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Bitcoin price spikes 5.1% as U.S. inflation decelerates from its peak
(Kitco News) - Crypto prices rallied across the board on Wednesday morning after the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) print came in at a year-over-year increase of 8.5%. While inflation remains at some of the highest levels in decades, the actual print was lower than the expected 8.7%, which excited traders to dive back into the markets.
Bitcoin responded to the CPI print by spiking by 5.1% from support at $23,000 to an intraday high of $24,180, where it ran into a firm wall of bearish resistance that remains the last major barrier before $28,000.
BTC/USD 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView
Traders breathed a sigh of relief following the print, which came in 0.2% below expectations, as it could potentially lead to a less aggressive interest rate hiking schedule by the Federal Reserve.
The past two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings saw the central bank raise interest rates by 75 basis points on each occasion, and today’s month-over-month decline in CPI provided the first evidence that the actions taken by the central bank are starting to have an effect.
Short term rally initiated
The positive reaction to the lower than anticipated CPI print was immediate, with prices across the crypto market as well as the traditional markets surging higher following the news.
And the gains are likely to continue for at least the next week, according to investment strategist and Real Vision CEO Raoul Paul, who suggested that the “Markets now have a pretty clear run until regional Fed surveys in a weeks or so.”
Macro/Crypto:— Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) August 10, 2022
Markets now have a pretty clear run until regional Fed surveys in a weeks or so. I expect those to be significantly weaker. Peak inflation gives way to peak growth fear. I do think markets will react positively to weak growth, not negatively, broadly speaking.
But not all analysts are ready to call an end to the bear market, including Blockware lead insights analyst William Clemente, who referred to the ongoing relief rally as “short term.”
What happens next for Bitcoin, the crypto market, and global financial markets, in general, is largely dependent on what the Fed does next. Or, as independent market analyst Michaël van de Poppe noted in the following tweet, the key metric to keep an eye on now is U.S. yields.
For the first time in 1.5 years the CPI data comes out lower.— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) August 10, 2022
This doesn't show that inflation is over, just that expectations are worse and reality is better, which potentially could lead to the FOMC becoming more dovish -> less rate hikes.
Key to watch: U.S. Yields.
Double-digit gains for multiple altcoins
The wider altcoin market saw an even more pronounced reaction following today’s CPI print, with multiple coins in the top 200 seeing double-digit increases while the top altcoin Ether (ETH) gained nearly 9%.
Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360
The biggest gainers on the day include Injective (INJ), Flux (FLUX) and Lido DAO (LDO), which recorded increases of 24.79%, 23.76% and 18.15%, respectively.
The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $1.14 trillion, and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 40.3%.

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The acting Labour leader also said the leadership team must include male and female members.
"I think we're a party of equality. We believe in women being at the table, and having an equal say. And a balanced leadership team is better."
She went on to vow that the outcome of the vote would not be decided by union bosses.
She said: "There is absolutely not going to be a stitch up by the unions in these elections."
The deputy leader questioned the impact made on the campaign by pervasive union influence, but said the party had a "completely different system" in place for this election.
Union members have to sign up to be a Labour affiliated member, and ballots will be sent out directly to voters.
In previous leadership elections, unions have distributed members to their members.
She also accepted the party's loss in the general election should be taken seriously.
She said: "I think it would be quite wrong to minimise the scale of our defeat. Because there is no particular love for the Tory party, and despite that people couldn't feel confident of giving us their trust.
Ms Harman went on to say the party should learn from their loss, use it as an opportunity to go back to basics and not "waste a defeat."


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MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 4, 2019) — A veteran national political journalist says polarization is higher in American politics than he can ever recall, and the political divide figures to continue during the 2020 presidential election cycle.
Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal executive Washington editor and chief commentator, addressed polarization during his Tuesday evening talk at Monmouth College, titled "Election 2020: Politics in a Time of Disruption." After opening with a political joke, Seib said: "This election cycle is going to be marked by anger, not humor. Buckle up." Although Seib didn't make predictions about the 2020 presidential election, he offered thoughts on the impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump. "He won't be convicted in the Senate," said Seib.
He called the endeavor "basically a complete partisan exercise … Twenty Republicans in the Senate would have to turn on Trump (to convict him and remove him from office). I can come up with maybe three or four who would, and maybe that number is zero." Seib, who has been a journalist for four decades, followed that comment by repeating a question that people often ask him about political polarization: "Is this the worst it's ever been?" "I tell them it's the worst I can remember, but we did survive a civil war once." Seib said the impeachment hearings are serving a purpose, albeit one that is polarizing the country even more.
"The Democrats are basically using the impeachment proceedings as a warm-up to the 2020 election," he said. "The Democrats are making the case to get rid of President Trump. The Republicans are making the case that the Democrats are out of control." Cultural divide
Seib said the political divide is also a cultural divide. One indicator of that is the overwhelming tendency for white, college-educated women to be Democrat, and for white, non-college-educated men to be Republican.
Household income data shows a similar disparity, with two-thirds of the US gross-domestic product coming from Democratic districts, according to data collected by the Wall Street Journal. Seib said that a geographic illustration of how counties voted in the 2016 presidential election paint an interesting picture — blue Democratic counties line both coasts, with red Republican counties covering much of the rest of the nation.
Seib said that has led to a favorite Republican T-shirt, with a picture of that mostly red map and the question: "You're going to impeach this?" "This is a very unstable situation," he said. "Social media exacerbates the divide even more. People on opposite sides don't talk to each other, they yell at each other. The cacophony that creates is really deafening." "There is no middle ground"
Seib showed several graphs relating to polling that the Wall Street Journal has conducted. One that he believed was a clear indicator of the current political climate showed how Democrats and Republicans have viewed the sitting president over the past 70 years. When asked whether the president is doing a good job, survey respondents supporting one party or the other averaged around a 40 percent gap in their replies. The gap has been as low as 26 percent for three presidents: Jimmy Carter (16 percent), Harry Truman (25 percent), and Dwight Eisenhower (26 percent). But when asked about President Trump, the replies are almost polar opposites — 6 percent of Democrats approve, compared to 92 percent for Republicans, a gap of 86 percent.
"Simply put, there is no middle ground. Feelings are more divided about the president than ever before," said Seib. "If Donald Trump is in the question, you get a Donald Trump answer. There's a very small band in the middle." Seib did propose one answer to the political divide, urging the audience and the country to seek sources with "fair, impartial, factual, and honest" reporting.

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Benfica to Bolton 3/5
The Congo born Portugal international was destined for West Brom on Tuesday but has failed to agree personal terms and is now talking to Bolton.
The much-travelled striker has an indifferent record but shot to prominence with a loan spell at Maritimo which spawned 12 goals in 13 games last year.
West Brom instead will tie up a season-long loan for Marc-Antoine Fortune from Nancy.
Salzburg to Blackburn 3/5
The problem for the Austrian international is that his club had agreed to let him go this summer but will be reluctant to let him go right now.
Celtic were very keen on a deal in July but Blackburn's former manager Paul Ince had favourable reports of the 6ft 5ins striker and Sam Allardyce is lining him up to replace Roque Santa Cruz who is destined for Manchester City once the clubs agree a fee.
Sunderland to Hull 2/5
Hull have watched Whitehead and Grant Leadbitter this season and hope Whitehead can help stabilise their midfield.
They have bid £2.5m and Sunderland will not be interested at that price. Manager Ricky Sbragia says he wants him to stay but Whitehead has not always been entirely happy at Sunderland.
Nurnberg to Fulham 2/5
The Greek striker has had a host of scouts monitoring during Nurnberg's winter break training camp in Turkey and Fulham and West Brom are understood to be represented there.
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Tottenham to Aston Villa 1/5
The England international is suffering a fall from grace at White Hart Lane at the moment. He has had the vice-captaincy taken off and is asking serious questions about his future.
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Getting divorced is not a license to hate, nor a free pass to let loose your lowest impulses, or give in to your darkest, angriest or even most self-critical thoughts. When I suggest this idea to people, most agree. Sure, they were angry for a while. But now they view their divorce as a sad reality, and are turning their focus toward recreating a life they love, not stewing in anger at the wrongs of their once-spouse.
But not everyone. Some people are so steeped in anger that they do not want to let it go. Such was the case of the tall, striking woman I met at a party on Friday. “I just have a different idea of marriage,” she said. “It’s for life. It can be hard, but you still work at it. My parents have been married for 50 years. I just have a different idea of marriage than most.”
“No you don't,” I said. “Most divorced people I’ve met planned to be married for life.”
She took a step back. “Everyone I know who is divorced said it was the worst, most devastating thing they’ve ever gone through. Everyone I know who is divorced says it would be better if he’d died.”
“You should make some new friends," I said. "Broaden your circle to include people who are doing well after divorce.” I looked up at this beautiful woman in her stylish dress. She looked strong on the outside. Inside, her anger was holding her back.
Now she was angry not only at her ex, but also at me. Clearly I should work at my social skills, such as not telling people things they don’t want to hear. But she was locked into a view of some “right” kind of life—that was not the life she was leading. As long as she held that view, she was stuck.
I understood that she was upset. She was reeling. This was not the life she'd planned to live. It can be unbelievably difficult to pull through divorce. More so than we’d guess. But moving past hate may be the most important step toward recovery.
Anger is a backward-looking emotion, and it can keep you trapped in the past you no longer have. Any number of people I’ve met told me they could feel that their anger was making them sick. Or it was hurting their children, but not their ex. These facts compelled them to move past it.
Focusing on the negative magnifies it. Highlighting the negatives while ignoring the positives of your marriage is a type of “distorted thinking,” as cognitive behavioral psychologists term it. This “all or nothing” thinking can increase hostility and aggressive behavior, and has been strongly linked to depression and relapse into clinical depression.
In her article "5 Voices of Divorce," divorce blogger Lisa Arends put it like this, "Anger and gratitude are mutually exclusive. When your ire is up, counteract it with thankfulness. At first, it will feel forced and foreign. But keep practicing, and it will become second nature."
I agree with Arends. Moving past anger can take time. Focusing on all that you do have can help speed the process.
For a great book about conquering your own negative thoughts, check out Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, by David Burns, M.D.
Wendy Paris is the author of Splitopia: Dispatches from Today's Good Divorce and How to Part Well (Simon & Schuster/Atria, 2016). Splitopia and her work on divorce have been covered by The New York Times, Real Simple, The Washington Post, The New York Post, The Globe & Mail, Psychology Today, The Houston Chronicle, Salon.com, Parents.com, Family Law Quarterly, PsychCentral.com and radio and TV shows nationwide. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and is an advocate for family law reform. She is divorced, and lives in Santa Monica, California, a few blocks from her former husband, with whom she has a warm co-parenting relationship.


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GLASS-DOMED ANNIVERSARY CLOCK
PI VERSION: XL
MAIN TOOLS USED: Path Drawing Tool, Outline Drawing Tool, Line & Arrow Tool, Path Edit, Transform Tools (Resize, Rotate & flip, Copy Rotate, Rotate by Degree), EasyPalette, 'Select on Objects' Command, Layer Manager, Font Tool, Object Paint Eraser, Paintbrush (optional), Stamp Tool (optional).
PLEASE READ! - TURNING THE SHADING IN 3D TRIM
In the first section we are going to make a number of pieces in 3D Trim mode.
As you make each one I am going to ask you to 'Turn the 3D Trim shading through 90o'. To do this you will need to use the following steps on each of the pieces:To turn 3D Trim shading through 90o:
a. Create the shape to the dimensions stated and do any path edit work where appropriate.
b. Click on the Transform Tools/Rotate & flip and flip the shape 90o to the left.
c. Right Click/Convert Object Type/Reset Text/Path Object.
d. Flip the shape back 90o to the right.
You will find that the 3D Trim shading now goes from left to right.
BASE & GLASS DOME
Before you start, be sure to download and install the presets provided above and have the path-shapes provided available. Whilst it is possible to use other colours of silver, gold, copper etc for the main parts of your clock if you wish, the results may not look similar to the ones in the tutorial, in terms of shading etc, if you do.
1. Open a new canvas, preferably with a dark background (colour of your choice, mine is Hex#0E0158), 290W x 405H pixels.
2. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Ellipse, Color - the clock-tut-preset: Mode - 3D Trim, draw a shape, 278W x 56H pixels.
3. Go into Path Edit and use the control handles to edit into the shape shown. Exit Path Edit.
4. Turn the 3D Trim Shading through 90o as per the instructions in red above. Your Border (Width in PI 10) should be 99 and Depth 30.
5. Now draw a second ellipse with the same settings, 225W x 54H pixels.
6. In Path Edit, create the shape as shown opposite, then exit Path Edit.
7. Turn the shading through 90o once again - resulting in the picture opposite. Make sure that the edges make one smooth inward and then outward curve at the left and right sides of the base.
8. Draw another ellipse, this time Mode - 3D Round, Border - 10: Depth - 30: 200W x 20H pixels for the top of the base.
9. Duplicate this piece, then change the Border to 3 and the Mode to 3D Pipe. Use the Light Bulb feature to create the smoother shading on the 3D Pipe piece shown then put these pieces in place.
10. Move all the pieces of your base to the very BOTTOM of your canvas.
11. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Custom Shape - Arch 3 (PI 10 - Fr31): Color - the dome-glass preset provided (which will also set the Border & Depth for you): draw a shape 190 pixels wide to fit on your base.
12. Place this shape right at the TOP of your canvas, then go into Path Edit and drag the two bottom nodes downwards to meet the base, being careful to keep the sides perfectly vertical.
13. Convert the bottom line of the shape to a curve and then edit it to fit along the line of the base so that it lies along the top line of the 3D Pipe piece.
That's your base and dome completed!
THE DECORATIVE FINIALS
14. Before tackling the next part of your clock, open the Layer Manager, lock all the pieces you have made so far in place and make the dome invisible by clicking on the eye icon.
15. Open the finials-shape provided at the top of this tutorial and change the Color to the finial preset: Mode to 3D Trim: Border (Width in PI 10) - 27: Depth - 30.
16. Duplicate this piece, change the Color to the clock-tut preset: Mode to 3D Pipe: Border - 2: Depth - 30: and put the two pieces together as shown.
17. Using the Path Drawing Tool: Custom Shape - Raindrop (PI 10 - S50): Colour - clock-tut preset: Mode - 3D Round: Border (Width in PI 10) & Depth - Maximum possible: draw a shape for the centre finial.
18. Using the Rounded Rectangle shape draw a small cross-bar to put across the centre of the raindrop-shaped finial.
19. Make two smaller versions of the same finial and put all three finials in place as shown opposite.
20. Once you are happy with this section, select all the pieces of this decorative section and Right Click/Merge as Single Object.
21. Now is a good time to make the dome visible again for a moment to check that the finial section is in the correct position, relative to the top and sides of it.
THE CLOCK FACE
22. With the dome invisible again and using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Circle: Color - White: Mode - 2D: draw a shape 142W x 142H pixels.
23. Duplicate this circle and make the following changes: Color - clock-tut preset: Mode - 3D Pipe: Border (Width in PI 10) - 3: Depth - 14. Put in place to edge the white circle.
24. Draw another circle, Color - clock-tut preset: Mode - 3D Pipe: Border (Width in PI 10) - 1: Depth - 30: 76W x 76H pixels. Put in place in the centre of the clock face then select all parts of the face and use Right Click/Align/Centre Both to be sure of correct alignment. Lock these pieces in place in the Layer Manager.
25. Using the Line & Arrow Tool, Color - Black: Mode - 2D: Outline Width - 1: draw a line in the position shown.
26. Set the Transform Tools/Rotate by Degree to 6o and then click on the Copy/Rotate button until all the lines are drawn (see opposite).
27. Select ALL the black lines in the Layer Manager, Right Click/Merge as Single Object keep this object selected.
PI 8 users please go to Instruction 29a here
NOTE: It helps to Zoom in to 200% for this bit!
28. Using the Selection Tools/Standard Selection Tool, Shape - Circle: check the 'Fixed Size' Box and enter the number 130 for both dimensions. Click on the 'Select on Objects' button.
29. Make a selection, ensuring that the selection marquee is right in the centre of the circle of black lines as shown, then hit the Delete key.
29a. PI 8 ONLY Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Circle: Color - White: Mode - 2D: draw a circle 124W x 124H pixels and centre it on the black lines. Select the black-lines object and this white circle and Right Click/Merge as Single Object then Right Click/Send Backward behind the small gold circle.
30. Select the resulting set of short lines (PI8 - the lines+white circle object) and Right Click/Duplicate. Use the Transform Tools/Resize to make this object 71W x 71H pixels and put in place in the centre of the clock-face.
31. Using the Path Drawing Tool: Custom Shape - Half Circle (PI 10 - B46): Color - Hex#0A003E: Mode - 2D: draw a shape 64W x 34H pixels and put in place as shown.
33. Using the Circle shape: Color - Hex#F5D17E: Mode - 2D: draw a shape 21W x 21H pixels for the moon.
34. Using the Ellipse shape, Color - White: Mode - 2D: draw two or three shapes to represent the clouds.
35. Select the small, black-lines (PI 8 black lines/white circle) object that you made in Instruction 30 & use the Object Paint Eraser to remove the lower half of it object as shown.
36. Draw, Paint or Stamp, some tiny white stars on the dark blue 'sky' object (a star stamp is provided in the downloads above).
37. Now we need to add numerals to our clock... you can use ordinary Arabic numerals if you wish - or Roman ones which are more traditional for these types of clocks.
38. If you wish to rotate your numerals, in order to achieve the correct angles you need to set the Transform Tools/Rotate by Degree to 30o. The number 1 will need this clicking once, 2 twice, 3 three times and so on up to 11. However a lot of clocks have the numerals all kept in an upright position and I will leave it up to you what style and orientation you use.
TIP! I would recommend that if you are going to use Roman numerals, you choose a narrow Font such as Arial Narrow, otherwise, your clock face may become very crowded. Also - for the double figures, 10 (in Arabic), 11 and 12 (in both styles) it can help to type the two numerals separately as you can put them together closer than the program will and thus save room.
Opposite you can see alternative styles of numerals.
39. Once your numerals are in place, use the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Circle: Color - Black: Mode - 2D: to draw a shape 10W x 10H pixels and put this in the exact centre of your clock.
40. Now open the hand-shape.ufo provided (or you may draw hands to your own design if you wish here). Use the Transform Tools/Resize to make two copies of this of appropriate sizes for the hours and minutes hands for your clock.
41. Put these in place aligned with the centre of your black circle and rotated to any time you wish.
... and on to the final part! ....
THE PILLARS & ROTATING SECTION
42. Using the Path Drawing Tool, Shape - Rectangle: Color - clock-tut preset (used throughout this whole section): Mode - 3D Trim: Border (Width in PI 10) - 8: Depth - 30: draw a shape 145W x 15H pixels.
43. Use the Transform Tools/Rotate & flip to flip the shape through 90o to the left.
44. Right Click/Duplicate this piece and put the two pieces in place as shown left.
45. Draw another rectangle, 22W x 13H pixels. Flip this to the left also, then Right Click/Duplicate and put the two pieces in place as shown (the smaller rectangle should JUST touch the outer rim of the clock face and the pillar should be aligned to its centre).
46. Now draw third rectangle this time in 3D Round mode: Border - 2: Depth - 21: 155W x 11H pixels.
47. Right Click/Arrange/Send to Back and put in place as shown.
48. Back in 3D Trim again, draw a small rectangle, approximately 22W x 8H pixels and then rotate this through 90o as in Instruction 43.
49. Using the Circle Shape: Mode - 3D Round: Border (Width in PI 10) - 8: Depth - 30: draw a ball shape 15W x 15H pixels.
50. Put this on top of the small rectangle and select them both. Right Click/Merge as Single Object.
51. Right Click/Duplicate this object then Right Click/Arrange/Send to Back with each piece and put the two pieces in place as shown.
Select the pillar, the small rectangle and the last piece you made and then Right Click/Align/Centre Horizontally - so that they are all centred in line with one another.
52. Using the Rectangle Shape: Mode - 3D Trim: Border (Width in PI 10) - 6: Depth - 30: draw a shape 120W x 12H pixels.
53. Use the Transform Tools/Rotate & flip to flip the shape through 90o to the left and then Right Click/Arrange/Send Backwards until the post lies behind the clock face but in front of the base (see left).
54. Using the Ellipse shape: Mode - 3D Round: Border (Width in PI 10) - 5: Depth - 30: draw a shape 38W x 9H pixels. Right Click/ Duplicate this object. Put the two ellipses in place between the base and the side pillars as shown.
55. Draw a smaller rectangle, 34W x 8H pixels and put in place behind the back, central pillar as shown.
56. Now click on the horizontal strut that you made in Instruction 46 to select its attributes and, using the Rectangle Shape, draw a rectangle 11W x 75H pixels.
57. Go into Path Edit, add a node to the top and the right side paths and then drag the top right node downwards and inwards to form the shape shown in close up, left. Exit Path Edit.
58. Put this in place on the right of the central pillar. Right Click/Duplicate this object and Right Click/Arrange/Send to Back. Put in place on the left of the central pillar as shown (adjust the lighting if you wish to).
59. Draw two thin rectangles as shown in the close-up illustration left to represent the front flange seen in perspective , and put in place on the front of the central pillar - slightly below the previous two shapes.
60. The rotating balls consist of four separate shapes. I have put these in detail for you on the graphic, left, so that you can take this into PI and use it for reference.
61. Once you have the first ball made, select all pieces of it and Right Click/Merge as Single Object.
62. Right Click/Duplicate this object 3 times and put all four ball objects in place on your clock as shown (very little shows of the back ball).
63. Select the central post and the 4 balls and Right Click/Duplicate (probably easiest to do in the Layer Manager).
64. Merge all of the pieces of this Duplicate by using Right Click/Merge as Single Object then Right Click/Properties and set the Transparency to 55%.
65. Use the Transform Tools/Rotate & flip to flip the object Vertically.
66. Put in place on the base to make a reflection and then use the Object Paint Eraser to remove all the excess part of the object as shown.
67. The artistic ones amongst you might like to try painting a little face on the moon to represent a 'man in the moon' before finishing - using the Paintbrush on a VERY small size - only about 1 or 2 pixels. Or perhaps if you have done my PI Paths course you might like to use your moon preset (but without the transparency on) - as I have done here, maybe deepening the colour a little and adjusting the light if needed.
68. Finally - in the Layer Manager, select the Glass Dome object - open the eye icon and Right Click/Arrange/Bring to Front.
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For something a little different, I decided to show you how to do these Floral Mothers Day Cake Pops! Cake Pops are a great way to not waste extra cake. Since you add frosting to the crumbled up cake, they are always moist and delicious. You can dip them into either candy melts or chocolate. If you don’t like to temper chocolate ( I definitely don’t) then candy melts are a great option. I hope you give them a go, and decorate them any way you like!
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Mahogany sofa with scrolled arms and carved double eagle crests and carved paw feet, upholstered in gold fabric [faded to gold, used to be blue].
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This is an effortless one-pot version of Sunday lunch with all the meat and vegetables cane sugar-glazed to perfection in no time at all. And, best of all, there's minimal washing up.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan180°, 400F, Gas Mark 6.
Mix together the olive oil, vinegar, Tate & Lyle Light Soft Brown Cane Sugar, thyme and a generous amount of salt and pepper.
Next, wrap each sausage half in bacon, then place in a large roasting tin or 2 smaller ones so as not to overcrowd everything. Add the chicken, potatoes, carrots, parsnips and onions, then drizzle over the olive oil mixture and rub everything well to coat, ensuring the chicken is skin-side uppermost.
Roast on the middle shelf of the oven for 35-40 minutes, turning the vegetables and sausages halfway through and basting everything with the juices. When the chicken skin is crisp and golden and the vegetables are glazed and tender, the dish is ready. Remove and serve.
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I was so honored and floored to have Emily of Bon Vivant Cakes come into my studio and interview for the That Curly Life.
She is just as fun and vibrant in person as her beautiful cakes and donuts.
Man, the undercut seems like the way to go if you have a lot of curly hair, but don’t want to shave your whole head. Thank you, Emily, for talking curls with me!
You can watch her interview here.

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It’s a book smorgasbord! A smorgasbook, if you will!
Take a look some of the lovely handbound books that have found new homes over the last few months. Maybe one of them is now yours? I’d love to hear your favourite journalling topics and techniques!


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FeaturedAs every tourist knows, the story of a country can’t be adequately told in the history books. It’s in the people, the buildings, the laughter and the landscape and it demands to be experienced before it can be understood. Here are 6 of Cape Town’s most beautiful heritage spots for you to begin your journey.
Cape Town TourismPlanning your next summer vacation or international business trip to gorgeous Cape Town and dying to stay along the Atlantic Seaboard in Sea Point but you’re at a loss as to which amazing property to reserve your stay at?
Fazielah WilliamsGear up, folks, because 72 hours of unbelievable fun and activities await in the gorgeous Mother City – from delectable seafood festivals to thrilling arts celebrations and side-splittingly funny comedy shows, we’ve got it all and so much more!
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We’re just hours away from a scrumptious weekend in Cape Town, the delicious Mother City. So gear up for 48 hours of incredible smells, tastes and sights. Whether you’re a fine-dining lover, a fresh-goods fanatic or a food and wine aficionado, there is something for everyone in our delectable town this weekend.
It’s Wednesday, Cape Town lovers, and that means I am once again asking you Where You’d Rather Be in the Mother City today.
This image of a family enjoying a leisurely swim at Boulders Beach was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Hugo, aka The dead Oak.
There’s nothing that I love more than attending a great show in my beloved Mother City and let me tell you, Cape Town fanatics, this weekend is sure to be entertaining!
It’s my favourite day of the week, Mother City lovers, and that means I want to know Where You Would Rather Be in gorgeous Cape Town this Wednesday.
On Monday 1 April, 2013, we reported, via our Twitter and Facebook channels, on what looked to be another planet, namely Jupiter, spotted in the sky above our beloved Mother City and boy, did the video footage below look realistic.
It’s a long weekend in the spectacular Mother City, Cape Town fanatics! Four long, lazy days of uninterrupted fun and pleasure in our gorgeous hometown, and there is plenty to see and do. Join me at the following events in Cape Town this Easter weekend.
If, like me, you wish you could be out in nature this Wednesday, enjoying the great outdoors and the exhilarating adventure activities sunny Cape Town has to offer, then you’re in good company.
Let’s face it: not only is Cape Town the number one destination to visit on your travel bucket list, it’s the best place to get a taste of the African motherland. With a variety of world-class food and wine events all year round, the tasty Mother City is a food and wine lover’s dream vacation spot.
From retail to events and from fashion to food, the pop-up trend is sweeping the globe. Cape Town, too, offers its share of fabulous foodies who roam the town, delighting us with their gourmet street food.
Celebrations, quality family time and tons of chocolate ... yes, Mother City lovers, it’s my favourite time of the year in Cape Town – Easter! From exciting egg hunts with mythical characters on the top of Table Mountain to decadent feasts at the luxurious Pure restaurant in Hout Bay, there is plenty to see and do in Cape Town over Easter.
It’s Wednesday, Cape Town fanatics (and tomorrow is a public holiday), so I ask you: Where would you rather be today?
Mother City lovers, it’s time to dim the lights and do great things in the dark in Cape Town for the annual celebration of Earth Hour on Saturday 23 March, 2013. Earth Hour is the largest mass global participation event, in which people the world over switch off their lights for one hour, to reflect on our impact on the environment and renew our commitment to protecting our planet.
This image of a giant praying mantis at the 2013 Cape Town Carnival, was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Ajay, aka AJAY B2010.
The fourth annual Cape Town Carnival once again had the streets of the Mother City awash in colour, festivities and entertainment when it was held on Saturday 16 March, 2013.
Cape Town International Airport has been rated the Best Airport in Africa for the third year in a row by the Airports Council International. It is also one of five airports in the world (for 2012) nominated for inclusion on the Director General’s Roll of Excellence.
Cape Town’s biggest public arts festival, Infecting the City, is currently enthralling locals and visitors alike as it reawakens an appreciation of creativity and artistic expression in the streets of the Mother City.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… It’s the weekend in the Mother City Cape Town fanatics – and you know what that means, right? It’s party time! I know it’s the middle of the month and you’re feeling the pinch, but with the range of events on offer this weekend, you don’t need to break the bank to have a good time.
Happy Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays in Cape Town, Mother City lovers! As is now our custom on a fine Wednesday in our inspirational city by the sea, we’ll be sharing suggestions and photos of places we’d rather be today.
I love seeking out the best food and drink in tasty Cape Town, and then letting fellow foodies know when I find it. It can be anything from haute cuisine or a plate of salad at a deli to a craft beer, a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. If it’s great, I’ll Instagram it immediately it and show it off to my followers.
With 48 hours of glorious free time in beautiful and exciting Cape Town, there is time to see and do so much, Mother City-lovers! If I had to narrow down my choices, though, I’d prefer to be out and about on the streets of my hometown, enjoying the sunshine, the culture, the people and the oh-so-delicious cuisine.
Four weeks, four questions and over a thousand suggestions … Mother City lovers, you’re amazing at letting us know Where You Would Rather Be on Wednesdays in inspirational Cape Town!
This image of a fisherman getting the earliest catch at Kalk Bay harbour was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Ian Junor.
On hot days it’s a sanctuary, in winter it’s an inspiration. A cultural treasure, the South African National Gallery is in the heart of Cape Town’s green Company’s Garden, a squirrel scampering path and goldfish pond away from the Iziko South African Museum.
This image of vibrant Cape minstrels at Wale Street near Bo-Kaap was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Sumaya Hisham.
This image of Cape Town’s Wheel of Excellence at the V&A Waterfront was captured by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Flickr group member Janet Prentice, aka Janet.
Nothing turns my pages quite like a marvellous second-hand bookstore and in inspirational Cape Town, there are plenty to keep me happy. As fantastic as Kindles, Nooks and iPads are, there is nothing the feel of a book in your hands and it is for this reason that having a plethora of great second-hand bookstores in the Mother City is such a joy. Join me at the following bookstores in Cape Town and rediscover the wonder of reading.
And the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature goes to … Searching for Sugar Man, a film focused on the rediscovery of elusive musician Rodriguez and partially filmed in Cape Town, the inspirational Mother City!
Cape Town’s diverse multicultural ancestry has enjoyed the influence of many traditional cooking styles; but Mexican food, in particular, is on an upward trend in Cape Town these days. Chilli poppers, quesadillas, tortillas, fajitas, taquitos, enchiladas … you name it, we have it! And here’s where to satisfy your cravings …
Langa, South Africa’s oldest township, was established in 1923 as part of the then Urban Areas Act. Similar to Nyanga, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, Langa is one of the areas in South Africa that was designated for black Africans before the apartheid epoch. The name Langa means “sun” in Xhosa, but the name of the area is actually derived from the name Langalibalele – a famous chief who was imprisoned on Robben Island for rebelling against the government.

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BROWN BEAR WATCHING IN NORTWESTERN SPAIN
The native Pyrenean Brown bear population is now unfortunately extinct. However, they have been reintroduced primarily on the French side of the Pyrenees with bears from Slovenia showing a rise in numbers to between forty and fifty bears for the time being on both sides of the Pyrenees.
Nevertheless, in the 90’s, the western side of Spain showed a population of around 70 native brown bears, but luckily, and after some good management, this situation has change, and the number is up to 300 bears, with the majority of the population located in the western group, mostly in Cangas de Narcea and Somiedo.
Therefore, this is why we will spend six days exploring these mountains looking for bears as well as other interesting native mammals along with butterflies, birds, and orchids. Furthermore, there are also many appealing human heritage sites such as the historical mountain shepherd huts, which we will visit while on the tour, offering a broader view and prospective of this appealing region.
The perfect time for the sighting of bears is ideally during their mating season or in late summer, when wild berries are ripe. The best time of the day is early in the morning or either late in the evening using a scope or binoculars. Depending on the season, the bears will be in different locations. With this knowledge at hand, the guide will be able take the visitors to the exact spot for optimum viewing.
From April to May, the males can be seen entering new territories looking for females. The females will be very alert to them and on the defensive if still with their cubs as the male will try to kill the cubs. The female will defend her cubs to the death, which can also end in hers. The male will carry out this heinous act of infanticide so as to bring the cubless female back in heat and have her looking to mate anew, which of course will leave him as a suitor. So interactions like this may be seen taking place over this crucial time in spring. However, their behaviour will be of a more relaxed nature come late summer when they are primarily feeding on berries, and they are only worried about getting fat before the winter arrives. This is when it can be possible to find several animals passively sharing the same slope for food.
During our time here, get ready to have your taste buds tickled as we sneak in a wine and cheese tasting tour, delighting the senses with these local delicacies, thus enhancing the overall flavour of the one week visit, while at the same time offering the opportunity to take samples home with you. Alternatively, visit a local handcraft museum where you can admire the exquisite creations of the local artisans whose skills have been passed down from generation to generation.
During the tour we will use a comfortable 7-seat minivan to get around in. Dark or drab, all-weather clothing should be worn during sit-outs while waiting for bear to appear so as not to stand out and so potentially spooking bears thus defeating the whole purpose of your stay. Moreover, wearing brightly coloured clothes may have the opposite effect and attract them to your hideout. Not an ideal scenario. It is also highly recommendable to bring a good pair of binoculars even though a good scope is provided by the guide for anyone who wants to get right up close. As the animals we are in search of are in the wild, observations are expected but unfortunately not guaranteed. In fact, this may imply quite a lot of patience as well as the willingness to get up early on cold mornings exposing yourself to the elements. Remaining quiet and still is a must so as not to disturb the animals’ natural movements while respecting the other people in the group at the same time. The level of difficulty along the trails is not demanding making them suitable for all and everyone keen to view the animals in their natural environment.
The observations will be done relatively close to the road and in fact there will be times when sightings from the town itself may take place as the animals actually share the same habitat as the local inhabitants. We must bear this in mind at all times by showing utmost respect towards these places to ensure a low touristic impact thus maintaining the dynamic of the area.
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Two of B-Town's lovelies celebrate their birthday this week. Katrina Kaif turns 30 on July 16 while Priyanka Chopra will be 32 on July 18.
Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra
With PC shooting in Turkey for Dil Dhakane Do and Kat in Prague for Bang Bang, wonder what their near and dear ones have planned for their special day? These Cancerian beauties have managed to stay afloat for a while now. Wish them more success.
'Look' how the Sheena Bora case has taken a toll on Indrani Mukerjea
Photos: Katrina Kaif, Parineeti Chopra, Shilpa Shetty's movie outing in Juhu
Birthday special: 14 Bollywood actors who made it big on TV
Photos: Vaani Kapoor, Poonam Pandey, Sana Khan at fashion event
Photos: Rishi Kapoor, wife Neetu, daughter Riddhima at book launch


Many dominican single of us have heard of online dating statistics, although how much do you really know about all of them? Here are a few of the very important ones. While sexual activity and intimate harassment will be increasing among Americans, there are also some things which may have remained similar. For example , males are now very likely to pay for to start a date than girls, and 73% of males believe that there is a perfect crazy partner in existence. You might even be surprised to learn that a woman is more likely to get married than the usual man.
According to your age, male or female, and location, you might have heard about the statistics about online dating. While it may seem enjoy things are easier from this day and age, please be advised that, that online dating is a intricate process, and a little research can help you make the most of your time and efforts on the Internet. Dating figures can also help in making a more enlightened decision before signing up with a dating web page. If you are solitary and curious about about the number of ladies online, consider reading regarding the average a long time of users.
A study by simply OkCupid open interesting details of women using online dating sites. Seventy-seven percent of female users contact themselves feminists, while merely one percent of straight girls say they will prefer a person to go after them. Additionally , only 12% of women just like men who have are blunt or have kids, while 54% prefer a small both. As the statistics vary by simply city, precisely the same general designs emerged. For instance , in Seattle and Hawaii, dating sites like Ashley Madison and eharmony are most popular among women. Meanwhile, in New York City, almost half of the society is solo.
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Another analyze from a marriage agency revealed that four-fifths of singles might marry their partners. However , this percentage is much cheaper for women than men, which in turn reveals that almost all single persons aren’t seriously interested in finding a partner. In addition , many persons think that internet dating isn’t critical, and the net is not an exception. Actually this type of dating is quite common in the usa. There are millions of single persons online, and several of them are ready to take that risk and marry someone.
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An alternative interesting reality about dating is that one third of yankee adults article having a web based relationship having a stranger. It can not uncommon somebody to afeitado you, particularly if you’re a girl. Dating stats also display that women are likely to prefer guys who happen to be open and honest. In fact , 74% of women prefer men who are able to get them to be comfortable with themselves. And while internet dating statistics not necessarily always accurate, they are really nevertheless a sign of the realities.
Online dating is now more prevalent among young people. Actually according to Kaspersky, securities company, 1 / 3 of people who apply dating software and websites are under the age of 40. Online daters are likewise more stable than off-line patients. One out of six partnerships starts on line. Online human relationships are more likely to stay together than offline kinds, but it is not going to guarantee that the partnership will last. For most of people, internet dating is a positive move.


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A veteran translator and journalist shares his thoughts on history and how the past should be viewed.
An interesting account about Poland and its romantic people by an Iranian translator and her Polish husband
Alireza Seifuddini, an Iranian translator, is to render ‘Mr. Cevdet and His Sons’, a novel written by Turkish recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk.
Italy will be the special guest of the 30th Tehran International Book Fair which is scheduled to be held from May 3 to 13 and will be attended by 136 foreign publishers.
A Finnish translation of a selection from Ferdowsi’s epic masterpiece Shahnameh, by Jaakko Hameen-Anttila, a professor at the University of Helsinki, was unveiled during a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday.
Senior officials of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a New-Jersey-based publishing house, are to attend the 28th Tehran International Book Fair (May 6–16, 2015).
A pictorial encyclopedia of Persian symbols has recently been published.
A book on Iranian art and architecture, titled 'Les Coupoles Persanes', (in English 'Persian Cupolas: the Art of Skies and the Earth'), has been published in France.
Gareth Porter, the award-winning American historian, says he is extremely proud to have his book published in Iran.
A religious affairs expert says religious books should help raise the readership's consciousness and self-awareness.

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Senate Journal 1834 (30-318511-P121B.pdf)
together with the petition of Samuel W. McMakon and others, and the memorial and Remonstrance of John Bennoch and others, reported that said Bills ought not to pass, and that said petitioners have leave to withdraw their petitions; read and on motion of Mr Rogers, ordered to lie on the table.
Petition of Sewald [?] Merrill and others for the repeal of the license laws, was read and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Sent down for concurrence.
Mr Groton from the Committee on Claims, to which were referred, Petition of Selectmen of the town of Milo, " of inhabitants of Appleton, " " Berlin " " Plantation of Waldo made a report, asking to be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the same be referred to the Committee on State Roads; read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence.
The same gentleman from the same Committee to which were referred petition of Randall Fish, and petition of Joseph Kenrich, reported, that said petitions be referred to the Committee on accounts; read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence.
The Same gentleman from the same Committee, to which was referred the petition of Lewis Gordon, made a report, asking leave to be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the same be referred of Blind persons in the State: read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence.
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KITSAP COMP PLAN: Angry Endresen would boot planners
* After members of the Planning Commission voted to prevent new changes to the comp plan, one county commissioner said she's contemplating firing them.
for "dereliction of duty."
By Tim Christie
Kitsap County Commissioner Chris Endresen is still angry over the power play pulled Tuesday by the Planning Commission that effectively took a decision out of the county commissioners' hands.
"I'm real mad. I'm fuming. I'm furious," she said Thursday.
Mad enough, in fact, that she's thinking about sacking some or all the planning commissioners.
"I'm considering it," she said. "We're going to be talking about the Planning Commission recommendation on Monday."
Actually, it is the lack of a recommendation from the Planning Commission that so irked Endresen.
"My own opinion is we need planning commissioners who will do their job, which is to give us information," she said, "not make policy decisions for us."
The decision in question was whether the commissioners should make changes to the comprehensive plan before it goes to a state hearings board. During three nights of public hearings conducted last week before the county commissioners and the Planning Commission, a majority of the public urged that no changes be made to the plan until after the hearings board had its say.
So on Tuesday, instead of recommending no change, a bitterly split Planning Commission voted to table the matter, effectively taking the question out of the commissioners' hands. If the Planning Commission tables a comprehensive plan issue, the commissioner cannot take action on it for 90 days, at least according to some interpretations of state law.
Endresen said the parliamentary power play was more than just wrong.
"Not only is it wrong, it's a dereliction of duty," she said.
"I would have been very satisfied if they would have said, 'We think this is a hair-brained idea,
you should have never done it, we're advising you not to do anything.' I would have said they've done their job.
"But to have a meeting in 15 or 20 minutes after 300 people testified and to not even give their own members a chance to speak what they thought is inexcusable."
Endresen said she wants to hear advice from legal counsel and listen to a tape of the meeting before making up her mind on whether to press forward with removing Planning Commission members.
"My understanding is we can remove a member as long as we have a public hearing first," she said.
In fact, a section of state law says any appointed member of a county panel can be removed by the commissioners after a public hearing "for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office."
Commissioner Charlotte Garrido isn't happy with the Planning Commission either, though she's not sure how far she wants to push the matter.
"I think they exceeded their authority," she said.
But as far as firing members of the Planning Commission, she said: "I may come around to that, I may not."
Planning Commission Chairwoman Linda Webb said Endresen's comments were "an overreaction."
"I think it may be just another indicator of why we have so many problems in this county," she said. "We ought to put this behind us and get on what with what we need to get on with."
She said what the Planning Commission did was not a "dereliction of duty."
"What the Planning Commission did was essentially listen to the public very carefully for three nights and hear a preponderance of the public say we did not want this plan to go forward," she said. "We have not broken any faith in the community. We have perhaps angered the commissioners because that decision got taken away from their hands."
The commissioners' next meeting starts at 10 a.m. Monday in their chambers at the courthouse.


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The HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, co-organised a seminar today (6 May 2019). Entitled “ESG & Impact Investing: Creating Long-Term Value”, the seminar was supported by the Ministry of Finance of China. The event was attended by around 40 senior executives, comprising institutional investors, financiers, project developers and operators, insurers, and professional service providers.
On the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspect of the programme, IFC specialists used investment cases to elaborate on how ESG is embedded in IFC’s investment process, and the importance of ESG in creating long-term value. IFC also introduced its Disclosure & Transparency Toolkit, which provides best practice guidance on information disclosure for companies attracting private sector investment. Also on impact investing, the IFC introduced their “Operating Principles for Impact Management” (the Principles) – a market standard launched recently for impact investing in which investors seek to generate positive impact for society alongside financial returns in a disciplined and transparent way.
Mr Eddie Yue, Deputy Chief Executive of the HKMA and Director of IFFO, said, “We are glad to co-host this seminar with IFC, a trendsetter in ESG standards and a pioneer in impact investing. We are also honoured to have the support of the Ministry of Finance for this event. The collaborations with IFC and Ministry of Finance signify Hong Kong’s role as a gateway between Mainland China and rest of the world to promote ESG and impact investing. IFFO will continue to work with market leaders to build industry capacity in ESG and impact management, with a view to further promoting sustainable infrastructure, particularly in emerging economies.”
Mr Vivek Pathak, Director for East Asia and Pacific, IFC, said, “Impact investing needs to offer investors a transparent basis on which they can focus investment to achieve positive measurable outcomes for society in addition to adequate financial returns. The Principles facilitate this process by creating clarity and consistency regarding what constitutes managing investments for impact to bolster confidence in the market.”
HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office
6 May 2019
About HKMA Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office (IFFO)
As part of the HKMA, IFFO’s mission is to facilitate infrastructure investments and their financing by working with a cluster of key stakeholders. The functions of IFFO are:
• providing a platform for information exchange and experience sharing;
• building capacity and knowledge on infrastructure investments and financing;
• promoting market and product development; and
• facilitating infrastructure investment and financing flows.
By establishing IFFO, the HKMA can play a valuable role as a catalyst in the facilitation of infrastructure investments and their financings with its mandate to promote Hong Kong as an international financial centre.
For more information about IFFO, please visit http://www.iffo.org.hk.
About International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IFC—a sister organisation of the World Bank and member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. IFC works with more than 2,000 businesses worldwide, using their capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in the toughest areas of the world. In fiscal year 2018, IFC delivered more than $23 billion in long-term financing for developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity. For more information, visit http://www.ifc.org.
The seminar was attended by around 40 senior executives, comprising institutional investors, financiers, project developers and operators, insurers, and professional service providers.


G-Supreme "Last of the Gods" LP
Vetted Hip Hop emcee G-Supreme releases his latest album "Last of the Gods" featuring MC Shan, Melissa Mack, Image, and Vic the Boombaptist. The 15-track album is a refreshing journey through an era of boom-bap, storytelling, lyricism, as well as a bonus freestyle.
Supreme is esteemed for his classic, polished flows over invigorating bass and drums that represent both the elements and culture of Hip Hop, and "Last of the Gods" is no exception.
G-Supreme “Last of the Gods” on Apple Music Watch "While I Wait" Video off "Last of the Gods"


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‘Tis the season to be jolly! Next week it’s time for Christmas. Bring out the baubles, crib and lights because Christmas is not complete without a Christmas tree. We look forward to a new year and a new decade.
Development of e-scooters in the Netherlands
So far, developments in the field of e-scooters haven’t progressed much further. Negotiations on the legalization of electric scooters are still ongoing. A survey in the Instagram stories of bnnvarakassa shows that 43% of their followers are in favor of the legalization of electric scooters, but that means that 63% prefer not to have the scooters on the road. They say they don’t trust themselves enough with such a scooter in traffic.
Development of e-scooters San Francisco
In contrary to last year’s ban on electric scooters after residents complained about overcrowded streets and illegally parked scooters, the scooters are now allowed back into the city. This initiative is part of an urban initiative to gradually increase the availability of scooters. This time without provoking the chaos.
At the moment there are three companies that are allowed to let their electric scooters take to the streets. Spin, Lime and Jump, an Uber owned company. Until now they were allowed to have 500 scooters each on the road, but that will change. All three companies are allowed to add 250 scooters to their supply in San Francisco. Even though there are still people who drive on the pavement and get minor injuries here and there, the reintroduction is going well.
However, many questions remain unanswered. For example, what is done with the batteries when they are at the end of their lives? Or how can companies be held responsible for the equal distribution of scooters throughout the city and what can the city do to improve pedestrian safety on the pavement?
So the inhabitants still have a lot of questions and hope that this time things will go better in terms of the extent to which the scooters are used, that there will not be another chaos in the city. But the 750 steps in total will be added anyway. The inhabitants can therefore prepare for the fact that instead of 2,500 steps driving around in San Francisco, the number will be 3,250 from now on. The plan is that this number will grow even further in the coming months. San Francisco will allow each company to add another 250 steps in February.
It remains to be seen whether this slow reintroduction will work and not be counterproductive. That’s why it might be a good idea, if you’re in San Francisco, to step on the electric scooters without music in your ears. Even without music you can of course enjoy all the beautiful things the city has to offer.


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Lawyers at the Prison Gates: Organizational Structure and Corrections Advocacy
This Article attempts to fill the gaps in the discussion of public interest advocacy by exploring the roles of various legal organizations in providing representation to inmates challenging the conditions and practices in prisons, jails, and juvenile justice institutions. It is an outgrowth of a study conducted for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation on the extent and quality of representation in corrections litigation. It puts forward an organizational change model of public interest advocacy as the most promising strategy for legal representation in the corrections area. It then identifies the major organizational providers of representation, assesses where they fall on a continuum of practice models, and presents advocates’ views of the potential and limitation of each organizational setting to provide adequate representation.


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Smokefree law expected in Queen’s speech
|ADVANCE NOTICE: Friday 13th May 2005|
|SMOKEFREE LAW EXPECTED IN QUEEN’S SPEECH|
– ASH can supply contacts, statistics, advice and comment on smokefree legislation –
A Bill on public health, including smoking restrictions in workplaces and enclosed public places, is likely in the Queen’s Speech on Tuesday May 17th 2005. Labour’s current proposals would end smoking in the great majority of workplaces, with limited exemptions for pubs which do not serve prepared food and for private membership clubs.
The Labour Party manifesto stated:
“We recognise that many people want smoke-free environments and need regulation to help them get this. We therefore intend to shift the balance significantly in their favour. We will legislate to ensure that all enclosed public places and workplaces other than licensed premises will be smoke-free. The legislation will ensure that all restaurants will be smoke-free, all pubs and bars preparing and serving food will be smoke-free; and other pubs and bars will be free to choose whether to allow smoking or be smoke-free. In membership clubs the members will be free to choose whether to allow smoking or to be smoke-free. However, whatever the general status, to protect employees, smoking in the bar area will be prohibited everywhere.
These restrictions will be accompanied by an expansion of NHS smoking cessation services to encourage and support smokers to improve their own health by giving up smoking.
Starting with the poorest areas of the country we will introduce health trainers to help people maintain their healthy choices. By 2010, through this activity we plan to reduce the health inequalities that exist between rich and poor.”
Consultation on the precise form of the Bill are expected to begin in July and ending with publication of the final Bill in October. These deadlines may of course slip. The public health lobby is optimistic that the new Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt, can be persuaded to drop the exemptions, which ASH has previously described as a “ridiculous bodge”.
Secondhand Smoke and Health
The Government’s Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health reported in November 2004 that:
· There is an increased risk of lung cancer for non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke of about 24%, confirming the findings of the previous report.
· There is an increased risk of ischaemic heart disease for non-smokers exposed to secondhand smoke, and “the weight of evidence now is stronger than at the time of the  SCOTH report. The increased risk associated with exposure to secondhand smoke is in the order of 25%”.
· Children are at particular risk from secondhand smoke – “the evidence strongly links secondhand smoke with an increased risk of pneumonia and bronchitis, asthma attacks, middle ear disease, decreased lung function and sudden infant death syndrome. It has also been shown that babies born to mothers who come into contact with secondhand smoke have lower birth weights”.
· “The evidence published since1998 points to an association between secondhand smoke and respiratory symptoms and reduced lung functions in adults”. A major study in Finland has provided strong evidence that “adult onset asthma is significantly increased by recent exposure to secondhand smoke at work and at home”.
ASH has used the Government’s Labour Force Survey for 2003 and the National Statistics Omnibus Survey, smoking-related behaviour and attitudes module, carried out in October and November 2003 to calculate the number of people exposed to secondhand smoke at work. The results have been checked by the Office for National Statistics.
2,182,000 people work in places with “no restrictions on smoking at all”. This is 8% of those in work in Great Britain
10,366,000 people work in places where smoking takes place in “designated areas”. This is 38% of those in work.
Professor Konrad Jamrozik of the University of Queensland estimated in an article for the British Medical Journal that exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace:
· causes 54 premature deaths each year among hospitality industry employees – or more than one a week
· causes more than 600 deaths each year across the UK.
For comparison, the total number of fatal accidents at work from all causes in the UK in 2003/4 was reported by the Health and Safety Executive as 235.
Pubs and Clubs
The Government has estimated that between 10% and 30% of pubs would be exempted under its proposals. There are about 55,000 pubs across the country, so this exemption may cover anything between 5,500 and 16,500 establishments. Private clubs not admitting children could also be exempt, following a vote of members. There are about 20,000 registered clubs – clubs owned by the members – in England and Wales
Common sense suggests that many exempted pubs and clubs will be in poorer communities. These communities will have higher than average smoking prevalence rates, and will be suffering from the sharp health inequalities that the class distribution of smoking brings. Many membership clubs – for example Labour Clubs – will also be in such communities. For example, an analysis of local licensed premises carried out by environmental health officers for Councils and NHS Primary Care Trusts in Northamptonshire showed that 54% of pubs and bars in Northamptonshire serve only drinks and would be exempt from the controls on smoking in public places. In the borough of Corby, an area where mortality rates are significantly higher than the national average, 85% of pubs and bars would be exempt . The proposal to exempt some pubs and membership clubs therefore threatens to undermine key objectives of the White Paper – to reduce smoking prevalence rates and tackle health inequalities.
The White Paper on Public Health (“Choosing Health”), published last November, noted the risk that some pubs may cease to serve prepared food in order to qualify as premises that can continue to permit smoking. This fear was dismissed with the words “we believe that the profitability of serving food will be sufficient to outweigh any perverse incentive for pub owners to choose to switch”. This assertion has been contradicted by senior figures in the pub trade, for example, Tim Clarke, chief executive of restaurant and pubs group Mitchells & Butlers has warned that: “the enforced specialisation between food and smoking risks commercially incentivising more pubs than the White Paper currently anticipates to remove food and retaining smoking throughout.”
The proposal to prohibit smoking in the “bar area” of exempted pubs would fail to provide adequate protection for employees or members of the public. Smoke drifts. Most pubs currently have any separated smoking and non-smoking areas in the same open space. Ventilation systems are expensive, hard to maintain, and as even Philip Morris has admitted, do not provide good protection from the health effects of secondhand smoke. (“While not shown to address the health effects of secondhand smoke, ventilation can help improve the air quality”)
Scotland and Wales
On 28th April 2005, the Scottish Parliament voted for comprehensive legislation by 83 to 15 and the Bill is now in its Committee stage. On 10th May 2005, a Committee of the National Assembly for Wales published its report calling for the Assembly to get similar powers to legislate in Wales. This requires the approval of the UK Government, and powers could be included in the Bill on public health. The timetable for legislation in Wales would be 2 to 3 years, while the legislation in Scotland is likely to take effect during 2006. Consultation on action in Northern Ireland has now concluded, with all the Northern Irish parties also supporting comprehensive legislation.
Smokefree Laws Abroad
In Ireland, New York and elsewhere, smokefree laws have proved successful and popular.
In New York, official figures show that one year after the legislation
New Yorkers overwhelmingly supported the law.
Commenting, ASH Director Deborah Arnott said:
“Including smokefree legislation in the Queen’s Speech will be another step towards the most important public health reform in Britain for many years. It will bring protection for millions of people whose health is threatened by other people’s smoke. And it will help tens of thousands of smokers to quit. Now we must persuade the new Health Secretary to go the extra yard, follow the Irish and Scottish example, and produce a law that has no exemptions for pubs and clubs. We are confident that we will succeed.”
|CONTACT: Ian Willmore 020 7739 5902 (w) 07887 641344 (m)|
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Unusual shortness of breath, rapid weight gain, edema of the feet and ankles, excessive fatigue… are all symptoms of this disease which affects at least 1.5 million French people.
Heart failure, which affects at least 1.5 million French people and continues to progress, is not well enough known, according to Health Insurance, which announced Tuesday, September 20 the launch of an awareness campaign on this chronic disease and its warning signs. At the origin of a “deterioration in quality of life, repeated hospitalizations, death”heart failure is “fraught with consequences”underlines the National Health Insurance Fund (Cnam) in a press release.
However, the number of people concerned, currently “underestimated because patients are slow to be diagnosed”should “progress by 25% every four years”, she notes. Against a background of improving life expectancy, heart failure increases with age, affecting 10% of seniors aged 70 and over. If this disease mainly affects people over the age of 60, “its incidence increases before the age of 55, as in other European countries, due to lifestyle habits that are harmful to health (smoking, sedentary lifestyle, diet)”also notes the Cnam.
Improve knowledge of warning signs
Deeming this pathology too poorly known, especially among seniors, the Health Insurance will launch a national awareness campaign on September 25, under the slogan “Heart Failure: What If Your Heart Was Trying to Tell You Something?”, she says. As World Heart Day approaches on September 29, this campaign will be rolled out to the general public in the press, radio, television or on social networks in order to“improve knowledge of heart failure, warning signs and thus promote early diagnosis, by encouraging patients to talk about it with their doctor”.
“Unusual shortness of breath, rapid weight gain, edema of the feet and ankles, excessive fatigue”… In isolation, these symptoms are not “not specific to the disease but their association or their recent occurrence should suggest heart failure”, underlines the Health Insurance. They are to be monitored especially after 60 years, especially for people already diagnosed given the risk of“worsening of the disease which may lead to decompensation, even hospitalization”. Health professionals (doctors and paramedics) will also be made aware by Health Insurance via their specific information channels.
SEE ALSO – Louis de Lillers: “Heart failure is the pandemic of the 21st century”


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- Health Department data showing Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths in England today
- Separate figures showed that 92 percent of local officials saw their outbreak ease last week
- The picture came based on warnings from some scientists who feared a return to schools would be dangerous
Britain’s daily Covid cases and deaths fell today in another sign that the return of schools has not started a new wave of the pandemic.
Health department data shows that 26,911 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, up from 38,013 last Thursday. This marked the eighth day in a row that there has been a decline in cases week-on-week.
Today’s figures do not include data for Scotland due to a ‘technical problem’, but as of yesterday’s data the general downward trend will remain unchanged.
And in another promising sign that the outbreak is easing, the number of deaths across the UK has dropped by 5 per cent after 158 fatalities were recorded.
The latest hospitalizations for England showed they had fallen 10 per cent in a week after 701 people were hospitalized with the virus on 14 September, the latest available. There were no figures for the UK published today.
Separate data showed that 92 per cent of England’s local officials had seen their outbreak ease in the latest week.
These figures come on the basis of warnings from some scientists who feared that the return of schools was dangerous and would lead to a huge jump in COVID cases.
Scotland saw its infection spiral hit a record high in the wake of pupils returning to class, but its cases are now falling week-on-week. Most schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland went back on 1 September.
Professor Paul Hunter, an epidemiologist at the University of East Anglia, said: ‘While it seems like those strongly expressed views that we will see an increase in infections once schools go back, it hasn’t.’
It has been suggested that higher antibody levels in young people may keep the virus away. According to official estimates, nine out of 10 people aged 16 to 24 in the UK have COVID antibodies.
Rates will also start rising sharply for 12 to 15-year-olds next week, when the first jab rollout begins for them.
England: The graph above shows the number of COVID cases in England as of the date reported. This shows that even a fortnight after children return to school, they are slipping in the country
Public Health England’s weekly surveillance report showed that only 11 out of 149 officers saw outbreaks in the week ending 12 September. Percentage change in 149 local authorities across England for the week ending 5 September (left) and the most recent week ending 12 September (right)
Scotland: The graph above shows the number of COVID cases in Scotland as of the date reported. The country has not reported its Covid cases today due to a ‘technical problem’, although the downward trend will remain unchanged as of yesterday’s data
Wales: The graph above shows COVID cases as of the date reported in Wales. These have also started closing in the country amid the return of schools.
Northern Ireland: The graph above shows the reported cases in the UK nation. This suggests that they have begun to dip into Northern Ireland, although they remain high.
The Covid Symptom Study estimated that 47,276 people were contracting the virus every day in the UK as of 11 September. This was a decline of nine per cent in the same period last week.
PHE says vaccines saved more than 100,000 lives and prevented nearly 250,000 hospitalizations
England’s COVID vaccine rollout has saved more than 100,000 lives and prevented nearly a million hospital admissions, according to official figures.
Public Health England estimates that 230,800 adults over the age of 45 have been prevented from being hospitalized.
It said 178,900 of those over the age of 65 were prevented from hospitalization.
Meanwhile, about 51,900 people aged 45 to 64 did not require hospital care because they were immunised.
The PHE said the number of vaccination deaths in England is 112,300.
The figures were calculated by PHE and Cambridge University on the basis of data up to 5 September.
In England, about 89 percent of people aged 16 and over have now received a single dose of the vaccine, while 81 percent are fully vaccinated.
However, rates of getting the vaccine are lower in younger age groups.
In England about 83 percent of people aged 30 to 39 have now had a job, as well as 73 percent of those aged 18 to 29.
The Office for National Statistics, which conducted blood tests on youth in four UK countries, found between 87 and 89 percent of them had antibodies that help fight the virus. The presence of coronavirus antibodies suggests that someone has been infected or vaccinated in the past, and therefore has some immunity.
Experts have said the figures could provide evidence that the virus has become endemic, with Britain no longer in a critical position where cases could explode at any time. Instead, covids will come in waves as immunity gradually fades.
Britain reported a further 26,911 Covid cases today, although Scotland was not included in this number due to ‘technical issues’.
But looking at yesterday’s figures, it suggests that if Scotland were included, cases would still be on a downward trend today.
Another 158 deaths were also recorded today, nine fewer than the same period last week.
A message posted on their dashboard from Public Health Scotland read: ‘Daily data on new cases, tests, ICU admissions and vaccinations will not be refreshed today due to a technical issue affecting data availability.
‘Tomorrow’s update will include today’s figures.’
PHE data has shown that the cases of Kovid are increasing continuously in only 11 parts of the country.