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The drive from Bastia was hot and humid. A sticky, damp heat blanket hung over the coast road and the rather dreary outskirts of the city where small run-down workshops and garages seemed dustier and messier than usual. Every part of the Mediterranean has these areas of almost Third World shabbiness; developments rushed into and left unfinished, unpainted, with cement crumbling and adorned with torn posters and graffiti. The graffiti here in Corsica is bold and aggressive – A N C, Autonome Nazionale Corsica, CORSICA LIBRA, Free Corsica in a mixture of languages.
The long straight eastern coastline promised much. We had been assured of Caribbean- like beaches, Saint Tropez -like picturesque port towns, all idyllic and unspoiled. Wrong ! We made several sorties from the main road to the dusty coast, where a seemingly endless beach does stretch down the length of the island. The sand is clean and golden but the beach narrow and the commercial development is extensive. Beach cafes jostle for customers; there are rooms, studios, bungalows, apartments, all to let; souvenirs, sun umbrellas, bikinis and post cards in abundance. Nice enough if you want a quieter Costa, but not for us.
Later we learned of the history of this flatland of the Eastern coast. The many rivers from the mountainous spine of the island flow down to the sea here and it offered an invitingly fertile land to the first of the many invaders. First came the Ugurians and the Phoenicians. Etruscans from Italy followed and set up a democratic form of government, producing remarkable artistic and technical achievements. The land was rich in vines and olives, agriculture easy and the seas abundant with fish. The Romans arrived in the 3rd Century AD and after a devastating conquest ruled for five centuries, establishing their capital at Aleria about half way down the Eastern seaboard. The arrival of waves of vandals and pirates from the Barbary Coast sent the settlers scuttling inland and up into the mountains, to establish new, more secure, settlements. The Eastern plains were deserted and were soon made inhabitable by malaria. It was an effective buffer in keeping invaders at bay and from the reaching the inland mountain cities, but the island inhabitants avoided the area. So it remained virtually uninhabited until the French, desperate to accommodate the thousands of Algerians and the despised ‘pieds noirs1 at the end of the Algerian conflict in the 1960’s, thought it a suitable dumping place to house those who had supported them throughout the war and who now had to leave Algeria. It certainly would have appeared a preferable alternative to the shanty towns which were growing at an alarming rate on the outskirts of Marseille, Lyon and other mainland cities. Presumably, the mosquitoes were eradicated and the countryside became open to development.
We visited Aleria where the ruins of the Roman city remain and a museum in a large stone fort where various Roman relics have been incorporated into the stonework by subsequent landlords. The incidental treasure in the village of present day Aleria is a collection of old houses whose walls are made up of small Roman bricks, huge grey square field stones and rounded river stones studded with wedges of granite and other materials; a myriad of colours and shapes, textures and forms of an extraordinary beauty and a rich treasure trove left by past civilisations. We headed on to Porto Vecchio, a medieval ‘Ville Haute’ perched over a modern marina. The streets are narrow and twisting and there are some interesting old buildings, but also lots of ice cream parlours and busloads of eager Dutch pensioners visiting their umpteenth tourist attraction of the day. On southward to Bonifaccio: perched high above the port, the huge city-cittadella faces boldly out towards Sardinia, clearly visible across the sea. Bonifaccio was built by the Genoese whose arrival in the 16th Century restored some stability to the island. They also built hundreds of stone towers, most of which remain today, around the entire island, watch towers, to help protect Corsica from the proliferation of raiders and pirates. The cittadella towers over the sea and is reached by a twisting serpentine road or by footpaths consisting of hundreds of winding steps. It is a more ‘lived-in’ town than Porto Vecchio with Italianate narrow streets between the tall buildings and the ubiquitous washing lines connecting neighbours. There were lots of residents going about their business and at six o’clock lots of tourists, like us, looking for hotel rooms for the night. These were all showing their ‘complet’ signs, full-up for the night apart from a few 4 star hotels taking advantage of the shortage of rooms by charging extortionate rates. We decided to take a gamble and to look further afield.
The road had reached the southernmost point of the island, so we started to drive west along a less-used route. However, there were virtually no towns or villages, and no sign of lodgings. We had almost given up hope when there appeared a roughly painted yellow sign announcing ‘Auberge- Chambres Haut Village 1st Right’. Off we went, but there was no sign of the village as we followed the narrowing road inland, and just as we were thinking of retracing our steps, a second, more battered, sign appeared with the added information that the Auberge is ‘Chez Antoine’. Reaching the top of a small hill a few houses came into sight. These became a village and we carried on looking for further instructions, rather like Alice down the rabbit hole. We seemed to reach a dead end and requested help from a couple of locals who indicated a neighbouring house and indeed we arrived ‘Chez Antoine’ – a large, rambling, rather shambolic house with, up a short flight of stairs, a huge verandah running the width of the stone building. We noticed again the beautiful stones which are used for building everywhere with not a drop of cement to be seen. There must be an extra strong force of gravity in Corsica! We parked in a messy forecourt already full with a collection of battered cars and vans, and made our way through vines and bushes, pots and plants, all overgrown and neglected. Waiting for us on the verandah was a large, portly man in shorts, with a bare top, long bushy hair and a rough beard. Obviously, he was our host and there was no way out now as he welcomed us warmly as old friends, giving me a hug and a couple of whiskery kisses. He reminded us of a local farmer near our home in France who is well known in the region as a ‘personalité’, and who also serves magnificent meals.’ I think we’ve found a Corsican Dany’, I whispered. A young man, Antoine’s son, Pascal, led us through a darkened ground floor kitchen to a largish room upstairs with four beds, a huge antique wardrobe and dressing table, with a still larger television set perched precariously on top of it. There was an en-suite shower room and a private lobby containing a number of large wooden chests; this all for twenty Euros, including breakfast. How could we refuse?
Half a dozen people had gathered on the verandah, having drinks and we were soon invited to join them. Antoine as well the younger men were all well built and half-naked, some of them sporting this year’s fashion of shaven heads, others with long bushy beards and shoulder-length hair. Among them were two young Germans of indeterminate sex, both with long flowing locks, shorts and T-shirts. The proliferation of so much hair and bare skin, the sweet aniseed smell of the pastis, which was flowing generously, mixed with the pungent smell of some huge round ewe’s- milk cheeses ripening on the dresser of the adjoining kitchen, where dozens of salty, herby, home made sausages hung from the low ceiling, was overpowering. It was still quite warm at seven o’clock and we opted for a walk through the village which seemed interesting enough. Every house sported a well-kept garden, bursting with geraniums, nasturtiums, bougainvillea, wisteria, monstrous flowering cacti, mimosa and eucalyptus. There were two groups of men playing boules in the main square – the ‘oldies’ taking their time between shots, with much play at aim and strategy while a group of younger men played the modem type of boules, hard and rough making the solid metal balls crash frighteningly on impact. Parts of the town appeared to be badly in need of repairs, some older buildings almost completely in ruins, these housing a number of mangy cats who scurried into the half dark. Many of the newly renovated houses appeared to be holiday homes with their shutters now firmly shut.
We rejoined the party on the verandah and were glad of a glass of cool pastis after the long, hot day behind us. This came in tumbler, half-full of the local ‘Casanis’ which we warily topped up with water and ice. Alex (my husband) joined the Germans, who were, after all, a couple, and were staying at a local camping site, while I found myself surrounded by the half-naked Corsicans who were all chatting animatedly with their strange, thick, staccato accents. After another gulp of pastis I decided this was too good a chance to miss at mixing with the locals. I tried plying them with questions:” Do you live here all year round?” “What do you do?” “Can the younger men earn a living in the village?” And so on. It didn’t take long for me to realise that we had stumbled upon a hotbed of real Corsican nationalists. Antoine père, explained that he lives with his two sons, slim,shaven-haired, Antoine fils, and his other son, Pascal, named after the local hero, Pascal Pauli, whose statue dominates every Corsican village and who won Corsica its independence for fourteen short years in the 18th Century.” We have everything we need to live,- my pigs, my garden, the sea – we can live independently from France and we’re going to get rid of them”, Alex declaimed. “What about the younger men”, I queried, “maybe they want more from the modern world?” “Well, those who want more, should go away”, was his answer. And of course, that’s what the Corsicans have been doing for generations. “’And then they come back”, he complained. Eighty per cent of the island’s population are pensioners returned from a lifetime of working in France, and comfortable with their generous French pensions. They renovate the family house, cultivate pretty suburban gardens, and of course, are quite happy to remain French citizens with all the advantages. But Antoine has a point and the French government has done next to nothing to bring work to the island, the only commercial developments are foreign-run and aimed at the tourist, while offering the island little but menial service jobs. France does, however, pay ever increasing subsidies in the hope of keeping the peace with the islanders.
All this heated discussion was punctuated with exclamations of “ca va sauter!” (It’ II be blown up) And, of course, quite a lot of things do get blown up in Corsica. Just before our visit a beach restaurant in Ajjacio was the victim – however, not as thought, by rival nationalist bands, but by order of the Préfet himself, as the necessary license was missing. The Préfet, rather like the governor general in a colony, is sent from France to oversee the island and stands in hierarchy above the local politicians. However, this Préfet overstepped himself and ended up in prison, not only for the unconventional, if traditionally Corsican manner of coping with a problem, but also due to the disappearance of government funds, another typically Corsican problem. When the third pastis was poured, I tipped half of it into Alex’s glass while he and the Germans compared the beaches they had discovered and less exciting matters. I was feeling bold enough to carry on with the locals.”’I’m not sure I believe in nationalism”, I ventured. This is met by total disbelief – “What do you feel yourself ?”’ ‘What nation do you feel you belong to ?” I’m obviously the wrong person to ask, having left my homeland forty years earlier and having lived happily in half- a -dozen different countries. “Too many dreadful things have happened in the name of nationalism.”..I attempt. Unexpectedly, I’m supported by an elderly man, a neighbor, who has called in for his regular evening aperitif. He gets more and more excited trying to shout down Alex-fils, jumping up and down from his chair, gesticulating with his arms. The son is obviously quite fanatical in his nationalism and I imagine him spray-painting road signs or peppering them with gunshot pellets; a common hazard for the motoring tourist. He insists that he will not leave Corsica;.his father, his grandfather, his great grandfather all had to leave the island to look for work. He plans to stay; stay with his father in the village and grow vegetables and rear pigs. But he wants Corsica to himself and is determined to get rid of the French –“ ca va sauter!”
It was now well after 9 o’clock and we were getting pretty hungry and with no sign of dinner. Apparently, we were waiting for more guests, an Italian couple who finally came back from the beach and with typical Italian nonchalance, went off to take a shower and then to settle down – for a pastis, or two. However, things eventually started to move with Alex-père and Pascal setting up on a rough wooden table at the end of the verandah. (There was not a woman in sight ).They set out carafes of pale Corsican rosé wine, huge baskets of pain de campagne, glistening green olives, platters of home-cured ham and sausages. We took our seats on long wooden benches and the heated discussion was soon forgotten as everyone attacked the feast. Dishes of sautéd veal in wine followed, and steaming bowls of pasta. We finished off with a slab of the local cheese and fruit from the garden. And then came the music.
I had already noticed a row of guitars propped up against an ancient fireplace in the gloom of the kitchen, but we were not prepared for a full scale concert. Alex-père and Pascal were seated next to us with their instruments and started to accompany themselves with a string of gentle, plaintive songs. Young Pascal’s beautifully formed muscular body cradled the guitar, rocking and almost dancing in slow motion with the emotion of the music. Alex-père’s face softened and glowed in the light of a little string of fairy-lights garlanding the verandah. The songs continued, some sad and lyrical, some stronger and more emotional. We could not understand the Corsican dialect of these words but it was obviously an outpouring of love and pain and all about Corsica. It must have continued for a good hour or so and we were dumb struck with the realisation that we had stumbled so unwittingly upon a quite special occasion. It was one of those moments which make travel so exciting and when one feels privileged to have had an insight into another country’s culture and to have understood them a little better. It was well past midnight when we took off to bed. We ignored the dust, the ancient creaking bed, the un-lockable doors and slept soundly. One thought filtered into my mind before succumbing to the tiredness and the effects of all the wine and pastis : hadn’t I heard of Corsican bandits who kidnapped foreign tourists and snipped off bits of their fingers, or ears, to help with their ransom demands ? Or maybe it was in Sardinia ? Oh well.
The next morning was another perfect sunny Corsican day and the house seemed still quiet at 8 am. However, a surprise awaited us (again) on the verandah; a cheerfully decked breakfast table, fresh baguettes, farm-made butter, home- made jams and jugs of steaming coffee. Antoine-père, bespectacled, was peering intensely over a pile of architect’s blueprints. It was a ‘projet’ – a barn 60 metres long, big enough to raise 600, or was it 6,000 ‘coqs’ (roosters). The Arabs (what Arabs ?) wanted to buy live roosters as ‘they didn’t like dead ones’. He would make a fortune (so much for the simple life described so poetically yesterday) but he had to get the funding. He’d already paid six hundred euros for the plans. These appeared to consist of a large, oblong box, drawn professionally, side-on, front-on and even with an aerial view. “You’re taking these to the maine (local town hall) for approval and funding ?” I query, between gulps of coffee. “Oh, no. Not the mairie. I’m taking these to the Préfet, the new Préfet in Ajjacio and if he doesn’t approve the funding, if he refuses the Corsicans the help they’re entitled to – “ca va sauter”. I thought of the newly arrived Préfet rushed to the island as the result of the recent dramas,- explosions, assassinations, prosecutions, imprisonment, etc. and wondered, if he wouldn’t have a few more things on his mind than Antoine’s roosters. He was mad all right – but how he could cook and make music. What a character!
Obviously, the rest of the holiday couldn’t live up to this experience, but we did find just what we were looking for. Another fifty kilometres and then up the west coast of the island we found long, sandy beaches which we shared with half a dozen others, friendly little restaurants ‘pieds dans I’eau’ serving fresh fish nightly and a reasonably priced bungalow set among olive trees on a hill overlooking the perfectly blue, sparkling sea. The days were warm and balmy, the water crystal clear and we stayed put for two weeks, venturing no further afield than a few sorties around the coast roads and a few kilometres inland. The west coast could not be more different than the eastern flatlands. Here the mountains plunge down to the sea, leaving small bays and coves, many not accessible by road. Where towns and cities have sprung up as in Ajjacio, Calvi or Porto, tourism dominates and one must look with more care in the search for the ‘real’ Corsica.
After two weeks, we headed back, first to Ajjacio, the capital city full of monuments to its favourite son, Bonaparte, and then right across the island through the rugged mountains and dense forests. The road climbs up to a thousand metres, cutting through spectacular scenery where the only dangers are caused by very tame boars, which roam around the highway, tempted no doubt, by offerings from passing motorists. We spent a night in Bastia waiting for the ferry back to Nice on the mainland and only then realised how hot it was. We had been saved from the real Corsican summer heat by the sea breezes and were now sleeping in a hotel room with a less than spectacular view onto a dingy courtyard. Dozens of cramped apartments were spilling into the courtyard with their rundown balconies stuffed with belongings, make-shift bathrooms glued onto the original buildings, crying babies, blaring radios, giving us a very different picture of Corsica. However, we did enjoy a walk through the medieval town, the fishing port, the cittadelle, the market place, and settled for aperitifs on the huge central square, fringed with palm trees to watch the locals meeting at the end of the day, chatting and walking, their children running and playing ball. It was hard to believe that Corsica could be dangerous and violent, but we had seen enough to understand the country a little better and felt strangely privileged by the experience.
Christina Gallea Roy 2000

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The British Royal Air Force (RAF) is testing a new set of advanced weapons, software and avionics enhancements for the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft.
The trials involving MBDA’s Meteor ‘beyond visual range’ air-to-air and Storm Shadow deep attack air-to-surface missile software systems are being conducted as part of Project Centurion, a programme that ensures the transition of capability from the Tornado GR4 to the Typhoon.
Meteor has been designed to provide ‘beyond visual range’ air-to-air capability to Typhoon in dense electronic warfare environments. This active radar-guided missile will provide a multi-shot capability against long-range, moving targets, such as fast jets, small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and cruise missiles.
Storm Shadow is said to introduce a stand-off air-to-surface capability to enhance the Typhoon’s abilities against well-defended infrastructure targets.
The operational testing and evaluation of the upgrades, known as the Project Centurion Phase 1 capability package, is being performed in collaboration with BAE Systems.
It will include ground test and flight test work as well as familiarisation with new features introduced by the upgrades.
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The test work is being carried out by RAF Test and Evaluation pilots at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, UK, ahead of a roll-out across the UK fleet.
It follows trial installation work and the subsequent upgrade of six Typhoon aircraft.
BAE Systems Military Air and Information UK Centurion and Eurofighter Capability Programmes head James Glazebrook said: "Planned testing and evaluation by 41(R) Squadron are now well underway.
“This is another important milestone on the Project Centurion programme and has been achieved through hard work and excellent collaboration between our teams and the RAF.”
The testing also includes a number of new UK-only national capabilities that are expected to bring additional human machine interface and other improvements to the aircraft.
Eurofighter, Airbus and Leonardo delivered aircraft and support equipment used in the trials.
Image: A RAF 41(R) Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon. Photo: courtesy of BAE Systems.


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Acta Médica Peruana
ISSN 1728-5917 versión on-line
POLANCO AGUILAR, Pablo Manuel, CORNEJO GIRALDO, Mario, ZAPATA AGUILAR, Elert et al. Primer reporte de enfermedad sistémica por arañazo de gato (Bartonella henselae) en el Perú. Acta méd. peruana, oct./dic. 2008, vol.25, no.4, p.228-231. ISSN 1728-5917.
Introduction: Cat-scratch disease most of the times is described reporting its typical form; systemic forms are rare and they are seldom reported. Cat-scratch disease may have a great variety of presentations, and some of them are quite unusual. This is the very first time that the systemic form is reported in Peru. Clinical case: We present two girls, 5 and 6 years old, hospitalized in the pediatric ward of Hospital Nacional Carlos Alberto Seguin, EsSalud, Arequipa, Peru, who presented with the systemic form of cat scratch disease. Both girls were scratched by kittens without developing a characteristic local reaction, and they presented with prolonged fever, malaise, anorexia, headache, abdominal pain, lymph node enlargement, liver and spleen involvement, accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, high levels of C-reactive protein, leukocytosis, left shift, slightly elevated or normal liver enzymes; and in both girls the diagnosis was confirmed with a positive result in serological testing (IgG and IgM) for Bartonella henselae. Also, some splenic microabscesses were found in the CT scan. Both girls responded to antimicrobial therapy using a macrolide combined with rifampin for one month.
Palabras llave: Systemic human bartonellosis; systemic cat scratch disease; hepatosplenic fever caused by cat scratch.
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The benefits of improving the nutrient content of staple foods through biofortification was highlighted at a high-level conference in India focusing on the role of food ingredients in promoting health and wellness, and regulatory challenges in the ingredients ecosystem.
During the 2nd National Conference on Food Ingredients: Tool Towards Innovation, which took place on July 19 at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) House in New Delhi, Ravinder Grover of HarvestPlus India participated in a session on “Emerging Trends and the Evolving Regulatory & Business Environment of a Diversified Food Ingredient Sector: The Way Forward.” The discussion focused on highlighting innovations in food ingredients, the regulatory ecosystem, and roadmaps for market entry.
Grover spoke about staple crop biofortification as a strategy to combat hidden hunger by enhancing nutrient content of staples like wheat, rice, maize etc. For example, he explained how replacing regular pearl millet with iron-biofortified pearl millet (which is currently available and grown in India) could help meet up to 80 percent of daily iron needs of Indians if eaten regularly.
He noted that biofortification also fits well with some of the emerging trends in the food sector, notably the demand for naturally nutritious foods, and especially after COVID-19, the increased popularization of plant-based foods. Biofortified foods do not require additives to achieve their nutrient enriched status because the vitamins and minerals are bred into the crops. This contrasts biofortification with large scale food fortification, which requires adding nutrients at the food processing stage.
HarvestPlus, which is part of the CGIAR global partnership for a food secure future, is the global leader in biofortification and works with hundreds of public, private, and NGO partners around the world to rapidly scale this agriculture-based nutrition improvement strategy. In India, as of the end of 2021, 74,000 smallholder farming households were growing iron pearl millet, while 816,000 households were growing zinc-biofortified wheat.
Grover discussed HarvestPlus’ priority on the sustainability of biofortification through the development of strong value chains and enabling environments. He also explained that deployment strategies for biofortification are guided by a strategic framework that takes account of key parameters such as gender empowerment, improving nutrition, climate adaptation, and improving livelihoods.
On the gender aspect, he added that one of the varieties of iron beans released in Kenya helps women by taking less time to prepare, freeing up their time for other activities. He also discussed a pilot project HarvestPlus is conducting in India in partnership with Akshay Patra, focusing on inclusion of iron pearl millet and zinc wheat in menus for India’s Mid-day Meal Scheme.
More generally, the meeting was an opportunity for representatives from government, development partners, industries, and related stakeholder groups to share critical insights on expansion plans, market opportunities and challenges, and emerging trends associated across the food ingredients sector.
Shri. Arun Singhal, the CEO of Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI), said, “Food ingredients play a very important role in product formation and perform a variety of functions. There has been a major change in consumers’ preferences and behaviour during COVID-19 times. Healthy food is now being desired by everyone. All over the world, the regulators require that all the ingredients are listed on the product detail page of the product.”
Focusing on the additives and flavouring ingredients, Siraj Hussain, Former Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) & Advisor, FICCI said, “Food additives are an important part of the food processing industry. The entire food processing industry uses some additive or flavouring and therefore, it is important that the role played by sweeteners, emulsifiers, flavours, colour, additives etc. is realised.” Sanjay Khajuria, President, CIFTI-FICC,highlighted “Our policymakers have implemented a number of reforms to create an enabling environment for rapid growth, across all segments of the food value chain.”
The food ingredients market in India is seeing rapid expansion amid increasing consumer demand for efficacious health & wellness ingredients, environmentally conscious sourcing, and transparent and cleaner ingredient labels. This comes in the context of increased consumption of processed foods and rising preference for ready-to-eat meals.
Recognising this, the conference was aimed at bringing forth innovations in the food ingredient domain by brands, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers in the food industry with an opportunity to seek critical insights on rapid expansion plans, market opportunities & challenges, emerging trends and much more.
The conference also included panel discussions with experts from the food industry, including Nestle India, Tata Consumer Products Ltd., Zydus Wellness Ltd., International Flavors & Fragrances, Kerry Ingredients, and others. Topics covered included Building Holistic Food Ingredients Ecosystem and the Role of Ingredients in Ensuring Health and Wellness. The discussion of the conference brought to the fore several key positive aspects focusing on the significance of sustainability, food safety, digitalization, social media, traceability, bridging the gap between industry and academia and focusing on releasing innovate consumer-friendly products.
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Targeted by Greitens, Missouri's prevailing wage law considered for repeal
JEFFERSON CITY — While the House was roiling Wednesday with the imminent passage of a ban on mandatory union dues, Republicans on the other side of the Capitol were moving along other forms of labor reform.
The Senate General Laws Committee heard discussion about a bill to repeal a state law requiring private contractors working on public construction projects to pay a minimum rate to their workers. The bill filed by Sen. Dan Brown, a Rolla Republican, would bring Missouri into the company of 20 other states including Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa and was one of three heard Wednesday by the committee; another would limit but not end prevailing wage; and the third would do away with project labor agreements, which are pre-contract agreements with unions.
The state's prevailing wage rates vary by county. For instance, the most recently issued hourly rate for a carpenter is $24.73 in Greene County, while a worker with the same title in St. Louis County would make $36.98.
Some critics of prevailing wage laws have pointed out that projects in rural areas are subject to the same rates as in urban areas, such that a public construction project in Springfield would be subject to the same wage rates as one miles away in unincorporated Greene County.
Brown traced the history of Missouri's prevailing wage law back to the federal Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, saying the act had racist origins and was an ineffective piece of Depression-era law. This issue had generated the most calls from local government officials in Brown's rural south-central Missouri district, he said, and the law has prevented projects from being completed in some cases.
"This is probably one of the most important labor reforms that we could pass," he said. "I think it would have a tremendous impact on our local communities and would be very, very quick in occurring."
Brown also noted the looming Missouri budget crisis of at least $456 million and said the measure could save money for higher education institutions such as the University of Missouri. Colleges and universities have borne the brunt of the cuts so far announced by Gov. Eric Greitens, who during his State of the State address Tuesday called for the repeal of Missouri's prevailing wage law due to high construction costs.
"It hurts rural workers. It sets back rural families," Greitens said.
The prevailing wage law is backed by unions, which face legislative setbacks this session. In a statement Wednesday, Missouri AFL-CIO President Mike Louis cited Greitens' wishes to end prevailing wage and project labor agreements as evidence that there was a hidden meaning in the governor's State of the State address.
"Last night's speech had a good feel to it, but the realities of the details will destroy Missouri's working families and make our communities less safe," Louis said.
Opposition at the hearing came from Sen. Jake Hummel, a St. Louis Democrat and longtime union member, and representatives of companies such as Columbia-based construction contractor Emery Sapp and Sons, which has an office in Springfield. They claimed the problem was not with the law but with contractors who did not report the number of hours worked to the state labor department, which conducts annual surveys in every county to determine the prevailing wage.
Russell Crane, chief estimator with Emery Sapp and Sons, opposed the measure and objected to characterizations that this was a union-versus-non-union issue. Crane also referenced the cuts Greitens announced and the Republican governor's pledge to provide more jobs with higher pay.
Repealing prevailing wage would create more jobs, Crane said, but with lower pay.
Testimony in favor of prevailing wage reform came from the Missouri Municipal League and the Missouri School Board Association as well as business executives such as Greg Hoberock, the CEO of hth companies. The two associations represented governments and school boards who argued that repealing the law would decrease the costs of construction projects.
Hoberock acknowledged that the legislature in 2013 attempted to reform prevailing wage law and that this law was not working because contractors were not reporting their hours. There is no requirement to report the information the Department of Labor uses to determine prevailing wage.
"I elect to to report," Hoberock said. "I could not ask another contractor to report because you get crucified (at the labor department). You are treated like a third-class citizen and you are just hammered."
Hoberock said unions were using the labor department's Division of Labor Standards as a "whipping tool." He added that if the law cannot be corrected, it should be repealed.
Sen. David Sater, a Cassville Republican, filed a bill heard by the committee that he said would leave intact the prevailing wage for construction projects but leave it intact for maintenance or improvements, such as repaving a parking lot. Sater's bill effectively narrows the definition of "construction."
According to a Harvard University study of prevailing wage laws in the U.S., union workers have borne the brunt of previous repeal efforts.
Repealing prevailing wage laws causes "slight decreases" to construction workers' wages, according to the study.
"However, the effects of repeal differ substantially across groups of construction workers," the study concludes. "The negative wage effects are borne primarily by union workers and white workers."
The committee spent almost two hours discussing the prevailing wage and project labor agreement bills, and it's expected to vote on them next week. But it did act Wednesday on two other bills.
Voting 5-2 along party lines, with Republicans in the majority and Democrats dissenting, the committee advanced bills forbidding unions from collecting membership fees and barring public labor organizations from withholding fees from employee paychecks without written consent.

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When design work began for the new 993 in 1991 Porsche touted the current 964-generation (1990-1994) 911 as over 85 percent new, ‘but visually it looked barely 20 percent new’ according to Tony Hatter. Hatter, lead of the new 993 design team, set out to make many visual and aerodynamic enhancements over the previous generation 911. Following Ferdinand Porsche’s mantra, ‘Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult,’ Hatter and his team set out to improve the bumpers as they were ‘too bulbous’ and unbalanced from front to rear on the 964. They smoothed the headlights to mimic the 959s while maintaining the classic 911 front fender profile and added width to the rear fenders. When the new 911 coupe and cabriolet debuted at the 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show Porsche knew they had a sales success on their hands with the newest generation of the evergreen 911.
Over the next five years – Porsche true to their style – added a number of different ingredients to the 911 recipe: C2S, C4S, targa, turbo, RS, GT2… All of these additions create their own flavor of 911 but there is something subtly exciting when you encounter a 993 stripped of its wings, fender flares and turbos.
The 993 on offer is such a car. This 1996 Carrera 4 is positively brimming with the highlights that make those serious about Porsche stand up and take notice. Original-owner, six-speed manual transmission and 14,996 miles for starters. The original owner made the fortuitous decision to order this car in the very rare shade of Aventurine Green Metallic, a special-order color that shifts from green to blue-grey depending on the light. The Cashmere Beige and Black combination leather interior matches the exterior color choice extremely well. The interior remains wonderfully stock and its condition is consummate with mileage, showing very little wear. The original Becker CDR-210 CD-Radio remains in the dash as is a testament to the originality of this very special vehicle. Additionally, this 993 was ordered as a Carrera 4 featuring Porsche’s all-wheel drive system first pioneered in the 959 supercar and later used in both the 993 Turbo and Turbo S. Besides the obvious benefits of an all-wheel drive system underpinning this 993, the C4 is visually distinguished by silver painted Brembo brake calipers, ‘Carrera 4’ center caps, silver exterior Carrera badge and silver topped shift lever. Electric sliding sunroof and Xenon headlights are other notable options.
As expected, a car this well-kept and owned by a single individual also retains many of the beacons of originality that go missing in lesser cars. It has both sets of ‘Porsche Drive Block’ switchblade remote keys, owner’s manual set with stamped service book, toolkit and spare tire. This 993 is one to be driven and enjoyed. It is an unmodified, very original specimen of what Tony Hatter and his team designed to be the final iteration of the air-cooled 911 and the one that ultimately saved Porsche.
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Wow dude, i'm flattered. Thanks.
But I am the guy you want to drop a barn find off to. leave a blank cheque book, and pick up 6 months later. you are the guy with Exquisite taste in cars. and knows the good stuff when you see it.
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A fantastic opportunity to catch a new spin off band from Rose & Crown favourites Wagon Tails.
Check this out - http://vimeo.com/74446619
The Absentees is a cross cultural group from the US, Ireland and the UK, They are a living representation of evolving roots music whilst still being steeped in tradition.
The group is comprised of four of the best instrumentalists and vocalists on the UK Americana scene. Keeping American folk culture and political song alive, along with original, contemporary folk music
Gonna be shit kicking!
For this evening a limited number of advance tickets will be on sale via we got tickets. Be assured that you will still be able to pay on the night but please remember to get here early. For online tickets go to www.wegottickets.com/event/257130
Admission £8 (£6 unwaged)
- June 2019
- September 8: Tom Lewis ~ Less like a concert and more like a rowdy party with lots of singing.
- September 15: Alison Sleator ~ An outstanding contemporary and folk singer.
- September 22: Little Toby Walker ~ A roots music fingerstyle guitar virtuoso.
- September 29: Nancy Kerr & James Fagan ~ Two of the biggest names in Folk.
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Description of the project: On April 25, 2008, Great Divide
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of No Significant Impact to reduce wildfire and safety hazards within
the Day Lake camping, picnic, and boat landing areas by salvaging the
dead and dying jack pine, thinning red pine, and treating the logging
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This free all-Spanish program will be presented by the University of Mary Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of Katherine Henjum.
Planned in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the all-Spanish song repertoire will include works by Obradors, de Falla, Granados, and more. The energizing rhythms of Spanish music will be brought to life by a percussion trio under the direction of Lucas Bernier, director of percussion studies at the University of Mary. Everaldo Martinez, University of Mary director of strings and concertmaster of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, will perform his own composition for solo violin.
This program is part of the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s Sensational Sundays program. Sensational Sundays are free programs sponsored by the State Historical Society that include a variety of lectures, concerts, movies, and tours that provide engaging, educational, historic, and cultural information.
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Pill testing may finally be implemented at Australian festivals as early as this summer
Several states to finally give the green light.
All Australian states, bar NSW, are seriously considering implementing pill testing at festivals this year, with senior police and politicians (somewhat surprisingly) backing the idea of a trial period. Fairfax Media revealed last month that Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation president Alex Wodak along with Canberra physician and all-round good guy David Caldicott were planning to introduce pill-testing at upcoming Sydney festivals whether they received government backing or not, risking arrest and police charges.
While NSW are still strongly opposed to the idea of a pill-testing project, it seems conversations between trial organisers and police in other states have been fruitful, with police said to be both "sympathetic" and "interested" in exploring the trial as a harm minimisation strategy. Dr Caldectott spoke to the SMH about the exciting new revelations last week: "We continue to progress. We've got the funding. Meetings with law enforcement have been face to face and in more than one jurisdiction outside of NSW."
It seems that a summer featuring a shockingly high number of drug related hospitalisations and deaths has sparked a welcome response from police, with the drug trend showing no signs of slowing down for the coming festival season. Dr Caldicott called the hospitalisation of a 15 year old girl at Groovin The Moo in Maitland last weekend a "dire warning", going on to reveal: "We had talked about the possibility of pill testing at Groovin The Moo and we shrugged our shoulders and said, it's not actually high yield…so the fact that people got sick there, the fact they were so young, obviously emphasises the ongoing need for this. Even the experts have underestimated the nature of the market. It is absolutely going to be far worse next season."
On Saturday a spokeswoman for the NSW government stated that its "position had not changed" in relation to a lack of support for pill testing, with the state also looking set to persevere with its controversial and questionably effective sniffer dog detection programme. With other states seemingly keen to explore harm minimisation strategies, hopefully enough pressure will be placed on the Baird Government for NSW to follow suit.
Let's keep our fingers crossed that states will have this rolled out in time for the approaching festival season and that drug related deaths won't be making headlines this summer.
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Less roster turnover, return of head coach Jay Heaps give Revs more stability in 2013
Revs, Andrew Farrell chronicled in MLSsoccer.com’s behind-the-scenes series
Revs nab dynamic winger, target forward and goalkeeper in Round 2 of SuperDraft
SuperDraft’s number one selection thrilled to land in New England
Read what Andrew Farrell, Donnie Smith, Luke Spencer & Luis Soffner had to say here...
Revs select Andrew Farrell first overall, add three in second round
Revs take consensus top pick out of Louisville
Revolution set to make first overall selection in Thursday’s SuperDraft
Revs send No. 4 pick, allocation money to Toronto for first overall selection
Revs will host supporters group members at Gillette Stadium for fourth-annual event
Revs’ technical staff to sit down with several players ahead of SuperDraft
Thursday marks the opening of training camp and the 2013 SuperDraft
Fans have the chance to meet team members at three of the region's top bars and pubs
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Raindrops fell from the sky. He was alone. He was too late. To say his real feelings to the one he had loved. It was too late. Too late. Water dripped down from his reddish blonde hair onto the ground. His pale green eyes were wet with water. Whether it be from the rain or his tears. He didn't care. It was too late to say the three words he wanted to say to her. Too late. His clothes were wet through and through with the rain water but he didn't care. He didn't care about anything anymore. His love was gone. Died so easily. Why? Why does the Angel of Death do such things to him? It had taken away his family, his friends, and now his love. Hasn't it tortured him enough? Hasn't it?!
He missed her warmth. Her scent. Her shining brown eyes. Her beautiful black hair. Her out-going personality. Everything about her.
Wind blew around him, whistling in his ears and through the trees. He shivered and he didn't blame him. His black shirt and blue jeans were soaked through and his black jacket didn't help matters for it wasn't waterproof. He wished he had brought along an umbrella when he had gone out to visit the grave. His eyes softened at the sight of the grave. It was made from stone and had beautiful designs on it. The name was written elegently and stated the birthdate and the deathdate. Then the rain turned into a drizzle and finally stopped. The clouds disappeared, revealing a clear black midnight blue sky where the blue moon hung over everything.
Suddenly, it became colder and he shivered while looking back. A figure was walking towards him, its long black cloak covering its features, making it hard to figure out whether it was female or male.
"Who are you?" the boy asked, shivering still.
The figure pulled off its hood to reveal a beautiful female face. Her hair was blonde and reached to her shoulders and her eyes were the palest of blue and showed no emotions. The cloak swayed in the wind, revealing parts of what seem to be a black mini skirt and a white turtleneck blouse with a pair of black elbow high gloves and silvery blue boots which reached nearly up to her knees.
"Who are you?" the boy asked once more.
"The Angel of Death, Life, and Rebirth." the answer was no more than a whisper in the wind.
"You! You're the one who caused her death! Why did you do it!?!?!?" the boy yelled in anger at the Angel.
Her eyes looked down to her hand. His eyes trailed down as well and widen. The Angel's right hand glowed and a single flower appeared. It was black tipped with white and was still a bud.
"What does that have to do with anything?!" the boy asked angrily.
"Look...." was all the Angel said to the question.
The boy looked and eyes widen once more. The bud was slowly becoming to bloom right in front of his eyes. Then...after several seconds, the petals turned grey and began falling from the stem.
"What does this prove?!" he yelled.
"All things must live...and all things must die. That is what keeps the Nature of Balance balanced." the Angel stated softly. She let go of the now dead flower. It dropped to the ground, not making a single sound. "It is my duty to maintain the Balance."
"Can't you bring her back?" the boy pleaded.
The Angel looked directly at the boy, eyes shining with no emotion though the boy say it flicker a hint of sorrow. "Yes...but it can only be done...through reincarnation...."
The Angel nodded solemnly. "She won't remember anything from her previous life. Not even you. She will have another life, another personality depending on the way she was raised. But...."
"She will slowly start remembering her past life. Slowly but surely. She
":will remember you and everyone else she loved and cared about. Her friends, her family, her life style. Everything."
"When she comes to the age of 4, she will slowly start to remember her life." the Angel answered. "The Angel of Memory wished for this."
"When will she be reincarnated?" the boy asked eagerly.
"Ten years from now. But you...shall die tomorrow."
"Am I being reincarnated as will?"
"You will...depending on the Angel of Justice and Judgement. He will look at your life, deciding if you deserve a second chance." the Angel put back on her hood. "Now...I must go. Death is near. I wish you well for I shall come tomorrow...."
The Angel of Death, Life, and Rebirth then disappeared in the shadows. The boy turned to look at the grave of his love and smiled.
"I guess I will be joining you soon...."
"Destiny! Are you okay?!" a hand was waved in front of a female's face. Brown eyes blinked as black bangs covered parts of her eyes. She swept the bangs away and tucked a strand of her raven black hair behind her ears.
"What is it Nan?" the girl asked.
The said blonde girl pouted. "Don't call me that."
Destiny faked a pout as well. "Aw. But you only let me and Daere call you that. It makes me feel special!"
The blonde girl's dark blue eyes shone with distraction. "Fine. You can call me that. What were you thinking about?"
"That new boy. He was so freaking hot!!!" Destiny squealed.
Nancy rolled her eyes. "You think a lot of boys are hot."
"But this guy is very hot!"
"That's what the rest of the female population think too 'cept me, of course." Nancy replied.
"But he looked very familiar...." Destiny placed an index finger on her chin as if she was thinking.
Nancy smiled. "Maybe you did, maybe you didn't."
"What does that mean?"
"It means that you have very bad memory." and Nancy laughed.
"Hey! You have worst than me!"
"Not really. We're pretty much even."
"Fine. Think I can catch a glampse of him now?" Destiny sounded oddly hopeful.
Nancy shrugged. "I guess. I need to go get something. Wait for me out in the yard." and she headed out to the door only to bump into a boy with silver hair and green eyes.
"Oh sorry Nan."
"Daere...." Nancy said.
"You're just the person I was looking for! Come on!" and Nancy dragged the boy out of the room, leaving Destiny and a couple of the people in the room to look at the two weirdly.
"I always wonder if they're a couple...."
"Well they certain seem like it! I mean. Look how close they are!"
"Good point...maybe they are secretly dating!"
"No way! Daere is mine!"
"But you gotta admit, they make a pretty cute couple."
"He's still mine! Not that girl's!"
"I don't know Kiara. You seem to be fighting a losing battle here...especially from how Daere act around Nancy."
"It doesn't matter! Daere and I are soulmates! He belongs to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Destiny giggled softly and rose out of her seat and headed out the door towards the yard. She was the only one who knew that the two were indeed dating secretly. Daere was one of the most cutest and popular guys at school as well as Nancy only it was for girls. Destiny was around the middle but her reputation rose a bit after being friends with the two. Her uniform, a black mini skirt, a white button blouse, and a black vest with the school's emblem on the left side, fluttered in the harsh wind. Her hair was braided and her ears were pieced with a pair of diamond stud earrings.
She sighed. Life was great but...she couldn't help but feel like something was missing....
"Oh my god. I'm so sorry!"
Destiny blinked a couple times and saw that she was on the ground, legs bent in front of her and a boy was standing in front of her, panicking.
"Oh my god! I wasn't looking where I was going! Are you alright?!" the boy asked. He looked like he was about to faint from the fact that Destiny was on the ground.
Destiny laughed and got up. "Don't worry. I'm fine."
"Are you hurt anywhere?" the boy asked.
She dusted herself and extended a hand. "No. I'm Destiny. How about you?"
The boy shook her hand and smiled, relief that the girl wasn't hurt at all. "Edward but you can call me Eddie."
Destiny grinned. So this was the new kid she was hearing about? She saw pictures of him but it doesn't exactly capture his true self. In fact...his personality makes her laugh and the only other one who did that was Nancy. Then again...that was how she made so much friends. She had a tendacy to make people laugh without knowing it and she had a way of cheering people up with her unique personality. Destiny has yet to find someone else beside her and Daere who understands the blonde girl very well.
"Nice to meet you."
"Des!" The two turned to see Nancy and Daere running towards them.
"Hey Nan! Eddie, this is Nancy and Daere. They're my best and closest friends." Destiny introduced.
Nancy grinned. "Hey."
"What did you need to do earlier?" Destiny asked, remembering their conversation in the classroom.
Nancy smiled. "Something. So Ed, wanna come with us to the mall? I heard they have a new arcade game set up...."
Eddie's face brighten. "Sure! I love arcades!"
"Great. Let's go then!" and Destiny, without knowing, led Eddie off to the mall. Daere and Nancy smiled behind them.
"So...everything went out the way you wanted huh?"
Nancy turned to look at Daere. "What do you mean?"
"Kianna...." Daere muttered.
Nancy grinned. "Fine. It did. But it's thanks to you anyway."
"Hey. You did most of the work with the reincarnation part. Reincarnation is part of Rebirth."
"I know. But you're the Angel of Justice and Judgement. It's only because you decided to let them be reincarnated did...."
Daere laughed. "There's no use arguing with you is there."
Nancy crossed her arms. "You know there isn't. So...ready to watch them fall in love with each other once more?"
Daere grinned. "You know I am."
"And this time...I know there is a happy ending."


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Aberrations, new characters and the spooky atmosphere from Black Salt Games' fishing title will appear in Dave the Diver next week.
The paid expansion adds one to three hours of new content, including 11 fish and crab species and an icebreaker boat, for $5.99.
The free DLC brings a good amount of content to the base game, and it's available now for PC.
"We hoped to maybe sell 100,000 copies in our first year. That would have been amazing," said Black Salt Games producer Nadia Thorne.
Around 50 employees are set to lose their jobs, while Team17 has also confirmed the "amicable" departure of CEO Michael Pattison.
Also available on PC, the fast-paced first-person shooter mixes supernatural powers with over-the-top gunplay and melee combat.
Black Salt Games is still delivering additional content this year, with more details, including price and availability, coming soon.
Talk to the Painter in the starting area to paint your vessel different colors and equip new flags. There are also new shipwrecks to discover.
The gleefully violent first person shooter launched for PC earlier this year to acclaim from critics and players.
SMG Studio and DevM Games' multiplayer title is available on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Moving Out 2 has the markings of a great sequel and is a blast with friends.
SMG Studio CEO Ashley Ringrose and lead designer Dave Lockman speak with GamingBolt about the next step forward for Moving Out.
V-Sync and Camera Follow settings are also available, and you can activate Passive Mode to avoid taking damage from wildlife.
Trepang2 is trying to be a love-letter to the classic shooters of 2000s. But does that kind of gameplay still hold up today? Does Trepang2 do enough to solidify its own identity? Check out our review ...
A new Passive Mode for fishing-minded players, Photo Mode, new wildlife, and boat customization also coming this year for free.
Fishing meets cosmic horror in Black Salt Games' title, available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch.
Trepang 2 is looking like one of the most interesting shooters that is set to release in the near future, and there's plenty of reasons as to why that's the case.
A sequel to side-scrolling metroidvania game Blasphemous has been unveiled along with a new trailer and a Summer 2023 release window.
Black Salt Games' acclaimed fishing title doubles up as a descent into madness with cosmic horror and disturbing creatures.
A game that combines genres and tones from opposite sides of the spectrum is a proposition that could sink a lesser team, but Black Salt Games’ Dredge is as cohesive and spooky as they come.

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4. Salvador, Brazil
Salvador, also known as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. With 2.9 million people, it is the largest city proper in the Northeast Region and the 4th-largest city proper in the country, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília. Founded by the Portuguese in 1549 as the first capital of Brazil, Salvador is one of the oldest colonial cities in the Americas.


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Authorities from the Indiana State Police are asking for the public’s assistance after revealing the identity of the woman found last week in the Ohio River near Troy. According to a release of information on Friday after 9pm Indiana State Police officials have identified the woman’s body as 30 year-old Sarah Lindsay Ipock; her body was found Wednesday morning of last week.
Investigations are still underway regarding the death of Ipock as the autopsy conducted on Friday evening in Evansville revealed Ipock died of causes related to foul play. The investigation is being approached as a homicide.
Authorities also say they are working with Kentucky officials to identify the body of a man found within hours of finding Ipock’s body. The man’s body was found at a short distance in the Ohio River near the William H. Natcher Bridge east of Owensboro.
Based on the circumstances, detectives are observing the deaths of the two individuals to have a potential connection with the possibility of being acquainted.
Authorities are asking the public to call the Jasper Post of the Indiana State Police if they knew Sarah Lindsay Ipock or specifically knew her recent whereabouts by calling 812-482-1441.

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MEPs expressed solidarity with Ireland in talks on a post-Brexit agreement in the third “This is Europe” debate in Strasbourg on 8 June.
Introducing Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “Renegotiating the protocol on Northern Ireland is not an option. The European Parliament has reiterated its unwavering support for the protocol on several occasions, and we remain fully committed to preserving peace on the island of Ireland.”
On the war in Ukraine, she commended the Irish government “on being the first country in the EU to waive visa requirements for Ukrainians, and for welcoming nearly 30,000 displaced Ukrainians who have sought shelter".
Martin emphasised the importance of EU membership as a tool in promoting democracy, peace and security in Europe: “I strongly support Ukraine’s application for membership.”
The Taoiseach paid tribute to the “absolutely clear” support the European Parliament has shown for the Good Friday Agreement. “Unilateral action to set aside a solemn agreement would be deeply damaging,” he said, referring to the ongoing discussions with the UK government on the Northern Ireland Protocol. “It would mark a historic low point signalling a disregard for essential principles of laws which are the foundation of international relations. And it would, quite literally, be to the benefit of absolutely no one.”
Martin also said his government was ready to “work to constructively shape our new future”. He added: “We are open to treaty change if this proves necessary. We should first, however, do what we can within the existing framework.”
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MEPs responded by reaffirming Parliament’s solidarity with Ireland on dealing with the consequences of Brexit and said that MEPs would continue to defend Ireland’s interests. They stressed that negotiating in good faith is the only way to achieve a mutually satisfactory resolution, and that they remain concerned about the position and lack of good faith of the UK government. On the future of Europe, they appealed for a convention to allow for the EU treaties to adapt and evolve. MEPs called on Ireland to help lead the climate transition, with EU leadership crucial if Europe is to be prosperous in the future. You can watch political group leaders’ speeches here.
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The fourth Great Cosmic Power in the Hindu pantheon is Bhuvaneshwari, or Bhuvanesi, as She is also named in certain areas of India.
This Great Cosmic Power is worshiped as the Great Goddess who protects all manifested worlds. This attribute of the goddess is also suggested by Her name: the Glorious Queen, or the Governor (Ishwari) of the whole realm of creation, with all the worlds (Bhuvana) which are contained in Her.
In other words, She is the Divine Mother who protects the worlds and consequently the whole universe is Her body on which the numerous beings that exist are like jewels adorning her.
SHE PROTECTS THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN WORLDS
From a symbolic point of view, Bhuvaneshwari is depicted as a goddess with three eyes, sign of her complete knowledge of the manifested worlds, very big breasts (all the beings are nurtured and extract the essence of life from Her), and a smiling face, once again underlying the maternal aspect of this Great Cosmic Power.
Her glory and greatness are signified by Her brightness filled with goodness that irradiates from Her, just as the rising sun or by the moon that drops the divine nectar (soma) from the goddess's head.
Bhuvaneshwari sustains all the worlds, with the beings and things that are characteristic to all of them, in a gesture of perpetual blossoming of the creation.
In other words, we may say that Bhuvaneshwari is in fact the whole universe embodied as a deity. Her ardent worship attracts the cosmic vision of the Reality, surpassing thus any limits imposed by a certain opinion, or belief.
The goddess's help is manifested mostly in the area of overcoming any types of false identifications and preconceived ideas, including ideas about social classes, race, religion, nation, etc., sublimating these at the level of global, superior understandings.
This general vision offered to us by the Great Cosmic Power Bhuvaneshwari (when our aspiration is sincere and ardent enough to make it possible), offers the yogi an intuitive understanding of the great mysteries of the creation, determining him or her to understand and perceive the indescribable reality of the infinite.
HER WORSHIP GRANTS THE PERFECT VISION OF THE REALITY
In the four Hindu Veda-s Bhuvaneshwari is known as Aditi, the Great Cosmic Mother, infinite and indestructible, the origin of all manifestation, the primordial space.
The light comes to life in Her and therefore She is the mother of all suns and of all the solar deities. The Divine Mother Bhuvaneshwari creates the space so that all the things in the manifested world could come up eventually.
Similarly, the space of our consciousness is created also by Bhuvaneshwari so that we are allowed to manifest as individuals in the world in which we exist.
Consequently, it has become obvious that on the level of the whole creation, space has several levels of manifestation, in a perfect harmony with the resonances of the subtle energies. For instance, in the physical space that is around us there is also the mental space, which is also infinite as the physical space.
This mental space also has several levels of subtlety, which culminate with the supreme space of the pure divine consciousness, which is beyond all manifestations. All these different types of space represent only various aspects and functions of Bhuvaneshwari.
According to the law of correspondences and analogies from the spiritual oriental tradition the whole macrocosm is contained in the small, subtle space at the level of our hearts. In other words, the heart is the Bhuvaneshwari's residence.
One of the infallible methods that allow us the communion with this Great Cosmic Power's gigantic sphere of force is to orientate our consciousness towards a loving investigation in this mysterious, subtle space of our spiritual heart.

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The Yangshuo Mountain View Retreat is a set of country houses combined Chinese and Western style in the beautiful countryside and amazing Karst peaks(Moon Hill,The famous hill has a big holl that looks like the moon.
Set of country houses combined Chinese and Western style in the beautiful countryside and amazing Karst peaks,under the famous moon hill.
The Yangshuo Mountain View Retreat is a set of country houses combined Chinese and Western style in the beautiful countryside and amazing Karst peaks(Moon Hill,The famous hill has a big holl that looks like the moon.), with accommodation, resturant, ecological agriculture, travel services all in one and only 5 km outside Yangshuo. Authentic Chinese village life as it has been for centuries.
If you're looking to escape from city life, the Yangshuo Mountain View Retreat is the perfect getaway. Perched near the Moon Hill park and surrounded by towering limestone peaks, you'll experience views that have inspired poets for millennia. Relax at the Retreat, and enjoy the magnificent Yangshuo countryside from our beautiful eco-lodge. All around the Retreat you will find the beauty of nature and local culture in harmony. We built the Mountain View Retreat with much consideration of Fengshui and local tradition in our design.
You could spend your time here exploring the countryside and all the sites it offers, and you can do it at your own pace. Go for a bike ride, a hike, rent a motorbike and even hire a car for the day. Once you are here, just relax and enjoy the scenery.
We can help you to organize activities like cycling, hiking, rock climbing, bamboo-rafting, cooking school, kungfu, Taichi lessons, and lots of other excursions , both active and cultural.
Our staff can arrange tickets to the Sound and Light Show-Liu Sanjie, as well as train tickets, plane tickets and give you more information on such things as massages, sending post cards, making international call, internet, and much more.
In Our Retreat, we have a small restaurant, where you can enjoy the wonderful local cuisine. Our ingredients are from the local farmers. We guarantee “just fresh food” Breakfast is serving from 7.30 to 10.30 am, a full meal to start your day. It costs 30 rmb per person, you can choose between western or Chinese meal. For lunch and dinner, you will enjoy our daily menu, home style Chinese food. It costs 35 rmb per person. Try the famous “Beer fish” and enjoy the fresh air.
After you arrive at the Guilin Airport, you can choose to take a Airport Bus to Guilin ,the bus fare is CNY 25.00 (paid on the bus) ,then ride another bus to Yangshuo.
You also can choose to rent a taxi to Yangshuo ,from airport to our hotel just 70 mins (By high way) .We can provide airport pick-up service if needed,an additional charge will be required.
There are frequent buses that travel to Yangshuo from the square in front of the Guilin (South) Railway Station. All buses terminate the route at the Yangshuo Bus Terminal and via Baisha town. The bus tickets is CNY 14.00 ,paid on the bus,every 15 mins have one. The journey could take 1 hour from Guilin to Baisha.
6AM--6PM,there have minibus from Yangshuo--Gaotian via our hotel,the bus tickets is CNY 3.00 ,paid on the bus.
Or you can rent a taxi instead of bicycle to enjoy pretty rural view.
Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 Days before arrival. After this date, charges will be applied by the property up to the full cost of the reservation. Deposits paid are non refundable.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which last week “celebrated” its fourth year in existence, was hit with a barrage of scrutiny in the United States Congress. First, Senator Ted Cruz and Representative John Ratcliffe introduced legislation (S. 1804, H.R. 3118) to abolish the Bureau, saying that while the Bureau was intended to “help consumers by regulating and reigning in larger financial institutions,” in actuality, “big banks have only gotten bigger and the number of smaller banks and options for consumers have only decreased.”
Separately, Chairman Richard Shelby of the Senate Banking Committee progressed legislation that would place the Bureau within the appropriations process and replace its director-driven governance model with a five-member commission. While Shelby’s amendment is not expected to hold up in its entirety, its place in the subcommittee-approved bill provides an opportunity for debate on meaningful regulatory relief measures for community and regional banks.
In survey results released by SNL Financial last week, 33% of respondents identified the creation of the CFPB as the byproduct of Dodd-Frank that has most impacted their bank.
“Despite lacking direct supervisory power over community banks, the CFPB has left an indelible mark on the regulatory environment overshadowing community banks,” said IBAT President and CEO Chris Williston. “While we support efforts to hold the too-big-to-fail banks responsible for their misdeeds in the marketplace, we believe consumers are under equal threat by having credit availability and banking services limited by CFPB rules,” Williston added. “It’s nothing short of regrettable that the actions of the agency cannot be focused on where the real problems exist.”


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Tallahassee , Florida -- March 3, 2006 -- Anvil Technologies has completed installation of wireless cameras for Florida-based engineering firm, PBS&J. PBS&J earlier had been awarded the Capital Circle Northwest Improvement Project by Florida State Department of Transport (FDOT) and the project required video cameras to be placed at strategic points along a stretch of Hwy 263 in Tallahassee. Several factors led the client to adopt Anvil Technologies' unique approach to what appeared at first to be a simple problem.
Conventional systems would rely upon power and signal lines to be constantly moved as the project changed in scope. Terrestrial infrastructure was likely to be damaged continuously, causing multiple outages, and requiring costly ongoing maintenance.
The Anvil RECoN™ Solution is a secure wireless, self meshing, self healing, mobile WiFi platform. This platform allows for instant deployment of high bandwidth applications with zero infrastructure requirement.
For the FDOT, this allowed a stand-alone, solar powered camera array to be located anywhere within the wireless Bubblenet™ created by the RECoN™ network. Deployment of the network was on a semi-stationary basis, powered by stand-alone solar charging systems, deployed at any point along the stretch of Hwy 263 currently under reconstruction.
The low (5 watt) power consumption of the RECoN™ network was ideal for this purpose, allowing a small power system to be deployed. PTZ cameras were mounted high atop standard wooden power poles, along with high gain omni-directional antennas. These antennas connected to RECoN™ devices housed in utility cabinets at the base of the poles, which also housed the charging and battery systems. The RECoN™ system was placed at each of the two camera locations, with a third stand-alone RECoN™ system used as a "reach-back" for internet connectivity. This third site did not have a camera and was used to provide redundancy in the mesh and also to provide a "gateway" point to the internet.
This method of deployment effectively blanketed the entire area with a proprietary, secure, high bandwidth network in every direction. The RECoN™ network is capable of delivering multiple video feeds across a large distance, while still allowing multiple data pathways for ancillary purposes. This would allow engineering and field survey teams to work from the construction site as though they were sitting at their desks, as all of their technical resources could be accessed via the network.
By applying out of the box thinking to a common problem, Anvil Technologies was able to not only provide a video feed from two disparate locations but in doing so, unleashed tremendous potential for engineering teams on the project. Perhaps the biggest ROI came in the ability to deploy the infrastructure and leave it in place to function for the multi-year lifespan of the project without significant maintenance requirements.
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Integrity in Media and Research
A week can be a long time in ME.
Although Invest in ME Research has been highlighting plans to establish a Centre of Excellence for ME for some years, and although our supporters have been raising funds for the UK rituximab trial since we announced plans for that in 2013, it has suddenly been seen by many more people to have become the reality we have known for some time.
And that is fine - "....... a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze."
Two events conspired to raise the awareness.
One a visit by the Norwegian Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway.
The other a set of interviews by BBC Look East covering the UK rituximab trial and the establishment of the UK Centre of Excellence for ME.
Both of these events consisted of qualities of excellence and integrity - attributes which people with ME have long desired, but often seen too little of in the media or research.
The visit by the Norwegians showed the excellence of their research, the modesty of the Norwegian researchers regarding their achievements,
and the integrity behind how they conduct themselves - both in the public eye and in the research workshops.
Quite simply they were impressive, admirable and honourable ambassadors for Norway in all ways and it was our great pleasure to be their hosts.
The interviews carried out by the BBC Look East team demonstrated that other media coverage of ME does not have to consist of misleading and incorrect information - as is often the case when prejudice and external influences are involved in creating headline stories that serve someone else's agenda.
Instead BBC Look East produced an accurate, factual, honest, professional and, above all, sensitive set of programmes which did much to restore faith
in the media from the ME community .
The BBC Look East team provided a view of ME that is rarely seen by the public or given prominence in the media.
It also managed to bring relief to a section of the population who have been so stigmatised and denigrated by untruths.
The links to the BBC programmes are here -
Further information will be produced in the coming weeks about the visit, the trial, the research and the Centre of Excellence.
A foundation of international collaboration in research into ME has been further reinforced this last week.
We have been committed to this strategy for a long time and it is as much for our loyal supporters as for ourselves that we are so pleased that these acheivements are finally being recognised.
Thank you - and Takk Norge og Haukeland!
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Recent concern has centred on the effects of continuous exposure to low concentrations of benzene, both occupationally and environmentally. Although benzene has for a long time been recognised as a carcinogen for humans, its mechanistic pathway remains unclear. Since mutations in the tumour suppressor gene TP53 are the most common genetic alterations involved in human cancer, our objective was to establish the first mutational pattern induced by benzene on the TP53 gene in human type II-like alveolar epithelial A549 cells by using the Functional Analysis of Separated Alleles in Yeast (FASAY). Seventeen mutations linked to benzene exposure were found: 3 one- or two-base deletions, and 14 single nucleotide substitutions (1 nonsense and 13 missense mutations). A>G and G>A transitions were the most prevalent (23.5% for both). Other mutations included A>C transversions and deletions (3/17, 17.6% for both), G>T transversions (2/17, 11.8%) and A>T transversions (1/17, 5.9%). Data arising from this benzene-induced mutational pattern affecting TP53, a critical target gene in human carcinogenesis, have been compared with those reported in human acute myeloid leukaemia, the aetiology of which is clearly linked to benzene exposure, and in experimental benzene-induced carcinoma. This comparison suggests that A>G transition could be a fingerprint of benzene exposure in tumours. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that FASAY is a promising tool for the study of the carcinogenic potency of benzene in the human lung.
Mutations in the TP53 gene are the most common alterations in human tumours. TP53 mutational patterns have sometimes been linked to carcinogen exposure. In hepatocellular carcinoma, a specific G>T transversion on codon 249 is classically described as a fingerprint of aflatoxin B(1) exposure. Likewise G>T transversions in codons 157 and 158 have been related to tobacco exposure in human lung cancers. However, controversies remain about the interpretation of TP53 mutational pattern in tumours as the fingerprint of genotoxin exposure. By using a functional assay, the Functional Analysis of Separated Alleles in Yeast (FASAY), the present study depicts the mutational pattern of TP53 in normal human fibroblasts after in vitro exposure to well-known carcinogens: benzo[a]pyrene, aflatoxin B(1) and acetaldehyde. These in vitro patterns of mutations were then compared to those found in human tumours by using the IARC database of TP53 mutations. The results show that the TP53 mutational patterns found in human tumours can be only partly ascribed to genotoxin exposure. A complex interplay between the functional impact of the mutations on p53 phenotype and the cancer natural history may affect these patterns. However, our results strongly support that genotoxins exposure plays a major role in the aetiology of the considered cancers.
Silica mesoporous nanoparticles have been recently selected for a wide range of applications from electronics to medicine due to their intrinsic properties. Among medical applications, drug delivery using SiO(2) nanoparticles by oral route is under study. Major benefits are expected including higher specificity and sensitivity together with side effect reduction. Since literature shows that very complex and unexpected interactions could occur between nanomaterials and biological systems, one critical issue is to control the nanoparticle cytotoxicity/genotoxicity for normal tissues and specially stomach and intestine when oral route is considered. The aim of the work is to study the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of SiO(2) nanoparticles on HT29 human intestine cell line, using conventional and innovative methodologies, for measuring cell viability and proliferation, global metabolism, genotoxicity, and nanoparticles uptake. Core-dye doped SiO(2) nanoparticles of 25 and 100 nm were specifically synthesized to track nanoparticles incorporation by confocal and video microscopy. Besides conventional approaches (sulforhodamine B, flow cytometry, and ?-H2Ax foci), we have performed a real-time monitoring of cell proliferation using an impedance-based system which ensure no interference between measures and nanoparticles physicochemical characteristics. Overall, our results showed that SiO(2)-25nm and SiO(2)-100nm induced a rather limited cytotoxic and genotoxic effects on HT-29 cells after a 24 h exposure. However, regarding cell viability and genotoxicity, inverse dose-dependent relationships were observed for SiO(2)-100nm nanoparticles. In conclusion, it seems that the higher the dose of SiO(2)-100nm, the lower the cytotoxic/genotoxic effects, data that well illustrate the complexity in identifying and understanding the hazards of nanoparticles for human health.
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