is a music researcher and record producer in Baltimore, Maryland. For more than a decade, he has produced dozens of reissues of early 20th century recordings in languages other than English for labels including Dust-to-Digital, Tompkins Square, his own Canary Records, and others. His enthusiastic talks have been hosted at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens Greece, the University of Chicago, the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa Oklahoma, and New York University, and he has presented his work in installation at the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin Germany, the Wellcome Center in London England, and the Peale Center in Baltimore Maryland. A fragment of his work is included on the MoonkArk, the first object to be permanently installed on the moon, in 2020.
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The aim of this year’s World Mental Health Day is for everyone to be able to provide aid to those who may be in psychological and mental distress in the same way as they may be able to help someone who physically needs aid.
Why is mental first aid so important?
Mental health issues are on the rise.
1 in 4 adults will experience a mental health problem
20% of adolescents may develop a mental health disorder in any given year
10% of children aged 5-16 have a diagnosable mental health condition
Statistics increasingly show that the prevalence of anxiety and depression, along with other mental health problems, is markedly higher now. And it is an unfortunate fact that crises, both on a global and personal level, are all too common. There are still big gaps in awareness around symptoms of mental health problems and their treatment. Stigma attached to mental health disorders remains a problem, meaning people are less likely to seek the help they need. Being aware of the need for psychological first aid can help us all to be equipped and able to help. When it comes to our close friends and family, we may be in the best position to help as we know them best and can detect any sign early that they may not be coping.
How can you help?
The mental health first aider’s role is to support a person and guide them to seek appropriate professional help if needed. The World Federation of Mental Health summarises the key elements of psychological first aid into the Mental Health First Aid Action Plan:
- Approach, assess and assist with any crisis
- Listen non-judgementally
- Give support and information
- Encourage appropriate professional help
- Encourage other supports
Being aware of changes in a person’s mood or behaviour may give you a hint that someone is struggling mentally. Give them an opportunity to talk to you and show them you’re really interested. Listen carefully without trying to fix their problems or telling them to ‘Just cheer up’. Ask them if they feel they need additional support to help manage their feelings, and if they do, going to see their GP is a good place to start. The GP will be able to recommend a range of treatments if needed, from medication to evidence-based talking treatments such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
World Mental Health Day 2016 is promoting first aid for people undergoing mental health crises. If everyone learns a few basic skills to help those around them, together we might be able to manage problems and prevent a crisis.

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DRPA transfers land for Camden park, but opening still delayed
CAMDEN - The Delaware River Port Authority has begun transferring the first of 16 parcels of land to a Camden County agency for a future and long-awaited opening of a new park.
DRPA Chairman Ryan Boyer announced Wednesday night the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority received the deeds to four properties after their environmental cleanup and that four more parcels will be transferred between next month and the spring of 2017.
The land will go to creating Gateway Park.
"I made a commitment to deliver a public park to the CCMUA and I am pleased to report we are well on our way to delivering on that promise," Boyer said at a meeting of the bistate authority Wednesday night at the Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken.
He said the DRPA has spent $2.7 million for environmental remediation of the strip of land between Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard (Route 30) in Pennsauken and Camden "to make sure it was properly cleaned."
The authority took possession of all the motels, gas stations, other businesses and vacant land along the then-seedy boulevard in order to make it a more attractive gateway into Camden and Philadelphia ahead of the 2000 Republican National Convention.
The CCMUA will own the parkland, but the New Jersey Conservation Foundation will manage it. Some of the land closer to Federal Street is still undergoing remediation by Brinkerhoff Environmental Services of Manasquan, a licensed remediation consultant approved by the state Department of Environmental Protection but hired by the DRPA.
Foundation spokeswoman Olivia Glenn publicly applauded the authority action Wednesday night.
"Kudos to the board," she told DRPA commissioners. She later said more adjoining parcels must be transferred before the park can open. Even though the four parcels already deeded, located along the border of the two municipalities, are connected, they total less than five acres and do not include the entrance to the park from the boulevard nor half of the parking area.
"There is not yet enough acreage to open the park and there is also still environmental remediation underway in adjacent parcels," Glenn said.
In early March a DRPA lawyer projected part of the park could open this year, but that is not going to happen.
Glenn said an opening could happen sometime in 2017.
"We need to have more land and we need to know the soil is safe," she said.
DRPA and the conservation foundation have been working with a grassroots organization lobbying for the park opening for more than a dozen years, but its leader was unhappy with the latest development.
"Where is the end to this?" countered Tom Knoche, leader of the Friends of Cooper River Park West.
He said the DRPA promised the friends group six-month updates on the cleanup by the various agencies involved but that there has not been one since the winter.
"We have a million questions, including money for opening the parks and the status of grants the CCMUA and the foundation were seeking," he said.
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Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Desmond Castle is located in Cork St., Kinsale town. Don't confuse this castle with the other castle of the same name in Adare, County Cork.
The building is a three storey square tower house with store houses at the rear side. It has an arched doorway at ground level. Another example of this type of urban tower house is Tynte's Castle in Youghal.
In 1997, the International Museum of Wine was established in Desmond Castle by local restaurateurs and historians supported by the Irish government Heritage Service. The museum exhibits a history of the Winegeese (Irish who fled overseas after the Battle of Kinsale in the 17th century and established wine trade in their new countries including USA and Australia). The museum is the home to the Order of the Winegeese, a society which has members in numerous countries.
Desmond Castle is open to the public from April to September. Guided tours are available catering for up to 20 visitors at a time. Tours take about 30 minutes. Visitors can also enjoy the exhibition and information leaflets are available.
Desmond Castle was originally built by Maurice FitzGerald, the 9th Earl of Desmond around 1500. Its was built as the Customs House for the port of Kinsale around 1500, after King Henry VII granted the customs of Kinsale to the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Desmond. The castle was used as an ordnance store during the Battle of Kinsale in 1601.
It was converted to a naval prison in 1641, after a new Customs House was built. The castle became known as the "French Prison", as many of the prisoners kept in the Castle were French and Spanish.
Desmond Castle was given to the town of Kinsale by James Kearney MP in 1791, and the building became the town jail, and was used for this purpose until 1846. It was taken over by the government in 1938 and declared a national monument. During the 1990s it was restored by the Office of Public Works and opened to the public.
Other Castles in the Area
Ballea Castle, County Cork
Blarney Castle, County Cork
Carrigadrohid Castle, County Cork
Carrignamuck Castle, County Cork
Charles Fort, County Cork
Elizabeth Fort, County Cork
Kilcrea Castle, County Cork
Kilgobbin Castle, County Cork
Mountlong Castle, County Cork
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We stayed at Harbor Ridge over Thanksgiving through a timeshare Exchange with Interval. We stayed in unit 46. It was a 2 bedroom 2 and a half bath similar to a townhouse condo. It was 3 levels with a master bedroom on the 3rd floor with king bed, living area with full kitchen and and pull out sofa bed on the entre level. The lower level had another bedroom with 2 twin beds and full bath. It had a Mnt view and partial Harbor view.
The facilities were clean and well maintained. There is no daily maid service and a midweek clean is provided for $50 if you want it. The unit has items such as a vac and washer dryer so you can do it yourself for free. This is done to keep the owner maintenance fees down.
They have a Mon informational continental breakfast, and a Wed. wine and cheese social that are free. There is a workout room, DVD rentals, game room, indoor pool and hot tub, play scape, horseshoe pit, tennis court, and charcoal barbecues on site.
The resort is located a short ride or 30 min walk from the center of town. It is a 20 min drive to Bar Harbor and 30 Min to Ellsworth. If you want to buy groceries get them in Ellsworth on the way to the island. It is 10-15 min form Arcadia National Park. The views are incredible and since it was off season we were able to take them in slowly as we drove through the loop rode barely seeing anyone. An hour away past Winter Harbor is another part of Arcadia with additional views. Well worth the ride. We lucked out and Cadillac Mnt road open our last full day there and were able to ride to the summit.
We dined at Geddy's, The Tan Turtle, Gayln's for Thanksgiving, All were good and with fair pricing. Tan Turtle had good prices on lobster meals. For breakfast and once for lunch we tried a new diner. Brandon's and Laura's Cafe which is newly opened. It was good for the pricing and was busy with locals. Service varied depending on which waitress you had.
We had a great stay and Harbor ridge is a good spot to come home to after a day of taking in the sights. It's spacious rooms and 3 levels can provide privacy for visiting families from each other.
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- Harbor Ridge is a 40-unit vacation ownership luxury condominium in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Most of our units are two-bedroom, sleep 6 townhouses that span three stories. There are also three one-bedroom, sleep four townhouses that span three stories. Each three-story, two-bedroom townhouse has a fully equipped kitchen, 2 1/2 baths, washer, dryer, and a cozy living room with TV and DVD/VCR. Each story has a private balcony with most of our buildings having an ocean view from the top floor. The resort also has a one-story handicap accessible unit (Unit 51) that has two bedrooms, one bath, a kitchen, and a living room with a balcony. Our clubhouse has an indoor heated pool, hot tub, fitness center, game room, and on-site DVD/VHS video rentals. We have a playground, an outdoor tennis court, horseshoe pits, and charcoal barbecue picnic areas. The resort is affiliated with the exchange company Interval International. ... more less
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The Irish: A Photohistory 1840-1940
The Irish: A Photohistory 1840-1940 by Sean Sexton and Christine Kinealy
Thames & Hudson 224 pp £24.95
ISBN: 0 500 51097 0
Review by Sheila Corr
I am always excited to get my hands on an attractive new book on Ireland, especially when the reproduction is of such high quality. This one contains over 270 photographs from Sean Sexton’s Irish collection, which range from mid-nineteenth-century daguerreotypes to twentieth-century press shots, although most of the photographs were taken during a fifty- or sixty-year period around the turn of the last century. They are organised thematically – land, landlords and the big house; poverty, famine, evictions; from union to partition; towards a modern Ireland; with an interesting supporting text by Christine Kinealy under the same headings but with slightly different subject matter, so that text and photographs move along somewhat independently.
Similar chapter divisions worked rather better in Sean Sexton’s previous book Ireland: Photographs 1840-1930 which includes some of the same selection. Here, the distinctions sometimes seem rather forced. It’s clever, and a nice touch, to include photographs of Irish people outside Ireland, as emigration is obviously so critical to Irish history in this period, and it offers an opportunity to use some wonderful pictures, such as that of vagrants in Scotland on the title page. Perhaps, these pictures of emigrants could have been used together in some way, they might even have formed their own chapter which would have made this ....
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Congresbury, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on the river Yeo, with a station on the G.W.R., 132 miles from London, and 6½ N of Axbridge; has a post and money order office of the name of Congresbury (R.S 0.); telegraph office at the railway station. It was once a market-town, and still has a fair in Sept. A college is said to have been founded at it in 711 by St Congar, an Eastern prince, and an interesting ancient market cross is still here on five flights of steps. The parish comprises 4307 acres; population, 1167. Part of the land is marshy. The living is a vicarage, united with St Lawrence-Wick, in the diocese of Bath and Wells; joint net yearly value, £591. The church is Early English. The vicarage of St Ann is a separate benefice, and the church of it was built in 1865. There is one dissenting chapel, and charities for distribution of bread. There is an interesting old vicarage with some beautiful carvings on the porch and windows, dated 1445.
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
|Ecclesiastical parish||Congresbury St. Andrew|
|Poor Law union||Axbridge|
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Congresbury from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Congresbury (St. Andrew))
Online maps of Congresbury are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:
- Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
- Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser
- Western Gazette
- Wells Journal
- Somerset County Gazette
The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.


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Your goal is to get more serious about rock climbing, but don’t know how to get started? There are many ways to learn about the sport, and none of them are necessarily better than the others. We hope that this post will enable you to decide what your next step is as a climber!
Yes, you can also teach yourself about rock climbing, but it wont be a great idea to do so, though we have written about self-taught rock climbing in this article. Continue reading to know more about it. To know how rock climbing helps the mental health, check out this article!
Learning techniques and safety lessons
To become a well-rounded, successful climber, you must learn the proper technique and safety basics. In spite of our ability to learn climbing on our own, we need safety measures taught by someone else.
Therefore, it is important to note that the best and safest option is always to take a climbing course. If you are unable to do so, we will give you some other options that may be able to help you to advance.
Learn how to become a safer and smarter climber through rock climbing courses
1. Certifications for rock climbing
When you want to advance in your climbing, you might want to consider some form of certification. In order to become a better and safer climber, obtaining a climbing certification is the safest, most comprehensive option. Among the numerous outdoor rock climbing courses offered by the American Alpine Institute are beginner courses, alpine courses, trad courses, and large wall courses. There are even courses on climbing’s mental component, such as managing fear and getting comfortable with falling!
Regardless of their cost, these official courses are your best bet if you want to improve your climbing skills. The courses are taught by highly experienced instructors who provide detailed, thorough instruction. Taking an official course or getting certified will help you improve your rock climbing abilities. In the long run, it will pay off!
2. Legitimate and reputable online rock climbing courses
You can sign up for a wide variety of online training courses to increase your physical fitness. Sites like Training Beta and Lattice Training, for example, help people focus their training on a particular area. An experienced trainer can help you develop a strength or endurance plan based on your weaknesses. The downside to these courses, however, is that they often focus more on climbing technique than on safety.
Online courses have the advantage of being location independent. You can work with a coach who happens to live on another continent if you find one you like! You can find a climbing trainer wherever you live, no matter what kind of language you speak or what area of emphasis you focus on. Cesar Training, for instance, is based in Spain, but it trains clients from around the world and people who want to focus on training in a climbing gym to improve their outdoor rock climbing abilities can use this trainer. There are endless options!
3. Gyms offering climbing courses
Climbing gyms that offer lead climbing and outdoor climbing courses may be an excellent investment. Even if climbing gym courses can be a bit more expensive, they are sure to teach you all the safety protocols that you need to know. A climbing gym offers specialized courses, such as climbing lead, how to catch an unsafe fall, or how to use safety equipment. Taking a course tailored to your specific goals will ensure that you will learn what you want.
You’re sure to receive the best advice from the certified gym instructors if you take a climbing course at a climbing gym. Consider it an investment in your safety and well-being when you climb outdoors. When you learn safety techniques in a controlled environment, such as a climbing gym, you will have less stress and worry once you have to face these situations on real rock.
4. Instruction in climbing by a private instructor
Whether it is at the gym or mountains and their there is always the option to find a certified private instructor who is skilled and conducts private classes. Choose those who are recommended by peers who have taken classes from them, or ask them to ensure that they have certifications to teach and hold classes.
5. The peer-teaching of climbing
Learning from friends is another way to advance in climbing! You can observe experienced climbers (maybe they’re the ones that got you into the sport) if you have friends who are experienced. As a social activity, climbing requires others to belay us, to spot us, as well as to have confidence that we can accomplish our projects. Take advantage of the event to ask your more experienced climbing friends for tips and advice.
Despite this, learning from friends may not always be the best course of action. Friend may be giving us incorrect advice if they are not certified climbing instructors and you should opt for one of the options listed above, such as a climbing gym course, an online course, or a certification course.
6. Self-Taught Rock Climbing
If you are looking for the cheapest or most accessible route, you may want to check out the basics of rock climbing. To learn more about rock climbing, there are a number of online resources available. It is possible to move up in climbing grades or transition from indoor to outdoor rock climbing using Rockandice.com and Climbing.com, which provide a wealth of free resources from expert climbers and climbing.com has provided this article on how to spot properly while bouldering, and Rockandice.com has tons of training articles available.
This may not be the safest or most optimal option, however. Learning certain climbing techniques or training methods by yourself is fine, but it’s a good idea to find someone knowledgeable about the sport who can teach you safety measures. The best way to learn about such a risky sport is from experts or people with years of experience in climbing, so the options that we have listed above are the best ways to progress in your climbing career.
Check out this video to know more:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
Can you learn rock climbing on your own?
Watching others and learning on your own can be fine, especially when you’re getting started. But as you get better, you will require instruction that will help you make huge strides. You’ll especially need these technical skills when climbing ropes, where you need to tie knots and belay.
What qualifications do you need to teach rock climbing?
The minimum age requirement for teaching rock climbing is 18 years old. Having completed a Climbing Wall Instructor training course (or Climbing Wall Award) would qualify you for exemption from this requirement. It is imperative that you are familiar with the syllabus. At least three personal climbing walls must be visited at least 30 times.
How can you be better in rock climbing?
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Williams countered by alleging her ex had recently locked her out of their home because he had another woman inside, while Stewart claims it was just a nanny hired to care for Syre because Williams is "neglecting her responsibilities to her stepson."
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Mong-Hong Lee, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
University of Texas, USA
Mong-Hong Lee is currently Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a faculty member at The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston (GSBS). In 1993, Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Pittsburgh, where he received the Stanton C. Crawford Award for teaching excellence. He then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship while serving as a research associate at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (1993-1997). After completing his fellowship, Dr. Lee came to M. D. Anderson in 1997 as an Assistant Professor (tenure track). He was promoted to his current position of Professor (tenured) in 2010. During his time at M. D. Anderson, Dr. Lee has been the principal investigator or a co-principal investigator for nine funded research projects. He also has been a grant reviewer for several funding agencies. Dr. Lee has been honored for his research activities, led by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Research Award (2001), Fleming and Davenport Research Award (2001), and William G. McGowan Foundation Research Award (1998). In addition to research, for more than a decade, Dr. Lee has been a key contributor to the education of trainees at M. D. Anderson and the GSBS in a variety of ways. For example, at the GSBS, he has been the course coordinator for the Molecular Genetics of Human Cancer seminar since 2006 and an instructor for the Cancer Cell Signaling course since 2000. Dr. Lee has had a wealth of direct interaction with trainees throughout his career. Specifically, he has directly supervised 40 graduate students, 12 clinical residents and fellows, 12 undergraduate and Allied Health students, 9 postdoctoral research fellows, and 1 medical student. Furthermore, he has chaired or served on 71 examining committees, 67 advisory committees, and 39 supervisory committees. UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the UT GSBS at Houston have well recognized Dr. Lee’s educational efforts. In 2009, he received the John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award, which is given annually to a faculty member at M. D. Anderson and/or the GSBS. Most recently, he has recently been named the February 2010 Faculty Educator of the Month at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Also, he received the M. D. Anderson Outstanding Educator Award in 2003. Currently, Dr. Lee is an ad hoc reviewer for 25 journals. He also has been a guest editor for the journal Breast Diseases. Over the course of his career, Dr. Lee has authored more than 50 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, 4 book chapters, and 3 invited articles.
Characterizing the roles of Cdk inhibitors (CKIs) in cancer formation, and exploiting signaling regulation in cancer therapy. Research projects focusing on: 1) roles of two CKI molecules that he cloned in tumorigenesis; 2) COP9 signalosome signaling regulation; 3) investigating the impact of hypoxia and PIm1 kinase in drug resistance; 4) employing Aurora B kinase inhibitor for cancer therapy; 5) p53-MDM2 signaling regulation and DNA damage; 6) Myc ubiquitination regulation; 7) Glycolysis and cancer metabolism.

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The Looper Belts Series is a U.S. made, Kydex reinforced premium cow hide leather belts.
The same high quality material that is used in many of their holsters gives the Looper Belt Series its structure and vertical rigidity. The belts are made not to flex or breakdown under the weight of a weapon worn for concealment or competition. The seemingly casual looking design of the belt helps with overall concealment of a carry weapon. The Looper Belt Series of quality belts by Blade-Tech are lightweight and are produced in such a way as to eliminate stretching for the life of the belt. These belts will have their exterior leather dyed in such a way as to help prevent surface discoloration that can occur from frequent wearing of a holster. Blade-Tech.com.
The Looper Belts Series is a U.S. made, Kydex reinforced premium cow hide leather…
by Tactical-Life.com / Mar 15, 2010

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Samir A. Zedan
This year, Christmas among Palestinians appears to have been a source of unusual animosity towards Christians. The aftereffect of Hamas’s memo about Christians in Gaza and the Christmas celebration was a social media anti-Christmas campaign that culminated with the burning of Christmas trees by Muslims in the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel.
Now this anti-Christian campaign has come to the West Bank, spearheaded by Muslims from East Jerusalem, against the Nabi Musa historic structure, a site which is situated seven miles south of Jericho and twelve miles east of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness.
A dance party was held in one of the halls of the site, hosted by a renowned Palestinian DJ named Sama Abdul Hadi. Muslims from Jerusalem responded to their discovery of the party by organizing a convoy, drove to the site, and shut it down.
They began by launching an online campaign called “Hey guys, let us drive all to the shrine of the Prophet Moses, the Christians have turned it into a place for prostitution, drugs, and drunkenness.” They thought it was a Christmas celebration.
This Palestinian activist, in this Facebook video, hailed the Islamic movements and Fatah for taking action against the party, but also made it clear that the participants were “Muslims from the West Bank.” At the beginning of the video, he emphasized that they “were not Christians, but rather Muslims.”
In addition, he suggested that “families of the attendees take action against their children who have deviated from Islamic teachings and the national duty towards fighting against the Zionist occupiers.” (As part of the Palestinian discourse, it is always essential to blame Israel in the event that Christians demonstrate their innocence, as in this case.)
The organizers insisted that they had the required permit to hold such a party. Furthermore, the site, which belongs to the Islamic endowments, had been leased to a private Palestinian company to promote tourism. The main goal was to promote the archaeological sites of Palestine, and the ceremony was held outside the mosque with authorization from the [Palestinian] Ministry of Tourism.
This YouTube video shows how the DJ’s equipment was smashed, and the bedroom furniture was thrown into the main yard of the site.
The site is also used as a guesthouse with dozens of rooms, besides a mosque to commemorate Moses and his alleged burial site, as claimed by some Muslims. According to the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses descended Mount Nebo (in Jordan) to see the Land of Canaan, which God had told him he would not enter, before dying in Moab.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh tried to defuse the anger among Palestinians by establishing a committee to investigate what really took place in the site, but asked people to have patience until the results of the investigation are made public. DJ Sama Abdul Hadi, one of the few female DJs among the Palestinians, was arrested on Saturday night.
A Christian activist who goes by the pseudonym “Richard Lion” expressed how Palestinian Christians felt about this incident. “They are sad and angry because Muslims accused Christians. These people were supposedly all Muslims (open-minded Muslims, non-religious) and were being hosted by a famous institution (Al Ard).”
Christian Palestinians, who have been facing serious challenges over being caught between the burgeoning Islamic movements and the inept Palestinian Authority, find themselves embroiled yet again in a dispute, despite the fact that the truth of the matter is totally in their favor.
Palestinian Christian activists have contacted this writer to draw attention to the story and to voice their anger because they feel intimidated by the Palestinian Authority and other terrorist groups. “If this [anti-Christian campaign] persists, the Holy Land will be empty of Christians in the near future,” Richard Lion added.
Samir A. Zedan is a former Senior Counter-Terrorism Analyst at the US Department of State, and a former Development Outreach and Communication Specialist at USAID/Iraq. He has contributed to hundreds of articles published in major media outlets with assignments in the Palestinian areas, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Europe.
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Self-driving cars are coming. In fact, Tesla Model S owners woke up on the morning of October 15, 2015 to discover that a software download to the cars has made them capable of steering and changing lanes at high speed, slowing and stopping, and self-parking, in “Autopilot” mode. The future is now, and self-driving cars bring with them a host of unanswered questions relating to safety, liability, and the insurance for protecting against liability.
Over the next few months we’re going to produce a series of articles looking at issues affecting insurance raised by autonomous vehicles, and how those issues may develop and change as the degree of autonomy – and the number and types of autonomous vehicles on the roads – grows. For many years the insurance industry has been a prime mover in the field of vehicle safety. One of the main concepts behind the drive to develop autonomous vehicles is to reduce crashes, particularly ones that result in serious injury. 95% of fatalities from car crashes result from human error. How will the insurance industry keep up, and how will it adapt to the changing scenarios?
Most people are aware that there are already self-driving cars on the roads. Some of these are from tech companies (Google being perhaps the best known); others from car manufacturers – Daimler (the parent of Mercedes) is currently testing both self-driving cars and tractor-trailer units. It is going to be some years before fully autonomous vehicles take over our roads; however, many of the cars we drive today have the modest beginnings of such systems. Lane control, skid control, adaptive cruise control, pre-collision braking, and seat belt and blind spot assist systems are existing parts of the fully autonomous technology that will someday take over driving duties from humans. Many of these systems seemed impossible only 20 years ago. Now several of them are standard equipment on even mid-level imports. And they are already reducing the number of injury and non-injury accidents.
Cars are becoming much more complex. Software already runs many engine, transmission and suspension functions. The lines between the different types of engineers needed to service them are blurring. And as the technology progresses, many others lines – including lines of insurance – will get blurred too.
Currently, car manufacturers are charged with making mechanically safe vehicles. Owners are charged with maintaining them safely, mechanics and repairers are charged with performing that maintenance correctly, and drivers are charged with driving them safely. Everyone involved at each stage has (or should have!) liability insurance.
Ultimately, when cars and trucks are all self-driving and fully autonomous, the car manufacturers will have a much bigger piece of the potential liability pie. The “driver” will be the technological systems and the software supplied by the vehicle manufacturer. Whereas most accidents today are caused by driver error, the responsibility for accidents will fall much more on the car manufacturer. Leaving aside for the moment the issue of what happens if an owner or “driver” somehow hacks the driver systems, or the issue of maintenance, ideas are already being considered for “no-fault” insurance for the driver and expanded products liability insurance for the manufacturers to compensate for this shifting liability burden. Other ideas being discussed include a simple fund (similar to the federal National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program) to compensate accident victims.
But how will we get from here to there? Semi-autonomous vehicles (ones that still demand some driver attention and input) are likely to be available to consumers in less than 10 years. Fully autonomous vehicles are likely further away (though some estimates put it as soon as 20 years). The turn-over rate for cars is about 11% each year. Even if that pace accelerates with the introduction of new technologies, there is going to be a considerable period when semi-autonomous vehicles have to co-exist with traditional, driver controlled ones. Further down the road there will also be a considerable period of time when fully autonomous, semi-autonomous and traditional vehicles all have to co-exist. How will vehicle codes and traffic laws change and adapt? If an accident occurs between a traditional vehicle and an autonomous one, will there be a presumption that the driver was at fault? What will happen to insurance during these lengthy transition times? Will all states move at the same pace in updating vehicle codes and financial responsibility laws, and how will that affect drivers crossing state lines? Will “drivers” who grow up on semi-autonomous vehicles have the skills to take over if something goes wrong?
One thing is certain: the road to fully autonomous vehicles is a long one, and it will undoubtedly have some bumps and unexpected turns. We’re going to look at a number of the issues presented and how they impact insurance in more depth in the following articles.


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Massey, Wells and Witzke present research at psychology meeting
March 21, 2023
Catherine Massey, a Slippery Rock University professor of psychology, presented research with two SRU students at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, March 2-4, in Boston. Massey, along with Reese Wells, a senior psychology major from New Castle, and Kayla Witzke, a senior psychology major from Grove City, presented a poster titled “Exploring Self-Compassion and Body Image in Non-Binary and Genderqueer Individuals.”
Their study examined the associations among gender identity, perceived sociocultural pressure to be thin, self-compassion and body surveillance and shame. More than 700 people attended the conference from a variety of specialties in psychology.


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