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It’s a fact that women on the internet are body shamed and judged by people for their weight, and pregnant woman are no exception. For some reason, a malicious contingent of people like nothing more than belittling women due to the perfectly natural changes that their bodies go through during gestation.
One person who knows this all too well is plus-sized model Ashley Graham, who is currently pregnant with her first child with her husband, Justin Ervin. This week, Ashley took to Instagram to share a candid, unfiltered picture of her bare body, as a form of personal empowerment. She captioned the photo: “Same same but a little different”.
However, what nobody could have predicted was how Ashley’s picture would inspire countless other women on social media to do the same. Soon, many more expectant mothers were taking to Instagram to share pictures of their body, and talking about how Ashley had motivated them to be more body positive.
For example, one Instagram user wrote: “Only the Lord and my Husband really know how hard this pregnancy is for me… from having placenta previa, always being out of breath, restricted from going to the gym, mentally going through some things, and my body and mood changing completely [sic].”
Check out one of Ashley Graham’s workout videos below:
It’s times like this that prove how much we need models like Ashley Graham!


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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the Sri Lankan government’s newly announced Office of Missing Persons’ (OMP), stating that the authorities had failed to sufficiently consult with victims in establishing the new mechanism.
“At the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva last year, the government had agreed to hold nationwide public consultations on all transitional justice mechanisms,” said a press release on Friday. “However, on May 24, 2016, Sri Lanka’s cabinet approved the new Office of Missing Persons without talking with the families who have long waited for justice.”
Sri Lanka’s OMP has already come under fire from Tamil organisations across the North-East who said the government had not shown any “genuine willingness to consult the victims”.
Noting that Sri Lanka’s long history of government appointed commissions into the issue of disappearances, HRW went on to state that “various commissions of inquiry established by successive Sri Lankan governments in response to pressure from victims’ groups and others have produced reports that have largely remained unpublished and have not resulted in criminal prosecutions of those responsible”.
“The government deserves high marks for ratifying the Convention against Enforced Disappearance, but it needs to take urgent steps to build confidence with affected communities,” said Brad Adams Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The government should ensure communication, transparency, and dialogue in all its transitional justice mechanisms.”
“The Sri Lankan government is creating important structures to address the scourge of disappearances in the country,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “But it should only do this after receiving input from the families most affected.”
The press release concluded by saying,
“The government should honour its pledge to hold meaningful consultations with the affected families and nongovernmental representatives about the missing persons’ office and the other transitional justice mechanisms”.
See our earlier post: Sri Lanka announces yet another mechanism to probe disappearances (26 May 2016)

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The 49ers wide receiver played in parts of three seasons at South Carolina, averaging more than 10 points per game.
Who is ready for March Madness?
Members of the San Francisco 49ers, that's who.
It's time for the Niners to show loyalty and root for their respective college programs. By our count, 16 members of the current roster will get a chance to watch their alma maters compete in the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The Niners current squad represents three No. 1 seeds (Oregon, North Carolina and Virginia) and has teams in all four regions.
So who has the best chance of seeing their school cut down the nets in Houston on April 4?
Take a look at the field below and leave your thoughts in the comments section of this post.
3 seed Miami – LB Ray-Ray Armstrong
5 seed Maryland – WR Torrey Smith
1 seed North Carolina – RB Shaun Draughn
7 seed Wisconsin – CB Marcus Cromartie
8 seed USC – G Marcus Martin
1 seed Oregon – DL Arik Armstead
2 seed Oklahoma – TE Blake Bell
4 seed Duke – QB Thad Lewis
6 seed Texas – K Phil Dawson
7 seed Oregon State – OL Colin Kelly
1 seed Virginia – LB Ahmad Brooks, LB Eli Harold
2 seed Michigan State – TE Garrett Celek, LB Marcus Rush
3 seed Utah – WR Dres Anderson
10 seed Syracuse – G Andrew Tiller


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New Pajero Sport to kick-start 2016 for Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi is planning to more than quadruple sales of large SUVs in New Zealand via the launch of a brand new model, the Pajero Sport.
The new SUV goes on sale next month, replacing the ageing Pajero and Challenger models in the segment. However, Mitsubishi NZ plans to continue to sell the Pajero to cover for a lack of a seven-seater SUV when the five seater-only Sport arrives.
At present Mitsubishi sells about 20 of the current Pajeros and Challengers a month and the plan is to use the Pajero Sport to increase that to at least 100.
Daniel Cook, Mitsubishi NZ's head of sales and marketing strategy, says his company doesn't expect to fully challenge the likes of the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Toyota Highlander in sales volume.
"But we do expect the Pajero Sport to be among the top four or five best-sellers in the large SUV segment," he said during an Australasian media launch in New South Wales on Thursday.
"This new model is a very good SUV that we believe we have priced very attractively."
Pajero Sport, built off the ladder chassis platform of the Triton ute, is powered by the same 2.4-litre MIVEC turbocharged diesel. This engine develops 135 kilowatts of power and 437 newton metres of torque.
But what is dramatically different with the Pajero Sport is that where the Triton's engine is mated to a five-speed automatic from the current Pajero, the Pajero Sport's transmission is a brand-new eight speeder.
Another major difference is that the Triton has the traditional one-tonne ute leaf-sprung rear suspension while the Pajero Sport has a coil sprung setup for a more passenger car-like ride.
The end result is a new SUV that offers an impressively sophisticated and quiet drive on the road, while retaining the true offroading ability that has become a hallmark of the Pajero name.
During Thursday's media event, journalists were invited to take the Pajero Sport on solid offroad workouts that included driving across giant sandhills near Newcastle before heading into rugged hills overlooking the Hunter Valley.
They were the perfect combination to not only demonstrate Mitsubishi's well-known Super-Select 4WD system but also to try out a newly-installed hill descent control and a new Off-Road Mode which lets the driver dial in specific surfaces for maximum traction. These surfaces are gravel, sand/snow, sand, and rock. On-board computers optimise wheelspin, transmission, brake force and engine power for maximum offroad capability.
The Super Select 4WD combines forces with the hill descent control and the Off-Road Mode to turn on a display of strong offroad ability. It quickly became obvious that the Pajero Sport is going to be one of the most capable offroading SUVs on the New Zealand market.
But the truth is that these days not many people take their SUVs off the road - instead they're the new-age wagon.
The good news is that it is also impressive on the seal. A highway drive into Sydney showed the vehicle to be long in the legs thanks to that eight-speed auto. It is an easy and relaxed drive, and at 100kmh the engine is ticking over at less than 1600rpm, which contributes to a published average fuel consumption figure of 8L/100km.
Pajero Sport is the first Mitsubishi to be designed from the ground up using the brand's new "dynamic shield" frontal design that was seen in New Zealand for the first time on the facelifted Outlander. It's a distinctive-looking SUV, with vertical tail lights perhaps its most memorable design element.
The interior design makes heavy use of piano black and silver accents, the steering wheel is a new four-spoke design, and seating is comfortable front and rear. Being a five-seater, the Pajero Sport offers an enormous amount of rear load space - 673 litres with all seats in use, growing to 1624 litres when the rear seats are folded down.
Tow capacity is up to 3100kg braked, and trailer stability control is standard to help minimise the risk of trailer sway.
Other standard safety items are hill start assist, emergency stop signal, speed sensing automatic door locking, a rear-view camera and reversing sensors.
Two versions will be sold in New Zealand.
The entry model will be the XLS which will come with 18-inch alloy wheels, halogen headlights and daytime running lights, integrated side steps, privacy glass, high-grade cloth seats, keyless entry and start, automatic air conditioning, six-speaker audio, and a Mitsubishi Connect audio system which allows Android Auto or Apple CarPlay to run through the car's 7-inch display screen.
The system also offers Bluetooth for such activities as hands-free texting, and playing content stored on USB and HDMI devices.
Top version will be the VRX, which will feature 18-inch machine finish alloys, LED headlights and tail-lights, leather interior trim, heated and powered front seats, eight-speaker audio system, dual zone automatic air conditioning, and an electro-chromatic rear view mirror.
The VRX also boasts a full suite of safety-related extras including forward collision mitigation, an around-view monitor system, blind spot monitoring, dusk sensing headlights, rain-sensing wipers, and an unintended acceleration mitigation system.
Prices will be $58,990 for the XLS and $63,990 for the VRX. Cook confirmed Mitsubishi NZ intends offering the XLS for a special introductory price of $49,990 until about March.
Mitsubishi has been enjoying sales growth in New Zealand for six years now, and arrival of the Pajero Sport will add momentum to that growth, he said.
"This is a premium new-generation SUV. In every respect this is one of Mitsubishi's most advanced vehicles ever, and one of the safest. We anticipate a lot of interest."


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Looking for Pea Shoots in Asian Rests.
Has anyone had any Pea Shoots at any of the Philly Asian Restaurants? I have had them several times in NYC but have not found them in Philly. Thanks.
I've had them at many of the restuarants in Chinatown. They're usually not on the menu, you have to ask for them specifically. Tai Lake, Ocean Harbor, Jade Harbor, the place btw the bank and the fire station, Ocean Garden.
ditto here. Tai Lake is a favorite for pea shoots with crab meat. sometimes we just ask for snow pea shoots with ___ (your choice) as its not readily on some menus.
Lee How Fook...i think around 200 block of 11th had great snow pea shoots. and hot and sour soup for that matter.

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Inspired by her mother’s expansive backyard garden, Chef Mayet plants her own small patio garden and shares some tales and recipes
At the start of the spring semester, Emory undergraduates Caroline Abbot and Crissy Hendrickson approached the Bon Appétit team with a solution to a common college conundrum: flex dining dollars left over at the end of the school year.
Gladys Burrell, affectionately known as Mrs. Gladys to Johns Hopkins students and staff, will retire after 47 years at the university’s Homewood campus
In celebration of Earth Day, the cafés at Adobe’s four North American sites highlighted a dual focus on reducing food waste and cutting food-related carbon emissions by serving all meatless specials for one day.
Fellow Claire Kelloway joined the Bon Appétit team at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, for their ambitious series of sustainability events as a part of the college’s annual Earth Week celebration


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Helen Hobbs is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) in Dallas, Texas. After attending Stanford University and Case Western Reserve Medical School, she trained in internal medicine and endocrinology at Columbia-Presbyterian and UTSW. She joined the UTSW faculty in 1987 where she is Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics and Director of the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development. Together with Jonathan Cohen, she has used human genetics to identify sequence variations in genes with large effects on plasma levels of LDL-cholesterol (ABCG5/ABCG8, LDLRAP, PCSK9, NPC1L1, ANGPTL3) and triglyceride (ANGPTL3,-4,-8). More recently, she discovered the two most impactful genetic risk factors for fatty liver disease (PNPLA3, TM6SF2). Gene identification is the starting point for studies that have elucidated pathways and processes altered by the defective genes she has identified.
Dr. Hobbs is a member of the ASCI (profile here), the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences. She is recipient of The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2016) and the Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine (2018).
This event was moderated by Anna Greka, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Dr. Greka serves as the current ASCI Vice President, Co-Chair of the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee, and is the 2018 co-recipient of the Seldin~Smith Award for Pioneering Research.
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NFL Picks Week 17: Time To Put Up Or Shut Up
Playoff Futures On The Line
It's now or never. Put up or shut up. Go big or go home. For three NFL teams this Sunday, the options are simple. If the Baltimore Ravens topple the Cincinnati Bengals, they are in the playoffs. If the Tennessee Titans knock off the Jacksonville Jaguars, they are in the playoffs. And if the Atlanta Falcons dump their NFC South rivals the Carolina Panthers, they are also playoff bound.
Things aren't as simple on three other fronts. The Buffalo Bills must beat the Miami Dolphins and hope the Titans and Los Angeles Chargers lose, and they will be in. The Chargers must defeat the Oakland Raiders and then see the Titans go down to defeat in order to claim a postseason berth. And in the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks need the Panthers to stop the Falcons while they are defeating the Arizona Cardinals and they will be back in the playoffs for the sixth successive season.
There are also games with bearing on home-field advantage, so there's plenty to take into account before making your Week 17 NFL wagers. Here are all the Week 17 picks straight up and against the spread. The underlined teams, with their money line odds, are the straight up picks, based on odds provided by Bovada.
*Week Sixteen Record: 10-6 straight up, 4-10-2 against the spread
Green Bay (+245) at Detroit (-290) - A year ago, these two teams also met at Ford Field with both teams playoff bound and the NFC North title on the line. This time, the game is among the few this week with absolutely no bearing on the playoff picture. But it may very well be a game that decides the future of Lions coach Jim Caldwell. The Lions are 24-23 under his tutelage the past three seasons, and blowing the playoffs by losing at Cincinnati to a terrible bunch of Bengals might be the final nail in Caldwell's coffin.
BABB Pick: Detroit (-7), over (43.5)
Dallas (-150) at Philadelphia (+130) - Another Week 17 rarity in it's a game without bearing on the playoff race, other than the desire of the Eagles to stay healthy. Philly has clinched home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs, while the Cowboys were eliminated via last week's home-field loss to the Seahawks. Regardless, there's nothing Eagles fans like more than stomping on the Cowboys, so you can be sure that heading into a bye week, Philly will want to put in a solid day's work.
BABB Pick: Philadelphia (+3), over (39.5)
New York Jets (+850) at New England (-1700) - A victory here and the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots assure themselves home-field advantage through the AFC playoffs. It doesn't hurt their chances that they've won six in a row from the Jets at Gillette Stadium. Since opening 1-2, the Patriots have won four straight at home. New England is also 24-2 against AFC East opponents at home since 2009, the Bills being the only visiting team to win in that span.
BABB Pick: New England (-15.5), over (44)
Washington (-155) at New York Giants (+135) - Another game that is meaningless in terms of the playoff race, but may have a lot to say about the future of Redskins head coach Jay Gruden. A win and the Redskins will sweep the season series from the Giants for the first time since 2011. Washington confirmed that Kirk Cousins will start at quarterback in what could be his farewell performance as a Redskin. The Giants currently sit with the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, but a win here could allow the Colts to slip below them.
BABB Pick: Washington (-3.5), over (37.5)
Chicago (+425) at Minnesota (-650) - The Vikings need this one to be assured of a first-round playoff bye, so they won't mess around at home against their NFC North rivals. Perhaps the Bears need to relocate. They are 4-0 this season against the AFC North and 1-10 against the rest of the NFL. They come into this game off an impressive 20-3 win over Cleveland, but are just 2-5 on the road and have won two in a row this season on just one occasion.
BABB Pick: Minnesota (-12), under (39.5)
Cleveland (+375) at Pittsburgh (-550) - Browns coach Hue Jackson vowed after last season that if Cleveland went 1-15 again this season, he'd jump in Lake Erie, so does he really want them to win this game and avoid an 0-16 campaign? The Steelers could still luck into the AFC home-field advantage if the Patriots somehow lose to the Jets, but beside that, anyone who thinks the Steelers want to let the Browns off the hook from joing the 2008 Lions as the NFL's only 0-16 teams knows nothing about the Pittsburgh-Cleveland rivalry.
BABB Pick: Pittsburgh (-10.5), over (38)
Houston (+175) at Indianapolis (-210) - This match-up is so frightening, it should come equipped with a PG-14 rating. But don't say there's nothing on the line here, because the loser of this game ends up in last place in the AFC South. If the Colts win, both teams end up 4-12 and Indy wins the tie breaker by sweeping the season series from the Texans. Colts QB Jacoby Brissett has been sacked 54 times this season, but is 3-0 lifetime as a starting QB against the Texans.
BABB Pick: Indianapolis (-4), under (41)
Buffalo (-140) at Miami (+120) - His team won't go 0-16 - heck, they could still make the playoffs - but Bills coach Sean McDermott should get an award for blunder of the year. In Week 11, he benched QB Tyrod Taylor for Nate Peterman, who went out and threw five interceptions in a 54-24 loss to the Chargers. Now, the Bills head into the last game of the season knowing they must win and and hope both the Titans and Chargers lose, because the Chargers hold the tiebreaker over Buffalo via that vicitory.
BABB Pick: Buffalo (-3), under (42.5)
Arizona (+325) at Seattle (-450) - The last time the Seahawks missed the playoffs was also the last time they didn't post a winning season, going 7-9 in 2011. They've won at least 10 games and one playoff game every season since, but at 9-6 and needing help to make the postseason, both those streaks are in jeopardy. The Cardinals have won three of their last four games at CenturyLink Field. But all three of the wins were with Carson Palmer at QB. Drew Stanton, who took the loss, will be under center Sunday.
BABB Pick: Arizona (+9.5), over (39)
Kansas City (+160) at Denver (-180) - The Chiefs have looked more like the early-season Chiefs in winning their last three games, and the reward for that turnaround is that they've clinched the AFC West title. But they are also locked into the No. 4 seed, and will start rookie QB Patrick Mahomes. The Broncos suit up the AFC's best defense (280.4 yards per game), and just might be in line for the upset here. On the other hand, the Chiefs have won two in a row at Denver.
BABB Pick: Denver (-3), under (39)
San Francisco (-155) at Los Angeles Rams (+135) - In the past two weeks, it's conceivable that 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo has beaten two playoff teams by taking down the Titans and Jaguars. For certain, we know he's beaten one division winner (Jacksonville, AFC South) and could drop another with a win over the NFC West champion Rams. But the Rams need this game to be assured of the No. 3 seed and therefore a wildcard round match-up with the No. 6 seed, so they won't sleep on Jimmy.
BABB Pick: Los Angeles Rams (+3), over (44)
Cincinnati (+350) at Baltimore (-500) - The Bengals beat the Lions last week to end Detroit's playoff hopes and could do the same to the Ravens by sending head coach Marvin Lewis off into the sunset with a farewell triumph. The Bengals have won two of their last three at Baltimore. But the Ravens have won two straight and four in a row at home. They opened the season with a 20-0 shutout at Cincinnati and the Bengals will be missing several starters through injury.
BABB Pick: Baltimore (-10), under (39.5)
New Orleans (-320) at Tampa Bay (+260) - The Saints did the heavy lifting last week, winning at home against the Falcons, and now all they must do to wrap up the NFC South is be victorious on the road against the lowly Buccaneers. But Tampa Bay is not to be taken lightly. The Bucs kept the Falcons and Panthers to within three points each over the past two weeks in must-win situations for those teams. Bucs QB Jameis Winston makes big plays, but he also makes boneheaded plays, and just enough of them so the other team wins.
BABB Pick: Tampa Bay (+7.5), under (50.5)
Carolina (+170) at Atlanta (-200) - The Panthers put themselves in the playoffs with a win last week, and now Cam Newton & Co. can put the Falcons out by beating them. But Matt Ryan and the Falcons don't tend to drop these playoff type games - unless it's in the Super Bowl against the Patriots - and they certainly don't do it at home, where they've won big games in recent weeks against the Cowboys and Saints. Carolina could still win the division with a victory and some help from the Bucs, but the Falcons are playing for their playoff lives.
BABB Pick: Atlanta (-3.5), over (45.5)
Oakland (+300) at Los Angeles Chargers (-400) - At the start of the season, you could make a case that both of these teams might be playoff bound. In reality, it's a longshot that either will make it. The Raiders are done, and the Chargers need a win here and a loss by the Titans to garner a postseason berth. The Chargers are 8-3 in their last 11 games, all three losses coming at the hands of division winners - the Patriots, Jaguars and Chiefs.
BABB Pick: Los Angeles Chargers (-8), under (42.5)
Jacksonville (+165) at Tennessee (-190) - The Titans are literally trying to back their way into the playoffs. They've lost three in a row and four of six, their only wins coming against the incapable (Colts) and the infirm (Texans). The Jaguars are also a confounding lot. Both of these teams have lost to the 49ers in the past two weeks, and the Jags also count setbacks against the Cardinals and Jets. They've clinched the AFC South, but Jags coach Doug Marrone says they are playing all their starters against the Titans.
BABB Pick: Jacksonville (+3.5), under (42)
Beabetterbettor's Top 10 NFL Teams This Week
Current odds to win Super Bowl LII listed after team record, with last week's ranking in brackets.
Odds provided by Bovada sportsbook.
- (1) New England Patriots (12-3) +240 - Signed former Steelers DE James Harrison
- (2) Philadelphia Eagles (13-2) +1000 - 2-0 with Nick Foles as starting QB
- (3) Minnesota Vikings (12-3) +375 - Super Bowl LII is Feb. 4 at Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium
- (4) Pittsburgh Steelers (12-3) +475 - Beat Browns in last game of 2016 season
- (6) New Orleans Saints (11-4) +1000 - Lead NFL with 22 rushing TDs
- (7) Los Angeles Rams (11-4) +1000 - 6-0 when RB Todd Gurley rushes for 100 yards
- (5) Jacksonville Jaguars (10-5) +1400 - Loss to Titans could mean rematch in wildcard game
- (8) Carolina Panthers (11-4) +1800 - Have 5 percent chance of winning NFC South
- (9) Atlanta Falcons (9-6) +2800 - QB Matt Ryan 16th on NFL All-time passing list
- (10) Kansas City Chiefs (9-6) +1800 - On three game winning streak
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March 30, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com
We join the call for a full investigation into the payment of legal fees by the Office of the Attorney General during the tenure of Anand Ramlogan. A thorough forensic audit would be the best way to explain the phenomenal 300 per cent-plus increase in payments to private attorneys hired by the State during Ramlogan’s tenure. It would also serve to deal with the many questions and complaints that have been raised by some of the private attorneys involved since the payment figures were released. If there are discrepancies between the figures supplied to Parliament and the actual figures, these would need to be identified and resolved.
Continue reading Probe ex-AG’s spending
Griffith threatens to walk
By Renuka Singh
February 02, 2015 – guardian.co.tt
National Security Minister Gary Griffith is threatening to quit in the face of scathing press release issued by Communication Minister Vasant Bharath yesterday accused him of making false claims and compromising the integrity of Cabinet. Bharath was referring to reports that Griffith claimed he was pressured by his Cabinet colleagues not support a criminal complaint by Police Complaints Authority Director David West.
Continue reading Griffith threatens to walk – AG to resign
By Raffique Shah
February 01, 2015
For all its bountiful blessings—natural resources that allow us to live reasonably well, a mixture of races that dwell in relative harmony, a people that laugh more easily than they cry—this is a cussed country that moves with consummate ease from one political scandal to another, a society that has grown to accept a level of lawlessness and boorish behaviour that permeate it from top to bottom, from captain to crook.
Continue reading A wild ride to elections
February 01, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com
“The standing of the Attorney General is not the only consideration Ms Persad-Bissessar is obliged to weigh. If, indeed, Mr Griffith had been aware of illegality even suspected of being engaged in or proposed by the Attorney General, he should not himself have waited until now to be exposed as someone in the know. His own fitness for office is now at least open to question.
“Finally, that it has taken nearly three months for Mr West, a lawyer, to report to the relevant authorities some illegality he might have suspected is itself troublingly questionable.
Continue reading AG must step down: first act in rare drama
Martin Daly’s statement:
“Should the Attorney General cease to hold office in light of the so-called witness-tampering allegations?
I have received a significant number of requests to give my answer to the question at caption. I have no doubt that the answer is yes, despite the fact that the matter is only at the investigation stage and despite the presumption of innocence.
Continue reading Should AG Ramlogan cease to hold office? Daly, Yes
By Andre Bagoo
January 30, 2015 – newsday.co.tt
ACTING Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams yesterday announced that he had ordered a police probe into an allegation of an attempt to pervert the course of justice made against Attorney General Anand Ramlogan by Director of the Police Complaints Authority David West.
In a media release, the police public affairs unit stated, “The Commissioner of Police (Ag), Mr Stephen Williams, wishes to advise that today, Thursday 29th January, 2015, he was visited by Mr David West at Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain, and presented with a signed statement, in which Mr West made an allegation of ‘an attempt to pervert the course of justice’, against Senator the Honourable, Anand Ramlogan, Attorney General of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.”
Continue reading ANAND UNDER POLICE PROBE
By the Multimedia Desk
January 29, 2015 – trinidadexpress.com
DIRECTOR of the Police Complaints Authority David West on Thursday issued a statement related to the rapidly unfolding events involving the allegations that he was asked by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan to withdraw his witness statement in a defamation lawsuit related to the failed extradition involving Section 34 applicants Steve Ferguson and Ishwar Galbaransingh, in exchange for him getting the job at the PCA. West has disclosed that as a result of claims made in the media and responses given by Ramlogan, he (West) had reported the matter to the police.
Continue reading David West has reported the AG to the cops
By Andre Bagoo
October 31 2014 – newsday.co.tt
ATTORNEY General Anand Ramlogan yesterday said he was “gravely disturbed” by the lack of charges in relation to a report of a doctor failing to notify law enforcement authorities about cocaine said to have been surgically removed from the body of a patient. He did so as he called on Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams to continue a probe into the matter.
Continue reading Ramlogan disturbed by lack of charges
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
August 15, 2014
To hear Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Anand Ramlogan tell it, one would think that August 12, 2014, was a red-letter day for Trinidad and Tobago’s democracy. They seem to indicate that somehow our society realized one of its brightest moments when the PP voted legislation to recall parliamentary representatives after three years of service if the needs arises, to creating time limits for the prime minister and, most important, to require that each parliamentary representative receive more than 50 percent of the votes cast at a general election though not necessarily more than 50 percent of the total voters of that constituency. Although I have no problems with the first two resolutions, I don’t know what democratic magic occurs when 50.1 percent rather than 49.50 percent of a constituency votes for a candidate of their choice.
Continue reading Staining the Soul of Our Nation
By Sean Douglas
July 16, 2014 – newsday.co.tt
AGHAST at what he has found in the death of a boy incarcerated at the St Michael’s Home for Boys in Diego Martin, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday announced he has called on the Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard to launch criminal investigations into the operations of this Home.
Among the startling revelations is that a female worker took a young male from the Home to her home. She later became pregnant and has since given birth to a baby, believed to have been fathered by the underaged inmate.
Continue reading BOYS HOUSE OF HORRORS

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Throughout 2015 we expect Belarus to continue to align its security and economy with Russia, even though the former has begun deepening its diplomatic links with Western Europe. That said, the two countries are currently embroiled in a dispute over the break-up and a joint venture in the potash industry, although this seems to be having little effect regarding the two countries’ diplomatic relationship.
In 2014 we expect Belarus to spend USD821.9mn on defence. The country’s year-on-year (y-o-y) defence expenditure is set to increase markedly during our forecast period. In terms of percentage of gross domestic product, Belarus has spent an average of 1.3% of its GDP on defence up to and including 2014. We expect this proportion of defence expenditure to remain until 2019.
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Barnett Ghost 410
- 410 FPS; 185 LB. Draw Weight; Quiver, 3 Arrows, Rope Cocking Device, Talon Sling and 3x32 Scope
- 185 LB. Draw Weight
- 20" Axle to Axle
- Climate controlled storage and waxing the string every ten shots is highly recommended. When loading crossbow always make sure odd colored arrow fletching is down.
- Price tag maybe too steep for beginners
If you haven’t handled a crossbow, there are certain problems that seem unimportant at first but play a very big factor with continuous usage.
A few of these problems are dry firing problems, vibration problems, firing speed limitations, grip related problems and weight.
The Barnett Ghost 410 is great at handling and tackling these kinds of problems. If you want to know more about Barnett Ghost 410, then you have come to the right place!
Barnett Ghost 410 Crossbow Features
Dry firing is a common problem for a crossbow. It’s one of the most common reasons why crossbows get damaged early on. The Barnett Ghost 410 features an anti-dry fire safety that solves the possibility of damaging your crossbow because of dry firing.
Furthermore, the Barnett Ghost 410 features a specially designed ultra-light carbon CRT. It’s not only the sturdiest on the market, it may also be the lightest.
According to Barnett, this crossbow can survive 1,000 dry firings without causing any damage to the crossbow.
The Barnett Ghost 410 mainly solves the vibration problem through a specially designed composite laminate. As a bonus, it also looks beautiful.
To maximize firing speed, the limbs are designed in a way that it faces less air. This design helps the limbs to move 1.5% faster compared to other types of limbs. As a result, it contributes to the 410 fps shooting speed of Barnett Ghost 410.
The grip of a crossbow is very important as it’s one of the biggest factors contributing to accuracy. The grip of the Barnett Ghost 410 is specially designed to be comfortable and moisture resistant. The surface moisture resistant feature helps your palm stay warm when shooting in cold weather. The grip is also designed in a way so the fingers will be away from the flight-rail, which offers a big help, especially for beginners, in preventing injury.
If the weight of the crossbow is heavy and poorly designed, it can easily wear your arms sooner, which in turn causes poor aiming and shooting. Since Barnett Ghost 410 is made up of light materials, it can certainly lessen the stress imposed on your arms while shooting and aiming. Furthermore, Barnett Ghost 410 is specially designed to have its weight placed nearer the body of the shooter.
One common problem of other crossbows is a quiver that does a poor job of securing arrows. The quiver design found in Barnett Ghost 410 and the little vibration produced by the crossbow makes the quiver great at securing arrows.
Barnett Ghost 410 features a large shoulder plate. This feature might seem mundane at first, but keep in mind that the shoulder plate will be pressing on you every time you aim. If it’s not comfortable, it will affect your accuracy in the long run. The shoulder design and the size of the shoulder plate result in a comfortable placement in your shoulder area. This also means that you can shoot more accurately for longer periods of time.
Like any other kind of shooting-based items, accuracy is very important. To keep it simple, for a crossbow, Barnett Ghost 410 is very accurate. For one, the weight distribution of this crossbow is near perfect that aiming may be shockingly easy.
The scope that comes with a crossbow is great quality. In fact, the right out-of-the-box scope can rival the performance of $200+ scopes on the market right now. All this combined feature makes this crossbow very accurate even if it’s your first time handling a crossbow.
With this crossbow, you have a good chance of hitting 2″ circles for more than 60 yards with only a couple days of shooting practice.
Shooting speed of this crossbow is clocked at 410 FPS and the point-blank kinetic energy measured is at 149 ft-lbs. This is one of the fastest and most hard hitting crossbow’s in the market right now, especially when you consider the price.
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- It’s very light, and yet very sturdy
- Very high shooting speed.
- Very little vibration, making it very accurate
- Price tag may be too steep for beginners
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All in all, with all the great design features of Barnett Ghost 410, there is little you can say against this crossbow. It features high FPS, it is very accurate and very lightweight. It’s built of high-quality materials that it can probably last a lifetime if maintained properly.
The only possible downside of this crossbow is the price tag. While it’s true that the price tag may seem steep, but when it comes to value you can be sure that you are getting more “bang for your buck”.
Should you buy Barnett Ghost 410? Disregarding the price factor, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t purchase it.


New private golf club planned in eastern South Dakota
Sioux Falls’ first new private golf club in more than 60 years is being planned on the northeast side of town just outside the city limits.
Mapleton Golf Club would encompass 210 acres northeast of interstates 229 and 90, across from the South Dakota Veterans Cemetery and along Slip Up Creek, Sioux Falls.Business reported this week.
It’s being developed by Landscapes Unlimited, which has worked on more than 2,500 golf course construction projects, including Sutton Bay in central South Dakota.
Locally, a group of founding owners is forming to support the construction of the club, led by Danny Amundson, a former standout high school and college golfer whose late father, Mark, was the visionary and founding partner behind Sutton Bay.
Amundson is vice president of KWB Hotel Partners LLC. He once served as director of membership for Sutton Bay.
“We kept watching the growth of Sioux Falls and what’s happened with the two private country clubs in terms of demand for access,” Amundson said. “And part of it is the desire to do something fun and create a legacy project that is golf-oriented.”
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Polarimetric radar measurements were conducted for bare soil surfaces under a variety of roughness and moisture conditions at L-, C-, and X-band frequencies at incidence angles ranging from 10 degrees to 70 degrees . Using a laser profiler and dielectric probes, a complete and accurate set of ground truth data was collected for each surface condition, from which accurate measurements were made of the rms height, correlation length, and dielectric constant. Based on knowledge of the scattering behavior in limiting cases and the experimental observations, an empirical model was developed for sigma degrees /sub hh/, sigma degrees /sub vv/, and sigma degrees /sub hv/ in terms of ks (where k=2 pi / lambda is the wave number and s is the rms height) and the relative dielectric constant of the soil surface. The model, which was found to yield very good agreement with the backscattering measurements of the present study as well as with measurements reported in other investigations, was used to develop an inversion technique for predicting the rms height of the surface and its moisture content from multipolarized radar observations.
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Tom Lee and the Fundstrat team recently conducted a stealth survey among 25 top financial institutions and Twitter on the state of affairs in the cryptocurrency market.
The results found that both institutional investors and retail investors will agree ‘Bitcoin has already bottomed.’
Cryptocurrency is About ‘Analysis Not Opinions’
It is hard to argue against cold hard data. Well-known financial data scientist Tom Lee agrees, as evident in his Twitter bio.
Lee is the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, an organization in the United States that champions the cultivation and analysis of raw data over the opinion of any singular person.
The Fundstrat team recently had the opportunity to poll a group of 25 top financial institutions on their thoughts of major influencing factors concerning the present and future states of digital currency and blockchain technology. The same poll was then opened freely to users on Twitter, and the results are in.
The Main Event: Institutions Vs. Twitter
The survey got right down to business when polling both groups on topics such as macroscopic influences on the market, top-15 cryptocurrency performances, and Bitcoin’s price for year-end 2018 and 2019.
Twitter users and institutions were at odds betting on their picks for the best performing cryptocurrency in 2019. While the majority of institutions thought Bitcoin would remain on top in 2019, Twitter users predicted that Ripple (XRP) will be the top performer next year.
Twitter users and institutions did, however, find consensus in nearly all other questions posed in the survey.
Both parties unsurprising agreed that the number one macroscopic influencing factor on the current cryptocurrency prices were central banks, with institutions mostly agreeing that ‘geopolitical tensions’ were a close secondary factor.
There was also a majority consensus that the prices of cryptocurrency would rise in the event of an economic recession.
Bitcoin Price Reigns Supreme
The most important topic, however, to anyone interested in cryptocurrency — from the casual, small-time ‘hodlers’ all the way up to the ‘chad whales’ at the top of the chain — was the price of Bitcoin. (When will we see the bottom for the foremost virtual currency? Will the creation of Satoshi Nakamoto make its way back to the moon by the end of this year or next?)
The results showed both institutional investors and Twitter accounts mostly agreed that the price of Bitcoin has seen the bottom — institutions voting with a majority 54 percent, while the social media platform’s users were less sure at 44 percent. While there is no true metric to determine if each person polled actually believes that the worst is in the past as a self-fulfilling prophecy, or actually believes it to be the case with no other motives — there is agreement nonetheless.
In regards to price for year-end 2018 and 2019, both groups remain super-bullish — agreeing that the price of Bitcoin will continue to climb and reach a price of $15,000 or more by the end of 2019.
What are your thoughts on the institutions vs. Twitter survey conducted by the Fundstrat team? Are there any other questions you would have liked to see answered in the survey? Is now a good time to invest in cryptocurrencies and/or buy bitcoins? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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I haven’t read a newspaper since I stepped off the airplane last October, simply because I think it’s an obsolete format for news. As it turns out, not many people I meet around here read the newspaper, either. News around these parts travels by word of mouth, quicker than you might imagine.
The other day I was shocked to hear that a policeman in a nearby town had been beaten to death by a local gang. The cop, who was in his fifties and off duty at the time, had asked a group of around 20 youths to keep it down at a restaurant. They responded by rushing his table and stomping his head, which may or may not have killed him outright. The thing is, they didn’t stop at that. They threw the man into the back of a pickup and sped off down the road. There were witnesses who called the police, but no one could identify the youths or the victim, and the police pursued the issue no further at the time.
One full day later, the family of the victim contacts the police to file a missing person report, and the police put two and two together. They suddenly realize one of their own has been assaulted and is missing, and a search effort is started… The desecrated and bullet-ridden body of the victim is soon discovered dumped over a nearby bridge. It is presumed that the perpetrators, having gone through the victim’s pockets, suddenly realized he was a cop and panicked, dumping the body in an obvious place.
In any other country I’ve been in, this story would have ended in pretty much the same way. The perpetrators would have been hunted down in a massive police effort to avenge one of their brethren. But there’s a Thai twist to all of this. The police are singularly unsuccesful at apprehending even a single suspect out of the 20 or so reported, so the family decides to take things into their own hands, in the only way they know how. They bring the body of the fallen officer to a kind of spirit medium, a ghost talker mystic who not only claims to be able to speak with the fallen, but to be able to influence events in the real world. The seance is performed and the fallen officer is successfully contacted.
The next day, two of the attackers suddenly turn themselves in. The rest are being rounded up by the police, now that they have some place to start.
My mother in law told us this story two days ago. Yesterday, she attended the funeral for the policeman, who turned out to be an old family friend.
This is all very new to me, but none of the Thais who heard this story thought there was anything strange about it.


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Klarna’s (KLAR) initial public offering may happen “quite soon” in the U.S., Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Siemiatkowski told BNN Bloomberg.
The Swedish fintech, once Europe’s most valuable startup, sees the country as a natural choice for a public offering because it is Klarna’s largest market by revenue. The fintech had been expected to go public in markets including the U.S., UK or Sweden. In November, Klarna set up a UK holding company.
The markets in Germany, UK and Sweden “are still very small compared to the U.S.,” the executive told BNN Bloomberg. “In the U.S., there is a bigger understanding for fintech and tech companies among the investor base.”
Klarna’s valuation fell to $6.7B last year from about $46B and cut costs as investors reconsidered the growth of easy credit at a time of rising interest rates, Bloomberg said.
Last year was a slow one for initial public offerings and 2024 is expected to see several well-known companies going public, including China’s fast-fashion group Shein, which filed confidentially last year. Reddit (REDDIT) selected banks almost a year ago to help it prepare for an IPO and Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS clothing brand is in discussions to go public as early as this year.


Potholes. Overflowing trash cans. Weeds. Overgrown brush. Faded crosswalks. Sand in the roads.
Nantucket’s public areas and infrastructure have seen better days, and the impacts of a critical staffing shortage at the town’s Department of Public Works have been evident all summer long.
The resignation of DPW Director Rob McNeil last month was just the tip of the iceberg, or perhaps the culmination of a staff exodus that has left the department “crippled” to use the words of Town Manager Libby Gibson.
Amid a summer in which Nantucket’s population swelled to what some believe was a record high, the DPW’s staffing crisis has come at the worst possible time.
There are currently nine vacant positions within the DPW. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s 27 percent of the department’s budgeted workforce. The town hired none of the usual seasonal DPW employees it typically does each summer because no one applied. All three members of the DPW administrative office staff recently resigned or transferred out of the department. Other than the fleet manager, there are currently zero mechanics employed by the DPW. And many pieces of equipment and vehicles are currently broken down, further limiting the remaining employees’ ability to get work done.
“The DPW is rather crippled at the moment,” Gibson said. “With the entire office staff gone as of Monday, we’re definitely going to be asking for patience from the public.”
On Tuesday morning this week, the door of the DPW’s administrative office of Madaket was open, but there was no one in the building. While most of the staff were out on the road, of course, it was emblematic of the predicament the department finds itself in at the peak of the summer season.
“It may seem small but town has never looked so bad with weeds, overgrowth and sand and trash,” said one DPW employee who spoke with the Current on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals by the town. “The sweeper only went out two or three times since (one employee) left. This year has been bad anyway but it’s never been like this. We used to pride ourselves on how things would get done that people never knew, they just knew the island looked clean. Potholes are a huge thing too. They never let us go out to fix them much and probably won’t until we get some more employees.”
What type of work has suffered as a result of the shortage?
“All the things we’ve always done like cleaning town, brush cutting, general infrastructure maintenance, and all kinds of things were not scheduled,” the person said. “It was all reactive instead of proactive. So we kept falling behind. They had us doing things that normally wouldn’t be priority.”
While some in town government told the Current that McNeil had started to figure out the ropes of the island and was settling into the position after a somewhat turbulent four years, his abrupt departure in July followed numerous resignations and transfers that left the department’s ranks decimated. During McNeil’s tenure at the DPW, which began in July 2017, 25 employees left the department. That includes 17 resignations, seven transfers out of the DPW to other town departments, and one retirement.
The resulting labor shortage within the department has not just left parts of the island looking shabby this summer. Some residents believe it has also created unsafe conditions, including in Sconset where Sankaty Road homeowner Nicole Cribbins said the town’s failure to cut back brush along the bike path contributed to two bicyclists being hit by vehicles pulling out of driveways.
Cribbins said she began contacting the town in early April regarding the brush around the bicycle path near her driveway, and followed up with weekly calls to the DPW. But nothing was done even after a bicyclist was hit near her home on July 2nd. Only after a second person was struck by a car on July 4th – which prompted calls to the town and the police department – did the brush get cut back to provide needed visibility.
“It’s frightening,” Cribbins said. “The week following the accident they did cut it back. The gentleman (from the DPW) apologized. He said ‘I know this has been an open item but we’ve been severely understaffed. All of our bush hogs are not in operation.”
Meanwhile, dozens of faded crosswalks around the island were never repainted heading into the summer. When asked about that situation at a recent Select Board meeting, Town Manager Libby Gibson said the DPW had actually outsourced the work to an off-island contractor. But the company could not get a boat reservation to come over to the island in time to complete the work before summer.
While some new hires are in the pipeline, Gibson said, there are other issues that will make rebuilding the department’s workforce challenging. Housing ranks at the top of that list, like it does for all island employers, but there’s also the Nantucket’s building boom that is attracting workers to the private sector who might otherwise consider a DPW job. Or in some cases, workers are leaving the DPW for higher paying work in the trades.
Meanwhile, the apparent increase in both the island’s year-round and seasonal populations has mounted additional pressure on the DPW.
“Trash this summer has been the worst it’s ever been,” Gibson said. “People are completely irresponsible with their trash. We can’t keep up with it.”


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The Rams look for that elusive winning season when they close the year Sunday against the Seahawks.
The Rams will see with the rest of the league Wednesday which of their players -- if any -- are headed to the Pro Bowl.
The St. Louis Rams look to get to .500 and keep their slim playoff chances alive when they play the Bills on Sunday.
It's the rare rematch of a rare tie when the Rams host the 49ers on Sunday.
The St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals both need a win to stay in the playoff hunt. They face each other on Sunday.
St. Louis is favored by three over the New York Jets at home this weekend.
The New York Jets come in to town as the Rams are coming off a rare NFL tie.


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Independent jewellery brand Alyssa Smith has teamed up with motorsport company RetroGP.com to create a jewellery collection.
The ‘Hesketh by ASJ’ collection is a small range of miniature sterling silver pieces featuring the Hesketh Bear mascot.
The bear is known as the mascot for the 1974 Rock ‘n’ Roll Formula 1 Team, which helped to launch the career of British racing driver James Hunt.
Smith said: “It has been an absolute pleasure to team up with RetroGP.com to bring our collective fans around the world such an important slice of motorsport history in the form of wearable pieces of craftsmanship like you’ve never seen before.”
The collection will turn the bear into 3D pieces of jewellery, no bigger than a thumbnail.
With the collection aiming to “rekindle” the memory of illustrious racing teams, Andrew Smith, the founder of RetroGP.com added that some things were “too important to be left in the past.”
The collection will start from £95 and is available on both the Alyssa Smith and RetroGP websites.


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Juneau police temporarily closed the Federal Building and 9th Street Monday evening, due to a suspicious package.
JPD received a 911 call about the package at 4:16 and sent an explosives team to the scene. The building and street were closed for nearly three hours while law enforcement officials investigated.
Just before 7 p.m. JPD issued a press release saying “the package was found to have nothing dangerous inside.”
- A whale-watching tour saw more than just whales Wednesday, after helping save a deer from drowning in the ocean.
- Equatorial Pacific Ocean finally shows signs of cooling, but the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea are still extremely warm. Latest research indicates both phenomenon helped with each other's formation between 2013 and 2015.
- The updated geochemical atlas was an outgrowth of another project. Geologists and surveyors were on a mission to find rare earth elements and minerals that could be strategically important to the country.
- During a brief layover Wednesday in Ketchikan on her way to Sitka, Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski talked about the state’s Republican primary campaign, and about the presidential election.


Alls well that ends well.
But not before mean spirited, greedy, Henry S. Miller CEO Greg Miller threatened to back out of the deal unless he was assured a guarantee of good press coverage of their “friendly settlement.”
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Let's start by thanking Avi Selk, Sarah Mervosh, and Julieta Chiquillo of the Dallas Morning News for bringing this story into the light and into the hearts and minds of the "public".
Yesterday I wrote - 93-year-old with Alzheimer's being sued by Dallas Real Estate Firm.
The story was about how a means spirited real estate company in Dallas was suing a 93 year old Alzheimer's patient in Dallas.
The CEO of Henry S Miller agreed to drop the suit due to the public outrage in Dallas.
Sadly, the "idiot" CEO threatened to walk out on the deal if his demand of "good press" was not met by the family.
So more or less, he turned what looked like a "good deed" and public relations coup for his company into nothing more than a business deal designed to save the company bacon.
I was happily and merrily reading the story until I got to the part where mean spirited CEO Greg Miller more or less destroyed his own reputation by making a demand, and then packing up his papers and threatening to leave. He claimed that his company had been "smeared in the press".
Here is an interesting quote from the Greg Miller's brother, Vaughn,
“I’m embarrassed and ashamed for the members of my family that run Henry S Miller today.”
So anyway if you go read the latest story in the Dallas Morning News you are going to learn the following
- Alls Well That Ends Well
- Ruth Sanders is having a very Happy Easter
- And, Henry S Miller CEO Greg Miller somehow managed to tarnish even further his already tarnished reputation.
The comments under this newest article in the Dallas Morning News are pretty good and indicate the public disdain for Miller. You might want to go and take a look, and write your own comment.
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(CTN News) – Researchers from Breast Cancer at the University of Sydney in Australia have collaborated with BCAL Diagnostics to develop a blood test for detecting breast cancer as early as possible. This was done through the development of a diagnostic blood test.
The University has been working closely with BCAL to develop a process to transform the diagnosis of breast cancer in collaboration with the University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health.
As of 2017, Sydney Mass Spectrometry (SydneyMS) and the Charles Perkins Centre have been working with BCAL on a number of projects. At the Kolling Institute of Science, SydneyMS is one of the most prominent research facilities in Australia.
The researchers at BCAL used the technology provided by SydneyMS in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to identify novel lipid biomarkers that could be used to identify breast cancer.
To develop BCAL’s test, a team of researchers from the Sydney Medical School and the School of Medical Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine and Health have worked closely with BCAL.
The program is led by Professor Lisa Horvath from the Sydney Medical School, whose focus is on the development of the test and the organization of clinical trials.
A number of ongoing discussions and partnerships on lipids and brain cancer samples are being undertaken by Dr Kim Alexander from the School of Medical Sciences.
Dr Amani Batarseh, the chief scientific officer at the BCAL, and Sydney Medical School’s Dr Dinny Graham, the director of research at the school, are working together to collect samples from the Westmead site.
It is withpleasure that we can inform Breast Cancer that Sanjay Warrier, associate professor at Sydney Medical School, along with Dr Batarseh, are involved in the collection of samples at Lifehouse.
In his comments about the project, Dr Batarseh said: “The partnership with the University of Sydney has impacted the project in many ways.
I have been involved in informal discussions with researchers like Dr Anthony Donuntargeted lipidomics. I have also been involved with Dr Kim Alexander could open up new avenues of research lipids and breast cancer.
By next year, the blood test is expected to be accredited and available to the public.


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The “LabTek” experimental journal bearing apparatus for investigating the distribution of pressure in slide bearings illustrates the principle of hydrodynamic lubrication. The distribution of pressure and the carrying capacity can be determined on a sliding bearing model at different bearing loads and speeds. The sliding bearing consists of a bearing journal driven by an electrical motor and the freely moving bearing housing. The bearing is loaded with different, interchangeable weights. In order to view the shifting of the bearing journal in operation as clearly as possible, the model has a large gap and a transparent housing. Both the radial and axial distribution of pressure can be recorded in the bearing gap at 12 measuring points around its perimeter and four along the length. The measurements are shown by means of 16 tube manometers mounted on a board. The system is mounted on a rolling support and is well suited for demonstration as well as for use in laboratory experiments.
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A psychological portrait of a gay man trapped in the monotonous routine of life at a high-end menswear store. For Spencer, every day is a series of mundane tasks and empty exchanges. But all the while, the presence of an aging gay colleague eats away at him. Watching this older man's affects and almost grotesque habits, Spencer becomes keenly aware of the future ahead of him.


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Ashley Williams has exclusively told GiveMeSport that he is delighted with Swansea's transfer business so far this summer, and believes boss Garry Monk has got his side in good shape ahead of their Premier League curtain raiser against Manchester United on Saturday.
Williams recently committed his future to the club by putting pen to paper on a new four-year contract that will further extend his six-year stay in south Wales.
So far the Swans have signed six new players; Gylfi Sigurdsson, Bafetimbi Gomis, Jefferson Montero, Lukasz Fabianski, Marvin Emnes and Stephen Kinglsey, while they've also been linked with the likes of Nice defender Timotheé Kolodziejczak and Argentina World Cup centre-back Federico Fernandez.
Despite having lost key stars such as Ben Davies and Michel Vorm to Spurs, and striker Michu to Napoli, Williams believes that the Swans are looking strong thanks to their work in the transfer market so far.
He told GiveMeSport: "All of the new boys look good, they've come in and done really well.
"Gylfi Sigurdsson looks far more advanced than when he was here before, he looks like a great addition. To be fair all of them have added something, Jefferson Montero is very quick, Bafetimbi Gomis is big and powerful up front and has scored a couple in pre-season.
"We lost Michel Vorm to Spurs so we got Fabianski from Arsenal who is a very experienced goalkeeper and has played football at the top level so I'm sure he will help us as well."
Vorm joined Spurs in a deal worth around £3.5 million last month while Davies' move was a straight swap for Sigurdsson, but with Neil Taylor back from injury and Fabianski taking up the gloves, Williams says Swansea haven't been weakened by their departures.
"Both [Vorm and Davies] are good players but the club have signed a new goalkeeper and we've got Neil Taylor who sat on the sidelines all last year, so hopefully we can field a team that's just as strong. That's just football and we know that sort of thing happens so we move on and get on with it."
The Wales captain reserved special praise for Sigurdsson, who he says has taken his game to a new level after two seasons with Tottenham.
The Icelandic midfielder made 18 appearances for Swansea during a loan spell from Hoffenheim in 2012, scoring seven times in the process. He seemed set to make his move to the Liberty Stadium permanent but following the departure of then boss Brendan Rodgers, eventually joined Spurs that summer.
The 24-year-old struggled to hold down a regular starting spot during his time at White Hart Lane and has now returned to Wales, but Williams believes that Tottenham's loss is Swansea's gain.
"As a player he looks more accomplished now and he knows himself better, and has a lot more confidence," he explained.
"He's come back and impressed us all and we are very happy to have him. I think he has a lot to offer for us, he can create goals and score them as well."
Swansea finished 12th in the Premier League last season having sacked former manager Michael Laudrup in February, with Monk initially taking over on a temporary basis before being handing the job permanently.
That marked Swansea's worst performance since they secured top-flight status in 2011, and Williams revealed that they have been putting in the hard work to ensure that doesn't happen again - with Monk overseeing every aspect of training.
Describing the double training sessions ordered by Monk as 'difficult', the 28-year-old revealed: "It's been a lot more intense on the field [compared to last summer] and off the field we have a lot more meetings and video meetings. We've all been given an iPad that everyday has videos uploaded of training. The manager is keen on looking at the details of training and getting us to think about it a lot more. It's been a very thorough pre-season."
Eye for detail
"After every session there is videos and we go back over it the next day. the same with every game, we always try to focus on the little details and get better," he added.
Although Monk's men stumbled to a 3-0 defeat in their final pre-season outing against Spanish side Villarreal, there is a confidence amongst the group that this campaign could be one to remember ahead of their first game at Old Trafford this weekend.
"We haven't really set a target for the new season in terms of a league position, but we all know we have to do better than last season and we don't want to be in the predicament where we are fighting to stay in the league," Williams explained.
"We want to get back near the top which is where we have been for the previous few seasons. It might be a bit easier without the Europa League distraction and we know we can fully focus on the Premier League games.
"Once the season comes and the the games start coming, you can start thinking about different points total."
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On a larger level, the numbers suggest more intensity on the repeal side. If there is an invigorated, passionate “hands off my Obamacare” faction, it’s not very big.
That could be one reason why Democrats seem so vexed over how to handle Obamacare in midterm campaigning. Many have adopted the “keep and fix” approach used unsuccessfully by Democrat Alex Sink in the recent special election to fill the House seat in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. The problem is, they’re strong on the “keep” part but confused on the “fix” part.
When asked how she would fix Obamacare, Sink offered small suggestions that would not have addressed the higher premiums, higher deductibles, and narrower choices the law has imposed on millions of Americans. Other Democrats who have also pledged to fix Obamacare have offered even fewer ways to actually do it.
And they’re not getting any help from the administration. When Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee recently, she was asked by Republican Rep. Tom Reed for “any suggestions ... in areas that you want to fix the Affordable Care Act.”
“Has there been any legislation from the administration sent up to Congress in regards to those fixes?” Reed asked.
“I have not sent legislation to Congress, no sir,” Sebelius answered.
Sebelius noted that the administration has made unilateral changes in implementation. Republicans are well aware of that. But in terms of proposing legislation to fix or improve the president’s landmark achievement, Democrats have offered next to nothing.
What changes could they advocate? Most likely they can’t suggest anything really big, like repealing the individual mandate; most Democrats would see that as gutting the law, and any candidate who advocated it could risk party support. But perhaps Democrats could, as the blogger Mickey Kaus suggested, propose cutting back on mandated benefits like mental health treatment and pediatric dentistry, in the hope of bringing down premiums.


Andy Frasco & The U.N. with special guest Big Something
Sunday, March 19, 2023 / 9:00 pm-12:00 am
/ $37 – $40
Andy Frasco & the U.N. are more than a band. They are a force of nature. Over the last several years, their international stardom has been fueled by multiple factors; breathtaking live performances being at the top of the list. The perpetually barefoot pianist and frontman with the famous fro is incapable of holding anything back. Along with his band of killers who all have Spinal Tap type personalities of their own, they catapult audiences into the thralls of party rock, seductive soul and primal boogie. You might also get pinballed around the dancefloor with some classic hip hop and even some stuff heavy enough to mosh to. Amidst all the madness, there is no shortage of powerful lyrical messages. Frasco doesn’t just want you to have a good time. He cares deeply about people and doling out provocative lightning bolts of inspiration.
This will be Frasco’s fourth time here and frankly we can hardly believe he keeps coming back. They guy sells out Red Rocks yet feels strongly enough about the Crazy Horse to once again make it the most intimate stop on his tour. Experiencing Andy Frasco & the U.N. in a venue this small is a treat of immense proportions considering the way they continue to blow up. Their many festival appearances include Bonnaroo, Peach Music Festival, Summer Camp, High Sierra and Lock’n playing in front of thousands of ecstatic fans. They tour all over Europe and hold court at America’s finest clubs and theaters. The energy reciprocation between band and audience is truly remarkable, as each pushes the other further over the brink of ecstasy as the night progresses.
Frasco’s persona is intertwined with the music while also existing in a realm of its own. His World Saving Podcast, World Saving Shitshow on Facebook and infamous online dance parties continue to fan the flames of his lovable mystique. Need we say more?
Fusing elements of rock, pop, funk and improvisation, Big Something take listeners on a journey through a myriad of musical styles. It’s no secret why this group has quickly become one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the Southeast. Huge rhythms paired with soaring guitars, E.W.I. (electronic wind instrument), synths, horns and alluring vocal hooks rise to the top of their infectious collection of songs and represent a sound that has landed the band marquee appearances at Bonnaroo, Peach Music Festival, Lock’n, Summer Camp and Electric Forest. In the process, they have earned critical acclaim from the likes of Billboard, Guitar World, Glide Magazine and Jambase.
With six full-length studio albums produced by Grammy-nominess John Custer, and even their own summer music festival – The Big What?, the band has carved out its own unique niche in the live music community. The fact that we have them here at the Crazy Horse, let alone as a support act for Andy Frasco and The U.N. is nothing short of mindboggling.


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Konami, the Japanese publishing and game-development giant, announced that it would be adding metaverse and Web3 technologies to its games. The company opened 13 different job openings for three departments that will be responsible for developing the new projects to spearhead Konami’s latest business strategy.
Konami enters Metaverse and Web3 Arena
Konami is one of Japan’s largest AAA publishers and game designers. They are interested in joining the metaverse or Web3 entertainment train. Recently, the company published job opportunities for production of these types of technologies in its next game.
There are 13 job opportunities available in infrastructure, production, operations and support. These new openings will help to “provide new experiences such as Web3 and Metaverse,” according to Konami’s news release.
The company didn’t make statements on the IPs that these technologies will use, but it did describe its future plans, which included non-fungible tokens. Konami said:
Research and development have been ongoing to integrate the most recent technology into game and contents. In-game NFTs are digital items that players trade through an exclusive distribution platform using blockchain.
This isn’t the first time around for Konami using blockchain-based elements as part of its operations. The company actually has an NFT collection that it released to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Castlevania. This is one of the most loved franchises.
NFT’s collection of videos and photos of early games was a huge success and raised over $160K. As a result, the company signaled in favor of further adopting this technology, noting it would be using the same for “content preservation” purposes.
The metaverse and Web3 advancements are dominated by Japanese players. Bandai Namco, which is currently working to create its own multi-IP metaverse in the future, announced that it was investing $130million towards this end. Square Enix also includes blockchain and play to earn as part of their business strategy. They even announced the launch of an NFT-themed Final Fantasy collection next year.
Sega announced recently that it plans to produce its blockchain-based IP-licensed video game. Oasys is a Japanese blockchain provider.
What do you think about Konami’s new metaverse and Web3 strategy? Comment below.
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The U.S. Cup mountain bike series announced on Tuesday that it would immediately withdraw its events from USA Cycling sanctioning. The move comes in response to the U.S. governing body’s announcement earlier this year that it would enforce a rule barring athletes from competing in independent races like the GoPro Mountain Games and Breck Epic.
“R. Scott Tedro, owner of Sho-Air International and The U.S. Cup, announces that effective immediately, the U.S. Cup will withdraw any USAC sanctioning for all future events,” the series announced in a press release. “In addition, the U.S. Cup will no longer sponsor or subsidize other promoters whose events are sanctioned with USAC. Over the last eight years, the U.S. Cup has promoted and or subsidized over 110 USAC-sanctioned Mountain Biking events, by far more than any other promoter in the U.S.”
Tedro has been among an outspoken chorus criticizing USA Cycling over its planned enforcement of UCI Rule 1.2.019. Under the rule, riders are subject to suspension if they are found to have competed in a non-UCI-sanctioned event. The rule has seen the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association and others at odds with USAC. Tedro cited USA Cycling’s interest in Olympic-level competition over amateur racing as partly responsible for pulling the U.S. Cup from the national governing body’s calendar.
“Tedro believes that this is nothing more than an attempt to force promoters to sanction with the USAC, enabling them to increase revenues and bolster their power over the sport while continuing to deliver an inferior product,” read the series’ press release. “Tedro also states that the numerous and continued inconsistencies and ever-changing priorities over the years in USAC policy and procedure, including their lack of support and management for their own series, the PRO XCT and PRO UET, while placing the sole cost on the promoter, has become counterproductive to the product which the U.S. Cup wishes to endorse.”
Tedro is also behind the Sho-Air-Cannondale team of Tinker Juarez, Jeremiah Bishop, Max Plaxton, and Pua Mata, and said he would not stop his riders from taking part in USAC events.
“We would rather concentrate our investment and our partners’ sponsorship dollars on the event itself without the burden of USAC priorities or needs, which quite often have nothing to do with the paying customer … the riders and their families,” he said. “The riders are free to choose their calendar, as they should regardless to the position taken by Tedro with USAC.”
Tedro cited a lack of promotion by USAC of his series and the federation’s two endurance mountain bike series, as well as inconsistent on-site management and USAC’s lack of funding for the events.
When contacted by VeloNews for a response to Tedro’s comments, a spokesperson for USA Cycling responded, via e-mail: “While we are disappointed to lose any events, we will continue to strive to improve the Pro XCT and Pro UET series with input from all of the stakeholders and our Mountain Bike Committee. These series feature some of the best mountain bike races in the country and provide a showcase for not only the outstanding venues of these events, but also a platform for the top riders and teams to display their talent.”


A completely new, second generation of this popular small crossover is about to come next year as 2019 Renault Captur. Considering that this small SUV has managed to mark one million units sold after only four and a half years, we can say that this was an instant success of the French biggest carmaker.
The original version was launched in 2013 and the company already prepares a completely new version. Someone would expect a facelift but no, this will be a complete overhaul. The second generation is about to come next year, as 2019 Captur.
We are expecting to see plenty of novelties. Of course, the most notable will be new styling, but there is much more to come. Count on a completely new platform, with new engines, as well as with some elements of the autonomous drive system. Finally, expect to see a completely new, higher-grade interior design.
2019 Renault Captur redesign
A lot of new things will come with this redesign. First of all, there is a new architecture. The company works on a new platform which will be in models such as new Clio, Captur etc. Just like with the original first-generation model, we are expecting two variants when it comes to size. A long-wheelbase model should come as well. The new architecture will bring many benefits and one of the most important will be in terms of autonomous driving. Our reliable source suggests that the new 2019 Renault Captur will have a Level 2 autonomous driving. Commonly known as hands-off level, this means that the new crossover will be capable of accelerating, braking and steering. Still, a constant human monitoring will be required, in order to prevent possible mistakes. Despite all these technological novelties, the new look, as well as engines, remains the most anticipated thing about 2019 Renault Captur.
2019 Renault Captur styling
As we mentioned, new technologies are always welcome, but most of the people usually see redesigns through things like styling, interior design, and engines. So, the company will put a great effort on designing the new model. Expect to see a completely new styling, with more attractive appearance, better aerodynamics etc. Most likely, the 2019 Renault Captur will be heavily inspired by the Symbioz Concept from the Frankfurt Auto Show.
When it comes to the interior design, we are about to see plenty of new details. Of course, the focus is on the dashboard, where we are expecting to see a completely new layout, with new shapes, colors, materials etc. Another interesting thing should be a new instrument cluster. According to some reports, it should be completely digital.
2019 Renault Captur engines
When it comes to engines, we don’t expect bigger changes for the 2019 Renault Captur. The smallest unit in the offer will be a Nissan’s excellent 0.9-liter unit with 90 horsepower and 103 pound-feet of torque. An optional gasoline engine will be a familiar 1.2-liter Turbo unit, which delivers around 116 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque.
When it comes to diesel units, base version will feature a familiar 1.5-liter dCi unit, which delivers around 90 horses and 162 pound-feet of torque. This engine is also available with a start/stop system as an optional choice. When it comes to transmission, all engines should feature either manual or automatic gearbox.
2019 Renault Captur release date and price
The 2019 Renault Captur will certainly come next year. Still, a more precise date is yet to come. When it comes to the price, we don’t expect significant changes. Base models should go around 12.500 dollars. Competition includes numerous models, such as Seat Arona, Kia Stonic, Hyundai Kona and many others.


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Starz Announces Season 2 Premiere of Their Critically Acclaimed Comedic Series "Blindspotting"!
Rising Hip-Hop Star Lola Brooke Named "BET Amplified"Artist for February 2023!
Cardi B Among Presenters Announced For The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards!
Lifetime Greenlights "Black Girl Missing" From Star and Executive Producer Garcelle Beauvais
Michigan Baby Dies, Just One Month After His First Birthday, After Babysitter Fed Him Meth.
Quinta Brunson Set to Host the Billboard Women in Music Awards!!
What's Your Biggest "FEAR"? New Deon Taylor Film Premieres and Frightens Viewers with Theirs!
Infant Boy, Who was Abducted Last Month From Columbus, Ohio with His Twin, has Reportedly Died.
Flo Rida to Headline the Official GRAMMY After Party!
Chloe Bailey Releases Official Video from Her New Single "Pray it Away" and it's Perfect!


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The Social Security Administration has taken the next step in a three-year process revising the Regualtions relating to disability claims under the auto-immune disorders. This includes HIV/AIDS, Lupus, arthritic and other autommune disorders, the first revision since 1992. They say:
We are proposing to revise the medical criteria that we use to evaluate immune system disorders in both adults and children who apply for Social Security disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income payments based on disability. We published our proposed revisions in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register (71 FR 44432) on August 4, 2006. Because of your interest, we invite your comments about our proposal. The electronic version of this NPRM is available in the Federal Register . It is also available on our Internet site .
If you choose to submit comments on our proposal, we must receive them by October 3, 2006. Comments may be submitted to our Internet site as noted above. You may also send your comments by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org, by telefax to (410) 966-2830, or by letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, P.O. Box 17703, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-7703.
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Review of Margaritaville Islander deck 1 (Luci Del Varieta-Cabins)
12x passenger elevators
Salone delle Feste Corallo (capacity 355 seats “Coral Parties” lounge & bar; with a large stage for live music and entertainment- club shows, comedy acts, spectacles)
Discoteca Dante (2-tiered, 154 seats Disco & Nightclub lounge & bar with large dance floor, DJ program nightly, daily trivia games; lower level 1 of 2)
The Atlantica ship’s galley (aft location, with staircase access to the Tiziano dining room restaurant)
Cruise cabins from 1101 to 1265, of which Inside (category IC-classic) and Oceanview (category EP-premium).

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Speaker: Chang Lou (Johns Hopkins University)
Time: 11:00 am, July 06 (Wednesday), 2022
Online link: provided upon request or see the seminar email.
Distributed systems today offer rich features with numerous semantics that users depend on. Bugs can cause a system to silently violate its semantics without apparent anomalies. Such silent violations cause prolonged damage and are difficult to address. Yet, this problem is under-investigated. In this paper, we first study 109 real-world silent semantic failures from nine widely-used distributed systems to shed some light on this difficult problem. Our study reveals more than a dozen informative findings. For example, it shows that surprisingly the majority of the studied failures were violating semantics that existed since the system’s first stable release. Guided by insights from our study, we design Oathkeeper, a tool that automatically infers semantic rules from past failures and enforces the rules at runtime to detect new failures. Evaluation shows that the inferred rules detect newer violations, and Oathkeeper only incurs 1.27% overhead.
Chang Lou is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, advised by Prof. Ryan (Peng) Huang. His main research interests are improving system availability and reliability. Specifically, his past work focuses on enhancing cloud systems’ observability by understanding and detecting complex failures beyond the fail-stop model. His research received USENIX NSDI Best Paper Award (2020). He received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2016.


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Reliable sources from the supply chain, Apple has shared with the authors of the publication DigiTimes information about the release date of Apple’s new wireless headphones. According to the latest 3 AirPods will be presented this year.
According to sources, the main distinguishing feature of the new AirPods will be the noise reduction system. In addition, the updated Apple wireless headphones will be different from its predecessors and even color. Sources say that AirPods 3 will be released in two colors: matte black and matte white.
It should be noted that this information appeared in the network earlier. About the AirPods noise reduction system and a matte body in the past, according to the publication Bloomberg, known for the insider OnLeaks.
According to sources from DigiTimes, the official announcement of AirPods 3 will be held in the autumn Apple presentation, where the cupertinos will also present an updated iPhone.


There once lived a man named Ricky Snakedust. He was a radical man.
In his name, I share the most radical videos that I find while cruising the Vimeo everyday.
The 3rd and last film of my short film series "Strangers in Amsterdam." A British lady has come to Amsterdam to be a star, but she faces reality.
New music video "Seven Seas" directed by our own Erin Galey for Emancipator - called "mind blowing" by The Future FM and "one deeper" by Insomniac Events. Thanks for checking it out! vimeo.com/140763683
Money becomes alive.
Strange Freedom proudly presents a stunning new music video.


A 1/100 scale diecast model of a Russian Air Force Sukhoi SU-35 Super Flanker.
A single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable aircraft originally developed from the SU-27 air-defense fighter.
Includes a free display stand.
This model has a wingspan width of 15cm and a nose-to-tail length of 22.5cm.
Fantastic SU-35 Model. Arrived very well packaged.
Great looking model with very nice details. Arrived safe and well packaged.


I have been researching influences for my project about the redevelopment of East London. In doing so I came across the French 19th century photographer Charles Marville. Marville documented the transformation of the centre of Paris under Haussmann.
The first major urban renewal project in Paris started in the1850s. Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon), commissioned Baron Haussmann to restructure the city after imperial Rome. In the process, Paris was modernized with the addition of sewage, sanitation, rail transportation and markets. Broad boulevards and tree-lined streets and parks took the place of narrow dirty streets.
Haussmann’s redevelopment gave the city much of its current grandeur, but in doing so he also disregarded the lives of the city’s inhabitants, evicting hundreds of thousands from their homes and destroying the integrity of arrondissements around which the city was organised.
Charles Baudelaire’s response to Haussman’s Paris is documented in “Tableaux Parisiens,” from Les Fleurs du Mal. In this poetic work he sets out stories of the forgotten people of Haussmann’s Paris. This excerpt from his poem “The Swan” is particularly poignent.
“As I walked across the new Carrousel.
—Old Paris is no more (the form of a city
Changes more quickly, alas!
Than the human heart);”
Baudelaire is suggesting that, after Haussmann, everyone had become an exile in their own city. The people are likened to a swan that has escaped from its cage – choked by the dust on the streets, and looking and longing for its natal lake. He regrets the alienation that the new city (and Modernism?) had created.
Is this what is happening today to those areas of East London bordering on the City of London: Shoreditch, Spitalfields, and Whitechapel? Is the constant thrust of demolition, redevelopment and gentrification ripping the heart out of communities in these districts. I fear it is and so do many living in these areas. The growth of the city and property prices are the driving forces behind these changes rather than a grand ‘Haussmannesque’ plan.
There are some interesting echoes of Marville’s Paris in some of my recent photographs of East London.
More research into Haussmann, Marville, Baudelaire and the modern day redevelopment of East London needed…


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The Album is a section in which you will be able to see all your card series. To enter the Album, tap on 'Get more cards' on the board of the game’s main screen and then tap on 'Album'.
There you will see the information for every card (prizes, rarities and description), add carts to your board and share them in your social media.
Cards come in series of six unities. Once you get the first 5 cards of each collection, you will unlock the Prize Card. This is the rarest card from the collection and the one with the best prizes.


DURUMI IN FLYING FORM
Progressive galloper FLYING DURUMI should be rewarded for his consistent form as he searches for a winning return in the 1200m Open Novice at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
FLYING DURUMI has proven to be a handy money spinner for connections since winning over 1200m on debut here back in January. The four-year-old has not disgraced in three starts since, finishing runner-up behind some handy types.
FLYING DURUMI will be freshened following his luckless effort here a month ago when taken in over the concluding stages of the 1250m contest and was unlucky not to win. The American bred performer is a proven weight carrier and appears hard to beat with 58kg.