Urgent: Submissions on NSW planning needed today!
Right now, the O’Farrell government is proposing sweeping changes to the state’s planning and environment laws.
These changes, if enacted, would fast track more than 80% of developments, including commercial buildings, apartment blocks and land subdivisions and scrap three of the four existing environmental protection zones.
As if that weren’t enough, the proposed changes aim to place industries above the law by restricting community legal challenges to large development projects like coal mines and gas fields.
These reforms represent the most significant backward step in public participation and environment protection in a generation.
It is critical that the government hears from people that support a system that puts environmental outcomes and community rights at the centre of development decisions. Make your voice heard today!
The public submission period for the planning reforms ends this Friday, 28 June, so be sure to send an email now. Your letter will be sent to Premier Barry O’Farrell and Planning Minister Brad Hazzard, with a copy sent to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
Our state deserves a planning system that provides protection for our environment and our communities, holds decision makers accountable and restores community rights to appeal bad planning decisions.
This is an essential time to speak up for reforms that put the people and environment of NSW above the narrow interests of the developers and industry.


Modi wave in Karnataka prompts D-Street to speculate on new market high
Many analysts on D-St said the poll outcome would trigger a fresh bout of buying in short term.
At 11 hours on Tuesday, leads and trends from vote count showed Modi’s BJP was inching towards achieving a singular majority, getting past the 113-seat mark in the 224-seat Karnataka Assembly. The state voted on May 12 to elect assembly members from 222 seats.
Dalal Street veterans and market watchers said if the final outcome is on the lines of the early trends or even better, it will change the outlook for domestic equities.
The verdict appeared to have altered India outlook of some of the global investors. Modi has had a pretty strong record for his first term, said Geoff Lewis, Senior Strategist (Asia), Capital Markets & Strategy Team, Manulife Asset Management. He said global investors are looking at the election outcome as a guide to Modi government’s performance in terms of its popularity.
Many analysts on Dalal Street said the poll outcome would trigger a fresh bout of buying in the short term.
While nine key exit polls had projected the BJP to gain 100 (average) of 222 seats in the Congress-dominated state, early outcome appeared to have brightened the prospects of the saffron party coming to power in the state without the support of JD(S). This has lifted investor sentiment. It is a much-needed outcome for the ruling party and it can boost the party’s prospects for the 2019 general elections, they said.
At 11 hours (IST) on Tuesday, three hours into vote count, the BJP was leading in 114 seats, the Congress in 65 seats and the JD (S) in 41. Counting of votes cast through electronic voting machines usually takes 6-7 hours to arrive at the final numbers.
“Preliminary indications suggest a massive loss for the Congress and corresponding gains for the BJP and JD-S. This is a positive surprise for the market. These results can be presumed to be harbinger of a good outcome for the party in the 2019 elections, which is why the market is rejoicing. Populist measures expected earlier from the government may not actually happen, which would be considered good by both international and local investors,” said Jimeet Modi, Founder & CEO at Samco Securities.
Sandeep Tandon, Founder at Quant Group said should the verdict go in favour of the BJP, as indicated by early trends, it can act as a fresh trigger.
At Tuesday's high of 35,993, the index was hardly two per cent away from breaching its high of 36,443.98 hit on January 29, 2018.
The BJP does not have a strong foothold in South India. Its Karnataka win would surely raise its prospects in 2019 election. Market has liked this government. It is reflected in over 80 per cent surge that we have seen in BSE market capitalisation since this government came to power, says G Chokkalingam, founder and CEO, Equinomics Research & Advisory.
“We believe this win can push the benchmark indices to record high levels,” he said.
If it gets Karnataka in its kitty, the BJP will be ruling 22 of 29 states, substantially boosting its clout in the Upper House of Parliament, where it is still in minority.
“Broadly, the India and Asia stories for 2018 remain intact despite currency and crude-related challenges. We remain equally constructive on the India and Asia stories. We believe the market is heading towards 14,400 on the Nifty50. We have maintained it for quite some time. Maybe in 2019-20, we will get to those levels. I do not think one should be too much worried about market around these levels, because liquidity is reasonably high now,” says Tandon.
VK Sharma, Head of Private Client Group and Capital Market Strategy at HDFC Securities, said even if the final outcome is not good as the early trends and the Congress somehow manages to form the government with the help of JD-S, the market won’t be perturbed.
The market will now start looking at the international commodity prices and the movement of Dow Jones, he said.
Other market watcher say the outcome will now boost BJP's confidence, given the reverses the party had suffered in the rural belt of Gujarat. But promise for farm loan waiver seems to have paid off, though it is bad for the nation’s fiscal discipline.
“Farm distress has become a political issue and the rural-urban stratification of Karnataka vote will be important. In the December Gujarat election, BJP managed to retain its mandate, but suffered heavy losses in rural constituencies. Not surprisingly, the BJP government has promised farm loan waiver in Karnataka,” Sonal Varma of Nomura India said in a note before the poll verdict.


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A Sulphur man has been sentenced to 121 months in prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection with fraud against Chesapeake Energy as first reported by KFOR in Oklahoma City
According to an 11-count indictment filed in January 2018, 43-year-old Justin Lane Foust was employed by a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation from April 2002 until September 2011.
In July 2011, Foust formed Platinum Express, LLC, which became an approved vendor for the subsidiary in October of that year. The indictment alleged that from October 2011 until July 2014, Chesapeake contracted with Platinum Express primarily to transport wastewater to disposal facilities in western Oklahoma.
In February 2019, a jury convicted Foust on 8 out of 11 counts of defrauding Chesapeake by submitting false invoices for services his company did not perform.
Today U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot sentenced Foust to 121 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, during which he must perform 104 hours of community service.

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In his new special, the Netflix release Annihilation, Patton Oswalt wades through unimaginable grief with a watchful audience in front of him. Fans of the stand-up comic won't be surprised at the tone the show, which hit the streaming service on Oct. 17, strikes about halfway through. Most will have been expecting it. Oswalt's wife, true crime writer Michelle McNamara, died suddenly and unexpectedly last year, and Patton Oswalt: Annihilation serves as a makeshift — and worthy — memorial to her.
Oswalt gets some light-hearted laughs in with his audience before slamming down on an unhappy reality. The first 30 minutes or so of the special bounce between exasperated political commentary and silly audience interactions, but it becomes clear he is headed for something somber.
"I'm just killing time," Oswalt says after teasing the front row of the crowd in his characteristically good-natured way. "This next section is very hard for me to get into." The comedian has always been relatively open about McNamara's death and how it's affected him, but speaking about it in an interview or penning a Facebook post about it is different than standing onstage in a packed theater and bearing your soul to hundreds of strangers. Oswalt pulls it off, though, simultaneously telling his own unique story while also putting words to the feelings many people experience after a damaging loss. He chides people who wish him well on his "healing journey," saying, "when it's 4 a.m. and I'm in the backyard crying and looking at the sky in my underwear," it doesn't feel like he's embarking on a heroic, healing journey.
He also uses some of McNamara's own words to prove his points — she hated the phrase "everything happens for a reason," he says. "It's all chaos, it's all random, and it's horrifying," McNamara would say, according to Oswalt. "And if you want to try and reduce the horror, and reduce the chaos, be kind. That's all you can do."
The discussion of his late wife is moving and heartbreaking, but not without laughter — not by a long shot. He talks about how things that would normally be his escape from reality, like comic books, failed him — why are superheroes ravaged by loss always doing martial arts and visiting their loved ones' graves during late night rainstorms?
"We're open nine hours a day," Oswalt says, mimicking a cemetery security guard. "I don't know why he's gotta come at night and stand there with that Offspring song playing."
Oswalt's daughter, Alice, also plays a big part in his story. McNamara's death left him a single dad for a time. (Oswalt is currently engaged to actor Meredith Salenger.) He recounts taking Alice to school for the first time after her mother died, saying he must've looked like a drug addict who had just found a random kid and was using her to score free food at the cafeteria. Even though he's reliving these moments by peppering in absurd jokes, Oswalt remains devastatingly genuine throughout. You see the pain, frustration and sadness flicker across his face during some of the more difficult moments of the set, but you never see defeat.
Studies exist to support the idea that laughter and comedy can help one deal with personal struggles. The Mayo Clinic says laughter produces natural painkillers, helps with coping with depression and anxiety, and makes it easier to connect with others in difficult situations. And other comedians have spoken about similarly painful experiences in their own sets. "Hopping on a comedy stage and sharing stories with friends and strangers buoyed my confidence and gave me a much-needed emotional release," comedic storyteller Kambri Crews wrote in The Huffington Post. "There is a reason comedians gravitate to the stage and why audiences continue to support live comedy and storytelling shows: Because life is tough, we all just want to laugh more."
Oswalt himself said that Annihilation is meant to be somewhat of a healing experience, and he even told Vanity Fair that he wouldn't be performing the material again following the filming of the special. "It would feel weird going on to make some money off of this stuff when it was just meant to be pure catharsis," he said. "I’ll just write another hour."
While Annihilation can be seen as many things — a therapeutic exercise for a grieving widower or a single dad's take on helping his daughter through loss — what it mostly is... is funny. Oswalt is a time-tested comedic figure who never fails to get a laugh, regardless of if he's talking about the deep pains of the human experience or a ridiculous, drunken fight he witnessed one night on the Sunset Strip. If he wanted to memorialize his wife in any way, I think he succeeded, because he embodies the very thing she always said — it's chaos. Be kind.


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New Delhi: In wake of the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday, Air India and IndiGo have announced a total waiver of cancellation and rescheduling charges for passengers flying to and from Colombo till April 24.
“In view of the situation in #Srilanka #AirIndia has waived off all charges for rescheduling/cancellation of bookings on its flights to/from Colombo for travel till April 24, 2019,” the national carrier said in a tweet.
It further requested the passengers to report “well in advance” to clear security at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo.
IndiGo tweeted: “In light of the recent events in Colombo, we are providing full fee waiver on rescheduling/cancellation for all flights to/from Colombo for travel scheduled till April 24, 2019. Our prayers are with the affected.”
According to Sri Lankan police, the multiple blasts on Easter Sunday so far claimed 207 lives while more than 450 others were wounded. Altogether eight explosions have ripped through the country, with six blasts hitting in the morning and two in the afternoon. A curfew has been imposed until 6 a.m. on Monday.


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Allan Stratton is the internationally award-winning author of Chanda’s Secrets and The Dogs.
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Rescuing the Radicalized Discourse on Sex and Gender: Part Two of a Three-Part Series
Our choice of words affects the way we think. That’s why we spend so much time fighting over which terms to use, whether it’s “undocumented immigrants” versus “illegal aliens,” “foetuses” versus “unborn babies,” or “militants” versus “terrorists.” In recent years, the question of word choice has figured prominently


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Abundance and distribution of iron-bearing and other heavy minerals in sediments of Long Island, N.Y., were examined to identify sources and sinks of dissolved iron and other ground-water constituents along a deep flow path from the ground-water divide to the southern shore along the Nassau-Suffolk County border. The occurrence and reactivity of many iron-bearing minerals in the aquifer system are affected by terminal electron-accepting processes, which are a function of depth below land surface, distance from the ground-water divide, and organic-matter content of the sediment. The lateral distribution of heavy minerals within lithologic sediments is not uniform throughout Long Island, or even along the 30-kilometer study section at the Nassau-Suffolk County border. Mineralogy and mineral abundance in Pleistocene units differ from those in Cretaceous sediments, and some of the trends vary with depth as well as from north to south. Major heavy minerals in the Cretaceous sediments at the study sites include pyrite, marcasite, muscovite, leucoxene, ilmenite, rutile, staurolite, chloritoid, and aluminosilicates (Al2SiO5); those in the overlying Pleistocene deposits at one site include iron oxides, leucoxene, zircon, garnet, ilmenite, aluminosilicates, and hornblende. Pyrite, marcasite, garnet, hornblende, and tourmaline were found locally in the Cretaceous sediments. Pyrite and marcasite were detected less frequently in borehole samples from near the ground-water divide, where the ground water is generally oxic, than in those from near the southern shore of Long Island, but were found in sulfate- reducing zones throughout the Magothy aquifer. Glauconite was present in Cretaceous and Pleistocene deposits, but only in the marine or transitional units. The most abundant and potentially reactive of the iron-bearing minerals found were iron (hydr)oxides, leucoxene, glauconite, chlorite, pyrite, and marcasite. The presence and morphology of pyrite and marcasite can be indicative of the microbial and geochemical environments. Pyrite generally was found in association with lignite or as interstitial cement. Marcasite was found as interstitial cement and is associated with the oxidation of iron-sulfide minerals upgradient. Pyrite crystals were octahedral, cubic, cubo-octahedral, and framboidal, and many samples showed more than one generation of crystal growth. Marcasite cement, which consisted of platey crystals in most samples, probably forms only under nonmarine conditions.
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Last year, the government refused to arrest Sudan President Omar al-Bashir.
The South African government has officially begun its process of withdrawing from the United Nations’ International Criminal Court, according to media reports. And it appears to be because of concerns about their relationships with other African nations.
Last year, the government refused to arrest Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide and war crimes. South Africa says they don’t want to execute ICC arrest warrants as they would lead to “regime change.” Bashir was attending a meeting of the African Union in Johannesburg, and the ICC requested that he be arrested, but the government ignored this request.
Bashir is accused of atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan.
The “Instrument of Withdrawal” signed by South Africa’s foreign minister was obtained by several media outlets, and it reads in part as follows: “The Republic of South Africa has found that its obligations with respect to the peaceful resolution of conflicts at times are incompatible with the interpretation given by the International Criminal Court.”
In addition to concerns about causing “regime change,” the South African government also says that it has national legislation that gives heads of state diplomatic immunity, and therefore these arrest requests would come in conflict with that law.
Although 34 African nations have agreed to honor the court’s jurisdiction, most govenrments refuse to act on arrest requests. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was charged with crimes against humanity, but the African Union said heads of state should get immunity during their term in office, which flies in the face of the purpose of the ICC.

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Champions consistency and Atomic's snoring problem - an interview with G2 Esports
G2 Esports' long-awaited RLCS championship at the Winter Major in LA finally cemented their legacy within Rocket League. Storied veterans Jacob "JKnaps" Knapman and Reed "Chicago" Wilen have worn the badge of the Samurai on their hearts and sleeves for years, and with the addition of an Atomic bomb, they've finally had the arsenal to have international crowns placed upon their heads.
It's been a rebuilding project in the making for G2 Esports in recent months, who went from being perched on top of North America in Season 9 to executing little success in Season X. With the retirement of Dillon "Rizzo" Rizzo and teething issues with rising star Andres "dreaz" Jordan leading to a lack of consistency, G2 has had to rediscover their identity to become global stalwarts once again.
Massimo "Atomic" Franceschi's swap deal to G2 Esports has since been a revelation, allowing the roster notorious for their attack and fundamental excellence to be balanced out with a swift and precise defensive resilience. Now, for the first time in their RLCS careers, G2 Esports and the current roster are international champions and aim to go back-to-back in London at the Spring Major.
Ahead of the RLCS 2021-22 Spring Major in London, we sat down and spoke with the roster as they bootcamped in the Red Bull Gaming Sphere, discussing what makes this variant of G2 better than previous ones, why consistency is so hard at the elite level, life in London, and Atomic's persistent snoring.
G2 Esports kick off their RLCS Venture against Gaimin Gladiators - the first team to ever qualify for an international Rocket League boasting players from India, Singapore, and Indonesia - before potentially meeting FURIA or Karmine Corp.
You can also watch G2 Esports live from their watch party in London, hosted at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere between June 29 and July 1.

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The York Theatre Company's staging of the American premiere of the Australian musical Prodigal, a contemporary musical inspired by "The Prodigal Son" Bible story, opens March 12 following a preview period of revisions.
During the Off-Broadway previews Feb. 26-March 10, York artistic director James Morgan took over the direction of the five actor show from Victoria Pero. The intermissionless show is said to be refined and trimmed since its first preview. Performances of the pop-friendly musical — with the composer accompanying on piano — continue to March 31 at Theatre at St. Peter's in Manhattan.
Penned by Aussie partners Dean Bryant (book and lyrics) and Mathew Frank (music), the show is set in Australia and focuses on gay, 18-year-old Luke (Joshua Park) and his journey of self discovery. He flees his small hometown of Eden for the thrilling unknowns of Sydney, where he meets a yearning actress (Kerry Butler) and a charming hedonist (Christian Borle) who lures him to a life of clubs, parties, sex and drugs. At home, where Luke was to join the family fishing business, the parents (Alison Fraser and David Hess) worry and then struggle to deal with a returning son who is so different.
Borle (double cast as lover and brother) appeared in Broadway's recent Jesus Christ Superstar, Butler is a veteran of Bat Boy, Alison Fraser is beloved for Romance/Romance and The Secret Garden, Hess appeared in the Annie Get Your Gun revival and Joshua Park was the title character in Broadway's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
"I'm enjoying the show tremendously," Fraser told Playbill On-Line during rehearsals. "I think it's a very special little piece. I've been immersing myself in the Australian experience — name an Aussie movie and I've probably seen it in the last three weeks. I'm kind of sick of Russell Crowe right about now and I didn't think that was possible. Prodigal's a very simple, personal story about an 18-year-old finding himself. I call it a 'coming out of age' musical. I'm the mom, and my children are these gorgeous boys named Josh Park and Christian Borle. The unbelievably sweet Kerry Butler is Maddie, a performance artist, and my husband is David Hess, and we do look a pair. The family dynamic is very warm, and I am loving the music." York artistic director James Morgan, who designed the set, assisted Victoria Pero with direction of the show late in the rehearsal process. Pero later left the project. Costumes are by Dan Lawson, lighting by Edward Pierce and musical direction by the composer.
Songs include "Picture Postcard Place," "Happy Families," "Run With the Tide," "Brand New Eyes," "When I Was a Kid," "My Boy," "Out of Myself," "Set Me Free," "Epiphany" and more.
The musical, under the title Prodigal Son, premiered to critical acclaim at Chapel Off Chapel as part of the Midsumma Festival in January 2000 in Australia, with Bryant as Luke. In March 2001 Prodigal Son was nominated for three Victorian Green Room Awards and won Best Original Score and Best Supporting Actor for its Melbourne production. The twentysomething authors, creative and life partners who attended the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, have been in residence at the York during rehearsals.
"Prodigal features a rich score that ranges from lyrical ballads to contemporary pop," Morgan said in a statement. "With two sold-out engagements, the show was a huge success in Australia and we're excited to bring it to New York audiences."
Tickets are $45. Performances are 8 PM Tuesday-Saturday, with matinees 2:30 PM Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The York Theatre at St. Peter's in the Citigroup Center is at 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th Street. For ticket information, call (212) 239-6200.
Off-Broadway's York is known for presenting new musicals, revived musicals and concert readings of musicals in an intimate setting.
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The magnificence of the Indian Air Force’s aerial displays, the awe-inspiring weapons systems on display, the competitive grandeur of the floats from the states, and the poignancy of seeing the families of the winners of the medals of valour –what would Republic Day be without those references? Everything about our Republic Day, right up to the uber-synchronised Beating Retreat is designed to impress and inspire the citizens. In comparison, Independence Day seems to be a much more functional, almost austere observance –why the difference?
Independence Day is an uncomplicated celebration of freedom – of becoming free from an oppression that, despite the 70 years that have passed, is still very personal to most Indians as we go about savouring that freedom in our everyday lives. The Republic Day challenge is how to get the people as excited or involved with the acceptance of a document, even if it is the very foundation of what makes India the nation it is? The citizens may choose to be less than excited about the workings of the government but the Republic Day displays offer stunning visual proof of what the country has achieved – a kind of report card of the country if you will. Could the purpose of all the ceremony be to join the citizens with the celebrations? Could the pageantry be an invitation to the people to become a part of the celebrations, to draw confidence from the display of our greatness as a nation? Could this be the public in the Republic Day?

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HOPE: Affordable Housing in East Long Beach for Individuals with Special Needs
The City of Long Beach, in partnership with its nonprofit affiliate, The Long Beach Community Investment Company (LBCIC), joined with developer HOPE, Inc., to commemorate the grand opening of a five-unit affordable housing development in East Long Beach at 116 Redondo Ave.
HOPE, Inc. is committed to creating: safe, stable, and affordable housing throughout Los Angeles County. HOPE independent living strives to empower adults with developmental disabilities, through the action of affordable housing, as well as other support resources; so individuals may feel a sense of self-reliance and accomplishment no matter their circumstance.
The event, featuring elected officials, agency representatives, and community leaders took place at Trolley Park. The recently rehabilitated two-story development will provide homes for low-income adults with developmental disabilities earning 30% of the area median income (AMI); and rents will be based on 30% of household income.
On-site support will be made available to the residents through disability services provider Ambitions, Inc. and as access to intensive services and case management will take place at the Harbor Regional Center.
“I am excited to celebrate the grand opening of HOPE on Redondo here in the third district,” said Councilwoman Suzie Price. “This development adds housing as well as focusing on the necessary on-site supportive services people with disabilities depend on. Housing is an issue statewide of course, but adding essential services into the project goes a very long way to ensure these new tenants are well taken care of.”
In April 2018, The LBCIC approved a loan of approximately $875,000 for the purchase and rehabilitation the property at 116 Redondo Ave.
“The LBCIC is proud to invest our resources to expand the supply of decent, safe, affordable housing in Long Beach,” said John Thomas, The LBCIC Chair. “This much-needed project will offer our most vulnerable residents a wonderful home and a greater quality of life.”
With the increase of homelessness in Long Beach, the affordable housing unit for special needs individuals offers some “hope” for the continuum of investment in a nationwide social issue.
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Hitting Shanghai as part of their Asia tour, photography duo Ciesay and Soulz’s Places + Faces imprint team up with Shanghai via Hong Kong club collective Yeti Out on a special T-shirt in celebration of their party at China’s underground haunt Arkham. With both crews steeped in the parallel worlds of music and fashion, the friends & family tee features duo branding in the front, bold typography signature to P+F and a red motif that gives nod to the Middle Kingdom at the back alongside the DJ lineup featuring Ciesay, Danny Brown’s producer Darq E Freaker, and the Yeti brothers. The “Friends & Family” release will available to those who attend the event on April 12.
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Von Willebrand disease in dogs – Pet tip 138
You may be familiar with the human inherited blood disorder Hemophilia A, in which affected individuals suffer from prolonged, spontaneous bleeding due to a missing clotting factor in their blood. What you may not know, is that a very similar condition exists in our canine companions. Von Willebrand’s Disease (vWD) is a genetically inherited bleeding disorder that affects some of the most popular dog breeds, including the German Shepherd, Shetland Sheepdog, Golden Retriever, Standard Poodle, and most notably, the Doberman Pinscher.
As in human hemophilia, dogs with vWD lack a factor which is essential to the clotting process. Normally, when a blood vessel sustains an injury and bleeding occurs, cell fragments called platelets clump together at the site of the tear to effectively ‘plug’ the hole. While these platelets temporarily stop the bleeding, a cascade of clotting factors leads to the formation of a more permanent seal made of a material called fibrin. In vWD the deficient clotting factor severely disrupts both platelet function and the formation of the fibrin clot. As a result, dogs affected with vWD experience prolonged bleeding following injury.
Due to the fact that the major symptom of this disease often does not appear until an injury has taken place, many owners are completely unaware that anything is even wrong with their dog. Commonly, the first bleeding episode will occur following a dog’s neuter or spay surgery. In some cases, owners may first notice blood in their dog’s stool or urine. Other times, dogs will develop nose bleeds or bleeding from the gums that prompt their owners to seek veterinary care. Without this care, a dog with vWD has the potential to bleed to death even from injuries which might seem only minor.
If you or your veterinarian suspects that your dog might be suffering from vWD, it is possible to make a definitive diagnosis. The most primitive form of testing involves making a tiny cut on the inside of the animal’s mouth prior to surgery. This is normally done once the dog is already under anaesthetic, and the test simply involves measuring the amount of time it takes for a clot to form naturally (this should take under four minutes). This test, while a good way to screen patients at the time of surgery, cannot specifically point to vWD as the cause of clotting problems. A better test involves taking a blood sample from the dog in question, and measuring the levels of the von Willebrand clotting factor. Abnormally low levels are indicative of vWD. This test is extremely useful, but not the most sensitive. In some cases, several samples must be tested before a confident diagnosis can be made. The ideal way to diagnose vWD is through DNA testing. This involves taking a swab of fluid from inside the dog’s mouth and submitting it to a veterinary genetics laboratory. As of yet, only certain forms of vWD can be detected through genetic testing, but the number of tests available is growing.
Currently, there is no cure available for dogs with vWD, and treatment involves managing bleeding episodes as they occur. A hemorrhaging animal should be treated with an infusion of a blood product containing the necessary clotting factor. This product can also be administered proactively, in anticipation of surgery or any other procedure with an associated risk of injury. There is also a newer drug available called desmopressin, which has been shown to help induce clotting in some vWD patients. In some dogs, the disease is associated with hypothyroidism, and so thyroid hormone supplements can help to alleviate the disease somewhat as well.
It is important to recognize that a dog with vWD has the potential to live a long and happy life. In order to do so, however, owners must take special precautions to help prevent injuries in their pets. This might mean limiting the amount of ‘rough-housing’ they let their pet partake in, and feeding them soft or canned food to prevent any cuts from forming in their mouths. There are also certain medications that affected dogs should avoid, including aspirin (which will further decrease blood clotting). Finally, because this disease is genetically inherited, it is critical that dogs with vWD are not bred. With no cure available to dogs suffering from vWD, we must turn to responsible breeding to prevent the occurrence of the disease in the first place.
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Kimberly Schott poses in a senior photo. (Courtesy/Kim Schott)
This profile is part of a series on Class of 2019 high school graduates. Salem Reporter asked high schools in Salem and Keizer to select an outstanding graduate – someone who accomplished something significant, whether through art, academics, advocacy or overcoming obstacles to graduate.
Kimberly Schott didn’t set out to change state law.
The McNary High School student was upset early in her junior year when she found out in the fall of 2017 that school staff were required to report as child abuse consensual sex between teenagers under 18 to Oregon’s Department of Human Services.
Schott learned of the issue because her health teacher talked about it in class. She was upset that the law would inhibit teens from speaking openly to trusted adults.
“My teachers do so much for me, I want to do something for them,” she remembered thinking.
Schott and classmate Marissa Dougall started a Change.org petition, intending to address the policy with the school board. It gathered steam quickly among students.
“Everyone got really fired up about it,” Schott said.
District leaders heard of her campaign, and Schott met with Superintendent Christy Perry to explain her concerns.
“She just was wise beyond her years. She knew what she wanted, she spoke eloquently,” said McNary Principal Erik Jespersen.
Getting the superintendent’s attention in a district the size of Salem-Keizer is rare, but Schott left an impression.
“She did her homework and knew her facts. She asked me hard questions, held me accountable for decisions, and then worked as an equal partner in seeking a revision to the law,” Perry wrote in a college recommendation letter for Schott.
The district’s directive was issued in October 2017 to all staff and told them report consensual sex between minors. It was rooted in state law, district spokeswoman Lillian Govus said, and came after leaders sought legal advice. At the time, other Oregon districts weren’t interpreting the law as strictly, though the Marion County District Attorney's office backed Salem-Keizer's interpretation.
“It wasn’t Salem-Keizer Public Schools’ shining moment in terms of public opinion. People weren’t pleased with how the legal position had us executing these statutes,” Govus said.
But the issue was with how state law was phrased, Govus said. Govus and Perry supported Schott and urged her to take her concerns to the Legislature in the spring of 2018.
“She was able to be the change agent that maybe we weren’t necessarily able to be,” Govus said.
Schott said because of the rule, she and her classmates felt they were under a microscope and had to watch what they said around adults in school about sex and relationships.
“I felt like there was a giant spotlight on all of us now and we had to be super careful,” she said. So she decided to go forward to the Legislature.
It’s was Schott’s first experience with advocacy, but adults she worked with said that didn’t deter her. She wanted to meet with legislators and ask them introduce a bill stating that consensual teen sex didn’t need to be reported.
“I don’t know if she’s that brave or if she just didn’t know what the state legislature can be,” Govus said.
Schott and Dougall met with state Rep. Bill Post and Sen. Sara Gelser and explained their concerns. In addition to deterring teens from talking to teachers and counselors, they were concerned the bill would prevent school staff from parenting their own children, since mandatory reporters must follow the law even when not at work.
Post and Gelser agreed to introduce legislation clarifying the law by saying consensual teen sex didn’t need to be reported.
Schott testified before legislators in support, did media interviews and answered tough questions from adults, all with calm and poise, Govus said.
“It was really empowering,” she said. She felt small, but also capable of making change.
“It opened my eyes to what I want to do with my future,” she said.
Over the course of the legislative process, the bill changed into defining an age of consent in Oregon, which proved more controversial than the clarification Schott sought.
The final bill left the mandatory reporting law alone, so the session ended without clarification.
But in September, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued an opinion saying that consensual teen sex didn’t need to be reported as child abuse so long as teens were close in age.
“It took like a full year for change,” Schott said. But she learned “hard work really does pay off.”
Schott grew up in Keizer, attending Gubser Elementary School and Whiteaker Middle School. She plays flute in her church band and is on McNary’s varsity lacrosse team.
Schott will spend the summer working and saving money for college before heading to Chemeketa in the fall. From there, she plans to transfer to Oregon State University and study business, with a German minor.
Aside from advocacy, theater at McNary has been her passion. With a few weeks left in the school year, she was performing” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” in the school auditorium. Her first show was “The Wizard of Oz”, and in the fall, she performed in “Grease.” She’d like to stay active in community theater, she said.
“I get to not be myself - I get to be someone else but that’s really fun,” she said.
Schott said her experience in the legislature has made her want to pursue elected office, though that’s farther out in her future.
“Nobody’s going to vote for an 18-year-old,” she said.
The district leaders she worked with said Schott’s push for change is exactly what they hope to see in students.
“I’m really proud of Kimberly,” Jespersen said. “This experience is the type of thing that will catapult her.”
Reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.
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All the injured persons have been admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital and are undergoing treatment, said reports.
According to reports, the tanker was burnt fully due to which a dense smoke covered up the area. Due to low visibility, vehicular movement was disrupted; even a truck and a bus collided head-on.
On being informed, fire vehicle rushed to the spot and doused the fire.


I believe it to be good. I haven’t driven the car since the knock started. I can’t simply pull the pan to check, and I can’t pull the engine at the moment (I live in an apartment complex, I’ll have to drag it to my brothers house), but that’s all gonna wait until next spring when I’ve had time to accumulate all the parts and will have more vacation time, which won’t be until early May. I don’t want to tear it all apart more than once. Tear it all down, redo all bearings and seals, build it, throw it back in. Standard size cast crank bearings are surprisingly hard to come buy, but under size are not. If I end up having to have the crank turned over a couple thou I’ll buy some new bearings. Not too big of a deal.Are You purchasing bearings for a known good crank, or??? If the crank You plan to use doesn't check out, You will be buying undersize ones if it gets re-ground, or a replacement that's been done the same.


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Pulse polio pays off, not a single case last year
India's Rs 12,000-crore pulse polio programme has finally shown results with the country being free of polio for one year for the first time ever. India's last polio case was detected in a two-year-old girl in Panchla block of Howrah, West Bengal, on January 13, 2011.delhi Updated: Jan 13, 2012 02:30 IST
India's Rs 12,000-crore pulse polio programme has finally shown results with the country being free of polio for one year for the first time ever. India's last polio case was detected in a two-year-old girl in Panchla block of Howrah, West Bengal, on January 13, 2011.
Globally, 620 cases were reported in 16 countries in 2011, with Pakistan reporting 189 cases. Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, polio cases have dropped by 99%-from 350,000 children paralysed or killed annually in 125 countries in 1988 to 620 cases reported in 16 countries in 2011. In 2006, the number of polio-endemic countries (where wild poliovirus prospers and infects) was reduced to four--India, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.In 2010, India reported 42 cases, the lowest ever since 66 in 2005. The worst year was 2009, when India topped the polio charts, reporting almost half-46% or 741 cases -of the global total of 1,604 cases.
"We are excited and hopeful, at the same time, vigilant and alert, as we need to ensure there are no case of polio infection over three consecutive years for India to be declared polio-eradicated," said union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
India has been working in close partnership with international agencies-technical support from the WHO, communication by UNICEF and advocacy by Rotary International.
Each national pulse polio immunisation round involves 24 lakh vaccinators visiting over 20 crore homes to vaccinate 17.2 crore children under the age of five years. Over 50 lakh children are immunised during each round in UP, Bihar and Mumbai alone. The result was no polio in UP since April 2010 and in Bihar since September 2010.
Experts, however, say it is still a bit premature to celebrate. "High-quality immunisation has to be maintained to guard against re-importation of wild poliovirus from Pakistan, China and Afghanistan, which had polio outbreaks in 2011."
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Cimpress plc (Nasdaq: CMPR) amended its senior secured credit facility and has elected to end the related covenant suspension period implemented in April 2020.
"During the height of pandemic-related uncertainty last year, we suspended the financial maintenance covenants associated with our senior secured bank debt to provide flexibility to navigate the pandemic," said Sean Quinn, executive vice president and chief financial officer. "That flexibility came at the price of taking on expensive second lien debt. We have since proven our ability to deliver solid profits and cash flow despite the significant impact of the pandemic. Between March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2020, we repaid approximately $400 million of debt while continuing to fund significant growth investments, both organically and through acquisition, which we believe will deliver value-creating growth on the other side of the pandemic. We have amended our credit facility and elected to end the covenant suspension period put in place last spring. Our intent is to use proceeds from our credit facility to redeem our $300 million of second lien debt on or soon after the first possible redemption date of May 15, 2021."
Compared to our financial maintenance covenants before the covenant suspension period, the amended credit facility changes our financial maintenance covenants through and including September 30, 2022 as follows:
Our maximum total leverage covenant will increase from 4.75x to 5.25x trailing-twelve-month EBITDA.
Our maximum senior secured leverage covenant will decrease from 3.25x to 3.00x trailing-twelve-month EBITDA.
Both of the above covenants will reset to their prior levels for our results reported for the quarter ending December 31, 2022.
Our minimum interest coverage ratio will remain at 3.00x trailing-twelve-month EBITDA, but exclude the cash interest expense impact of our $300M of second lien debt if and when we repay it.
In addition, we made changes to several of our negative covenants, including removing most of the limitations on M&A and share repurchases that were in place during the covenant suspension period.
Cimpress plc (Nasdaq: CMPR) invests in and builds customer-focused, entrepreneurial, mass-customization businesses for the long term. Mass customization is a competitive strategy which seeks to produce goods and services to meet individual customer needs with near mass production efficiency. Cimpress businesses include BuildASign, Exaprint, National Pen, Pixartprinting, Printdeal, Printi, Vistaprint and WIRmachenDRUCK, among others. To learn more, visit http://www.cimpress.com.
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In addition, the forward-looking statements in this press release represent our expectations and beliefs as of the date of this document, and subsequent events and developments may cause these expectations and beliefs to change. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this document.
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Cable operator Comcast historically has been stingy and slow when it comes to expanding access to services like HBO GO on third-party devices. That’s why today’s news that HBO GO as well as Showtime Anytime will be made available on Amazon’s streaming media players, including Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, is notable.
The company says that, as of now, Comcast Xfinity TV customers will be able to sign into the networks’ applications using their credentials in order to immediately start watching the movies and shows each app offers. This is presuming, of course, that customers pay for these premium channels as a part of their Comcast service.
With the additional support for Amazon’s Fire TV devices, Comcast says it authenticates more than 90 networks across 18 devices, including other popular streaming media players like Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast, plus gaming console Xbox One, among others.
Still missing from the list? PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 – something that’s been a complaint for over a year now. HBO GO arrived on the PS3 in early 2014, and when it hit PS4 this March, Comcast customers weren’t surprised (but were disappointed) to discover that they couldn’t use HBO GO there, either.
Comcast’s decision to withhold access to HBO on various connected platforms is ultimately a bad business decision for the company, especially now that HBO offers and over-the-top service called HBO NOW.
Though NOW is still somewhat restricted as well – it only works on iOS devices, Apple TV, Sling TV, and the web, the larger goal for HBO NOW is to be a cross-platform service. As HBO expands access to its solution for cord cutters, there will be less incentive for customers to buy a cable tv package – like one from Comcast – in order to watch HBO programming.

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Johnsson was born in Pielisjärvi, and graduated from the Kuopion lyseon lukio (in Kuopio) on 5 June 1875. He obtained his law degree in 1879. Johnsson worked in the Vyborg Courts of Appeal from 1879, he served as reserve judge in 1882. Soisalon-Soininen worked at the senate's justice apartment from 1900 and from 1901 to 1905 as chancellor of justice. Soisalon-Soininen was assassinated in 1905 when a young student called Lennart Hohenthal murdered him at his apartment in Helsinki.
In the morning at 10.30 AM a young man of a heavy build (Hohenthal) dressed as a Russian officer came to Soisalon-Soininen's apartment in Helsinki. Having fooled the police posted outside, Hohenthal rang the doorbell and a valet (a disguised policeman) opened the door. Hohenthal gave the valet a business card which read Alexander De Gadd, Lieutenant de la Garde, St. Petersbourg. Hohenthal asked if he could meet the chancellor. The valet guided him to the chancellor's office.
When Soisalon-Soininen came to the room, Hohenthal pulled a pistol and shot eight shots towards the chancellor of justice, two of which struck the chancellor in the chest and stomach.
The chancellor of justice fell to the floor. Then the valet entered the room and shot at the assassin. During the exchange of fire between the assassin and policeman, the 17-year-old Johan (a.k.a. Juhani) who was the son of Soisalon-Soininen came to the room and joined the policeman in firing upon the assassin.
Hohenthal shot Johan in the leg. Hohenthal also received some small injuries and surrendered. He was taken to hospital under guard.

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Janes, Inc et al v. Moates et al
CLERK'S ORDER re 29 granting Agreed Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint until 8/6/13, filed by National Planning Corporation, dated July 12, 2013. (sh)
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WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
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JANES, INC., ET AL
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WILLIAM J. MOATES, ET AL
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National Planning Corporation is hereby granted until and including August 6, 2013
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It's a matter of when for changing nation's health insurance policy
We’re not sure what point Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was trying to prove by staging a 21-hour marathon speech in the Senate Tuesday and Wednesday, so we’re glad it’s over.
Now the rest of Congress can go about stripping out a provision to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as President Barack Obama himself called it last week, from House-passed legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. That rider never should have been included in the legislation in the first place.
Certainly, repealing Obamacare is an admirable goal, what with its many hidden costs and unintended consequences for the nation’s economy.
But Cruz’s ham-handed attempt to stop it, and the inclusion of the silly rider in the House bill, has to only make one wonder if Don Quixote has returned to tilt once more at windmills.
Quite frankly, at this late date and wishing uncertainty away, we believe the legislation should be let to kick in, warts and all.
We believe, to paraphrase Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., we are going to have to live with it before we really know what is in it.
Then, we believe, when people have to start living with the complexity, when they have to start living with the increased costs, when they have to start living with the increased paperwork, and when they start having to live with the onerous rules, will the things that should have been fixed this year suddenly become subjects of legislation that will, well maybe not fly, but sail through Congress.
We don’t know why Obama has refused to negotiate with House Republicans on some of these changes. It’s as if he didn’t think of them first, then it doesn’t matter. It’s not that he’s against changing parts of it, even though he did that unilaterally, and perhaps illegally. We don’t know how he can just change legislation to push back the employer mandate back a year without congressional authority. We don’t know how he can waive income verification for subsidies without congressional approval. We don’t know how he can just let Congress and staffs off the hook from language written and passed in Congress.
But, it’s Obama’s bill and when people have to hire experts to help them sign up for the insurance exchanges, when they have to get second policies for a spouse who has been dropped from an employer-sponsored plan (UPS, for one, is doing this), when they get their hours cut because a company wants to avoid the tentacles of Obamacare, and then still have to buy their own insurance, it is Obama who has to explain why things were done the way they were.
We will see what happens then.


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An important attribute of a species is the average number of offspring each adult is expected to produce. The parameter R will represent the reproductive rate, which can range from a value as small as 2 (for mammals and other higher animals) to as high as 10,000 or more (for plants with thousands of seeds).
The reproductive rate plays a role in the creation of a new generation. In the mathematical model, we assume the current generation produces offspring, where n is the size of the current generation. Of these, at most K survive to form the next generation.

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Shots (on goal)
VIKINGS SOCCER KEEPS ROLLING The first-place DVC women's soccer team cruised to a 4-0 victory over visiting Sacramento City in the Big 8 on a rainy Friday. Cameron Chan staked the Vikings (13-1-4, 8-1-4) to a 1-0 lead with a goal in the third minute assisted by Karla Ramos. Ramos, Noelle Lemos and Megan Melara rounded out the scoring with unassisted goals. DVC keepers Katie McGlaughlin and Lula Valdivia each played 45 minutes without having to make a save. With three conference games remaining, the Vikings will host tough San Joaquin Delta on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.


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|Former Managing Director of McDonald's Korea Joh Ju-yeon gives New Year speech at the company's headquarter in Seoul, on Jan. 9. / Courtesy of McDonald's Korea|
By Kim Jae-heun
What seems like an easy job for many wasn't easy for Joh Ju-yeon, the former managing director at McDonald's Korea.
Joh, also known as Melanie Joh, recently emailed all employees notifying them of her "sudden" resignation. The managing director's departure was viewed by many as a "surprise" given the New Year's message to employees she sent to employees in which she detailed her initiatives to make McDonald's a "client-focused" restaurant.
According to the company, the resignation of Joh was for a "personal reason" and it stressed Joh's departure has nothing to do with the company. A McDonald's spokesperson noted that the company is seeking for Joh's successor.
However, officials with direct knowledge of the issue told The Korea Times that Joh was forced to step down from the position as she was dissatisfied with the burger franchise operator's U.S. headquarters with controversies that tattered McDonald's reputation here.
"Since Joh took the chief position in 2016, she faced at least four controversies involving hygiene and food safety issues that defamed the fast food chain's image," one official source said. "Despite customers' growing dissatisfaction with the brand, Joh continued to raise burger prices while degrading the quality of ingredients to cut the unit cost."
Sales of McDonald's Korea, last year, improved from the previous year; however, the sales rises were mostly due to its bold decision to cut the retail cost of the burgers. Joh raised the burger prices by 200 won on average almost every year, saying the increases was because of the hike in labor costs.
In 2018, the managing director received criticism for increasing the prices of popular burger meals while substituting some low-price burger buns to even cheaper ones.
This year, Joh also raised some burger menu prices by an average of 1.36 percent. She raised the price for popular menu items and lowered the prices of burgers that were already the cheapest in the restaurant. This gave her a reason to say she did not increase all the burger prices in consideriation of the burden customers would face, the officials said asking not to be identified.
The "hamburger disease" incident gave Joh the hardest time in her career as chief.
In 2017, occurrence of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), better known as "hamburger disease," led the prosecution to investigate McDonald's.
One reportedly ate burger meals at the fast food chain and subsequently suffered HUS.
A civic group "Political Mamas" sued McDonald's for an alleged breach of the Food Sanitation Act and a charge of professional negligence resulting in injury in July the same year. However, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office did not indict the fast food chain due to a lack of evidence.
However, it led to the closure of 20 restaurants in 2018 after the public started to avoid McDonald's hamburgers.
Despite such incidents, McDonald's served an undercooked patty in a burger again in October last year. In the picture, a customer held rare-cooked chicken meat, which he didn't eat but could possibly have threatened his health.
McDonald's Korea said it will conduct inspections throughout some 410 restaurants in the country.

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100% vegetarian, once a week. Because it makes sense.
"You will be amazed at how much green there can be in a day.
Regionality and seasonality have been a lived and loved culture for years, especially within the framework of our “Green toque”.
A whole day dedicated to “Veggie”
Perhaps you will use your vacation to have an enjoyable vegetarian day. Our vegetarian offer is varied and enjoyable, from breakfast to afternoon snacks to dinner. We invite you to embark on an exciting journey through a day full of vegetarian highlights.
Anyone who has not yet approached this topic so actively will be amazed at the variety and taste with which we spoil you from morning to night.
Incidentally, Paul McCartney has also been campaigning for a meat-free Monday (“Meatless Monday”) in Great Britain since 2009.
PS: And what do you get out of it?
Many of our guests innately go for our vegetarian options when choosing their evening menu. For many reasons: Because it tastes better, is more digestible, for the sake of animal welfare, for the sake of the environment. For the sake of the people. And it simply makes sense. Even if it’s just in between meals. Many guests whisper to us that they rarely if ever cook vegetarian food at home – but love to be pampered just as much here, because holiday time is simply also time to change the habit a little. And because it tastes surprisingly fine, intense and multi-faceted – and the night’s sleep is much deeper afterwards.


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eFootage is a premier HD, film and video stock footage archive (contemporary and vintage) specializing in news, industrial, and more.
We have over one million additional stock footage clips that we can search upon request.
Featuring Data Refinery® and WebMagic® search and data technology.
A premier dv, film and video, digital and hd stock footage archive