Does G.S. 130-90, after the amendment of G.S. 130-87 by Chapter 160, 1977 Session Laws, require all children presently attending any public, private or parochial school in North Carolina to be immunized against rubella as a requirement for continuance in school?
All children presently attending school in North Carolina are not required to be immunized against rubella as a requirement for continuance in school. All children enrolled in school for the first time in North Carolina after July 1, 1977, are required to be immunized against rubella as a requirement for continuance in school.
Chapter 160, 1977 Session Laws, amended the first sentence of G.S. 130-87 by adding rubella to the list of diseases against which every child residing in this State must be immunized. The statute provides that "the Commission for Health Services shall adopt rules and regulations setting forth the required immunizations, the child's age for administering each vaccine, and the adequately immunizing doses." The Commission amended 10 N.C.A.C. 7A .0401, effective July 1, 1977, to provide that every child shall receive one dose of rubella vaccine by age two years.
The intent of Article 9 of Chapter 130 [G.S. 130-87 et seq] is to establish a comprehensive statewide immunization program in order to immunize every child in this State at the earliest age possible. After administration of the required vaccines, a certificate of immunization is presented to the parent. The parent "who has a child admitted to" school presents the certificate to the school authorities. If a child has not received all the required immunizations upon admission, a 30 day grace period is provided from the first official day of school or the first day of admission if after the first official day.
The question presented is whether the work "admitted " as used in G.S. 130-19 applies to a child's enrollment for the first time in school or a child's attendance at school. It is the opinion of this Office that the former is the proper construction of the term. Black's Law Dictionary defines "admit" as "to allow, receive or take; to suffer to enter; to give possession; to license"; Webster's Third International Dictionary defines "admit" as "to allow entry (as to a place, membership or privilege)." The definitions suggest the concept of conferring a benefit or privilege upon a person who has met certain qualifications or criteria. It is in this context that the word "admission" is used in G.S. 115-176, to-wit: "Each county and city board of education is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the assignment to a public school of each child residing within the administrative unit who is qualified under the laws of this state for admission to a public school." (Emphasis added).
The Division of Health Services and the State Department of Public Instruction have consistently interpreted G.S. 130-90 to apply to a child's enrollment for the first time in school. G.S. 130-90 is viewed as a remedy to complement the State's emphasis on immunization of children at an early age. The 1977 amendment did not address the question discussed in this opinion. The undertaking of an immunization program undergirded by the possible suspension of all students through the twelveth grade for failure to have received a rubella vaccination should await a clear expression of intent by the General Assembly. For these reasons, it is our opinion that a child is admitted to school for purposes of G.S. 130-90 when a child enrolls for the first time either as a result of his attaining the age required by G.S. 115-162 or G.S. 115-205.12 or as the result of his parents or guardian becoming residents of this State.
Rufus L. Edmisten Attorney General
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Let’s take a journey…
The heat of the Sahara Desert lays to the south but it is not where we find ourselves. There is no place for sand in the Sudanian Savanah which is covered in the light green of grasses and shrubs. Within these grasses thrives many different animals, including many species of birds, reptiles and large mammals. There are also a number of rivers which flow through leading their way to the north where they empty into Lake Chad.
We are in southern Chad and while there may be a great many animals populating this grassy region there is also many different people who speak a many different languages. One of these languages is Goundo. Extending from the Niger-Congo family of languages, Goundo is a fleeting language.
While Goundo is similar to Besmé and Kim, other languages spoken within the area, its people have ceased teaching it to the youth. With only 30 speakers remaining, all whom are in the later stages of life, the language is on its last legs. Because of the proximity to other languages younger people have switched over to either Kabalai or Nancere, more prominent languages in the area.
The language is on its last legs and it will soon join the many other languages that have fallen out of use, it is a sad tale and one we have seen many times. But if not this language it will be another.
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This is part of my Steam Challenge Series (the full list is here).
Time played: 3 hours
Gone Home is an emotional game. It is designed that way. It wants you to invest yourself in the characters, the story. For a lot of people, that was what happened. The hype for it, the accolades, the gushing – clearly it delivered on some level. But not for me. When the hype is about the story, and the emotional connection to a game’s characters, then you are left disappointed when you don’t feel that connection. Only slightly disappointed, because I enjoyed my time with Gone Home. But the draw of the title, the aspect that elevated it into greatness for its many fans, is just not there for me.
I absolutely loved the house. Almost all the way through, I found myself nodding and murmuring that I want to live here. The environment – including all the decorative touches that make it feel lived in – is the greatest part of this game for me. The story is decent, the voicework is very very good, and the detective part of the game is fairly interesting. I especially liked the fact that you can find cassette tapes and players around the house and actually play the music you find. The Riotgrrrl sound is okay, I guess, but it doesn’t do much for me.
I have to touch on the atmosphere of Gone Home, though. I can kind of understand the cries of bait-and-switch, of a massive failure to deliver on the build-up of the early game. Despite knowing from the hype, the trailer, and the promotional blurbs that this is NOT a horror game, I still felt very nervous exploring an empty house alone at night. In the middle of the woods. During a storm. With no explanation as to why the people you expected to be there, weren’t, and vaguely sinister warnings about “whatever you may find…” The game certainly tried its best to conjure up a horror vibe throughout your exploration. Having no payoff for all that stress can make you feel somewhat cheated. The thing that freaked me out the most was the fact that at all the TVs, there were empty input/output cables for VCRs or games consoles…but all of them were missing. Every one of them.
Despite being a 90’s child – I would have been close to Kaitlin’s age in 1995 – I didn’t get many nostalgia buttons pushed. Perhaps you have to be American, perhaps you have to have been a teenage girl to completely identify with the game world. I liked the main story, and appreciate the experience of Gone Home, but ultimately all I can say is that I think it is a good game.

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Things to Do in St Ives in Winter.
St Ives is one of the most magical getaway locations for families, couples and groups that want to experience a unique and relaxing holiday away from the city. As one of the most well-loved destinations in the whole of Cornwall, St Ives offers a myriad of things to do even during the winter months. Despite Cornwall being known for its hundreds of miles of coastline and hiking routes, there’s something remarkable about St Ives when the temperatures drop that we’ll explore in our blog.
Explore the Quiet and Tranquil Beaches
During the hotter months, the beaches in St Ives (specifically Porthminster, Porthgwidden, Porthmeor and Harbour) are incredibly busy. They’re packed with sunbathers and swimmers that are all enjoying the warmth of the sun but come winter the beaches are incredibly quiet and make way for anyone that’s wrapped themselves in comfortable winter clothing. It’s a fantastic time to explore the beaches and walk up and down the beautiful coastline for some amazing views. Along the beaches are plenty of places to sit down and enjoy a hot cup of tea and some snacks. The atmosphere creates a wonderful backdrop for a winter walk and with the many cosy cottages around, it could be as convenient as walking out the front door and straight onto one of the many beaches in St Ives.
Storm Watching from St Ives
A lot of people would be surprised to hear that storm watching is a relatively popular pastime and tourist attraction at St Ives. While many people prefer to enjoy the hot sun and long days, others like to sit indoors with a hot drink, some sweet desserts and watch the waves rage against the coast. It’s an exhilarating experience that can be enjoyed in the comfort of your home or a specific storm watching location that is sheltered from the power of the waves. There are countless little cafés and pubs along the coastline that offer a safe haven from the storms while also offering you real ales, traditional British cuisine and a warm fire to help you stay cosy indoors. It’s definitely one of the most unique and exciting attractions when it comes to visiting St Ives in the winter months.
Huddle Up Somewhere Warm
There’s nothing quite like gathering around a fire with your friends or family members, sharing stories and enjoying a nice hot drink or even bonding over something unique such as a board game or the latest festive programming on television. With plenty of cosy little cottages around St Ives and even traditional taverns that serve good hearty grub, there’s no shortage of excellent places to spend your winter holiday in warmth surrounded by the people you love. If you’re after a relaxing winter holiday, then there’s nothing quite like the beauty of St Ives serving as your backdrop while you huddle around a fire with a pair of warm socks and a good book or relaxing music to keep you entertained.
Spend Christmas and New Year in St Ives
There are countless things to do over in St Ives during the festive season. The Christmas lights officially switch on early in December, lighting up the town and making way for local Christmas markets and festive decorations. There are local fairs, farmers markets and even an appearance by Santa Claus arriving at the harbour by lifeboat! There are choirs singing, lovely snacks to sample and plenty of hot drinks to help keep you warm. There’s really no shortage of things to do during the Christmas holiday season in St Ives and there are plenty of restaurants and pubs that serve delicious Christmas dinners and lunches.
New Year’s Eve in St Ives has become one of the towns most famous and exciting celebrations with colourful street parties, fireworks and the whole of St Ives harbour turns into one big family street party. Everyone, including ourselves dress up in some amazing costumes, it’s not to be missed!
If you’re looking to spend your Christmas and New Year in a magical winter retreat, then St Ives is a must-visit destination.
Check out this video of New Year Eve in St Ives
Take a look at our special places to stay this Christmas and New Year in St Ives.
Sample Hearty Cornish Cuisine
Home to the legendary Cornish pasty, Cornwall is surprisingly diverse when it comes to traditional British food. The cream tea, for example, has become synonymous with Cornwall and there are plenty of small cafés and local eateries that offer up their own version of the afternoon tea classic. Slice a freshly-baked scone in half, add a dollop of strawberry jam and a big spoon of clotted cream to finish this sweet snack. Our favioute place for take away cream teas is The Allotment Deli on Fore Street. If you fancy taking in the sea views then Porthmeor Cafe is unbeatable, they serve a fabulous cream tea!
Another Cornwall treat is the Newlyn crab. The highly-prized sweet white meat of the Newlyn crab is often made into soups and sandwiches which are popular all over St Ives. Lastly, we also can’t forget Cornish mead. Made from fermented honey and water, Cornish mead is a sweet alcohol beverage often served in the pubs around St Ives.
Visit Tate St Ives
Even if you’re not into modern art, Tate St Ives is a brilliant place to visit because of the unique architecture and the gorgeous views that overlook the coast and Porthmeor Beach. The building is sunk into the cliffs, giving it a unique and interesting look which stands out among the traditional houses and structures of Cornwall. One of the best reasons to visit during winter is due to fantastic views it offers of the beach. Take a leisurely stroll across the coastline and then head inland to tour the beautiful pieces of artwork in the Tate St Ives. After that, find a local pub to and enjoy a hearty meal with a hot drink to warm you up and relax after a long day of exploration. It’s a brilliant distraction that is sure to inspire creative types and create talking points for anyone even remotely interested in modern art!
Visit the Tate St Ives website
Self catering cottages in St Ives
We have a selection of luxury holiday cottages in St Ives & Carbis Bay with cosy fires to keep you warm in the winter months, take a look here!

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Daily Forex Market Preview, 12/03/2018
Friday’s nonfarm payrolls showed a solid pace of job creation with the U.S. economy seen adding 313k jobs which beat estimates by a strong margin. However, the U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1% which missed estimates of a decline to 4.0%. Although the jobs report was solid, the slow pace of wage creation saw average earnings rising just 0.1% on the month.
The U.S. dollar was seen weakening into Friday’s close as a result. Elsewhere, Canada’s jobs report showed that the unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.8% while the economy was seen adding 15.4k jobs which were below estimates of a 21.3k job growth that was estimated.
Looking ahead, the economic calendar today is light with no major releases expected. The currency markets are expected to follow through from Friday’s price action.
GBPUSD 12-03-2018 Intra-day analysis
GBPUSD (1.3856): The British pound was seen closing with gains on Friday but price action was seen trading below the 1.3902 level which is acting as support. Failure to breakout above this level on the daily basis could keep GBPUSD biased to the downside. The retest of support level near 1.3611 – 1.3590 is expected but this could change in the event of a close above 1.3902 which could see GBPUSD pushing higher to test 1.4060 level.

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We first reported on this project in December, when Angelina Jolie signed on to direct this adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's book that recounts the true story of Louis Zamperini. Jack O'Connell is playing Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in World War II, staying alive on a life raft with two fellow soldiers (Domhnall Gleeson and Finn Wittrock) for 28 days. They were later caught and thrown into a Japanese POW camp.
Angelina Jolie is directing from a screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, based on Laura Hillenbrand's book. The director is also producing alongside Erwin Stoff, Clayton Townsend and Matthew Baer, with Mick Garris executive producing. Shooting is scheduled to begin this fall.


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Slippage 5 - slippage control. If it is not possible to define a slippage restriction for the entry order, the option is greyed out Limit orders. Stop Loss 6 - add a stop loss to your entry order. Take Profit 7 - add a take profit to your entry order.
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By default, the pane displays 5 levels, but it can show up to 10 right-click anywhere on the market depth section to switch between 3,5 and 10 levels. Total liquidity for the instrument which can exceed 10 levels and the average weighted price is displayed in 2. The Instrument pane shows all instruments which you are currently subscribed to, their bid and ask prices as well as the daily net change.
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Unsubscribed instruments are greyed out. Click on the button to subscribe to them. A right-click on an instrument provides additional options 3. To add a new chart, select Open Chart. To remove an instrument, select Unsubscribe Instrument. The Navigator window, in the lower left, provides a tree-structure-overview of your workspace, allowing to quickly manage strategies, indicators, plugins, charts and templates.
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Please refresh the page in a few minutes and try again. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. For special market closures on Monday please check Trading Breaks Calendar. Detailed market closures can be found here. This is also the first stable coin that the Bank is offering to its clients. To start the operations with Tether, the procedure remains the same as for Ethereum.
The client needs to link a personal blockchain wallet to the MCA account and confirm the ownership with the signing method described here. Once this step is completed, crypto-assets can be transferred between the MCA account and the linked wallet. The information about fees is available on the website of the Bank dedicated to crypto services: www. The Bank reminds its clients that if they require a wider scope of cryptocurrencies they can explore the recently launched P2P crypto exchange service.
Dukascopy Bank's marketplace for P2P exchange can process any blockchain. Therefore, it provides a secure environment to transact in virtually any token given that there is a counterparty willing to take the opposite side of the trade. For any questions regarding the use of Tether, P2P marketplace, or other services, please contact the Dukascopy Bank's Support team. Dukascopy Bank SA informs about its website's fraudulent clone on the domain www.
Please be aware that this website is not controlled and does not belong to Dukascopy Bank, Dukascopy Japan or any other entity of Dukascopy Group. Do not trust any information to be found on the website www. This website is a clone of www. Do not provide any personal data on this website. Dukascopy Bank has developed a marketplace for P2P exchange of cryptocurrencies. It is organized as a bulletin board, whereby the clients can place their offers to buy or sell tokens against fiat currencies.
Currently, the list of available tokens includes 12 major names with further plans to expand the accessible instruments to altcoins and NFTs. P2P crypto exchange service can be reached via the Dukascopy Connect app by clicking on the dedicated section. Having an active MCA account is a compulsory prerequisite to use the Marketplace.
The role of the Bank in the process of a P2P exchange between two clients is to ensure the security of the fiat settlement. This is achieved by blocking the fiat funds of the Buyer until the Seller successfully delivers the traded cryptocurrency to the Buyer's crypto wallet. The detailed step-by-step description of the service can be found here. Other systems within the industry provide escrow to the crypto leg while in fact, it is the fiat leg that is more problematic and riskier to settle, harder to verify and control by an independent investigator.
To avoid the settlement risk, the users of Dukascopy P2P service need to strictly follow the rules of the P2P marketplace and not send fiat funds outside of its perimeter. In case of disputes arising between the parties, the Bank will initiate its own investigation of the transaction to secure the safe resolution of the issue.
As part of future developments, the Bank intends to offer API-based connectivity to the P2P marketplace for more sophisticated customers who would like to get more automated order control and advanced trading functionalities. In the meantime, the Bank encourages its clients to try the new P2P Marketplace.
As always, the Bank is grateful for any feedback that may help us improve our services and that can be provided via our Customer Support chat. Clients of the Bank may find the P2P service inside Dukascopy Connect app under the dedicated section. Dukascopy Bank has been granted authorization from the Swiss financial regulator FINMA to provide its customers with exchange of crypto currencies and fiduciary deposits in crypto currencies allowing investment and custody of crypto currencies on behalf of clients.
The fiduciary services are available for the owners of Savings accounts that enjoy all the benefits of Private clients. The Bank's net profit for the first four months of was CHF 3. For the first four months of , total income from ordinary banking operations increased by From the beginning of the year, client deposits have increased by 1.
Another great news is that Platinum XPT. The same JForex account credentials login, password, PIN are used, there is no need to close existing positions or change orders, trading can continue without interruption. All automated strategies will work identically on JForex3 and JForex4 platforms. Any feedback or questions in regards to new functionalities are welcome.
Residents of other countries can continue to use all other services of the Bank and will be timely informed on developments of the Bank's card program. For all questions regarding cards and other services of the Bank, please contact the Dukascopy Support Team. Details of trading schedules can be found here. The report of PKF Certifica, SA states that there are no findings evidencing any breaches of sanctions related to the situation in Ukraine: " On the basis of the procedures performed and described in Chapter 4 of this report, we can confirm that none of the new business relationships opened by Dukascopy Bank SA, Geneva, or its foreign entities, during the period Mesures en lien avec la situation en Ukraine admin.
The Bank believes that this report will bring certainty and confidence to our customers and partners in these turbulent times. The counterparts of the Bank may obtain the full text of the audit report upon request. Clocks will be advanced by 1 hour this Sunday, 27 th of March in many European countries. The Bank regrets to inform its cards holders about the decision of Issuer company to stop issuance and support of all client's cards issued in frame of partnership with this company.
The action of Issuer company was taken without a preliminary note and with immediate effect in contradiction to normal business practice. We ensure all our clients that their money is safe on the accounts at Dukascopy Bank. They have full access to their accounts and are free to use all other payment methods for deposits and withdrawals.
The funds held on the cards will be returned back on the MCA account as soon as possible. We remind that all holders of related cards are clients of Issuer company. This company decides to issue or not issue a particular card and implement all cards monitoring and restrictions as well as imposed by law sanctions screening. This is why Dukascopy Bank within this cooperation may only mirror the requirements and restrictions imposed by Issuer company.
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text: What Who really wakes first when the baby cries? For new parents, the birth of a baby brings drastic reductions in sleep duration and quality, which are particularly acute in the first year postpartum. Parents’ sleep is typically disrupted by their baby’s crying, with crying representing a highly effective method for babies to elicit adult attention. The loss of sleep is generally more pronounced for mothers than fathers, but can be challenging for both parents. This work will explore the fundamental responses to infant signalling that govern early parenting and ultimately impact parents’ sleep patterns. These responses will be investigated in both fathers and mothers, and across countries with divergent levels of work-related support for parents. Why Most of our knowledge about early parenting, and its effect on sleep, comes from studies of mothers. Fathers have largely been neglected in parenting research - although they constitute ~50% of parents. One reason for the relative lack of understanding of fathers' roles is that mothers are studied during day-time hours because they are more often at home providing care. Night-time therefore provides a valuable study window, because both partners are typically in the home. There are also stark differences between countries in their statutory provision of paternity leave. Through a cross-country comparison, this project will investigate how the availability of paternity leave, along with other socio-cultural factors, impacts patterns of caregiving and sleep. How This project will examine how men and women respond to infant signalling at night, and the impact on their sleep patterns. In a series of cumulative studies, adults will be tested who are not yet parents, along with adults who have had their first baby. Participants will be drawn both from Denmark and internationally, in countries with contrasting parental care provisions. Combining laboratory sleep assessments, new at-home sleep monitoring technologies, and large-scale real-time reporting using smartphones, this project will provide the most detailed analysis to date of how parents respond to, and share the care of, their infant at night. SSR Becoming a parent is amongst our greatest life transitions. New parents need to navigate sleep disruption, the demands of caregiving and our changing expectations about childcare roles. This work will aim to better understand how men and women, with different access to parental leave, cope with the new demands on their sleep from their babies. This work will also address the widely-held notion that men are simply less responsive and sensitive to babies, less engaged in their caregiving, and ultimately less important in child development than women.

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Statement on WHO governance and the Management of Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Financing for WHO.
We write to express our concerns about governance of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other public health bodies, as regards the management of conflicts of interest.
WHO and other public health institutions have complex relations with commercial entities that supply health care products and services. In some cases the commercial entities are subject to or in need of regulation, in order to protect consumers and promote the public interest. Public health institutions are also often engaged in buying goods and services, or providing financial assistance for such purchases.
It is therefore widely recognized that governments and public health institutions like the WHO must avoid conflicts of interest in all aspects of governance. WHO can only respond meaningfully to the challenges of public health through greater transparency and accountability guided by the priorities of Member States and the advance of public interest. However, transparency is a necessary but not sufficient safe guard: there must also be a clear approach and policy to ensure that those representing commercial interests are not part of policy and norm setting decision making.
We are concerned that proposals in the current debate over WHO reform, particularly in the report on ‘The future of financing for WHO, World Health Organization: reforms for a healthy future’, do not adequately address the management of conflicts of interest, and present an unrealistic and empirically unsupported assumption that all stakeholders will collaborate to advance the public interest.
We ask the WHO members to ensure that any changes in governance structures address in a realistic manner the risks that conflicts of interest will frustrate efforts to protect consumers and the public interest. In this regard, we emphasize also the importance of evaluating the conflicts of interest by pharmaceutical companies, vaccine manufacturers, the processed food industry, the nuclear power industry and other industries that cause environmental contamination and private donors who have complex private interests.
Specifically, we ask WHO members to guard against initiatives that will give private interests and donors a greater role in WHO governance. For this reason, we are calling on member countries to oppose the World Health Forum and the governance of the Decade of Vaccines.
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Check out the tacos al pastor at Uikú de Boriken, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (Boricua).
That Aguadilla, Puerto Rico UFO video’d by Uncle Sam in 2013: Was it a balloon? A plane? A bird? None of the above? How did it fly INTO AND OUT OF THE WATER? It sure is like nothing UFO “experts” have seen before.
At the Residence Senior Living facility in San Juan, PR, the gray tigers are all about the Whip/Nae Nae.
He’s only a small town dog from Puerto Rico, scoffers say. But seriously, can Charlie Chicken, Canine Artist, make it in the uber competitive New York artistic scene? Charlie’s creations (his mixed media are poop and urine) are regularly featured all across Brooklyn, the short documentary explains.
Mexican-Americans — all 34 million — make up over two-thirds of the U.S. Latino population according to the Pew Research Organization:
Philly singer-songwriter Rosa Diaz started a Charles Bukowski-themed project, and to make it authentic, she became a Method Actor — actually living the writer’s hard-drinking life style until it almost killed her.
In this recent a capella music video, Diaz sings about Pain:
A security camera in Fajardo, PR (eastern tip of the island) has captured an OVNI/UFO zipping up, up and away, exactly as an eyewitness reported to PuertoRicoUFOs.com:
(PNS reporting from CAMBRIDGE, MASS) Did you know that the more lawyers there are in Puerto Rico, the more people die from falling out of their beds?
That’s the startling statistical relationship discovered by the prestigious Harvard Law-school-based Spurious Correlations Institute, one of many recently revealed on their website.
(PNS reporting from WASHINGTON) President Barack Obama plans to use his executive powers to raise the minimum wage for employees of Federal contractors and he wants corporate executives and local and state officials to do the same.
“Give America a raise!” he said in his State of the Union address Tuesday night:
In the coming weeks, I will issue an Executive Order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally-funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour – because if you cook our troops’ meals or wash their dishes, you shouldn’t have to live in poverty.
Additional Obama initiatives are aimed at the Latino community. Sources close to the President have told PNS to expect the Administration to implement these additional programs in the coming weeks:


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Amari Cooper is on the move. The Dallas Cowboys receiver is headed to the Cleveland Browns in a trade, per Adam Schefter. Trade talks for the veteran wide receiver ramped up this week and Cooper will be heading to his third team in his career so far. The Browns will be sending the Cowboys a 2022 fifth and sixth-round pick with the Cowboys sending Cleveland Cooper and a sixth-round pick.
Cooper carries a $20 million cap hit for the Browns, who only have approximately $16 million in cap space heading into next season, so expect them to restructure his deal once he is in town. Cooper was drafted as the fourth overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He was traded to the Cowboys in October of 2018 for a first-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. In 2021, Cooper had 68 receptions for 865 yards and eight touchdowns. He helps to fill a need that the Browns desperately needed to address in the 2022 offseason.

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The Hackensaw Boys first went on tour in 2000 in a 1964 GMC motorcoach dubbed The Dirty Bird. “To be honest, our first tour was the best time we’ve had,” vocalist and multi-instrumentalist David Sickmen says. “We had 12 guys in the band, and it was a rolling party. It had a certain look and feel about it that was a big part of who we are.” These days, Sickmen is the only remaining original member of raucous Charlottesville, Va.-based folksters. Oddly enough, that evolution has been pretty much trouble-free. “Whenever somebody wanted to step down, they hand-picked the next person,” Sickmen explains. “So, basically it’s always been the original members in some way or another.” Sickmen himself took a five-year hiatus from the band, and it took him a year and half before he could stop thinking about it every day. Since he’s gotten back in the grind, the group has been working on a new album Charismo, in honor of a makeshift instrument (a sculpture of cans and hubcaps) they used on the album. Produced by Bob Dylan bandmate Larry Campbell, the rock-meets-country record will drop at the end of the summer. For now, the Hackensaw Boys are focused on making the most of their time on the road. “To me, a live performance needs to be celebratory,” says Sickmen. “It’s about not being at work and out having fun. It should be a time where people that have to work nine-to-five jobs and do things they aren’t excited about have a chance to get away, party, dance, drink some beer, forget about their shit, and have fun.” —Kalyn Oyer WEDNESDAY


The Jackson Township Board of Trustees has approved the following actions as a result of the Parks and Highway levy, which failed in the election on Nov. 6.
All Jackson parks will open at dawn and close at dusk with no lighting on the walking path at North Park.
The Fulton Road yard waste drop off site will change its hours of operation to 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Monday through Friday. This change will take effect on Tuesday. The board will also re-evaluate personnel costs and all costs associated with the parks and road divisions.
During the Board of Trustees meeting last Tuesday, President James Walters stated that the board has listened to the voters and will plan accordingly.
"The township spoke clearly and let us know that they didn't want this," James said. " We need to figure out what we are going to do now that we are in a $3 million hole and we need to move forward.”
Three years ago, the trustees started a cost-cutting process that saved more than $1 million. They will continue to reorganize and consolidate certain departments in the township.


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Big Brother's little cousins
Ten million people watched the end of Channel 4's Big Brother, leaving its rivals green with envy.
ITV's director of programmes David Liddiment was one of the show's fans, but turned the series down for his network because he feared it would be boring.
"Everyone has their turning down the Beatles story," he joked.
But now the gloves are off as ITV is lining up two new projects - Public Property and Survivor - to take the shine off Big Brother's second series in the new year.
The BBC is weighing in with a second series of Castaway - while Channel 5 has The Mole to entice viewers.
Public Property follows the lives of six contestants who hand over control of their lives to viewers for three months.
Viewers will for decide for them what to do with their lives - to whether they should go on a date or what clothes to wear.
The winner is the one who is judged to have made the most of the options they have been given.
They will be awarded a "freedom prize", which is aimed to help them improve their life. Prizes could range from money to help them return to college, to a chance to work abroad.
The show will be hosted by Kaye Adams, best known for presenting ITV's daytime chat show Live Talk.
Corporate trainer Richard Hatch won $1m for coming out on top of 16 people marooned by CBS on a remote island in the South Pacific.
They had to catch their own food, build their own shelter and create order in their own society - voting one of their number off the island every three days.
Although viewers did not vote themselves for winners or losers - the programme had been pre-recorded some months earlier - Survivor smashed the US version of Big Brother in the ratings.
ITV actually had the idea first - it came out of a slot on its now-defunct breakfast station TV-am in 1988.
TV mogul Charlie Parsons, who was working at the company at the time, developed the concept and sold it around the world.
Now the company he founded, Planet 24, is bringing Survivor to the UK - and the company is looking for contestants who are in "excellent mental and physical health" for a chance of winning the £1m jackpot.
"Fit and healthy" volunteers are wanted for the latest experiment - which will be just six to eight weeks long and in a secret location.
Castaway has drawn up to eight million viewers during 2000 who have tuned in to watch the current crop of volunteers battle with the elements on the Scottish island of Taransay.
A BBC spokeswoman said the new series would be "very different in its look and feel".
"We're looking for eight people; three men and three women, and maybe a couple. They will need to be over 18, fit and healthy, because it will probably be an extreme adventure this time."
Channel 5 was quick to join the reality fray in 2000 with Jailbreak, set in a Hertfordshire prison.
Based on a Belgian format, the original programme won the Golden Rose of Montreux earlier this year.
The group are set a variety of challenges, both physical and psychological, which can help the group win up to £200,000.
But there is a catch - one of the ten is The Mole, specially selected to disrupt the group's endeavours.
One contestant is eliminated each week, and at the end of the series, only three remain - a winner, a loser, and The Mole. The winner, who comes closest to choosing The Mole, wins all of the prize money, while the loser takes nothing.
Channel 4 isn't resting on its laurels. Its new digital service, E4, will show Chained from March.
Like Big Brother, Chained is a Dutch idea developed by production outfit Endemol.
If one group is led by a woman, she will pick five men she finds attractive from a group of hopefuls.
They will then be chained together for five days and cameras will follow them as they perform everyday activities chained together.
One man will be set free each day, and on the fifth day producers hope romantic sparks will fly between the female "commander" and the final man.
One group will feature one woman and five men, another will have one man and five women, a third will feature gay contestants and the final group will be made up of bisexuals.
The prize will be cash, which will go to the "commander" who will be free to give away as much or as little as they want to their chosen suitor.
Chained will also provide a TV presenting role for one Big Brother presenter - Melanie Hill, who herself was filmed in passionate moments with male contestants in the show's household.
An E4 spokeswoman said there was "always the chance" it could also be shown on the main Channel 4 if it proved a hit.
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Big Brother - although details about the new series are still sketchy.
Rumours abound about plans for nominations to be carried out face-to-face rather than in secret, or for extra inducements to ensure the housemates do more than kiss or massage each other.
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Barely 20 years ago Sergey Brin and Larry Page registered the domain name google.com. Only 10 years ago Steve Jobs walked onto a stage in San Francisco and introduced the iPhone. Yet just in the span of two decades, digital technologies have changed our world.
The Digital Evolution Index was launched in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. The index aims to identify hotspots around the world where these changes are happening rapidly and other spots where momentum is yet to unfold.
Today’s Digital Landscape
While much has changed since 2015, five are the most salient features of today’s digital landscape.
Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. There are more mobile connections than people on the planet, and more people have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet. Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. While more people can benefit from access to information and communication, the potential for bad actors to create widespread havoc increases; with every year, the incidents of cyberattacks get bigger and have wider impact.
Digital players wield outsize market power. Based on their stock prices on July 6, 2017, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook were the five most valuable companies in the world. The most valuable non-American company, 7th overall, was China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group. With products that rely on network effects, these players enjoy economies of scale and dominant market share. They have deep resources for innovation with the ability to accelerate the penetration and adoption of digital products.
Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. Automation, big data, and artificial intelligence enabled by the application of digital technologies could affect 50% of the world economy. There is both anticipation and apprehension about what lies on the other side of the threshold of the “second machine age.” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6 trillion in wages are automatable by today’s technology, which could open the door to new ways to harness human energy as well as to displacing routine jobs and increasing social inequities.
Digital markets are uneven. Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness. With the world’s largest internet user population – 721 million – China has a parallel digital market because so many of the major global players have no presence there. India, with its 462 million internet users, has a digital economy representing arguably the greatest market potential for global players; however, it operates in multiple languages and multiple infrastructure challenges, despite the government having taken sweeping actions that affect the digital market. The European Union has 412 million internet users, but its market is fragmented; it is still in the process of creating a “digital single market.” In many countries, several websites or digital companies are blocked. Around the world, digital access itself is far from uniform: Barely 50% of the world’s population has access to the internet today.
Digital commerce must still contend with cash. Retail e-commerce sales worldwide are expected to hit $4 trillion by 2020, about double of where it is now. A major hurdle is the continuing stickiness of cash, which has not been displaced by digital alternatives despite myriad options. In 2013 85% of the world’s transactions were in cash. While the Netherlands, France, Sweden, and Switzerland are among the least cash-reliant countries in the world, even in the Eurozone, 75% of point-of-sale payments are in cash. Most of the developing world is overwhelmingly cash-dependent; in Malaysia, Peru, and Egypt, only 1% of transactions are cashless. Even India’s demonetization experiment has not broken the country’s heavy cash dependence. Five months after the country demonetized 86% of its currency, cash withdrawals were actually 0.6% higher than a year earlier.
Each of these five features contains both upsides and challenges. Moreover, how strongly each of them is felt varies depending on where you are in the world. For global technology players and policy makers, it is essential to understand how the progress toward a digital planet is proceeding in different parts of the world.
Mapping Digital Momentum Around the World
As part of a collaboration between the Fletcher School at Tufts University and Mastercard, the Digital Evolution Index analyzes the state and rate of digital evolution across 60 countries. This evolution is the outcome of an interplay among four drivers, with about 170 indicators across them.
By measuring each country’s current state of digital evolution and its pace of digital evolution over time, researchers created the following chart separating countries into four zones: Stand Out, Stall Out, Break Out, Watch Out. Some countries are at the border of multiple zones.
Stand Out countries are highly digitally advanced and exhibit high momentum. They are leaders in driving innovation, building on their existing advantages in efficient and effective ways.
Stall Out countries enjoy a high state of digital advancement while exhibiting slowing momentum. The five top scoring countries in the DEI 2017 ranking — Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, and Finland — are all in the Stall Out zone, reflecting the challenges of sustaining growth.
Break Out countries are low-scoring in their current states of digitalization but are evolving rapidly. The high momentum of Break Out countries and their significant headroom for growth would make them highly attractive to investors.
Watch Out countries face significant challenges with their low state of digitalization and low momentum; in some cases, these countries are moving backward in their pace of digitization.
What does the future hold? The next billion consumers to come online will be making their digital decisions on a mobile device – very different from the practices of the first billion that helped build many of the foundations of the current e-commerce industry. There will continue to be strong cross-border influences as the competitive field evolves: even if Europe slows, a European company, such as Rocket Internet, can grow by targeting the fast-growing markets in the emerging world; giants out of the emerging world, such as Alibaba, with their newfound resources and brand, will look for markets elsewhere; old stalwarts, such as Amazon and Google will seek growth in new markets and new product areas. Emerging economies will continue to evolve differently, as will their newly online consumers. Businesses will have to innovate by customizing their approaches to this multi-speed planet, and in working around institutional and infrastructural constraints, particularly in markets that are home to the next billion online consumers.
We may be on a journey toward a digital planet — but we’re all traveling at different speeds.


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The Green Chorus Lunchtime Recital at St Dunstan-in-the-West: Memorial Concert for the 5th Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake
9 March 2016, London
The Green Chorus is a Japanese women’s choir formed over 40 years ago in Golders Green, London. Hence comes the name the Green Chorus.
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, the Green Chorus has been taking part in numerous charity events and memorial concerts.
This year, the choir is going to present Message which is a song from those who lost their lives in the disaster to their loved ones who survived it.
The composer is Yuli Oda and is currently singing with the Green Chorus.
Traditional folk songs and regional lullaby music as well as songs that depict Japan’s four seasons. Also British melodies, some pieces from Musicals and many more.
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The Adelaide Contemporary is planned to transform the site of the former Royal Adelaide Hospital (oRAH), and will feature exhibition, research, and education spaces situated in a public sculpture park and community meeting place. The museum will also notably host the Gallery of Time, a first-of-its-kind space to exhibit Aboriginal art alongside art from Europe and Asia, inviting visitors to see Australian art in a global context. The six designs are now being displayed in an online gallery created by competition organizer Malcolm Reading Consultants, and in a public exhibition being held in Adelaide at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Hudson Yards’ first condominium tower, 15 Hudson Yards, has topped out at its full architectural height of 914 feet, with exterior cladding also more than halfway complete. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (the firm’s first true skyscraper) in collaboration with Rockwell Group and executive architects Ismael Leyva Architects, the tower will contain a total of 285 residences, half of which have already been sold.
Eight long and prosperous years have passed since the first part of the New York High Line opened in 2009. As a prominent piece New York's architectural and urban identity, it is no wonder that it has been awarded the Harvard GSDVeronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design, recognising the ongoing efforts of the Friends of the High Line for their adaptivity to the changing context of the park and their support from the beginning for design excellence.
The jury was particularly inspired by the multidisciplinary project between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf, spanning the public and private domains as a model of collaborative design. It was also commented on the social and political relevance of the High Line in saving a piece of American history from ruin and interacting through community outreach programs and a wider dissemination program for cities across the US.
Thinking broadly of architecture, the masterpieces of the past inevitably come to mind; buildings constructed to withstand the passage of time, that have found an ally in age, cementing themselves in the history of humanity. Permanence, however, is a hefty weight to bear and architecture that is, due to its program, ephemeral should not be cast aside as "lesser-than."
With nearly 100,000 votes cast during the last two weeks, we are happy to present the winners of the 2018 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards. This peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award showcases projects chosen by ArchDaily readers who filtered thousands of projects down to the 15 best works featured on ArchDaily in 2017.
https://www.archdaily.com/888634/winners-of-the-2018-building-of-the-year-awardsAD Editorial Team
Update 1/23/18: The jury for the competition has been announced as the architects arrive on site for walkthroughs.
Six star-studded teams have been shortlisted in the Adelaide Contemporary International Design Competition, which is seeking to create a new contemporary art museum and public sculpture park on a significant site near the University of Adelaide and the Adelaide Botanic Garden in Adelaide, Australia.
Selected from 107 teams made up of over 500 individual firms, the six shortlisted teams were chosen through the “outstanding quality” of their initial submissions and for the complementary strengths of each of the team members.
“This is an extraordinarily rich list of diverse creative partnerships of architects looking to complement their talents by working with both peers and smaller talented practices. The final decision was very demanding but these are the teams that convinced us through the outstanding quality of their submissions,” said Nick Mitzevich, Director, Art Gallery of South Australia.
MAAT Museum and reSITE partner on a Conference on Architecture, Art and Sound and will bring world’s best creators of sound spaces and acoustic experiences to Lisbon. During a one-day international event in collaboration with Berkeley, California’s Meyer Sound, we will be thinking about sound and space with architects of the most fascinating contemporary music and culture venues and designers of intriguing sound environments. Artist-led tours, innovative technologies, demonstrations and performances will be part of the event, on top of keynote lectures and discussions with editors from leading global media. Early Bird registrations are open until January 15 for this one-of-a-kind event for architects, artists, engineers and anyone interested in how sound interacts with architecture.
This article was originally published on the blog of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the largest platform for contemporary architecture in North America. The 2017 Biennial, entitled Make New History, will be free and open to the public between September 16, 2017 and January 6, 2018.
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” This famously misattributed analogy has floated through the arts world for decades as shorthand for the difficulty of imposing the gestures of one creative discipline onto another. But why should dance and architecture get lost in translation? Isn’t there an inherent poetry to the movement of bodies navigating the built environment?
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has been selected by Discovery Place and the City of Charlotte to design the new Discovery Place Science center in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Partnering with architect-of-record Jenkins•Peer Architects (J•PA), the team will create a masterplan and conceptual design for the museum, one of the state's most popular cultural attractions.
Update 11/9/17:We've added a gallery of items from the show to the post!
Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been selected to collaborate with The Costume Institute on a new exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art focused on the relationship between fashion, religious art and the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism.
Titled “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” the exhibition will feature fashion and religious artworks from the Met’s collection, as well as more than 50 objects and garments from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many of which have never been seen before outside of The Vatican.
The Wall Street Journal has selected New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro as their 2017 “Architecture Innovator of the Year.”
Led by partners Liz Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin, over the past decade the firm has quickly grown from a largely conceptual practice focused on installations, performance and unbuilt works to a full-fledged, international office with completed and in-progress projects around the globe.
Working in collaboration with UK-based firm Sheppard Robson, DS+R will develop plans for a world-class concert hall with supporting training, education and digital spaces, as well as attached commercial areas. When complete, it will serve as the new home of the London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
As part of the series of new urban developments sprawling up in Moscow, Zaryadye Park is the latest to open this month in a bid to improve the city’s green space. Commissioned by Moscow Chief Architect, Sergey Kuznetsov, an international consortium led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Hargreaves Associates and Citymakers has designed this new public space that encourages integration and celebrates the amplitude of regions across Russia by artificially emulating each of their climates: the steppe, the forest, the wetlands and the tundra.
The curatorial team for the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale have announced the seven designers who will create the pavilion’s main exhibitions. Consisting of architects, landscape architects, artists and designers, the group will produce responses to the theme of Dimensions of Citizenship, exploring “the meaning of citizenship as a cluster of rights and responsibilities at the intersection of legal, political, economic, and societal affiliations.”
Six teams have been shortlisted in a competition to restore and renovate the historic Clandon Park mansion in the county of Surrey, England, after the National Park property received heavy damage from a fire in 2015.
Organized by Malcolm Reading Consultants, the competition tasked teams with restoring and updating the interiors of the 18th-century Palladian house, as well as designing new flexible event spaces and visitor facilities within the existing building footprint.
The Urban Development Corporation (SAU-MSI) has announced the seven shortlisted teams competing for the design of the latest Centre Pompidou outpost in Brussels, Belgium. The finalist teams were selected from 92 entries to the competition, which sought proposals to transform the existing Art Deco Citroën Yser garage in the heart of the city into a mixed-use museum complex focusing on contemporary art and architecture.
To be known as the Citroën Cultural Centre, the $135 Million project will consist of 375,000 square feet (35,000 square meters) of public cultural, education and recreation space, including 160,000 square feet (15,000 square meters) designated for the new Centre PompidouBrussels. An additional 108,000 square feet (10,000 square meters) will host a museum run by Brussels’ International Centre for Urbanism, Architecture & Landscape.


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Justin Bieber Wobbles But Does Not Fall Down (Video)
The latest Justin Bieber video to hit YouTube and the Internet shows the teen heart throb doing what appears to be a Weeble impression; but while the singer wobbles, he does not fall down. The police CCTV footage shows the 19 year-old performer attempting to do a sobriety test in a Miami police station. Bieber had been pulled over by law enforcement officials on January 23 on suspicion of drag racing.
Justin Bieber Police Video Shows Wobbly Walk in Sobriety Test (Video)
A Justin Bieber police video has come to light today that shows the singer wobbling while he walks in a sobriety test in the Miami station. The 19 year-old Canadian pop star was stopped by law enforcement officials in Miami, Florida on January 23, 2014 for drag racing. Once Bieber had been stopped, he was then charged with DUI; resisting arrest and driving on an expired license…


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A Middlewich veterinary nurse has won a double award for helping obese pets loose weight.
Katie Hartnoll, head veterinary nurse at Abbeycroft Veterinary Centre in Northwich, will head to a awards ceremony in Kidderminster later this month to receive her trophies.
The overall winner will also be revealed at the special event on March 15, being held at Hogarths Stone Manor, which will bag the winning veterinary nurse and the pet owner £1,000 worth of holiday vouchers.
The annual Healthy Weight Competition, run by Royal Canin pet food manufacturers, was set up to reward veterinary staff and pet owners for the journey they take together to overcome their beloved pet’s battle with the bulge.
Katie, a mum-of-two from Middlewich who has heard of owners feeding Chinese takeaway, breakfast bowls of milk and even cream cakes to their much-adored pets, claimed victory in two of the six categories with two of her most successful cases to date.
Katie, who holds a certificate in Canine and Feline Veterinary Health Nutrition, said: “I was really happy when they rang to say I had won two awards and I wasn’t just happy for myself, but for the animals and owners who have won too.
“We have been on this journey together and gone through the ups and down of it all with one another. I could not even have thought of entering these awards if it wasn’t for the commitment and hard work of the owners and it is a fantastic ‘well done’ for all of us.
“What these owners do for their pets by helping them slim down is life changing. It’s wonderful to see the change in their pets as the weight starts to come off. Not only are they fitter and healthier in themselves but they are often visibly happier in their character too.”
In the Best Before and After Photos category, Katie won with 11-year-old Jack Russell Tiger-Lily who shed an astonishing 3.8 kg in weight, almost 40 per cent of her body weight, over a seven month period after she was clinically diagnosed as obese.
The little dog was being treated for a limp which had been noticed by owner Jenny Clarkson of Northwich and turned out to be arthritis in her hip. A fellow Willows veterinary practice referred her to Katie at the Abbeycroft clinic and their journey to lose her weight began.
The retired grandmother-of-two said: “Katie is a lovely person and very encouraging and I think we all feel like we have done a really good job together.
“It’s terrific because I haven’t seen Tiger limping at all since she got the weight off and she can jump up on my leather suite now, which I am not sure is a good thing, but it nice to see.
“I have three steps leading down into my garden and I used to have to carry her up the top two because she was too tubby to make it but she has no problem now.”
Katie had to work hard to gain Tiger-Lily’s trust. She said: “In the first appointment, I couldn’t even get close enough to her to take measurements. She was very nervous and would shy away from touch and bark if approached.
“Four months into the programme and we had a breakthrough! Tiger Lily allowed me to stroke her and by the end of the programme she was so much better in her demeanour and temperament and allowed me to be completely hands on when assessing her. She would even come to me for a stroke!”
The group offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise through 25 small animal practices, a referral veterinary hospital, two equine centres and a seven-office farm practice which are located across Cheshire and into the Wirral and Staffordshire. Willows is accredited by The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
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Over the course of 33 years in late-night television, David Letterman has become the most influential guy in the game, and one of the most beloved by both audiences and other celebrities (as the last few weeks of shows can attest). That doesn’t mean there haven’t been bumps along the way. In 33 years, you’re bound to anger a few people, and Dave has pissed off his fair share.
With Letterman set to air his final show this week, let’s reflect on 12 of his biggest feuds over the years, many of which also represent some of the show’s best moments and most significant associations.
To call this an outright feud would give entirely too much substance to Letterman’s feelings on Donald Trump, who Letterman simply doesn’t appear to like and thinks very little of. Still, he did call Trump a racist in 2011, though he would later apologize. Kind of, saying, “Maybe he’s not a racist. He’s just a guy who periodically says stupid things… he’s not a racist. He’s just a dope.” Trump has taken a few shots at Dave since then, and for a while refused to appear on The Late Show. Trump, however, did appear again earlier this year, and Letterman continued to make fun of him in a subtle enough way for Trump not to really notice.
This one was fairly well publicized, but back in 2009, Letterman suggested that Sarah Palin looked like a “slutty flight attendant,” and also joked that Palin’s daughter had been knocked up by Alex Rodriguez. Letterman did apologize to Palin the next week, after the National Organization of Women also called Letterman out. Palin nevertheless declined to appear on Letterman’s show when invited.
Kathy Griffin was banned from Letterman’s show for several years during the 1990s for excessive use of profanity. When Dave finally lifted the ban, how did Griffin repay him? By stripping off her dress on the show. She was not, however, banned for that (in fact, Griffin appeared on the show earlier this year).


text: The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has repealed the Decree of the Council of Ministers, which set a minimum monthly wage of 230 euros from January 1, 2017. Previously the minimum salary was 210 euros. The court’s decision is not final and may be appealed within 14 days before a five-member jury of the SAC. Almost simultaneously with this court ruling, the government formally promised that until 2020, the minimum wage will grow by 25 euros each year. The court explained that it repealed the government’s decree because it was not discussed in advance with all social partners, employers’ organizations in particular. The government will now appeal the court decision and would start consultations with employers, in order to convince them that the move will be beneficial. That is how it seems the government is raising salaries while the court cuts them.


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Voices for Virginia’s Children has named the honorees of the annual Carol S. Fox MAKING KIDS COUNT Awards. The MAKING KIDS COUNT award recognizes Virginia individuals and organizations for exemplary efforts to improve the lives of children in the Commonwealth.
This year’s honorees include: Janice Dinkins Davidson, of Roanoke, has made it her life passion to protect and advocate for children; St. Joseph’s Villa, a nonprofit organization in Richmond that has supported children who are vulnerable, underserved, and confronted with the greatest adversities; and Virginia Latino Higher Education Network (VALHEN), a statewide organization that supports, promotes, and advocates for Latino success and advancement in higher education.
The honorees will receive their awards at the Carol S. Fox MAKING KIDS COUNT Award Reception at the John Marshall Ballrooms in Richmond on Wednesday, Oct. 4th.
Janice Dinkins Davidson, of Roanoke, has made it her life passion to protect and advocate for children. She has been the Executive Director of Children’s Trust for fifteen years, building a multi-faceted organization that focuses on the prevention of child abuse and advocacy for children’s rights. Under her leadership, the organization has expanded strategically to encompass multiple services for children and families that were formerly separate agencies – Child Advocacy Centers for both Roanoke Valley and New River Valley; Healthy Families home visiting program; Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA); and the Conflict Resolution Center. Combined, the programs of Children’s Trust serve more than 4,000 children each year. Janice is a well-respected leader in her community and valued statewide expert in her field.
St. Joseph’s Villa, of Richmond, is the longest serving nonprofit for children in the country. During its 183 years of operation, the Villa has continuously supported children who are vulnerable, underserved, and confronted with the greatest adversities. Today, their programs extend across 36 localities in Central Virginia and annually impact more than 3,000 children and families facing mental illness, homelessness, autism, and other challenges. One of the hallmarks of St. Joseph’s Villa has been the ability to adapt to the community’s changing needs. One example of this flexibility is the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), which was established in 2012 in partnership with Richmond Behavioral Health Authority and the other Region IV community services boards. The CSU is the first facility of its kind in Central Virginia for children in mental health crisis, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Additionally, St. Joseph’s Villa focuses on education at its four on-campus schools, including a Center for Autism, and it provides rapid rehousing for homeless families.
Virginia Latino Higher Education Network (VALHEN), of Virginia, is the only volunteer, 501(c)(3) statewide organization that supports, promotes, and advocates for Latino success and advancement in higher education. With close to 6,000 volunteer hours per year, VALHEN and its members are changing the face of the Commonwealth by ensuring that Latinos are visible supported, and on their way to higher education. Their largest program, the Hispanic College Institute (HCI), which was adopted in 2012, is a free, residential program on a university campus for high school students recruited from across Virginia. On average, those invited to fill the available 150 spots have a 3.48 GPA and 74% qualify for free or reduced lunch. The purpose of HCI is for students to learn how to write an essay for their college applications; improve their public speaking, presentation and interviewing skills; increased their awareness of community focused civic engagement; and learn about financial aid. The fifth HCI recently concluded at Virginia Tech from July 31 – August 3, 2017.


This summer, Britain First, a splinter group of the British National Party (BNP) and the fastest-growing far right group in the UK staged a series of ‘mosque invasions’ in Bradford, Glasgow, Luton and London, among other places. The aggressive and confrontational nature of the actions succeeded in grabbing the mainstream media’s attention. It was their Mosque invasion in Crayford, South London though which drew my attention for a different reason: the way Britain First have hijacked the language of women's liberation to foster Islamophobia.
The stated motive for the Crayford ‘invasion’ was gender equality. The ‘activists’ demanded the removal of ‘sexist’ signs which denote separate entrances to the mosque for men and women. The Crayford video reveals Britain First’s attempt to align women's rights and the agenda of the far right.
With nearly 400,000 likes on Facebook, Britain First is in the process of overtaking the BNP in terms of its popular support and the scope of its activities. At first little more than a social media platform circulating racist memes, the movement quickly turned to a programme of grassroots direct action. Its founders are Jim Dowson (who stepped down in June of this year because he felt the movement had become too extremist) and Paul Goulding. Dowson, a former Calvinist Minister who helped run the BNP from 2007 to 2010, is also a key organiser of the UK Life League, a controversial pro-life group who have harassed schools and clinics in the name of ‘Christian’ values. His co-founder Goulding is also BNP renegade, a former councillor for Swanley, Sevenoaks.
The emphatic militarisation of the group’s image and supporters marks out Britain First from the highpoints of popularity previously reached by the EDL or the BNP. Members have been consciously styled as ‘activists’ organised in regional brigades and battalions to form a national ‘street defence organization’. While members have not armed themselves, it has been reported that they have acquired a ‘fleet’ of British Army armoured Land Rovers, which have been deployed in their ‘Christian Patrols’ in East London.
Theirs is a movement with a very conscious and distinctive public image: and images of women, both white and Muslim, are an integral part of their brand, and in very different ways. Traditionally, membership of far right groups in the UK has been overwhelmingly male, with women’s issues sidelined or ignored. However, as Islam is increasingly the principal target for groups such as Britain First, the political terrain has shifted, and the far right is now co-opting the language of gender equality.
‘The problem is, as women, we fought long and hard in this country for equality, and you are taking us back hundreds of years with your segregation.’ says a female Britain First member in the Crayford video. ‘When you respect women we’ll respect your mosques, and you’ve got signs out there segregating men and women’ a male colleague adds.
It’s not often you see far-right extremists objecting to gender binaries, and, obviously that not what a viewer of the Crayford video is really witnessing. But Britain First, whose videos are always careful to show female activists, have understood the PR value of espousing gender equality. The group have produced literature on the subject; their report ‘Women In Islam’ is available to download as a PDF from their website. Its sensational documentation of the far-right bogeyman, the Muslim grooming gang, is combined with coverage of Female Genital Mutilation, an issue on which feminist groups are vocal and active.
Is there any underlying concern for women’s rights here? Perhaps among some members, but if so it is highly misguided. What is clear is that among the group’s leadership there is a conscious and cynical effort to reproduce the discourse of gender inequality for their own divisive and stigmatising agenda.
Britain First aim to create a false dichotomy between the West and Islam in terms of the treatment of women. Their brochure cites some passages for the Qu’ran, claiming that, ‘Mohammed treated women with total contempt and considered them no more than slaves and property’. Given that the group are a self-proclaimed Christian party, it’s worth considering some of the misogynistic attitudes that run through certain Biblical passages. Consider Exodus 20:17, which runs as follows: ‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’ The reputedly more liberal New Testament has a similar outlook on women: ‘Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.’ (Ephesians 5:22) This like-for-like comparison may be a little reductive, but it is important to note that all Abrahamic religion reinforce misogynistic values in their scripture.
In another official Britain First video, Paul Goulding claims that ‘in this country, since the suffragettes, women have had equality.’ For Britain First, ‘radical Islam’ has reignited sexism which civilized societies like our own outlawed in the early 20th century. Their mission statement sets out a vision of their ideal society in which there is no ‘radical Islam… leading to the suppression of women’.
This is of course a laughably simplistic view of women’s history. And yet this false dichotomy is a common silencing tactic. As a feminist concerned about rape culture, the gender pay gap and sex workers’ safety in the UK, I have often encountered people telling me to be grateful I’m not in Saudi Arabia, a sentiment which projects sexist and misogynistic practises, onto a far-off, Orientalist dystopia.
The reason for the far-right’s sudden interest in women’s liberation is the pressing need to rebrand. The perceived machismo and violent tendencies of far right parties have traditionally limited their appeal to working-class white men. By involving a greater number of women under this pretext of gender politics, Britain First are able to broaden their appeal ahead of the general election, in which it appears they will field candidates.
This tokenism was also visible in the heyday of the EDL, an organization with a specific women’s division: the EDL angels. An important precursor to Britain First in terms of re-framing the discourse of the far-right, the EDL had prominent Jewish and LGBTQ divisions, and similarly adopted the language of liberalism for an explicitly anti-liberal agenda
For Britain First, women are not only an ideological, but a physical battleground. In a Guardian article on the role of women in the BNP, Martin Durham, author of Women and Fascism, asserted that in spite of superficial modernisation and increased women’s participation ‘The most important thing for the far Right is still to ensure that white women have more children’. Like the National Front, Britain First ‘is concerned to reverse those trends which make for a decline in our population qualitatively as well as quantitatively.’ However, in a strategic move, this concern has been disguised with tokenist concern for gender equality.
It may be disguised, but it is not invisible. The emphasis on the need for more white children, which encroaches upon women’s reproductive freedom, emerges from the group’s party political broadcast, filmed ahead of next year’s general election. In-between glowing images of ‘our brave boys’ and Enoch Powell memes, a series of scare-mongering statistics attempts to invoke a reproductive battleground. In the same way that Muslim women are segregated from ‘free’ Western women in Britain First’s campaigns, here the implicit narrative is of a race to repopulate Britain. The video stresses the reproductive threat of Muslim women: ‘If population trends continue, by 2050 Britain will be a majority Muslim nation.’ Not, however, if enough white women have children: in a not-so-subtle call, Britain First claims that ‘for a society to remain the same size the average woman has to have 2.1 children’. Without any sense of irony, Britain First call out an unnamed ‘hate fanatic’, quoted as saying ‘Have more babies and Muslims can take over the UK!’, for employing their very own tactic of espousing repopulation.
The rhetoric of women’s liberation, then, is entirely superficial and is being used to push an extreme, far-right agenda. We must acknowledge, however, that Britain First are not merely co-opting the language of liberalism and the left, they are a product of a broader political culture in which Islamophobia has been normalised. It is this same culture which recently allowed then Education Secretary Michael Gove to declare that schools must root out ‘radical Islam’ and promote ‘British values’. The recent Rotherham child abuse scandal is another example. The increasingly accepted theory that the police officers involved were afraid of pursuing Pakistani or Muslim perpetrators for fear of seeming racist has led to multiple echoes of Britain First’s alarmist literature on ‘Muslim Grooming Gangs’; whilst the Home Secretary Theresa May recently declared in Parliament that ‘institutionalised political correctness’ was to blame for Rotherham’s failures. In Britain First then, we see not just a cynical cooption of the language of liberation, but a grim reflection of the worst of mainstream political culture.
Niamh McIntyre is an English student at Oxford, and a journalist interested in feminism and social justice.