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Title: Shattered Lives Mended Hearts (The One Series, #2)
Author: Lena Nicole
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
If you have not read The One Left Behind, this synopsis will be a spoiler to that book.
Addison's life was shattered a year ago when she was left with no memory of her fiancé. When Pierce entered her life she thought she was on the mend until her memories of Colin came back.
With having all her old memories flooding back, Addison is left faced with the consequences of the decision she made to move on with another man.
Now faced with loving two men Addison must find it in her heart who her soul mate is without breaking the heart of the other.
Will Addison run away leaving everyone with shattered lives or make a decision that will mend hearts?
I put my hand on the nape of her neck and pull her gently toward me. “Come here, Addison,” I whisper to her. Her eyes lock in on my lips and the air shifts between us. It’s so full of want and need that I can’t stand it anymore. It’s been so long since I’ve been able to touch her intimately that I don’t know how I’ve lasted this long.
I seal her lips with mine and am met with a soft moan from Addison. After a moment of gentle kissing, I deepen it and part her lips with my tongue. She grabs me by the shirt, leans back, and pulls me on top of her. I run my hand up the outside of her thigh as I devour her lips. I had taken off my jacket and tie when we walked in the door, and now she’s working on the buttons of my shirt. Her hands are shaking and fumbling as she struggles to get them undone. I’m considering pulling back and putting a stop to this since she seems so nervous, but when I pull back to look into her eyes I see that it’s not nerves making her shake, it’s pure lust and need. I sit up and undo the rest of the buttons and slide my shirt off. “Stop teasing me, Colin. I need you.”
Jaime Nicole Whitley is an Army wife and stay at home mom to her wonderful son Aiden and daughter Peyton, who has a passion for music, reading, NASCAR and football season. She grew up in New Jersey and lived in Las Vegas for a couple years working as a medical assistant before meeting her husband. While following his career, she ended up in North Carolina. Along with her two children Jaime also has a furbaby who is a mixed lab. When she met Lena, she was so excited to share the same passion for books with her and jumped at the chance to write her own novel with a little encouragement from her husband.
Rachael Lena Duncan is an Army wife to her amazing husband, Steven, and mother to their beautiful daughter's, Natalie, and Zoe. She grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and went off to graduate from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor's degree in political science. She once had dreams of being in politics and working behind the scenes as a political advisor. After working on Capitol Hill for a short time, she realized that wasn't for her. She always enjoyed writing and wanted to find a way to use that while moving from state to state with her husband's career. Fortunately, she met Nicole and was able to embark on this amazing journey with her.


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These glass pendants are a knockout but apparently this painting is too.
You might like boxing but I also like these vintage industrial glass pendants. Just like the boxing ring, these glass pendants take center stage.
Hang these industrial pendants alone or in a group. Use them over the dining table, kitchen island or bar counter. Any way you hang these glass pendants, they will not go unnoticed. Made from hand blown glass with a tint of green, these pendants add big industrial style to any space. And lit with the soft glow of a filament bulb, these glass pendants can set the mood for fine or casual dining.
So next time to shop for vintage industrial pendants, make sure they’re a knockout!
In the boxing ring
It’s a knockout
Cool vintage book presses
And cool vintage style pendants
Made from hand blown glass
They’re a knockout too!

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Austin City Limits is almost here, and TicketCity has created your complete guide to this year’s ACL Festival! We’ve got all the information you need, from how to get to ACL, what to bring, who to see and what to do during and after the festival, we’ve got all the info you need to have the best ACL Experience ever… oh, and don’t forget about the late addition of Weezy F on Saturday of Weekend 2.
The 2018 Austin City Limits Festival takes place October 5-7 and October 12-14. If you have not gotten your tickets for the festival yet, TicketCity has 3-day passes for both weekends, as well as single-day tickets, which can be found here.
How to Get There
One of the most popular, and probably the easiest way to get to ACL is via bicycle! The festival has bike racks at each entrance of the festival. You may also rent a bicycle from B-cycle, which has 50 stations around the downtown area.
Austin’s public transportation system is another great and affordable way to access ACL Festival. Capital Metro has several busses that run downtown, as well as a metrorail that will be running an extended schedule during both ACL weekends. Capital Metro will also be the one providing the free shuttle services from Republic Square Park.
The festival offers a free shuttle service to and from the festival from the Republic Square located at 4th and Guadalupe. The shuttles run from 10am-11pm every day of the festival.
Taxis & Rideshare:
The festival has a designated area for drop offs and pickups for those who choose to take a taxi or rideshare programs such as Fare, Fasten, and Ride.
Driving to the festival is not recommended as there is no parking available and most of the streets near the festival will be shut down. If you choose to drive to the festival, it is recommended that you park somewhere downtown, where you can then walk or take the free shuttle service to the festival.
What to Bring:
- Small, single pocket drawstring bag or small purse/fanny pack (may not exceed 14”x11”x5” and must have no more than one pocket or opening)
- Water bottles (must be empty or sealed upon entry to the festival) or empty CamelBak hydration packs (smaller than 18 L); there will be several free water filling stations located throughout the park
- Sunscreen and bug repellant (no aerosol containers allowed)
- Portable cell phone charger
- Blankets, towels, or collapsible chairs to sit on
What Not to Bring:
- Backpacks/bags with multiple pockets or larger than 14”x11”x5”
- Outside food or beverages
- Professional audio and/or video recording equipment
- Glass containers
- E-Cigs or vaping devices
- Selfie sticks
- Frisbees, skateboards, scooters, wagons, bicycles (inside the festival) or any kind of motorized vehicle
ACL bodegas are one-stop shops that offer most festival necessities as well as fresh fruit and snacks. If you find yourself in need of sunscreen, ponchos, or anything else stop by one of the bodegas!
The State Farm #HereToHelp tent is another place to stop by if you’ve forgotten something. The air-conditioned tent offers free cell phone charging and wi-fi as well as free sunscreen, sunglasses and more!
Bands to See
Obviously, the Austin City Limits Festival is all about the music, and this year’s festival features Paul McCartney, Metallica and Childish Gambino as the headliners. With over 100 artists performing at the festival it can be hard to choose which bands to see, so we’ve narrowed down the list to some of the festival’s top non-headlining performers.
Greta Van Fleet (Weekend 1 Only)
Greta Van Fleet is the biggest up-and-coming band in music right now. They have taken the world by storm and their concerts have been selling out all year. The band is known for their similarity to Led Zeppelin and for bringing the classic rock sound back into modern rock music.
Bishop Briggs is a new alternative artist out of the United Kingdom who released her debut album earlier this year. She has grown in popularity just this year and is most known for her song “River”.
Alvvays have been growing in popularity in the past couple years as word travels of their upbeat live performances. Especially popular among college students, this indie pop band is one you will not want to miss.
St. Vincent is an alternative rock artist known for her distinct musical style. While she has been active in music for over a decade, she broke out in 2014 with her self-titled album that won a Grammy for best alternative album, and she has been a must-see artist ever since.
Wallows (Weekend 2 Only)
Wallows are an alternative rock band fronted by Dylan Minnette, the star of Netflix’s TV series “13 Reasons Why.”
Chvrches have become an ACL favorite ever since they first played the festival a few years ago. The synthpop band are known for their electric live performances.
Shawn Mendes (Weekend 2 Only)
Shawn Mendes is a pop star that has taken the world by storm. He has been on an extremely successful 2018 tour that will continue in 2019, and this is his only stop in Austin.
Vince Staples (Weekend 2 Only)
Vince Staples is one of today’s most popular rappers, having collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on the “Black Panther” soundtrack. He is only playing ACL for one weekend.
Wilderado (Weekend 1 Only)
Wilderado is probably the most underrated band on this year’s ACL lineup. The alternative indie group has a unique sound that is a mixture of alternative and country/folk rock. Take my word for it, they’re just good.
Shopping & Other Activities
Places to Eat:
The ACL Eats Food Court has added a second location for 2018. The first food court offers Torchy’s Tacos, The Peached Tortilla, P. Terry’s Burgers and Amy’s Ice Cream, among others. The second area – on the north side of Zilker Park – includes Burro Grilled Cheese, Tino’s Greek Café and Good Pop.
If you want to get away from the crowd and music for a bit, ACL has an art market where you can browse various goods from both national and local artists. Some of the vendors include Blue Lux, Austin Art Garage, Greg Davis and Futurgarb.
Honda x Waterloo Artist Signing Stage:
Want the opportunity to meet some of your favorite ACL artists? The Honda x Waterloo Artist Signing Stage hosts autograph signings for various ACL artists every day of the festival for free!
Austin Kiddie Limits:
Austin City Limits is family friendly. Up to two children ages 10 and under can enter the festival for free when accompanied by a ticketed adult. ACL has the Austin Kiddie Limits area that offers several fun activities for families. Austin Kiddie Limits is open from 11:00am-7:00pm every day.
Didn’t get enough at ACLFest?
Some of the best artists in the ACL lineup also play the official ACL Late Night shows. The late-night shows are played at much smaller venues than Zilker Park, such as Emo’s, Stubb’s and Moody Theatre. This year’s ACL Late Night performers include Sofi Tukker, St. Vincent, The Wombats, Houndmouth, X Ambassadors, Brockhampton, San Holo, Lisa Loeb, Bishop Briggs, Alvvays, The National, ODESZA, Manchester Orchestra and more! Check out all of the ACL Late Night shows and purchase tickets here.

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DUMAGUETE CITY, May 25 The provincial government of Negros Oriental, through its Provincial Commission on Women, will be holding a Womens Summit on Friday in observance of this years International Day of Action for Womens Health.
Around 250 women participants from all sectors, to include government agencies, non-government organizations, civic and advocacy groups, the Womens and Childrens Concerns Desk (WCCD) of the Philippine National Police (PNP), persons-with-disabilities, senior citizens, and the media are expected to attend the one-day summit at the Macias Sports Center.
The gathering aims to focus on enhancing womens health, with this years celebration theme: Advancing Womens Health For a Productive Citizenry, said Provincial Administrator Josie Columna.
The activity will reel off Friday morning with a welcome message from Governor Roel Degamo, who chairs the Provincial Commission on Women, to be followed by discussions on issues and other concerns that have to be addressed as well as a workshop to identify venues and activities that will contribute to the welfare and development of the women of Negros Oriental, Columna added.
The summits main speaker will be Dr. Liland Estacion, a member of the Provincial Board and chairman of the Boards Committee on Health, Population and Social Services. Estacion has worked as a municipal health officer for several years prior to her stint as a politician, serving in the Provincial Board and representing the 1st congressional district of Negros Oriental.
During the workshop, participants will also deliberate on health-related projects in the province that need attention or improvement, said Columna. (PNA) DCT/LAM/JFP

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Frequent Kidnappings and Killings; Hindus in Quetta demand protection from Government
Quetta, Friday, December 23, 2011: Members of the Hindu community staged a protest demonstration in front of the Baluchistan Assembly today against increasing incidents of kidnapping for ransom in the province.
The protestors took out a procession from Arya Samaj temple on Masjid Road and after marching through different parts of the city, staged a protest demonstration in front of the Baluchistan Assembly building.
The protesting people, including children, were carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans demanding protection from criminals.
Addressing the protestors, Raday Sham and Dr Maher Chand, members of Hindu Panchayat, said police should investigate the killing of young Hindu trader Ravi Kumar, whose bullet-riddled body was found in Quetta after his family failed to pay the ransom money
to his abductors.
The members of the Hindu community raised slogans against the government for its failure to protect the life of those belonging to minority communities.
Provincial minister for minorities Basant Lal Gulshan and Minister for Revenue Zamurkh Khan Achakzai addressed the protesting Hindu community members and tried to pacify them.
Achakzai said that the law enforcing agencies were constantly striving against the kidnapping gangs operating in Quetta and other parts of the province.
“Police have booked many suspects and also carrying out raids in different localities including Saryab and Pashtunabad areas of Quetta. Soon, the criminals will be brought to book,” he ensured.
The protestors called off their protest after the provincial minster assured them that he will arrange a meeting between a delegation of Hindu community and Chief Minister, to resolve the issues.
Besides Shia’s and Punjabis, religious minorities like Hindus have also been on the hit list of the terrorists. However the Baluchistan government seems helpless and unmoved over the issue. Ever since the provincial government has been formed, most of its
leadership is residing in Islamabad. They have never preferred to go and reside there in the province.
If the situations persists and the affectees are not provided with the sought relief, they will be left with no other option except to migrate to some other part of the country.


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Debtor's Revolution: Are Debt Strikes Another Possible Tactic in the Fight Against the Big Banks?
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The report also notes that rating consumer credit and selling access to those ratings is a $1 billion business—one quarter of which is selling consumers' ratings back to them.
Elizabeth Warren, Senate candidate, inventor of the CFPB, and bankruptcy law expert, wrote in 2009 that credit card companies had effectively gotten bankruptcy law changed in 2005 to make credit card debts harder to discharge in a bankruptcy filing as well, and pointed out the power of the other side: “Credit card companies can hire lawyers and develop extensive debt collect departments.”
Asked about the idea of a debt strike, Sternwood said, “I think the people who would be the first to strike would be the people who have already defaulted.” Once your credit is already tanked, perhaps the idea of giving it another hit isn't quite as threatening.
Making It Happen
At ContactCon, the debt strike group discussed what would be necessary to help organize debt strikes, and debated whether the best plan was to hold money in escrow or to funnel it back into the economy when not paying. The group wound up growing, and was nominated as one of the ideas people would like to see happen. Attendees voted on four, and Kick-Stopper was selected as one of Contact's “Most Actionable” ideas.
“We've tentatively planned on holding a 54-hour hackathon later in November or in early December to start building the platform and continue to work out the idea,” Gokey says. “I don't think there is any need to re-create campaigns like Move Your Money. A debt strike takes things to the next logical level and would have a much bigger impact than just moving our personal savings accounts, it would stick a wrench in the gears of capital and bring everything to a grinding halt. It would give us tremendous power to back up our demands, but it would take a complex grassroots democratic organization to succeed.”
Many ideas were discussed for the platform, which would act as a sort of social network for horizontally organized, networked strikes. Users could possibly share their personal stories as well as which banks hold their debt, and coordinate with other debtors in their area or who owe money to the same bank or for the same problem to maximize impact.
In many ways, the combination of online/offline activism is the hallmark of the Occupy Wall Street movement, organized with the help of hacker groups like Anonymous and promoted through citizen media like livestreams, camera phone videos and Twitter, but solidly grounded in real-world action. Creating a Web application to organize something like a debt strike would be another step in marrying direct action with the ability of the Web to connect people across the country.
“Contact is about unlocking the potential of the networked era, and a strong networked organizational structure is what we will need to maintain a large-scale debt strike of millions of people,” Gokey said. “In a lot of ways, a debt-strike is a low-tech thing, but our networked technology can help us organize it.”
Sarah Jaffe is an associate editor at AlterNet, a rabblerouser and frequent Twitterer. You can follow her at @seasonothebitch.

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Waves of anger: Meet the Lancashire cockle fishermen who are standing up to the water giant that’s pumped a tsunami of filth into the sea
- An untapped bed of cockles worth £10 million was found off Southport’s coast
- Cockle fishermen Simon Ward and Terry Davies looked forward to harvesting
- However their hopes were dashed and they believe raw sewage is to blame
At low tide, the mudflats off Southport unfold like a rippled brown carpet stretching to the far horizon. Apart from the circling seabirds, this vast expanse of the North-West coastline looks empty — but just beneath the sand there lies a silver lining.
Exploring an area known as Penfold South, a few hundred yards from the shore, shellfishermen recently discovered a vast, untapped cockle bed.
According to Simon Ward and Terry Davies, who have been harvesting cockles for many years, it contains about 5,000 tons of the highly prized molluscs, which could be worth as much as £10 million on the open market.
On September 1, the cockle-picking season started in these parts, and by mid-October, when the cockles will have grown big enough, they hope to begin gathering them in the time-honoured manner.
A wooden board with goalpost-like handles, called a tamp, is laid down flat and rocked from side to side, liquifying the mud. This is thought to trick the cockles into sensing that the tide is advancing, so they rise to the surface, whereupon they are raked into netted sacks.
The industry is now strictly regulated (a legacy of the tragic drowning of at least 21 Chinese pickers working illegally for a ruthless gangmaster in Morecambe Bay in 2004) and the spoils would be shared with other accredited fishermen possessing a licence that costs £500.
Even so, if the bed can be farmed, Mr Ward, 39, and Mr Davies, 57 — for whom times have been tough in recent years — stand to rake in a very tidy sum.
Terry Davies (pictured), 57, a fisherman and cockler cannot fish as raw sewage, he believes, has been released in the areas where the cockle beds are situated
A few days ago, however, their chances of cashing in on this bounteous Merseyside beach suffered an unexpected hammer blow — a setback they suspect to have been caused by raw sewage pumped into the nearby estuary by United Utilities (UU).
Along with other English water companies, the North-West firm has come under heavy fire in recent weeks following the revelation that it discharges vast amounts of untreated household and industrial sewage into seas and rivers.
And having investigated this unfolding scandal, the villains of which are widely portrayed as greedy monopolies with monstrously overpaid bosses (UU’s yacht-owning chief executive Steve Mogford was reportedly paid almost £3 million in salary and bonuses last year) and opportunistic foreign stakeholders, one can understand their suspicion.
In many ways, the story of two enterprising cockle fishermen — fighting for their livelihoods against a big corporation that routinely pollutes the environment on a shocking scale — encapsulates the criticism levelled at the privatised water industry.
It has overtones of the 2000 movie Erin Brockovich, for which Julia Roberts won an Oscar. The film recreates a lowly legal clerk’s true-life struggle to prove that a huge power company contaminated the drinking water in her obscure Californian town. But that landmark case was settled with a record $333 million payout from the accused firm. It won’t happen here.
Steve Mogford, 61, and daughter Claire, 32, drinking cocktails at Aqua Shard in London. Steve Mogford, 61, is boss of UK’s largest listed water firm United Utilities, which serves three million homes in the North West
The story begins out on the mudflats. Before shellfish beds can be harvested, their healthiness must be assessed by the Food Standards Agency.
They are categorised as A, B, or C, depending on the level of E.coli bacteria (which are found in human and animal faeces and cause illness) detected in samples taken from the crustaceans.
Those which can be eaten fresh from the water are Class A, and must contain less than 230 E. coli per 100 grams of flesh.
However, just seven English shellfish grounds currently meet this standard — itself a damning indictment against the water firms, according to critics, though hardly surprising given the torrent of raw sewage dumped into inshore fishing grounds.
Last year, their storm overflows — an outdated and overworked network of underground tanks and pipes that pump untreated household and industrial waste mingled with rainwater into the waterways after heavy downpours — discharged their foul broth on a staggering 372,500 occasions.
The total amount of time they were activated exceeded 2.7 million hours. But the precise figure is unknown as many of the sensors monitoring them don’t work.
This tsunami of filth, which has been pumped out for decades but has only come to national attention in recent days, shames not only the water companies.
It also embarrasses the Government, which has cut funding for surveillance of these companies’ activities and voted down an amendment to the Environment Bill that would have made it their legal duty to cease dumping.
A serious sewage spill at Morecambe in 2011 shut down mussel grounds (pictured: disused sewage pipes at Morecambe)
But back to the cockles. Those rated as Class B can be sold, but only after purification — a process that reduces their value.
To achieve this grade they must be sampled eight times, usually at weekly intervals, and have E.coli levels no greater than 4,600 per 100 grams in 90 per cent of the samples. Otherwise, they are deemed as Class C and must be further treated before sale.
Until this week, it was broadly expected that the new Southport cockle bed would be Class B, the classification commonly awarded in England (though not on the continent, where the coastal waters are generally cleaner).
This would have given them a wholesale value of about £2 per kilo. Mr Davies and Mr Ward supply dealers selling mainly to British restaurants and shellfish stalls, but some export to Scandinavia, France and Spain, where English cockles are much in demand.
A reading taken at Penfold South on August 15 was highly encouraging, showing 1,700 E.coli per 100 grams — well within the permitted limit.
When the latest result was posted online, however, the shellfishermen were horrified.
Though the cockles were collected on August 24, yards from the previous batch, the bacteria level had mysteriously soared to 35,000 — more than 20 times higher than it had been nine days earlier.
Over the coming weeks, more specimens will be analysed. Should they exceed the upper level again, the bed will be rated as Class C, slashing the cockles’ value to 80p a kilo, and making the laborious job of farming them hardly worth it.
Harvesting could even be banned altogether, in which case £10 million worth of cockles will stay stuck in the polluted mud.
Harvesting could even be banned altogether, in which case £10 million worth of cockles will stay stuck in the polluted mud
So, what caused this dramatic spike? As United Utilities points out — and Mr Davies accepts — it could have been down to cattle droppings being washed onto the sands by the rain that belatedly fell in mid-August, for sizeable herds graze on the salt marshes around Southport.
Yet was it by pure coincidence that the abnormally high faecal bacteria reading came within days of the revelation that coastal waters all around the country had been deluged by sewage from storm overflows? One disturbing picture showed a huge slick of brown sludge discolouring the sea at Seaford, East Sussex.
On several days last month virtually every West Coast beach, from Cornwall to the Solway Firth, was rendered unfit for bathing, according to data aggregated by the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage.
And was it by chance that, just ten days before the rogue sample was taken at Southport, people bathing in Morecambe Bay, 50 miles to the north, scrambled out of the water in disgust, claiming to have encountered a tide of floating stools?
(UU insists it didn’t release any sewage into the bay at that time, and there are suggestions that globules of algae might have been mistaken for faeces, though one local swimmer, Chris Caton, told me indignantly that, as a hospital nurse, she ‘knows a human t***’ when she sees one).
Whatever the truth, an eye-opening interactive map produced by The Rivers Trust reveals that the company regularly sends raw sewage into the River Ribble and its tributaries, which flow into the Irish Sea at Southport.
Inspecting the records of UU facilities situated close to the cockle bed, the possibility that these caused the contamination becomes more compelling.
Last year, one wastewater treatment works pumped sludge into Crossens Pool — which empties into the Ribble Estuary — 43 times for a total of 207 hours.
On Balmoral Drive, a couple of miles away, the sewage storm overflow kicked into action 58 times for 693 hours, and another, on Rufford Road, spewed into the Three Pools Waterway 36 times for 183 hours.
This will doubtless appal the many nature enthusiasts who visit the mudflats, an important breeding ground for wildfowl.
If UU was responsible for the 20-fold E.coli increase, Mr Davies claims it won’t be the first time it has despoiled shellfish beds.
Some five years ago, he says, a mussel ground at Lytham St Annes was closed by contamination, just days after the firm admitted to discharging sewage in that area.
UU says it ‘doesn’t have any details’ about this alleged incident. But it does own up to a serious sewage spill at Morecambe in 2011, which shut down mussel grounds. It describes this as a ‘rare operational incident’ and says problems at the site have been solved by ‘significant investment’.
When I ask Mr Davies whether the shellfishermen sought compensation for loss of earnings after these incidents he gives a hollow laugh. He is clearly not about to emulate Erin Brockovich.
‘We have tried in the past, but it’s hopeless,’ he tells me. ‘The firm is too rich and powerful for us. How could I afford to take a huge company like UU to court?
‘It is a law unto itself. The local councils and the Food Standards Agency won’t stand up to it, either. They are frightened of it. It’s easier to just put a few fishermen out of work. We can only pray there’s not much rain before the remaining samples are taken at Penfold South (so that no more sewage — or cattle run-off — floods the sands).’
Mr Davies plays down the chances of him having an ‘Erin Brockovich'(pictured) moment
In response, a UU spokesperson said the company had recently completed a £164 million upgrade at its Blackburn treatment works to improve the condition of the River Ribble. Further investment by 2030 is planned.
Currents and tides around the estuary are complex, however, and water quality could be affected in various ways.
While storm overflows were ‘a contributing factor’, livestock grazing on the salt marshes, private septic tanks and urban run-off had ‘a combined greater impact’.
Perhaps so. Some independent experts would doubtless take a different view.
Yet even if the mudflats off Southport — or indeed any other English waterway — are polluted by sewage again this autumn, little or nothing is likely to be done.
Last year, Southern Water was fined a record £90 million after a dogged environment officer discovered that the company had illegally discharged raw sewage into the waterways more than 6,900 times between 2010 and 2015. This was to get rid of waste as cheaply as possible.
Yet, last week, an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme revealed that 870 sewage overflow pipes are still operating without permits.
Of these, 420 belong to Severn Trent, 184 to Welsh Water (now a not-for-profit company) and 61 to Northumbrian Water.
These companies said they were ‘working with the Environment Agency’ to get licences.
Abhorrent though it may be, releasing untreated effluent into rivers and seas to avoid a backup of sewage when rainfall overloads the system is perfectly lawful.
Morecambe happens to be my hometown and, revisiting the resort this week, I found storm overflow pipes hidden away at several nearby beauty spots.
Oblivious to the potential hazards, children hunted for crabs in a rockpool at the mouth of one outfall pipe — which, according to residents, empties a few yards offshore at times of heavy rain, though it was clearly marked as dangerous.
It grieved me to learn that in 2021 this bay — the second biggest in England, and to my mind the most beautiful — was exposed to the longest continuous discharge of untreated sewage. It went on for 5,000 hours.
However, it was equally shocking to discover that untreated sewage gushed into a brook near my home in Surrey for 1,778 hours — the equivalent of 74 days — last year. No longer will my grandchildren be taken to play there.
We must hope matters improve. Yet according to Helen Nightingale, who spent many of her 31 years with the Environment Agency (EA) investigating pollution incidents in Lancashire and North Yorkshire rivers, the prognosis is grim.
Morecombe Bay was exposed to the longest continuous discharge of untreated sewage, 5,000 hours, in 2021 (stock image)
Moved to speak out by her love of the countryside and respect for her hard-pressed former colleagues, the recently retired officer told me how understaffing at the EA, and a system that allows water companies to police themselves, undermines efforts to keep waterways clean.
Where once she headed a team of nine officers — a number that allowed them to inspect sites of reported pollution — now there are only four.
Vacancies are being advertised, but as fully trained officers are paid £24,000 a year for a tough job that can involve nasty confrontations, they are proving hard to fill.
Swamped with calls, she says, EA officers are instructed to report only serious incidents, categorised as 1 and 2, where fish and wildlife have been killed, for example, or people’s health is threatened. Lesser events are ignored.
Worse, the shortage of EA officers means that when the public report concerns about the condition of a waterway, a member of the water firm’s staff usually looks into it, and Mrs Nightingale says they sometimes prioritise the company’s reputation and profit margin over environmental protection.
‘It has happened where a water company says an incident is a category 3 when it’s really a 2,’ she says. ‘And yes, they would know the difference. But then, if you were working for a private firm and you were asked to investigate yourself, would you always tell the truth? Particularly when the boss is putting pressure on you to maintain a five-star rating.
‘It’s a bit like the police asking you whether you have been speeding. You’re hardly likely to admit it.’ By the same token, she adds, the public don’t always act responsibly. During her long career, she saw sewage pipes clogged by all manner of objects, from sanitary towels to a toy truck. An abattoir
even flushed away a whole sheep’s head causing a blockage.
But these transgressions were relatively minor compared with the billions of gallons of germ-laden sewage that gush from the pipes of water companies.
What can be done to stop the practice? The debate is complex. Suffice to say that the industry is at odds with just about every environmental group, and a good many academics.
Water companies claim it could cost £660 billion to replace the antiquated, 21,000-mile sewage network, increasing water bills and causing disruption to towns and cities.
Organisations such as The Rivers Trust and Surfers Against Sewage insist that sewage overflows could be drastically reduced for a fraction of that.
United Utilities, for its part, points to the £1.25 billion it has invested on the North-West coastline over the past 30 years, and the £230 million it will spend to reduce the impact of storm overflows by 2025.
The company boasts that the region’s bathing and shellfish waters are ‘cleaner than they have ever been.’
However, the alarming E.coli reading from Southport’s cockle bed paints a rather different picture.
And until the stinking-rich water barons rein themselves in — slashing bonuses and dividends and spending far bigger sums to abate the tidal wave of filth — they will never be the fishermen’s friend.
- Additional reporting: Tim Stewart
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EastEnders star Jessie Wallace will wave her magic wand as the Fairy Godmother this Christmas, when she makes her pantomime debut.
The actress is to appear in the White Rock Theatre's production of Cinderella in Hastings between December 11-27.
Executive producer Daryl Back said: "We are delighted Jessie will be joining the cast of our spectacular pantomime Cinderella in Hastings.
"Jessie is such a popular face on television we're thrilled she'll be joining us in pantoland and giving audiences at the White Rock her take on The Fairy Godmother."
The White Rock Theatre's general manager Lorna Hollister added: "Each year we've seen the White Rock's pantomime become more and more successful.
"We are very much looking forward to welcoming Jessie Wallace to the Theatre, and know that she will be very popular with the Hastings audience."
This marks Wallace's pantomime debut, although she has previously appeared on the West End stage in Rent, Haunted and the 25th anniversary production of Stepping Out.
Meanwhile, Wallace's EastEnders role Kat is heading for her own spinoff series with husband Alfie (Shane Richie) next year, and there'll be two big twists for the characters before they head out of Walford.


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Gevrey-Chambertin, “Vieille Vigne”
Although all of the bottlings of red wine at the Fourrier estate are from old vines (and are so labeled), we refer to this cuvée simply as the Gevrey Vieilles Vignes. The source of grapes is the Champerrier vineyard. Here, Fourrier owns about three hectares of vines, most of which were planted between 1928 and 1955. In contrast to the “Aux Echezeaux”, this parcel is on the northernmost side of Gevrey bordering the village of Brochon, a location that tends to produce wines of more tannic backbone and overall structure.

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Hunter’s suggestion for young adults who are uninsured?
“Join the military.”
A supporter of health reform laws, Davis said, “I think it’s only fair for TRICARE recipients to be able to add dependents to their coverage until age 26. It’s especially important for our military families. It’s one less thing for them to worry about.”
The Congressional Budget Office estimated 175,000 TRICARE recipients qualify for the coverage. If it is approved, the coverage would take six months to enact, she said.
TRICARE spokesman Austin Camacho said parents would pay a premium to add the benefit.
He said TRICARE coverage similar to the health care reforms includes: no lifetime maximum amount for benefits, no exclusions based on pre-existing conditions, and coverage can’t be canceled because of high use.
TRICARE recipients have an annual maximum out-of-pocket cost of $3,000.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the in-custody death of 64-year-old Renae Ray Carter while in solitary confinement, prompting an investigation.
In a released statement by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, in the early hours of Tuesday, December 5, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s (JSO) Cold Case Unit was alerted to an in-custody incident involving an inmate in medical distress.
Upon reaching the scene, detectives discovered that the inmate, identified as Renae Ray Carter, 64, was housed in an isolation cell.
According to JSO, the events leading up to the distress began around 9:30 p.m. Monday, when the inmate was reportedly observed walking around outside of his dorm before returning and lying down. Corrections officers, engaged in regular rounds, attempted communication through the cell door.
However, a few minutes past midnight, the inmate did not respond, prompting concerns about his well-being. Corrections officers, suspecting a medical emergency, sought assistance from the jail medical staff.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department responded promptly but pronounced the inmate deceased at 12:30 a.m.
Renae Ray Carter had been taken into custody on November 22, after an arrest for Trespass on Property of Another and Defies Order to Leave.
Preliminary information suggests that the inmate may have experienced an undetermined medical episode.
There are no indications at this stage that he had any prior interactions with other inmates or officers that could have contributed to the medical emergency.
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding Carter’s death is ongoing, with the Medical Examiner’s Office set to determine the cause of death following an autopsy.
As JSO’s Cold Case Unit continues its investigation, Action News Jax is working to learn further details.
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Wellington Kids Encouraged to Give Weet-Bix Tryathlon a Go
3 December 2010
Wellington Kids Encouraged to Give the Weet-Bix Tryathlon a Go
Kids aged 7 – 15 years from the Wellington region are invited to register for the Weet-Bix Tryathlon to be held on Sunday 13 February at the Lower Hutt Recreation Grounds.
The Weet-Bix Tryathlon series holds the World Record for being the largest children’s sporting event in the world, and last year the Wellington Weet-Bix Tryathlon attracted more than 1,250 local participants.
The popular run, swim and bike event is open to kids of all sporting abilities and participants can complete the course as individuals or with the support of a tag-team of two or three friends.
Senior Product Manager for Weet-Bix, Nigel Chenery is encouraging Wellington kids and families to experience the great atmosphere of a Weet-Bix Tryathlon event.
“Each year children of every confidence and sporting level enter the Weet-Bix Tryathlon and experience the joy of achieving their personal best at a national sporting event,” says Mr Chenery.
“We are encouraging local kids to register for the Wellington Weet-Bix Tryathlon and give it a go whether they are a budding athlete or first time participant.”
Registrations received before 13 December 2010 will be given a 10% early bird discount, and parents and teachers are encouraged to enter kids as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as the events regularly sell out.
Families and school groups can nominate kids who require financial support in entering the event through the Weet-Bix Tryathlon Foundation, which aims to provide kids of all backgrounds with the opportunity to participate in a Weet-Bix Tryathlon event.
The Weet-Bix Tryathlon Foundation provides funding towards the entry fee as well as assistance with necessary equipment and support to complete the event such as running shoes or swimming lessons.
To register for the Wellington Weet-Bix Tryathlon or to nominate a child for the Weet-Bix Tryathlon Foundation visit www.weetbix.co.nz or phone 09 531 5080.


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§ 68. Mr. Thorne
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can give any information in connection with the charge made against Nathan Ruda and seven other people at the Thames Police Court of selling fish at prices above the maximum; and whether any further steps are being taken to prevent this kind of offence?
§ Mr. Mabane
Nathan Ruda and eight other persons were prosecuted by my Department at the Thames Police Court for selling fish above the maximum price. The case against one defendant was withdrawn, and, as the remaining eight defendants elected to go for trial they were committed to the London Sessions. As the case is sub judice, my hon. Friend will appreciate that it would not be proper for me to make any further statement at this stage.

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Tonicity is the concentration of a solution as compared to another solution. Concentration describes the amount of solutes dissolved by a solution. If a solution has a higher concentration of solutes (less water) than another it is said to be hypertonic. A hypotonic solution has a lower concentration of solutes and more water than another solution. Isotonic solutions contain the same concentration of solutes. In biology, the tonicity of the environment compared to the cell determines how water moves across the semipermeable membrane. The graphic below shows the tonicity of different environment, and which way water moves. Remember, water moves to balance the concentration gradient of the solutes. It will move from high solute concentration to low solute concentration.
The ability of water to dissolve solutes is due to its polar nature. The differing electrical poles on each water molecules cause temporary hydrogen bonds to form between other water molecules and solutes. This distributes solutes and moves water into new regions. The tonicity of the water is increased as solutes are introduced, but to label the solution with one of the specific terms of tonicity can only be done when comparing the solution to another. Likewise, two different solutes take different amount of water to dissolve. One solute, like silicon, may take many water molecules to dissolve while another may be completely dissolved even in high concentrations. The overall tonicity of water can be described by the osmolarity, which is the total concentration of all dissolved solutes.
Related Biology Terms
- Hypotonic – When one solution contains more water and less solutes than another solution.
- Hypertonic – A solution of higher concentration that the solution it is being compared to.
- Isotonic – Two solutions that exist with the same solute concentration.
- Osmolarity – The concentration of a solution in parts of solute divided by volume of water.
1. A plant cell is placed in an aqueous solution. Water floods the cell, and the cell becomes rigid with pressure. What is the tonicity of the solution compared to the cell?
2. Two identical solutions contained in narrow beakers are separated by a semi-permeable membrane. If salt is added to one beaker, increasing its tonicity, what will happen to the volume of water in the beaker?
A. It will increase
B. It will decrease
C. It will stay the same


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The federal budget deficit will rise to $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2023, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday, larger than previously projected and a reversal of the decline in deficits over the past few years as pandemic emergency spending wound down.
Additionally, the CBO projects that annual deficits will average $2 trillion from next year over the next decade or so. The deficit amounts to 5.3% of GDP in 2023 and is set to rise to 6.9% of GDP by 2033. The report notes that is significantly higher than the 3.6% of GDP that deficits have typically averaged over the past five decades.
The report highlights the magnitude of the fiscal challenges facing Congress and President Joe Biden, who has boasted about shrinking deficits in his first years in office.
“The cumulative deficit over the 2023–2032 period that we now project is $3 trillion larger than we projected last May, mainly because of newly enacted legislation and changes to the economic forecast that boost interest costs and spending on mandatory programs,” said CBO Director Phillip Swagel in a statement.
FEDERAL DEFICIT UP 80% THROUGH FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR
The CBO also said that federal debt held by the public is projected to increase from 98% of GDP this year to 118% a decade from now. Federal debt held by the public is expected to rise to a whopping 195% of GDP in 2053.
“Over that period, the growth of interest costs and mandatory spending outpaces the growth of revenues and the economy, driving up debt,” Swagel wrote, noting the rise in mandatory spending is being fueled by growing costs for Social Security and Medicare.
The much-anticipated budget update includes several other details and projections.
The CBO projects that as the Federal Reserve continues to hike interest rates into this year as part of its fight against inflation, the unemployment rate will tick up. The CBO expects unemployment to rise through early next year. The nonpartisan budget office is also forecasting that inflation will not return to the Fed’s preferred 2% level until 2027.
Spending and the deficit are concerns that Republicans seek to confront head-on by using the debt ceiling as leverage with the Biden administration.
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After the United States hit the debt ceiling last month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the Treasury would take “extraordinary measures” to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its obligations, but the Treasury only has a few months before those measures are exhausted.
The CBO projects that the government’s ability to borrow using such extraordinary measures will run out sometime between July and September, setting up a rough deadline for the coming showdown between House Republicans and the administration.


In this post I will finish the engine cowling of the Dauntless (of course, for this stage of the project). In the previous posts I formed its outer panels. In the case of the air-cooled radial engines like the one used in the SBD, there is always another, inner panel: the central part of the cowling. It is located behind the cylinders and exhaust stacks. In the classic arrangement of the NACA cowling it is nearly invisible. In the SBD-1..-4 you could see only its outer rim. That’s why I had to use all available pictures of the Dauntless engine maintenance or the wrecks, to learn about its general shape (Figure 46‑1):
This panel had two variants. The first one (let’s call it “flat”) is visible on the photo above. It was used in the SBD-1..-4. In the SBD-5 and -6 the engine was shifted forward by 4”, so the central panel became a little bit longer (“deeper”).
Frankly speaking, I still need more photos and drawings to better determine the shape of this part, especially the details of its earlier, “flat” version! Let me know if you have one — I am especially interested in the upper area, around the carburetor, in the SBD-1…-4. (The few photos that I have reveal that behind the upper cylinders of the R-1820 engine there was a vertical air duct from the air scoop to the carburetor. I still need to determine its shape, as well as the shape of the inner cowling around it).
That’s why I decided to determine the exact shape of this hidden panel later, when I fit the engine and its mounts. (I count on the indirect information coming from the geometry of the engine mount and the exhaust stack shape). At this moment I am leaving this area “as it is”, because too much of its geometry is based on my assumptions.
However, I can precisely shape the recesses around the gun barrels, because they are better visible on the photos. I have to make these details easily adaptable when I have to alter the shape of this panel. (I expect that in the future I will tweak the area around the carburetor multiple times, before it “stabilizes” in the most probable state).
The cross-section of these gun recesses have the same shape as their troughs in the NACA cowling. Thus I started by copying the control polygon of this “U”-like cross-section shape (five control vertices) and extruding it into an auxiliary “trough” (Figure 46‑2a):
I examined the interesection edge of this auxiliary object with the central panel. The goal was to place its vertices as close as possible to the existing mesh edges. I could easily check it in the front view, because the “trough” in this projection is reduced to a single contour (Figure 46‑2b). While the both of its side vertices are very close to one of the elliptical edge loops, the middle vertex was too far from the nearest radial edge loop. I had to adjust the mesh of the central panel by rotating a little all of its upper radial edges.
After these preparations, I generated in the panel mesh the intersection edge with the auxiliary “trough” (I used my Interesct add-on for this purpose) (Figure 46‑3):
I removed the three vertices that were inside the contour of this intersection. It also deleted all the mesh faces around these points. Then I created new faces in this place, merging the intersection contour with the rest of the mesh of this panel (Figure 46‑3).
Figure 46‑4 shows how I created the inner surface of this gun trough:
I started by creating a new face that “bridged” the opposite edges of the opening. Then I split it twice, obtaining three inner edges. I placed these edges directly behind the corresponding vertices of the opening contour. Then I closed this opening, creating the four remaining faces. (Now I can see that I could do the same in a simpler way, by extruding the bottom part of the opening contour. Never mind, both methods lead to the same result). At this moment the edges of this recess are too smooth. To reduce the radius of this rounding, and make it similar to a regular fillet, I assigned these edges the full Bevel Weight (=1.0). Then I added to this object a multi-segment Bevel modifier (before the smoothing Subdivision Surface modifier). The last picture from Figure 46‑4 shows the faces generated by this Bevel, before they were smoothed.
Finally I compared the shape of the resulting gun trough to the corresponding troughs in the upper cowling panel (Figure 46‑5):
(I made it transparent, to better see the eventual differences in their shapes). Indeed, there were some deviations. I quickly fixed them, adjusting in the front view the whole edges of this recess. (In this view these edges are reduced to a single point).
Now I have to trim ends of the troughs in the NACA cowling, creating the space for the central cowling panel. I could do it by modifying their mesh. However, because the shape of this panel may be altered in the future, I decided to use another Boolean modifier for this purpose. I just created an appropriate auxiliary object, and applied it to the gun trough panel (Figure 46‑6):
This was the last element of the NACA cowling. Figure 46‑7a) shows the recesses in the central panel that I formed in this post, while Figure 46‑7b) shows details of the whole assembly:
As you have probably noticed in the course of the few previous posts, I had often to move the location of the NACA cowling, switching between the SBD-5 and the SBD-3 versions. To avoid such endless movements in the future, I decided to split the Bledner file of this project into several separate scenes for each Dauntless version that I need. For the beginning I created two additional scenes, for the SBD-1 and SBD-5. They are named after the Dauntless version they contain, thus I renamed the current scene to “SBD-3”.
Figure 46‑8 shows the SBD-5 scene (and the scene selection menu):
When I created the scene for this Dauntless variant, I chose the option that created it as a copy of the original scene. Initially both scenes share the same objects (the same fuselage object or the wing objects are “linked” to SBD-3 and SBD-5 scenes). In the effect, I can edit these shared objects in any of these scenes. Every change I apply to their meshes, modifier stacks, or general positions/scales/rotations is visible everywhere.
Because the NACA cowling in the SBD-5 was shifted forward by 4”, I had to make in its scene local copies of the panel objects. However, they still share with the SBD-3 their meshes. In the effect, they became “clones” of their counterparts from the SBD-3 scene. Clones share the common meshes, thus they have the same basic shape, but they can have different general transformation (location/rotation/scale). Thanks to this, in the SBD-5 scene the bottom panels of the NACA cowling have the same shape as in the SBD-3, but their location is different. What’s more, the clones can have different modifier stacks. Thus in this SBD-5 model I was able to remove the carburetor scoop openings from the upper NACA panel, and modify the cutouts for the different cowling flaps (see Figure 46‑8) because they were generated dynamically, by a Boolean modifier.
Ultimately — there are a few objects specific for the SBD-5, which exist only in this scene: the central cowling panel and the panels around the gun troughs. I copied their meshes from the SBD-3 and then modified them according the SBD-5 reference drawings. In the SBD-5 the central cowling panel, placed behind the engine cylinders, was longer by 3.5” than in the previous versions. I had to scale and reshape this mesh. Fortunately, its gun recesses (formed at beginning of this post) are easily adjustable, thanks to their simple topology.
In similar way I created a separate scene for the SBD-1 (Figure 46‑9):
At this moment the only difference between the SBD-1 and SBD-3 is the carburetor scoop on the top of the NACA cowling. However, there will be another minor differences in the next row of cowling panels.
In the future I will also create the SBD-2 scene (combining the NACA cowling from the SBD-3 and further cowling panels from the SBD-1), and the SBD-4 scene (basically – it is the SBD-3 with the SBD-5 Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller). As you can see, they will be combinations of various parts from the “key” versions (SBD-1, SBD-3, SBD-5), thus I will create the at the end of this build.
In this source *.blend file you can evaluate yourself these SBD-1, SBD-3 and SBD-5 scenes and their initial contents. In the next posts I will continue my work on the SBD-3, then update the SBD-1 and SBD-5.
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By Avery Redula, Yenah Lee and Madison Whittemore
WOODLAND, CA – A jury trial proceeded here in Yolo County Superior Court Monday for an unhoused man arrested after driving under the influence of alcohol just 30 minutes after being “told” to go ahead and drive by a Vacaville police officer, who admitted on the stand he knew the accused had been drinking.
In the early hours of May 9, Vacaville police officer Jacob Henn testified he responded to a complaint about a man looking into car windows in a shopping center parking lot—business owners were concerned about a potential burglary.
Upon arrival at the scene, Henn said he discovered the accused and another man in a parked car. The accused explained he lives in his car but usually resides in Winters, CA—not Vacaville.
During Deputy Public Defender Peter Borruso’s cross-examination of officer Henn it was revealed Henn had asked the accused if he had been drinking. The accused answered that he had consumed two beers that night, which Henn reportedly joked was “good beer.”
The accused also voluntarily approximated his blood alcohol content (BAC) was 0.07—within the legal limit to drive.
However, under Borruso’s questioning, an expert witness testifying on intoxication explained that guessing one’s own BAC is not a standard or accepted practice, and despite someone knowing their own individual “limit” with alcohol, individuals cannot accurately estimate their own BAC.
Despite acknowledging the accused did admit to drinking, Officer Henn stated he did not remember hearing any slurred language of the accused and did not smell any alcohol on the accused.
Henn also conceded when questioned he did not breathalyze or perform any field sobriety tests on the accused, only referencing the “brief conversation about (the accused) drinking.”
The accused provided Officer Henn with his license, which the officer allegedly ran but returned to the accused shortly after with no concerns—despite the license being suspended.
“I don’t remember what his license status came back as,” Officer Henn stated after being questioned by DPD Borruso as to why he let the accused drive with a suspended license.
After continuing to speak to the accused regarding his beer consumption and concluding his investigation of the original burglary complaint, Henn asked the accused if he was capable of driving, to which the accused responded, “Absolutely.”
“We are going to let you get out of cuffs, get in your car, and drive wherever you got to go. I put everything back on your driver’s seat and then your license is on your passenger’s seat. Drive safe,” Officer Henn concluded, releasing the accused from the back of the patrol car.
The accused was arrested just 30 minutes later in the city of Winters by Officer Brandon Kenne after he saw a white truck make a large, rapid turn into the road’s fog line at about 1:55 a.m.
Officer Kenne testified he recognized the accused as someone who had a suspended license and noted the clear signs of the accused’s intoxication including slurred speech and a noticeable smell of alcohol.
According to Kenne, the accused claimed that he had only had half a drink but Kenne said he breathalyzed the accused and found he had a BAC of 0.14—almost twice California’s legal limit for individuals over 21.
The expert witness on intoxication approximated that, based on body weight, the accused would have had to have seven drinks to reach this BAC, and it would “take anywhere from four and a half hours to 14 hours to reach a BAC of 0.00”—or in other words, for the accused to be completely sober.
DPD Borruso explained that while his client was found by Officer Kenne to be driving under the influence of alcohol, the accused was entrapped by officer Henn—meaning that a normally law-abiding individual is induced into committing a criminal act they otherwise would not have committed because of overbearing harassment, fraud, flattery or threats made by an official police source.
“Vacaville made me drive …Vacaville told me to drive to Winters,” DPD Borruso said, citing a statement made by the accused to Officer Kenne during the DUI investigation.
Borruso also claimed the accused was entrapped into driving under the influence because Officer Henn just wanted the accused to leave the premises of Vacaville since he was unhoused and business owners did not want homeless encampments.
To support his entrapment claim, DPD Borruso also explained there was no proof that the accused had consumed any alcohol in the 30 minutes between 1:27 a.m. when the accused left Vacaville and 1:59 a.m. when the accused was pulled over in Winters.
However, Deputy District Attorney Casper Gorner disputed DPD Borruso’s entrapment argument, claiming Officer Henn did not harass the defendant to drive because the accused ultimately told Henn he was “absolutely” capable of driving.
In his closing argument, DDA Gorner urged jurors to consider what a normal, law-abiding citizen would do after drinking and knowing they possessed a suspended license, noting, “If all he (the accused) was given was the opportunity to drive under the influence or drive with a suspended license, that is not entrapment.”
DPD Borruso countered DDA Gorner’s closing argument by arguing, “Opportunity is not enough, this (situation) wasn’t an opportunity. This was allowing (the accused) to drive under the influence by (Officer Henn’s) words, actions, and the circumstances.”
As his last remark, DPD Borruso urged the jury to consider whether (the accused) would have “gotten into the car and driven back to Winters without the conduct of officer Henn.” He argued the accused would have not have driven.
“Any reasonable officer is not just going to take someone’s word for if they’re okay to drive or not,” DPD Borruso asserted.
DDA Gorner rebutted, explaining to jurors that Officer Henn had no motive to perform sobriety tests on the accused since he was “there looking for a burglary…that’s where their focus goes.”
Gorner also countered Borruso’s criticism of Officer Henn taking the accused’s word when he previously claimed he was capable of driving.
“Is it so impossible that sometimes cops would believe what a person tells them, especially when they’ve done nothing wrong?” Gorner said to the jury.


After what can best be described as an ’emotional’ journey to La Sarthe, it is good to finally be ensconced in the security of the ACO’s media centre. Le Mans is one of those places that evolves steadily every year, yet always seems to remain familiar. The same can be said of the cars; while the Audi is a radical departure from its forbears, the rest of the field has not strayed too far from 2010 form. Yes there is the odd fin sprouting from an LMP, Peugeot have a completely new car (but still a 908?) and Aston are attempting to make the AMR-one perform, but generally everything has moved on a notch, rather than changed unrecognisably. In a way this could be considered surprising, given that a whole raft of new regulations have been introduced, however, racing has always been an evolution and it is only very occasioanlly that something completely new comes along.
The week got off to a rather inauspicious start, with scrutineering blighted by torrential rain, never fun when you are trying to snare shots of an Audi underfloor. Despite what many were expecting, there was a lack of protests from either of the big two, however, there were a lot of rumblings from those in GTE regarding waivers, most notably Porsche questioning whether Ferrari really needed all of those vents in the 458’s bonnet. It was also a great shame that the rear portion of the scrutineering tent was closed off from view, normally an excellent spot for capturing shots of parts teams would rather remain unseen.
Now action has finally comenced on-track, Audi and Peugeot are unsurprisingly well clear of the petrol field, but their true pace will only begin to become clear with the start of this evenings qualifying session. Aston Martin are once again suffering, and have already performed an engine change on one of the AMR-Ones, but the cars are at least showing some semblance of pace; though Aston Martin themselves have made no secret of the fact they have major issues. So, the waiting game has begun, and what will hopefully be another top notch race is begining to unfold.


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Actor Warwick Davis has stated that his recent involvement in making games has been "no less rewarding" than performing Shakespeare.
The Star Wars and Harry Potter actor made the comparison at the Develop conference, in reference to his in-development collaboration with studio Matmi, Pocket Warwick. Matmi founder Jeff Coghlan has described the project as "Tamagotchi meets the Sims on acid".
It's no less rewarding than getting up on stage and doing a Shakespeare play.
Elaborating on his decision to work with Matmi on the title, Davis said, "As an artist and producer you want to find other ways to spread your creativity. A game seemed a good way to do that."
The Willow star explained that he feels games have progressed to a sufficient standard in terms of detail and emotion that they can really challenge actors. He concluded, "It's no less rewarding than getting up on stage and doing a Shakespeare play".
Though most famous for his role as Wicket W. Warrick in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Davis has also played numerous other roles including Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter and Willow in the children's fantasy film of the same name.
His most recent role is in Ricky Gervais' Life's Too Short, which has been renewed for a second season.


Xiaomi Nepal has launched RedmiBook 15 Pro in the market. Initiating into laptop market, this new 11th Gen i5 powered laptop is set to compete against the likes of already popular players in the market. In this article, we are talking about the features, specs and RedmiBook 15 Pro price in Nepal.
RedmiBook 15 Pro Overview
Design and Display
Talking about the design, RedmiBook 15 Pro boasts a plastic chassis. The bottom side consists of a single large vent for air intake and two smaller grilles at the bottom for the speakers. On the backside, there is minimal Redmi branding.
It has a 15.6″ Full HD panel with 1920×1080 resolution. The screen here is a 60Hz TN LCD. The maximum brightness is up to 170 nits. The laptop weighs 1.8 kg and is 19.9mm thick. For ports, it has two USB 3.2 Gen 1, one USB 2.0, HDMI 1.4, RJ45, a 3.5mm audio jack, and an SD card reader.
CPU and Performance
The laptop has an Intel Tiger Lake Core 11th Gen i5-11300H CPU running at the core. The maximum clock frequency is 4.4GHz for the CPU. It is coupled with 8GB RAM with 3200Mhz frequency. And there is 512GB of NVMe SSD storage.
For graphics, there is an integrated Irix Xe 80EU GPU. The RAM is not swappable or upgradeable. Well, the SSD is an exception and you can swap it for a larger one. The laptop supports WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 for wireless connectivity.
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Battery & Operating System
RedmiBook 15 Pro boasts a 46WHr battery. Filling up the juice is a 65W power adapter. The laptop can last for 10 hours in normal usage according to the company. It boots on Windows 11 and you also get a lifetime Office 2021 licensing.
RedmiBook 15 Pro Specs
- Display: 15.6 inches Full HD Display, 60Hz TN Panel
- Weight: 1.8 kg
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Resolution
- Processor: 11th-gen Intel i5-11300H
- Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: PCIe NVMe SSD 512GB
- Software: Windows 11 OS
- Keyboard: Scissor Mechanism, 1.5mm deep key travel
- Webcam: 720p HD camera
- Touchpad: Multi-touch with support for Windows Precision drivers
- Battery: 46Wh Battery, 10-Hour all-day battery
- Adaptor: 65W
- Audio: 2x speaker (2W), Support for DTS audio processing, 3.5mm combo jack, 2X In-built microphone
- Ports: 1 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 x HDMI 1.4, 1 x RJ45 (LAN port), 1 x 3.5mm audio jack
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 5.0, Bluetooth 5.0
- Colors: Gray
- RedmiBook 15 Pro Price in Nepal: Rs.89,999 (8/256GB)
RedmiBook 15 Pro Price in Nepal and Availability
The official RedmiBook 15 Pro Price in Nepal is set at Rs.89,999 for the 8/256GB variant. Xiaomi Nepal has only brought one variant for this laptop. One can purchase it from Xiaomi Nepal official stores across the country.
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RedmiBook 15 Pro seems a decent entry level offering for this price in Nepal. The laptop can handle student’s needs easily for programming and light gaming. For office use, it seems to do well too.
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Oil may already be flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline, but that doesn’t mean that the resistance movement against it has ended. Two L.A. city councilmembers introduced a motion yesterday (March 28) for the city to divest from Wells Fargo, one of the banks financing the $3.78 billion project.
“I want to send a clear message to the financial institutions everywhere that Los Angeles must fulfill its role as a national leader on the environment,” wrote Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell on his Facebook page. “The actions we take locally have consequences elsewhere, and we must not be complicit in a scheme that negatively affects ancestral lands or the sovereign rights of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota.”
The motion, introduced by O’Farrell and Councilmember Paul Koretz, asks the city’s Office of Finance to report options for divestment in 30 days. The city currently holds more than $40 million in securities with Wells Fargo.
Seattle was the first city to divest from Wells Fargo in February when it finalized its move. Since the city first moved to do in December 2016, activists in several other cities have launched their own discussions: Albuquerque, New Mexico; Bellingham, Washington; San Francisco and New York, according to The Nation. The City of Davis voted in February to find a new bank or credit union to handle its finances.
Pipeline opponents are set on ending the flow of oil. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe remains in court against the Army Corps of Engineers for the lawsuit it launched in July 2016. Tribal leaders are hopeful the lawsuit will end in a win.
"The flow of oil under Lake Oahe is a temporary reminder of the pain this pipeline has perpetrated to those that have stood with Standing Rock and the devastation it has wreaked on sacred tribal sites, but hope remains," said Phillip Ellis, spokesperson for Earthjustice, the law nonprofit representing the tribe, to The Associated Press.


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Graeter’s Ice Cream Celebrates Summer with All New Limited Edition Chunky Chunky Hippo Ice Cream
CINCINNATI, OH (July 17, 2017) – Graeter’s Ice Cream, a 147-year-old, family owned craft ice cream company, will reveal a new flavor called Chunky Chunky Hippo in support of the Cincinnati Zoo this Monday, July 17th. The hippo-inspired flavor will be available for ice cream fans in Graeter’s Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton, Ohio and Oxford, Ohio scoop shops as well as at the Graeter’s location at the Cincinnati Zoo. This limited edition flavor, like all Graeter’s ice cream, will be produced in small batches. A portion of the proceeds from each purchase of the new flavor will benefit the zoo, with scoops being sold at local scoop shops and at the zoo, as well as pints at graeters.com, in limited quantity.
Graeter’s new Chunky Chunky Hippo was crafted specifically to celebrate the brand’s home city and one of Cincinnati’s favorite attractions for families, the Cincinnati Zoo. With a toffee ice cream base, salted roasted peanuts and milk chocolate caramel truffles, the new flavor should be a favorite for adults and peanut-loving children alike. This summertime has an extra sweet side, as it allows Graeter’s guests to enjoy a nostalgic, hometown ice cream while supporting a local organization.
“There are two things in life guaranteed to bring a smile to your face – ice cream and Fiona, the baby hippo,” said Chad Yelton, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Vice President of Marketing and Communications. “Fiona continues to bring people together from all over the world in so many ways. We appreciate the support from Graeter’s and are excited to share this Fiona-inspired ice cream flavor with the community that has rallied around her for the past six months.”
“We’re excited to reveal an “extra” summer flavor this year,” shares Robert Graeter, Chief of Quality Assurance at Graeter’s Ice Cream. “In addition to the rollout of our Summer Bonus Flavors, Chunky Chunky Hippo is a true celebration of the season and has allowed us to support a fellow Cincinnati institution, the Cincinnati Zoo.”
Graeter’s Ice Cream plans to further take advantage of National Ice Cream Month in July with its continued grand unveiling of Summer Bonus Flavors in scoop shops and online for a limited time. Each flavor, revealed every other Monday, offers ice cream fans the allure of an innovative flavor made with the Graeter’s quality they expect. New bonus flavors will be announced on July 24, August 7 and August 21.
About Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
The world famous Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is committed to inspiring visitors to care about wildlife and wild places. It has been rated the #1 attraction locally and one of the top zoos in the nation by Zagat Survey. It has also received rave reviews from Child Magazine, Parents Magazine, USA Today and TripAdvisor. Over 1.5 million people visit the Zoo’s award-winning exhibits, and more than 500 animal and 3000 plant species annually. The Zoo, an accredited member of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), is internationally known for its success in the protection and propagation of endangered animals and plants and engages in research and conservation projects worldwide. Known as the #GreenestZooInAmerica, the Zoo is doing its part to conserve natural resources that are critical to saving wildlife and its habitats and is committed to greening its daily operations and reducing its impact on the environment through the use of rain gardens, recycled building materials, solar panels and more. The Cincinnati Zoo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Graeter’s Ice Cream Reveals a Month of Surprises for Ice Cream Lovers and Loyal Consumer
CINCINNATI, OH (July 14, 2017) – Graeter’s Ice Cream, a 147-year-old, family owned craft ice cream company, will celebrate National Ice Cream Month this July with a calendar of events meant to surprise and delight Graeter’s fans nationwide. The company begins the summer ice cream season by celebrating its 147th birthday in a variety of delicious ways, including birthday scoops for just $1.47, surprise bonus flavors, and a new flavor to be unveiled to support the Cincinnati Zoo.
Graeter’s Ice Cream will take advantage of National Ice Cream Day on July 16 with a one-day promotion that invites consumers everywhere to celebrate the company’s 147th birthday, during which Graeter’s iconic single-dip ice cream cones will be sold for only $1.47. Graeter’s plans to further take advantage of National Ice Cream Month in July with its continued grand unveiling of Summer Bonus Flavors in scoop shops and online for a limited time. Each flavor, revealed every other Monday, offers ice cream fans the allure of an innovative flavor made with the Graeter’s quality they expect. New bonus flavors will be announced on June 26, July 10, July 24, August 7 and August 21.
Finally, the Graeter’s family, in support of its new relationship with the Cincinnati Zoo, has created a decadent and delicious flavor – available only at the Zoo, to benefit the Zoo. The new flavor will also be unveiled during this special month.
“Our 147th birthday on National Ice Cream Day is the perfect time to celebrate Graeter’s and the fans who have helped to make us such a mainstay in so many homes nationwide,” shares Chip Graeter, fourth-generation owner of Graeter’s Ice Cream. “We take an incredible amount of pride in creating the ideal ice cream experience, which we’ve been perfecting since Graeter’s first small batch of ice cream was churned in 1870.”
What a gift it is to be a part of so many families' special days: birthdays, anniveraries and so, so much more…
But when one of our biggest fans invited us to help "spoof" her dad for his birthday celebration ... to help her hedge her chances at winning their ongoing "BIG CHIP CHALLENGE" ... well, watch what happens when one special pint was packed by the jokesters in our plant.
One pint: 98% chip. The other: 98% ice cream. Happy birthday Dad! Hope you had a great day!


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In the digital age of today, social media has become a platform for individuals to showcase their talents, passions, and journeys. Prapti Tar, a talented food and travel blogger hailing from Mapusa, has embraced this medium to share her love for food, photography, and wanderlust with the world. With her vibrant content and captivating storytelling, Prapti has carved a niche for herself in the realm of content creation and social media management.
A Childhood Love for Photography
From an early age, Prapti developed a keen interest in photography. She fondly recalls her father gifting her a small camera, which sparked her passion for capturing the beauty of nature. As she grew older, her photography skills flourished, and she began using an SLR camera to capture stunning portraits of her friends. Despite her love for photography, circumstances prevented her from pursuing it as a formal education. However, this setback did not deter Prapti from pursuing her dreams.
The Unexpected Shift
Prapti was pursuing a degree in interior design in Pune, but fate had different plans. The COVID-19 pandemic forced her to return to Goa. While pursuing her degree online from Goa, she found solace and inspiration in the beauty of her homeland. Exploring the scenic landscapes and indulging in her passion for photography, Prapti discovered a new path for herself. She realized that content creation and social media management aligned perfectly with her skills and aspirations.
Embracing Content Creation
Travelling has always been a major part of Prapti’s life since childhood as her parents, especially her father, love to travel. She has travelled to almost all the states in India and a few other countries, long before she started her journey as a blogger on Instagram. Also, when it comes to food, Prapti’s mother is an incredible cook. Her food is loved by everyone, and she enjoys cooking a lot. All of this inspired Prapti to venture into the world of food and travel blogging.
Armed with her camera and a newfound purpose, Prapti embarked on her journey as a food and travel blogger. In 2019, she teamed up with her best friend to create a food page called ‘foodonrun’ on Instagram. Her love for photography seamlessly blended with her love for food, resulting in visually appealing and mouth-watering content. With every post, Prapti’s talent and dedication shone through, captivating her growing audience.
Challenges and Triumphs
While Prapti’s journey has been marked by passion and success, she has also faced challenges along the way. The lack of consistent brand collaboration deals has been a hurdle she has had to navigate. However, her determination and unwavering focus have allowed her to persevere. Prapti’s belief in her abilities and her constant pursuit of excellence have enabled her to overcome obstacles and continue sharing her culinary adventures with the world.
Prapti credits her parents as the pillars of her success. Their unwavering support and encouragement have fueled her ambition to pursue her dreams fearlessly. Despite facing some setbacks in friendships due to her growing Instagram presence, Prapti remains grateful for the few friends who have stood by her side and provided unwavering support.
Looking To The Future
Looking ahead, Prapti has ambitious plans to travel the world and create captivating content that reflects her love for food and exploration. Her ultimate goal is to inspire others to follow their passions and embrace the opportunities that come their way. Through her storytelling and enchanting visuals, Prapti hopes to ignite the dreams of the Goan youth and encourage them to believe in their abilities and pursue their own unique paths.
Prapti Tar’s journey from interior design to content creation and social media management is a testament to the power of following one’s dreams. Through her vibrant content and indomitable spirit, she has become a prominent figure in the food and travel blogging sphere. Prapti’s story reminds us that with determination, unwavering support, and the courage to embrace new opportunities, we can achieve our dreams and create a life that is truly fulfilling. As she continues to explore the world one bite at a time, Prapti Tar remains an inspiration to aspiring influencers and a shining example of the transformative power of chasing one’s passions.


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UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has underlined his support for ongoing mediation efforts by (ECOWAS).
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has underlined his support for ongoing mediation efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the wake of the July 26 coup in Niger.
UN deputy spokesperson for the secretary general, Farhan Haq, said this while answering questions from journalists on the ECOWAS deadline at a news conference on Monday in New York.
An ultimatum issued by the bloc to the coup plotters that have ruled Niger expired on Sunday.
ECOWAS is scheduled to hold another meeting on the crisis on Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria.
This follows an extraordinary summit last week where the 15-member bloc issued a communiqué calling for the reinstatement of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum.
ECOWAS had threatened to take all measures necessary to restore constitutional order, including using force if the coupists failed to do that.
Military leaders in Niger have closed the country’s airspace in response.
“The secretary general is concerned over the continued detention of President Bazoum and the failure so far to restore constitutional order in Niger,” Mr Haq said.
Meanwhile, the UN special representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simão, continues to provide good office support to regional stakeholders and is currently in Abuja.
“The secretary general emphasises the urgent need to ensure that life-saving humanitarian work continues unhindered and that the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service that provides a vital link to remote communities in Niger is allowed to operate to and continue to serve those communities.
Mr Simão had earlier reported that 4.3 million people in Niger required humanitarian assistance.
He also warned that the unfolding crisis could worsen insecurity in the wider West African region.
UN humanitarian agencies have pledged to stay and deliver in Niger.


text: Britney Spears and Jason Trawick stuck together to board a flight out of LAX earlier today. She's off on an adventure with Jason after spending time this week in a dance studio filming the video for "Hold It Against Me" — Brit even tweeted a sneak peek to her fans. Her first rough cut is expected any day, though it looks like she and Jason may be off relaxing on another tropical vacation when they get a glimpse. Brit's fully focused on her upcoming album, and recently relieved herself of her Candie's modeling duties. The torch was passed to Vanessa Hudgens, whose skin-baring ads debuted yesterday.

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The crew of the School Television IgnaśTV came to Vilnius for a three-day filming at the Vilnius University, where Ignacy Domeyko used to study. The film crew started the filming at the university library following with the filming in the White Hall and the Grand Courtyard. More filming will be done at other locations around Vilnius, including the Basilian Cloister.
The project „Skarb Domeyki / El tesoro de Domeyko" is a social, educational and charitable undertaking. The main goal of the project is to promote the knowledge about Ignacy Domeyko among youth, in particular. The project consists of the full-length feature film Domeyko's Treasure – an adventure movie and a series of educational films.
Apart from the educational values, an additional aspect of this project is cultural exchange. Many meetings, conferences and symposiums will be held in relation to Ignacy Domeyko and his life time achievements in different locations.
During the filming the crew of the School Television IgnaśTV will visit Lithuania, France, Chile and Poland. The film will tell a fictional story about two young people travelling the world following Domeyko's footsteps: Vilnius, Krakow, Paris, Warsaw, La Serena, Coquimbo, Antofagasta, San Pedro de Atacama, Santiago.
The premiere of the film is scheduled for the summer of 2016.

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Meet Our Bariatric Administrative Associate
By Linda Trainor, RN, BSN
Bariatric Nurse Coordinator at BIDMC
Jaime Cudmore joined the Weight Loss Surgery team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in June 2018. In addition to performing administrative duties, Jaime also guides all bariatric patients through the surgical process and obtains all insurance authorizations.
“Jaime is fantastic!” says Daniel Jones, MD, Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. “She is dedicated to our patients’ experience and she works tirelessly getting patients approved through the insurance process.”
Jaime earned her Bachelor of Science from Rutgers University and is currently working towards her nursing degree.
Prior to joining BIDMC’s Weight Loss Surgery Center, Jaime worked as a Medical Assistant in the Weight Management program at Atrius Health.
One can easily recognize Jaime’s enthusiasm for helping patients while she’s working at her stand-up desk.
“I love being able to work in a department that makes such a difference in people's lives,” says Jaime. “My favorite part is seeing patients who have undergone surgery have a complete change of mindset from before surgery. Weight loss surgery is truly a ‘second chance’ at life and seeing how much of a positive impact it has had on so many people is something that always brightens my day.”
Outside of work, when Jaime is not studying for nursing exams, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading and doing yoga. Her favorite hobby is caring for a variety of vibrant plants at home.
“One can never have too many plants to revitalize your day,” says Jaime.
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The deputy foreign minister of Syria, Faisal Al Mekdad, said Israeli air strikes against targets around Damascus amounted to a "declaration of war" and threatened to retaliate. Speaking to CNN he said:
"This is a declaration of war, this is not something that is strange, but we dealt with this on several occasions and we retaliated the way we want, and the retaliation was always painful to Israel."
Middle East Correspondent John Ray reports on the diplomatic shock waves created by the air strikes against Damascus.
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She told Têtu, the leading gay and lesbian magazine, that "opening up marriage to same-sex couples is needed in the name of equality, visibility and respect". She said that she also supported gay adoption.
According to a recent poll, 60 per cent of the French support gay marriage, which is legal in countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain.
Ms Royal, who has four children with her partner, François Hollande, who heads the Socialist Party, argued that "whether the parents are homosexual or heterosexual, adoption is above all a family project".
Her comments, published before today's Gay Pride event, which is expected to draw half a million people, were welcomed by leaders of the French gay community. Her stand, described as a "conversion" by the daily newspaper Libération, took French public opinion by surprise. Ms Royal, 52, has issued some tough statements recently on law and order, and has often been criticised for her conservative positions. Only two years ago, she had been more reticent about the divisive issue of gay marriage.
But after the Socialist Party adopted a platform that includes gay marriage and adoption, Ms Royal had no choice but to stick to the party line.
Even though her approval rating keeps on rising, she still needs to fight to win the Socialist nomination in November for the presidential candidacy in a party where most leaders resent her for stealing the limelight.
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Oriole point surge has Hodags play down the clock The Stanley-Boyd girls varsity met the Rhinelander Hodags at DC Everest High School on Friday November 26, with the Hodags resorting to what appeared …
Oriole point surge has Hodags play down the clock
The Stanley-Boyd girls varsity met the Rhinelander Hodags at DC Everest High School on Friday November 26, with the Hodags resorting to what appeared as a game of 'pass the ball' in the final min ute or so, the better to prevent losing ball possession and a last minute Oriole resurgence from catching fire late in the game. Coach Alison Becker shared some thoughts after the game was over Friday.
“We hope to get better on the defensive end of the court,” she said of the road ahead. “We need to limit our opponents to not scoring over 50 points a game and that will help us tremendously getting wins.” Becker also said having con – fidence from the game start is important, while second team all conference listee for 2020- 21 Teagen Becker has been out with a torn meniscus but should be back by January to mid-Jan uary for game play. And with that, we bring you the game.
Gaining advantage in the tipoff, Rhinelander took first scoring opportunity, with the ball then passing over to Stanley- Boyd, with determined passing action by Leslie Derks, Mallory Eslinger and Liily Hoel. The ball soon changing hands, the second Rhineland- er basket came with 15:23 left in the first half, following by a third with 14:33 left. With the score soon 8-0 in Rhinelander’s favor it was into a full time out for the Orioles to try and regroup. The time out paid off, with Eslinger scoring an Oriole two pointer at 13:02 left in the first half, bringing the score 8-2. With a pass by Hoel to Kayte Licht for three points that point deficit was soon nar rowed to 8-5.
With a two-pointer by Rhinelander then bringing the score 10-5 and a three pointer following this, the second Oriole time out for 30 seconds came at 8:05 left. With baskets by Licht and Derks for the Ori oles but a counter effort from the Hodags, the score at halftime read 26-11 as each team walked to its respective off court break space.
Coming back after the half, the Lady Orioles could be seen putting on a much stronger defense than before, the second half opening with a three-pointer by Licht at just under 17 minutes, bringing things 26-14 as to the score. With a free throw by Hazuga bringing the score 26-15 and a substitution of Hazuga by freshman Lauren Potaczek, the next couple of points were mostly Rhinelanders,’accelerating the scoreboard to 38-19 with plays by Hoel and Licht. Two pointers by Jessica Hazuga and Emma Felmlee along with Eslinger soon saw the score at 47-31, the play getting faster as the clock ran down, each team aware that time, was running out.
With a free throw bringing things 54-32, Hoel then scored a series of baskets, the Hodags
played down the clock by pass ing the ball around in Oriole territory to close the game out Friday. The final score came out to 61-46, in Rhinelander’s favor.
The score the following day was much closer, Stanley-Boyd coming within two points of beating Gresham Community at DC Everest, the final score 63 to 61.
Lauren Potaczek (left), Jessica Hazuga, and Emma Felmlee of Stanley-Boyd pause along with Annika Johnson from Rhinelander to see if Hazuga's basket will go in at DC Everest on Friday. Photo by Joseph Back.


Twin Flip Left Foot Accelerator
Designed for users with Reduced Right Leg Mobility
The Twin Flip Left Accelerator has been designed to allow a person with a right leg disability to operate an automatic car. The product works by modifying the standard accelerator and adding a second accelerator pedal fitted to the left hand side of the brake pedal.
Safe & User-Friendly
The pedals are assembled to ensure that only one pedal can be deployed at a time. This increases safety and driver confidence. To operate, you simply push the left hand side pedal down and automatically the right hand side pedal goes up and out of the way. This allows the user to drive the vehicle using their left leg for both the brake and accelerator functions.
When you wish to return the car back to normal, simply press down the right hand side pedal that is neatly tucked up out of the way, and the left hand side pedal will automatically flip up and stow neatly against the lower dashboard.- Simple!
- Designed specifically for drivers with a right leg disability
- Available for every make and model of automatic car
- Simple and safe operation
- Can be fitted at your home by one of our nationwide agents
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