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The much-awaited alignment with the Constitution of Zimbabwe of the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), the principal legislation regulating the broadcasting sector since its enactment in 2001 has reached advanced stages following the tabling of proposed amendments during a law drafting workshop (Writeshop) held in Gweru on 18 and 19 May 2022.
This technical exercise is essential in the ongoing law-making process and sets the stage for the finalisation of the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill (the ‘Amendment Bill), before consideration by the Cabinet and ultimate gazetting for debate in Parliament through a consultative process that will also consider submissions from members of the public.
Commendably, the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, which chairs the Inter-Ministerial Taskforce, set up to lead the alignment of laws with the Constitution, the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, the administrators of the BSA, and their technical partners the Centre for Applied Legal Research (CALR), have been engaging stakeholders to widen the scope of views and consider submissions from relevant actors.
MISA Zimbabwe, ZACRAS and MAZ – who were represented at the Writeshop – applaud these consultative processes in law development and encourage that this approach is sustained as stakeholder engagement enhances participation and strengthens democracy.
It is our hope the input of the stakeholders, and subsequently of the public, will be factored into the Bill when it is with Parliament enroute to its enactment.
As generally expected in reform processes in which there are divergent views, government policy positions and those of stakeholders were robustly debated resulting in the identification of areas of convergence, and others of variance, that would need further engagements.
It is hoped the resultant broadcasting law and regulatory framework will be in line with the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the African Charter on Broadcasting and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information and African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms, among other instruments that set democratic principles and standards on regulation.
While the position of MISA Zimbabwe, ZACRAS and MAZ are articulated in various policy propositions including, but not limited to the Media Policy Framework and the Broadcasting Regulatory Framework, which were endorsed by stakeholders, this communique zooms in on some of the major areas that dominated the discourses during the Writeshop.
Social media regulation
The technological advancements that have taken place with the emergence of new media have posed opportunities for expanding platforms for news and information dissemination through convergence and multicasting for example.
However, certain challenges have emerged as a result of disinformation, malinformation and misinformation, especially on social media. In what has been described as information disorders, these challenges have posed concerns on the part of regulators on how to manage the space.
While the intentions to regulate citizens using social media to broadcast or “webcast” could be sincere, the implementation thereof poses potential threats of infringing on citizens’ rights to freedom of expression, access to information and right to privacy.
There is a delicate line between social media regulation and infringement of rights. It is moreover impractical to play an oversight role on users of websites and social media from a broadcasting regulation perspective.
Against this background, there was consensus to drop provisions that sought to regulate social media.
Independence of the regulatory authority
MISA Zimbabwe, ZACRAS and MAZ in their submissions on the need to reform the broadcasting regulatory framework argued that the current legislation vests excessive powers in the Minister in the appointment, functions and operations of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ).
It is our considered view that these powers threaten the independence of BAZ, a threat that goes against democratic principles of broadcasting regulation.
The amendment discussed at the Writeshop thus proposes changes in the appointment process of the BAZ Board to include a public nomination and interviewing process by the Minister before seeking approval from the President.
While the participation by members of the public in nominating and observing the interviewing process is a welcome development, MISA Zimbabwe, ZACRAS and MAZ submit that a parliamentary process in establishing the Board could enhance its independence from the Executive.
Currently, the existing law does not spell out a timeframe in which the regulatory authority calls for licences. In the past these calls were only restricted to the periods within which BAZ would issue such calls.
This resulted in some licence categories such as those for community radios and television stations not being issued decades after the enactment of the BSA.
In a welcome development, the amendment under discussion introduces predictability in the applications of licences, which now compels the regulator to call and grant licences at least once a year.
Public service broadcasting
The law provides for the awarding of licences to public broadcasting service providers, who are defined as “a public broadcaster established by law”. Currently, this service is being provided by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) in terms of the ZBC Commercialisation Act.
The proposed amendments, if passed into law, could broaden the field of public broadcasting service beyond ZBC, and in the same breadth transform ZBC through either amendment of the ZBC Commercialisation Act, or the introduction of a new public service broadcasting law.
Foreign investment and sustainability of community radios
Considering that broadcasting is capital intensive as well as the broader drive to promote foreign direct investment into the country and the media sector in this case, it is notable that the amendment under discussion has provisions allowing for foreigners to own shares not exceeding 40%.
There are also provisions to promote funding from Zimbabweans in the diaspora for community radios as well as through international organisations that will work through the regulatory authority. The broadcasting fund will also support and ensure sustainability of community broadcasting.
Need for sustained engagement
Meanwhile, there were other broader and general amendments around content, particularly the maintenance and extension of 75% local content. There should thus be consideration for a policy content in that regard.
Other issues debated included the issue of limiting the number of licences that one can hold. There is a progressive proposed amendment to restrict the number of licences that an individual and/or organisation can have. This will ensure that limited broadcasting spectrum will not be in the hands of a few.
There are also provisions that seek to align the BSA with the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act, which will be critical in entrenching good corporate governance with the regulatory authority.
The first draft amendment of the BSA was presented at a Writeshop on 22 – 25 March 2019 in Nyanga. However, the government and the media stakeholders at that time reached a deadlock due to the contentious issues which arose pertaining to the then provisions of the draft Bill.
In the meantime, MISA Zimbabwe, ZACRAS and MAZ urge the government to expeditiously finalise the Amendment Bill and to also be open for further engagements, concessions and changes to the Bill based on stakeholder and public input into the law-making process.

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Because of its complexity and nonlinear nature, understanding of the climate system requires a hierarchy of models, ranging from simple models to comprehensive GCM/RCMs. In polar regions, the intermediate-level model niche that falls between simple models and GCM/RCMs has been largely empty. This lack of polar intermediate-level modeling capability limits our ability to study polar climate variability at interannual to interdecadal timescales and our understanding of observations and GCM/RCM results.
I am interested in developing an intermediate-level coupled ice-atmosphere-ocean model suitable for use in polar regions (first focusing on the Arctic). The model would build off of work done by the tropical ICM community (such as in constructing appropriate radiative transfer and land-surface parameterizations) while adding suitable parameterizations for physics and dynamics specific to polar regions (most prominently sea-ice). Computational demands of this model would be low enough to enable multidecadal runs to be routinely conducted on a single-processor workstation.


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Lucid Group is increasing its share of office space on the popular Tytherington Business Village, after a sustained period of growth, which has seen it outperform a buoyant marketplace and taken its head count in the North West to 60.
Lucid Group, a leading global healthcare communications business has moved into 4000sq ft on the ground floor of Greenway House, doubling its previous accommodation in Fernbank, to complement an existing team of 20 in Oakfield House – all on the same business park.
The majority of the space will be taken up by Lucid Group’s HealthCare21 team, who specialise in creating and delivering transformative medical communications and educational programmes for healthcare professionals and patients, for pharmaceutical and bio tech companies.
The new office space will also be home to a number of people from its medical editorial team, COMET (Center of Medical EdiTing) and Bluedog digital team.
The HealthCare21 team have just celebrated its first year anniversary following its acquisition by Lucid Group in September 2019. However, the HealthCare21 team have been producing healthcare materials and programmes for its clients, reaching and engaging healthcare audiences for over 23 years.
The team has exceptional skills in scientific strategy, content creation, editorial excellence and digital design – capabilities that Lucid Group had long admired and needed in order to continue its growth and delivery of impactful client campaigns.
These range from delivering global and local educational meetings and events to open-source applications and partner products for live events as well as modular, digital experiential and precision training courses, including ground-breaking documentary-style videos, simulating interactions between care team members and patients.
Lucid Group also develop a number of different tools for patients. For example, tools that can improve the interaction of patients with long-term conditions with their healthcare team via a range of telehealth digital resources, phone or video consultation apps – empowering patients to take control of their treatment programmes.
This expansion into the Northwest will provide the organisation with vital access to new talent pools.
Cliff Wyatt, Managing Director for the Healthcare 21 team said the move was a result of natural growth, but also the impact of Covid19, which has immeasurably fast-tracked the use of online learning and exchange between healthcare professionals and development of digital education tools for the sector.
He said: “Macclesfield has a rich heritage as a medical communications hub, so we were always going to stay in the area, we just needed more suitable space for our expanding team.”
Forty of the 60-strong team at Healthcare 21 are now in Greenway House in a mix of content generating, account management, publishing and digital roles. Cliff again: “Greenway gives us stylish, professional, open plan offices where we can all be together – better for collaborative, creative working – with great parking facilities and transport links.”
He continued: “We are, of course, familiar with the rural benefits of the Business Village and we have now bought some branded Elephant Bikes via the CycleofGood scheme so we can cycle between offices, get some exercise and enjoy all the green space.”
Benn Dickinson, Leasing Manager from Orbit Developments, said it had been great to see the evolution of HealthCare21’s business over the years. “They are one of our longest-standing customers so it’s especially rewarding to be helping them expand into new, more spacious accommodation on Tytherington.”
Tytherington Business Village is an established mixed use business and residential community sat in 43 acres of mature parkland. It offers a variety of space solutions from one person suites to self-contained properties to suit all types of businesses.

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ADAMA sales down 2% in Q1 2019
Apr. 30, 2019
This resilient performance was achieved despite the severe winter in North America and continued supply constraints globally. ADAMA delivered strong growth in Latin America and Brazil, in India, Middle East and Africa, as well as high double-digit growth in China excluding products of the Jingzhou old site.
Strong demand for ADAMA’s differentiated product portfolio facilitated price increases across all regions, which more than offset the impact of softer currencies.
This overall robust momentum together with joiners Bonide and Anpon, enabled the Company to overcome the lack of product to fulfill demand due to several weeks of production disruption at the Jingzhou old site, as well as the harsh winter in North America and continued supply constraints.
Chen Lichtenstein, President and CEO of ADAMA, added, “Our resilient performance this quarter saw us overcome challenges that the industry is facing, including difficult weather in North America and Australia and tight supply conditions. Action of our China and global teams ensured that we were able to quickly resume operations at the old site in Jingzhou, mitigating the impact on supply going forward."
Performance in Context of Market Environment
Crop prices remain soft, with continued uncertainty surrounding the US-China trade tensions. These relatively low commodity prices remain challenging for farmer incomes in most regions, resulting in continued subdued demand for crop protection products.
Severe winter conditions in North America have caused a significant delay in planting, impacting crop protection application throughout the region. The season is now commencing, and the pace of temperature rise in the coming weeks will determine how much of the delay can still be captured.
The Company continues to exercise restraint of its manufacturing and other operating costs to mitigate the impact of continued shortages in certain raw materials and intermediates. The supply constrained environment, mostly owing to increased environmental focus in China, has seen procurement costs remain elevated compared to the first quarter of last year, while also contributing to overall stronger pricing of the Company’s products in its end-markets.
Europe: Sales in Europe were lower by 11.1% in the quarter in constant currency terms, compared to the first quarter last year. This is primarily due to tight supply conditions, especially in intermediates procured from China, which constrained sales in key countries across the region. The reduced sales were partially offset by price increases.
In Northern Europe, sales were also impacted by challenging credit conditions in Ukraine, with the Company proactively restricting sales to those customers with a proven ability to pay. In Southern Europe, sales were impacted by a reduction in herbicides due to lower oilseed rape planted areas.
In the quarter, ADAMA launched GIGANT® in Germany and PRIZM® in the UK, a distinctive fungicide mixture delivering long-lasting, broad-spectrum protection in wheat and barley. The Company obtained several new product registrations in the quarter, including MAVRIK JET®, an effective, fast-acting contact insecticide for the control of aphids in oilseed rape in France, as well as EMBRELIA®, a combination fungicide with dual mechanism of action for fruit in Portugal.
In US dollar terms, sales in Europe were lower by 8.3% in the quarter compared with the first quarter last year, with the Company successfully hedging its exposure to the European currencies which softened over the period.
North America: Sales in North America were lower by 6.8% in the quarter in constant currency terms, compared with the first quarter last year, with the impact of the severe winter being partially offset by increased prices.
The extremely cold and wet conditions have delayed the planting season and disrupted transportation lines, impacting sales in both crop and non-crop markets and slowing movement through distribution channels.
In the Consumer and Professional Solutions space, Bonide performed well in its first quarter since acquisition.
ADAMA launched BRAZEN®, a selective herbicide for grass control in spring wheat and barley in Canada.
In US dollar terms, sales in North America were lower by 7.1% in the quarter compared to the first quarter last year.
Latin America: Sales in Latin America grew by a significant 25.9% in the quarter in constant currency terms, compared with the first quarter last year, with robust business growth across the region, alongside higher prices in the face of continued constrained supply.
ADAMA saw noteworthy performances in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. In Brazil, the strong growth was led by continued strong demand for the Company’s differentiated portfolio including CRONNOS®, as well as for NIMITZ® and ExpertGrow®, despite drought conditions in key regions. The Company also saw a strong performance of its cotton portfolio, benefiting from an increase in planted areas.
The Company continues to develop its differentiated portfolio in the region. In Brazil, ADAMA launched TRIVOR®, a differentiated insecticide combination providing rapid and extended control of white flies in several crops, and obtained registration for COMISSARIO®, an insecticide for controlling sucking pests in cotton. The Company also launched CRONNOS® in Bolivia and obtained registrations for the NIMITZ® suite of products in Peru.
In US dollar terms, sales in Latin America increased by 14.6% in the quarter compared with the first quarter last year, reflecting the softening of local currencies.
Asia-Pacific: Sales in the region grew by 2.9% in the quarter in constant currency terms, compared with the first quarter last year.
In China, ADAMA grew in the quarter by 14.3%, and continues to see strong demand for its differentiated, formulated and branded products, and prioritizes the sale of these products through its own channels by rapidly shifting away from selling unformulated, technical product to intermediaries, and in so doing benefiting from the full product positioning as well as end-to-end margin. Sales of these formulated, branded products grew strongly in the quarter by high double-digit percent excluding those of the suspended Jingzhou old site.
ADAMA continues to make significant portfolio advances in China, including bringing flagship ADAMA global brands to the country. The first quarter saw the launch of AGIL®, a systemic herbicide for selective weed control of a wide range of grasses in many broadleaf crops as well as GALIL®, a differentiated insecticide mixture for rice.
Anpon performed well in its first quarter since acquisition.
While the Company saw a strong performance in Thailand, the continued severe drought in Australia reduced summer crop production in the country by an estimated 30%, impacting sales in the quarter.
During the quarter, the Company obtained a number of new registrations for differentiated products, including AGROSY®, a herbicide for ryegrass and seed clover and APHIDEX®, an insecticide for aphid control in fruit, cereal and vegetable, both in New Zealand, as well as MANDATE XTRA®, a selective grass herbicide for cereals, and QUADRANT®, a four-way combination herbicide for broadleaf weeds in winter cereals, both in Australia.
In US dollar terms, sales were lower by 1.4% in the quarter compared to the first quarter last year, reflecting the impact of softer currencies in the region.
India, Middle East & Africa: Sales grew by a significant 23.9% in the quarter in constant currency terms, compared with the first quarter last year. This strong performance resulted from a combination of strong, double-digit business growth, alongside higher prices.
ADAMA delivered high growth in Turkey, where its business continues to gain significant market share. The Company continues to grow strongly in India, despite the lingering impact of the late 2018 drought conditions, while dry conditions in South Africa impacted sales in the country.
In US dollar terms, sales were higher by 11.8% in the quarter compared to the first quarter last year, reflecting the impact of softer currencies over the period.
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via MLive.com — Just a few years ago, the outlook was bleak for the once-bustling northern Michigan resort community of Walloon Lake.
The recession, years of neglect, a court battle over the village lakefront and a private stranglehold on the local water system had given locals little reason to feel optimistic about the future of a dying village located at the foot of a pristine glacial lake that Ernest Hemingway once called home.
But a lot can change when money and motivation come to town.
Homeowners, township officials and others around the 9-mile long Charlevoix County lake have watched with some incredulity as a single developer from Grand Rapids has, in just three years, put the brakes on a decades-long spiral of disinvestment and rebooted the village as a destination.
“If you had seen that village five years ago and said it would look like it does today, people would have laughed at you,” said Bob Saddler, a homeowner and director of the Walloon Lake Association.
Just off the beaten path to Petoskey along U.S. 131, the village of Walloon Lake is again drawing visitors thanks to the efforts of developer Jonathan L. Borisch, a former defense contractor whose initial retirement years have largely been spent rescuing the village where he spent his boyhood summers.
In the past three years, Borisch and his son, Matt, have transformed the once-weedy pass-through into a draw by opening retail shops, restaurants and a 32-room hotel next to a circular village green that occupies land once eyed as a condominium row.
Today, the village boasts about 30 businesses, roughly half of them seasonal. Prior to the Borisch family’s arrival, there was only one — a longtime general store.
Their success is largely credited to a collaborative approach that has involved significant input from local stakeholders — everyone from township planners and neighbors to the village old-timers who meet mornings at the general store.


iPhone battery spontaneously melts and leaks acid onto owner’s hand but Apple refuse to replace it, New York woman claims
New York marketing executive claims her iPhone 4S battery melted this week oozing acid that destroyed her handset, but Apple are refusing to offer her any compensation.
Marketing manager Shibani Bhujle told Quartz.com the concerning meltdown occurred when the phone was turned off and sitting on her coffee table.
Despite her claims, Apple are refusing to replace the handset and have told her she needs to pay $200 for her insurance to provide a new phone.
The New Yorker’s iPhone 4S unexpectedly turned on in the incident and gave off a strong smell of burning, according to Bhujle.
‘Within a minute, there was a very strong smell—it smelled like something was burning,” she told Quartz.com. ‘I picked up my phone and it was very, very hot. It wouldn’t turn on. In the following minute. I couldn’t hold it because it was too hot to touch. I was panicking. I expected it to explode or something.’
This isn’t the first time Apple’s iPhone has suffered battery issues. Last year a man’s iPhone battery had caught fire while midair on a flight!


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ARLINGTON, Wash. — Arlington Public Schools leaders are looking to voters to support a two-year levy on the Nov. 4 general election ballot expected to generate $1.5 million each year to replace old school buses, The Herald reports. This is the first time Arlington has run a transportation levy.
The funds would be used to buy 26 buses, Andrea Conley, a spokeswoman for the district, told the newspaper.
Nearly half the district’s fleet is at least 13 years old and fully depreciated, making the vehicles ineligible for state matching money that helps pay for new buses, according to The Herald. Without additional funding, 71% of the fleet will be fully depreciated in 10 years. So far this fall, there have been five bus breakdowns, which is more than the district has had over some entire school years, the newspaper reports.
However, the fleet continues to perform well on Washington State Patrol inspections, according to The Herald. Bus driver Carol Mitzelfeldt told the newspaper that if it weren’t for the district's mechanics, some of the buses would no longer be in service.
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This is book number 1 in the Lying Game series.
New York Times bestselling series!
The first book in the New York Times bestselling series The Lying Game, by the author of the bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, Sara Shepard.
Shortly before her seventeenth birthday, Emma discovers she has a long-lost twin named Sutton Mercer. She contacts Sutton, who agrees to a rendezvous but never shows up.
Curious at first, Emma slips into Sutton’s ultra-glamorous life, assuming her identity. When it becomes clear that Sutton is not coming back, that someone made sure she never could, Emma plunges in to investigate who could have wanted her sister gone (a fairly long list, she discovers).
Unfortunately, taking over Sutton’s life means innocent little Emma has inherited all that bad blood—and then some.
Perfect for fans of Sara Shepard’s #1 New York Times bestselling series Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game has all the juicy plot lines, to-die-for lifestyles, and compelling secrets that fans love.
Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists. She graduated from New York University and has an MFA from Brooklyn College.
“The Lying Game is a stay–up–past–your–bedtime type of thriller…full of amazingly believable plot twists and turns.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
“A fun and fast–moving mystery…[readers] will race through the pages as Emma pieces together clues and will have plenty to ponder as they anticipate the next installment.” — Publishers Weekly
“A thrilling mystery with just the right doses of romance and danger.” — School Library Journal

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Local Information for the Holiday Gites, Poitou Charentes, France
Les Hiboux holiday cottages are situated in the hamlet of Crézières, part of the commune of Chef Boutonne in the Deux Sèvres and the Poitou Charentes and thus makes it an ideal location for those wanting a peaceful getaway in one of our holiday farmhouse gites. Having said that, it is only 5 km from the market town of Chef Boutonne. The historic towns of Melle and St Jean d’Angely are both equally accessible by car.
The Commune of Crézières and Les Hiboux Holiday Farmhouse Cottages
The commune recently won first prize in the departmental villages and towns in bloom competition, retaining the title in 2012 and 2013.
The ‘village’ is bisected by a small stream ‘La Doue’ and is joined by ‘Le Rhy’ which then flows down through St Martin d’Entraigues where it joins the River Boutonne. At one point the river is ‘forced’ underground at Le Puits Pouzat known as ‘Les Rivières de Crézières, Fond Glonin’ where one can see a well and old communal lavoirs. Crézières’s cemetery dating from 1779 can be seen on the hillside in the valley of the stream. The church of St Gregoire was sadly destroyed during the French revolution and now only the ruins of the tower remain located on private property. The current 19th century chapel has no name, was restored in 2010 and is often the location for local exhibitions, to which one can easily walk from our farmhouse cottages.
Administration of Crézières and its Bicycle Route & Walk around Our Holiday Gites
Ensigné followed by Paizay le Chapt then Brioux sur Boutonne. On Jan 5th 1955 it was finally decided that it ought to, and most logically, be administered by the nearest canton of Chef Boutonne.
In past times there was a railway line from St Saviol to St Jean d’Angély. To collect travellers, the driver had to be ‘flagged down’, a system that no longer exists but the site of the old tracks make excellent cycle paths through the fields, vineyards and forests of the area. During this period the commune was planted with 60 hectares of vines then classified as Cognac.
In the Spring of 2010 the 11km circular tour (which can be started from our gites) in the surrounding area of Crézières, ‘La Coulee de La Doue’, was made public which takes in local lavoirs, wells and picnic areas. Additionally there is a 4 km walk through bridle ways and hedgerows (starting from the holiday cottages) allowing holiday makers to enjoy the charm of the local Poitou Charentes region.
Market Towns near our Holiday Farmhouse & Cottages in the Poitou Charentes
The holiday gites are located near the market town of Chef Boutonne in the Poitou Charentes region of France, with sufficient shops to cater for one’s general needs and has several doctors and dentists who speak English, for any medical emergencies. For both self catering holiday enthusiasts and wine lovers alike, there is a specialist vinter selling his wares in the town. Bars, cafés and restaurants all overlook the town square.
In addition to the 2 supermarkets, there are bustling weekly markets selling fresh local produce both in Chef Boutonne and at the nearby towns of Melle and Lezay. While in the town of Melle, one can visit the historic silver mines where coins were minted for the king for centuries. All of which are within 20 km of the self catering accommodation.
While in Melle why not pop in and visit the vintage motorbike museum situated beside the post office, take a walk around the le chemin de la découverte, arboretum, pop in to one of the many churches on the way or just sip a cup of coffee in the market square?
Les Hiboux Rental Accommodation & the Poitou Charentes Holiday Region
The Poitou Charentes region has many delights. Its varied landscape is steeped in history and tradition, and the region has a warm and exceptionally sunny climate. Holiday makers can explore picturesque hilltop villages and medieval towns, Romanesque churches and cathedrals, ancient abbeys, châteaux, museums and art galleries.
Chateau Javarzay, in Chef Boutonne, is a beautiful little Chateau which houses the Musee de La Coiffe. There is also one of the traditional “Lavoirs” and the picturesque source of the River Boutonne, close by.
The Eglise St Hilaire, up on the hill near the centre of the town has weekly services, as do most of the other local churches.
The meandering rivers of the Charente region are surrounded by beautiful countryside, sunflower fields, vineyards and old buildings made out of the golden Charentaise stone with red tiled roofs framed against the blue skyline.
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When asked about his strong Spring Norris said he had shortened his swing. The hope is that a quicker bat will produce more consistent contact through the hitting zone. His contact rate in the strike zone last year was nearly league average, which is decent for a power hitter, but the quality of that contact was poor -- he had a massive infield fly ball rate.
But I haven't seen Norris play this Spring. If you have, is his swing noticeably shorter than last year? Is he avoiding a slew of pop-ups to the infield? Do you think it will lead to a better contact, a more acceptable batting average and restore the sort of plate discipline who showed in the minor leagues?


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Is your blog outdated?
Forget about responsive design, parallax scrolling, and secure hosting for right now … let’s talk about the basics.
Implementing the latest trends online won’t help your website if you don’t have the basics nailed down, so instead of focusing on the responsive design and secure hosting I’d like to explore some of the more common reasons why a blog seems outdated as well as some suggested fixes.
Let’s start it off with one of the most misunderstood areas of your website.
1. Your sidebar is desperate for attention
You spent a lot of time writing your latest article, crafting a strong title, and effectively capturing someone’s attention — congrats!!
Are you sure you really them to lose interest and focus on that banner flashing obnoxiously in your sidebar?
Sure, it might lead to some affiliate earnings, but imagine what kind of earning you might be able to generate once visitors consider you an authority in your niche and look to you for recommendations.
The sidebar should compliment your content, not distract readers from it.
The Fix: Create a complimentary sidebar
The suggestions below are merely what I find to work for my goals, so please be sure to consider what your own goals are and outline the steps required for your visitors to reach those goals.
My goal is to grow my influence within the community.
- Remove everything.
- Display an email subscription form* prominently.
- Install WordPress Popular Posts, customize settings to your liking, and add to your sidebar.
- Listen BlogTyrant XPeriments: Episode 002 for tools and ideas regarding the sidebar.
2. You’re not building an email list
An email list says a lot about you.
It reveals how serious you are about your content, your delivery, and your readership. Your average visitor may not understand the importance of an email list, but he or she knows there’s a big difference between connecting on Twitter and connecting via email.
Making that option available gives your visitors the option to take the relationship to the next level. It also helps you build your independence from social platforms.
The Fix: Start building an email list sooner than later
After spending years exploring the various services and plugins specializing in building email lists, and even bouncing back and forth between a competitors, I found the following three to be the most exceptional.
3. Your social buttons are … silly
You’ve seen ’em before …
If you’ve ever searched for cool social icons, you’ve seen just how “cool” they can be. But why aren’t the pros using social icons styled like bottle caps, stamps, weathered parchment, pins, hand sketched, wooden blocks, or any other 3D object?
It’s all silly, that’s why.
The key to getting people to share your content has nothing to do with how cool your social icons looks.
It’s all about the content.
The Fix: Keep your social icons simple
I’ve spent a lot of time exploring the web for the perfect social sharing service, and found a few I think will save you time. At the moment, I’m using AddThis because of it’s awesome layers feature.
- Simple Share Buttons
- Flare by Filament
- Jetpack Sharing by Automattic (WordPress)
4. Your font is distracting … and silly
During the early days of the web, people were excited to see fresh new fonts displayed on websites. It was fun and different and not to be taken too seriously.
And then we realized just how serious the web was.
It wasn’t just a place to waste time in AOL chat rooms anymore; It was a landscape of opportunity … a revolution in the way we communicate and live our lives.
The Fix: Select a basic font
Stick with a basic sans serif typefaces, like Arial, Helvetica, or Verdana. If you’re not happy with any of those, find out what typefaces your favorite bloggers are using and implement them.
- TypeKit by Adobe
- Google Fonts
5. Your visuals are boooooring
Visuals have become more important to the web than ever before.
Since it’s barren beginning, the web has bloomed into a beautifully visual landscape thanks to both the technology enabling it and the users contributing to it.
And we love it.
Most of us notice the visual attached to an article first … even before we know what we’re about to read.
It’s not always so beautiful however, as a lot of bloggers make the mistake of marrying a boring stock photo or graphic with their content.
The Fix: Treat your visual with as much care as your title
As the first hook capable of capturing a visitor’s attention, you need to spend time finding a visual that both complements your content and compels the visitor to start reading.
- Creative Commons by Flickr
- PhotoDune Premium Stock Photography
6. Your social integration is sloppy and doesn’t make sense
Beautiful integration is just as important as beautiful visuals.
Even if you’re using Jetpack or AddThis, the placement of your social icons can damage the experience your visitor has on your website — especially if you’re hammering your visitor over the head with it.
Think about how the placement of your social icons adds to the visitor’s experience.
Does it make sense?
Is it helpful?
Does it look good and compliment your content?
If not, social integration could be more hurtful to you than helpful.
The Fix: Be strategic in placement and customize the CSS
Look at your favorite websites and take note of where they have integrated their social sharing options.
Here are a few ideas to help you get started:
- Place sharing icons below the content title
- Place sharing icons below the content
- Place follow icons in your sidebar
If the integration doesn’t look good, consider the following:
- Installing a different social sharing plugin*
- Customizing the CSS
*Many social sharing plugins enable you to customize the placement of your icons, but sometimes the styling of your theme conflicts with the styling of the social icons.
7. You haven’t updated the favicon
The favicon is the icon that appears next to the title of your blog, page, or post in the tab within your browser. You should see the Creativeblogger “C” in the tab above.
What’s the big deal?
The favicon does two things for your visitor: it serves as a visual bookmark of sorts when your visitor has multiple tabs open, and it accompanies the title of your website whenever someone adds you to their favorites (hence the name favicon) or subscribes using a reader.
If you haven’t updated the favicon yet, you’re missing out on a big branding opportunity and others, especially in the blogging community, will view this as a lack of attention, care, or ability.
Three ways to update your favicon:
- Locate the favicon option in the theme settings of WordPress and upload an image or designate the URL of the image you want to use.
- Access your theme via FTP to locate the current favicon of your website, create a favicon (16pxx16px or 32pxx32px), and upload the file to the same location.
- Get help from Elto
8. Your title is crowded
If the title of your page or post is crowded by social buttons, meta items, and content, you’re probably making your visitor work harder to focus and understand what you’re saying than necessary.
Empty space is a good thing.
When utilized effectively, empty space can help your visitor understand what’s important quickly with little effort. This can result in reducing the time it takes to capture a visitor’s attention and lead to a more enjoyable experience on your website as a whole.
Two ways to make your title stand out:
- If you’re familiar with CSS, consider adding some padding around your title. You can also try hiding some of the meta information if you’re interested in a minimalist style.
- Get help from Elto
9. Your content is dense
If you’re not breaking your blocks of text into bite-size paragraphs, you’re doing a disservice to both you and your visitors.
Visitors are quick to lose interest online, so it’s important you do what you can to hold their attention once you have it. In terms of content, the fastest way to lose their attention is to show them a large block of text.
It has nothing to do with the quality of your content.
It has everything to do with how hard you ask your visitors to work in order to obtain the message from it.
The Fix: Make your content easy to read
A few things you can do to achieve this include the following:
- Break your content into sections using Sub-headings
- Limit your paragraphs to three – four sentences when possible.
- Use bullet points
Break all the style guidelines you learned in school and pay attention to how your favorite websites structure their content.
10. You use one sidebar for your whole website
If you have an about page, you should be displaying a secondary sidebar specifically designed for visitors viewing your about page.
Because your visitors’ intent can change while exploring your website.
After reading half of your latest article, a new visitor might lose interest and jump to one of your more popular articles prominently displayed in your sidebar. Yet, while visiting your about page, that same visitor might be interested in contacting you via email, connecting with you on Twitter, or subscribing to your newsletter.
It doesn’t have to be complicated.
It’s just a matter of creating multiple sidebars.
The Fix: Create multiple sidebars
It’s up to you to figure out what kind of intent your visitor may as he or she moves from page to page. Once you have an idea, install the following free plugin to create multiple sidebars.
- Custom Sidebars by WPMU Dev
I use this plugin for several projects, including Creativeblogger and Wearabl.
Is your blog outdated?
Be honest with yourself.
Like most bloggers out there, I’m constantly working to improve my work. In fact, I’m still playing around with my social sharing icons, sidebar, and email list.
Creating a solid foundation should take precedence over the latest web trends, so ask yourself what you can do better in regard to the basics.
So, what will you be working on?

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In this issue
issue 56 | JULY 2018
A recent report by
PwC has argued that Africa needs to take advantage of the economic potential of its ports and shipping sector if it is to realise its growth ambitions. The analysis shows that a 25% improvement in port performance could increase GDP by 2%. We explore five African ports that are most likely to emerge as major hubs.
We also consider the safety issues surrounding the use of lithium-ion batteries to power vessels, look back at the effects of previous trade disputes in the maritime sector in light of escalating tensions between the US and China, and celebrate 200 years of the Sailors’ Society.
Finally, we ask whether the International Maritime Organization’s pledge to reduce carbon emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050 is achievable, and find out how connected technologies are moving ports into the digital age.
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The Coronavirus pandemic has been having a significant impact on the graphene market and industry. Even before the pandemic, graphene has already received much attention due to promising antimicrobial properties and demonstrated antiviral efficacy. However, there is no denying the recent urgency to put these traits to good use in combating the Coronavirus.
More than a few companies have launched graphene-enhanced textiles, inks and coatings, incorporated into personal protective gear (face masks, gloves etc.), and applications like air filters and room cleansers have been developed.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
I don't think I can leave my dog for 30 days, can I do a shorter training?
30 days is the minimum time that we offer in our training program. We have found that 30 is the best amount of time for them to settle in, start to understand what is being asked of them and then get in as many repetitions as possible before heading home.
What do I need to bring?
When dropping your furry friend off all you need to bring with you is a bag of your dogs food, and proof of their vaccinations. Thats all!! If your dog needs heartworm or flea and tick medicine while they are here then please bring that too and we will give it to them when its needed.
Are vaccines required?
YES!!! We are very caution when it comes to animal health, so we do require your dog to be up to date on all vaccines and we ask that you please bring a record of vaccinations so we can have them in our records.
Will my dog get sick?
Like anywhere that there are groups of dogs, we can not guarantee that your dog will not get sick. Like humans, many dogs are more contagious before showing any symptoms. We take every precaution to clean and disinfect on a daily basis. If we see anything that concerns us we will contact you and/or your vet if you are not available.
Just a few questions that we get asked a lot. If you have any other questions that we can answer, reach out at anytime and let us help!!

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I am participating in this week’s weekly photo challenge – Transition
“A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.” Anne Bronte
Cornfields surround my home in rural western Pennsylvania. From May to October, I watch the fields transition and change.
Planting begins in May and the green stalks are typically ‘knee-high by the fourth-of-July.’ In August, the farmers start harvesting their crop.
But September and October bring the most noticeable change. The fluctuating fall temperatures turn the fields into ‘transitioning’ works of art featuring brilliant shades of brown, green, and yellow. The fields give one last ‘hurrah’ before winter steals their color for good.


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The Chiefs have announced their team to play the Blues at Yarrow Stadium in Taranaki tomorrow night.
The Chiefs are back on top of the New Zealand Conference after beating the Lions 38-8 at Waikato Stadium last Saturday, and the Blues are coming off a strong win against the Reds last week.
Over the last few years the Chiefs and the Blues have played out some epic battles.
The Chiefs have made two changes to the forwards with prop Ben Tameifuna and lock Michael Fitzgerald starting. Bundee Aki comes in at second five-eighth and Tim Nanai-Williams moves to centre with Tom Marshall at fullback. Josh Hohneck moves to the reserves and is joined by Liam Squire, who has returned from injury, and Anton Lienert-Brown.
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie said: "It is exciting for us to play our first home game in Taranaki and I know the boys are keen to earn the respect of the locals by putting on a good performance. "Traditionally our games against the Blues have been real ding-dong battles, and with not much between any team in the New Zealand Conference it is a massive game for both sides."
One lucky fan could win a $350,000 Generation Homes house in the 'Score a house' competition by registering for the competition and attending the match tomorrow night.
Chiefs supporters have to go online at www.generation.co.nz to register and the winner must be at the stadium for the game to win and be contactable.
If the Chiefs player wearing the number 14 jersey scores a try in the 14th minute of the game some lucky Chiefs fan who has entered the competition will win a Generation Homes house.
The Yarrow Stadium match will begin at 7.35pm.

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Erratic rainfall with intermittent dry spells may have encouraged the breeding of mosquitoes and the development of larvae into adult insects. Health experts are conducting studies to confirm the exact causes of this year’s high rates of infection.
“The hypothesis here is that closely-followed periods of rainfall help in destroying the larvae,” said Marie-Claire Mutanda, the deputy medical coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF) in Chad. “Heavy rains interspersed with dry spells further increase mosquito population, transmission and cause a rise in malaria cases.”
The rainy season in Chad normally runs from July to November. The country’s southern Mayo Kebbi Est, Mayo Kebbi Ouest, Tandjile, Logone Occidental, as well as the capital, N’Djamena, were seriously hit by malaria infections. The highest cases were reported in the Massakory, Kelo and Am-Timam districts in the southern part of the country.
Earlier this year, forecasters predicted that the eastern Sahel region covering Chad was to receive near or below average rainfall between July and September. In 2012, torrential rains caused extensive flooding across the country; that year 501,000 cases of malaria and 1,101 deaths were registered.
Experts say that reported cases are beginning to stabilize, at around 40,000 cases per week.
“For the past two weeks, cases have stagnated. We could say that the epidemic is reaching its peak… and as it plateaus, it means that cases might start reducing soon,” Mutanda told IRIN.
But she pointed out that several other factors may have also contributed to the rise in malaria cases this year, including the possibility that improving access to healthcare likely led to more malaria diagnoses.
Malaria remains a major health problem in Chad, with a prevalence rate of nearly 30 percent across all age groups and about 36 percent among children younger than five years, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
“Malaria prevention is still very weak in Chad. This is due to poor public information,” said Lalaina Fatratra Andriamasinoro, the head of communication at UNICEF Chad. Just about 10 percent of children under five year old use long-life insecticide treated bed nets, the agency said.
“We also noted during this malaria epidemic that fever cases were brought to health centres quite late.”
In the worst-affected districts, the government of Chad, UNICEF and the World Health Organization have launched a broad response comprising the distribution of bed nets, medicines, malnutrition treatment for children under five, and the boosting of prenatal services such as vaccination and preventive malaria treatment.
“A child suffering malaria can easily get malnourished and vice-versa,” said Andriamasinoro.
In Chad, 33 percent of children aged 12-23 months are not vaccinated against childhood diseases, according to UNICEF. The country also has the highest rates of malnutrition in the Sahel and West Africa region.
This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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Mike Heron - Where The Mystics Swim FLAC album
Genre: Rock / Folk and World music
Title: Where The Mystics Swim
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic
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James Michael "Mike" Heron (born 27 December 1942) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and t, best known for his work in the Incredible String Band in the 1960s and 1970s. YouTube Encyclopedic. 1/1. Views: 10 157. ✪ Mike Heron 1971 Smiling Men with Bad Reputations. The Glen Row Tapes (1988). Where the Mystics Swim (1996). Conflict Of Emotions (1998). Echo Coming Back (2005). a b Whittaker, Adrian, ed. (2003). Be Glad: The Incredible String Band Compendium.
Artists Mike Heron Conflict of Emotions. Conflict of Emotions Mike Heron. Conflict of Emotions. This album has an average beat per minute of 116 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 116/116 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Conflict of Emotions. Recent albums by Mike Heron. Where the Mystics Swim. Smiling Men With Bad Reputations.
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Where the Mystics Swim. Smiling Men With Bad Reputations is Heron's solo debut, released while he was still a member of the unique Incredible String Band (ISB). The tune, probably more suited to a Who album, stands stylistically apart from the rest of Heron's project, yet it adds to Smiling Men's eclectic quality. Spirit Beautiful" is a fine example. Heron ends the set with an intimate solo performance, "No Turning Back," featuring sparse acoustic guitar and lamenting vocals. 1 Call Me Diamond Mike Heron null:null. 2 Flowers of the Forest Mike Heron null:null. 3 Audrey Mike Heron null:null. 4 Brindaban Mike Heron null:null.
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Tokyo is seeing something extraordinary unfolding in China. Successful IT companies, for-profit tutoring schools, celebrities in the entertainment world and other figures or firms considered to be wealthy are being clamped down upon under the government’s new so-called “common prosperity” push.
Technology and IT giants Alibaba Group, Tencent and ByteDance reportedly doled out more than 200 billion Chinese yuan in donations to education and employment promotion funds. A famous star was abruptly removed from the cast credits of her movies. A popular actor was ordered to pay heavy fines for tax evasion.
Many in Tokyo were bewildered when Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma disappeared for a few months in 2020-2021. Later it was learned his disappearance coincided with a regulatory crackdown on his businesses. Until recently, however, Tokyo had no clue about the real reasons behind the crackdown — which is signified by Xi Jinping’s new common prosperity policy.
What is “common prosperity”?
When I was stationed in Beijing from 2000 to 2004 as the information and cultural minister at the Embassy of Japan, there were already rich Chinese about, but hardly any super-rich. Many people at the time seemed to enjoy a decent life. Over the past two decades, however, the economic prosperity gap has widened in China.
To address a sense among the public that economic unfairness is a growing problem, President Xi, who is also the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), announced the common prosperity policy on Aug. 17, which seeks to correct the country’s income disparity. The following are the main pillars of his new policy.
“Achieving common prosperity is not just an economic issue,” said Xi as early as in January 2021. “It’s a major political matter bearing on the party’s foundation for rule. We cannot let an unbridgeable gulf appear between the rich and the poor.”
When he announced the new policy in August, he also said: “We must make the common prosperity of all the people the focus of our efforts to realize happiness of the people and to constantly lay the foundation for the Party’s long-term governance.”
Now we know the real reason why those celebrities were abruptly harassed and fined. Those IT giants donated fortunes not out of some sort of goodwill but rather to ensure their own political survival. Common prosperity, it seems, is just another tactic to regain the legitimacy of the Communist Party.
A return to communism?
The concept of common prosperity is nothing new. It was first proposed by Mao Zedong in 1953. It was also the final goal of Deng Xiaoping’s “wealth first” theory that he advocated in the 1980s — a Chinese version of trickle-down economics.
A Western survey found, however, that the share of wealth held by the top 1% of China’s richest rose from 20.9% in 2000 to 31.5% by 2015. Such disparity is worse than in the United States. Unless this issue is properly addressed, public dissatisfaction may eventually boil over.
With a strong sense of urgency, Xi launched the policy of common prosperity.
All of this gives the appearance that the CPC, which has been promoting capitalism for decades, is trying to return to the basic principles of socialism, becoming for the first time a party true to communism. Or is it?
First- and second-class citizens
Even in the early 2000s in mainland China there were economic gaps that already existed, not only between the rich and the poor, but also between the cities and the rural farming villages, and between the coastal and inland provinces.
This shows that there are two kinds of citizens in China. The “first-class citizens” are rich, living in the cities, many of which are located along the eastern coast of the country. The “second-class citizens,” however, are poor, residing in rural areas, many of which are located inland.
In truth, the CPC has never been a party of communism. It started as a party of armed revolutionary struggle. Then it became a party of Mao Zedong who knew more about ancient Chinese history than communism. By the time he died in 1976, China had been completely devastated.
Since the 1980s, when Deng Xiaoping began his open-door policy, China has become a primitive capitalist country where the first-class citizens living in the coastal cities exploit the second-class citizens coming from the countryside. This has been the China that I know.
A new Cultural Revolution
Some in Tokyo even wonder if Xi wants to bring back China’s great Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). During that decade, intellectuals, artists and capitalists suffered amid the mass mobilization of a personality cult dedicated to the dictator Mao.
That said, I do not believe that Xi wants to launch a new Cultural Revolution in the 21st century. There is no denying that there are similarities between now and then, and there surely are some elements of a power struggle between Xi and his political rivals.
But Xi’s primary concern is to ensure the survival of the CPC, which he inherited from his father’s generation of revolutionaries. Does this mean that the Chinese Communist Party has finally started exercising true communism? Hardly.
Xi Jinping must be serious about legitimizing the CPC given the introduction of socialist and/or communist measures to address the public’s concern over economic fairness.
Unfortunately, however, he is probably doomed to fail. That’s because he is trying to change the hearts and minds of the Chinese people, who are essentially political merchants by nature — and therefore, will never believe in socialism or communism of any sort. Good luck to President Xi, Tokyo will keep its fingers crossed.

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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the following expense allowances in response to a resolution adopted by the County Commission of Chambers County on October 6, 1980.
(b) Each member of the County Commission of Chambers County, except the chairman, shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per month. The chairman shall receive an expense allowance in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) per month. The allowances may be paid out of any county fund or funds and shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, expenses, and allowances provided for by law.
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A compact and cosy room in the residential area of Hørsholm. The room includes a well-equipped kitchen, with fridge, oven, stove as well as a dishwasher. Outside is a nice small garden, perfect for relaxing in the lovely Danish weather.
In terms of public transport, there is a bus which can take your to the central area of Hørsholm, where you can go shopping, relax at cafées, or visit groceries for some homemade gourmet! The apartment is also close to "Strandvejen", stretching from Copenhagen to Helsingør with a view of Øresund all the way. The harbour is also within 10 min of walking distance, and beaches are just beside it.
If you are looking for a trip to the capital of Copenhagen, there are regional trains which take you to the center in just 30 minutes. By car it will take your around 35-40 because of traffic.
Access to bathroom and kitchen in North Zealand and very close to Copenhagen!
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- Speedlight flash in a dayCourse start date: Thu 30 Jun 2022
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Tumor hypoxia and malignant progression
Summary. The current problems of malignant growth biology, in particular the molecular background of the specific microenvironment of tumor cells and their interaction with stromal cells, which mediates the behavior of tumors and the tumor-host interrelationship were the subject of the International Conference entitled “Tumor Hypoxia and Malignant Progression”, a meeting held at the House of Scientists of the NAS of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 1st to 4th, 2008. The meeting was hosted by the R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of the NAS of Ukraine (ІEPOR), and was dedicated to the 90th Anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Over the last years, scientists have focused extensively on the problem of tumor hypoxia as a factor promoting tumor progression. It is known that hypoxia, as a constituent of the tumor cell microenvironment as well as aerobic glycolysis, are important features of malignant tumors. The direct correlation between high levels of hypoxia and tumor aggressiveness has been shown in numerous studies. Therefore, hypoxia is regarded as a factor of unfavorable prognosis. There is a number of different methods available for the evaluation of the level of hypoxia, some of which are being applied in the clinical setting. The stimulating impact of hypoxia and hypoxia-associated proteins on neoangiogenesis and vasculogenesis in tumor tissue has been demonstrated. Several studies have focused on the development of agents capable of blocking hypoxia-associated signaling pathways and vasculogenesis in tumor. Recently, the direct association between hypoxia-dependent signaling pathways and expression of factors that mediate inflammation in tumor tissue, in particular tumor-associated macrophages has been shown. To summarize, a better understanding of the relationships between hypoxia-associated signaling pathways, metabolic peculiarities and inflammatory factors that positively influence tumor progression may elucidate not only how the aggressive tumor phenotype is formed but also may assist in the development of new approaches for the treatment of cancer patients.
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Polish, Swedish FMs discuss Eastern Partnership in Georgia
“Georgia is the most successful Eastern Partnership country when it comes to implementing the association agreement," said FM Waszczykowski at the joint press conference with Swedish and Georgian foreign ministers in Georgia
“As initiators of the Eastern Partnership, we recognize and support Georgia’s aspirations to EU membership,” emphasized the Polish foreign policy chief.
The Polish and Swedish foreign ministers have met with Georgia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze. The chief of Polish diplomacy said he was happy that a compromise draft of the Summit Declaration is practically agreed upon two weeks before the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit in Brussels (24 November 2017), and that it will probably be adopted on that occasion. He emphasized that Poland and Sweden are aware that the results of negotiations are not perfect. Georgia and other countries which are more ambitious about their European path should expect a bolder language, regardless of internal discussions in the European Union. The interlocutors agreed that for all the importance of the political declaration, it is imperative that the signed agreements be implemented. “It is the best and most comprehensive process for bringing Georgia closer to the European Union,” said the chief of Polish diplomacy. “Reforms are also being carried out for the sake of citizens, to show them the positive side of adopting EU standards,” he added. At a joint press conference following the meeting, the three ministers appealed for recognizing “the European aspirations and choice of Georgia,” and for “respecting the country’s territorial integrity.”
The talks with Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili focused on the EaP’s future and Georgia’s role in the programme. As Minister Witold Waszczykowski stressed, given little chance of a swift accession of EaP countries to the EU, emphasis should be placed on sectoral cooperation to establish structural and lasting links between both sides. He pointed to connectivity, support for young people, and strategic communication as the most promising fields of collaboration for Poland. He highlighted the potential transport cooperation with Georgia, notably in the Belt and Road framework. “With an AA/DCFTA agreement with the EU, and a free trade agreement with China, Georgia is ideally placed to become a hub for EU and China investments,” said Poland’s top diplomat. “You are Georgia’s true friends. Thank you for supporting our country and the reform process. Georgia will not let you down,” stressed the Georgian prime minister.
The Polish and Swedish foreign ministers also met with members of Georgian civic organizations to discuss support for Georgia’s democratic transition and implementation of the EU association agreement. Next, Witold Waszczykowski and Margot Wallström stopped at the Mtskheta field office of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) to meet its Acting Head Erik Hoeeg, and Polish and Swedish members. The ministers were briefed on developments in the occupied territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and travelled to the conflict demarcation line near Odzisi close to the border with South Ossetia.
The ministers concluded their visit by meeting Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili, with whom they discussed security cooperation. The Polish foreign minister declared support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also said that international efforts to bring the conflict in Abkhazia and South Ossetia to a peaceful resolution should be continued.
Organized on a Swedish-Polish initiative, the joint ministerial visit to Georgia was held a little under a month following Minister Witold Waszczykowski’s bilateral visit to the country (20 October 2017).
Ahead of their visit, the Polish and Swedish foreign ministers wrote a joint op-ed on the Eastern Partnership’s future, which appeared in Poland’s Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily, on the English-language website EUObserver, and in Georgian press.
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Fox announced today that the network had picked up the pilot for Lucifer based on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo the Hollywood Reporter confirms. The series is being helmed by Californication creator Tom Kapinos and centers on Lucifer who has grown bored of his dominion over Hell and abandons it in favor of Los Angeles where he takes pleasure in helping the LAPD punish criminals.
Jerry Bruckheimer and Sleepy Hollow EP Len Wiseman are also attached as producers. DC Comics version of Lucifer was modeled after David Bowie and made his debut in Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen No. 65 in 1962. Neil Gaiman revived the character for his Sandman series. Lucifer’s pickup brings the number of drama pilot pickups to six for Fox this year and it is the second DC comics property to receive a pilot pickup this season as Supergirl was picked up by CBS.


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Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr., MD, is Chairman of the Department of Urology and Professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He serves in a number of areas of leadership at Cleveland Clinic including the Board of Governors, Strategic Advisory Council, Financial Planning Committee and is Vice-Chair of the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute. He is Director of the Center for Male Fertility at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sabanegh earned a Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Chemical Engineering at Princeton University, and he received his medical degree from the University of Virginia College of Medicine in 1985. He performed his urology residency at Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. In 1994, he completed an infertility/microsurgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Following that, he returned to San Antonio, Texas, where he served in the United States Air Force until 2006. In 2006, Dr. Sabanegh returned to Cleveland and joined the Department of Urology at Cleveland Clinic. Under his chairmanship, the Department of Urology was rated as the number one urology program in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report annual survey.
His surgical interests include microsurgical reconstruction of the male reproductive tract and advanced sperm harvest techniques. His research interests include complex reconstructions for obstruction of the reproductive tract, fertility preservation in cancer patients, varicoceles and environmental influences on fertility.
Dr. Sabanegh has published more than 100 scientific articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and has authored a textbook entitled "Male Infertility - Problems and Solutions".
Dr. Sabanegh is board-certified by the American Board of Urology. He is a past Chief Consultant for the Surgeon General of the United States Air Force. He holds active membership in the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Urologic Association and the Society for the Study of Male Reproduction and Urology. He is Assistant Editor for UROLOGY and has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Andrology, Journal of Urology, British Journal of Urology and Fertility and Sterility. He has been recognized with listings in America's Top Doctors (Castle Connolly), "Best Doctors in America" and Best Doctors by Cleveland Magazine.
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