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On the docket, a motion filed by Nifong’s lawyers to dismiss the charges relating to Nifong’s withholding of exculpatory DNA evidence. It’s the job of historians to analyze the past, not predict the future, but I feel pretty safe in forecasting that Nifong’s motion will not be granted.
The more intriguing question: in light of Attorney General Cooper’s unequivocal announcement Wednesday, will the bar amend its complaint to add additional charges? Cooper’s words and actions suggest that the Bar should consider this course.
In his remarks Wednesday, Attorney General Cooper stated,
We believe that these cases were the result of a tragic rush to accuse and a failure to verify serious allegations. Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges . . . We have no credible evidence that an attack occurred in that house that night . . . [emphasis added] Our investigation shows that:
The eyewitness identification procedures were faulty and unreliable. No DNA confirms the accuser’s story. No other witness confirms her story. Other evidence contradicts her story. She contradicts herself. Next week, we'll be providing a written summary of the important factual findings and some of the specific contradictions that have led us to the conclusion that no attack occurred.
In this case, with the weight of the state behind him, the
district attorney pushed forward unchecked. There were many points in the case where caution would have served justice better than bravado. And in the rush to condemn, a community and a state lost the ability to see clearly. Regardless of the reasons this case was pushed forward, the result was wrong. Today, we need to learn from this and keep it from happening again to anybody. Durham
Cooper, in short, was unequivocal: the players were innocent, and no evidence existed (apart from an accuser’s myriad, mutually contradictory stories) to justify the charges.
Rule 3.8(a) of the North Carolina State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct states that a prosecutor shall “refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause.”
The burden of proof under Rule 3.8(a) is high. But the wording of the rule—“refrain from prosecuting”—makes clear that it applies not merely to the decision to indict, but the decision to continue prosecuting a case. Regardless of what Mike Nifong may or may not have believed on April 17, then, Roy Cooper’s remarks leave little doubt that Nifong was in violation of this rule by the time he recused himself from the lacrosse case.
Cooper’s decision to accompany the dismissal of the charges with an outright declaration of the players’ innocence gives the Bar a green light to amend its complaint. The organization should seize the opportunity.

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In the dwindling days remaining to salvage something from President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, Democratic economists see the flickering of a decades-old dream.The dream is government action to fundamentally expand opportunity for millions of Americans left behind by shifts in the modern economy. Political tides appear poised to sweep away unified Democratic control of the White House and Congress this fall, and with it the chance to act for the rest of Biden’s term, if not longer.”That may be five, 10, 20 years,” lamented Jason Furman, once President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser and now a Harvard professor. “It could be a generation.” Since the 1980s, Democrats have offered a consistent refrain about the Information Age economy: that it makes the rich richer, suppresses wages for the middle class and leaves the poor falling further and further behind. To reduce inequality and expand opportunity, their economic advisers have prescribed government investments in education, health care, training, infrastructure and support for families, all financed by higher taxes on the affluent.A political era favoring lower taxes and smaller government has allowed them only limited success.In the 1990s, President Bill Clinton oversaw an economic boom that, while it lasted, lifted the fortunes of poor and working-class Americans. Later, Obama steered the recovery from the Great Recession and rallied a Democratic-led Congress to enact America’s first-ever national health care program.Enter your email to sign up for CNN’s “Meanwhile in China” Newsletter.close dialogBut Republican opposition thwarted their attempts to win larger investments in “human capital” and economic change. Major legislative action on priorities such as expanding early childhood education, modernizing infrastructure and curbing carbon emissions to slow the warming of the planet fell by the wayside. Federal spending on popular benefit programs for retirees continued to swell. Federal spending on the future — capital investment, research and development, education and training — eroded. From a peak of more than 6% in the 1960s, those budget investments fell by more than half.Last year, Biden’s defeat of President Donald Trump and the return of a Democratic-controlled Congress triggered a burst of optimism about reversing that trend. Biden proposed trillions in spending on the coronavirus pandemic, infrastructure, climate change and help for struggling families.Some of that optimism was vindicated. Democrats swiftly passed the rescue plan, including augmented subsidies for Obamacare health insurance and enlarged tax credits that slashed childhood poverty. Biden compromised with Republicans to enact a national infrastructure upgrade.But additional help for families and climate change policy crashed into resistance from holdout Democratic senators. The expanded Child Tax Credit included temporarily in the rescue plan, has expired, as the expanded Obamacare subsidies will after this year. Though private talks on reviving the Build Back Better package in some form continue between the White House and congressional Democrats, there’s no sign of a breakthrough.The blame game has targeted multiple culprits. Republican resistance means that Democrats — with the barest of Senate majorities, including one member from a deeply conservative state — can act only with unanimity. That senator, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, either nixed a deal by changing his mind or was misread by Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.Before the rescue plan passed, veteran Democratic economist Larry Summers had issued two warnings about its $1.9 trillion price tag: that it might fuel inflation, and that it might drain support for the more important long-term investments in Build Back Better. Summers appears to have been right on both counts. The Biden administration was not strategic about this,” complained Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Autor, a leading authority on the economic shifts that have kept many Americans from getting ahead. He fears the window for major action may be closing again.”We’ve been doing this for four decades: underinvesting in ourselves, cutting taxes and running away from the future,” Autor said. “This just contributes to American decline.”Republican economists say the extent of wage stagnation and dimming opportunity has been exaggerated. Michael Strain of the conservative American Enterprise Institute, author of the 2020 book “The American Dream Is Not Dead,” insists that Build Back Better would have set the economy back with wasteful, poorly designed programs.Yet Strain favors some steps that overlap with Biden’s plans, such as a more limited increase in the Child Tax Credit and expanded prekindergarten programs. He sees long-shot chances for bipartisan agreement along those lines even if Build Back Better can’t be revived.University of Maryland economist Melissa Kearney, a moderate Republican who favors much of Biden’s agenda, called continued stalemate “a terrible outcome.” She still hopes for a compromise.”The coronavirus pandemic just revealed how vulnerable so many households are,” Kearney explained. “That can’t be unseen. Investing in kids is such a win-win. Millions of poor kids would do better in school, contribute more to our economy, rely less on safety net programs.”Biden keeps making the case, including on his West Coast swing last week. “We have not invested in ourselves,” the President told donors at a Seattle fundraiser.His remaining best-case scenario is half of last year’s $3.5 trillion blueprints, with much of the new tax revenue devoted to deficit reduction rather than new spending. Potential elements: $500 billion to address climate change, limits on some prescription drug prices, Obamacare subsidies, and spending to expand early childhood education.It wouldn’t be what he or his advisers hoped for. But it would be something.”I don’t know when another opportunity will come along,” Furman said, “which is why I hope they can pull a rabbit out of a hat.
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In the dwindling days remaining to salvage something from President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, Democratic economists see the flickering of a decades-old dream.


Climate change doesn't matter: The biggest global-warming skeptics in D.C. - StormWatch 7 | TBD.com
A dense cloud of global-warming deniers has descended on the D.C. region, dumping buckets of disbelief and golf ball-sized qualms on those who say we're danger close for rising sea levels and vengeful storms and droughts.
...Why have they all come here? Mike Tidwell, head of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, hazards a guess: “It's easier for the fossil fuel lobby to influence national policy by supporting deniers and encouraging them with funding to be noisy in the federal capital. It's the only explanation.”
Here are some of the biggest, noisiest and most influential skeptics of “gorebull warbling” around town:
...On the site, the ex-flack pitilessly skewers the prevailing climate science, linking to stories like “Pig bites Seoul resident; CO2 blamed." “All of the stories about global-warming science being something other than a clear reason that we need to reduce fossil fuels have been processed through him,” says Brad Johnson, a climate researcher at the left-leaning Center for American Progress. “He’s been relentless at hammering reporters, helping move stories up from blogger to Fox News up into the halls of Congress.”


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March MBS Prepayment Speeds
Fundamental factors overcame February’s short day count as MBS prepayments increased in February save the most premium coupons. Even with last month’s overall slowdown, most vintages are at or above their historical 3mo CPR.
Notables and Thoughts
- Generally, discount 15yr Fannie and Freddie’s saw speed increases while premium coupons slowed.
- The largest 30yr Fannie and Freddie increases were in 4.0 and 4.5 coupons.
- GNMA 30yr 4.5s posted a 28% increase (8.9 to 11.4 CPR) with the 2018 vintage posting a 60% increase (6.4 to 10.2 CPR).
- Many of our investors favor front-cashflow CMOs. Depending on the collateral, it may be worth considering a “cut-down” coupon (e.g. 4.0 coupon off of 4.5 collateral) to lower the price and prepayment risk.
Based on the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 30 and 15 year fixed-rate mortgage rates are down 10 and 16bps, respectively, from the beginning of 2019. Along with seasonal factors, this could point towards quicker speeds next month as well.
“An iShares exchange-traded fund that invests in mortgage-backed securities has raised $3.1 billion since the start of 2019, making it the third-most popular ETF so far this year, according to FactSet. Reasons for the surge in popularity: stock market mayhem and the Federal Reserve.”
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Abu Dhabi is on the verge of revealing its overall new economic strategy to diversify its economy and is looking to boost investment in a number of sectors, the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development has said.
The emirate is "close to unveiling Abu Dhabi’s overall new economic strategy, which also plans for ushering in a new era for our diversified economy”, Mohamed Al Shorafa said on Thursday. He added that the emirate considers innovation, entrepreneurship and digitalisation as the “cornerstones of sustainable and long-term economic growth and diversification”.
Mr Al Shorafa made the comments at a media briefing organised to announce details of the Annual Investment Meeting event, which will be held in the UAE capital from May 8 to 10 next year.
Abu Dhabi has launched a number of new initiatives in the past twelve months as it focuses on diversifying its economy away from oil.
In June, it launched a new industrial strategy to boost the contribution of the sector to the overall economy. As part of the strategy, it is investing Dh10 billion ($2.72 billion) across six industrial programmes to more than double the size of the emirate’s manufacturing sector to Dh172 billion by 2031.
Mr Al Shorafa said Abu Dhabi’s new industrial strategy was "slowly building momentum … with significant interest already shown from business owners and investors”.
It also unveiled various measures such as rent rebates, discounts on utility bills and loan guarantee packages to support businesses and stimulate economic growth during the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier this year, it removed more than 20,000 requirements that were deemed critical to establishing a business in the emirate. It also launched a Dh5 billion IPO Fund to help encourage and support private companies to list on the local stock market.
In the long term, the emirate “will continue to focus on several high-growth fields” including health care and biopharma, agriculture-technology and FinTech, energy, tourism and ICT (information and communications technology), Mr Al Shorafa said.
The size of the emirate's real gross domestic product at constant prices surpassed Dh543 billion at the end of the six-month period, while the value of non-oil GDP grew by Dh28.4 billion to Dh273 billion during the same period.
“Our overarching objective in Abu Dhabi is to continue to invest extensively towards creating a knowledge-based economy, thus redefining economic standards for businesses on par with other global and capital cities, both on and offshore," Mr Al Shorafa said.
The three-day Annual Investment Meeting will be attended by decision-makers, investors, experts and academic figures from all over the world. They will discuss the global investment landscape amid the current geopolitical and economic challenges and its effect on foreign direct investment.
"AIM Global 2023 will enable the UAE to increase its contribution to the regional and international efforts that aim to enhance the global business landscape reiterating the UAE’s status as a trade and investment hub, regionally and globally," Dr Al Zeyoudi said at the same event.
Foreign direct investment in the UAE has increased by 116 per cent in the past decade, as the country’s economy continues to grow despite pandemic-driven headwinds.
Total FDI rose to $20.7 billion in 2021 from $9.6 billion in 2012, state news agency Wam reported this year, citing a report from the Ministry of Economy.
The UAE also signed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with India, Indonesia and Israel, and is currently holding negotiations with Turkey, Georgia, Colombia and Cambodia as it aims to strengthen trade and economic ties with different countries.


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Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Nicola Sullivan, Issue 118/09, 01.09.2018
This fascinating exploration of the Mexican artist’s personal style would be even better with a stronger focus on her political activism, says Nicola Sullivan
A small black and white photograph of Frida Kahlo adding delicate brushstrokes to a tiny canvas under the gaze of her husband, Diego Rivera, his own mural looming large in the background, is one of several captivating images in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) exhibition about the Mexican artist.
This photograph was taken in the early 1930s and is particularly striking because it reminds visitors that, for much of her life, Kahlo lived in the shadow of her husband, whose work often eclipsed hers in terms of scale and the recognition it received.
The painting Kahlo is working on in the photo – Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States (1932) – depicts two conflicting worlds. The work was poignant then and has gained new relevance today as part of the debate around US president Donald Trump’s policies to control immigration between the two countries.
While this exhibition does not explain how Kahlo’s work resonates with contemporary audiences or why she is arguably now better known than Rivera, it does provide a fascinating insight into how she constructed a striking self-image that has endured long after her death and appears on coffee cups, jewellery and pillowcases.
Kahlo’s fascination with self-portraiture began at an early age and was inspired by her father’s photography. The exhibition starts with a collection of theatrical black and white pictures of the artist. In one, she cuts a striking figure in her white first communion dress and in another she challenges gender norms in a three-piece suit and tie. This is the woman who accentuated her monobrow and whose dark moustache was visible under heavy make-up.
Kahlo’s fuchsia lipstick and nail polish are among the 200 items that were discovered in her home, the Blue House – built in Mexico City by her father in 1904 – where she was born and where she died. Numerous personal objects including clothes, letters, jewellery, cosmetics, medicine, and medical corsets were locked up in a bathroom by Rivera when Kahlo died in 1954, and weren’t discovered until 50 years later.
Some of the most compelling pieces are the medical corsets she wore after a near-fatal bus crash when she was 18. Her recovery was characterised by the start of an intense period of self-portraiture. The severity of her injuries left her bed bound for long periods and she spent a lot of her time painting with the aid of a mirror inset into the canopy of her four-poster bed.
Among the standout objects is her prosthetic leg with bright red boot, made from luxurious red leather decorated with silk embroidered with Chinese dragon motifs.
There is also a plaster corset, on which she painted the communist symbol above a cutout hole, which may be for ventilation or, as Kahlo couldn’t have children, could represent the absence of a pregnancy. The traditional dress she wore allowed her to conceal medical corsets under geometric-cut blouses and her damaged (later prosthetic) right leg under long skirts.
This exhibition illuminates the extent to which Kahlo’s artistic expression extended beyond the canvas and into her appearance. But, at the same time, it shows that her personal style was so all-consuming that it influenced her work, which can be seen in paintings such as My Dress Hangs There (1933).
Making a statement
Indeed, the many dresses on display breathe life into this show, which, at times lacks colour and feels overcrowded with small black and white pictures. Although these offer glimpses into her private moments, they can lose their impact in the dimly lit space. In some areas of the gallery, however, the photos are blown up, which creates an element of drama.
Most of Kahlo’s dresses are accompanied by detailed descriptions of how they were made, where they came from in Mexico and how they incorporated the traditional styles of the Tehuana women who were fond of printed cloth, large quantities of which was imported from Manchester. The information is so detailed that the history and craftsmanship behind indigenous Mexican clothing and jewellery almost becomes an exhibition theme.
It is interesting to note that while Kahlo was a revolutionary thinker, in adopting the Tehuana costume she paid tribute to the spirit of a matriarchal society. However, she did use traditional dress to make anti-American statements, such as when she wore a Tehuana outfit to show her support for Rivera when he was sacked after producing a painting of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin for the Rockefeller Center, New York, in the early 1930s. This anecdote, however, is very much an aside in the show and is one of many missed opportunities to fully explore Kahlo’s political life.
We learn that Rivera and she amassed a vast collection of portraits of revolutionaries, including of the Mexican Emiliano Zapata, and Russians Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. But there is no information on how the couple’s views developed over the years or how their politics influenced their art.
While footage of Trotsky denouncing Stalin in the garden of the Blue House is fascinating, it is not connected to any wider discussion of Kahlo and Rivera’s association with communism, how their lives were shaped by the Mexican revolution or how they supported the Spanish civil war. This is disappointing for an exhibition dedicated to a woman who, as an adult, claimed that she was born in 1910 (instead of 1907) because it marked the start of the Mexican revolution.
Despite these omissions, this exhibition is still a stunning and sometimes haunting testimony to a woman whose bravery, style and physical and emotional struggles will always resonate with modern audiences.
Nicola Sullivan is a freelance writer
- Cost £1.4m
- Architect Gibson Thornley
- Exhibition design Tom Scutt; Gibson Thornley
- Graphic design BOB Design
- Exhibition graphics BAF Graphics
- Exhibition editor Maria Blyzinsky
- AV Luke Halls Studio, The Abstract Union and Ben & Max Ringham
- Lighting DHA
- Exhibition contractor Setworks
- Technical project management and quantity surveyor Focus Consultants
- Exhibition ends 4 November
- Admission Museums Association members get free entry on weekdays until 12 October

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“I’m not aware of any change in the plans,” Peter Lucht, vice president, external communications, corporate communications, told the Tampa Bay Business Journal, one day after Medtronic’s deal was announced.
Covidien (NYSE: COV) said in November that it would invest up to $18 million by 2017 in a 62,200-square-foot facility in Riverview. The company, which expects to create 165 new jobs, was allocated $825,000 from Florida’s Qualified Target Industry tax refund program.
On Sunday, Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) said it would acquire Covidien, in a deal that would create a tax shield for Minneapolis-based Medtronic, as the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reported.
The two companies are conducting a thorough analysis of the deal, with workforce issues a part of the review process, Lucht said. There’s little overlap between the firms right now, he said. “This combination is about growth,” Lucht said.
A call to the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. to check the status of the project was pending return.
Margie Manning is Quality and Content Editor of the Tampa Bay Business Journal. She also covers banking, finance and professional services.
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How to Hide WhatsApp Images From Phone Gallery
WhatsApp is a widely used communication platform. Most of the smartphone users are using WhatsApp as their primary messenger application. WhatsApp ensures user privacy. WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted. Through WhatsApp, we also send media files like images, videos etc. These contents are stored in WhatsApp folders. You can see the folders via the file manager app. You can see the WhatsApp media files in your Phone Gallery App. If you don’t want to see the WhatsApp images on your phone gallery and you want to keep it private just take this simple tips.
You can hide WhatsApp images from gallery using Filemanager app. Some Android devices having preinstalled file manager apps. But some latest devices may not contain pre-installed file manager apps. If your device does not have a file manager app, just download a file manager app from Google Play Store.
Hide WhatsApp images using File Manager
To hide WhatsApp images from Gallery, Open your file manager and then tap to open the device storage.
- You can see a list of folders there, just tap on the WhatsApp folder and open it.
- Then tap to open the media folder and go to the WhatsApp images folder.
If your Filemanager app allows you to create a new file, just create a file named ‘ .nomedia ‘. This is a hidden file, if you add this file to any folder, then the contents stored on the folder will not visible on Gallery.
- If your file manager app does not have the option to create files, just rename a file with .nomedia.
- Then check your device Gallery to ensure the WhatsApp image files are not visible there.
- If you want to view the WhatsApp images via Gallery, just go to the file manager app and move to the WhatsApp images folder and delete the .nomedia file.
- I already said that it is a hidden file, so it may be visible in the folder to delete. In this situation, check your file manager has the option to view hidden files and enable it.
- If you erase your cached data, you will not able to see those images again.
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Another method is, You can use a WhatsApp media hide application to hide WhatsApp media files. Lots of Image hider applications are available in Google Play Store. Here I’m sharing one of a WhatsApp image hider application. You can install it from Google Play Store. The app named Hide image, video of WhatsApp


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I just re-installed EVE, but the latest file on your server (as of last night, EDT) was still Revelations II. I still can't get it to patch correctly either. It asks whether I'd like to download the 22.1Mb patch or not. I hit yes. It downloads, the game exits and I am presented the patch screen. When it finishes patching the game, I enter EVE and nothing has changed.
I come full circle, and it asks me to download the 22.1Bb file again.
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H.S. Roundup: Four SVC baseball teams' seasons end after sectional finals losses
Unioto 12, Hillsboro 2: On Wednesday, the Sherman Tanks put on a show during their sectional finals win over Hillsboro.
Isaiah Leeth had a strong showing at the mound, where he pitched a complete game where he allowed one earned run and struck out nine batters.
He also hit 2-for-3 with four RBIs.
Andrew Griffin was another good hitter, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.
They will travel to Ohio University to face Sheridan in the Division II district semifinals on May 23.
Symmes Valley 7, Paint Valley 1: After the Bearcats' loss to the Vikings in the Division IV sectional finals, their season has come to an end.
Gavin Kingery batted in the team's lone run which was scored by Dax Estep.
Wellston 3, Piketon 2: After a tough loss to Golden Rockets in the Division III sectional finals, the Redstreaks' season ended in a hard-fought fashion.
Tra Swayne led the team with two hits in his final game with the team, where he also had an RBI and scored a run.
Fellow senior, Johnny Burton also had a hit and a run scored.
Meigs 3, Adena 0: After a strong defensive effort from the Marauders in the Division III sectional finals, the Warriors were unable to keep their season alive.
Blane Bowdle led the team with two hits in as many at-bats.
Minford 12, Southeastern 2: After a back and forth game through the first three innings, the Falcons managed to pull away late to end the Panthers' season.
Tyler Brown led the team with three hits in as many at-bats. He also had an RBI and scored a run.
Jarrett McWhorter finished the game with two hits and also had an RBI.
Portsmouth 9, Zane Trace 3: After three uncharacteristic errors by the Lady Pioneers led to five runs by the Lady Trojans, it was tough for the former to claw back into the Division III district semifinals game.
Alayna Butler led the team with a 2-for-3 night where she hit two doubles and scored a run.
Gracey McCullough also scored a run and an RBI on a 1-for-4 night.


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WASHINGTON DC – Mother’s Day spending is expected to total $31.7 billion this year, up $3.6 billion from 2021’s record spending, according to the annual consumer survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Approximately 84 percent of U.S. adults are expected to celebrate Mother’s Day.
“Consumers are eager to find memorable ways to honor their mothers and other important women in their lives and are willing to spend a little extra on this sentimental holiday.”NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay.
“Consumers are eager to find memorable ways to honor their mothers and other important women in their lives and are willing to spend a little extra on this sentimental holiday,” said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay.
Consumers are planning to spend $25 more this year on Mother’s Day purchases and are expected to spend a record average of $245.76.
Jewelry purchases and special outings such as dinner or brunch are driving this year’s spending increases, marking a record in the survey’s history for average spending in both categories.
“Jewelry remains a timeless gift selection for Mother’s Day and continues to capture an increasing market share,” said Prosper Vice President of Strategy Phil Rist. “Forty-one percent of consumers are planning to gift jewelry this year, up from 34 percent in 2021 and total spending on jewelry is expected to reach $7.0 billion.”
There is also a notable uptick in the number of shoppers seeking gifts that cannot be wrapped. Gifts of experience like concert or sporting event tickets will be given by 27 percent of Mother’s Day shoppers, up from 23 percent last year and the highest since NRF started tracking this category in 2016.
More than half of consumers (57%) are planning to spend an average of $40.90 on a special outing like dinner or brunch, signaling continued post-pandemic prioritization of quality time with loved ones.
Greeting cards and flowers continue to be staple gift categories with 75 percent of shoppers planning to buy greeting cards and 72 percent planning to buy traditional Mother’s Day bouquets.
Finding meaningful Mother’s Day gifts remains a top priority for shoppers. The topmost important factors are finding a gift that is unique or different (46%) and finding a gift that creates a special memory (41%).
Over one-third (36%) are planning to make their purchases for the holiday online. Another 30 percent of consumers are planning to shop at department stores, 27 percent at specialty stores and 23 percent at local small businesses.
In addition, 39 percent of consumers are interested in gifting product subscription services such as Birchbox or Stitch Fix, extending the gift-giving experience beyond Mother’s Day.
The survey of 8,574 consumers was conducted April 1-11, 2022, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 percentage points.
The National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade association, passionately advocates for the people, brands, policies and ideas that help retail thrive. From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., NRF empowers the industry that powers the economy. Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer, contributing $3.9 trillion to annual GDP and supporting one in four U.S. jobs — 52 million working Americans. For over a century, NRF has been a voice for every retailer and every retail job, educating, inspiring and communicating the powerful impact retail has on local communities and global economies. nrf.com
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Salerno, Italy: Naturally occurring compounds in cannabis possess anti-tumor properties and present a novel approach for cancer treatment, according to a scientific review published in the February issue of the journal Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Investigators at the University of Salerno in Italy report that cannabinoids limit cancer cell proliferation and induce tumor-selective cell death.
Cannabinoids inhibit "tumor growth and migration, angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels to cancerous tumors), [and] metastasis (the transfer of malignant cells from one site to another)," authors concluded. "Emerging evidence suggests that agonists of cannabinoid receptors ... may offer a novel strategy to treat cancer."
A 2008 review in the journal Cancer Research reported that the administration of cannabinoids halts the spread of a wide range of cancers, including brain cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lymphoma.
To date, only one clinical trial assessing the use of cannabinoids as anti-cancer agents has been conducted. That trial reported that THC administration decreases recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor growth in patients afflicted with the disease.
For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: [email protected]
Full text of the study, "Use of cannabinoid receptor agonists in cancer therapy as palliative and curative agents," appears in the journal Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Additional information on the anti-cancer properties of cannabinoids appears online at:
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The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday sent a report to the Centre on the death of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri’s Bisara village after a mob attacked him and his son Danish over rumours that they ate beef.
The report does not mention beef consumption or cow slaughter as the trigger for the incident. It, however, claims that there were allegations that Akhlaq and his son Danish were consuming “pratibandhit pashu ka maans (meat of an animal, whose slaughter is prohibited)”.
In the two-page report, the UP government has also mentioned names of politicians who visited the area following the incident, some of whom met Akhlaq’s family. ‘
While making no mention of the circumstances leading up to the mob gathering and lynching the two victims, the report simply cites details of the incident as recorded in the FIR registered by the local police.
“It simply states that at a certain time on the given date, a group of men gathered outside the victims’ residence over rumours that they were consuming “pratibandhit pashu ka maans”. A larger mob later gathered outside the house, following which the victims were lynched,” said a Home Ministry source.
“The report nowhere mentions cow slaughter of beef consumption as the reason behind the lynching, and states that further probes are being conducted before the state government can arrive at a final conclusion,” the source added.


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Prescribers should consider the renal status of an elderly patient. He is home now and doing much better, 1 0 0 1 1207. Ms Dearnaley now wants Champix – ice bit of sibling bonding! Maximum plasma concentrations of varenicline occur typically within 3, i slipped up and started smoking again at the beginning of week 3.
He was positively looking forward to his twilight years of watching his grandkids grow up and share his retirement with my mother, i usually talk to my best friend at least once a day and now I don’t even answer her phone calls. The active ingredient in each tablet is metronidazole, 5 mg and 14 x 1 mg film, and one lady said she thought about taking her life.
After a few days of smoking again and not being motivated, he had began taking Champix in early February and had reported to the family that he had suffered from some of the more common side, it is an insightful collection of almost 100 articles on every cessation topic imaginable. Abnormal thoughts or behaviour — but this time I just snapped. I’m so depressed, patients received treatment for 12 weeks, and shot himself before anyone could stop him or get him to his doctor. I severed the main artery, my arm was bandaged and the left side of my mouth and neck felt numb, as far as I know he has no past mental health problems or violence in his past.
Do Tide Pods look too delicious? The major swings and degree of the depression have lessened, but I still fight bouts of depression several times a day. Click to Verify – This site chose Symantec SSL for secure e-commerce and confidential communications.
I have the most amazing and supportive friends and family, whom are all baffled. 36 hours after my last dose. Probably the best week of my life and I went to bed with an overwhelming feeling of wanting to kill myself.
Maximum plasma concentrations of varenicline occur typically within 3-4 hours after oral administration. What should you know about taking Levitra for ED?
I too used Champix for the 12 week program and was quite sucessful at quiting however, 3 weeks after stopping the drug I was hospitalized for 2 weeks for overdosing myself and severe depression. There are two other people in America that I have been in touch with who have got the same problem as me but because I’m the only one in this country so it’s hard to prove that it’s from these tablets. The vivid, crazy dreams were even kind of fun, but now I am so depressed I can barely get up in the morning. Just another night out at the barre?
When you have finished the 12 week course of treatment you should see your doctor. Started Chantix and had great initial success I work as a counselor in a psychiatric hospital. I”m not sure how or what to do. I thought, well I’ll give it another try, maybe it was a fluke.
Please don’t discount those who actually did commit suicide and those of us who lived thru it. In the past suicidal thoughts “helped” me cope, somehow soothing the crushing heartache of depression.
This results in any pleasant, enjoyable effects from nicotine when you smoke are removed, considerably reducing your cravings. The materials in this web site are in no way intended to replace the professional medical care, advice, diagnosis or treatment of a doctor. Is Nicotine Replacement Therapy The Smoker’s Last Best Hope? You should not take Champix if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in the tablet.
The CHAMPIX safety profile in this study was consistent with that of pre-marketing studies. If you take Chantix be very careful.
Don’t want to go out or see anyone. With no financial worries and his working life nearing an end, he was positively looking forward to his twilight years of watching his grandkids grow up and share his retirement with my mother, family and his wide circle of friends. I picked a fight with my husband and bad-mouthed my step children, to the point of calling them names and declaring I hated them! He has had a severe change in mood swings, depression, violence and suicidal expressions.
I’m still smoking, but at least I’m alive. It may help if you take your treatment at the same time each day. Champix significantly increases your chances of quitting smoking. She told me yesterday that she had thoughts of killing herself at the worst moments.
If, by this point, it is time for your next dose, skip the original missed dose and continue with the treatment as before. However the most scary thing is the SUICIDAL THOUGHTS out of nowhere. 2011, and are certified by the CQC and MHRA. I cry too much, I get angry if the wind blows the wrong way, I’m afraid I am going to hurt myself.
In the majority of cases nausea occurred early in the treatment period, was mild to moderate in severity and seldom resulted in discontinuation. 5 mg and 14 x 1 mg film-coated tablets and a second clear blister of 28 x 1 mg film-coated tablets in one secondary heat sealed card pack and PVC blisters with aluminium foil backing in two secondary heat sealed card packs each containing 56 x 1 mg film-coated tablets. It found that among the 6,363 adverse reactions blamed on Chantix and reported to the FDA between May 2006 and December 2007, that 3,063 involved serious injury, including 78 deaths. A mother-of-two has been diagnosed with epilepsy after taking a controversial wonder drug to help her quit smoking.
My life as I once knew it is over, I don’t think I will ever get it back. The headaches are more like migraines.
By the third week, I was having intense rageful episodes 2 to 3 times per day. Therefore, varenicline can effectively block nicotine’s ability to fully activate α4β2 receptors and the mesolimbic dopamine system, the neuronal mechanism underlying reinforcement and reward experienced upon smoking. I took it last fall and had severe depression and thoughts of suicide.
You should limit the amount of alcohol you drink until you know how alcohol affects you while you’re on Champix. It is a miracle I am alive. NHS Direct, British Army and Vodafone.
If you experience such side effects, you should avoid driving and operating machinery whilst taking Champix. You should avoid driving or operating machinery until you know how this medicine affects you and are sure that it won’t affect your ability to perform such activities safely. I am on day 10 of using Chantix.
Polito is solely responsible for the content of this article. I woke up the next morning panicked, thinking what if I wasn’t in a deep enough sleep and I actually went into the garage and fired up the chainsaw.
There is no need to change your diet. I suffer from high blood pressure? Nicotine withdrawel did not cause me great harm or the horrible side effects I suffered from Chantix.
I now wonder if the Chantix had anything to do with his sudden death. Nicotine competes for the same human α4β2 nAChR binding site for which varenicline has higher affinity.
It is important to get into a routine so that you don’t forget any of your tablets. COPD was demonstrated in a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. I started taking Chantix three and a half weeks ago. 5 mg film-coated tablets and a second clear blister containing 14 x 1 mg film-coated tablets in a carton.
Chantix – an 8 in 10 failure rate or worse? My husband says that I have turned into one of those crazy chicks. Metronidazole is safe to use by people who are allergic to penicillin.
Champix tablets contain the active ingredient varenicline. I had an old bottle of Ambien with one tablet left and called the auto refill line. What this means is that it acts on the same receptors in the brain as nicotine from cigarettes does. Helping smokers to give up smoking.
You should set a date on which you will stop smoking, then start taking Champix one to two weeks beforehand to give it time to start working. On 1-3-08 he got ready for work, kissed his wife goodbye, finished loading his vending van with frozen food and walked into his garage and shot himself with a 20 gauge shotgun. I am usually not this way, but I scream and yell a lot. Champix is proven to help smokers quit.
I started taking chantix, and the first week I would get bad headaches, but I was trying to deal with it. I think they are all related to the Chantix.
Prescription and delivery are included. We won’t even begin to address my aggression and hostility issues. Visit Turkeyville, Facebook’s most popular quit smoking support group. There’s a lot more to the story!
CHAMPIX would not be required. Stopping smoking will cause changes to your body: this may alter the way other drugs work. Hoping to follow in her footsteps?
The first week it was mainly the nausea, weird dreams, weakness, and the headaches and constipation. I have been taking Chantix for 15 days. I will start reducing dose and stopping it tomorrow–hopefully I won’t smoke.
I had dreams about killing people. He had since been happy and healthy UNTIL he took Chantix, and by the second week began feeling depressed. 1 0 0 1 668. As far as I know he has no past mental health problems or violence in his past.
At the same time, varenicline blocks nicotine from acting on the nicotinic receptors. Varenicline did not alter the steady-state pharmacokinetics of bupropion. Who lives in a house like this? I cannot believe how easy it was to order, pay and then receive the goods.
A few days went by and my craving for cigarettes returned. It is almost impossible to put an exact figure on this as it will depend on the individual and how much they have previously smoked and how addicted they are. I have always handled stressful and depressing times in the past with the help of my family and friends. Two weeks ago, he took an overdose of Paxil and Wellbutrin in an effort to end his life.
I felt as if no one cared about me and I just felt like crawling in a hole and dying. I don’t even know myself any more. No cases of overdose were reported in pre-marketing clinical trials. You’ll complete a short online health assessment and choose the medication you need.
GIRL ABOUT TOWN: Is Jack Whitehall about to take over the reigns of The Late Late Show from James Corden? Just weeks before I was feeling blessed that my husband Robert had survived a heart attack.
I had spoken to him only hours before, and he was his usual happy self, just settling in for the night to watch some TV and have a few drinks. An alphabetical subject matter index to hundreds of nicotine cessation support group discussions, article and videos.
I have no psychiatric history. I’ve never been one who wanted to hurt myself. Metronidazole is a treatment for bacterial vaginosis.
Patients who are not willing or able to set the target quit date within 1-2 weeks, could be offered to start treatment and then choose their own quit date within 5 weeks. I now can not have a relationships with my children or my grandchildren because of the depression and the anger. The dose is then usually increased to 1mg twice a day for the next 11 weeks.
Any change in mood stability or physical health should be looked at in relation to the Chantix. To see the original link to any comment simply right click on the page and click “View Page Source. You have probably never read one. But if I hadn’t stopped taking Chantix, I don’t know if I would have been here one more day.
My last recollection was of being extremely happy,” she says. I explained to my 11 year old that sometimes you just have to cry to get “things” out of your system and that I had been upset and just had to “get it out”.
I have lost my home and the people I know I still love. 55 kg compared to that noted in the adult population. My son started taking Chantix in late September. I observed the downward emotional spiral first hand.
1 0 0 1 765. Champix contains the active ingredient varenicline. 4b2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Are there any safety precautions to be aware of while taking it? However, if it is near the time of your next treatment, skip the missed treatment. EXCLUSIVE ‘I actually talk to him more when I’m away!
PVC blisters with aluminium foil backing in a pack containing 112 x 1 mg film-coated tablets in a carton. Fits of rage, I was seeing shadows–I thought I was going completely crazy! Is that your birthday suit? Answers to specific problems may not apply to everyone.
He was not suicidal, but I know that in days leading up, he was depressed, un-motivated, confused. Chantix success rate worth risking death?
Do these 6 winter health foods and supplements actually work? The depression and the suicidal thoughts are there everyday. Chantix has had a devastating effect on my life. Internet, where prior to the arrival of Chantix and Champix, suicide in quitters was probably never a discussion topic.
CA week 9-52 was 19. What are the symptoms of an allergic reaction? It is important that you finish the full course of treatment to prevent reinfection. 1 0 0 1 493.
Collect your order from any Royal Mail post office. Although there were no completed suicides, there was one suicidal attempt in a varenicline-treated subject whose lifetime history included several similar attempts.

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President Biden's Diplomatic Conundrum In Israel
President Biden told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would welcome a cease-fire from the escalating violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
But Biden says he supports Israel’s right to defend itself, while progressive Democrats are sharply critical of the country.
We get the latest from NPR’s Michele Kelemen.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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A new study of the recent methane leak in Aliso Canyon, California confirms that it was the largest methane leak in US history. According to the study, the disaster’s impact on the climate will be equivalent to the effect of annual greenhouse gas emissions from over half a million cars.
Last week at the oil industry gathering CERAweek, Reuters reported Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy revealed that, “Methane emissions from existing sources in the oil and gas sector are substantially higher than we previously understood.”
Also last week, the Texas Observer reported that the combined methane leaks of the Barnett Shale gas fields was actually greater than the volume of the Aliso Canyon disaster — contributing 8% of nationwide methane emissions. And while the Aliso Canyon well has been capped, the Barnett shale emissions continue on.
The financial sector needs to show leadership by providing trillions of dollars for green growth projects, Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework...


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Music, food, drink, St.Baldrick’s, children’s games, face painting, vendors, tons o’ people, and more this weekend at the annual Church Hill Irish Festival at 25th and Broad, all starting with a parade at 10:00 AM on Saturday.
A $5 donation will be collected at the gate. Proceeds benefit the St. Baldrick’s Society and their fight against childhood cancer, the Church Hill Association, the Church Hill Crime Watch, Richmond Hill, Child Saver’s Clinic of Richmond, St. John’s Church, the St. Peter’s Meals Program, St. Francis Home, Stone’s Circle of Friends and many other neighborhood causes. Proceeds also benefit the historic preservation of St. Patrick’s Church, a “little church with a big heart” built in the 1850’s by Irish immigrants to Richmond, and its outreach programs.
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News came late Tuesday night that U.S. District Judge John D. Tinder has been promoted to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
His first order of business today: resuming a criminal jury trial that’s been under way this week in his Southern District of Indiana courtroom in Indianapolis. That priority made him unavailable early today to talk about the confirmation, but his courthouse colleagues made sure everyone knew the significance of the news.
“True to form, Judge Tinder was on the bench handling a jury trial the morning after he was confirmed,” Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker said, noting what a noteworthy gift this is for the legal community. “He’s a dedicated, hard-working judge, and his confirmation is a credit to his dedication and determination.”
While most didn’t see the televised confirmation vote, District Court Clerk Laura Briggs said she watched the vote at home with her husband and jumped up and down when hearing news of the unanimous vote shortly after 11 p.m.
After hours of debate about federal spending and other legislative issues throughout the day, the Senate moved to Judge Tinder’s confirmation and voted 93-0 in his favor. Republican Sen. Richard Lugar had picked him for the spot, President George W. Bush nominated him in July, and the Senate has been working since to confirm him. Following last night’s action, the confirmation vote was sent to the president for signing, which was expected today.
News spread quickly this morning in the Southern District’s halls and court chambers, and everyone was absolutely ecstatic, Briggs said.
“I stayed up to watch the vote … and couldn’t sit still once Judge Tinder’s name was on the screen,” she said, noting that she watched the televised vote with her husband on C-Span2. “When the vote concluded unanimously, I’ll admit that I literally danced with happiness for the judge.
“There’s a certain pride associated with working for a man as honorable, intelligent, and fair as Judge Tinder,” she added. “To see him recognized by this elevation, supported by senators from both political parties, is a credit to him and the court as a whole. It’s a proud day for the Southern District.”
Fellow U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker said she was pleased with how Judge Tinder’s entire confirmation process wasn’t arduous, as expected earlier this year. She knows how tough the waiting has been.
“I like to say he’s off the Tinder-hook; though that sounds pre-planned and it’s not,” she said this morning. “This is analogous to a baby being born long overdue. When it finally happens, you’re so ready for them to be born, but the wait makes it even more of a joyous occasion.”
Judge Tinder is the first Hoosier jurist appointed to the federal appellate court in two decades. He will replace Circuit Judge Daniel A. Manion, who came from South Bend after being appointed in 1986 and is now taking senior status, according to his court staff in South Bend.
Uncertain this morning is when Judge Tinder’s appointment will begin, but colleagues suspect he will be unofficially sworn in and then re-designated to the District Court until a new judge can be nominated and confirmed.
Judge Tinder will maintain office hours in the Southern District and travel back and forth to Chicago, according to Judge Barker.
“We’re confident that he’ll be as fine an appellate judge as he has been a trial judge,” Judge Barker said about her colleague. “Everyone’s confident that the things he’s learned as a trial judge here about people and their important legal matters will influence the kind of judge he’ll be.”
A lifelong Indianapolis resident and Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington graduate, Judge Tinder has been at the District Court since 1987.
See the Dec. 26 issue of Indiana Lawyer for more comprehensive coverage on Judge Tinder’s confirmation.


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Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) recently approved a Rail Industrial Access Grant for Norfolk Terminal LP, and adopted the framework to advance the state’s Transit Ridership Incentive Program (TRIP).
CSX in second-quarter 2021 reported an exceptionally low operating ratio (OR) of 43.4%, along with significant increases in earnings and revenue. The OR calculation included a credit against expenses resulting from the sale of certain property rights on CSX-owned line segments to the Commonwealth of Virginia for passenger rail operations. Adjusted to exclude the real estate transaction, the OR is 55.1%, still exceptionally low.
Union Pacific (UP) on July 22 reported second-quarter 2021 results, including freight revenue of $5.132 billion, up 29% from the prior-year period, with a 22% increase in business volumes, as measured by total revenue carloads.
Despite posting company-wide financials in the second quarter of 2021 that dropped significantly from the prior-year period, GATX Corp. said it remains optimistic, as indicated by strong improvements in its two rail business units.
Total U.S. weekly rail traffic for the week ending July 17, 2021, reached 513,255 carloads and intermodal units, a 6.6% boost from the prior-year period, according to a July 21 Association of American Railroads (AAR) report.
I spent about a half-decade of my railway career working with several intermodal freight logistics luminaries: Marvin Manheim of Northwestern University’s Transportation Center, Penn State Professor of Logistics Kant Rao and Bryan Stone of Intercontainer, with contributions from Rick Hill and Dick Andino, pioneers of ship-to-rail intermodal at APL. These folks and others helped shape my view of moving containers along complex links and nodes among different modes and terminals.
We hosted our second call with a noted transportation attorney to discuss the Executive Order signed by President Biden on July 9. It appears to be much more measured than early reporting initially indicated. The tone surrounding the railroads implied recognized independence of the Surface Transportation Board, and is likely in line with the thinking of the Marty Oberman-led organization. Longer term, we will monitor bottleneck implications.
Cowen and Company transportation analysts Jason Seidl (Managing Director and Wall Street Contributing Editor), Matt Elkott and Elliott Alper recently conducted their second-quarter 2021 rail equipment and shipper surveys. Following are the results.
Here are a few observations about the often operationally complex competitive rail carload service that many shippers and public advocates would like federal regulators to shove down the throats of the railroads: “reciprocal switching,” or as the Association of American Railroads calls it, “forced access,” a “misguided” method that could, ultimately, undermine the railroads’ ability to reliably serve customers.
For the week ending July 10, 2021, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 451,825 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.6% compared with the same week last year, as intermodal losses offset carload gains, the Association of American Railroads reported on July 14.


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This book examines the Syrian crisis and exodus by focusing on the experiences of the dispossessed rather than the recipient states. Reintegration and resettlement after situations of mass displacement are generally long-term, multi-faceted and complex processes. Whether we are talking about acceptance in a new society as refugees, migrants, and guest workers, or returning home to post-conflict situations, each scenario involves both specific physical challenges and difficult encounters with broader political communities. The debate presented here on precarity and statelessness in terms of systemic denial of access to rights, or, their selective attribution to Syrians on the move, allows us to reconsider the Syrian exodus in a new framework that links forced migration, labor studies, citizenship and rights debates rather than isolating the refugee experience._x000D_
INTRODUCTION The Syrians are Coming?
Putting the Syrian Exodus in Context
Outline of the Book
CHAPTER I Rethinking the Middle East and North Africa outside the Blindfold of Area Studies
The Middle Eastern State as Parable
State and Violence: Multiple Legacies of Blameworthiness in the Middle East and North Africa
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Forced Migration as a Tool for Managing Dissent
Forced Migration in Aid of Statecraft in the Middle East: Examples
Forays into the Postcolonial Condition: Where is the Middle East?
Conclusion: Forced Migration as a Form of Organized Violence
CHAPTER II Migration as Necessity: Conceptualizing the European Response to the Syrian Exodus
Setting the Stage: Europe for Europeans Forever?
The Silence of Categories: Skilled, Unskilled, and None of the Above
The Context: Shadow Boxing at Fortress Europe?
The Syrian Case in the Larger Context
Numbers, Lists and Headcounts of the Dispossessed
Legal Ethics of Migration, Duty of Care, and Collective Moral Responsibility: A Difficult Conversation
Conclusion: Europe and Its Reflection on Water
CHAPTER III Redefining Sovereignty:
Myths and Realities about Forced Migration
in Contemporary Middle East
Human Security and Bare Life in the Middle East
Finding Nemo: Where is the Middle East?
Dispossession in the Fine Hour of Discontent: Refugees of the Middle East
Conclusion: Redefining Sovereignty at the Expense of Human Security
CHAPTER IV Managing the Exodus: Syrians in Turkey as Paradigm Shifters
Precarity Writ Large: A View from the Global South
Redefining Precarity as a Legal Precinct
The Limits of the Europeanization of the Turkish Migration Regulation Regime
“Birds of a Feather Flock Together”— Patterns of Irregular Migration in Turkey
Reforming the Turkish Labour Code, or Legalizing Precarity Just in Time
CHAPTER V Invisible Lives: Gender, Hyper-precarity and Syrian Refugee Women
Precarity Anew: Gendered Hells and Heavens
Gender, Asylum and Precarity: Lineages of the Strong State in the Middle East
A Refugee, a Migrant, a Guest, an Illegal Resident, or a New Citizen? The Naming Rituals of Displacement in the Middle East
The Curious Case of Turkey
Invisible “Guests”: Syrian Women’s Precarious Lives on the Move
CONCLUSION The Arranged Marriage of Forced Migration and Statelessness in the Middle East
Sovereign Utopias and The Myth of the Middle Eastern Nation-State
Does a Tree Exist if no one Hears its Fall?
Definitional Conundrums: De Jure and De Facto Statelessness and Beyond
The Intricate Logic of How to Create a Stateless Person
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For quite some time we had been awaiting such a book that will connect in a singular global theme the wars of our time, forced migration, and the emergence of precarious labour force throughout the world in this neoliberal age. Nergis Canefe’s Syrian Exodus in the context of the neoliberal crisis of the global state system and the resultant statelessness, dispossession, and mobility is that kind of book. It is profound. It does not waste vacuous words on humanitarianism and pious wishes for universal respect for human rights. It tells us what war means in real life, the destruction of all possible means of realisation of rights, and how the upheaval in West Asia and the North African region is redrawing boundaries, destroying old stable orders that were once the basis of citizenship, and the consequent emergence of statelessness on an unprecedented scale. The book’s merit lies in deciphering the crisis in the traditional discourse of refugee studies in the light of the current crisis of the state system and the global governance regime. It shows how after three decades of the end of the Second World War various forms of migration eroded citizenship as the basis of rights. Consequently, as the book explains, the traditional role of the nation-state as the harbinger of rights is also largely over. This book helps us to understand the all round precariousness signified by migration today: precarious state of rights, precarious nature of the legal remedies, precarious lives, and above all precarious forms of labour at the service of neoliberal capitalism. The Syrians have arrived in contemporary history as the great signifier of a viciously transforming age.
Professor Ranabir Samaddar, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group
Nergis Canefe’s timely book is an important contribution to the literature on the forced migration of Syrians as she shifts the focus of their displacement from European fears to the context of the Middle East and the countries that have received most of the refugees, primarily Turkey. Through the lenses of transitional justice and citizenship, Canefe exposes the long historical roots of the exodus and particularly sheds light on the trials and tribulations of undocumented, refugee and migrant Syrians. She argues that it is not necessary to wait for the end of a war to begin to address the causes and consequences of displacement and sets out strategies to move beyond a humanitarian response putting refugees themselves at the centre of the process to build a better future.
Professor Susan McGrath, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University

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Toei Animation’s recent financials report has confirmed that Digimon Survive has been delayed to 2022. The new Digimon RPG is coming to PS4, Xbox One, Switch and Steam. Digimon fans will have to wait even longer before the new RPG finally arrives. Digimon Survive was first announced back in 2018.
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The Winkler Flyers Alumni & Friends played the Detroit Red Wings Alumni & Friends on Sunday afternoon at the Winkler Recreation Complex.
Dennis Hextall, Dennis Polonich, Reid Larson, Perry Miller, Mike Ford, Wayne Babych, Ray Neufeld, Rick Loeb, Jimmy Mac, Bob Fitcher, Trevor Kidd, Thomas Steen and Jordy Douglas were some of the former NHL stars who played against some of the Flyers of the past and other local hockey heroes.
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The Winkler Flyers scored three times in the third period in a 4-2 win over the visiting Waywayseecappo Wolverines. After seeing t
The Pembina Valley Hawks played, and won, their first Manitoba "AAA" Midget Hockey League home game in nearly a months time with a
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will play their final game of the 2014 CFL season Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium in Calgary. The Stamped
The 2014-2015 season begins this weekend. Mark Thiessen, coach of the defending champion Morden Redskins, will join Clayton Dreger on
Number 63 - Brady Monster stands with a few other offensive players on the sidelines Winkler resident Brady Monster and the Fort Garry Lion
Not much went the Flyers way Thursday night in Winnipeg, as Winkler fell 5-1 to the Blues at the MTS Iceplex. Evan Last scored the
The Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is proud to announce its 2015 inductees. The inductees include outstanding players, build
Northlands Parkway Collegiate captured the Provincial Rural High School Boys Soccer Championship earlier this month in Winkler. Nighthawks
The 2014 season is over. Golf Manitoba President Kevin O'Donovan will join Clayton Dreger on Off the Tee which airs Tuesdays at 11:35 a.m.
Pembina Valley blanked the Southwest Cougars 2-0 this past weekend. Head coach Reid Sloan will join Clayton Dreger on The Hawks Report whi
“Cal was a great competitor who played hard. He was a guy that wanted to win but he wanted to win doing the right thing.
For the fifth time in six seasons the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will not be participating in the CFL playoffs. Needing a win to keep their sl
It was the perfect way to honour the life of former Morris Mavericks Cal Dueck who drowned this summer. The team paid tribute to the life
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Famous as the historic source of the Nile River, Jinja has emerged as the adrenaline capital of East Africa. Here you can get your fix of white-water rafting, kayaking, quad biking, mountain biking, horseback riding and bungee jumping. The town itself is a buzzing little place with some wonderful, crumbling colonial architecture.
Coming from Kampala, the Owen Falls Dam forms a spectacular gateway to the town; but don’t take pictures – people have been arrested for doing so, even though there are no signs informing people of this law.
Source of The Nile Gardens
On the western bank of the river you’ll find the pleasant Source of the Nile Gardens and Speke Monument – a pillar commemorating where the British explorer first laid claim to the historic source of the Nile in 1858. In recent times the source has been traced anywhere from Rwanda to Burundi.
Situated about 10km from central Jinja, Bujagali is not an actual waterfall, but rather a widespread series of large rapids, and was once one of Uganda’s outstanding natural beauty spots. The controversial and long-delayed Bujagali Dam is almost completed, though exactly how much of the roar will be lost is still unclear.,/p>
A boda-boda ride to/from Jinja should cost about Ugx 3000 and a special-hire about Ugx 10,000; prices go up late at night.

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WASHINGTON - (AP) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee says it will ask President Donald Trump to open a supplemental background investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
In a statement, the committee says it will ask that the FBI's probe be limited to "current credible allegations against the nominee." It also says that investigation should be completed no later than Oct. 5.
Democrats for days have been demanding an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh, but Republicans had refused to seek one. That changed Friday when Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said a background investigation should be conducted before a final Senate vote on the nominee.
Only Trump can order the FBI to reopen the investigation.


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Citigroup’s chief economist, Willem Buiter, said Thursday that there’s a 90% chance Greece will flee the euro currency in the next 12 to 18 months. The so-called Grexit — a term coined by Buiter — would most likely take place by early 2013, the Citigroup report said.
Buiter and his team had previously assessed the probability of a Greek exit at 50% to 75%.
Greece’s creditors had been willing to give the nation a break in the hope that a new government would help get its fiscal house in order, said Buiter. But that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.

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How dire is the plight of first-time buyers?
Sales of family homes are soaring, driven by properties worth £500,000 or more. Are the young losing out again?
On the face of it, the housing market appears to be flying — prices are soaring and mortgage approvals are at the highest level since the last financial crisis. But now a Freedom of Information request by The Sunday Times has laid bare a huge rift in the market.
Data from the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), shows how the number of first-time buyers has declined steeply, while lenders have axed loans and tightened criteria.
At the other end of the scale, buyers of bigger houses have been able to get ever cheaper deals. This has driven a huge rise in the number of approvals.
There is a constant supply of information about the housing market, but it is largely supplied by property


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Erica Muhl, President
Erica Muhl, DMA, an accomplished conductor and composer, scholar, educator, and administrator, assumed the presidency of Berklee on July 1, 2021.
Muhl joined Berklee following a distinguished 30-year career at the University of Southern California. A longtime tenured professor of composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, Muhl was tapped in 2012 to envision a new school at the university that would address the changing needs of 21st-century learners. The result was the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. Since its launch in 2013, the academy has become widely recognized as one of the most innovative schools in higher education, celebrated for its unique, integrative educational model and remarkable student outcomes. As the academy's founding executive director and dean, Muhl developed the school’s vision, mission, and academic programs, positioning the academy at the intersection of the arts, technology, digital communications, and entrepreneurship, and forging new educational paradigms for the future. Her final project as dean resulted in a groundbreaking partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District to create the Iovine and Young Center, a design, technology, and entrepreneurship magnet that is providing a powerful secondary school alternative to students and families across the district through experiential, challenge-based learning.
For Muhl's full biography, visit the President's Page.
Kaitlin Passafaro, Chief of Staff
Before joining the Office of the President, Kaitlin Passafaro served as vice president in the Office of Community and Government Relations (CGR). In that role, she provided experienced leadership and insights for a number of strategic initiatives, including the advancement of Berklee’s Institutional Master Plan. Passafaro brings an extensive background in municipal, state, and federal government administration and leadership to Berklee. She was previously director of the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations, where she served as senior advisor to former Boston mayors. As a member of the mayor’s cabinet, Passafaro gained critical experience in developing and implementing new policy, and led the process to create the City of Boston’s state and federal legislative agendas. Passafaro’s full bio is here.
Melissa Howe, Assistant to the President
Melissa Howe comes to the Office of the President following many years on faculty and five years as chair of the String Department. As faculty, her mission was to guide each student toward self-discovery and technical mastery. As department chair, she supported several hundred students and their faculty. As chief of staff, she ensured that the mission and vision of Berklee played out everywhere in the daily life of the institution. As board liaison, she was responsible for the communications, coordination, and facilitation of the work done by Berklee’s Board of Trustees and Presidential Advisory Council (PAC), including working with the president and the chair to align the efforts of the board and PAC with the strategic priorities of the institution. Howe’s full bio is here.
Margot Edwards, Associate Director, Communications
Margot Edwards has worked in the Office of the President since 2019. Prior to joining the OP, she worked in Berklee’s Office of Media Relations (OMR) since coming to Berklee in 2004. In OMR, Edwards oversaw the media strategy for the successful launches of Berklee NYC and the Berklee Popular Music Institute, among many other projects. She also oversaw the Berklee Internet Radio Network (BIRN) beginning in 2016, and worked closely with Global Initiatives and Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain, to increase visibility and align messaging in support of the enrollment strategy. Prior to Berklee, Edwards worked as talent buyer and manager at the Middle East Nightclub in Cambridge and as a publicist at the music promotion company the Planetary Group in Boston.
Ariane Blondin, Assistant to the President
Prior to joining the Office of the President, Ariane Blondin was a senior executive assistant to five high-profile executives at State Street Global Advisors. She brings different perspectives from her various professional experiences: office manager for an artificial intelligence start-up, jack-of-all-trades in a small non-profit organization, preschool assistant teacher in a French bilingual program, and her first job out of college before crossing the Atlantic, export area manager for a French clothing brand. Blondin holds two MBAs from Université Grenoble Alpes in France (international audit and international commerce). She has lived on three continents and loves to attend live music events in her spare time.


Chemical and Biological Weapons
During the Soviet era, the mission of the Chemical Troops was to defend the armed forces against the effects of "weapons of mass destruction"-- nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons. With 50,000 soldiers in 1989, the Chemical Troops constituted the world's largest NBC defense force. The Chemical Troops would perform NBC reconnaissance; mark contaminated areas; and decontaminate personnel, weapons, and terrain during wartime. They operated 30,000 armored combat vehicles equipped for NBC reconnaissance and truck-mounted systems equipped to spray decontaminating solutions on the surface areas of tanks, combat vehicles, and aircraft.
The Chemical Troops demonstrated the use of helicopters for NBC defense during the large-scale radiation cleanup operation after the Chernobyl' nuclear reactor accident in April 1986. In 1989 the Chemical Troops did not operate offensive delivery systems. Yet the strength of Soviet chemical defense provided an offensive potential by enhancing the ability of Soviet forces to fight on contaminated battlefields. Thus, supported by the Chemical Troops, Soviet forces were better prepared than any other in the world for NBC operations.
The military-biological complex of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a true Frankenstein's Monster, with a powerful scientific potential -- for good and for ill. The twin biological weapons (BWs) programs run by the 'civilian' Biopreparat and by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) produced public health benefits despite the original intent, out of those programmes. There was potential for both crop and livestock destruction and for enhanced agricultural methods growing out of the parallel Soviet program under the management of the Special Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture.
In 1992 President Boris Yeltsin's abolished all research and development on offensive BWs. There was the possibility that expertise, technologies and materials from the former Soviet BWs program leaked out of Russia, because the living standards in Russia remained low and the overwhelming majority of scientists had a miserable existence.
Moscow declared the world’s largest stockpile of chemical agents: 40,000 metric tons of chemical agent, mostly weaponized, including artillery, aerial bombs, rockets, and missile warheads. U.S. estimates of the Russian stockpile generally are larger. The inventory includes a wide variety of nerve and blister agents in weapons and stored in bulk. Some Russian chemical weapons incorporate agent mixtures, while others have added thickening agents to increase the time of contamination on the target.
According to official Russian statements, all former Soviet chemical weapons were stored at seven locations in Russia, mostly in the Volga/Ural section of the country. An extensive consolidation process of chemical warfare material, both from sites within Russia and from non-Russian locations, was carried out during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Russian officials did not deny research continued in the 1990s but asserted that it was for the purpose of developing defenses against chemical weapons, a purpose that is not banned by the CWC. Many of the components for new binary agents developed by the former Soviet Union were not on the CWC’s schedules of chemicals and have legitimate civil applications, clouding their association with chemical weapons use. However, under the CWC, all chemical weapons are banned, whether or not they are on the CWC schedules.
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The Hagerstown City Council has unanimously adopted an ordinance to update its Land Management Code for kennels and conversion districts.
The changes approved Tuesday will allow more flexibility for economic development, while maintaining the quality of life for residential areas, city Planning Director Kathleen A. Maher said.
The action was taken after plans were submitted to the city to open a doggy day care facility, or kennel, in a commercial district, but kennels were permitted only in industrial districts under the former code, Maher said.
In many cases, commercial districts are located near residential areas, which raised concerns for city officials.
“To let it move forward, we’ve proposed some conditions so that it could occur, but it would protect the surrounding quality of life,” Maher said.


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If this already exists, I have not been able to find it.
Currently, when launching a game, all players are defaulted as human. Is there any way to have them default instead to one of the AI types (Easy-AI, Medium-AI, Hard-AI)? It's especially a pain testing (or playing single player) a map that has a lot of countries available to play. One must click through every country changing the "human" to an AI selection, leaving only the one you desire to play.
Thanks for the pointer to the older thread. I'm new to this site, having found it about a month ago. I'm making a map with 60 playable countries so it is quite a pain to click through them all to change the human/ai setting.
I'm not familiar with java but I can get along in xml.
Seems like the whole problem and debate are fixable by having human as default, but allowing the map properties file to specify an AI to over-ride the default for any given nation. This does away with the Germany_AI method of naming nations... and having to debate what AI should be the default AI.
In almost every map we want the main AI opponent to be the best available. Using a fast Easy-like AI dramatically speeds up between turn waits and could be made default for peripheral small factions by a map maker. The nice thing is that a frequent player could edit their own map properties file to customize their setup.
'thats the way it is' makes it neither desireable nor inevitable
@Zim Xero - Partially. There are many maps that are meant for single and multiplayer that have 10+ nations. Most likely they will default to human since most mapmakers gear maps towards multiplayer but it would be nice to have a button to switch all to AI or all to human on the interface in additional to what you describe.
AI settings should not stay inside the map.properties, and preferably not inside the xml, either.
For example, changing mapskins (which also changes the referring map.properties) is functional to changing visual; would make no sense it potentially changing AI settings.
Either an AI.properties or, better, something staying totally out of the map folder, in a properties you autodownload when you download the map.
Exception is if the setting is very generic, like being AI or being Human, without specifying what AI (like the current "AI" or "Neutral" start name do), then it can stay inside the xml.
For now, whatever outside of the xml is totally something display related only (a skin); I would not add AI related stuff to it at all, also because changing skin should not be feasible to be used to change AI settings (would be silly and confusing).
If an AI.properties inside the folder, then definitively the game should always refer to the AI.properties inside the original folder, no matter if you are using another skin.
But, generally speaking, it feels wrong to me sharing a same thing (the map folder) to do both display and AI stuff; I would keep it 100% display focused, as it is now.
So, I think the best would be an AI.properties outside of the map's folder, but inside the downloadedMaps folder. Also being able to define those same settings inside the TripleA installation would be cool. Practically, it would look at the "info_name-AI.properties" inside downloadedMaps, if absent it looks at the settings in the AI.properties in the main installation, if absent uses default.
Definitively one possible setting should be cutting down the quantity of calculations that HardAI does, so to have the game both faster and less predictable.
(notice that I said "info name", not "mapName", as the AI settings should refer to the specific game, not to all games referring to some map folder; another point in favour of the AI.properties being out of the map folder is that you should be able to set them also when making a mod, without having to make changes to the referring map folder)


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