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How of often can you snap a photo of USA's four presidents? We did that with a replica Mount Rushmore at 小人國,Windows on China(Woc). WOC is a miniature theme park in TaoYuan (桃园), Taiwan.
As the name implies, we get to tour mini Europe, USA, and Asia (sorry no South East Asia). We spent a good 6 hours here and 900 photos ! You can view all Taiwan photos at SengkangBabies fanpage.
Shall we start with Taiwan first?
We saw HSR (High Speed Rail), and even the logging-trains from Alishan (阿里山).
We visited the docks, saw the moving cranes and helicopters.
Next Airport and highway. Kids were running around exclaiming everything can move!
Quick, before we miss our flight.
Daddy saw this building on Day 2 (國立中正紀念堂), now Wei can touch it too.
Can you see the Zoo animals moving?
Next, China got so many famous landmarks!! and ancestral villages.
Forbidden City (紫禁城) looks imposing from a small sale, imagine the Real thing !
Buddha statues (not sure from Thailand or the one demolished in Afghanistan)
Look, even our kids are having fun snapping away !
We need to commute on a train to reach another continent :p
Majestic Taj Mahal !
We skip water theme park, as we were not prepared to get wet :)
Then we walk to Japan
Mummy carrying a small Ninja on her back.
After Japan, we walk to continent Europe. Big rocks from Stonehenge !
Old old Cathedrals
Olympics started from here, at Athens Greece.
Daddy could not resist peeping :p
Daddy and Mummy showing the kids how to be candid :0
Wei liked the colourful domes at Russia Red Square.
We took a second look at the buildings, via a river boat.
Starving after touring so many countries, let us tuck into our lunch !
After lunch, we visited USA's Nasa, nope, we cannot sit on the Shuttle Columbus !
Mr Obama, are you home?
We spotted Peru's Inca and stately President Lincoln.
Statue of Liberty (kids remember her from the movie "Day after tomorrow")
..more Fun time posing with cool museum
After touring the World, our kids enjoy their own amusement themepark :)
Doraemon is found in amusement park
If you want your kids to learn about geography and countries, we will recommend WOC for a half-day trip. To Daddy, this was a hugh playground for his photography passion !
Adult fare is TW650, about $30SGd. Click for Pricing info.
Disclaimer : we did not seek permission to cross a few barriers, in order to get real close to the miniature buildings, do it at your own risk haha :p
Click on the links below for our 9D8N Taipei adventure, we guarantee you will be visiting Taiwan soon !
Taipei Itinerary - http://sengkangbabies.blogspot.com/2011/06/taiwan-itinerary.html
Day 1 - Arrival
Day 2 - National Museum (故宮), Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall (紀念堂), Taipei 101, 士林夜市 (Shi Lin Night Market)
Day 3 - Nanya Rock (南雅), 九份, YeLiu Geopark (野柳), Yang Ming Shan hotspring (陽明山)
Day 4 - 北投 Hell Valley, 淡水老街
Day 5 - Tao Yuan (桃园) LeoFoo 六福村 (Safari resort and Amusement park)
Day 6 - 小人國
Day 7 - Baby Boss (職業體驗城), ( 西門町 Xi Men Ding)
Day 8 - Taipei Zoo, Maokong (貓空)
Day 9 - Home
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I love travelogues, especially those dealing with mountains, specifically the Himalaya. Now due to the range’s monumental hold on generations of visitors, there’s no short supply of great books or essays on this subject. But for an obsessive like me, what’s the fun in reading about these grand places without a good map to locate them on?
The most commonly available maps of Uttarakhand and Himachal are the Nest and Wings maps, which are a combination of various sources, including the Survey of India trekking and topographical maps, and others. Now, these are generally quite good, with towns, cities, villages, passes, roads, lakes, trails etc mentioned in impressive detail. For the longest time, they were enough for my needs.
Pic: A section of the Nest&Wings map of Uttarakhand
But with a deepening interest came the urge to collect better maps, which would chart out valley systems, topographical features, ridge lines, peaks and approaches better. Now, this isn’t an unfair thing to expect. Look up any mountainous region in the world where travelers are wont to venture, and you’ll find some excellent trekking maps- not the meagre ones that our government issues, but more on that later.
My search began in earnest last summer, after a visit to Tunganath and Chandrashila in the high Garhwal Himalaya, a place with views that make you want to sink to your knees and weep with rapture. Faced with the dramatic panorama of the Himalayan crest on the northern horizon, and the lower hills and then the plains far away, I was burning to lend nomenclature to all that I was seeing. Thanks to Nest and Wings, I had a general idea of the regions I was looking at- e.g. I could trace roughly the line from Bedni bugiyal via the high distant ridge of Kuari Pass in the west and below it, the deep cleft of the Alaknanda gorge. Where mid-day clouds covered the horizon, I expected the western arm of the Great Himalaya, containing the likes of Trishul, Nanda Devi, Dunagiri, Hathi Parbat, Ghori Parbat and Kamet, to name a few.
Pic: Nanda Devi looking west from Chandrashila (Bibek Bhattacharya)
In front of me, just beyond the end of the ridge running north from where I was, the cairn strewn summit of Chandrashila, loomed Chaukhamba. It is also known as Badrinath, after the Dham, and these four pillars of snow, ice and granite held sway over the imagination of Garhwal.
Pic: Chaukhamba looking north from Chandrashila (Bibek Bhattacharya)
On its northern face it formed a cirque of peaks at whose feet arose the Gangotri glacier. Further north west ran the line of the southern faces of a host of well known peaks that cluster around the Gangotri Glacier.
It was impossible, however, to be sure of the names of the peaks- apart from those of Kedarnath and Chaukhamba- at least for me. Having recently discovered Google Earth, however, I was hopeful of finding out the names.
Pic: An overhead screenshot of Uttarakhand Himalaya
Google Earth was quite brilliant, visualizing the peaks for me, but they weren’t named, at least the vast majority weren’t. In this case, Nest and Wings was useless.

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The crew of the Russian Northern Fleet’s frigate Admiral Gorshkov held an anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Atlantic as part of its voyage in distant waters, the Fleet’s press office reported on 12nd July.
“The exercise was held in the areas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Canary Islands,” the press office reported.
During the drills, the frigate’s crew practiced a set of measures to search for a notional enemy’s submarines using onboard sonars and also employing its deck-based aviation, namely, a Ka-27 anti-submarine warfare helicopter.
During the flight, the Ka-27 crew carried out search measures, using a dipping sonar system. At some stages of the drills, the combat teams of the frigate’s torpedo compartment held drills to notionally force an adverse submarine to surface and also to notionally employ the entire range of the anti-submarine warfare armament.
The Northern Fleet’s naval task force comprising several warships and vessels set off for its long-distance mission from the Severomorsk naval base on February 26. This voyage is the first for the frigate Admiral Gorshkov in its history. During the voyage, the Northern Fleet’s warships covered more than 32,500 nautical miles and made business calls at the ports of Djibouti, Sri Lanka, China, Ecuador, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago and Cape Verde, sailed through the Suez and Panama Canals and crossed the equator in the eastern Pacific and the central Atlantic.

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Commenting on today’s result, Sara Thiam, Chief Executive, said:
“We congratulate the SNP on their victory, and new and returning MSPs of all parties on their success in the Scottish Parliament elections. The Electoral Commission and local authorities are to be congratulated on running a safe and smooth election during unprecedented public health challenges.
Scotland faces some headwinds in recovering from the pandemic and addressing its wider economic, social, and environmental challenges but there are also huge opportunities to be grasped. We look forward to working with the First Minister, the new Scottish Government and MSPs once they are all confirmed to create new jobs and prosperity, an economy that works for everyone and international leadership on clean growth.
SCDI’s Blueprint2030, our vision and strategy for Scotland’s economy, will set out a roadmap for the incoming government to seize these opportunities for the benefit of everyone in Scotland.”
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It has taken some three decades and concerted global action, but at last the ozone layer is beginning to heal.
It has taken some three decades and concerted global action, but at last the ozone layer is beginning to heal. Cue drum roll.
Once thinned dangerously by aerosol chemicals, the planet’s protective layer of ozone gas has been recovering at a rate of between 1% and 3% each decade since 2000, the United Nations notes. At this rate of recovery, the ozone layer over the Northern Hemisphere will have healed completely by the 2030s, according to the UN. Over the Southern Hemisphere, meanwhile, the layer’s recovery will take until 2050 and in the polar regions until 2060.
Back in the 1980s scientists and environmentalists worldwide were becoming increasingly concerned over an increasingly large hole in the ozone layer, which protects the biosphere below from destructive ultraviolet radiation emitted by the sun. The cause was ozone-depleting chemicals contained in aerosols used in deodorants, dry cleaners and refrigerators.
Following the signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987, however, these chemicals were phased out globally. “The Montreal Protocol is one of the most successful multilateral agreements in history for a reason,” Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment, said in a statement. “The careful mix of authoritative science and collaborative action that has defined the Protocol for more than 30 years and was set to heal our ozone layer is precisely why the Kigali Amendment holds such promise for climate action in future.”
A scientific study published in the journal Science confirmed the increasing health of the ozone layer already in 2016 so the findings of the UN’s panel of climate experts does not come as a surprise. Yet it’s a timely reminder just the same.
“We can now be confident that the things we’ve done have put the planet on a path to heal,” Susan Solomon, a professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Science at MIT who was a lead author of a study, said in 2016. “Which is pretty good for us, isn’t it? Aren’t we amazing humans, that we did something that created a situation that we decided collectively, as a world, ‘Let’s get rid of these molecules’? We got rid of them, and now we’re seeing the planet respond,” she added.
It’s pretty good yes. What we need is far more of such concentrated collective action to try and fix the myriad other ills that ail our planet: climate change, overfishing, extensive deforestation, air and water pollution, wildlife habitat loss. Our success in helping fix the rapid depletion of ozone in the atmosphere should give us hope that we can achieve similar environmental successes in future. When there’s a will, there’s a way, as the saying goes.


How to Decrease the Environmental Impact on Construction Sites. Author – Karen Palmer, QSE Manager. There's no denying that construction projects can have a considerable impact on the environment. The direct impact of construction of residential and commercial buildings and other types of infrastructure is mostly on the use of resources.
Various methods to reduce environmental impact of concrete such as material conservation is discussed. For example, it is estimated that billion ton of concrete is produced annually which is responsible for about 7% carbon dioxide in addition to depletion of natural sources and dumping considerable volume of waste material.
· 3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN • Objective: to minimize adverse impact of construction activities on the environment. • The environmental management system establishes quality systems to ensure consistently high environment outcomes for the project as a whole.
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. PESTEL analysis is a strategic tool to analyze the macro environment of the organization. PESTEL stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental Legal factors that impact the macro environment of Sterling Construction Company, Inc.. Changes in the macroenvironment factors can have a ...
construction tunnelling. The construction industry has adverse effects on the environment;weekly News Alert it uses energy, water. and raw materials and contributes to water and air pollution, landfill waste and climate change. Increasing awareness of the environmental impact of the construction
· Environmental issues (indoor conditions, service life, adaptability, environmental burdens, etc.) are considered like other properties (, safety or costs). Construction and Environment. The most significant quantifiable impact of the building sector is emissions due to energy consumption.
· Airport construction and environmental sustainability concerns. Concerns over pollution are never far from an airport's agenda. Pressure to become cleaner can come from many quarters, including legal requirements, but increasingly passengers expect their airport to take the initiative. In this article, Kylie Johnson, the editor of Green and ...
· Here are seven major trends that will impact the construction industry over the next year. 1. More Technological Integration. Technology is one of the main factors pushing change in nearly every industry, but in some ways, the construction industry has managed to partially avoid this. However, recent advancements have resulted in technology ...
· To reduce carbon emission intensity through ecological civilization construction, the three subsystems should have a negative impact on carbon emission intensity. The ecological economic civilization and ecological environment civilization in China's provinces can influence the carbon emission intensity in peripheral provinces, thereby producing positive and negative spatial spillover .
This can impact fitness, as they may be less adept at ching prey or eluding predators. 22 Roads also carry oils from cars that travel across them, which have the potential to harm wildlife when they enter the environment. Pollution from roads extends beyond just chemicals, as light and noise pollution from roads can be detrimental as well.
environmental impact, which is preferable to the less costeffective option of controlling or treating discharges to the environment, or undertaking remedial action. • information on the likely impact of construction activities on the environment and how this is to be assessed • guidelines for undertaking risk assessment and management
While the construction of such a neighborhood is the exception in the, 1015 of these kinds of neighborhoods are completed every day in China. We have discovered that the three ... The impact that the built environment has on our planet's future has never been more critical to our survival and presents us with our greatest ...
construction method, drill and blast tunnelling, using life cycle assessment. The researchers assessed 20 years of data on tunnelling in Norway to identify areas that could be targeted to reduce its environmental impact. They recommend reduced consumption of explosives and increased use of renewable energy. construction tunnelling
By choosing materials that are longerlasting and highperforming, we can reduce the impact buildings have on the environment and build a more sustainable Europe. To learn more about the multiple benefits of plastics in construction, refer to the PlasticsEurope brochure, Plastic Insulation – a sustainable solution.
· What Is Silt, And How Does it Impact The Environment? A Costa Rican river discharging massive amounts of its siltladen waters (caused by erosion) into the ocean. 5. Geological Classifiion. Silt is somewhere between the size of sand and clay, and is an important component in the sedimentary dynamics of rivers. Silt comes in several forms.
An Environmental Risk Assessment will be undertaken when developing the EMP. The risk assessment identifies all aspects of construction that could have an environmental impact and assesses the potential risk and impact of that activity on the environment. Management controls are then devised to eliminate and/or minimise those identified impacts.
· The construction sector has significant potential for reducing its environmental impact and pressure from investors, regulators, governments as well as insurers to act is on the rise. Construction is a resourceheavy industry: it requires the extraction of raw materials, chemicals are used on site and fuel is burned by excavators and lorries.
Climate change impact on buildings and constructions. Buildings and roads etc. must be designed for future climate conditions. Wetter winters and sudden, heavy downpours make it even more important to direct rainwater and meltwater away from houses, paved areas, roads etc.
· Richard Hyams, director at astudio, explores how technology can help to improve the social and environmental impact for our built environment. When the UK Government announced a £3bn green investment package in its summer statement, it renewed a commitment to a more sustainable future. And with the building and construction industry accounting for over 40% of global carbon .
· How Does Nuclear Energy Affect the Environment? ... There are two main environmental problems associated with nuclear power plant cooling systems. First, the cooling system pulls water from an ocean or river source. Fish are inadvertently captured in .
Environmental impact on construction. Effects on ecosystem. As shown in Table 7 the respondents ranked "dust generation" is in the first position with RII= This means that dust is the most important impact that affects the environment in Gaza strip. There are three types of dusts, these are:
· At a time when we are all acutely aware of our environmental impact, it is crucial that the construction industry steps up and does everything possible to promote environmentally friendly practices. The World Green Building Council estimates that the construction industry accounts for 39% of the entire global carbon footprint.


This could have been an entirely self-effacing moment — or it might be Jimmy Carter’s message to the Democratic Party. “What will it take to convince you to run for president?” asked the moderator of a town hall at the Carter Center last night in Atlanta. Carter laughed off the comparison to Grover Cleveland’s two non-consecutive terms, but then turned more serious in questioning whether 80-year-olds would be up to the job, let alone 95-year-olds:
“I hope there is an age limit,” he said as the audience laughed. “You know, if I were just 80 years old, if I were 15 years younger, I don’t believe I could undertake the duties that I experienced when I was President.” …
“So the things I faced then in foreign affairs, I don’t think I could undertake them when I was 80 years old. So 95 is out of the question. I had a hard time walking when I came in,” said Carter, whose birthday is on October 1.
Some of us remember the Carter presidency and think he wasn’t all that up to the task at 52, either, especially in foreign affairs. Carter turned the Iranian hostage crisis into a daily soap opera and appeared baffled and impotent when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. But we digress, while CNN connects the dots:
Age has been an ongoing topic of discussion in the 2020 campaign. President Donald Trump, who is 73 years old, became the oldest first-term President when he was inaugurated, and the top three Democratic contenders — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 78; former Vice President Joe Biden, 76; and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 70 — would also be among the oldest first-term presidents in history.
There is a difference between age and frailty, however. For all his other real and perceived faults, Trump is clearly vital and active. So is Elizabeth Warren for that matter, the youngest of the four septuagenarians. Even Bernie! appears not to have slowed down at all despite already nearing Carter’s suggested age limit. Health and vitality matter more than age itself, it would seem, although it’s not clear whether voters by and large completely agree with that. They might be wondering why both major parties will ask them to choose between aging Boomers for the second cycle in a row rather than offer a fresher pick.
For Joe Biden, the question is of frailty more than age. That’s the issue at which Team Trump took aim with this video yesterday, via Jeff Dunetz and Allahpundit:
Nevertheless, The Hill reports that Senate Democrats are praying that Biden wins the nomination, even if he sleeps through Election Day. They’re worried about what a Warren or Sanders nomination will do to down-ticket races, let alone their chances of winning the presidency:
Yet a number of Democrats privately acknowledge that if Warren or Sanders wins the nomination, it will create immediate tension within the party.
The two progressives are to the left of many of their colleagues, and some of their best-known proposals, such as “Medicare for All” and free college education, do not have widespread support within the Democratic caucus.
If Warren or Sanders wins the party’s presidential nomination, there will be pressure in the Senate to adopt their proposals. And there could be tensions between a nominee and senators who do not back their proposals.
Another factor is the race for the Senate. Some Democrats think it will be easier to win races in conservative-leaning states such as Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia if Biden is their nominee and not Warren or Sanders.
There is no age limit on the instinct for self-preservation. Voters, however, might have other ideas if it comes down to old 60s-style socialists or the rough-mannered incumbent already in place.
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HARLEM — The streets of Harlem are sending out a human rights message to Iran.
Artists from around the world are daubing murals onto 15 walls in the neighborhood, bringing attention to the plight of Iran's Baha'i religious group, which has been persecuted since the Iranian revolution in 1979, according to organizers.
The first two murals will be unveiled this week — one on the side of Faison Firehouse Theater on Hancock Place that will be painted by South African artist Ricky Lee Gordon, and the other one at 2288 Frederick Douglass Blvd. that will be painted by Harlem-based Franco “The Great.”
The rest of the project will be completed before New York hosts the United Nations' General Assembly in September, organizers said.
“We have a shared history of oppression, that’s why we are identifying with each other,” said Tony award-winner George Faison, who founded Faison Firehouse Theater.
Aside from the neighborhoods’ artistic scene, Bahari was attracted to Harlem because of its connection to the Iranian revolution, he said.
“When the revolution started in Iran, Iranians started talking about oppressed people around the world. They started showing films about oppressed African-Americans," he said.
"But at the same time, they were imposing their own discriminatory policies on different groups within Iran — like women and other minorities like the Baha’is.
“[We are] highlighting this hypocrisy of the Iranian government."
The new murals will focus on the right to education in honor the Baha’is struggle for equality in Iran. Bahari said they are denied the right to teach or study in their home country. Baha'i, a monotheistic religion, was founded in the 1860s by Baha'u'llah, who taught that all religions represent stages in the revelation of God's will, leading to the unity of all people and faiths.
“This whole campaign is about agency, about giving people the ability to express themselves and to learn from each other’s experiences,” Bahari said.
Celebrating our #NYC walls. Head over to en.IranWire.com for an overview - @icyandsot @alexandreketo @cyrcle New York murals curated by @streetartanarchy Education & journalism are crimes in #Iran. But we can change that #NotACrime | #EducationIsNotACrime #JournalismIsNotACrime @artforamnestyus #BTS #StreetArtNYC

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Jun 22, 2010, 11:40 AM EST
Despite there being at least some doubts that the team could bring the villainous forward back, the Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to a three-year contract extension with rambunctious forward Matt Cooke. Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review has the story, which states that the team hasn’t released the salary details just yet.
Left wing Matt Cooke has reached a verbal agreement on a three-year contract with the Penguins. Term was agreed upon Monday night and the contract has been sent to NHL central registry to be made official.
Financial terms were not immediately known, but Cooke is one of the rare plus-30 players to re-sign with the Penguins on a multi-year deal since Shero was named to his post in May 2006.
Cooke, 31, was one of eight Penguins eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Finding a resolution with him and defenseman Sergei Gonchar, 36, were the top offseason priorities of Penguins general manager Ray Shero.
While Cooke was already known for playing with an edge (or, as many will say, going far over the edge), this season solidified him as one of the most controversial hitters in the league after his brutal – but somehow legal – hit on Boston Bruins center Marc Savard.
Cooke is one of those “hate him until he’s on your team” type players, though. He scored 28 goals and 61 points in his two seasons with the Penguins, but Cooke truly came into form once Pittsburgh hired current head coach Dan Bylsma. In the 104 games played in the burrito-loving coach’s system, Cooke had 20 of 28 and 46 of 61 points and an impressive +22 rating. Love him or more likely hate him, he brought decent scoring punch to go along with his hard hits and excellent forechecking skills.
This comes a day after the team wrapped up defensive prospect and possible 2010-11 starter Ben Lovejoy to a three-year contract that would yield a 525K cap hit per season if the young blueliner plays at the NHL level. As Rossi pointed out, the Penguins still have some important decisions to make this off-season, particularly regarding the future of their top defenseman Sergei Gonchar.
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- PHT’s 2015 NHL Trade Deadline Tracker 29
- Ducks get their veteran d-man, adding Wisniewski from Columbus 11
- Lovejoy returns to Pittsburgh for Despres 48
- Wild get Stewart as Buffalo-to-Minnesota pipeline continues 44
- Jordan Leopold’s daughter may have orchestrated the Minnesota trade 16
- Wings get Zidlicky from Devils 64
- Can the Wings and Leafs work out a deal for Phaneuf? 45
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Medication-assisted treatment to help manage drug addiction increased the likelihood that women living with HIV who use drugs would maintain an undetectable viral load, according to a Canadian study presented at the recent International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) in Mexico City.
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) using opioid agonists such as methadone or buprenorphine is a proven method for helping people reduce or stop using heroin and other opioids.
Joella Adams of Brown University in Rhode Island and colleagues at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver evaluated the effect of demographic, behavioural and clinical factors on the chances of HIV rebound after achieving viral suppression among a cohort of women who use illicit drugs.
Women living with HIV are less likely than men to achieve optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and to maintain an undetectable viral load, Adams noted as background. Factors associated with viral rebound in prior studies include depression and other mental health problems, intimate partner violence and stigma related to sex work.
This analysis included 185 HIV-positive women who use drugs who participated in the ACCESS prospective cohort study in Vancouver between 2005 and 2017. All had started antiretroviral treatment and achieved viral suppression (HIV RNA below 50 copies/ml). Nearly half (46%) were indigenous, 25% identified as a 'sexual minority' and 5% were transgender. Participants were interviewed and received viral load and CD4 cell tests approximately every six months, with follow-up for up to 11 years.
Antiretroviral therapy is provided free to all people with HIV in Vancouver.
Just over a third (34%) of the women experienced viral rebound, defined as HIV RNA above 1000 copies/ml, at least once during the 11 years of follow-up. Of these, two-thirds had one episode of viral rebound, a quarter had two such events and 8% had three or more episodes.
The researchers found that women who consistently received medication-assisted treatment for drug use took longer to experience viral rebound and were more likely to maintain consistent viral suppression than those who never received MAT.
In both groups, the proportion who experienced viral rebound increased steadily during the first three years and then reached a plateau. Among those followed for eight years or more, about 65% of women who used medication-assisted treatment maintained viral suppression, compared with about 55% of those who did not receive MAT.
After adjusting for a wide variety of factors including race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, education level, employment, homelessness, incarceration, sex work, injection drug use, overdose, heavy alcohol use, sexual abuse, violence, and baseline viral load and CD4 count, the only factor found to be protective against viral rebound was receiving medication-assisted addiction treatment during the past six months. Women who received MAT were about half as likely to experience viral rebound as those who did not (hazard ratio 0.47).
Adjusting for antiretroviral adherence attenuated the effect of medication-assisted treatment, suggesting that MAT may have reduced the risk of viral rebound by increasing adherence.
"This study provides additional evidence that MAT can improve HIV treatment outcomes among women," the researchers concluded. "Efforts to improve access to and retention within MAT programs may improve rates of viral suppression for HIV-infected women who use illicit drugs."
They recommended that medication-assisted addiction treatment be co-located with HIV treatment services, that MAT services have a low barrier to entry, and that services include ART adherence counselling and support.
Adams J et al. Receipt of medication-assisted treatment halves the risk of HIV-1 RNA viral load rebound for HIV-positive women who use illicit drugs. International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science, Mexico City, abstract TUPDD0105, 2019
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KENDALL — A man accused of trying to sell a stolen pickup went trudging through a swamp to hide from deputies late Tuesday, April 8, southeast of Sumas, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.
David Jesus Hernandez-Martinez, 36, of the Paradise area, had a warrant out for his arrest on a charge of trying to sell the white 2000 Chevy S-10 for $200 cash and a cell phone. He told one potential buyer it was his uncle's old truck.
That man agreed to pay $100 at first, and the rest once he got the vehicle title, according to a deputy's report. But a week later Hernandez-Martinez still hadn't given him the title. He asked for his money back but Hernandez-Martinez said he didn't have it. Eventually the man found out who the truck belonged to — a farming business on Van Dyk Road — and it was returned to its rightful owners.
A felony warrant was issued for Hernandez-Martinez. Law officers went knocking on his door last month but he never answered.
Then deputies were notified around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday of a man running from the Paradise Lakes Country Club on Kendall Road. He fit the description of Hernandez-Martinez.
Deputies and a police dog searched for more than an hour, until sunset, but couldn't find him. At 8:55 p.m. a U.S. Border Patrol agent spotted a man getting picked up by a vehicle on Reese Hill Road east of Frost Road, about two miles from the earlier sighting. The passenger bailed from the vehicle when the border agent turned on his red and blue lights.
Sheriff's deputies called out the K-9 again and, after about nine minutes of mucking through rough terrain, the police dog found the wanted man hiding in a swamp.
Hernandez-Martinez surrendered and admitted he knew about the warrant but didn't want to go to jail, according to the sheriff's office. He's accused of possessing a stolen vehicle, trafficking in stolen property and obstructing law enforcement.
(Note: Not to be confused with this story of a man arrested early Wednesday up a tree in a swamp near Ferndale.)
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Catalonia may appear to be a very quiet and historic part of the world ― and it is! ― but it also is one of the most technologically advanced hubs in Europe and is considered to be one of the world’s only ‘smart cities’. Along with destinations such as Amsterdam, Madrid, Manchester, and Stockholm, Barcelona is changing the way we live, work, and take holidays.
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On the campus of Washington State University, there is parody and sometimes a lot of it. At one end of the spectrum, you have those who enjoy an alcohol beverage or 12 roughly five days a week. Then there are those that absolutely abhor even the sight of the devil's drink (I know, hard to believe they exist here). Some people feel the need to get as dressed up as possible to go class while others, like myself, feel it's fine to show up to our broadcast classes in sweats and a ratty shirt.
Even in the athletic department, there is a hilarious amount of parody. Check that, a disappointing and baffling amount of parody. A program that needs the cash desperately to fund a much needed stadium expansion is finding itself in one of its darkest and deepest holes in the program's history after many winning seasons and bowl bids. Another program, after years of floundering at the bottom of the conference are finding themselves coming on incredibly strong and experiencing their finest start since they last found themselves in the postseason.
Football is in the very depths of what could become a years-long depression if something is not corrected soon. They are suffering through a season without a win and went nearly all of last season suffering the same fate. This was a team that is not far removed from a season with at least a .500 season mark where they actually peaked into the top 25. For some there seems to be at least a semblance of a future for this squad but try telling that to others who are already jumping of the ship.
Here's where the parody comes in. Volleyball is having one of their finest seasons in a number of years. After years of struggling to even get to double digit wins, the team has equaled their win total from all of last season. Not only that, the team is off to their best start since 2002 when they found themselves in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Campus-wide, this team has not been getting enough credit for their accomplishments and this column has been no less guilty of that. These student-athletes have re-dedicated themselves under second year head coach Andrew Palileo who has transformed this program back to their success of yesteryear. Many people actually forget that the volleyball team took consistent trips to the post season after many seasons of losing and losing a lot.
Is parody a bad thing? Sometimes. In terms of quality beer production, it's probably great. But in an athletic department, as little parody as possible is the key to a school's unending athletic success. Not every team needs to be volleyball good but they need to at least have near a .500 record and be incredibly far away from what the football team has done this year. But sometimes, athletic departments have times where their lesser-attended and well-known sports are having greater success than their moneymaking programs.
Is the solution to this problem to give Palileo the head football job? Probably not, unless his credentials before his arrival at South Dakota State have an awful lot of high school and Division I-AA [now FCS] coaching in it. But maybe the demise of the football squad and the rise of the volleyball team is just the natural ebb and flow of athletics at a university. At times, the football team will be incredibly good and volleyball will find itself lower than the hardwood they play on. And still at other, the football team will bury themselves into the turf they stand on and volleyball will rise to the rafters of Bohler Gym and prosper greater than any of us have ever imagined. Alright, not more than we ever imagined but they could get up there.
As usual though, I've been rambling for somewhere in the area of 600 words and completely wasting everyone's Friday afternoon. So here's my point: the football team stinks and the volleyball team rocks. Is it that simple? No. It never is. Nature goes through its up and downs as does Cougar athletics. The football team will get back to a bowl game and the volleyball team will go back to struggling to score points against even Idaho. The point is: be patient. Everything will be back to the way you want it eventually.
Last Week: 4-5
Cal continues their dominance on the road against a tough and up and coming Big Ten foes at their brand new, open air, going to be cold as hell in the winter stadium.
Those Damn Hippies 34, El Gophers De Oro 17
Here's an intriguing one: are the Utes still good and are the Ducks still reeling? This man says yes to both.
The Beehive State University 37, The Phil Knight Lovers 24
No Rob Gronkowski? No victory. Especially in Iowa City.
Hawk Eyeballs 24, The Mike Stoops Train 10
No Jacquizz Rodgers? No victory. Are these getting formulaic? Probably.
A Cat That's A Bear 28, Corvallis Beavers 21
Alright, formula is over. This one is simple. Stanford is good, the Spartans are not. Enough said.
The Red Trees 27, If There's A San Jose State, Where's San Jose University? 7
There's a Louisiana-Monroe? I thought Monroe was a town near my old house. Who knew?
The Devilenas 48, Fighting Hawks 10
The back-up quarterback against Kansas State riding a two-game winning streak spells likely disaster.
More Wildcats 24, The Westwood Bears 17
USC has the back-up going but they still have all the playmakers to beat an up and coming Pups team.
Lords of South Central 38, Montlake Muttonheads 17
And now, for your Cougar picks:
Southern Methodist 21, Washington State 17 says good friends and former co-worker with the Mariners Maks Goldenshteyn.
Southern Methodist 38, Washington State 17 says alumni and new Thunderbirds public relations man Rick Scott.
Washington State 30, Southern Methodist 23 says hard working communication majoring freshman Chris Fredricksen
This is the last winnable game for quite some time for the Crimson and Gray. And after last week's performance, I don't know how much confidence I have in this team. They came out flat against a run and shoot offense and they are facing the same offense this week. And frankly, I just don't see any fire in the players to win even this game. They just don't care and the coaches are having a tough time motivating them.
Even I'm off the bandwagon because I really don't think this team can prove me differently.
Southern Methodist 35, Washington State 24
Obscure Pick of the Week: One is a small liberal arts and sciences college in Ripon, Wisconsin (near Fond du Lac) the other is a private, liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois (near nothing). So, a bunch of rich trust fund kids with nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon?
Knox College 23, Ripon College 10
Dunderheads of the Head: The city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany - for accidentally advertised pornography on the city's webpage. Well, the upside is young men ages 18-24 have never been so interested in city government.
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The Class 3A tournament featured a pair of doubles teams from Enumclaw High.
The duo of Mariah Bone and Kylie Rademacher dropped their first match in the Tri-Cities, but responded with three straight victories to nab fifth-place honors.
The opening loss came at the hands of a Seattle Prep tandem and was followed by wins over pairs from Capital High and Auburn Mountainview. In Saturday’s fifth/eighth showdown, the EHS senior pair easily defeated Kori Gonzales and Lucie Doran from North Thurston, winning 6-1, 6-1.
The Enumclaw duo of Barbie Becker and Olivia Adams opened with a loss to a Holy Names team, then went three sets before losing to a Lincoln High team. The two defeats meant elimination.
White River’s Kelsey Williams and Ysaline Winkel won a match at the Class 2A state tournament, but suffered a pair of losses and were eliminated.
The 2A tourney was staged May 27-28 at the Nordstrom Tennis Center in Seattle.
The Hornet pair opened with one of the toughest, longest matches of the tournament, losing in three sets to a team from Ridgefield High. After the Williams/Winkel pair grabbed the opening set 6-3, the Spudders took the match with 7-5 and 10-7 victories.
Enumclaw High garnered seventh-place honors during the state girls water polo tournament, contested May 26-28 at Curtis High in University Place.
The Hornets opened tourney play Thursday with a 9-2 loss to Newport. Friday saw EHS fall 5-4, in overtime, to Mercer Island. That brought a Saturday contest against Lakes High for seventh and eighth place, a tussle the Hornets took by an 8-4 margin over the Lancers.
The White River Hornets again were part of the Class 2A Sweet 16 that gathered at Carlon Park in Selah.
Unlike a season ago, when White River won three games and battled for the state title, the Hornets had a shorter experience this time around. White River opened tourney play Friday with a 9-3 loss to R.A. Long and followed that with a 13-6 defeat at the hands of Selah High later in the day.
The two losses meant the end of the season for the Hornets.
By Sarah Brenden, Assistant Editor
After a nearly perfect season, the Enumclaw Hornets fastpitch team fell 10-0 to Meadowdale Saturday in the 3A state title game.
This was Enumclaw’s second loss this season. The Hornets lost game two of the year to the, then, defending 4A state champions Tahoma.
Enumclaw bounced back and finished the season undefeated – until Saturday.
The Hornets got off to a slow start in the championship game after Meadowdale went up 6-0 in the bottom of the first.
Despite striking out nine, senior pitcher Quinn Breidenbach gave up 10 hits and as many runs through six innings.
The game was called with two outs left in the bottom of the sixth after Meadowdale scored its 10th run on an RBI double.
Enumclaw struggled at the plate in the final, only recording three hits.
A double from both sophomores Emma Gunter and Hailey Roberts and a single from senior Rechelle Dunn were the only hits for Enumclaw.
The state tournament at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey began Friday with a 2-1 win over West Seattle.
Breidenbach homered twice, scoring both runs including a game winning walk off to advance the Hornets to the quarterfinals.
Game two Friday was against Mount Spokane where Enumclaw won 8-3.
The Hornets put up 11 hits that game.
Breidenbach struck out 11 and only gave up four hits.
She had another home run, her third at the time for the tourney, and also hit a double.
Junior Madelyn Carlson and Roberts both went 2-4 with a double. And junior Brittany Camp was 3-4 during the win Friday.
The semi finals began Saturday morning where Enumclaw secured its return to the state title game after beating Everett 2-1.
Once again Breidenbach pitched that game, striking out eight and allowing one run on three hits.
She recorded another homer that game and was 1-3.
Dunn was also 1-3 with an RBI and Gunter went 2-3 during the semi finals win.
After finishing conference play with a perfect 14-0 record, the Hornets end the 2015-2016 season with a 21-2 record.
2A TRACK AND FIELD
The lone state representative from the White River boys side was Lucas Selby, who ran the 400 meters. He competed in the preliminaries, but failed to qualify for Saturday’s finals.
The White River girls were represented by the 4×400 relay (Chloe Anastasi, Annabelle Hall, Chloe Mitchell and Kiana Harris), the 4×100 relay (Anastasi, Mitchell, Kelsey Bunker and Hannah McGinnis). Neither group advanced to the finals.
Additionally, Brianne Wiens had earned a trip in the pole vault, where she placed 14th.
3A TRACK AND FIELD
The following athletes advanced to the finals during the May 26-28 Class 3A state track and field meet. Competition took place at Tacoma’s Mount Tahoma High School.
Enumclaw High girls: 4×100 relay, first, (Taylor Tandecki, Josie Neu, Nikole Schroeder and Taliah Olson); 4×200 relay, second (same as 4×100); 4×400 relay, first, (Aleea Gwerder, Josie Neu, Tandecki, Olson); Emmie Neu, high jump, ninth; Hunter Storm, 3,200 meters, 12th, 1,600 meters, 14th; Samantha Engebretsen, 1,600 meters, 12th, 3,200 meters, 16th; Rachel Lewis, triple jump, 16th; Caitlin Swenson, long jump, 17th.
Enumclaw High boys: Connery McLaughlin, javelin, fifth; Jeremy Watts, pole vault, seventh; Brandon Barnett, high jump, 12th; Eric Hamel, 1,600 meters, 14th, 3,200 meters, 15th.
In the 3A girls team standings, Sumner was fifth, Enumclaw seventh; and Bonney Lake 14th.
On the boys side of the 3A ledger, Bonney Lake placed second, Sumner was 17th and Enumclaw placed 30th.


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Re: relevance... I don't know. I think there is at least a view that for 'the young people', being gay (or lesbian, or possibly bi) is no longer a meaningful or popular identity. But I think that's a bit based on the too-noisy tumblr-based queer folk: I'm not sure it's necessarily too representative of most newly-out kids.
I think also it's true that greater mainstream acceptance (certainly in London) has made possible meet-ups etc in what are actually straight venues. When I was out on the scene, I was very often meeting people I'd arranged to meet online (gaydar, faceparty etc) so I don't think dating app culture has been the thing here (as is often bemoaned) - that's new for straights, not for us. What's new is that perhaps you might now arrange to meet in a straight bar, and not find that problematic.
I do think it's sad. But perhaps I have little right to complain - I don't think I've been in a gay venue for five years. In my defence, I've scarcely been in a straight pub in that time either, but the truth remains that I'm not actually supporting the gay scene.

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The Indian authorities are working on a proposal that will allow to impose transactions using cryptocurrency tax on goods and services (GST), writes Bloomberg.
According to an anonymous source, who has “reliable information” about the plans, the Central Council for Indirect Taxes intends to impose an 18% fee on the exchange of cryptocurrencies, which from now will be qualified as the transfer of “non-material goods”.
“The purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies should be considered as the delivery of goods, and those who are involved in the process of processing transactions, whether delivery, transfer, storage, accounting or anything else, will receive service status,” the publication says.
India has not yet established a formal regulation of the cryptocurrency, despite attempts by the central bank to limit activities in this area.
In April, the Reserve Bank of India banned regulated financial institutions from servicing crypto-exchange companies, which, however, did not prevent the opening of new exchanges.
If the provision on taxation of the cryptocurrency is adopted, it can serve as a signal to recognize the legality of digital assets and review the prohibitions imposed earlier.
“If the buyer and seller are in India, the transaction will be qualified as the delivery of software, and the buyer’s location will be considered the delivery point,” Bloomberg writes. “Trans-border transactions will be subject to a single tax on goods and services and will qualify as imports or exports of goods. The tax will be levied both in the international supply of goods and services.”
The authorities of India are not the first time trying to impose a tax on the participants of the local market of cryptocurrencies. In February, about half a million traders received letters stating that they need to report on the income received from the trade in cryptocurrencies.


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When TransCanada Corporation announced its plans for a Keystone XL pipeline expansion project in 2008, the company projected capital costs to be $4.3 billion for the entire project. After 6 years of waiting for US executive approval, including countless congressional votes, a Nebraska Supreme Court case and a president who has yet to budge, TransCanada increased estimated capital investments for the pipeline another $2.5 billion. The reason? “Lengthy delays,” undoubtedly exacerbated by community protests and opposition from environmental and social interest groups.
One of the loudest proponents of pipeline opposition, and arguably the most vulnerable, are North America’s Indigenous Peoples. For extractive companies, indigenous lands are one and the same with their profit source – approximately 30 percent of current extractive production is located on indigenous lands, along with an approximated 60 percent of future reserves. For indigenous communities, the presence of corporations in indigenous territories, regardless of consent, is fraught with social costs – extractive projects often threaten indigenous cultural practices, sacred sites and subsistence livelihoods. Corporations must be held accountable for the losses they impose on indigenous assets.
And in some ways, they have been held accountable. Social responsibility has been on the corporate radar for over a decade now, thanks to NGOs, student movements, protests and the legal system holding corporations morally accountable for their actions.
One major missing link in demanding corporate accountability: the government. Surprisingly Congress, meant to be the biggest advocate of the American public, has transcended silence on the pipeline to promote active pursuit of exploration and drilling permits. Our entitled government has taken it upon itself to grant TransCanada a social license to operate, as though it were another pithy “ye” or “nay” vote interrupting their afternoon nap.
Congress cannot grant a social license for the Keystone XL pipeline – the only people who can grant a social license to operate is the American public, the local communities and stakeholders affected by the project. Moreover, Congressional permits shoved down the American publics’ throats won’t change their opinion of the pipeline. Congress needs to realize that a social license to operate, much like a congressional mandate to lead, comes from Main Street – not Wall Street.
There is no way to gloss this over as Congress acting “for the common good.”When governments make decisions without citizens’ consent or support, including those of indigenous peoples’, they hurt the businesses within their borders. A recent report from First Peoples Worldwide found that governments that failed to recognize Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) or respect indigenous rights hosted extractive projects at the highest risk of community protests, work stoppages and inevitable profit loss. This is becoming increasingly evident in Canada, Indonesia, Ecuador, Peru and other emerging resource economies.
In 2013, a consortium of Canadian leaders (including industry representatives) warned that Canada is “heading for a gridlock in energy development that will rob the country of future wealth unless it can solve vexing environmental and Aboriginal conflicts.” Indonesia has become saturated with violent resource conflicts, with more than 2,230 indigenous communities requesting investigations into violations of their land rights. Also in 2013, auctions for oil and gas concessions in Ecuador and Peru encountered both vehement opposition from indigenous peoples and “underwhelming” interest from companies – raising speculation that the indigenous protests influenced companies’ decisions.
It’s a simple formula to understand – when a government doesn’t listen to its people, protests happen. Protests around extractive projects cause work stoppages and overrun budgets for companies like TransCanada, which is spending an extra $2.5 billion on its “delayed,” and heavily protested, Keystone XL pipeline.
The Keystone XL pipeline debate is not about climate change, oil independence, or increased jobs – it’s about government corruption. A government that overruns its peoples’ lands by granting eminent domain to corporations is the same government that causes civil unrest, corruption, violence and therefore high risk for companies. Without a social license, TransCanada Corporation faces a future of continued protests, site closures and diminished shareholder ratings – ultimately amounting to profit loss. The American public’s opposition to the pipeline is going to keep costing TransCanada, regardless of whether or not Congress grants the necessary permits, or even if the State Department signs off on the project. When both governments and extractive industries lack a social license to operate, it’s a lose-lose game.
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Her first documentary Crossroads (2014), telling a story of a homeless artist, won international festivals and broadcast acclaim, had a world premiere at Warsaw IFF and was awarded there with two prizes: Special Mention Jury Award and the Audience Award.
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A reality television series focused on the personal and professional lives of several women residing in Atlanta, Georgia. After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retreat to a remote cabin.
Adventure, Reality-TV. In this original format, eight pairs of candidates, some lifelong partners e. Votes: 7. Four very successful women from Holland, share the secret to their success with all its ups and downs living in glitter and glamourous Hollywood.
Myrthe picking up a new life in Hollywood Stars: Frank Visser , Viktor Brand. Votes: 5. Dutch travel expert Floortje Dessing travels to the most remote places on earth the meet people how life there.
Crime, Drama, Reality-TV. Episodes usually concentrate on how technology and various services work. You might even be able to catch your favorite show from home auf Deutsch.
After all, most popular American TV series are dubbed so German-speaking audiences can enjoy them. You never know, you might end up ditching your beloved Netflix subscription and opting for a German on-demand option instead!
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FluentU brings German to life with real-world videos. Although they speak Hochdeutsch, which is pure German, some of the characters have a tendency to mumble.
Babylon Berlin is a police drama which takes place in during the Weimar Republic era of Berlin. A police commissioner is transferred to Berlin from Cologne and follows his dive into the criminal underbelly which sprouted after the first world war.
For fans of shows like Scrubs, this a great German language substitute. Gretchen, the main character is as clumsy in life as she is in love, and the show is jam-packed with her endless mishaps and fumblings through life.
Bonus points if you can name the famous German female singer in the trailer, too. Pastewka is a long-running German sitcom which tells the story of Bastian Pastewka.
This is a fictionalized version of the comedian of the same name who plays him. Yet, absolutely hilarious.
Take a look at this scene of him trying to order from Burger King:. If you want to take pictures with your smartphone and quickly share beautiful results, you need effective image editing tools.
DW Digital tests the most popular apps. This week: "Carbon for iOS". More info OK. Wrong language? Change it here DW. COM has chosen English as your language setting.
What happens when you put 16 very horny, sexually fluid people in one tropical paradise? Disaster, but in a hot way.
For a show that doesn't involve partying, sex, or budding romances, The Great British Bake Off is possibly one of the horniest shows still running.
Look at all those strong baker hands kneading dough and whisking batter! The innuendos only add to the fun. Jersey Shore comes out on top as the horniest reality show in television history.
It was the first show that made me fall in love with the delightfully trashy world of reality TV, from the nonstop partying to the endless disastrous hook ups.
It's far from a wholesome show — there are so many blatantly problematic scenes — but you have to admire how openly its cast discussed sex and how often they wanted it.
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The Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619) ("Competition
Ordinance") came into full effect on December 14, 2015. There
are three major competition rules under the Competition Ordinance,
which are the First Conduct Rule ("FCR"), the Second
Conduct Rule, and the Merger Rule. In particular, employers should
be aware of the FCR, which, subject to certain exemptions,
prohibits an undertaking from making an agreement or engaging in a
concerted practice that has the object or effect to prevent,
restrict, or distort competition in Hong Kong.
According to the Guideline on the FCR issued by the Competition
Commission on July 27, 2015, discussions, collective bargaining, or
arrangements (as the case may be) with respect to salary or other
conditions of work between one or more employees and their
employers, or between a trade union and an employer, are outside
the scope of the FCR. The primary risk for employers lies in
agreements or arrangements between competing employers. Agreements
between competing employers to restrict hiring from a particular
competitor, fix wages, or exchange competitively sensitive
information, such as wage and employment terms, may all constitute
contraventions of the FCR. Employers should be particularly careful
when making informal exchanges of sensitive information that may
occur, for example, in networking associations among human
resources professionals in a particular industry.
Unless "serious anti-competitive conduct" is involved,
the FCR does not apply to agreements and concerted practices if the
combined turnover of the undertakings involved does not exceed
HK$200 million in the relevant turnover period. Conduct that seeks
to fix prices, share markets, restrict outputs, or rig bids are all
considered to be "serious anti-competitive conduct" under
the Competition Ordinance.
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Good news, people. The 2015 Corvette Z06, which is set to debut in Detroit next week, will have 620 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque. How do we know this? Apparently, an overeager developer left this valuable piece of information in the metadata for the reveal site.
Do Porsche's New Turbo Engines Sound as Good as Their Predecessors?
They're not down on power, but can they match the noise?
Is Toyota Planning a Performance Version of the RAV4?
A RAV4 TRD might be in the works.
Lamborghini Supercars Will Only Get Turbos if Necessary
Lamborghini won't go the way of Ferrari and McLaren, until it has to.
Bentley Will Build an Electric Car Using Porsche's Upcoming EV Platform
The first truly silent Bentley.


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Cooperatives give consumers more control over how their
money influences the community than virtually any type of business model. With
their democratic structure and not-for-profit models, building a relationship
between co-ops and credit unions can make a positive difference in local
Learn how Salal CU and Central Food Co-op joined forces and what
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Three of our juniors were selected to compete in the English Schools Combined Events Championships at Exeter on Exeter on 21st and 22nd September. Well done to Darcy Button, Stephen Simmons, and Gracie Wall.
In a magnificent all-round display Stephen Simmons won the English Schools Intermediate Octathlon title. Despite strong winds on Saturday and some heavy showers on Sunday, Stephen focused on each of the eight events determined to make each one count. He did so with devastating effect, setting lifetime personal best performances in seven of them. It is difficult to know which one was the most outstanding highlight.
A PB long jump of 6.61M set him on his way; a disappointing discus (37.33M) did not faze him as he came up with another PB of 43.20 in the Javelin, whilst a two second PB in the 400 metres (51.67sec) saw him take the overall lead.
His second day opened with a win in the 100M hurdles, running a fast, slick race to record 13.18 seconds, the 4th fastest time in the UK this year. An 11 centimetre improvement in his high jump, clearing 1.80M, shocked his rivals, who thought that this might be his Achilles heel.
Another Personal Best in the Shot (13.03 M) saw him going into the last event (1500m) with a lead cut to 42 points and 106 points over his two closest rivals with each second difference in the 1500m worth 6 points. It was not won yet.
Sticking rigidly to a pre determined race pace, he let his rivals go up to ten metres ahead, before reeling them in over the last 500 metres to finish in another personal best of 4 minutes 54.74 seconds, securing a handsome victory by 89 points.
Not only did Stephen win the gold medal and gain selection to represent England in the Home Schools International Pentathlon in November, but will rank number 1 in the UK for 2019.
Meanwhile, Gracie Wall followed her English Schools high jump title in July with her first major Pentathlon championship in the Junior Girls event. The key to success at Combined Events is not necessarily setting a personal best in every event, but being as close as possible in each one of them. This she did exceptionally well. Her Long Jump (4.78M) was a personal best, Her 75M hurdles (11.89sec) was very close and her remaining events (High Jump 1.59M) shot (7.42M) and 800m (2 min 48.22 seconds) were all tolerably close, resulting in a new personal best score of 2755 points. Gracie placed 14th out of 41 competitors and was the highest placed competitor in the lower year of this two year age group. Clearly there is more to come in the future.
In the Intermediate Girls heptathlon competition, Darcy Button was hampered by a leg injury before the start of the event. Nevertheless, she was able to complete six of the seven events, recording 1.50M in the high jump and 10.22 metres in the shot - a huge personal best by 67 centimetres.
Stephen Simmons Inter Boys Octathlon 1st 5346 points* UK Ranking 1
Long Jump 6.61M */Discus 37.33M/Javelin 43.20M*/400M 51.67*/
100m Hurdles 13.18 sec*./High Jump 1.80M*/ Shot 13.03M*/1500m 4m 54.74 sec*
Gracie Wall Junior Girls Pentathlon 14th 2755 points*
75m Hurdles 11.89sec/Shot 7.42M/ High Jump 1.59M/Long Jump 4.78M*/
800m 2m 48.22
Darcy Button Inter Girls Heptathlon
80m Hurdles 13.66sec/High Jump 1.50M/Shot 10.22M*/200m 28.92sec/
Long Jump 4.33M/Javelin 23.89M/

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Blue and green "crepey" silk dress with a calf-length skirt, belted waist, three-quarter length sleeves, and two large bows on each side of the front bodice. Partially colored.
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Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) March 22, 2007
Tax season is here and demand is high for financial analysts and personal finance advisors. However, January through April is not the only boom time for financial planning consultants, according to a feature on LocalEdu.com, an online resource that provides location-specific school information (http://www.localedu.com). LocalEdu.com's feature article highlights a Bureau of Labor Statistics projection that employment of financial analysts and personal financial advisors is predicted to increase "faster than average" for all occupations at a rate of between 18 to 26 percent through 2014.
LocalEdu.com features program listings for finance degrees and other business administration fields, along with an array of features on careers, education and other opportunities. LocalEdu.com's business education feature article "It Pays to Earn Your BBA in Finance in Charlotte," spotlights just one of LocalEdu.com's business finance programs in the context of the bright long-term forecast for financial planning consultants nationwide
The article explains: "With baby boomers entering retirement, people living longer and the market becoming increasingly globalized, these financial experts will be in great demand--especially in Charlotte, where many of the companies handling these concerns are based. Median annual earnings for financial analysts in 2004 were a healthy $61,910, and for personal financial advisors they were $62,700."
The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors recommends that comprehensive financial advisors have not only a college degree, but also pursue advanced education in financial planning topics such as investments, taxes, insurance or estate planning.
LocalEdu.com is an educational resource that provides students with information on cities, schools and educational programs. Students can search the LocalEdu.com directory to find universities, colleges and vocational schools anywhere they want to go to school--from California to Florida, Texas to Illinois.


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What to Do After a Birth Injury
A birth injury is a physical injury that may have been experienced by the mother or baby during childbirth. These injuries can place physical, emotional, and mental strain on a relationship. Our team of West Palm Beach medical malpractice lawyers at The Law Offices of Casey D. Shomo understands the struggles you are going through.
Any money you could receive by filing a court case could help you or your child through the rest of your lives, but that can be hard to get if you’re not prepared for your claim. Here’s what you need to know about recovery from a birth injury.
Identify the Cause of Your Birth Injury
A birth injury is considered to be one form of medical malpractice in Florida. Though it may be difficult to tell what resulted in your baby’s injury, it was likely due to one of the following:
- Improper usage of medical equipment
- Mother not medicated correctly
- Hospital staff not trained correctly
- Not following delivery procedures
- Not monitoring vitals
- Not enough oxygen
Though some of the injuries that are obtained during birthing may be fatal, others may result in cerebral palsy, head injuries, or other dangerous injuries. Once you identify an injury caused by a doctor’s negligence, you can move forward with a lawyer to file a claim.
Proving medical malpractice is difficult. Worse, doctors and hospitals have more funds and more protection, meaning the standards to prove they were responsible for your injuries are high.
You and your lawyer may start by gathering evidence for your claim. This evidence can help you prove a doctor hurt you because they were negligent and you suffered damages as a result.
You will want to make sure you have records of this malpractice during your trial. This includes parent statements, statements from other medical practitioners, statements from medical expert witnesses, and medical records. Our team will help you with collecting these documents.
File a Lawsuit in Court
If your child had injuries after their birth, you may be entitled to compensation. However, you will want to make sure that you file a lawsuit as soon as possible after your child is born.
According to Florida law, you must file a claim within two years from the time the incident was discovered. If you don’t file within this time limit, your claim may be dismissed. That leaves you paying out of pocket for the losses and suffering you’ve incurred.
Call a West Palm Beach Medical Malpractice Attorney
The hospital should be a place of safety to heal when you are injured, but medical malpractice is more common than one might think. If you believe your child was injured during the birth process, it is a scary feeling. You are not alone.
The West Palm Beach medical malpractice lawyers at The Law Offices of Casey D. Shomo are here to walk you through the process and help you obtain the compensation you deserve. We want you to continue to live your life. Reach out to us at 561-659-6366 or fill out a contact form for a free case review at the bottom of this page.


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Getting the Doctor to Talk
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Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
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Getting Down to Business -- Talk, Gaze, and Body Orientation During Openings of Doctor-Patient Consultations Robinson, Jeffrey David (1998-09)
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Man arrested after NE shooting, chase
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Police arrested a suspect in a Northeast D.C. shooting after a brief car chase that ended when the man crashed in Alexandria, police said.
The 39-year-old suspect shot another man in the leg near 60th and Dix streets at about 1:30 a.m., police said.
The suspect then fled in a BMW before crashing near Route 1 and I-495. A weapon was recovered from the man, police said.
The shooting victim was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Kudos to Jeffy Rajan, recipient of a 2019 Brain, Behaviour and Development (BB&D) Trainee Boost Award. Jeffy hangs out in the Goldowitz Lab and her project is “Impact of motor learning performance in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)”.
“I am very grateful to be the recipient of the BB&D Trainee Boost Award in recognition of a novel translational research project “Elucidating the genetic underpinning of developmental coordination disorder “. As a graduate student in Medical Genetics, this award is a great support and encouragement to achieve our aim and hopes of developing novel diagnostic tools and interventions that will improve the outcomes of affected children. Through this meaningful work, I look forward to contributing to child and youth mental, developmental and behavioural health research at BC Children’s Hospital”.

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Kiwi Deposit Building Society provides clients access to our professional Currency Trading Platform. This can be used for trading a number of futures, options and currency crosses.
If you would like to open a 30 day free Demo Account, it is required that you open an online account with Kiwi Deposit: Please click on the button "Registration" below and register. The field "Currency trading Demo" will be pre-marked. We will send you an email with a link to the email adress you provide in the registration. By clicking this link you can download the Demo to your desktop. We will also send you forms required to be filled in, signed and returned to us, should you wish to activate the Demo Account into a Live Account.
When you want to proceed with a Live account, the registration has already been completed and all you have to do is transfer a minimum of NZD 25,000 or equivalent in USD or EUR to the account number provided in the email (this is a Kiwi Deposit Trust Account. All details needed to initiate the transfer will be in the email that also contains the link to the Demo.
In case you do not which to proceed with a Live Account, the data that you enter in the registration form will be kept strictly confidential and will be deleted after 30 days.

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